Studying Curiosity in Animals

Students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty and all who are interested are invited to participate in discussions about approaches to the study of curiosity and its neural mechanisms. This session will feature presentations from three postdoctoral scholars who study this question in animals, and will be followed by a discussion of the strengths, weaknesses, and results produced by their approaches.

  • Jennifer Bussell, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.
    • Do mice desire to know? Studying curiosity-based decisions in mice

 

  • Carl E. Schoonover and Andrew Fink, Postdoctoral Research Scientists, Columbia University Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.
    • Measurement of exploration in mice

 

  • David L. Barack, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
    • TBD










When: Wed., Mar. 6, 2019 at 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Jerome L. Greene Science Center
605 W. 129th St.
212-853-0600
Price: Free
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Students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty and all who are interested are invited to participate in discussions about approaches to the study of curiosity and its neural mechanisms. This session will feature presentations from three postdoctoral scholars who study this question in animals, and will be followed by a discussion of the strengths, weaknesses, and results produced by their approaches.

  • Jennifer Bussell, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.
    • Do mice desire to know? Studying curiosity-based decisions in mice

 

  • Carl E. Schoonover and Andrew Fink, Postdoctoral Research Scientists, Columbia University Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.
    • Measurement of exploration in mice

 

  • David L. Barack, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
    • TBD
Buy tickets/get more info now