Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics

■  SPEAKER

Prof. Seung-Hee Lee (KAIST, Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions)

■  TITLE

Flexibility and gating: how sensory input transforms into motor action

■  ABSTRACT

To survive in the world, brains must transform sensory signals into appropriate behavioral decisions. Our understanding of this process has focused on decisions involving a single sensory cue. But in the natural world, internally and externally generated sensory signals typically span different modalities. How and where is this multimodal information combined? In this talk, I will introduce our findings that tackle these questions with state-of-the-art techniques, such as circuit-specific optogenetic manipulation and in vivo calcium imaging. I will discuss the function of cortical circuits that integrate multimodal sensory information in a flexible way and gate the sensory inputs to flexible motor actions.

■  DATE AND VENUE

May 2, 2023 (Tuesday, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Room 119

■  LANGUAGE

Korean

■   INVITED BY

Associate Director Wonshik Choi