Activity in the M2 predicts upcoming choices. But what does the activity represent? A gaze-centered plan? A world-centered goal? A specific movement? We asked rats to plan responses to different targets from different start position to find out! 1/5 https://t.co/cnGmP2Ws2Q

“You can’t just be confident, you have to be confident about something.” Research led by @erlichlab and Xiaoyue Zhu set out to disentangle the different kinds of confidence by designing a perceptual gambling task for rodents. ⬇️ https://t.co/U1AOtc6LqO

Finally! This is the version of record; it's also the version to read, thanks to the review process at eLife. The finding was out of reach before macaque Neuropixels. @eLife: Direct observation of the neural computations underlying a single decision

We are hiring!!!

We’re hiring 3 Research Assistants! Join @erlichLab and @AnnDuan2 in groundbreaking research aimed at uncovering how neural population dynamics drive flexible and cognitive behaviours. Learn more and apply: https://t.co/iRMU8XZpVo

The self and world centred information was multiplexed at the single neuron level as a position gain field modulating directional tuning! Read the paper to find of more details! 5/5

We could decode the 2D position and direction but planning was done preferentially in self-centred direction coordinates 4/5

We found neurons in the FOF tuned for all the variables! 3/5

Consider 3 trial types. If a neuron fires the same for orange and pink (orange==pink) it is tuned to the start position. If blue == magenta it is tuned to gaze-centred direction. if blue == yellow, it is tuned for the target. 2/5

Join us tomorrow as we hear from Professor Nachum Ulanovsky (@WeizmannScience) on the importance of using natural behaviours in neuroscience research illustrated by his studies of neural codes for spatial and social behaviours in flying bats! Register now: https://t.co/xgzElc7mv3

Our labs are fun and awesome places to do science! Come do a postdoc in #London . The weather isn't as bad as people say! @SWC_Neuro #job #neuroscience

I'll be giving a talk this Thursday, March 14 at @SWC_Neuro in a workshop about gambling disorders.

Have you ever done a dense grid search over neural network hyperparameters? Like a *really dense* grid search? It looks like this (!!). Blueish colors correspond to hyperparameters for which training converges, redish colors to hyperparameters for which training diverges.

Come work with us at @SWC_Neuro! Multiple postdoc positions (both theory & experiment) are available in my group, to study computational & neural principles of statistical learning in the brain (of mice, rats, humans). Apply until March 18. Please share! https://t.co/zWni59x8I9

Looking for a postdoc opportunity? Join our community of dedicated researchers and staff as Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow! Our current vacancies in the @StephensonJones and @AthenaAkrami labs: https://t.co/TpQUu3hRnY

Want to flexibly manipulate many cortical regions, but don't know how to build a random access optogenetics system? We present Zapit: an #opensource hardware and user-friendly software system to make this technology more widely available. Our preprint:

🚨First preprint from the lab!! All credit goes to @cesca_gst & @HernyMV who co-led this project. https://t.co/5eqppysezR We show that movement-related striatal dopamine signals encode an action prediction error, a value free teaching signal. 🧵👇 1/25

Will you be at #SfN23? Stop by our posters and talks! Stay tuned for more details 👀 @SfNtweets

Please spread the word about a great opportunity at UC Davis for a computational and/or cognitive neuroscientist. Based at the Center for Neuroscience with space directly adjacent to @CharanRanganath and Mark Goldman! Need to apply by November 15 to guarantee review.

Do you want to do a postdoc in London at the fabulous @SWC_Neuro with me and @AnnDuan2 ? Do you have expertise in rodent behavior, neurophysiology and/or imaging? Interested in economics? decision-making? Multiplayer games? Let's chat in DC #sfn #neuroscience #postdoc