Neuronal inference must be local, selective, and coordinated

Life is preserved and enhanced by coordinated selectivity in local neural circuits. Narrow receptive-field selectivity is necessary to avoid the curse-of-dimensionality, but local activities can be made coherent and relevant by guiding learning and processing using broad coordinating contextual gain...

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Published inThe Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 222 - 223
Main Author Phillips, William A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.06.2013
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Attention - physiology
Brain - physiology
Cognition - physiology
Cognitive Science - trends
Humans
Neural networks
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Perception - physiology
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Summary:Life is preserved and enhanced by coordinated selectivity in local neural circuits. Narrow receptive-field selectivity is necessary to avoid the curse-of-dimensionality, but local activities can be made coherent and relevant by guiding learning and processing using broad coordinating contextual gain-controlling interactions. Better understanding of the functions and mechanisms of those interactions is therefore crucial to the issues Clark examines.
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ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X12002257