Neural Decoding as Cognitive Inference
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arXiv:2610.11923v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The brain maintains stable cognition despite continuously changing neural activity. How to extract stable cognitive states from variable neural observations remains a central problem in neural decoding. Existing neural decoding methods map neural observations to predefined external labels based on the stimulus-response principle, often capturing recording-specific spurious correlations. Inspired by how the brain infers the world, and specifically by Bayesian brain theory, we recast neural decoding as cognitive inference constrained by brain-int
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2610.11923v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The brain maintains stable cognition despite continuously changing neural activity.
- How to extract stable cognitive states from variable neural observations remains a central problem in neural decoding.
- Existing neural decoding methods map neural observations to predefined external labels based on the stimulus-response principle, often capturing recording-specific spurious correlations.
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