Barrels in the Desert: The Sde Boker Workshop on Neocortical Circuits

We thank Sydney Cash, Ania Majewska, Diana Smetters, Vivek Unni, and the organizers and participants of the workshops for their input and comments. The workshop was funded by the Israel Science Foundation and The Zlotowski Foundation.

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