AUTHOR=Trapani Alessandra , Sheiban Francesco Jamal , Bertone Elisa , Chiosso Serena , Colombo Luca , D'Andrea Matteo , De Santis Francesco , Fati Francesca , Fossati Veronica , Gonzalez Victor , Pedrocchi Alessandra TITLE=Reproducing a decision-making network in a virtual visual discrimination task JOURNAL=Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience VOLUME=16 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/integrative-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnint.2022.930326 DOI=10.3389/fnint.2022.930326 ISSN=1662-5145 ABSTRACT=

We reproduced a decision-making network model using the neural simulator software neural simulation tool (NEST), and we embedded the spiking neural network in a virtual robotic agent performing a simulated behavioral task. The present work builds upon the concept of replicability in neuroscience, preserving most of the computational properties in the initial model although employing a different software tool. The proposed implementation successfully obtains equivalent results from the original study, reproducing the salient features of the neural processes underlying a binary decision. Furthermore, the resulting network is able to control a robot performing an in silico visual discrimination task, the implementation of which is openly available on the EBRAINS infrastructure through the neuro robotics platform (NRP).