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For eachstimulus,ourextractedcomputational mechanisms areconsistent withprior scientific literature, and in one case yields a new mechanistic hypothesis.

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Efficient coding theory hasbeen used topredict howthe brain should allocate its limited resources in these scenarios by removing redundant information [1-4].

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Here, we present a computational model of temporal processing in the inner retina, including inhibitory feedback circuits and realistic synaptic release mechanisms.

In order to emulate the local connectivity constraints of the retina, we would like neighboring pixels in 2D image-space tomap toneighboring pixels in1D vector-space.