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Neural manifolds: Latest buzzword or pathway to understand the brain?

Check out this insightful piece from The Transmitter on neural manifolds and population coding.

The article presents a case for viewing neural information processing through the lens of coordinated population activity rather than individual neuron responses. The neural manifold framework – where neural activity is represented as trajectories on a geometric surface in high-dimensional space – offers a powerful way to understand how the brain processes information.

🔥 Key insight: while neural activity involves billions of neurons, it appears to be constrained to lower-dimensional manifolds, similar to how individual words gain meaning only in the context of sentences. The author addresses common misconceptions, clarifying that manifolds aren't just about dimensionality reduction, but rather about understanding the geometry and topology of neural population dynamics.

@Altime: I am also starting my work in neural manifolds in visual processing, so going to share some cool stuff with you once it's done 👀

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The Transmitter consistently delivers such perspectives on neuroscience, bridging theoretical frameworks with experimental insights. Worth following for anyone interested in systems neuroscience and neural computation!

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P.S. [For lang=ru audience] Так как мы пишем на двух языках, советую пользоваться встроенным переводом от телеграма, если возникают трудности.