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“Replay spikes” in the prefrontal cortex reflect learning, and the hippocampal input

During sleep, memories about our previous experience are replayed, as was previously shown in the hippocampus, in the neocortex and in the striatum. This replay is probably important for memory consolidation, the process of stabilization of memories that is thought to be orchestrated by the hippocampus. With Adrien Peyrache, Karim Benchenane, Mehdi Khamassi, and Sidney [...]

“Brain and cognition” at Physics@FOM, Veldhoven, Netherlands

The Dutch foundation for “fundamental research on physics of the matter” had its meeting in Veldhoven on Januray 20-21. Stan Gielen and Michel Decré organized a symposium on brain and cognition that saw a pretty interested audience. I was very honored to be invited to speak in this panel, and hope that it will help [...]

MATLAB code for data analysis

I have started sharing my MATLAB code here. More information later.

Fridtjof Nansen conference on Neural Networks and Behaviour

From the 4th to the 8th of June the  Fridtjof Nansen conference on Neural Networks and Behaviour took place on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago (79 degrees North). The conference was organized by Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser, and Menno Witter from the Center for the Biology of Memory in the Norwegian [...]