by michaelhalassa | Sep 1, 2025 | Michael Halassa, Neural circuits, Neuroscience, Science, Working memory
Over the past year, I’ve found a new favorite running trail. It winds through woods, follows riverbanks, and slips through an old industrial complex. The scenery shifts constantly, broken into short, distinct segments. I was surprised to discover that the run takes...
by michaelhalassa | Aug 3, 2025 | Cognitive flexibility, Computational neuroscience, Michael Halassa, Neural circuits, NeuroAI, Neuroscience, Prefrontal cortex, Working memory
I’ve always been fascinated by the kinds of thoughts we don’t act on. In psychiatry, they shape regret, resilience, and rumination. In neuroscience, they reveal a deep truth about how the brain handles uncertainty. Every morning when I’m running...
by | Apr 13, 2025 | Cognitive flexibility, Computational neuroscience, Halassa Lab, Mediodorsal thalamus, Neural circuits, NeuroAI, Prefrontal cortex, Schizophrenia research, Thalamocortical circuits, Working memory
In our ongoing quest to understand how the brain enables flexible cognition, the mediodorsal (MD) thalamus and its dialogue with the prefrontal cortex (PFC) have emerged as central players. Following a series of modeling papers from our lab—including Wei-Long Zheng’s...
