Background Neural decoding neuron 1 neuron 2 neuron 3 neuron n Pattern Classifier Learning association between neural activity an image Background A recent paper by Graf et al Nature Neuroscience ID: 239762
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Evaluating which classifiers work best for decoding neural data Slide2
Background: Neural decoding
neuron 1
neuron 2
neuron 3
neuron n
Pattern Classifier
Learning association between
neural activity an imageSlide3
Background
A recent paper by Graf et al. (Nature Neuroscience
2011) showed that SVMs worked better than PNB classifiers for decoding information from
simultaneously recorded populations of neural data from V1. They claimed that SVMs performed better because they took into account correlated variability in neural responses
However, a more detailed examination of what led to the higher decoding accuracy was not done.Slide4
Purpose of this project
Goals of this project are:
Try to replicate the finding that SVMs work better than PNB (and other) classifiers on simultaneously recorded neural data
Understand why SVMs are working better (is it really due to correlated variability? Can we say something more precise?).
3. Examine other types of data (e.g., computer vision features). Do SVMs work better, and why?Slide5
Resources
Paper:
Graf et al., Decoding the activity of neuronal populations in macaque primary visual cortex Nature Neuroscience, 2011 http://
www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nn.2733.htmlI can supply additional code and data that can be used to test different population decoding algorithms