Michael L Platt, Associate Professor of Neurobiology

Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1994
mailing address: B243F LSRC Building Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Durham, NC 27708
office: B243F LSRC Building
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Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. ML Platt (2003). Learning is bitter and sweet in ventral striatum.. Neuron, United States, 38(4), 518-9.
  2. ML Platt (2002). Neural correlates of decisions.. Current opinion in neurobiology, England, 12(2), 141-8.  [abs]
  3. ML Platt (2002). Caudate clues to rewarding cues.. Neuron, United States, 33(3), 316-8.  [abs]
  4. Bendiksby, M.S. and M.L. Platt. Neural correlates of attention and motivational value in parietal cortex. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2002 28:559.12..
  5. Dean, H.L. and M.L. Platt. Spatial reference frames in posterior cingulate cortex. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2002 28:57.18.
  6. Deaner, R.O. and M.L. Platt. Social cues shift visual attention in monkeys. Soc Neurosci. Abstr. 2002 28.55.1..
  7. McCoy, A.M and M.L. Platt. Reward modulation of neuronal activity in posterior cingulate cortex. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2002 28:86.1.
  8. PW Glimcher, VM Ciaramitaro, ML Platt, HM Bayer, MA Brown, A Handel (2001). Application of neurosonography to experimental physiology.. Journal of neuroscience methods, Netherlands, 108(2), 131-44.  [abs]
  9. Crowley, J.C., G. Haghighian, and M.L. Platt. Posterior cingulate neurons encode eye movement value. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2001 27: 153..
  10. ML Platt, PW Glimcher (2000). Short-term changes in movement frequency do not alter the spatial tuning of saccade-related neurons in intraparietal cortex.. Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale, GERMANY, 132(3), 279-86.  [abs]
  11. Platt, M.L, E.M. Brannon, T.L. Briese and J.A. French. Differences in feeding ecology predict differences in performance between golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia) and Wied's marmosets (Callithrix kuhli) on spatial and visual memory tasks. Anim. Learn. Behav. 1996 24: 384-393..