David L. Hocker

A corticostriatal circuit updates subjective beliefs about latent task states

This study identifies a corticostriatal circuit in rats that updates beliefs about hidden task states through specific neural encoding and perturbations.

The orbitofrontal cortex updates beliefs for state inference

This study shows that rat orbitofrontal cortex updates beliefs about hidden reward states during a temporal wagering task, with neural signatures of state inference identified through electrophysiology and population analysis.

Compositional pretraining improves computational efficiency and matches animal behavior on complex tasks

This paper improves RNN performance on complex tasks by using compositional pretraining, matching rat behavior in a temporal wagering task.

Transformation of acoustic information to sensory decision variables in the parietal cortex

This study examines how parietal cortex neurons transform acoustic information into decision variables during auditory tasks, showing task-dependent changes in neural decoding and clustering.

Subpopulations of neurons in lOFC encode previous and current rewards at time of choice

The paper identifies subpopulations of lOFC neurons that encode reward history and choice during decision-making in rats.

Myopic control of neural dynamics

The paper introduces a myopic control method for neural dynamics that adapts to current states without pre-calculating complex trajectories, demonstrating its utility in cognitive and motor system applications.