AI RESEARCH

Cross-species RSA: same learning rules (BP, PC, STDP, FA) tested against both human fMRI and macaque electrophysiology [P]

r/MachineLearning

Follow-up to my earlier post on learning rules vs. human fMRI. Same five conditions (BP, FA, PC, STDP, untrained), same model weights, now evaluated against macaque V1/V2 (FreemanZiemba2013, single-unit) and macaque V4/IT (MajajHong2015, multi-electrode). Main findings: Early visual alignment is qualitatively conserved across species. STDP (ρ ≈ 0.30) and PC (ρ ≈ 0.28) lead at macaque V1/V2, consistent with their position in human V1. The pattern isn't an fMRI artifact. The untrained baseline result doesn't replicate cleanly. In human fMRI, Random ≥ BP at V1.