3 papers
cs.AI2026
Attractor Geometry of Transformer Memory: From Conflict Arbitration to Confident Hallucination
Qiyao Liang, Risto Miikkulainen, Ila Fiete
Language models draw on two knowledge sources: facts baked into weights (parametric memory, PM) and information in context (working memory, WM). We study two mechanistically distin…
cs.NE2026
Evolution With Purpose: Hierarchy-Informed Optimization of Whole-Brain Models
Hormoz Shahrzad, Niharika Gajawelli, Kaitlin Maile +2
Evolutionary search is well suited for large-scale biophysical brain modeling, where many parameters with nonlinear interactions and no tractable gradients need to be optimized. St…
q-bio.NC2025
How the Stroop Effect Arises from Optimal Response Times in Laterally Connected Self-Organizing Maps
Divya Prabhakaran, Uli Grasemann, Swathi Kiran +1
The Stroop effect refers to cognitive interference in a color-naming task: When the color and the word do not match, the response is slower and more likely to be incorrect. The Str…