This work adds a new perspective on the role of neural variability for human behavior and contributes to resolving the evoked response paradox that Buzsaki elegantly described in his @sfn.org autobiography: Variability and its consequences differ at opposite ends of the cortical hierarchy (4/4)

To provide additional mechanistic insight, we reanalyzed a large intracranial electrical stimulation dataset published by @dorahermes.bsky.social, which provided causal evidence for the idea that neural variability captures recurrent connectivity along the cortical hierarchy (3/4)

This work builds on the insight that behavior needs variability by Waschke, @nielskloosterman.bsky.social, @jonasobleser.bsky.social and @garrettneuro.bsky.social and seminal NHP work by Churchland on neural quenching. It resolves how variability is related to different facets of cognition (2/4)

Too kind. Thanks @colinwhoy.bsky.social

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