

Gordon Berman
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@gordonberman
Associate Prof. of Biology @ Emory studying animal behavior






Excited about our minisymposium at @SfNtweets ! Join us Wednesday afternoon to hear about the functional organization of lateral septum - from molecules to circuits and computations! Session details here: abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20433/s… #sfn2024



nature.com/articles/s4146… Excited to see this work from @muruganmalu lab out today! Includes @EmoryMSTP first author @jennisisaac and several other @neurophd_emory grad students! Including @sonia_karkare @jarildy @emorycollege


Organisms make decisions based on intrinsic motivation rather than external rewards. This algorithm maximizes empowerment — the capacity for potential actions to influence future states — and shows how it can be linked to organism behavior. 🔗 go.aps.org/3Z48ifn









Checkout our exciting new preprint. A fantastic effort led by Dr. Maha Rashid @MahaRashidNeuro with important contributions from Sarah Thomas, @jennisisaac, @sonia_karkare and Hannah Klein. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… (1/8)

As animals shift priorities, their decisions impact how they move. Using a time-varying #model, scientists show how slowly adjusting strategy due to external cues or internal needs explains long-term locomotion behavior seen in C. elegans and zebrafish. go.aps.org/43GKQoO