Neuroscience Seminar Series

(Veranstaltung auf Englisch)

We are delighted to announce our next Neuroscience Seminar Series talk. Presentations by experts in their field will take place both here at MPINB and via Zoom.

"Neural codes for natural behaviors in bats"

Nachum Ulanovsky - Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Brain Sciences

Abstract

We study the neural basis of natural behaviors, in particular navigation and social behaviors – taking a “Natural Neuroscience” approach. In my talk I will discuss three recent studies: (1) Our recent discovery that in social groups, hippocampal neurons encode rich social signals – including the identities, sex, hierarchy, and affiliation of other individuals. (2) A coding-transformation that we discovered in the hippocampus of bats flying in a very long 200-meter tunnel – from sparse coding in hippocampal area CA3 to dense coding in area CA1. (3) Neuroscience in the wild: recordings of place cells and head-direction cells in bats navigating outdoors on a remote oceanic island near Zanzibar. These three studies demonstrate different levels of experimental control vs. ecological validity in our efforts to understand the neural basis of behavior.

In-Person

MPINB Lecture Hall, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175 Bonn

Zoom

https://mpinb-mpg-de.zoom.us/j/63767300567
Meeting-ID: 637 6730 0567

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