Aeon: an open -source platform for testing normative models of natural behaviours and their neural implementations
Jai Bhagat, Dario Campagner, Goncalo Lopes, Lorenza Calcaterra, Andre Almeida, Chang Huan Lo, Thinh Nguyen, Anaya Pouget, Thomas Ryan, Milagros Marin, Jaerong Ahn, Filipe Carvalho, Bruno Cruz, Andrew Erskine, Orsolya Folsz, Zimo Li, Joaquin Rapela, Jasmine Reggiani, The SWC Foraging Behaviour Working Group · COSYNE 2025
Natural behaviour is organized hierarchically into mutually exclusive modules (like feeding or escaping) with sequences of finer behavioural submodules (like object-manipulation or run-initiation) progressively nested within, down to elementary motor actions[1]. Theoretical work proposes that the brain represents natural behaviour through nested attractor networks[2]. Experimentally testing this theory requires simultaneous recording of neural activity from multiple brain regions and behaviour as they unfold. This is challenging due to complexities in a) mimicking natural settings-including la
ePoster · Neuroscience