Attention is one of the most thoroughly investigated psychological phenomena, yet
skepticism about attention is widespread: we do not know what it is, it is too many things …

The superior colliculus (SC), one of the most well-characterized midbrain sensorimotor
structures where visual, auditory, and somatosensory information are integrated to initiate …

Attentional modulation of sensory processing is a key feature of cognition; however, its
neural circuit basis is poorly understood. A candidate mechanism is the disinhibition of …

Accurate perception of the environment is a constructive process that requires integration of
external bottom-up sensory signals with internally generated top-down information. Decades …

Sensory processing is influenced by cognitive and behavioral states, but how these states
interact to modulate responses of individual neurons is unknown. We trained mice in a …

The superior colliculus (SC) is a highly conserved area of the mammalian midbrain that is
widely implicated in the organisation and control of behaviour. SC receives input from a …

Neurons in the inferior colliculus (IC), the midbrain hub of the central auditory pathway, send
ascending and descending projections to other auditory brain regions, as well as projections …

Axon guidance molecules (AGM) are critical regulators of neural development and play a
vital role in guiding axons to their target regions during spinal cord development. The correct …

Natural visual scenes are dominated by spatiotemporal image dynamics, but how the visual
system integrates “movie” information over time is unclear. We characterized optic tectal …

Covert visual attention is accomplished by a cascade of mechanisms distributed across
multiple brain regions. Visual cortex is associated with enhanced representations of relevant …