![]() He is quite well-known for his work on formalising the learning dynamics in linear networks. Understanding our different ways of thinking from this perspective could makes us more tolerant of each other.Īndrew was very interested in similar memory and learning mechanisms ideas, and I really liked his approach using very simplified models. Memories and experiences make us who we are. I find it fascinating that our memories build from different experiences, creating our subjective perspective of life. While I got to learn about so many new things during my first year, interestingly, I eventually stayed with my initial interest in memory and learning. ![]() When I joined GCNU, I was not entirely sure what I was going to do I had already explored a few areas but knew there was a lot left for me to discover. Why did you choose to join Andrew Saxe’s lab? ![]() So it was the perfect opportunity for me to continue on that path I had set for myself. program here, which was a fantastic transition for me because I felt I had not explored enough neuroscience or machine learning before, even though I had the mathematical training for it. This allowed me to discover the field and figure out if this was really what I wanted to do. I then did an internship at the EPFL Blue Brain Project and an exchange at UCLA, where they offered neurophysics. Therefore, I started to take neuroscience courses. I wanted something more applicable and that had a more significant impact but kept the fundamental and fascinating questions that come with studying something like the brain. Yet we don’t even understand the brain itself! I also felt that physics is very remote from our daily life, and the applications will be visible much later in the future. In my second year, my interest in neuroscience grew again because I realised that everything we understand in physics, we understand through the brain. I also was very interested in the fundamental questions that physics brings, such as what matter is, how did the Universe come to be, and so forth. However, I felt that physics would open more doors and give me good analytical and problem-solving skills that I could apply later on to neuroscience. ![]() To see the connection between our human experience and what is known about the brain was quite fascinating to me. For instance, they used the techniques of repetition and surprise, and interestingly, both are also known to increase plasticity in the brain. What I found fascinating was that the people who performed very well in the memory contest actually used techniques that could be understood in the context of the brain. I did a year-long project in high school about memory, and the idea was to create a program that would allow you to train your memory of names and faces. I have always been interested in understanding the brain. In high school, I hesitated between studying for a degree in physics or neuroscience, and I didn’t know which to choose. To this day, she is one of my greatest role models. She played a huge role in sparking my interest in understanding what was around me. I remember that as a child, she gave me an electrical board and told me about how it worked. My grandmother was a physics teacher, which was relatively uncommon in those days, and she was the first woman in science I came across. I always knew I wanted to be a scientist. Did you always want to be a neuroscientist? An interview with Clementine Domine conducted by April Cashin-GarbuttĬlementine Domine shares her journey in science, from studying theoretical physics at undergraduate level to progressing a PhD in the Saxe lab at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit (GCNU) and SWC.
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