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Harnessing behavioral diversity to understand circuits for cognition

Simon Musall , Anne Urai , David Sussillo , Anne Churchland This is my paper

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Artificial neural networks connect neural dynamics to rich behavioral data to explain diversity in cognitive strategies.

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The paper reviews advances in large-scale neural recordings and argues these should occur during rich behavioral tasks that model cognitive processes and estimate latent variables. Careful quantification of animal movements can reveal how they shape neural dynamics and reflect brain states such as arousal or stress. Artificial neural networks trained on such behaviors are presented as a tool to link neural activity with behavioral data, generate hypotheses on circuit computations, and account for variations in strategies.

Core claim

With the increasing acquisition of large-scale neural recordings comes the challenge of inferring the computations they perform and understanding how these give rise to behavior. Recording neural data during rich behavioral tasks, quantifying movements to capture brain states, and employing artificial neural networks to connect dynamics with behavior can reveal optimal solutions for particular behaviors and explain diversity in behavioral strategies.

What carries the argument

Artificial neural networks trained on behavioral tasks, used to connect observed neural dynamics with rich behavioral data and generate hypotheses about how activity drives behavior.

If this is right

  • Neural data recorded during rich behavioral tasks will better model cognitive processes and estimate latent behavioral variables.
  • Quantifying movements will provide a more complete picture of how they shape neural dynamics and reflect changes in brain state.
  • Artificial neural networks will reveal how particular behaviors can be optimally solved.
  • Diversity in behavioral strategies across subjects or conditions can be explained through differences in underlying neural activity.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • This framework could guide the design of new experiments that directly test ANN-derived predictions in biological circuits.
  • Incorporating movement quantification might reveal hidden motor influences on circuits previously studied only in cognitive contexts.
  • Success would encourage shifting neuroscience away from simplified tasks toward more naturalistic behavioral paradigms.

Load-bearing premise

Hypotheses generated by artificial neural networks about optimal behavioral solutions will map meaningfully onto the mechanisms in biological neural circuits rather than remaining loose analogies.

What would settle it

Recordings from animals performing a task show neural activity patterns that contradict the specific predictions derived from an artificial neural network trained on the same task.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 1906.09622 by Anne Churchland, Anne Urai, David Sussillo, Simon Musall.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Animals can exhibit a diverse range of behaviors and strategies even when solving the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_1.png] view at source ↗
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With the increasing acquisition of large-scale neural recordings comes the challenge of inferring the computations they perform and understanding how these give rise to behavior. Here, we review emerging conceptual and technological advances that begin to address this challenge, garnering insights from both biological and artificial neural networks. We argue that neural data should be recorded during rich behavioral tasks, to model cognitive processes and estimate latent behavioral variables. Careful quantification of animal movements can also provide a more complete picture of how movements shape neural dynamics and reflect changes in brain state, such as arousal or stress. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) could serve as an important tool to connect neural dynamics and rich behavioral data. ANNs have already begun to reveal how particular behaviors can be optimally solved, generating hypotheses about how observed neural activity might drive behavior and explaining diversity in behavioral strategies.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reviews conceptual and technological advances for inferring computations from large-scale neural recordings and linking them to behavior. It advocates recording neural data during rich behavioral tasks to model cognitive processes and latent variables, careful quantification of movements to capture brain states such as arousal, and the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to connect neural dynamics with behavioral data by revealing optimal solutions, generating hypotheses about how neural activity drives behavior, and explaining diversity in behavioral strategies.

Significance. If the proposed synthesis holds, the perspective could help bridge neural recordings and behavior by positioning ANNs as hypothesis generators for circuit mechanisms underlying cognitive diversity. The emphasis on rich behavioral tasks and movement quantification is timely given advances in recording technologies. The argument's impact hinges on whether ANN-derived solutions can be shown to correspond to biological mechanisms beyond analogy, a point the abstract asserts has already begun but does not substantiate with concrete mappings in the provided text.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract (final paragraph): The claim that 'ANNs have already begun to reveal how particular behaviors can be optimally solved, generating hypotheses about how observed neural activity might drive behavior' is load-bearing for the central argument that ANNs serve as a tool to connect neural dynamics and behavior. No specific literature examples, circuit elements, or validated predictions (e.g., an ANN-derived unit matching a recorded biological population statistic under matched task conditions) are referenced to establish this correspondence rather than loose functional analogy.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive comments on our perspective. We address the single major comment below and will revise the manuscript accordingly.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract (final paragraph): The claim that 'ANNs have already begun to reveal how particular behaviors can be optimally solved, generating hypotheses about how observed neural activity might drive behavior' is load-bearing for the central argument that ANNs serve as a tool to connect neural dynamics and behavior. No specific literature examples, circuit elements, or validated predictions (e.g., an ANN-derived unit matching a recorded biological population statistic under matched task conditions) are referenced to establish this correspondence rather than loose functional analogy.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract would be strengthened by explicit citations supporting the claim. The body of the manuscript reviews relevant literature on ANN-derived solutions for behavioral tasks (e.g., optimal control in navigation and perceptual decisions) and their comparison to neural data, but these are not referenced in the abstract itself. In revision we will add one or two targeted citations to the abstract (and ensure the corresponding examples are highlighted in the main text) to illustrate cases where ANN units or dynamics have been directly compared to biological recordings under matched conditions. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No derivations or predictions; conceptual review only

full rationale

This is a conceptual review paper with no equations, fitted parameters, model derivations, or quantitative predictions. The abstract and text discuss emerging ideas about recording neural data during rich behaviors and using ANNs as a tool, but present no derivation chain, self-citation load-bearing premise, ansatz, or renaming of results. The central argument is argumentative rather than deductive, so none of the enumerated circularity patterns apply. The paper is self-contained as a perspective piece and receives the default non-circularity finding.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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As a review, the paper rests on standard domain assumptions in neuroscience rather than new free parameters or invented entities; no quantitative fitting or new postulates are introduced.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Large-scale neural recordings during behavior can be used to infer the computations performed by circuits for cognition.
    Stated in the opening sentence as the central challenge the review addresses.
  • domain assumption Quantification of animal movements provides information about brain state changes such as arousal or stress that shape neural dynamics.
    Invoked when arguing that movements 'reflect changes in brain state'.

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