Critical Scaling of Novelty in the Cortex
Tiago L. Ribeiro, Ali Vakili, Bridgette Gifford, Raiyyan Siddiqui, Vincent Sinfuego, Sinisa Pajevic, Dietmar Plenz
The paper shows novel spikes in the cortex disproportionately influence neighboring neurons through power-law scaling, suggesting critical dynamics enable efficient novelty detection.
Nature Communications · Jan 10, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience