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This study aims to quantify the amount of computation derived from neural activity dynamics in different organisms.

Estimating the amount of computation done by a brain using population neural activity

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Randomized trial estimates computation in neural activity, highlighting its complexity and fidelity across species.

This study aims to quantify the amount of computation derived from neural activity dynamics in different organisms.
Introduced a framework to estimate computation from time-series data of dynamics.
Validated the framework using Lorenz dynamics and cellular automata computation classes.
Applied the framework to neural recordings from Caenorhabditis elegans and mouse cortex.
High and low computation levels were found in C. elegans during different locomotion states.
The framework assigned higher computation to difficult trials in mouse cortex during visual decision-making.
Recovered ground-truth task difficulty based on the amount of computation estimated from neural data.

Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

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