Timothy Gentner

Professor Gentner's research examines the neural mechanisms that govern the sensory, perceptual, and cognitive processing of natural sounds, especially animal communication signals. Research topics address question of neural coding, representational plasticity during learning and memory, higher-level decision mechanisms, and the regulation of natural behaviors. Researchers in the lab draw as needed on a range of experimental techniques, including electrophysiology, neuroanatomy, immunohistochemistry, animal learning and behavior, and computational neuroscience. Many experiments integrate several techniques to study behaving animals.