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Dr Ben Slater

Ben has a strong interest in the neurobiology of behaviour and has developed a paradigm that can be analogously used across several species, including rats, marmosets, macaques, and humans. Ben has experience in working with all four species and is currently exploring the role of prefrontal-hippocampal connectivity via the use of an innovative technique known as transcranial ultrasound stimulation. The long-term aim is to explore the evolutionary origins and the dependence of the hippocampus and frontal systems on context-dependent decision making across species. This knowledge is highly relevant for humans with frontal or hippocampal cognitive impairment and may also enhance medical understanding concerning disorders that involve maladaptation of memory and cognition.

References:

Slater B et al. Transcranial ultrasound stimulation of primate hippocampus and prefrontal cortex modulates context-guided sequence learning. 406.01, Society for Neuroscience 2022. San Diego, CA.

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