Joseph J. Paton

TL;DR: It is shown that changes in the values of images modulate neural activity, and that this modulation occurs rapidly enough to account for, and correlates with, monkeys' learning.

TL;DR: This work examined neural responses in the primate amygdala to unexpected reinforcement during learning and found that different neuronal populations may subserve two sorts of processes mediated by the amygdala: those activated by surprising reinforcements of both valences-such as enhanced arousal and attention-and those that are valence-specific, such as fear or reward-seeking behavior.

TL;DR: Bonsai is described, a modular, high-performance, open-source visual programming framework for the acquisition and online processing of data streams and demonstrated how it allows for the rapid and flexible prototyping of integrated experimental designs in neuroscience.

TL;DR: Recorded striatal neurons in rats found that neurons fired at delays spanning tens of seconds and that this pattern of responding reflected the interaction between time and the animals' ongoing sensorimotor state, suggesting that striatal activity forms a scalable population code for time.

TL;DR: Converging evidence supports the notion that, precisely because of its importance across a wide range of brain functions, timing relies on intrinsic and general properties of neurons and neural circuits; that is, the brain uses its natural cellular and network dynamics to solve a diversity of temporal computations.