Neural Underpinnings of Individual Recognition in the Brain

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Do birds know who they are talking to? How do we know who we are talking to? In this 2022 Share Your Research Talk, Isabella Catalano untangles the use of auditory and visual modalities to answer the questions behind what happens in the brain to make recognition possible. Her thesis research uses zebra finches as a model system to study individual recognition in the #brain. This research has implications for diseases in which we lose the ability to recognize individuals, even those close to us.
Speaker Biography: Isabella Catalano is a Ph.D. candidate at McGill University, in the laboratory of Dr. Sarah C. Woolley, where she studies individual recognition in zebra finches. Isabella seeks to become a research professor.
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[@tortu_nashe]

welp, I was reading an article about how psychedelics work on the brain and I read Neural underpinnings so I googled that and came to this video, not related but interesting. I liked how she explains about neuron activation, how it works and how every thought that comes to our mind is a neuron activation. Nice presentation team!

[@anonviewerciv]

Recognition engines. (2:22, 11:11)

[@doanviettrung]

Does the VTA get inputs from visual processing areas too? What about from somatic areas? A mate's cuddle pattern might differ from accidental touch by non-mates

[@anonymousanonym7523]

Very clearly presented. Thank you!

[@gth042]

Indeed. Not many are able to describe experimental setup in fluid expression and still remind the audience of key features (e.g. thin walls). I'm also impressed with avoiding the phrase "...so, we asked..." The Force is strong with this one.

[@exinangai2216]

Intriguing. So, *IF* human brain's ability to recognize loved ones is very similar to that of Zebra finch. We should detect lesser (or none) activities in the caudal region of VTA in brains for patients who are at later stage of Alzheimer's (esp. who begin to lose recognition of their loved ones)？

[@exinangai2216]

Too bad we may never have the DNA modified humans with phosphorylated version of those ribosomal proteins to ever prove that. Not to mention reversing the damage done by Alzheimer's disease. 😕 I guess modified RNA vectors for treatment *will not* be available in forseeable future (like 40-ish years ahead), at least not in my lifetime.

[@exinangai2216]

Very fluid presentation , BTW. 👍🏻