Goal-directed exploration of the environment allows an animal to learn about the relationships between stimuli and how the environment responds to its actions. In this goal-directed phase, animals can flexibly apply learned relationships to other contexts. However, flexibility usually implies […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Out of the four FOXP genes in humans the FOXP2 transcription factor was shown to have an unique role in speech learning and articulation. This function is highly conserved as analogous motor learning functions were identified in songbirds, rodents or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Learning is an essential component for an animal’s survival as it enables for better future decisions: such as finding more nutritious food or avoiding harmful stimuli. While the molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory have been studied extensively, only little […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The human FOXP2 (Forkhead Box P2) gene has been identified as a key component for the development of language. Such vocal learning is a form of motor learning that proceeds slowly from babbling in toddlers (or subsong in songbirds) towards […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In humans, variants of the Forkhead Box P2 (FOXP2) gene can cause severe speech and language disorders (verbal dyspraxia). The FoxP2 gene sequence is highly conserved in vertebrates and orthologs of the FoxP gene family exist in all bilaterians. Paralleling […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actions are followed by consequences, and each of these consequences has a subjective value. The value assigned to these consequences shape our future actions in what is often called “learning by doing”. But how is value conferred in the brain? […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Poster on the occasion of the first “BigDataDay” of the University of Regensburg. Two projects for automating open research data deposition are described.
Nov09
Searching for the genetic components of long-term memory for operant self-learning in Drosophila
In contrast to many other forms of learning, the genetic components of operant self-learning, a kind of motor-learning, are still poorly understood. So far, only Protein Kinase C (PKC) and FoxP have been identified as necessary for operant self-learning. It […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Open knowledge maps visualizes the results of a literature search, organizing publications according to content into different fields.
In every behavioral population paradigm where groups of animals are being exposed to forced-choice situations, there is the question whether or not the individual animals can be assumed to make their own choices. We approach this hypothesis by testing Drosophila […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
