Juan Gallego discusses how manifolds are transforming our understanding of the coordination of neuronal population activity

In this episode of “Brain Inspired,” Paul Middlebrooks talks with Juan Gallego, principal investigator of the Be.Neural Lab (short for behavior and neural dynamics) at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Gallego has been at the forefront in exploring how neural manifolds can be used to explain the activity of large neural populations, especially in motor control and learning. He discusses some of the strengths, weaknesses and open questions regarding the manifold approach.

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