neurobiologist, ornithologist, scruffy looking nerfherder, social distancing since 1974, Canadian in Alberta, Treaty 7 lands
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open access link for our book: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6000/Bird-Brains-and-BehaviorA-Synthesis
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1/ We work hard to factor "noise" out of behavior. But the brain doesn't.
Strip away noise and you may miss what the brain evolved to do
I wanted to share this pre-Bluesky paper where we found premotor (M2) corticostriatal circuits encode a broad history of behavior, beyond just action + reward 👇
Worth noting that this research was not all done in mice. It turns out that a diverse array of organisms is often the best way to address big questions in neuroscience.
#neuroskyence
This is f-Inge stupid. Attacking a chicken coop is insufficient reason to destroy a grizzly, especially when we have no good data on bear numbers. But this is typical of rural Alberta: f wildlife I want to live my life how I want.
Barn swallows taking a break at Telford Lake boardwalk.
#Alberta #wildlife #birding #birds 🪶🇨🇦
Up and close and personal with a red fox the other day. Both of us were a bit damp from the torrential rain.
#Alberta #wildlife #mammals 🦊🇨🇦
Some sage words from Prof Rob Sutherland today as part of his "last lecture" at U Lethbridge.
#yql #neuroskyence #academicsky
A drake blue-winged teal striking a pose next to his mate
#Alberta #wildlife #birding #birds #ducks 🪶
This ruddy duck drake looks quite pleased with his courtship display (tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-quack).
#thebestduck
#Alberta #wildlife #ducks #waterfowl #birding #birds 🪶
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Prior experience is used by the brain to guide adaptive behaviour during decision making. Here, the authors show that mice also selectively use information learned through recent and longer-term exper...
#NewPaperAlert! This one has a massive author list and has been a LONG time in coming, but is SO COOL! First, check out the first figure to get you interested! Manakins! Fruit! Sexual-selection in action (displays and Z:A chromosomal diversity)! Read on for the back story & link
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According to @edvardmoser.bsky.social, director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, the four recipients of the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience challenged what had long been regarded as a central dogma in neuroscience.
By Alissa de Chassey
www.thetransmitter.org/awards/four-...
Provincial officials say they trapped and killed a male grizzly bear after the animal tampered with a chicken coop near Bowden last weekend.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
