Representational drift - the change in cells' responses to the same stimulus over time - may be a feature rather than a bug.
Thank you to @dianakwon.bsky.social for giving me a chance to talk about this fascinating topic. 🤯 The brain never ceases to amaze!
Denise J. Cai, Ph.D.
My latest feature for @nature.com is about "representational drift," a concept that's turned some long-standing ideas of how the brain works on its head.
“When people talk about this phenomenon, it’s exciting because it’s just so full of possibilities." - Andrew Fink
Neurons fire much more erratically than researchers thought. What does that mean for how the brain works?
