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Network Design and the Brain

Overview of attention for article published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, October 2017
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (57th percentile)

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Title
Network Design and the Brain
Published in
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, October 2017
DOI 10.1016/j.tics.2017.09.012
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Authors

Saket Navlakha, Ziv Bar-Joseph, Alison L. Barth

Abstract

Neural circuits have evolved to accommodate similar information processing challenges as those faced by engineered systems. Here, we compare neural versus engineering strategies for constructing networks. During circuit development, synapses are overproduced and then pruned back over time, whereas in engineered networks, connections are initially sparse and are then added over time. We provide a computational perspective on these two different approaches, including discussion of how and why they are used, insights that one can provide the other, and areas for future joint investigation. By thinking algorithmically about the goals, constraints, and optimization principles used by neural circuits, we can develop brain-derived strategies for enhancing network design, while also stimulating experimental hypotheses about circuit development and function.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 178 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 44 25%
Researcher 34 19%
Student > Master 15 8%
Student > Bachelor 12 7%
Professor 10 6%
Other 35 20%
Unknown 28 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 44 25%
Computer Science 25 14%
Psychology 20 11%
Engineering 15 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 6%
Other 29 16%
Unknown 35 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 December 2021.
All research outputs
#1,215,078
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Trends in Cognitive Sciences
#705
of 2,291 outputs
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#24,749
of 335,962 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Trends in Cognitive Sciences
#11
of 26 outputs
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