Michele Basso, PhD
ProfessorDr. Basso studied Neuroscience at Stony Brook University in NY and was a post-doctoral fellow at the National Eye Institute, NIH. After serving as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Madison, she moved to UCLA and was then recruited to the University of Washington, where she holds a joint appointment with the Departments of Biological Structure and Physiology and Biophysics. The work performed in Dr. Basso’s laboratory is aimed at unravelling the neuronal circuits of decision-making in health and disease. Her work spans multiple species and employs multiple technologies designed to understand how memory and sensory information are combined to give rise to our decisions and choices of action.
Selected Publications:
Optogenetic activation of the inhibotory nigro-collicular circuit evokes contralateral orienting movements in mice.
Villalobos, CA, Basso MA. Cell Reports. 2022 39(3): 1-14.
Toward next-generation primate neuroscience: A collaboration-based strategic plan for integrative neuroimaging.
Milham M et al. Neuron. 2022 110(1): 16-20.
Implicit and explicit learning of Bayesian priors differently impacts bias during perceptual decision-making.
Thakur VN, Basso MA, Ditterich J, Knowlton BJ. Scientific Report. 2021 11(1): 1-12.
Causal role for the primate superior colliculus in the computation of evidence for perceptual decisions.
Jun EJ, Bautista AR, Nunez MD, Allen, D.C., Tak JH, Alvarez E, Basso MA. Nature Neuroscience. 2021 24(8): 1121-1131.
Unraveling circuits of visual perception and cognition through the superior colliculus.
Basso MA, Bickford ME, Cang J. Neuron. 2021 109(6): 918-937.