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Automatically Inferring Meso-scale Models of Neural Computation

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Dr. Tom Dean, a research scientist at Google in Mountain View, discusses the idea of an intermediate or meso-scale computational theory that connects a molecular (micro-scale) account of neural function to a behavioral (macro-scale) account of animal cognition and environmental complexity.

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