Scott Pluta
@scottrpluta.bsky.social
Striving to understand the relationship between brain and behavior.
www.plutalab.com
Would rather be in Iceland. 📷🏔️
www.plutalab.com
Would rather be in Iceland. 📷🏔️
And maybe an espresso, too?
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
And maybe an espresso, too?
There isn't a self-generated (optic flow coupled to locomotion) stimulus in these datasets, which I believe is the crux of the Keller lab argument. But, there are many studies showing enhanced activity to the oddball. I've not a fan of that approach. Sensory predictions are driven by movement, IMO.
July 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
There isn't a self-generated (optic flow coupled to locomotion) stimulus in these datasets, which I believe is the crux of the Keller lab argument. But, there are many studies showing enhanced activity to the oddball. I've not a fan of that approach. Sensory predictions are driven by movement, IMO.
What are the needs of humanity?
June 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What are the needs of humanity?
Very interesting.
I was hoping you would say something about this impending manuscript, tho.
I was hoping you would say something about this impending manuscript, tho.
June 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Very interesting.
I was hoping you would say something about this impending manuscript, tho.
I was hoping you would say something about this impending manuscript, tho.
Other great examples are in the whisker system where the sensory nerve is cut, but movement signals persist. Such as pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40011781/
Brain-wide presynaptic networks of functionally distinct cortical neurons - PubMed
Revealing the connectivity of functionally identified individual neurons is necessary to understand how activity patterns emerge and support behaviour. Yet the brain-wide presynaptic wiring rules that...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
May 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Other great examples are in the whisker system where the sensory nerve is cut, but movement signals persist. Such as pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40011781/
Ideally, you eliminate sensory feedback during the movement, allowing you to observe the residual motor efference. The best example is in weakly electric fish. Nathan Sawtell and Curtis Bell is a place to look in that regard.
May 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ideally, you eliminate sensory feedback during the movement, allowing you to observe the residual motor efference. The best example is in weakly electric fish. Nathan Sawtell and Curtis Bell is a place to look in that regard.
How is this not obvious to everyone but maybe a first year student?
The brain can hallucinate, but calling that hallucination information might be a stretch.
The brain can hallucinate, but calling that hallucination information might be a stretch.
May 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How is this not obvious to everyone but maybe a first year student?
The brain can hallucinate, but calling that hallucination information might be a stretch.
The brain can hallucinate, but calling that hallucination information might be a stretch.