Stephen Cowen
Interim Director, Cognition & Neural Systems Graduate Program
Associate Professor, Psychology
Director, Decision Making and Learning Laboratory
University of Arizona

Zoom: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/85157006775
 

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Action everywhere all at once: Neural synchronization to movement in the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and 
motor cortex

Abstract: The activities of neurons in brain regions involved in cognition are intricately coupled to movement. How might such coupling support cognition? What happens when coupling is disrupted in aging or Parkinson’s disease? How do drugs such as ketamine influence interactions between the brain and body? This talk will explore these questions, drawing on data collected in my laboratory using high-density neuronal recordings from healthy, aged, and parkinsonian rats.