[CTN] CTN Seminar: Prof. Julio Martinez-Trujillo (Western), 3:30 December 6

[Bryan Tripp]

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder about the talk tomorrow. Hope to see you there.

Bryan


On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:10 AM, Bryan Tripp <bptripp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Please join us for the next CTN seminar, Tuesday of next week (December
> 6) at 3:30 in PAS 2464. The title and abstract follow. The speaker is Prof.
> Julio Martinez-Trujillo from Western University.
>
> Regards,
> Bryan
>
> Mechanisms of working memory coding in the primate brain: from single
> neurons to neuronal ensembles
>
> Working memory is the ability to maintain and manipulate information that
> is not available to the senses during short time intervals. It is currently
> thought that working memory arises from the sustained activity of neurons
> selective for spatial locations, features, and complex objects in different
> areas of the primate brain. One issue that has been a matter of debate is
> what is the role of different brain areas in working memory coding. I will
> present data from electrophysiological recordings along the primate visual
> dorsal pathway during working memory tasks and compare the fidelity of
> working memory representations of spatial locations and features by single
> neurons amongst these areas. I will then focus on the prefrontal cortex and
> elaborate on how interactions between neurons shape the coding of working
> memory within this area, and how measurements of correlated activity can
> reveal important aspects of the dynamics underlying working memory coding.
> I will finally elaborate on the implications of these different findings
> for current models of working memory.
>
>
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