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Xiao-Jing Wang outlines the future of theoretical neuroscience

Wang discusses why he decided the time was right for a new theoretical neuroscience textbook and how bifurcation is a key missing concept in neuroscience explanations.

By Paul Middlebrooks
2 July 2025 | 112 min watch

In this “Brain Inspired” episode, Paul Middlebrooks talks with Xiao-Jing Wang, distinguished global professor of neuroscience at New York University, who just released his new textbook, “Theoretical Neuroscience: Understanding Cognition.” They discuss how neuroscience has changed over the past 50 years and how Wang believes modern theoretical tools will lead to a new era of “cross-levels mechanistic understanding.”

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