Publications related to Brain in a vat

The arrow-of-time in neuroimaging time series identifies causal triggers of brain function

Dimitri Nestor Alice Van De Ville, Thomas William Arthur Bolton, Maria Giulia Preti, Enrico Amico, Raphaël Pierre Liégeois

Moving from association to causal analysis of neuroimaging data is crucial to advance our understanding of brain function. The arrow-of-time (AoT), that is, the known asymmetric nature of the passage of time, is the bedrock of causal structures shaping phy ...

Wiley2023

Testing for Equivalence of Network Distribution Using Subgraph Counts

Sofia Charlotta Olhede

We consider that a network is an observation, and a collection of observed networks forms a sample. In this setting, we provide methods to test whether all observations in a network sample are drawn from a specified model. We achieve this by deriving the j ...

AMER STATISTICAL ASSOC2020

The Scientific Case for Brain Simulations

Felix Schürmann, Michele Migliore, Alain Destexhe

A key element of the European Union's Human Brain Project (HBP) and other large-scale brain research projects is the simulation of large-scale model networks of neurons. Here, we argue why such simulations will likely be indispensable for bridging the scal ...

CELL PRESS2019

Hyperdimensional computing for noninvasive brain-computer interfaces: Blind and one-shot classification of EEG error-related potentials

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz

The mathematical properties of high-dimensional (HD) spaces show remarkable agreement with behaviors controlled by the brain. Computing with HD vectors, referred to as "hypervectors," is a brain-inspired alternative to computing with numbers. HD computing ...

2017

Hyperdimensional computing for blind and one-shot classification of EEG error-related potentials

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz

The mathematical properties of high-dimensional (HD) spaces show remarkable agreement with behaviors controlled by the brain. Computing with HD vectors, referred to as “hypervectors,” is a brain-inspired alternative to computing with numbers. HD computing ...

Springer Verlag2020

Seven challenges for neuroscience

Henry Markram

Although twenty-first century neuroscience is a major scientific enterprise, advances in basic research have not yet translated into benefits for society. In this paper, I outline seven fundamental challenges that need to be overcome. First, neuroscience h ...

2013

Response to Comment on "Restoring Voluntary Control of Locomotion After Paralyzing Spinal Cord Injury"

Grégoire Courtine, Janine Beauparlant, Rubia van den Brand

Slawinska et al. questioned the involvement of supraspinal centers in restoring locomotion after multisystem neuroprosthetic training in rats with paralyzing spinal cord injury. Here, we clarify misconceptions and present additional results illustrating th ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2012

Accelerating Range Queries For Brain Simulations

Anastasia Ailamaki, Henry Markram, Felix Schürmann, Thomas Heinis, Farhan Tauheed, Laurynas Biveinis

Neuroscientists increasingly use computational tools to build and simulate models of the brain. The amounts of data involved in these simulations are immense and the importance of their efficient management is primordial. One particular problem in analyzin ...

2012

Fast-Marching Tractography for Connection Matrix (Fast-TraC)

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Reto Meuli, Patric Hagmann, Leila Cammoun, Xavier Gigandet

Although high angular resolution diffusion MRI techniques are able to solve multiple intra-voxel fiber orientations, the usual streamline Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) tractography algorithms present some limitations in their ability to map complex fibe ...

2008