We are a new neuroscience lab at Columbia's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. Our goal is to combine the advantages of the songbird courtship system with state-of-the-art computational, theoretical, and experimental approaches to discover how brains evaluate behaviors, both self-generated and the behaviors of others.
Active Research Projects
1. Practice: What strategies does the brain use during different stages of learning?
What is the role of reinforcement during early critical periods of sensorimotor learning?
2. Performance: How does the brain switch between practice and performance modes?
How does the brain switch between a state optimized for variability and learning to a state optimized for stereotypy and performance?
Our research has been generously supported by funding from:
