@WaltonLabNeuro

Neuropsychology and neurochemistry of decision making lab at the University of Oxford, UK. **Managed by lab members**.

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Joined May 2022
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A tome on all the recent hippocampal models from @jcrwhittington
James Whittington
@jcrwhittington29 Sep 2022
Review finally out! It goes through hippocampal representational models and what they tell us about building cognitive maps. Am very pleased with it! Many thanks to @behrenstimb, @d_mccaffary, and @BakermansJJW ! (1/9) nature.com/articles/s41593-0…

How to build a cognitive map

Nature Neuroscience - This Review organizes models of cognitive maps into a clear ontology. This ontology reveals parallels between existing empirical results and implies new approaches to...

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Very thorough review, certainly some food for thought! Also thanks to @Oxford3Rs and all the speakers (Thomas Akam, @ArminLak, @_pauldodson and @adilgkhan ) for the great workshop and lively discussion this morning on fluid control!!!
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Check out @nikasamborska 's paper, fresh from the print!! Many congratulations!! 🎉🎉 Fantastic news for Thomas Akam too!! 🎉🍾 Big week in the lab!!
Tim Behrens@behrenstimb28 Sep 2022
Final version of @nikasamborska's awesome generalisation paper now online: nature.com/articles/s41593-0… Data: gin.g-node.org/vsamborska/da… Code: github.com/veronikasamborska… Excitingly: last author Thomas Akam has just won a @wellcometrust fellowship to start his own lab - look out for jobs!

Complementary task representations in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex for generalizing the...

Nature Neuroscience - Samborska et al. trained mice on a set of problems with the same structure but different physical layouts to study generalization. Neurons in prefrontal cortex generalized...

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Final version of @nikasamborska's awesome generalisation paper now online: nature.com/articles/s41593-0… Data: gin.g-node.org/vsamborska/da… Code: github.com/veronikasamborska… Excitingly: last author Thomas Akam has just won a @wellcometrust fellowship to start his own lab - look out for jobs!

Complementary task representations in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex for generalizing the...

Nature Neuroscience - Samborska et al. trained mice on a set of problems with the same structure but different physical layouts to study generalization. Neurons in prefrontal cortex generalized...

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Many congrats to our lab head Mark (or we should say Prof Walton)!!🎉🍾
Oxford ExpPsychology@OxExpPsy28 Sep 2022
We have a newly-minted professor to announce! Mark Walton has been awarded the title of Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience. Congratulations, Prof Walton! @OxfordWIN @MRCBNDU @EcrXchange @WaltonLabNeuro @OxfordMedSci ➡️bit.ly/3fvKeO0
Photo of Mark Walton with quote that reads: I'm delighted to have been awarded this title. I've been lucky enough to have been supported by outstanding lab members and collaborators who should all take much credit for this accolade.

ALT Photo of Mark Walton with quote that reads: I'm delighted to have been awarded this title. I've been lucky enough to have been supported by outstanding lab members and collaborators who should all take much credit for this accolade.

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Come check out our Poster at IBNS - International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. #IBNSconnect - via #Whova event app
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Check out @hmcollins1412 & colleagues new paper to learn more about how abrupt cessation of paroxetine and citalopram affect anxiety in mice. Congrats!! #neuroscience #SSRIwithdrawal @PharmOxford @OxExpPsy
Helen Collins@hmcollins141224 May 2022
Very excited to say that my first first-author paper is out now in @jpsychopharm! 🥳 A huge thank you to my twitterless co-authors for all their support! A 🧵about what we found… journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful… #neuroscience #neurotwitter @OxNeuro

Effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor discontinuation on anxiety-like behaviours in mice...

Background: Abrupt cessation of therapy with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) is associated with a discontinuation syndrome, typified by numerous...

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Information about tasks-structure benefits performance on a decision-making task in healthy volunteers and patients with OCD, showing greater effects than task experience alone. @albinojorgemai @Neuro_CF buff.ly/3sMpHIx
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What jar has the most red marbles? Come find out at the Banbury museum! @BanburyMuseum @OxfordWIN @OxExpPsy @UniofOxford
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Come join us at the #Dopamine Boost Booth at the #windowtothebrain at the #banburymuseum for some brain tickeling games! Stay tuned for more updates! @OxExpPsy @OxfordWIN @BanburyMuseum @UniofOxford
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Getting very excited with Thursday's #WINdowtotheBrain, come find out stall for some dopamine-tickling games! @OxNeuro @OxExpPsy @OxfordWIN
Banbury Museum & Gallery@BanburyMuseum12 May 2022
Roll 'up Roll up. Jugglers and acrobats, music and drama...there fairground is coming to Banbury Museum & Gallery as we explore our amazing and baffling brains with the help of researchers from the University of Oxford. banburymuseum.org/events/a-w…
We are so excited to bring 'A Window on the Brain' to @BanburyMuseum on 19 May! Tickets are going fast, book now if you'd like to come.
Banbury Museum & Gallery@BanburyMuseum5 May 2022
At our Museum Late event, the team from the University of Oxford will be turning our Waterways Gallery into a fairground with stalls designed to test your brain skills with games such as Wheel of Fortune and Play Your Cards Right! 19th May 2022 7-9.30pm banburymuseum.org/events/a-w…
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