2024 GAC 1
Is V1 a cognitive map?
Paul Linton, Columbia University
David Heeger, New York University
Tony Movshon, New York University
Lars Muckli, University of Glasgow
Hendrikje Nienborg, National Eye Institute
Paolo Papale, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Andrew Parker, University of Magdeburg
Lucy Petro, University of Glasgow
Pieter Roelfsema, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Petra Vetter, University of Fribourg
Li Zhaoping, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Cheng Xue, University of Chicago
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte, Columbia University
Short description
A ‘Cognitive Map’ is an internal model of space upon which we can scaffold our judgments about the world. The question this GAC seeks to resolve is whether V1 acts as a ‘Cognitive Map’ in humans? In answering this question, our goal is to connect Cognitive Science back to the Computational Neuroscience of V1. There’s been a raft of suggestive evidence of ‘cognitive’ processing in V1 over the last 20 years, but comparatively little stepping back and asking ‘what does it all mean?’ By contrast, the goal of Cognitive Computational Neuroscience is not just to link neural processes with computational principles, but also to explore what they mean for our experience of the world?
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