BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:Asia/Jerusalem X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Jerusalem BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1154@biology.technion.ac.il DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20230126T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20230126T140000 DTSTAMP:20230112T082616Z URL:https://biology.technion.ac.il/en/seminars/dr-avner-wallach-zuckerman- mind-brain-and-behavior-institute-at-columbia-university-ny/ SUMMARY:Dr. Avner Wallach - Zuckerman Mind\, Brain\, and Behavior Institute at Columbia University\, NY [No Categories] DESCRIPTION:Location: Faculty Of Biology Auditorium Dr. Avner Wallach\n Af filiation: \n Host:Prof. Benjamin Podbilewicz \n An Internal Model of Sen sorimotor Context in Freely Swimming Electric Fish\n\nInternal models that predict the sensory consequences of motor actions are vital for sensory\, motor\, and cognitive functions. However\, under real-world conditions\, the relationships between motor action and sensory input are complex and m ay vary moment-to-moment depending on the environmental context. At the ne ural circuit level\, little is known about how predictions are generated u nder such challenging conditions. Using novel methods for underwater neura l recording\, quantitative analysis of unconstrained behavior\, and comput ational modeling\, I’ve found evidence for an unexpectedly sophisticated internal model at the first stage of active electrosensory processing in mormyrid fish. Closed-loop manipulations reveal that individual electrosen sory lobe neurons are capable of learning and storing multiple context-spe cific predictions of the sensory consequences of motor commands. These res ults provide mechanistic insights into how internal\, motor-related signal s and information about environmental context are combined within cerebell um-like circuitry to predict the sensory consequences of natural behavior. Finally\, I will discuss using the electric fish as a model for studying the interactions between low-level sensorimotor circuits and high-level me mory and decision-making circuits.\n\n \;\n\n \; LOCATION:Faculty Of Biology Auditorium END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Jerusalem X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Jerusalem BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR