Hierarchical action encoding in prefrontal cortex of freely moving macaques

B Voloh, DJN Maisson, RL Cervera, I Conover… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Our natural behavioral repertoires include coordinated actions of characteristic types. To
better understand how neural activity relates to the expression of actions and action …

Building egocentric models of local space from retinal input

DM Martins, JM Manda, MJ Goard, PRL Parker - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Determining the location of objects relative to ourselves is essential for interacting with the
world. Neural activity in the retina is used to form a vision-independent model of the local …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior

P Cisek, AM Green - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the most exciting new developments in systems neuroscience is the progress being
made toward neurophysiological experiments that move beyond simplified laboratory …

Representing the dynamics of natural marmoset vocal behaviors in frontal cortex

J Li, MC Aoi, CT Miller - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Here, we tested the respective contributions of primate premotor and prefrontal cortex to
support vocal behavior. We applied a model-based generalized linear model (GLM) …

A-SOiD, an active-learning platform for expert-guided, data-efficient discovery of behavior

JF Tillmann, AI Hsu, MK Schwarz, EA Yttri - Nature Methods, 2024 - nature.com
To identify and extract naturalistic behavior, two methods have become popular: supervised
and unsupervised. Each approach carries its own strengths and weaknesses (for example …

Interactions between neural representations of the social and spatial environment

JC Thompson, C Parkinson - Philosophical …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Even in our highly interconnected modern world, geographic factors play an important role
in human social connections. Similarly, social relationships influence how and where we …

[HTML][HTML] The big mixup: Neural representation during natural modes of primate visual behavior

DA Leopold - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
The primate brain has evolved specialized visual capacities to navigate complex physical
and social environments. Researchers studying cortical circuits underlying these capacities …

A Double Hit of Social and Economic Stress in Mice Precipitates Changes in Decision-Making Strategies

R Durand-de Cuttoli, FJ Martínez-Rivera, L Li… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Economic stress can serve as a second hit for people who have already
accumulated a history of adverse life experiences. How one recovers from a setback is a …

Spatial cognition: Uncovering navigational representations in prefrontal cortices

K Hardcastle - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Spatial cognition: Uncovering navigational representations in prefrontal cortices: Current
Biology Skip to Main Content Advertisement Current Biology This journal offers authors two …

Neural timescales reflect behavioral demands in freely moving rhesus macaques

AMG Manea, DJN Maisson, B Voloh… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Previous work demonstrated a highly reproducible cortical hierarchy of neural timescales at
rest, with sensory areas displaying fast, and higher-order association areas displaying …