Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 37 minutes ago

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Xiao-Jing Wang on theoretical neuroscience

Show notes: braininspired.co/podcast/215

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0:00 - Intro
3:08 - Why the book now?
11:00 - Modularity in neuro vs AI
14:01 - Working memory and modularity
22:37 - Canonical cortical microcircuits
25:53 - Gradient of inhibitory neurons
27:47 - Comp neuro then and now
45:35 - Cross-level mechanistic understanding
1:13:38 - Bifurcation
1:24:51 - Bifurcation and degeneracy
1:34:02 - Control theory
1:35:41 - Psychiatric disorders
1:39:14 - Beyond dynamical systems
1:43:447 - Mouse as a model
1:48:11 - AI needs a PFC