We (@lisa_schmors @gonschorek_d and @nbielczyk_neuro) found the increasing discrepancy between "the rate of progress in technical aspects" and "conceptual frameworks" behind neuronal circuit explanations of behaviour a bit unsettling. So we reviewed them/
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We started with the most common logical foundation of these explanations, i.e., Necessary and Sufficiency (NS), inspired by
@behaviOrganisms we argued that it's not a good idea to use it and we pointed to an alternative approach proposed by Mackie (1993)/pic.twitter.com/dHWM75tYsE
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We then brought up a few more conceptual points such as: 1. The type-token distinction of causes and how can it be important for neuroscience since we are trying to understand phenomena at different levels.
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2. What can we call causal in the brain with respect to the produced behaviour? Neuronal elements or the information they transmit?
@RomainBrette inspired us on this one 3. Are the brain and behaviour decomposable in a sense that we can map distinguishable elements across levels?pic.twitter.com/AWzpHC9gKe
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We then reviewed a few interventional tools such as optogenetics, chemogenetics, and electrical stimulation, focusing more on their potential confounds and how they might influence our causal knowledge about the brain. Of course, there will be a spatiotemporal figure about this/pic.twitter.com/SfD6uQPbtB
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We put boxes too, one is a review of analytical tools that are used to infer causality from observational data. The other is an example of how neuroscience can use ground-truth computational models to address causality. Yes, this is one of our proposed solutions, inspired by manypic.twitter.com/w0RqztBxL8
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We wrapped it up by also suggesting: "studies on the causal structure underlying behaviour should be performed by accumulating evidence from several lines of experimental and modelling studies" inspired by (DiDomenico and Eaton 1998) That said, we have another piece of news too:
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Since we believe in the incorporation of philosophy into neuroscientific discourse, we started a broader project in
@OSFramework and we are very much interested to have enthusiasts and experts collaborating on epistemological aspects of neuroscience.https://osf.io/re2xd/Prikaži ovu nit -
Feel free to contact us if you have a question or suggestion or whatever. We'll be more than happy to exchange ideas. I'm out.pic.twitter.com/epP2g95U90
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