Laura Driscoll

Jul 9, 2024 | nature.com | Laura Driscoll

AbstractFlexible computation is a hallmark of intelligent behavior. However, little is known about how neural networks contextually reconfigure for different computations. In the present work, we identified an algorithmic neural substrate for modular computation through the study of multitasking artificial recurrent neural networks. Dynamical systems analyses revealed learned computational strategies mirroring the modular subtask structure of the training task set.

Feb 20, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Laura Driscoll |Shelley Rotner |Kari Lavelle

Bruce Goldstone’s Awesome Autumn (2012) is still the gold standard. Rotner follows Hello Spring (2017) with this salute to the fall season. Name a change seen in northern climes in fall, and Rotner likely covers it here, from plants, trees, and animals to the food we harvest: seeds are spread, the days grow shorter and cooler, the leaves change and fall (and are raked up and jumped in), some animals migrate, and many families celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving.