Models of working memory (WM) commonly focus on how information is encoded into and
retrieved from storage at specific moments. However, in the majority of real-life processes …

Despite increasing evidence suggesting the cerebellum works in concert with the cortex and
basal ganglia, the nature of the reciprocal interactions between these three brain regions …

Fine-grained descriptions of brain connectivity are required to understand how neural
information is processed and relayed across spatial scales. Previous investigations of the …

A debate surrounding modularity—the notion that the mind may be exclusively composed of
distinct systems or modules—has held philosophers and psychologists captive for nearly 40 …

We recorded activity of dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta in
unrestrained mice while monitoring their movements with video tracking. Our approach …

Motor tics are a cardinal feature of Tourette syndrome and are traditionally associated with
an excess of striatal dopamine in the basal ganglia. Recent evidence increasingly supports …

The brain regulates the body by anticipating its needs and attempting to meet them before
they arise–a process called allostasis. Allostasis requires a model of the changing sensory …

Humans have the fascinating ability to achieve goals in a complex and constantly changing
world, still surpassing modern machine-learning algorithms in terms of flexibility and …

In this paper, we present goal-discovering robotic architecture for intrisically-motivated
learning (GRAIL), a four-level architecture that is able to autonomously: 1) discover changes …

The basal ganglia (BG) are the major subcortical nuclei in the brain. Disorders implicating
the BG are characterized by diverse symptoms, but it remains unclear what these symptoms …