Plasticity matters (IMAGE) Picower Institute at MIT Caption Researchers compared the output (activity on the top and decoder accuracy on the bottom) associated with real neural data (left column) and several models of working memory to the right. The ones that best resembled the real data were the "PS" models featuring short-term synaptic plasticity. Credit Miller Lab/The Picower Institute at MIT Usage Restrictions with credit License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.