Topic: 3D tracking

Jonathan Whitlock is an associate professor of neuroscience at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim, Norway. His group combines high-density single-unit recordings with silicone probes and sub-millimeter 3D tracking to study the cortical representation of pose and movement in freely behaving rats. The lecture will introduce his group’s work on neural tuning to pose and movement parietal and motor areas, and will include more recent findings from primary visual, auditory and somatosensory areas

Much of our current understanding of brain-based visual processing is derived from studies involving immobilised animals. However, in reallife scenarios, visual perception is intrinsically linked with the movements of the eyes, head, and body. To gain amore comprehensive understanding of visual processing under these conditions, studying eye movement in freely moving subjects, such as mice is crucial. Our research is dedicated (i) to developing innovative hardware and software solutions to facilitate this advanced tracking and analysis and (ii) employing these techniques to study freely moving