Notes

Birdsong and Song System

How are inputs made into motion? We analyze feedback systems in auditory systems in birds. Motivation # Birds are very good at producing and reproducing songs by moving their vocal cords complexly (sensory motor learning). We want to learn how they learn and then extrapolate on…

August 24, 2025 · Reading Time: 16 minutes · By Xuanqiang Angelo Huang

Neuroeconomics

Humans are not rational. See (Dostoevsky 1864) , the parable of the destroying free will. In this note we will describe some behavioural economics ideas that could be interesting in this side. We will see dopamine response will be very important in this context, and see how we…

August 24, 2025 · Reading Time: 8 minutes · By Xuanqiang Angelo Huang

Conditioning Theory

Associative Conditioning # Classical Conditioning # First started with associative conditioning, which means cue -> reward signal and similars. Pavlov's experiment # Pavlov was interested in digestive systems of dogs, and discovered this by chance. Then he notices that if we…

August 22, 2025 · Reading Time: 10 minutes · By Xuanqiang Angelo Huang

Analysis of Neural Codes

Metodi di registrazione informazione # Ci stiamo chiedendo in che modo possiamo registrare attività del cervello e quindi cercare di fare decoding delle informazioni presenti Prima parliamo di alcune tecniche non invasive che ci permettono di vedere alcune attività presenti nel…

Reading Time: 2 minutes · By Xuanqiang Angelo Huang