Anthony M. Zador

3 weeks ago | thetransmitter.org | Daniel Graham |Holly Barker |Mark Humphries |Anthony M. Zador

To say that the brain is a communication device is almost cliché. The very name of this publication—The Transmitter—testifies to the ubiquity of the analogy. Yet most models of the brain take a sharply limited view of what communication in the brain really entails. Though couched in terms of networks and information, current approaches in systems neuroscience tend to view the brain from the point of view of the neuron.

1 month ago | thetransmitter.org | Mark Humphries |Grace Lindsay |Ben Scott |Anthony M. Zador

There are many ways neuroscience could end. Prosaically, society may just lose interest. Of all the ways we can use our finite resources, studying the brain has only recently become one; it may one day return to dust. Other things may take precedence, like feeding the planet or preventing an asteroid strike. Or neuroscience may end as an incidental byproduct, one of the consequences of war or of thoughtlessly disassembling a government or of being sideswiped by a chunk of space rock.

2 months ago | thetransmitter.org | Paul Middlebrooks |Mark Humphries |Anthony M. Zador

Special faculty research associateCarnegie Mellon University Share this article: Tags: Brain Inspired, Computational neuroscience, Neural coding Your browser doesn't support the audio element Download Dmitri Chklovskii, group leader of the Neural Circuits and Algorithms group at the Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Neuroscience, believes every single neuron in your brain may act as an optimal feedback controller.

Nov 13, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Ivan Oransky |Anthony M. Zador |Jill Adams |Paul Middlebrooks

Our baby is 1. A year ago, I stood before a crowd at a Society for Neuroscience social event sponsored by the Simons Foundation to announce the birth of The Transmitter. The pride and joy about our launch has only grown as I’ve watched the incredible staff produce an award-winning publication that has already become vital to the neuroscience community.

Nov 12, 2024 | flipboard.com | Anthony M. Zador

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