Where the adventure is

Abstract Interpreting the Miyashita et al. experiments in terms of a cellassembly representation does not adequately explain the performance of Miyashita's monkeys on novel stimuli. We will argue that the latter observations point to a compositional representation and suggest a dynamics involving rapid and reversible binding of distinct activity patterns.

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