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2022 Phil Sharp Lecture Nao Uchida
McGovern Institute for Brain Research

CANCELLED: 2022 Phil Sharp Lecture Nao Uchida

Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkCANCELLED: 2022 Phil Sharp Lecture Nao Uchida10/04/2022 4:00 pm10/04/2022 5:00 pmBuilding 46,46-3002: Singleton Auditorium
October 4, 2022
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Building 46,46-3002: Singleton Auditorium
Contact
emalv@mit.edu
    Description

    Talk Title: Toward a Normative Understanding of Dopamine’s Function in the Brain

    Lecture Followed by a reception.

    Dopamine regulates multiple brain functions including learning, motivation, and movement. Furthermore, the striatum, a major target of dopamine neurons, is parceled into multiple subregions that are associated with different types of behavior, such as Pavlovian, goal-directed, and habitual behaviors. An important question in the field is how dopamine regulates these diverse functions. It has been thought that midbrain dopamine neurons broadcast a reward prediction error signal to facilitate associative learning. However, recent studies have found more diverse dopamine signals than originally thought. How can we reconcile these results? In this talk, I will discuss our recent studies characterizing diverse dopamine signals, and how these findings can be understood in theoretical frameworks.

    This talk is available by zoom webinar: https://mit.zoom.us/j/92488574365

    Don't have an MIT ID and need access to the event? https://tim-tickets.atlas-apps.mit.edu/noJ1Z3N2e82SK3VB8

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