Do neuronal ensembles of goal-directed behavior and habitual behavior change over the course of lever press training?

Min Ju Lee Mentors: Victoria Hall, Nicole Calakos M.D.-Ph.D Department of Neurbiology Habitual behaviors are automatic reactions to a certain stimulus, which enables the brain to reduce cognitive load of performing repeated sequences. While habits can be beneficial, the process...

As someone who had no prior exposure to biomedical engineering, this week's chalk talks were especially enlightening. Out of the engineering related talks, Neica's talk on developing drugs for ischemic strokes stood out to me because the methods used to...

Today, I introduce my very awesome mentor, Tori, and how she came to be the inquisitive researcher she is now. As an undergraduate student, Tori majored in molecular, cellular and developmental biology with a concentration in neurobiology in Yale University....

What do you think creates a habit? Habitual behaviors are defined by learning  an automatic response to a certain stimulus. For example, you could have breakfast in the morning, even if you are not feeling particularly hungry at the time....

The first time when I was exposed to what neuroscience research really was, I was only in tenth grade and yet to learn University level Biology. I did not know what a PCR is, nor how each neuron was connected...