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Fitting a convolutional model of V1
Fresh off the press from NIPS 2012 is a paper by Vintch et al on a convolutional model of V1. Unsurprisingly, the convolutional model (or as they call it, the subunit model) beats the crap out of an STC-based model since it captures the same basic features of the RFs in a much lower dimensional
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Reading papers on an Android tablet
* Update: Zotero Reader Web allows you to read papers on your Android tablet via your Zotero library. I recently bought an Android tablet, specifically the Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 2. 350$ (Canadian) for the 16GB version. I figured I would evaluate it, try and use it for reading papers, and keep it if I
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The cognitive neuroscience of multitasking
I was talking to my co-author* Farhan about the Pomodoro technique, and he mentioned that while at UCSF Adam Gazzaley told him that during crunch time he physically disconnect the internet (like, unplug the Ethernet cable) and turn off his phone. And he should know: his research is focused on top-down attention and cognitive aging,
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Send a text message or email when a Matlab script is finished
It’s a drag to periodically check Matlab to see if a long-running script has finished. Why not go read some papers at the library and wait for Matlab to call you: “Yo, it’s Matlab. Your script’s done. […] Yeah I’ll pick up some milk. Love you.”. Well I haven’t figured out a way for Matlab
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Increase your productivity with the Pomodoro technique
It’s easy to get into the infinite loop of procrastination when the project at hand is not too exciting (writing a paper with meh results, a grant, etc.). I’ve been happily experimenting with the Pomodoro technique and it’s been working great. It’s free to implement* and incredibly simple. You get a 25 minute timer (I’m
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