Kevin Mizes

Neuroscience PhD student

[Kevin Mizes @KevinMizes]

Happy to see the story on motor cortex finally out in @natureneuro today! https://t.co/PRIUV0Asrh

[Kevin Mizes @KevinMizes]

Ever wonder how the pianist can perform a new piece from sheet music, or effortlessly play a well-practiced sonata in a concert? We study the underlying neural circuits in ‘piano-playing’ rats and show that motor cortex and basal ganglia play different roles.

[Kevin Mizes @KevinMizes]

This was a fun project that spanned my entire time in grad school. Very grateful for the guidance of @BOlveczky, collaborators extraordinaire @Jack_W_Lindsey @seanescola, and the rest of the Ölveczky lab. Now on to the postdoc!

[Kevin Mizes @KevinMizes]

Ever wonder how the pianist can perform a new piece from sheet music, or effortlessly play a well-practiced sonata in a concert? We study the underlying neural circuits in ‘piano-playing’ rats and show that motor cortex and basal ganglia play different roles.

[Kevin Mizes @KevinMizes]

Remarkably, this architecture and learning rule naturally gives rise to the interference effect described above, where simultaneously learning flexible and automatic sequences prevents the consolidation of the automatic behavior.