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Isaac Lin¹, Tianye Wang², Shang Gao^1,3

¹Carnegie Mellon University.

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Self-attention mechanisms improve predictions of visual cortical neuron responses compared to standard convolutional neural networks (CNNs). This approach better captures contextual information, crucial for understanding neural tuning and feature preferences.

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Area of Science:

Computational Neuroscience
Computer Vision
Machine Learning

Background:

Primary visual cortex neurons process contextual information via horizontal and feedback connections.
Standard Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) use successive convolutions and readout layers for contextual modulation.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate self-attention (SA) mechanisms for modeling visual cortical neuron responses.
To compare SA models against parameter-matched CNNs using neural response prediction metrics.

Main Methods:

Introduced 'peak tuning' as a metric to assess a model's ability to capture a neuron's preferred feature.
Factorized network components to analyze local receptive field and surround information contributions.
Assessed incremental learning of receptive field and contextual modulation.

Main Results:

Self-attention improved neural response predictions over CNNs in tuning curve correlation and peak tuning.
Local receptive field information is key for overall tuning, while surround information is critical for tuning peaks.
Self-attention can replace spatial-integration convolutions and complements fully connected readout layers.

Conclusions:

Self-attention offers a more effective mechanism for modeling contextual modulation in visual cortical neurons.
Decomposing learning into receptive field and contextual modulation incrementally is a robust strategy for surround-center interactions.