Why it's hard to define environments that explain nervous system mechanisms
neuroecology · x · 2026-11-05
In a follow-up to the virtual-animals-for-neuroscience thread, @neuroecology notes that while we tell many stories about why mechanisms exist in the nervous system, it's actually quite hard to define environments and goals that would actually give rise to them—a core challenge for controlled virtual-ecosystem neuroscience.
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