Earl K. Miller
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Earl K. Miller
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
Picower Professor of Neuroscience @ MIT
Cognitive neuroscience, executive brain functions, consciousness, and bass guitar. You know, the good stuff.
ekmillerlab.mit.edu
Co-founder, Neuroblox
https://www.neuroblox.ai/
Well, sometimes people think if there is a memory delay, it must be working memory. I don't. But these dynamics are cool.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It very well could.
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
No all traveling waves are the same. They don't do one thing. That would br like saying spikes do one thing
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Not all thanks. Thanks for your interest. All questions are good questions
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It does capture the dynamic. Subspace coding shows that you can explain the spiking of hundreds of neurons using just 3 dimensions. And trajectories through subspace are smooth. That's a lot of coordination. It also sounds like wave flowing across a network, doesn't it?
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Here's an earlier, but similar, version available on BioRxiv. And check my website in a few hours.

State-space trajectories and traveling waves following distraction | bioRxiv share.google/6lsBYdQRH2i1...
State-space trajectories and traveling waves following distraction
Cortical activity shows the ability to recover from distractions. We analyzed neural activity from the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of monkeys performing working memory tasks with mid-memory-delay distract...
share.google
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Not quite
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Statespace, by General Bonkers
track by General Bonkers
generalbonkers.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
General. I was promoted.
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s increasingly clear that cognition and other brain functions are rhythmic. No surprise in a brain awash in rhythms. What’s surprising is that some still cling to rate coding and steady-state or persistent activity. That framework is 50 years old!
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Here's another example of ephaptic coupling.
In vivo ephaptic coupling allows memory network formation. From @pinotsislab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/cerc...
In vivo ephaptic coupling allows memory network formation
Abstract. It is increasingly clear that memories are distributed across multiple brain areas. Such “engram complexes” are important features of memory form
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Age-related dementia
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM