Topic: experimental designs

A panel examines whether a static synaptic wiring diagram can reveal a specific learned memory. The discussion addresses experimental designs and benchmarks, connectome proofreading bottlenecks, definitions of memory, differences across model organisms and the technological and conceptual limits of connectome decoding. The publisher notes imperfect audio and provides a subtitled video version.

Autopilot is a Python framework for performing complex behavioral neuroscience experiments by coordinating a swarm of Raspberry Pis. It was designed to not only give researchers a tool that allows them to perform the hardware-intensive experiments necessary for the next generation of naturalistic neuroscientific observation, but also to make it easier for scientists to be good stewards of the human knowledge project. Specifically, we designed Autopilot as a framework that lets its users contribute their technical expertise to a cumulative library of hardware interfaces and experimental designs