To improve the initiation and speed of intended action, one of the crucial mechanisms is
suppressing unwanted movements that interfere with goal-directed behavior, which is …

Recent studies have suggested that the basal ganglia, the center of stimulus-reward
associative learning, are involved in social behavior. However, the role of the basal ganglia …

Seeking out good and avoiding bad objects is critical for survival. In practice, objects are
rarely good every time or everywhere, but only at the right time or place. Whereas the basal …

For many animals, social interaction may have intrinsic reward value over and above its
utility as a means to the desired end. Eye contact is the starting point of interactions in many …

Neural dynamics assumes to reflect computations that relay and transform information in the
brain. Previous studies have identified the neural population dynamics in many individual …

Although we can quickly locate a familiar person even in a crowd, the underlying neuronal
mechanism remains unclear. Recently, we found that the striatum tail (STRt), which is part of …

The role of the striatum in motor learning is addressed. Modern molecular genetic
approaches have made it possible to take a closer look at the involvement of neurons of the …

Seeking out good and avoiding bad objects is critical for survival. In practice, objects are
rarely good every time or everywhere, but only at the right time or place. Whereas the basal …