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- Rowat P, Selverston AI (1996). Figure 3 in this paper shows the simpler nullcline example that Thom was trying to illustrate on the board.
5 May 2015: Rachel Swanson
- Luczak et al (2009). Spontaneous events outline the realm of possible sensory responses in neocortical populations. Neuron 62: 413-425.
Fall Semester 2015-2016
25 August 2015: Organizational Meeting
- Barron et al., 2015. Embracing multiple definitions of learning. Trends in Neurosciences 38(7):405.
- This short TINS paper reflects on different views of learning derived from different fields of study (neuroscience, psychology, behavioral ecology, machine learning).
1 September 2015: No meeting.
8 September 2015: Adam Miller
- J. Alfei, R. Monti, V. Molina, A. Bueno and G. Urcelay. (2015). Prediction error and trace dominance determine the fate of fear memories after post-training manipulations. Learning and Memory 22:385-400.
15 September 2015: David Smith
- Akers et al (2014). Hippocampal Neurogenesis Regulates Forgetting During Adulthood and Infancy.Science, 344:598-602.
Optional reading: This review article has some background material on neurognesis as it relates to the main paper.
- P. Frankland, S. Kohler and S. Josselyn (2014). Hippocampal neurogenesis and forgetting. Trends in Neurosciences. 36(9):497-503.
22 September 2015: David Smith
- Retrosplenial Cortical Neurons Encode Important Navigational Cues - recent data from the Smith lab, no readings.
29 September 2015: Marissa Rice
- M. Guigueno, D. Snow, S. MacDougall-Shackleton, D. Sherry (2014). Female cowbirds have more accurate spatial memory than males. Biology Letters 10.
6 October 2015: Norma Hernandez
J, de Bourbon-Teles, P. Bentley, S. Koshino, K. Shah, A. Dutta, P. Malhotra, T. Egner, M. Husain, and D. Soto (2014).Thalamic Control of Human Attention Driven by Memory and Learning. Current Biology 24:993-9.
13 October 2015: Fall Break - no BCS
20 October 2015: Society for Neuroscience meeting - no BCS
27 October 2015: Marissa Rice
J. Vargas, J. Lopez, and C. Salas (2004). Encoding of Geometric and Featural Spatial Information by Goldfish (Carassius auratus). J. Comp. Psych. 118(2):206-216.
10 November 2015: Khena Swallow
- G.E. Wimmer, E. Braun, N. Daw and D. Shohamy (2014). Episodic Memory Encoding Interferes with Reward Learning and Decreases Striatal Prediction Errors. J Neurosci, 34(45):14901-12).
17 November 2015: Alex Ophir
- S. Owen, S. Tuncdemir, P. Bader, N. Tirko, G. Fishell & R. Tsien (2013). Oxytocin enhances hippocampal spike transmission by modulating fast-spiking interneurons. Nature 500:458-464.
24 November 2015: Lisa Hiura
H. Smid, G. Wang, T. Bukovinszky, J. Steidle, M. Bleeker, J. van Loon and L. Vet. (2007). Species-specific acquisition and consolidation of long-term memory in parasitic wasps. Proc R Soc B 274:1539-46.
1 December 2015: Article Potluck
- Bring your favorite (or most controversial) recent article for a 5-10 min presentation.