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Francois Cinotti
Postdoctoral Research Associate
I am a computational neuroscientist working with Mark Walton, Thomas Akam and Laura Grima on a model of mouse foraging behaviour to try and explain dopamine activity recorded during such a task.
Before joining this lab, I completed my PhD on regulation of the exploration-exploitation trade-off by dopamine at the Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics in Paris in 2019, and did a first postdoc with Mark Humphries at the university of Nottingham developing a Bayesian method for measuring the uncertainty of connection rates between neurons.
Recent publications
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Bayesian mapping of the striatal microcircuit reveals robust asymmetries in the probabilities and distances of connections.
Journal article
Cinotti F. and Humphries MD., (2021), J Neurosci
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Bayesian mapping of the striatal microcircuit reveals robust asymmetries in the probabilities and distances of connections
Journal article
Cinotti F. and Humphries MD., (2021)
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Impacts of inter-trial interval duration on a computational model of sign-tracking vs. goal-tracking behaviour
Journal article
Cinotti F. et al, (2019), PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 236, 2373 - 2388
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Dopamine blockade impairs the exploration-exploitation trade-off in rats
Journal article
Cinotti F. et al, (2019), SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9
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What determines the relationship between color naming, unique hues, and sensory singularities: Illuminations, surfaces, or photoreceptors?
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Witzel C. et al, (2015), JOURNAL OF VISION, 15