Decision-Making Computations in Neuronal Networks

Speaker(s)

Marcin Penconek

Affiliation

Międzydziedzinowa Szkoła Doktorska UW

Date

March 20, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Room

room 5070

Title in Polish

Modelowanie podejmowania decyzji w sieciach neuronowych

Seminar

Seminar of Biomathematics and Game Theory Group

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Recent advances in neuroscience provide a new perspective on how categorical decisions are computed in the brain and how the choice circuits performing such computations are organized. This knowledge was instrumental in developing the mechanistic model of the choice circuit based on the recurrent attractor network of binary neurons. The model produced biologically realistic network dynamics and behaviorally realistic predictions. The model was applied in the investigation of the impact of alpha oscillations on the decision process, speed-accuracy tradeoff (SAT), and Weber's Law. During the seminar, I will present the key results from my doctoral dissertation.

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