Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Embedding stochastic dynamics of the environment in spontaneous activity by prediction-based plasticity

    Toshitake Asabuki, Claudia Clopath
    A computational model shows how synaptic plasticity shapes spontaneous activity to encode the transition statistics of sensory experience.
    1. Neuroscience

    Age-dependent predictors of effective reinforcement motor learning across childhood

    Nayo M Hill, Haley M Tripp ... Amy J Bastian
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Mother-child dyadic interactions shape children’s social brain and theory of mind

    Lei Li, Jinming Xiao ... Xujun Duan
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Human Brain-Wide Activation of Sleep Rhythms

    Haiteng Wang, Qihong Zou ... Yunzhe Liu
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Deletion of Neuroligins from Astrocytes Does Not Detectably Alter Synapse Numbers or Astrocyte Cytoarchitecture by Maturity

    Samantha R Golf, Justin H Trotter ... Thomas C Südhof
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    Elucidating the Selection Mechanisms in Context-Dependent Computation through Low-Rank Neural Network Modeling

    Yiteng Zhang, Jianfeng Feng, Bin Min
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Micro-Scale Control of Oligodendrocyte Morphology and Myelination by the Intellectual Disability-Linked Protein Acyltransferase ZDHHC9

    Hey-Kyeong Jeong, Estibaliz Gonzalez-Fernandez ... Gareth M Thomas
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    A stochastic explanation for observed local-to-global foraging states in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Andrew Margolis, Andrew Gordus
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Neural dynamics of reversal learning in the prefrontal cortex and recurrent neural networks

    Christopher M Kim, Carson C Chow, Bruno B Averbeck
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    Hatching with Numbers: Pre-natal Light Exposure Affects Number Sense and the Mental Number Line in young domestic chicks

    Rosa Rugani, Matteo Macchinizzi ... Lucia Regolin
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Compelling

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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