Shih‐Chieh Lin

The paper shows that basal forebrain bursting is generated by a dynamical attractor that preserves burst structure while integrating inputs into a scalar amplitude encoding reward prediction.

The paper shows that dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area causally drive basal forebrain bursting neurons to propagate reward prediction signals on a millisecond timescale.

The paper shows that rats learn behavioral sequences through a stepwise strategy, with neural correlates in the basal forebrain reflecting reward prediction errors.