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Investigating visual cognition in the macaque monkey| old_uid | 11841 |
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| title | Investigating visual cognition in the macaque monkey |
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| start_date | 2012/11/19 |
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| schedule | 14h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | RdC, Amphithéâtre de l'ICM |
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| summary | Our ability to adjust our behavior flexibly and respond appropriately to competing, and possibly conflicting, signals is enabled by a neural circuit supporting what is known as executive functions, which comprise the overlapping constructs of attention, working memory and inhibitory control. These are fundamental processes in human cognition, and they are impaired in a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders. There is no clear homologue of this neurocognitive network in non-primate mammals, as it is fully defined only in catarrhine primates, thus making the macaque monkey an ideal animal model to study all aspects of executive functions.
Recent advances suggest that the neural processes underlying executive functions share not only a common brain circuit but also neural mechanisms, which appear to rest on the voltage-dependence and slow kinetics of the NMDA receptor activation. This talk will present findings from our investigations of these multiple facets of executive functions in macaque monkeys trained to perform tractable tasks probing attention, memory, and inhibitory control. |
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| responsibles | Miles |
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