Browsing Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) by Subject "computational neuroscience"
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Generalization over contrast and mirror reversal, but not figure-ground reversal, in an "edge-based
(2001-12-10)Baylis & Driver (Nature Neuroscience, 2001) have recently presented data on the response of neurons in macaque inferotemporal cortex (IT) to various stimulus transformations. They report that neurons can generalize over ...
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A Note on Object Class Representation and Categorical Perception
(1999-12-17)We present a novel scheme ("Categorical Basis Functions", CBF) for object class representation in the brain and contrast it to the "Chorus of Prototypes" scheme recently proposed by Edelman. The power and flexibility ...
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On Directional Selectivity in Vertebrate Retina: An Experimental and Computational Study
(1992-01-01)This thesis describes an investigation of retinal directional selectivity. We show intracellular (whole-cell patch) recordings in turtle retina which indicate that this computation occurs prior to the ganglion cell, ...