Nick Audette
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences
Education
Ph.D., 2018, Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interests
The raw sensory information that enters our nervous system is often chaotic and overwhelming, yet we effortlessly turn these signals into simple and interpretable knowledge about our surroundings. Dr. Audetteās lab studies how the brain combines sensory input with environmental context, ongoing behavior, and life experience to help us successfully perceive the world. Experiments in the lab focus on large-scale neural recordings in mice as they explore acoustically enriched environments.
- Flexible Sensory Processing
- Thalamocortical Circuits
- Learning and Memory
Representative Publications
Audette NJ, Schneider DM (2023). Stimulus-Specific Prediction Error Neurons in Mouse Auditory Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(43):7119-7129. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/43/43/7119
Audette NJ, Zhou W, La Chioma A, Schneider DM (2022). Precise Movement-Based Predictions in the Mouse Auditory Cortex. Current Biology. 32(22):4925-4940.e6. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982222016062?via%3Dihub
Audette NJ, Bernhard SM, Ray A, Stewart LT, Barth AL (2019). Rapid Plasticity of Higher-Order Thalamocortical Inputs during Sensory Learning. Neuron. 103(2):277-291.e4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627319303940?via%3Dihub
Audette NJ, Urban-Ciecko J, Matsushita M, Barth AL. POm Thalamocortical Input Drives Layer-Specific Microcircuits in Somatosensory Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 28(4):1312-1328. https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article/28/4/1312/3064955
nicholas.audette@uconn.edu | |
Campus | Starting January 2025 |
Link | Audette Lab |