2022/12/28
1:00 pm
Huixin Lin Jeong, H., Taylor, A., Floeder, J. R., Lohmann, M., Mihalas, S., Wu, B., ... & Namboodiri, V. M. K. (2022). Mesolimbic dopamine release conveys causal associations. Science, eabq6740.
2022/12/21
1:00 pm
Qianru Zhang Yu, Q., Bi, Z., Jiang, S., Yan, B., Chen, H., Wang, Y., ... & Zhang, J. (2022). Visual cortex encodes timing information in humans and mice. Neuron, available online.
2022/12/14
1:00 pm
Yuhang Zhu An Introduction to Brain-Machine Interfaces
2022/12/07
1:00 pm
Zhaoyang Yin Fu, Z., Beam, D., Chung, J. M., Reed, C. M., Mamelak, A. N., Adolphs, R., & Rutishauser, U. (2022). The geometry of domain-general performance monitoring in the human medial frontal cortex. Science, 376(6593), eabm9922.
2022/11/30
2:00 pm
Zhaonan Zhang
@U of Toulouse
Food wanting is mediated by transient activation of dopaminergic signaling in the honey bee brain
2022/11/23
1:00 pm
Fengjun Ma Attention models in associative learning
2022/11/16
1:00 pm
Huixin Lin Theories on contingency learning - R. Rescorla vs. R. Miller
2022/11/11
9:00 am
Jingfeng Zhou An introduction of associative learning theories in animals
2022/11/04
9:30 am
Qianru Zhang Samborska, V., Butler, J., Walton, M., Behrens, T. E., & Akam, T. (2022). Complementary task representations in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex for generalizing the structure of problems. Nat Neuro, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01149-8.
2022/10/28
9:30 am
Jiali Ma Millard, S. J., Hoang, I. B., Greer, Z., O'Connor, S. L., Wassum, K. M., James, M. H., ... & Sharpe, M. J. (2022). The cognitive basis of intracranial self-stimulation of midbrain dopamine neurons. bioRxiv, 503670.
2022/10/21
9:30 am
Jiawei Zeng Low, R. J., Lewallen, S., Aronov, D., Nevers, R., & Tank, D. W. (2018). Probing variability in a cognitive map using manifold inference from neural dynamics. bioRxiv, 418939.
2022/10/14
9:30 am
Yuhang Zhu Dunn, T. W., Marshall, J. D., Severson, K. S., Aldarondo, D. E., Hildebrand, D. G., Chettih, S. N., ... & Ölveczky, B. P. (2021). Geometric deep learning enables 3D kinematic profiling across species and environments. Nat Methods, 18(5), 564-573.
2022/10/8
9:30 am
Zhaoyang Yin d’Aquin, S., Szonyi, A., Mahn, M., Krabbe, S., Gründemann, J., & Lüthi, A. (2022). Compartmentalized dendritic plasticity during associative learning. Science, 376(6590), eabf7052.
2022/09/30
9:30 am
Fengjun Ma Li, D. C., Dighe, N. M., Barbee, B. R., Pitts, E. G., Kochoian, B., Blumenthal, S. A., ... & Gourley, S. L. (2022). A molecularly integrated amygdalo-fronto-striatal network coordinates flexible learning and memory. Nat Neurosci, 1-12.
2022/09/26
9:30 am
Junli Liliu
@NYU Shanghai
Motor planning beyond 2-alternative forced choice: does rat frontal orienting field represent goals or actions?
2022/09/16
9:30 am
Peiyu Jiang Miller, K. J., Botvinick, M. M., & Brody, C. D. (2022). Value representations in the rodent orbitofrontal cortex drive learning, not choice. Elife, 11, e64575.
2022/09/09
9:30 am
Huixin Lin Murakami, M., Shteingart, H., Loewenstein, Y., & Mainen, Z. F. (2017). Distinct sources of deterministic and stochastic components of action timing decisions in rodent frontal cortex. Neuron, 94(4), 908-919.

Zhang, Z., Cheng, Z., Lin, Z., Nie, C., & Yang, T. (2018). A neural network model for the orbitofrontal cortex and task space acquisition during reinforcement learning. PLOS Comp Biol, 14(1), e1005925.

Ramírez-Ruiz, J., Grytskyy, D., & Moreno-Bote, R. (2022). Seeking entropy: complex behavior from intrinsic motivation to occupy action-state path space. arXiv, 2205.10316.
2022/09/02
9:30 am
Yuhang Zhu Koralek, A. C., Jin, X., Long II, J. D., Costa, R. M., & Carmena, J. M. (2012). Corticostriatal plasticity is necessary for learning intentional neuroprosthetic skills. Nature, 483(7389), 331-335.

Athalye, V. R., Santos, F. J., Carmena, J. M., & Costa, R. M. (2018). Evidence for a neural law of effect. Science, 359(6379), 1024-1029.
2022/08/19
9:30 am
Qianru Zhang Kutlu, M.G., Zachry, J.E., Melugin, P.R. et al. (2022). Dopamine signaling in the nucleus accumbens core mediates latent inhibition. Nat Neurosci 25, 1071–1081.

