Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (Deep CNNs) are currently unsurpassed as our best models of the object-recognition pathway in the visual stream of macaque monkeys. However, the extent to which these models generalize to the rodent visual ventral stream is disputed. In this talk I will recap recent attempts at using CNNs to model the rat ventral stream and present a novel,...
In an environment where sensory evidence indicates reward location, while a non-sensory, hidden probabilistic structure simultaneously imposes reward location likelihood, how will the two information channels interact in the brain? We developed a two-alternative forced-choice foraging task, where matching the probabilistic environment promotes reward collection. Rats initiate each trial at a...
