Similarities in neocortical circuit organization across areas and species suggest a common
strategy to process diverse types of information, including sensation from diverse modalities …

The state of the brain and body constantly varies on rapid and slow timescales. These
variations contribute to the apparent noisiness of sensory responses at both the neural and …

Functions of the neocortex depend on its bidirectional communication with the thalamus, via
cortico-thalamo-cortical (CTC) loops. Recent work dissecting the synaptic connectivity in …

Sensory regions of the brain integrate environmental cues with copies of motor-related
signals important for imminent and ongoing movements. In mammals, signals propagating …

The cortical population code is pervaded by activity patterns evoked by movement, but it
remains largely unknown how such signals relate to natural behavior or how they might …

Humans possess an ability to perceive and synchronize movements to the beat in music
('beat perception and synchronization'), and recent neuroscientific data have offered new …

How the neocortex works is a mystery. In this paper we propose a novel framework for
understanding its function. Grid cells are neurons in the entorhinal cortex that represent the …

Recent studies in mice reveal widespread cortical signals during task performance;
however, the various task-related and task-independent processes underlying this activity …

Sounds can arise from the environment and also predictably from many of our own
movements, such as vocalizing, walking, or playing music. The capacity to anticipate these …

Cortical sensory processing is modulated by behavioral and cognitive states. How this
modulation is achieved by changing synaptic circuits remains largely unknown. In awake …