Costa, K. M., Sengupta, A., & Schoenbaum, G. (2021). The orbitofrontal cortex is necessary for learning to ignore. Curr Biol, 31(12), 2652-2657.
2022/08/012
9:30 am
Fengjun Ma Yadav, N., Noble, C., Niemeyer, J. E., Terceros, A., Victor, J., Liston, C., & Rajasethupathy, P. (2022). Prefrontal feature representations drive memory recall. Nature, 1-8.
2022/08/05
9:30 am
Zhewei Zhang
@NIDA-IRP
Zhang, Z., Yin, C. & Yang, T. (2022). Evidence accumulation occurs locally in the parietal cortex. Nat Commun, 13, 4426.
2022/07/29
10:30 am
Jiawei Zeng Liberti, W. A., Schmid, T. A., Forli, A., Snyder, M., & Yartsev, M. M. (2022). A stable hippocampal code in freely flying bats. Nature, 604(7904), 98-103.

Wirtshafter, H. S., & Disterhoft, J. F. (2022). In Vivo Multi-Day Calcium Imaging of CA1 Hippocampus in Freely Moving Rats Reveals a High Preponderance of Place Cells with Consistent Place Fields. J Neurosci, 42(22), 4538-4554.
2022/07/29
9:30 am
Huixin Lin Wide-field calcium imaging.
2022/07/22
10:30 am
Lingwei Zhang Sadtler, P. T., Quick, K. M., Golub, M. D., Chase, S. M., Ryu, S. I., Tyler-Kabara, E. C., ... & Batista, A. P. (2014). Neural constraints on learning. Nature, 512(7515), 423-426.

Golub, M. D., Sadtler, P. T., Oby, E. R., Quick, K. M., Ryu, S. I., Tyler-Kabara, E. C., ... & Yu, B. M. (2018). Learning by neural reassociation. Nat Neurosci, 21(4), 607-616.

Hennig, J. A., Oby, E. R., Golub, M. D., Bahureksa, L. A., Sadtler, P. T., Quick, K. M., ... & Yu, B. M. (2021). Learning is shaped by abrupt changes in neural engagement. Nat Neurosci, 24(5), 727-736.
2022/07/15
9:30 am
Mengxi Yun
@Harvard Medical School
Distinct roles of the orbitofrontal cortex, ventral striatum, and midbrain dopamine neurons of non-human primates in economic decision-making.
2022/07/08
9:30 am
Chi Ren
@UCSD
Cortex-wide activity of excitatory/inhibitory neurons during motor learning.
2022/07/01
9:30 am
Qianru Zhang Cook, J. R., Li, H., Nguyen, B., Huang, H. H., Mahdavian, P., Kirchgessner, M. A., ... & Jin, X. (2022). Secondary auditory cortex mediates a sensorimotor mechanism for action timing. Nat Neurosci, 25(3), 330-344.
2022/06/24
9:30 am
Yuhang Zhu Balewski, Z. Z., Knudsen, E. B., & Wallis, J. D. (2022). Fast and slow contributions to decision-making in corticostriatal circuits. Neuron, available online 6 May 2022.
2022/06/17
9:30 am
Fengjun Ma Inter-area interactions at the neural population level.

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2022/05/27
9:30 am
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2022/05/20
9:30 am
Bo Fan
@MED
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2022/05/13
9:30 am
Jiamin Xu
@ECNU
Hippocampal sequential firing: replay and beyond.
2022/05/06
9:30 am
Qianru Zhang Jenni, N. L., Rutledge, G., & Floresco, S. B. (2022). Distinct Medial Orbitofrontal–Striatal Circuits Support Dissociable Component Processes of Risk/Reward Decision-Making. J Neurosci, 42(13), 2743-2755.
2022/4/29
9:30 am
Fengjun Ma Second-order conditioning
2022/4/22
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2022/4/15
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2022/4/8
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2022/4/1
9:30 am
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2022/3/25
9:30 am
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2022/3/18
9:30 am
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2022/3/11
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2022/3/4
9:30 am
Lingwei Zhang Williams, A. H., et al., (2018). Unsupervised discovery of demixed, low-dimensional neural dynamics across multiple timescales through tensor component analysis. Neuron, 98(6), 1099-1115.
2022/2/25
9:30 am
Aixia Song Costa K. M. et al., (2022). The role of the orbitofrontal cortex in creating cognitive maps. bioRxiv, 477716.
2022/2/18
9:30 am
Yuanqing Zhang Xie et al., (2022). Geometry of sequence working memory in macaque prefrontal cortex. Science, 375(6581), 632-639.
2022/1/14
9:30 am
Qianru Zhang Work on dorsal raphe 5-HT neurons by Kenji Doya lab
2022/1/7
9:30 am
Fengjun Ma Unblocking by downshift in US

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