Rich Pang
@rkp-science.bsky.social
Computational neuroscientist/biophysicist interested in memory, dynamics, and spikes.
https://rkp.science
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Rich Pang
@rkp-science.bsky.social
· May 27
Inferring neural population codes for Drosophila acoustic communication | PNAS
Social communication between animals is often mediated by sequences of acoustic signals,
sometimes spanning long timescales. How auditory neural ci...
tinyurl.com
How do we get more neuroscience out of our behavioral data? Excited to share new work with C.A.Baker, M.Murthy and @jpillowtime.bsky.social, where we use natural behavior data to extend predictions from neural recordings about population codes for dynamic social stimuli: tinyurl.com/2d3wwfyf
Reposted by Rich Pang
Rapid neocortical network modifications via dendritic plateau potential induced plasticity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.19.689338v1
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Rapid neocortical network modifications via dendritic plateau potential induced plasticity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.19.689338v1
Reposted by Rich Pang
Now in PRX: Theory linking connectivity structure to collective activity in nonlinear RNNs!
For neuro fans: conn. structure can be invisible in single neurons but shape pop. activity
For low-rank RNN fans: a theory of rank=O(N)
For physics fans: fluctuations around DMFT saddle⇒dimension of activity
For neuro fans: conn. structure can be invisible in single neurons but shape pop. activity
For low-rank RNN fans: a theory of rank=O(N)
For physics fans: fluctuations around DMFT saddle⇒dimension of activity
Connectivity Structure and Dynamics of Nonlinear Recurrent Neural Networks
The structure of brain connectivity predicts collective neural activity, with a small number of connectivity features determining activity dimensionality, linking circuit architecture to network-level...
journals.aps.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Now in PRX: Theory linking connectivity structure to collective activity in nonlinear RNNs!
For neuro fans: conn. structure can be invisible in single neurons but shape pop. activity
For low-rank RNN fans: a theory of rank=O(N)
For physics fans: fluctuations around DMFT saddle⇒dimension of activity
For neuro fans: conn. structure can be invisible in single neurons but shape pop. activity
For low-rank RNN fans: a theory of rank=O(N)
For physics fans: fluctuations around DMFT saddle⇒dimension of activity
Reposted by Rich Pang
Our latest project find shared representations while controlling for confounds is out www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Check @s-michelmann.bsky.social 's thread for the executive summary. Code in python and matlab: github.com/s-michelmann... — Now is play time 👨💻
| bioRxiv
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www.biorxiv.org
September 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Our latest project find shared representations while controlling for confounds is out www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Check @s-michelmann.bsky.social 's thread for the executive summary. Code in python and matlab: github.com/s-michelmann... — Now is play time 👨💻
Reposted by Rich Pang
🧠 Paper out!
We investigated how hippocampal and cortical ripples support memory during movie watching. We found that:
🎬 Hippocampal ripples mark event boundaries
🧩 Cortical ripples predict later recall
Ripples may help transform real-life experiences into lasting memories!
rdcu.be/eui9l
We investigated how hippocampal and cortical ripples support memory during movie watching. We found that:
🎬 Hippocampal ripples mark event boundaries
🧩 Cortical ripples predict later recall
Ripples may help transform real-life experiences into lasting memories!
rdcu.be/eui9l
Movie-watching evokes ripple-like activity within events and at event boundaries
Nature Communications - The neural processes involved in memory formation for realistic experiences remain poorly understood. Here, the authors found that ripple-like activity in the human...
rdcu.be
July 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🧠 Paper out!
We investigated how hippocampal and cortical ripples support memory during movie watching. We found that:
🎬 Hippocampal ripples mark event boundaries
🧩 Cortical ripples predict later recall
Ripples may help transform real-life experiences into lasting memories!
rdcu.be/eui9l
We investigated how hippocampal and cortical ripples support memory during movie watching. We found that:
🎬 Hippocampal ripples mark event boundaries
🧩 Cortical ripples predict later recall
Ripples may help transform real-life experiences into lasting memories!
rdcu.be/eui9l
Reposted by Rich Pang
Excited to share this project specifying a research direction I think will be particularly fruitful for theory-driven cognitive science that aims to explain natural behavior!
We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
June 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Excited to share this project specifying a research direction I think will be particularly fruitful for theory-driven cognitive science that aims to explain natural behavior!
We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
How do we get more neuroscience out of our behavioral data? Excited to share new work with C.A.Baker, M.Murthy and @jpillowtime.bsky.social, where we use natural behavior data to extend predictions from neural recordings about population codes for dynamic social stimuli: tinyurl.com/2d3wwfyf
Inferring neural population codes for Drosophila acoustic communication | PNAS
Social communication between animals is often mediated by sequences of acoustic signals,
sometimes spanning long timescales. How auditory neural ci...
tinyurl.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How do we get more neuroscience out of our behavioral data? Excited to share new work with C.A.Baker, M.Murthy and @jpillowtime.bsky.social, where we use natural behavior data to extend predictions from neural recordings about population codes for dynamic social stimuli: tinyurl.com/2d3wwfyf
An intuitive way to derive Shannon's famous entropy formula that you may not have seen before (unless you're a physicist): rkp.science/an-alternati...
An alternative construction of Shannon Entropy
rkp.science
May 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
An intuitive way to derive Shannon's famous entropy formula that you may not have seen before (unless you're a physicist): rkp.science/an-alternati...
Reposted by Rich Pang
🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again!
💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty
📈Apply until July 1st!
🔗https://imbizo.africa/
💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty
📈Apply until July 1st!
🔗https://imbizo.africa/
May 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again!
💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty
📈Apply until July 1st!
🔗https://imbizo.africa/
💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty
📈Apply until July 1st!
🔗https://imbizo.africa/