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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms

   Emergence of simple-cell receptive field properties by learning a sparse code for natural images

   Olshausen and Field · Nature · 1996

   A learning algorithm that seeks sparse linear codes for natural images develops localized, oriented, bandpass receptive fields like those of simple cells in primary visual cortex.

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   1. UncheckedA sparse code learned from natural images is described as a more efficient representation because its outputs are more statistically independent.“The resulting sparse image code provides a more efficient representation for later stages of processing because it possesses a higher degree of statistical independence among its outputs.”

2. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Representation of memories in the cortical–hippocampal system: Results from the application of population similarity analyses

   McKenzie, Keene, Farovik et al. · Neurobiology of Learning and Memory · 2015

   The paper argues that analysing whole populations of neurons shows how the hippocampus and cortex represent memories, and how these areas might interact to support memory.

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   1. UncheckedThe authors argue that models built on single neurons coding single features, such as place or grid cells, cannot capture the complexity of experience in this system.“We argue that models based on sparse coding of different individual features by single neurons in these areas (e.g., place cells, grid cells) are inadequate to capture the complexity of experience represented within this system.”