Nils Kolling

@nilskolling.bsky.social

Interested in how brains make decisions and maintain motivation over time. All opinions expressed are my personal ones. websites: https://sites.google.com/view/ecc-team/home

New preprint alert! doi.org/10.64898/202... Throughout life, we are often told to persist in the pursuit of our long term goals. However, the most important factor to consider in the real world for whether to continue pursuit or abandon one's goal is knowing how much progress you are making.

Prefrontal mechanisms of goal progress inference and monitoring in macaque monkeys

Primates pursue goals over extended periods and over multiple steps. The ability to track progress and its rate is critical for such pursuit, yet the neural mechanisms of this tracking are unclear. We...

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Problem is that it is extremely hard to get funding for cross species cognition and comparison of neural circuits across species emphasizing both similarities AND differences. Funding agencies incentivize "model system = human" claims and reviewers often hate on work in different model system.

dickretired@dickretired.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There is little work on NHPs now. Instead almost all the work is on mice. I can understand that this can tell us about human metabolism. But cognition depends on complex neural circuitry. We need to know what cognitive capacities we share with mice and what capacities are unique to primates or us.

Job Alert: Our team is looking for someone for a research assistant/manager position for between 6 months and 1 year. Application deadline end of August. Only CV and motivation letter needed. Our team wesite : sites.google.com/view/ecc-tea... . Please get in touch with me if you are interested.

ECC Team

Team info The primary aim of our team is understanding of how the human brain implements reward-guided decision making, learning and plans into the future. For this, we focus particularly on the role ...

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Thanks to everyone for comments on my Brain editorial. There've been lots of questions on solutions. I'm afraid it's unlikely that any supreme body is going to come to our rescue. We have to do it ourselves. The problems came one by one. We can dismantle them one by one.

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#Universities abroad see opportunity in a U.S. brain drain: “In a context where scientists in the #UnitedStates feel threatened or hindered…”, Aix-Marseille Université welcomes “scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic #freedom

Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

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A big thank you to all those who have been so positive about my new book. It's about how neurological patients can tell us so much about our selves, how personal and social identities are forged by different cognitive functions, and what it means to belong.

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