Barbara L. Finlay

The paper identifies a computational duality in mammalian brain evolution through inverse covariation between spatiotopic and disordered system components.

The paper develops a network growth model to explore how secondary cortical areas form from activity patterns in V1, finding that activity-driven wiring and density limits generate mirror-reversed topography and reduced resolution.

The paper compares adult hippocampal neurogenesis across species by aligning developmental timelines and finds superimposable neurogenesis envelopes when normalized.