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Pre-Training Artificial Neural Networks with Spontaneous Retinal Activity Improves Motion Prediction in Natural Scenes

Published in bioRxiv, 2024

Before the onset of vision, the retina generates its own spontaneous activity, referred to as retinal waves. This activity is crucial for establishing neural connections and, hence, ensuring the proper functionality of the visual system. Recent research has shown that retinal waves exhibit statistical properties similar to those of natural visual stimuli, such as the optic flow of objects in the environment during forward motion. We investigate whether retinal waves can prepare the visual system for motion processing by pre-training artificial neural network (ANN) models with retinal waves. Our results showed that ANNs pre-trained with retinal waves exhibit faster learning on movies featuring naturalistic stimuli. Additionally, pre-training with retinal waves refined the receptive fields of ANN neurons, similar to processes seen in biological systems. Our work highlights the importance of spatio-temporally patterned spontaneous activity in preparing the visual system for motion processing in natural scenes.

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Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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