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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Previous studies using reduced or intact animal preparations suggested that coordinated movements can be generated by appropriate combinations of muscle synergies controlled by the nervous system. However, which areas of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The visually evoked potential (VEP) is a local field potential (LFP) evoked in visual cortex in response to visual stimuli. Unlike extracellular single unit recordings, which allow us to probe the function of single spiking ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The ability to retain multiple items in short-term memory is fundamental for cognition, yet almost nothing is known about its neural basis. To explore the mechanisms underlying this ability, we trained two monkeys to ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Sequential processing --- using multiple sensory stimuli to plan and control a set of ordered movements --- is a central aspect of human behavior. Because previous and future movements must be stored during the execution ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)I introduce a new set of natively probabilistic computing abstractions, including probabilistic generalizations of Boolean circuits, backtracking search and pure Lisp. I show how these tools let one compactly specify ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The nature of habits, their formation, expression, and underlying causes have been pondered for centuries. Early definitions, still in use today, posited that habits are actions associated with outcomes that, when repeated, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)This thesis examines two questions concerning the working memory system underlying language processing: (1) To what extent is the working memory system underlying language processing domain-specific? and (2) What is the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)While it is well established that the rodent hippocampus plays a crucial role in the formation and retrieval of spatial memories, the neural mechanisms underlying this process have not been completely characterized. In ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)An infant reaches out for her new toy, struggling day after day to simply grasp her fingers around it. A few years later, she hits a tennis serve, perfect in the timing of its intricately choreographed movements. How does ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Relative motion information is required for solving many complex visual tasks, such as depth perception by motion parallax and motion-induced figure/ground segmentation. However, little is known about the neural substrate ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)I studied organizational principles that may subserve the control and learning of forelimb movements. Among these principles, I focused on muscular coordination patterns, motor cortical excitability, and sensorimotor ...
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