RIKEN ECL Research Team / RIKEN ECL Research Unit Hierarchical Neural Computation RIKEN ECL Research Unit
RIKEN ECL Unit Leader: Toshitake Asabuki (Ph.D.)
Research Summary
The brain can flexibly learn from new experiences by integrating them with prior knowledge. This requires hierarchically organizing information to form rich representations of the external world. Our lab investigates the neural circuit mechanisms behind this by building mathematical models of synaptic plasticity that enables multiple interconnected neural circuits to collaboratively learn. We aim to deeply understand the computational principles of the brain's remarkable learning abilities by using computational models to replicate diverse experimental findings.
Main Research Fields
- Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering
Related Research Fields
- Engineering
- Informatics
- Complex Systems
- Mathematical & Physical Sciences
- Biological Sciences
- Computational brain science
- Learning
- Information processing
Keywords
- Computational neuroscience
- Synaptic plasticity
- Neural network
Selected Publications
Papers with an asterisk(*) are based on research conducted outside of RIKEN.
- 1.
*Asabuki, T. and Clopath, C.:
"Embedding stochastic dynamics of the environment in spontaneous activity by prediction-based plasticity."
eLife, 13:RP95243. (2024) - 2.
*Asabuki, T., Kokate, P., and Fukai, T.:
"Neural circuit mechanisms of hierarchical sequence learning tested on large-scale recording data."
PLOS Computational Biology, 18(6): e1010214.(2022) - 3.
Asabuki, T and Fukai, T.:
"Somatodendritic consistency check for temporal feature segmentation."
Nature Communications, 11:1554.(2020). - 4.
Asabuki, T., Hiratani, T., and Fukai, T.:
"Interactive reservoir computing for chunking information streams."
PLOS Computational Biology, 14(10): e1006400. (2018)
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Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Toshitake Asabuki
- RIKEN ECL Unit Leader
Contact Information
Brain Science Central Bldg.
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Email: toshitake.asabuki [at] riken.jp