I am fascinated by how the brain intricately processes information. I studied this as a philosophy major at Swarthmore College, as a research assistant at Johns Hopkins University and as an MD/PhD student at McGovern Medical School.
During this time, I have been supported by the National Institutes of Health through a National Research Service Award and a Translational and Clinical Science Predoctoral Fellowship.
Ultimately, I plan to leverage computational neuroscience to better understand and treat psychiatric disorders.
I have created a website for my visuals of dynamical motifs! These provide a nice introduction to dynamical systems in the context of neuroscience. Also thank you to Dr. Paul Miller for giving me permission to animate his figures. https://t.co/HoR7wpwSjy pic.twitter.com/dh8z05Ocy3
— Mitchell B. Slapik (@mslapik) November 28, 2023
Communication subspaces enable the brain to selectively send different signals to different brain regions. Here, neuron 3 computes the sum of neurons 1 and 2, whereas neuron 4 computes their difference. In this way, neurons 3 and 4 can trace out completely independent patterns. pic.twitter.com/9iz9nsiEoS
— Mitchell B. Slapik (@mslapik) January 7, 2024
According to @StefanoFusi2, the brain uses high-dimensional representations to encode information. More dimensions allow for more possible decision boundaries, giving the brain flexibility for any potential task. pic.twitter.com/JC3HyS7Z7S
— Mitchell B. Slapik (@mslapik) September 9, 2023
Music
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— The Chirp Chirps (@TheChirpChirps) May 21, 2023