by michaelhalassa | Jul 17, 2025 | Cognitive flexibility, Cognitive Processing, Computational neuroscience, Halassa Lab, Michael Halassa, Neural circuits, NeuroAI, Neuroscience, Science
A mouse can explore a new environment, find food and adapt when the rules change, all using less energy than a lightbulb. Meanwhile, our most powerful computers can solve chess and master protein folding, but still can’t walk across a messy room without crashing into...
by michaelhalassa | Jul 11, 2025 | Cognitive flexibility, Cognitive Processing, Computational neuroscience, Halassa Lab, Michael Halassa, Neural circuits, Prefrontal cortex, Thalamocortical circuits
An Elegant Natural Experiment The study by Mackenzie et al. (2025, bioRxiv) represents a particularly clever approach to understanding human thalamic function. Rather than relying on correlational neuroimaging, the researchers capitalized on an unintended consequence...
by | Oct 31, 2024 | Cognitive Processing
Human Psychophysics: The Foundation Psychophysics, the study of the relationship between physical stimuli and perceptual experiences, has a rich tradition in human research, dating back to pioneers like Gustav Fechner and Ernst Weber. By designing tasks that precisely...
