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One of the winners of the Star Family Challenge

Professor Bence Ölveczky has been named one of the winners of the third annual Star Family Challenge for Promising Scientific Research, a faculty research award program established at the suggestion of James A. Star ’83 and chaired by Doug Melton, Xander...
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Complications of Brain Manipulations

The Olveczky lab shows that complex connectivities of mammalian and bird brains can confound the outcomes of transient neural manipulations. Full story in the The Scientist here .
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Deconstructing Motor Skills

Prof. Ölveczky's latest study has found that the brain uses two largely independent neural circuits to learn the temporal and spatial aspects of a motor skill. Full story in the Harvard Gazette here. Software package and users manual for implementing the...
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