Matt Smear
@mattsmear.bsky.social
Associate professor, University of Oregon
Follows your nose
Follows your nose
Reposted by Matt Smear
DOI is not up yet, but this is the link:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Head-direction cells as a neural compass in bats navigating outdoors on a remote oceanic island
Animals and humans rely on their navigation skills to survive. However, spatial neurons in the brain’s “navigation circuit” had not previously been studied under real-world conditions. We conducted an...
www.science.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
DOI is not up yet, but this is the link:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
falling rent free in our head
September 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
falling rent free in our head
Full text of
"The Organization Of Behavior:
A Neuropsychological Theory"
archive.org/stream/in.er...
"The Organization Of Behavior:
A Neuropsychological Theory"
archive.org/stream/in.er...
archive.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Full text of
"The Organization Of Behavior:
A Neuropsychological Theory"
archive.org/stream/in.er...
"The Organization Of Behavior:
A Neuropsychological Theory"
archive.org/stream/in.er...
Reposted by Matt Smear
Speaking with 20+ years of experience, I strongly believe that if these guys had done their experiment in primate instead of mouse, they would have gotten exactly the same results.
E.g.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
E.g.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Choice-relevant information transformation along a ventrodorsal axis in the medial prefrontal cortex - Nature Communications
Choice-relevant computations across the medial prefrontal cortex differ only quantitatively between areas. Here the authors suggest these computations may be organized along a functional gradient.
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Speaking with 20+ years of experience, I strongly believe that if these guys had done their experiment in primate instead of mouse, they would have gotten exactly the same results.
E.g.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
E.g.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Matt Smear
We watched mice follow scent trails drawn on an “endless” treadmill. By manipulating trail geometry/statistics, perturbing mouse nose & brain, and modeling behavior with a Bayesian framework, we show that mice use predictive (rather than reactive) strategies.
September 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We watched mice follow scent trails drawn on an “endless” treadmill. By manipulating trail geometry/statistics, perturbing mouse nose & brain, and modeling behavior with a Bayesian framework, we show that mice use predictive (rather than reactive) strategies.
let’s hope that @greatdismal.bsky.social ‘s precognitions are less prescient than they used to be… www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/TJ3/t...
The Jackpot Trilogy
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August 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
let’s hope that @greatdismal.bsky.social ‘s precognitions are less prescient than they used to be… www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/TJ3/t...