[Consciousness] Representational drift in primary olfactory cortex

Jun 17, 2021

Representational drift in primary olfactory cortex. This paper shows that the neural representation of a specific odor changes over time. The results show that the same neural activation pattern, at different points in time, may represent different odors.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03628-7.epdf

The following essay tries to link this result to consciousness. Although it is interesting, I think it is a stretch.

https://thenextweb.com/news/brain-drift-key-to-machine-consciousness-ai

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