Postdoc @DulacLab - behavior and circuit co-development
PhD was in @Zimmer_Lab
Also a very amateur violinist
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Nov 27, 2019 • 14 tweets • 24 min read
How does the brain coordinate animal behavior across timescales?
@salazarori and I address this question in our latest from @Zimmer_Lab: “Nested neuronal dynamics orchestrate a behavioral hierarchy across timescales”
Thread 1/ @salazarori@Zimmer_Lab@NeuroCellPress In a behavioral hierarchy, as proposed by Tinbergen, long-timescale behaviors are composed of shorter-timescale ones. For example, the stickleback’s reproductive instinct (Hierarchy Level 1) includes mating and fighting (Level 2); each in turn consists of several sub-actions. 2/