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Brain-wide neural circuits for sensory-guided behavior
Auditory-guided behavior is ubiquitous in everyday life, whenever auditory information is used to guide the decisions we make and the actions we take. One such behavior is auditory categorization, a process that reflects the ability to transform bottom-up sensory stimuli into discrete perceptual categories and use these perceptual categories to drive a subsequent action. Although this process is well-documented at the behavioral and cognitive levels, surprisingly little is known about the explicit neural circuit mechanisms that underlie categorical computation and how the result of this computation drives behavioral outcomes. We believe that the transformation of auditory information into an appropriate behavioral response is necessarily a brain-wide endeavor. The deep layers of the auditory cortex give rise to several massive projection systems that exert influence over many downstream brain areas. Here, I will discuss our efforts towards understanding the organization of these projection systems and how they differentially contribute to auditory-guided behavior.
Date:
19 June 2023, 16:00
Venue:
Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Speaker:
Assistant Professor Ross Williamson (University of Pittsburgh)
Organising department:
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organiser:
Associate Professor Kerry Walker (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
kerry.walker@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Associate Professor Kerry Walker (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Part of:
Neuroscience Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Talitha Smith
