| A neurobiologist using invertebrate model systems to study the neurobiology of behavior: how do brains decide what to do next? |
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About
My background, my research |
| R E C E N T P R O J E C T S |
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Open Science: Buridan's Paradigm
PLoS ONE (PDF, companion PDF)
A simple behavioral experiment as a test case for open science: data collection/analysis software as well as all raw data are freely available. |
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Spontaneous actions
Proceedings of the Royal Society (PDF)
An invited review about the evolutionary roots of free will, largely presenting data on spontaneous actions and decision-making in invertebrates. |
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Multiple learning systems
Behavioral Processes (PDF)
Learning from trial and error involves two hierarchically interacting learning systems. |
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Habit Formation
Current Biology (PDF)
Extended training can lead to habit formation even in fruit flies. In the Drosophila brain, the mushrom-bodies regulate this process. |
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Skinnerian genes
Current Biology (PDF)
Operant conditioning engages two processes which can be distinguished genetically. |
