Dr Ann Kennedy, Principal Investigator at Northwestern University, recently gave a SWC Virtual Seminar on her postdoctoral work on a part of the brain thought to be involved in the flexibility of naturalistic survival behaviours: the interconnected nuclei of the extended amygdala and hypothalamus. In the following Q&A, she shares her research on hypothalamic representations of internal state and behaviour.

Every day we think, apply rules and plan ahead, but how does the brain perceive time to allow us to perform these cognitive functions? SWC Seminar Speaker, Dr Joe Paton, explains how his research may help us understand the way basal ganglia circuits contribute to aspects of decision-making, action selection and motor control.