Fast efficient coding and sensory adaptation in gain-adaptive recurrent networks
Samuel J. Gershman
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73032-0 How sensory systems rapidly adapt to changing stimulus statistics remains unclear. Here the authors show that gain adaptation in recurrent networks can implement fast efficient coding, unifying prior attraction and adapter repulsion, and supporting adaptive behavior.