Welcome to the Schmidt lab!

We study neural mechanisms underlying action control. Our focus is on computational models of neuronal activity and new algorithms for the analysis of electrophysiological data. The lab is in the Department of Psychology at the University of Sheffield. Find out more about our research here.

 

 

 

 

                Dopamine                                                Computational Modelling                                      Inhibitory Control                     Beta Oscillations

New papers:

• Schmidt, Ruiz, Kilavik, Lundqvist, Starr, and Aron (2019). Beta Oscillations in Working Memory, Executive Control of Movement and Thought, and Sensorimotor Function. Journal of Neuroscience 39 (42) 8231-8238.
• Aquili, Bowman, and Schmidt (2019). Occasion setters determine responses of putative dopamine neurons to discriminative stimuli. bioRxiv 799387.
• Hunger, Kumar, and Schmidt (2018). Abundance compensates kinetics: Similar effect of dopamine signals on D1 and D2 receptor populations. bioRxiv 444984.
  
• Mohagheghi Nejad, Rotter, and Schmidt (2018). Transmission of motor signals from the basal ganglia to the thalamus: effect of correlations, sensory responses, and excitation.  bioRxiv 386920.