Author: Eric Chudler
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Natural behaviour is learned through dopamine-mediated reinforcement
Authors: Kasdin, J.*, Duffy, A.*, Nadler, N., Raha, A., Fairhall, A.L., Stachenfeld, K. and Gadagkar, V. Publication: Nature Date: March 12, 2025 Abstract: Many natural motor skills, such as speaking or locomotion, are acquired through a process of trial-and-error learning over the course of development. It has long been hypothesized, motivated by observations in artificial…
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April 2025 Newsletter
A CNT Monthly Newsletter April 2025 HONORS AND AWARDS David Bell (lab of UW CNT faculty member Adrienne Fairhall) presented “Discovering plasticity rules that organize and maintain neural circuit” at the COSYNE meeting in Montreal, Canada. Scott Sterrett (lab of UW CNT faculty member Adrienne Fairhall) presented “Recurrent neural networks balance sensory- and memory-guided policies for…
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February 2025 Newsletter
A CNT Monthly Newsletter February 2025 HONORS AND AWARDS Congratulations to Fordham University associate professor Laura Specker Sullivan (a 2015-2017 CNT postdoctoral fellow) who received a three-year National Science Foundation grant titled “From Principles to Practice: Ethical Guidance for Neurotechnology Researchers.” UPCOMING EVENTS Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting, March 29 – April 1, 2025 (Boston,…
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Rachel Iritani wins CNT Best Student Paper Award for Neurotechnology Advancement
Rachel Iritani, a graduate student in the University of Washington Department of Bioengineering, was named the 2024 recipient of the CNT Best Student Paper Award for Neurotechnology Advancement. This award was established by Joseph and Anusha Fernando in 2020 to recognize and promote a technical paper authored by a CNT-affiliated student that makes identifiable contributions…
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FDA Market Authorization for ARC-EX
ONWARD’s ARC-EX transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation system has received US FDA market authorization. Research on the ARC-EX was advanced in the lab of CNT co-director Chet Moritz. Chet also spoke with Good Morning America about the device.
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Rajesh Rao discusses predictive brains and brain-computer interfaces
CNT co-director Rajesh Rao discusses predictive brains and brain-computer interfaces with host Paul Middlebrooks on the Brain Inspired podcast.
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Type-2 Diabetes alters hippocampal neural oscillations and disrupts synchrony between the hippocampus and cortex
Authors: Rabiller, G., Ip, Z., Zarrabian, S., Zhang, H., Sato, Y., Yazdan-Shahmorad, A. and Liu, J. Publication: Aging and Disease Date: October 1, 2024 Abstract: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases the risk of neurological diseases, yet how brain oscillations change as age and T2DM interact is not well characterized. To delineate the age and…
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January 2025 Newsletter
A CNT Monthly Newsletter January 2025 HONORS AND AWARDS Vikash Kumar (2016 CNT and UW Computer Science and Engineering alumnus) delivered the 2024 Conference on Robot Learning Early Career Keynote (Munich, Germany) and received the Young Alumni Achiever’s Award from the Indian Institute of Technology. UPCOMING EVENTS COSYNE 2025 (March 27-30, 2025; Montreal, Canada) Cognitive…
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Multifunctional neural probes enable bidirectional electrical, optical, and chemical recording and stimulation in vivo
Authors: Driscoll, N., Antonini, M.J., Cannon, T.M., Maretich, P., Olaitan, G., Van, V.D.P., Nagao, K., Sahasrabudhe, A., Paniagua, E.V., Frey, E.J., Kim, Y.J., Hunt, S., Hummel, M., Mupparaju, S., Jasanoff, A., Venton, B.J. and Anikeeva, P. Publication: Advanced Materials Date: November 6, 2024 Abstract: Recording and modulation of neuronal activity enables the study of brain…
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From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration
Authors: Tubig, P. A., Brown, T. E., McCusker, D., Pham, M., Klein, E., & Goering, S. Publication: J. Resp. Innovation Date: October 24, 2024 Abstract: In this paper, we discuss ethics integration and consider questions about evaluating the success of such efforts by reporting qualitative data from an interview study with researchers who were part…