How does knowledge in the world get into our brains and integrated with the rest of our knowledge and memories? Anna and I talk about the complementary learning systems theory introduced in 1995 that posits a fast episodic hippopcampal learning system and a slower statistical cortical learning system. We then discuss her work that advances and adds missing pieces to the CLS framework, and explores how sleep and sleep cycles contribute to the process. We also discuss how her work might contribute to AI systems by using multiple types of memory buffers, a little about being a woman in science, and how it’s going with her brand new lab.
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Show Notes: Federico’s website.Federico’s papers we discuss: Conflicting emergences. Weak vs. strong emergence for the modelling of brain functionFrom homeostasis to behavior: balanced activity...
Dileep and I discuss his theoretical account of how the thalamus and cortex work together to implement visual inference. We talked previously about his...
Art by Julia Kuhl: http://www.somedonkey.com/ Show notes: Check out Anne's lab website.Follow her on twitter: @anne_churchlandAnne's List, the list of female systems neuroscientists to...