Brain Explorer: Teach computers to identify memory recall

Teach computers to identify memory recall

You taught a computer how to recognize memory recall in humans.

Seeing a picture for the first time activates a specific part of the brain, while seeing a familiar picture activates another. BRAIN Initiative scientists programed computers to identify the cells used when someone sees the familiar picture based on brain recordings from over 1500 cells! Using computers to speed up analysis of complex brain data helps scientist make discoveries faster!

Image test used to test memory. Images of human brain with measured brain regions identified. — Images courtesy of Rutishauser Lab

Reference

Faraut, et al. Dataset of human medial temporal lobe single neuron activity during declarative memory encoding and recognition. Scientific Data. Feb 13, 2018. DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.10