{"669119":{"#nid":"669119","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Georgia Tech Neuro Seminar ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022\u003Cem\u003EThe Nonlinear Population Dynamics Underlying Taste Perception and Action\u003C\/em\u003E\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/katzlab.squarespace.com\/\u0022\u003EDonald Katz, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProfessor of Psychology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDepartment of Psychology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBrandeis University\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo participate virtually, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/96309849813\u0022\u003ECLICK HERE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E*Lunch provided for in-person attendees\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStudents and postdocs are invited to join our speaker for a discussion following the presentation. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtvault-my.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/g\/personal\/speterson66_gatech_edu\/EQOb4cgpqDRApsYhKl78vDMBIsIm1pWmoI6-YOB4hn-yNA\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESign-up HERE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (add your name to the speaker\u0027s tab).\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ERESEARCH\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWe study the neural ensemble dynamics of sensori-motor processes in awake rodents, combining behavior, multi-neuronal electrophysiology, complex analysis and modeling, pharmacology and optogenetics to probe ongoing spiking activity in real-time. Our goal is to eventually move our understanding of this activity forward to the point at which it can be understood online, in single trials, and without reference to external benchmarks (stimulus onset time, for instance) that the animal doesn\u2019t actually know.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe cornerstone of our work involves examination of the neural responses to gustatory (taste) stimuli, which are unique in their reliable non-arbitrariness: a gustatory stimulus hits the tongue laden with meaning\u2014each causes an emotional response (yum or yuck), and each causes a behavior (consumption or rejection); much of our research plumbs these processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFurthermore, the potency of taste stimuli is such that rats quickly learn about their properties\u2014whether they poison or nourish\u2014and readily learn ABOUT visual and auditory stimuli that are PAIRED with them. We study these processes as well\u2026a pursuit which has led us into some experiments that don\u2019t involve taste at all.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Host: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:garrett.stanley@bme.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGarrett Stanley, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EStudent Host:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:elaidad@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EElaida Dimwamwa\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eepurl.com\/h-iykb\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESign-up here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to receive future GT Neuro Seminar Series announcements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Nonlinear Population Dynamics Underlying Taste Perception and Action\u0022 - Donald Katz, Ph.D. - Brandeis University\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022The Nonlinear Population Dynamics Underlying Taste Perception and Action\u0022 - Donald Katz, Ph.D. - Brandeis University"}],"uid":"35486","created_gmt":"2023-08-23 13:22:10","changed_gmt":"2023-09-15 12:22:34","author":"Christina Wessels","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-10-30T11:15:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2023-10-30T12:15:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-10-30T12:15:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-10-30 15:15:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-10-30 16:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-10-30 16:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Petit Biotech Building, Suddath Seminar Room 1128, 315 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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