Laboratory of Ilana WittenProbing the role of norepinephrine in the anterior cingulate cortex in mediating internal state transitions during a complex decision-making task in mice.• Infer internal states from behavioral data using a generalized linear model in combination with a hidden Markov model.• Analyze two-photon calcium and norepinephrine signals and relate data to state-dependent cognitive and motor variables.

Laboratory of Eugenia ChiappeInternal representations of sensory-motor information during free exploration in drosophila.• Used genetic tools to probe the underlying circuit animals use to perform precise movement bouts in darkness.• Conducted behavioral experiments and analyzed movement-related behavioral data.• Simulated behavior by modelling internal sensory-motor representations using a drift-diffusion model.

Laboratory of Erin SchumanModulation of social behaviors by the neuropeptides pth2 and oxytocin in zebrafish.• Used several different staining techniques to characterize molecular features of pth2+ and oxytocin+ cells.• Planned, set up, conducted, and analyzed behavioral experiments.• Explored sleep stages in bearded dragons by performing whole-brain extracellular recordings and analyzing the data.