Philip Shamash

Two new preprints from the lab on mice running scared to a shelter! Brought to you by two amazing PhD students, @Federico_claudi and @PShamash at @SWC_Neuro.

From November, join us on our 6th block, and we will navigate together until the end of the year...🐾🗺️ Neuroscience of Navigation with @Erik_Hermansen1, Sarthak Chandra, @QasimEtal, @jacobbellmund, @HannahPaynePhD, @nicktmrobinson, @PShamash and @ak_gillespie!

@LabeledLines @ElDuvelle @trabranco Thanks Walter. I agree! We don't actually argue against spatial maps. We say that subgoals do rely on an allocentric map, but they are learned/stored differently from how such maps are traditionally thought to operate (the 'hybrid' approach - see para. 3-4 of discussion)

@PShamash @ElDuvelle @trabranco Really wonderful work Phillip! One question. You argue against a cognitive spatial map but aren’t they using one to remember location of subgoals relative to distal cues (allocentric) since they can orient and find regardless of where they start?

@PShamash paper on navigating to goals by learning subgoal locations is now out! Thank you to reviewers and editors for supporting publication of a pure behaviour paper. May this become ever more common. Behaviour is one of the best windows into the brain.

Mice spontaneously learn a subgoal memory strategy when escaping to shelter or seeking a food source in obstructed environments. New preprint from the lab by @PShamash, Shamash the Great. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Axel Lab 🔥 biorxiv.org/content/10.110… w/ Peter Wang 💯, Cristian Boboila ✨, Philip Shamash, Zheng “Herbert” Wu 💕, Nicole Stein, & Larry Abbott🏆! [Emoji = PhD]

My first preprint from a close and fun collaboration between the Axel and Shadlen labs on decision making! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Very cool initiative from @Federico_claudi and @alexharston #opensource (neuro)science drawings! I found several I will already use! Thanks! 🐭😊Contribute/browse here: scidraw.io