FrankLab_LNCC
@lnccbrown.bsky.social
Laboratory of Michael J. Frank at Brown University.
Our research combines computational modeling and experimental work to understand the neural mechanisms of motivated learning, choice and cognitive control.
https://www.lnccbrown.com/
Our research combines computational modeling and experimental work to understand the neural mechanisms of motivated learning, choice and cognitive control.
https://www.lnccbrown.com/
Reposted by FrankLab_LNCC
How do non-neuronal CNS cells called astrocytes contribute to cognition & computation?
See our preprint
Headed by my students Julia Pai and Fatih Sogukpinar, also working with Hiratani, Pignatelli, Papouin, Frank, and Ching labs. This was a huge effort
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
See our preprint
Headed by my students Julia Pai and Fatih Sogukpinar, also working with Hiratani, Pignatelli, Papouin, Frank, and Ching labs. This was a huge effort
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ventral striatal astrocytes contribute to reinforcement learning
Astrocytes influence synaptic plasticity and neuronal function through astrocytic calcium dynamics (ACD). However, astrocytes contribution to cognitive operations like reinforcement learning (RL) rema...
www.biorxiv.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
How do non-neuronal CNS cells called astrocytes contribute to cognition & computation?
See our preprint
Headed by my students Julia Pai and Fatih Sogukpinar, also working with Hiratani, Pignatelli, Papouin, Frank, and Ching labs. This was a huge effort
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
See our preprint
Headed by my students Julia Pai and Fatih Sogukpinar, also working with Hiratani, Pignatelli, Papouin, Frank, and Ching labs. This was a huge effort
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by FrankLab_LNCC
Now out in JEP: General, "How working memory and reinforcement learning interact when avoiding punishment and pursuing reward concurrently"
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Preprint with final version: osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/n
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Preprint with final version: osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/n
September 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Now out in JEP: General, "How working memory and reinforcement learning interact when avoiding punishment and pursuing reward concurrently"
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Preprint with final version: osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/n
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Preprint with final version: osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/n
Check out the paper here! fun collab between Pavlick and Frank labs led by Jake Russin on "in-context" vs "in-weight" learning in humans and neural nets www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Check out the paper here! fun collab between Pavlick and Frank labs led by Jake Russin on "in-context" vs "in-weight" learning in humans and neural nets www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
check out Jake Russin's new paper on how the interplay between in-context and in-weight learning in neural nets can explain tradeoffs in human learning!
pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
pnas.org
September 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
check out Jake Russin's new paper on how the interplay between in-context and in-weight learning in neural nets can explain tradeoffs in human learning!
pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....