Athena Akrami

Zapit provides an open-source platform for random-access laser-scanning optogenetics in mice, enabling user-friendly and accessible experiments.

The paper investigates neurocognitive differences in perceptual feedback processing between autistic and non-autistic adults, finding reduced feedback-related negativity and weaker modulation by perceptual difficulty in autistic individuals.

This paper shows that RNNs learn abstract relational representations through low-rank recurrent dynamics, which support temporal abstraction and generalization.

This paper shows that the hippocampus is essential for mice to learn abstract statistical structures from sensory input without reward.

This study shows acetylcholine reflects uncertainty during hidden state inference in mice performing a probabilistic task.

Repix enables reliable, reusable, and versatile chronic Neuropixels recordings in unrestrained animals over months, with minimal user training and high stability.

This paper presents a network model that unifies recency and central tendency biases in working memory by showing how volatile memory content leads to contraction bias in rats and humans.

This study shows that the superior colliculus (SC) plays a key role in non-spatial cognitive processes in rats, challenging the view that cognition relies primarily on prefrontal cortex.

This paper introduces a method to analyze time-varying decision-making strategies in animals and applies it to data from mice, rats, and humans.

This study shows that lateral orbitofrontal cortex (lOFC) promotes learning of risky biases but not spatial biases in rats during decision-making tasks.

This study shows that the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) represents sensory history and its effects on behavior, with optogenetic silencing improving performance by reducing prior sensory influence.