Department of Neuroscience

Research Abstract

Our laboratory studies small circuits underlying cognition in the non-human primate model. Currently, we have projects involving spatial representation, memory and movement; eye-hand and bimanual coordination; and correlation-based functional connectivity. In the past we have worked on topics including effector-selective circuits underlying movement, cognitive switch costs, and neuronal correlates of rewards... read more

Selected Publications

• Patel GH, Yang D, Jamerson EC, Snyder LH, Corbetta M, Ferrera VP (2015) Functional evolution of new and expanded attention networks in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 112:9454-9.
• Kubanek J, Snyder LH, Abrams RA. (2015) Reward and punishment act as distinct factors in guiding behavior. Cognition. 139:154-67.
• Li JM, Bentley WJ, Snyder AZ, Raichle ME, Snyder LH. (2015) Functional connectivity arises from a slow rhythmic mechanism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112:E2527-35.
• Chang SW, Calton JL, Lawrence BM, Dickinson AR, Snyder LH. (2015) Region-specific summation patterns inform the role of cortical areas in selecting motor plans. Cerebral Cortex. In press.
• Kubanek J, Li J, Snyder LH. (2015) Motor role of parietal cortex in monkey model of hemi- spatial neglect. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112:E2067-72.
• Patel GH, Kaplan DM, Snyder LH. (2014) Topographic organization in the brain: searching for general principles. Trends Cogn Sci. 18:351-63.
• Yttri EA, Wang C, Liu Y, Snyder LH. (2014) The parietal reach region is limb specific and not involved in eye-hand coordination. J Neurophysiol. 111:520-32.
• Rao V, DeAngelis GC, Snyder LH (2012) Neural correlates of prior expectations of motion in the lateral intraparietal and middle temporal areas. J Neurosci. 32:10063-74.
• Liu YQ, Yttri EA, Snyder LH (2010) Intention and attention: different functional roles for LIPd and LIPv. Nature Neurosci. 13:495-500.
• Chang SWC, Papadimitriou C, Snyder LH (2009) Using a compound gain field to compute a reach plan. Neuron. 64:1-14.

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