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Nov 16, 20222 min read

#7 Tony Zador: The Embodied Turing Test, Genomic Bottlenecks, Molecular Connectomics

Tony has a lab at Cold Spring Harbour, New York. Using rodents, his lab studies the neural circuits underlying auditory decisions. He is...

Oct 25, 202234 min read

The evolution of the posterior cingulate cortex: Landmarks, autobiographical memories, and self

Many have pointed out that the neuronal dynamics in the hippocampus or entorhinal cortex enabling spatial navigation, may also facilitate...

Mar 11, 20221 min read

#2 Barbara Webb: Insect Robotics

Barbara is a professor of Biorobotics at Edinburgh. We start with a quick philosophical exploration of robots using chairs, James...

Feb 9, 20223 min read

Shooting your shot: Using reinforcement learning approaches to study place learning

Would you be able to find a café after just one previous visit? The answer for human and non-human animals is yes: they have the ability...