Sophia Becker
@sobeckerneuro.bsky.social
PhD student in computational neuroscience at EPFL, supervised by Wulfram Gerstner @gerstnerlab.bsky.social | Working on computational models of intrinsic motivation, exploration and learning, with a special love for novelty✨
Teaser: We also developed a new experimental protocol to systematically test the effects of similarity-based generalization on novelty responses!
June 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Teaser: We also developed a new experimental protocol to systematically test the effects of similarity-based generalization on novelty responses!
We show how novelty definitions can be extended to account for generalization due to similarities between familiar and novel stimuli. Applying our model to open data sets, we show how neural novelty responses and novelty-driven exploration in animals are modulated by similarities between stimuli.
June 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We show how novelty definitions can be extended to account for generalization due to similarities between familiar and novel stimuli. Applying our model to open data sets, we show how neural novelty responses and novelty-driven exploration in animals are modulated by similarities between stimuli.