Prof. Dr. Wiktor Mlynarski
Sensory systems are the brain’s window to the world—they represent the organism’s surroundings to enable successful action. To generate such representations efficiently and accurately, the brain must adapt to the structure of natural environments. However, nothing in the natural world is completely static—environments change, animals’ goals and needs fluctuate, and the two are coupled in a closed-loop system—the surroundings can be affected by the animal’s actions. In this talk, I will discuss our theoretical efforts to understand how and why sensory systems should adapt to changing environments, varying internal states, and dynamic behavior in natural environments.
