studies the neural underpinnings of the sense of self-motion and orientation in space.
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Dr. Mary Kay Lobo
studies basal ganglia and reward circuitry that regulate motivation and repetitive behaviors.
Dr. Rebecca Shansky
studies the role of sex and hormones on stress- and fear-related behaviors and neural circuitry
Dr. Farzaneh Najafi
studies cortical and cerebellar mechanisms underlying predictive processing using electrophysiological and optical methods in awake behaving mice.
Dr. Jennifer Bizley
studies how neuronal activity in the auditory cortex shapes our perception of the outside world
Dr. Chunyu Ann Duan
studies how animals make flexible decisions under risk and social influence, and the neural circuit mechanisms underlying these choices.
Dr. Caroline Palavicino-Maggio
studies neural circuits of aggression and their perturbations in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases
Dr. Katharina Schmack
studies the neural circuits and immunological processes underpinning psychosis
Dr. Yasmin Escobedo Lozoya
studies how different regions of the brain communicate
Dr. Talia Lerner
studies the neural circuits basis of motivation, reward learning and habit formation
Dr. Verónica de la Fuente
studies the circuits underlying different phases of memory and modes of learning
Dr. Moriel Zelikowsky
studies the neural circuits underlying stress, fear, and social behavior
Dr. Alison Barth
studies how learning and experience change the brain
Dr. Anita Devineni
studies how neural circuits transform sensory information into flexible behavior
Dr. Kerry Walker
studies the neural encoding of complex sound features in auditory cortex, and its relation to perception and decision-making
Dr. Susanne Ahmari
studies circuit mechanisms underlying compulsive behaviors in mouse models of OCD
Dr. Renata Batista-Brito
studies the role of interneurons in cortical sensory processing
Dr. Mae Guthman
studies how hormonal state changes affect the neurobiology of social behavior
Dr. Dayu Lin
studies the generation and modulation of social behaviors
Dr. Kay Tye
studies the neural circuits underlying motivated behaviors