***New preprint from the lab*** showing “Generative replay across hippocampal-neocortical circuits”. In sleep we show spiking sequences in V1 (sensory neocortex!) that represent information that has not been directly experienced www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @bndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social

Generative replay across hippocampal-neocortical circuits

To make flexible decisions, the brain needs to make inferences between events that were not directly experienced together. In sharp-wave ripple (SWR) events, during periods of rest and sleep, spiking ...

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New unit paper on "The hippocampus as a generative model", published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. www.bndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/hippo... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

It was a pleasure to be able to contribute to this exciting special issue with @sumedhanalluru.bsky.social @glitzleonie.bsky.social @xenianeuro.bsky.social and Valentina Mancini. Thanks to @peterkok.bsky.social @mariamaly.bsky.social @barense.bsky.social for putting it together!

Peter Kok@peterkok.bsky.social · 4w ago

The hippocampus sits at the interface of perception & memory, allowing us to link past, present, & future through its role in generating predictions. Excited to share this theme issue in @royalsociety.org's Philosophical Transactions B, co-edited with @barense.bsky.social & @mariamaly.bsky.social

New perspective paper from our lab: “The hippocampus as a generative model” out now !! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article... The traditional view of the hippocampus is that it creates a cognitive map. Here we extend this view to conceptualise the hippocampus as a “generative model”.

The hippocampus as a generative model

Abstract. A generative model can be defined as a model of the latent causes of sensory input that can be used to generate new data samples. By examining em

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How does the brain rapidly distinguish similar memories? We use 7T fMRI to show dynamic shifts between pattern separation and reinstatement signals in hippocampal CA3 and DG with changing task demands: doi.org/10.64898/202...

*** New paper from the lab in Nature Comms !! *** “Noradrenaline causes a spread of association in the hippocampal cognitive map” by the amazing @reneecabbage.bsky.social in collab. w labs of Jill O’Reilly, Will Clarke, and modeling from Prakriti Parthasarathy and @tpvogels.bsky.social, see below!

Renée Koolschijn@reneecabbage.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Very pleased to share that our study “Noradrenaline causes a spread of association in the hippocampal cognitive map” is out in @natcomms.nature.com (my final PhD paper, only 3.5 years post PhD! 🙃) Find the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Exciting preprint from @glitzleonie.bsky.social on curriculum learning and cognitive maps !

Leonie Glitz@glitzleonie.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Interested in cognitive maps? Wondering how you should best train your participants? Luckily for you, we have investigated just that! Very excited to share a preprint from my PhD in which we show how initial training curriculum affects the cognitive maps we form osf.io/preprints/ps... [1/6]

Very pleased to share that our study “Noradrenaline causes a spread of association in the hippocampal cognitive map” is out in @natcomms.nature.com (my final PhD paper, only 3.5 years post PhD! 🙃) Find the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New unit paper on “Predictive coding model detects novelty on different levels of representation hierarchy”, published in Neural Computation. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/predi... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

@ukri.org announces new MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Restorative Neural Dynamics. 🎉🏆🚀 National flagship aiming to transform medical device-based treatments for brain conditions. #neurotech @ox.ac.uk ‪‪@greatormondst.bsky.social‬ @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social

*** ! Closing soon ! Postdoc position available in the lab ***

Helen Barron@helencbarron.bsky.social · last yr.

!! 1 WEEK to go !! postdoc position available in our lab with deadline 3rd June. Do get in touch if you'd like to chat. Details below.

*** Come join us !! We are recruiting !! *** How does the brain generate beliefs that go beyond direct experience? How do these mechanisms go awry in psychosis? The Barron lab tinyurl.com/bdf4drjf @MRCBNDU @NDCNOxford are recruiting a new postdoc tinyurl.com/ut4vbwt4 to work in mouse models

Curious about what targeted memory reactivation during awake rest can do? Have a look at this beautiful behavioral study about TMR effects on memory - by talented lab mates @sumedhanalluru.bsky.social and Annie Rawson 🧠 🧪 #cogsci #psychology #psychscisky #science #neuroskyence #neuroscience

Sumedha Nalluru@sumedhanalluru.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our paper "Memory reactivation generates new, adaptive behaviours that reach beyond direct experience" is now out www.nature.com/articles/s41...! With Annie Rawson, Jill O’Reilly and Helen Barron at MRC BNDU @ndcnoxford.bsky.social 1/6