This session will reverse the usual order of discussion by presenting a question followed by an argument, instead of an argument, followed by questions.
Chair: Gal Haspel. Fri. 3-5p EST
3:27 - 3:49
What do we mean by brain computations? A battle of metaphors.
Horacio G. Rotstein (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
3:49 - 4:11
Do brains encode information? Insights from olfactory processing.
Leslie M. Kay (University of Chicago)
4:11-4:16 Break
4:16 - 4:38
Low dimensional manifolds for neural population dynamics: how and why?
Sara Solla, (Northwestern University)
4:38 - 5:00
Is the genius of the brain because it is a kludge in design?
Kamran Khodakhah (Einstein College)