Jianing Yu
@jianing1962.bsky.social
Thinking about similar things. It seems "simply" reflecting the task structure.
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Thinking about similar things. It seems "simply" reflecting the task structure.
I guess you must "hate" this paper then:
Katz, L., Yates, J., Pillow, J. et al. Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream. Nature 535, 285–288 (2016). doi.org/10.1038/natu...
Katz, L., Yates, J., Pillow, J. et al. Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream. Nature 535, 285–288 (2016). doi.org/10.1038/natu...
Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream - Nature
Activity in regions of the brain have been correlated with decision making but determining whether such relationships are correlative or causative has been challenging; using a technique to reversibly...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I guess you must "hate" this paper then:
Katz, L., Yates, J., Pillow, J. et al. Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream. Nature 535, 285–288 (2016). doi.org/10.1038/natu...
Katz, L., Yates, J., Pillow, J. et al. Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream. Nature 535, 285–288 (2016). doi.org/10.1038/natu...
is V1 driving movement?? Asking for a friend.
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
is V1 driving movement?? Asking for a friend.
Years ago, a student and I tried an object recognition task on rats using a paradigm similar to David Mumby's design (a maze, one end shows the sample, the other end, rats choose between the sample and a new obj.). Didn't work. Recently, it came to me that rats cannot be too thirsty for this task
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Years ago, a student and I tried an object recognition task on rats using a paradigm similar to David Mumby's design (a maze, one end shows the sample, the other end, rats choose between the sample and a new obj.). Didn't work. Recently, it came to me that rats cannot be too thirsty for this task
What is most helpful, though, is to produce data tables (e.g., in CSV) during data processing (e.g., through a matlab script) and write R code blocks to read them and automatically output basic statistics in the manuscript (mean, median, IQR, sample size， p value, etc.).
June 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What is most helpful, though, is to produce data tables (e.g., in CSV) during data processing (e.g., through a matlab script) and write R code blocks to read them and automatically output basic statistics in the manuscript (mean, median, IQR, sample size， p value, etc.).
give it a try, it is awesome. (btw, don't use the journal-specific styles, just basic ones with the common sections, ask ai to produce a template for you). you can have 3 formats rendered: pdf, word, HTML. HTML is particularly convenient because it is fast and page-less.
June 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
give it a try, it is awesome. (btw, don't use the journal-specific styles, just basic ones with the common sections, ask ai to produce a template for you). you can have 3 formats rendered: pdf, word, HTML. HTML is particularly convenient because it is fast and page-less.
Hating Musk is a loser's game
March 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hating Musk is a loser's game
My understanding is that this is purely a statistical property. If one sums the number of events over many time bins (e.g, 1000 1-ms bins), but the chance of each event occurring in a single (1 ms) time bin is low (p<<1), the sum naturally follows a Poisson distribution.
January 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My understanding is that this is purely a statistical property. If one sums the number of events over many time bins (e.g, 1000 1-ms bins), but the chance of each event occurring in a single (1 ms) time bin is low (p<<1), the sum naturally follows a Poisson distribution.
Why did you do this?
January 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Why did you do this?
What does this natural disaster have to do with oil?
January 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
What does this natural disaster have to do with oil?
Interesting. Is Toni et al 1998 the paper to read on this topic?
January 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Interesting. Is Toni et al 1998 the paper to read on this topic?
I am glad. That's what we are working on, including from PFC. Your book is on my desk, Dr. Passingham.🫶
January 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I am glad. That's what we are working on, including from PFC. Your book is on my desk, Dr. Passingham.🫶
Yes, this type of experiment was remarkable for its time. But I wonder if maybe we need to think about how the neural activity changes over days (in the past, it was just one session), weeks, and months, and even since day 1 when the monkey starts its training on matching/non-matching tasks.
January 3, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Yes, this type of experiment was remarkable for its time. But I wonder if maybe we need to think about how the neural activity changes over days (in the past, it was just one session), weeks, and months, and even since day 1 when the monkey starts its training on matching/non-matching tasks.
I just ordered a copy. Will have a good read. Thank you!
January 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I just ordered a copy. Will have a good read. Thank you!
Thank you! I will give it a read. I have read a few habit books, and they keep citing the same set of papers that need some serious updates with new tools. BTW, I was also talking about single-cell levels (and a large number of the same cells simultaneously throughout learning, with ms resolution).
January 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Thank you! I will give it a read. I have read a few habit books, and they keep citing the same set of papers that need some serious updates with new tools. BTW, I was also talking about single-cell levels (and a large number of the same cells simultaneously throughout learning, with ms resolution).
what happens to a brain area when one learns a rule, a skill, or an association?
January 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
what happens to a brain area when one learns a rule, a skill, or an association?
we probably always need that.
December 17, 2024 at 7:11 AM
we probably always need that.
to my knowledge, no one has measured 1p ca signal and spikes at the same time to check for signal detection quality and spike-fluo transformation.
December 17, 2024 at 2:02 AM
to my knowledge, no one has measured 1p ca signal and spikes at the same time to check for signal detection quality and spike-fluo transformation.