Neural populations are dynamic but constrained

Authors: Orsborn, A.L.

Publication: Nature Neuroscience

Date: January 17, 2025

Abstract: Our brains evolved to help us rapidly learn new things. But anyone who has put in hours of practice to perfect their tennis serve, only to reach a plateau, can attest that our brains aren’t infinitely flexible. New work shows that patterns of neural activity over time — the temporal dynamics of neural populations — cannot change rapidly, suggesting that neural activity dynamics may both reflect and constrain how the brain performs computations.

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