Context dependent adaptation in a neural computation
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| author | Edelson, Charles J. Setayeshgar, Sima Bialek, William van Steveninck, Rob R. de Ruyter |
| author_facet | Edelson, Charles J. Setayeshgar, Sima Bialek, William van Steveninck, Rob R. de Ruyter |
| contents | Brains adapt to the statistical structure of their input. In the visual system, local light intensities change rapidly, the variance of the intensity changes more slowly, and the dynamic range of contrast itself changes more slowly still. We use a motion-sensitive neuron in the fly visual system to probe this hierarchy of adaptation phenomena, delivering naturalistic stimuli that have been simplified to have a clear separation of time scales. We show that the neural response to visual motion depends on contrast, and this dependence itself varies with context. Using the spike-triggered average velocity trajectory as a response measure, we find that context dependence is confined to a low-dimensional space, with a single dominant dimension. Across a wide range of conditions this adaptation serves to match the integration time to the mean interval between spikes, reducing redundancy. |
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| spellingShingle | Context dependent adaptation in a neural computation Edelson, Charles J. Setayeshgar, Sima Bialek, William van Steveninck, Rob R. de Ruyter Neurons and Cognition Biological Physics Brains adapt to the statistical structure of their input. In the visual system, local light intensities change rapidly, the variance of the intensity changes more slowly, and the dynamic range of contrast itself changes more slowly still. We use a motion-sensitive neuron in the fly visual system to probe this hierarchy of adaptation phenomena, delivering naturalistic stimuli that have been simplified to have a clear separation of time scales. We show that the neural response to visual motion depends on contrast, and this dependence itself varies with context. Using the spike-triggered average velocity trajectory as a response measure, we find that context dependence is confined to a low-dimensional space, with a single dominant dimension. Across a wide range of conditions this adaptation serves to match the integration time to the mean interval between spikes, reducing redundancy. |
| title | Context dependent adaptation in a neural computation |
| topic | Neurons and Cognition Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01760 |