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Plasticity in animal behaviour relies on the ability to integrate external and internal cues from
the changing environment and hence modulate activity in synaptic circuits of the brain. This …

Flexible behaviors over long timescales are thought to engage recurrent neural networks in
deep brain regions, which are experimentally challenging to study. In insects, recurrent …

Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, yet clinical trials in
neurological diseases continue to rely on subjective, semiquantitative and motivation …

Choosing the right nutrients to consume is essential to health and wellbeing across species.
However, the factors that influence these decisions are poorly understood. This is …

Walking is a complex motor programme involving coordinated and distributed activity across
the brain and the spinal cord. Halting appropriately at the correct time is a critical component …

Animals must express the appropriate behavior that meets their most pressing physiological
needs and their environmental context. However, it is currently unclear how alternative …

After discovering a small drop of food, hungry flies exhibit a peculiar behavior in which they
repeatedly stray from, but then return to, the newly discovered resource. To study this …

Behavioral flexibility is critical to survival. Animals must adapt their behavioral responses
based on changes in the environmental context, internal state, or experience. Studies in …

Hunger is a motivational state that drives eating and food-seeking behaviour. In a
psychological sense, hunger sets the goal that guides an animal in the pursuit of food. The …