Neuronal representations of learned categories in mouse visual and higher cortical areas
Categorization is a fundamental cognitive process by which we classify and rapidly generalize learned and novel information. But how are category-defining associations represented in the brain? Using a new paradigm for studying category learning in mice, we investigated how the representation of a learned category in the mouse prefrontal cortex emerges over time. In a subsequent study, we traced the effects of category learning back to higher visual area POR and identified a possible mechanism by which sensory neurons can acquire category selectivity. The identification of neuronal circuits and computations underlying learned categorization in mice can ultimately provide new insights into the basic implementation of associative memory in the brain.
Date:
22 June 2022, 16:00 (Wednesday, 9th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue:
Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details:
Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Dr Pieter Goldstein (Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Munich, Germany)
Organising department:
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organiser:
Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
antara.majumdar@kellogg.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Talitha Smith
