Kyle and I talk about his work modeling the basal ganglia and its circuitry to control whether we take an action and how we select among alternative actions. We also reflect on his experiences in academia, the larger picture of what it’s like in graduate school and after - at least in a computational neuroscience program - why he left, what he’s doing now, and how it all fits together.
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Romain and I discuss his theoretical/philosophical work examining how neuroscientists rampantly misuse the word "code" when making claims about information processing in brains. We...
Support the show to get full episodes and join the Discord community. Anil and I discuss a range of topics from his book, BEING...
Galit and I discuss the independent roles of prediction and explanation in scientific models, their history and eventual separation in the philosophy of science,...
