Scientists Jonas and Kording test neuroscience data analysis methods on microprocessors; find current approaches fail to produce meaningful understanding despite data complexity, suggesting need for validation platforms with known ground truth.

Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Konrad Paul Kording Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor? Eric Jonas, Konrad Paul Kording x Published: January 12, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268 See the preprint Figures AbstractThere is a popular belief in neuroscience that we are primarily data limited, and that producing large, multimodal, and complex datasets will, with the help of advanced data analysis algorithms, lead to fundamental insights into ...