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Episode 163 -- Harel Shouval PhD

Episode 163 -- Harel Shouval PhD

FromNeuroscientists Talk Shop


Episode 163 -- Harel Shouval PhD

FromNeuroscientists Talk Shop

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Thursday, February 2, 2017
Harel Shouval (UT Health, Houston) discusses building models for how time constants of neural circuits adapt to reflect the time constraints of the world.  For instance, learning requires associating cues and later rewards, yet the teaching signal (the reward) is temporally distant from the cue itself well outside the timescale of individual neurons.
For reference, the discussion touches on these papers.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28018206
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26377457
Duration: 41 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)
Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)
Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
Released:
Feb 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Neuroscientists Talk Shop is the University of Texas at San Antonio's (UTSA) Neurobiology Podcast, showcasing the current research of internationally renowned guest Neuroscientists. Each episode features a moderated discussion with a cross section of UTSA Neurobiology faculty, highlighting the featured guest's research, and the state of the art in the field at hand.