The dorsal striatum, the largest subcortical structure of the basal ganglia, is critical in
controlling motor, procedural, and reinforcement-based behaviors. Although in mammals the …

Trial history biases and lapses are two of the most common suboptimalities observed during
perceptual decision-making. These suboptimalities are routinely assumed to arise from …

Animals exhibit innate defense behaviors in response to approaching threats cued by the
dynamics of sensory inputs of various modalities. The underlying neural circuits have been …

Neuronal responses during behavior are diverse, ranging from highly reliable
'classical'responses to irregular 'non-classically responsive'firing. While a continuum of …

Cortical processing of task-relevant information enables recognition of behaviorally
meaningful sensory events. It is unclear how task-related information is represented within …

Past reward associations may be signaled from different sensory modalities; however, it
remains unclear how different types of reward-associated stimuli modulate sensory …

The posterior dorsomedial striatum (pDMS) is mainly composed of medium spiny neurons
(MSNs) expressing either dopamine D1 receptors (D1Rs) or D2Rs. Activation of these two …

While task-dependent changes have been demonstrated in auditory cortex for a number of
behavioral paradigms and mammalian species, less is known about how behavioral state …

While mothering is often instinctive and stereotyped in species-specific ways, evolution can
favor genetically “open” behavior programs that allow experience to shape infant care …

Information about the position of sensory objects and identifying their concurrent behavioral
relevance is vital to navigate the environment. In the auditory system, spatial information is …