Scientific Focus
Naturalistic neuroscience of spatial navigation
Methods
Wireless brain recordings in Rats and Marmosets
Computational Modeling
Selected Publications
Laurens, J. (2022). The statistical power of three monkeys. bioRxiv.
Laurens, J. (2022). The otolith vermis: A systems neuroscience theory of the Nodulus and Uvula. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 16, 886284.
Angelaki, D. E., Ng, J., Abrego, A. M., Cham, H. X., Asprodini, E. K., Dickman, J. D., & Laurens, J. (2020). A gravity-based three-dimensional compass in the mouse brain. Nature Communications, 11, 1855.
Angelaki, D. E., & Laurens, J. (2020). The head direction cell network: attractor dynamics, integration within the navigation system, and three-dimensional properties. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 60, 136–144.
Laurens, J., Meng, H., & Angelaki, D. E. (2013). Neural representation of orientation relative to gravity in the macaque cerebellum. Neuron, 80(6), 1508–1518.