How does cognition regulate innate behaviors? While the cognitive functions of the cortex
have been extensively studied, we know much less about how cognition can regulate innate …

Adaptive behaviour necessitates the formation of memories for fearful events, but also that
these memories can be extinguished. Effective extinction prevents excessive and persistent …

Fear extinction is a biological process in which learned fear behavior diminishes without
anticipated reinforcement, allowing the organism to re-adapt to ever-changing situations …

Spiking neural network (SNN), as a brain-inspired energy-efficient neural network, has
attracted the interest of researchers. While the training of spiking neural networks is still an …

The posterior parietal cortex exhibits choice-selective activity during perceptual decision-
making tasks,,,,,,,,–. However, it is not known how this selective activity arises from the …

The emergence of new and increasingly sophisticated behaviors after birth is accompanied
by dramatic increase of newly established synaptic connections in the nervous system. Little …

Competitive selection, the transformation of multiple competing sensory inputs and internal
states into a unitary choice, is a fundamental component of animal behavior. Selection …

Direction-selective (DS) neurons compute the direction of motion in a visual scene. Brain-
wide imaging in larval zebrafish has revealed hundreds of DS neurons scattered throughout …

When navigating the environment, animals need to prioritize responses to the most relevant
stimuli. Although a theoretical framework for selective visual attention exists, its circuit …

Magnitude-sensitivity refers to the result that performance in decision-making, across
domains and organisms, is affected by the total value of the possible alternatives. This …