How do non-neuronal CNS cells called astrocytes contribute to cognition & computation? See our preprint Headed by my students Julia Pai and Fatih Sogukpinar, also working with Hiratani, Pignatelli, Papouin, Frank, and Ching labs. This was a huge effort www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Some professional news : My team is moving to Johns Hopkins University this Summer. I am deeply grateful to Washington University for supporting us since 2014. It has been an amazing journey full of brilliant colleagues and friends.

New work! How does perceptual novelty impact the value of (physical) rewards: what are the underlying algorithms and neural mechanisms? The answers may help to construct smarter AIs and to understand how and why novelty seeking breaks in psychiatric disorders. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

congrats @alexkwan.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First blue sky post is to celebrate! Incredibly proud of Dr Julia Pai. Fantastic defense and pioneering project on non-neuronal cells in Reinforcement Learning! Now almost off to her next chapter. Paper in prep!