Earl K. Miller

It’s not which neurons fire. It’s the geometry of their activity patterns. The piriform cortex doesn’t just store odor “labels.” It continually reshapes that geometry to encode odors. Representational manifolds in olfactory cortex #neuroscience

A recent example of this subspace geometry: Li, H., Chrysanthidis, N., Brincat, S.L., Rose, J. and Miller, E.K. (2026) Neural subspace reorganization reflects value-based decision making. iScience,

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The brain appears to keep ordered lists in separate, low-dimensional position-based “slots” in its activity patterns, not by replaying them one at a time. Neural subspaces encode sequential working memory without detectable neural sequences #neuroscience

Nice review and discussion Visual attention: Defining the origin of the current terms of engagement #neuroscience

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Spatial working memory enhances gamma oscillations in rodent olfactory bulb and medial prefrontal cortex #neuroscience

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Brain waves may play a role in distortions of our perception of the passage of time. The sleep-wake circuit plays a role in temporal distortions #neuroscience

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The brain uses dimensionality reduction as a built-in feature of its wiring. Network geometry shapes the transformation of task representations across the human cortex #neuroscience

We agree. Barrett, L.F and Miller, E.K. (2026) Categorization is baked into the brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience,

Lossy compression when items are chunked in working memory. Chunking: What working memory gains and loses #neuroscience

Lisa Feldman-Barrett and I argue that your brain is organized around this compression. Barrett, L.F and Miller, E.K. (2026) Categorization is baked into the brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience,

Smart isn't the same as aware. And your brain's software is also its hardware. Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be #neuroscience

Robust inference via top-down feedback and neural variability in recurrent vision models #neuroscience

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