Sensory Perception Group
Research group leader
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Shankar Sachidhanandam
- sachidhanandam@pyl.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 87 15
Research focuses
- Sensory perception and attention
- Unimodal and multimodal sensory processing
- Sensory-motor transformations
- Neuronal plasticity and learning of goal directed behaviour
Methods
- In-vivo two-photon calcium imaging
- In-vivo two-photon assisted patch-clamp electrophysiology
- Circuit directed optogenetic manipulations
Short description
The cognitive process of attention and sensory perception is vital for our everyday interaction with the surrounding environment. We strive to understand the local cortical circuit dynamics that underlie these processes, using a combination of electrophysiological and imaging approaches at the single cell and population level.