Our preprint Rapid spatial cognition in mice, with and without neocortex and hippocampus is now on bioRxiv.
Jieyu Zheng
PhD Candidate in Neurobiology, Caltech
I am a PhD candidate in the Neurobiology program at the California Institute of Technology, advised by Prof. Markus Meister. My research focuses on cognitive flexibility, learning, and memory, with particular interest in the role of neocortex and hippocampus in these functions.
Besides research, I teach, write, create art, and photograph the wildlife around the globe.
New preprint “Mice in Manhattan” is now on bioRxiv! Now titled “Rapid spatial cognition in mice, with and without neocortex and hippocampus.” Work with Rogério Guimarães, Zeynep Turan, Anwesha Das, Jennifer Y. Hu, Katelyn Sadorf, Pietro Perona, and Markus Meister. Read the preprint
Behavioral neuroscience Research Rapid learning, memory, generalization, and the neural systems that support flexible behavior.
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I attended and presented at SfN 2025 with the abstract Cognition Without Cortex: Rapid Learning, Generalization, and Long-Term Memory in Acortical Mice.
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