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Fitting predictive coding to the neurophysiological data

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Spratling, M.W.·2019·Brain Research

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Recent neurophysiological data showing the effects of locomotion on neural activity in mouse primary visual cortex has been interpreted as providing strong support for the predictive coding account of cortical function. Specifically, this work has been interpreted as providing direct evidence that prediction-error, a distinguishing property of predictive coding, is encoded in cortex. This article evaluates these claims and highlights some of the discrepancies between the proposed predictive coding model and the neuro-biology. Furthermore, it is shown that the model can be modified so as to fit the empirical data more successfully.

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  • It is currently not clear whether the inference networks of predictive coding and hierarchical filtering would place distinct requirements on implementation or make distinct predictions about neural readouts.

    “While the message passing architecture implied by different predictive coding models has been examined in detail and partly matched with neuroanatomy and -physiology (for overviews, see Spratling, 2019; Keller & Mrsic-Flogel, 2018; Bastos et al., 2012; Shipp, 2016), and hierarchical filtering models share many similarities with predictive coding models, it is currently not clear whether the”

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Authors
Spratling, M. W.
Affiliations
King's College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Spratling, M.W.
Venue
Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-10
Volume
1720
Pages
146313
ISSN
0006-8993 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2955990109
Cited by
23
References
78
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3
FWCI
1.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Brain Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
predictive coding, prediction error, primary visual cortex, locomotion, cortical activity, mouse visual cortex, model fitting, neural coding
MeSH terms
Animals, Computer Simulation, Models, Neurological, Neurons, Neurophysiology, Software, Visual Cortex, Visual Perception, Mice, Renshaw Cells

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