
Sonja Hofer
@sonjabhofer
Neuroscientist studying the neural basis of perception, Professor at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL
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27-04-2012 12:14:56
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Erlich Lab and my lab are recruiting postdocs to work on economic decision-making, towards understanding cognition in psychiatric conditions. Go talk to Jeff if you are interested and are going to SfN!

How does the brain implement and switch between different behavioural strategies, such as explore, exploit or disengage? Remarkably, a small nucleus in the midbrain can do it all! A new, exciting direction for my lab led by the amazing Mehran Ahmadlou: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Regret not taking university-level maths but want to get into theoretical neuro or ML grad studies? Apply to the 7 week Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit maths bridging course by next Friday! From Africa or another under-resourced background? We have some funding for you! 🤩 ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/study-a…




For fun holiday reading: what is the role of neocortex? The amazing Sara Mederos shows that a specific corticofugal pathway is crucial for learning to overwrite instinctive reactions. An epic study going from neural pathway down to synaptic mechanism! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…


Check out our new work led by @NateZuk, co-supervused by Merav Ahissar & me -- an EEG study in a perceptual decision making task, showing how neural & beh responses to feedback are different in ASD biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Read this nice news piece too! sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/autis…





Interested in attending the Gordon Research Conferences on Inhibition in the CNS in July 2025, consider applying for this amazing Alba ACNP travel grant! Also, the program for the conference is online, thanks to Attila Losonczy & Natalia De Marco Garcia!! grc.org/inhibition-in-…