Temporal Lobe

Used for processing what object you are experiencing and what you hear. Some recent thoughts.

In the News

WBUR - From MIT: Why You Shower, Then Brush (Or Vice Versa)
MIT News - Force of habit

Selected Publications

J. Feingold*, T.M. Desrochers*, N. Fujii*, R. Harlan, P.L. Tierney, H. Shimazu, K. Amemori, and A.M. Graybiel. A system for recording neural activity chronically and simultaneously from multiple cortical and subcortical regions in non-human primates. J. Neurophysiology. *these authors contributed equally to the work.

T.M. Desrochers, D.Z. Jin, N.D. Goodman, and A.M. Graybiel. Optimal habits can develop spontaneously through sensitivity to local cost. PNAS, 107 (47):20512-7, 2010. PDF. Suppliment. Commentary. Cover.

T.M. Desrochers, D.Z. Jin, N.D. Goodman, and A.M. Graybiel. Uninstructed monkey eye movement patterns driven by reward in a naturalistic free-viewing scan task. Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting November 2010. Program # 77.18, Poster # RR13. Abstract.

T.M. Desrochers and A.M. Graybiel. FEF neural responses during uninstructed, optimal eye movements in a free-viewing scan task. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. Conference Abstract: Computational and systems neuroscience February 2009. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.06.2009.03.177. Abstract.