Dear All, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science and the Center for Cognitive Computation invites you to the following talk: “On the patterns of the brain” Speaker: Zoltan Nadasdy 1 Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary 2 Department of Neurology, Dell School of Medicine, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 3 Zeto, Inc., Santa Clara, CA Abstract: In this lecture, I will argue that the brain leverages its intrinsic capacity to spontaneously generate diverse activity patterns as a foundation for constructing internal models of the world. In contrast to conventional models of cognition, these building blocks are not derived from sensory input. I will posit that neuronal representations are not validated through correspondence with external reality, but rather through internal consistency and reproducibility. To support this perspective, I will review the role of spike sequences and the replay model of memory in the hippocampus and present evidence from the spontaneous emergence of stereotyped activity in cortical tissue cultures. I will then introduce the phase coding model and provide empirical support for its manifestation in the dynamics of grid cells in the human entorhinal cortex. Finally, I will outline a revised framework for neural coding that integrates these findings into a generative perspective on brain function. Chair: József Fiser Time and date: Tuesday, April 15, 3 PM Venue: CEU Budapest site (1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 15.) N15. room 202. Zoom Meeting: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/99066589927?pwd=4ChIlJdFnaK5HkmF1tVAbyaksjiBwh.1 Meeting ID: 990 6658 9927 Passcode: 809944 Please, be informed that video/photo recording might take place at the event and the edited version of the video material might be published to communicate or promote CEU PU's activities. Please, find our Privacy Notice here<https://www.ceu.edu/privacy>cy>. Best regards, [Central European University] Ildikó Varga Department Coordinator (Budapest) Department of Cognitive Science<http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu> Pronouns: she/her | vargai(a)ceu.edu | +36-1 327-3000 2941 H-1051 Budapest, Nádor street 15. FT 404. CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY Quellenstrasse 51 | A-1100 Vienna | Austria | www.ceu.edu<http://www.ceu.edu> [signature_752373752]<https://www.facebook.com/WeAreCEU/> [signature_3291570502] <https://www.instagram.com/weareceu/> [signature_2028194004] <https://at.linkedin.com/school/central-european-university/> [signature_2667470835] <https://www.threads.net/@weareceu> [cid:7cbac74b-ed4e-4203-b745-fd6801cf1a77] <https://bsky.app/profile/weareceu.bsky.social> ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu