The superior colliculus, or tectum in the case of non-mammalian vertebrates, is a part of the
brain that registers events in the surrounding space, often through vision and hearing, but …

The superior colliculus is one of the most well-studied structures in the brain, and with each
new report, its proposed role in behavior seems to increase in complexity. Forty years of …

The basal ganglia (BG) are critical for adaptive motor control, but the circuit principles
underlying their pathway-specific modulation of target regions are not well understood …

The psychological concepts of working memory and attention are widely used in the
cognitive and neuroscientific literatures. Perhaps because of the interdisciplinary appeal of …

The study of decision making spans such varied fields as neuroscience, psychology,
economics, statistics, political science, and computer science. Despite this diversity of …

The execution of goal-oriented behaviours requires a spatially coherent alignment between
sensory and motor maps. The current model for sensorimotor transformation in the superior …

Reinforcement learning is an adaptive process in which an animal utilizes its previous
experience to improve the outcomes of future choices. Computational theories of …

Unilateral neglect reflects a disturbance in the spatial distribution of directed attention. A
review of unilateral neglect syndromes in monkeys and humans suggests that four cerebral …

If we are to solve the central problems in the philosophy of science, Paul Churchland
argues, we must draw heavily on the resources of the emerging sciences of the mind-brain …

In addition to their well-known role in skeletal movements, the basal ganglia control
saccadic eye movements (saccades) by means of their connection to the superior colliculus …