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CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: decision making

Dopamine neurons factor ambiguity into predictions that enable us to “win big and win often”

3/9/2017

Researchers describe how dopamine-releasing neurons weigh the ambiguity of sensory information, indicating that neurons are highly sophisticated. Read the story »

Alumnus Josh Sanders makes neuroscience research tools open and affordable

5/2/2016

Josh Sanders developed a series of tools for neuroscience research that filled major needs in the field. Read the story »

Some neurons can multitask, raising questions about the importance of specialization

11/10/2014

New findings challenge assumptions about how information is encoded in the brain Read the story »

Decision-making as a window on brain function

9/18/2014

CSHL Assistant Professor Anne Churchland, Ph.D. Keynote address, Women's Partnership for Science Luncheon on Sunday, September 14, 2014. Watch the video »

Gambling with confidence: Are you sure about that?

9/18/2014

Scientists uncover the neural basis of confidence in the rat brain Read the story »

CSHL Assistant Professor Anne Churchland at the Secret Science Club, Brooklyn NY

9/10/2013

CSHL Assistant Professor Anne Churchland gives a lecture at the Secret Science Club in Brooklyn, NY on August 20, 2013. Watch the video »

‘Should I stay or should I go?’ CSHL scientists link brain cell types to behavior

5/26/2013

The activity of two specific neuron types correlates with foraging decisions in mice Read the story »

Adam Kepecs, Ph.D., CSHL Neuroscientist, is named an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

2/20/2009

Adam Kepecs, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), has been named an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Read the story »

Experiments at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory support alternative theory of information processing in the cortex

10/15/2008

Scientists discover a role for remarkably precise timing in the brain’s “neural code”. Read the story »

CSHL neuroscientists glimpse how the brain decides what to believe

8/11/2008

Study shows that laboratory rats calculate confidence to make decisions Read the story »

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