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The Distinguished Seminar Series: Dr. Bence Ölveczky
March 31, 2021 - 10:30 am - 11:30 am
The Distinguished Seminar Series features presentations by outstanding thinkers and scientists, sponsored by the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Distinguished speakers are selected based on the impact of their interdisciplinary research to the neuroscience community. Speakers spend a full day visiting with research staff, are nominated by members of the Allen Institute, and selected by a committee of peers.
We welcome members of the broader community to join us for these open seminars. See below for a schedule of upcoming speakers and view video presentations from past speakers.
Bence Ölveczky | March 31, 2021
Neural circuits underlying motor skill learning and execution
This talk will introduce a motor skill learning paradigm that trains stereotyped complex motor sequences in rodents. By recording and manipulating neural activity in the basal ganglia, motor cortex and thalamus, we delineate the logic by which these circuits work together to promote the acquisition and control of task-specific motor sequences. I will also talk about recent work we have done to probe how the brain controls naturalistic movements across behavioral contexts.
Bence Ölveczky is a Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. More information is available on his lab website.
