What any sensory neuron knows about the world is one of the cardinal questions in
Neuroscience. Information from the sensory periphery travels across synaptically coupled …

There is general agreement that cerebrocerebellar interactions via cerebellothalamocortical
pathways are essential for a cerebellar cognitive and motor functions. Cerebellothalamic …

During navigation, rodents continually sample the environment with their whiskers. How
locomotion modulates neuronal activity in somatosensory cortex, and how it is integrated …

Trade-offs between producing costly movements for gathering information ('explore') and
using previously acquired information to achieve a goal ('exploit') arise in a wide variety of …

The role of the hippocampus in spatial navigation has been primarily studied in nocturnal
mammals, such as rats, that lack many adaptations for daylight vision. Here we demonstrate …

The ability to shift between multiple decision-making strategies during natural behavior
allows animals to strike a balance between flexibility and efficiency. We investigated odor …

Skilled motor behavior requires rapidly integrating external sensory input with information
about internal state to decide which movements to make next. Using machine learning …

Most mammals have whiskers; however, nearly everything we know about whiskers derives
from just a handful of species, including laboratory rats Rattus norvegicus and mice Mus …

Eyes may be 'the window to the soul'in humans, but whiskers provide a better path to the
inner lives of rodents. The brain has remarkable abilities to focus its limited resources on …

All small mammals have prominent facial whiskers that they employ as tactile sensors to
guide navigation and foraging in complex habitats. Nocturnal, arboreal mammals tend to …