Jasper Poort

Jasper Poort is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the School of Biological Sciences. His research focuses on learning, vision, decision-making, neurodevelopmental disorders, and eye movements. Poort's lab investigates how the brain selectively processes sensory information relevant to decision-making, a critical function amidst the constant sensory input. His work explores how altered information selection contributes to cognitive deficits in conditions such as schizophrenia and autism. The lab employs techniques including electrophysiology, imaging, behaviour testing, and computational modelling.

Jasper Poort, a researcher at the University of Cambridge, focuses on neuroscience, particularly the mechanisms underlying visual processing and learning in the visual cortex. His work explores how feedback and feedforward processing in monkey visual cortex are characterized by alpha and gamma oscillations. Additionally, he investigates how learning enhances sensory and non-sensory representations in primary visual cortex and how attention influences figure-ground segregation in areas V1 and V4. His research also examines the role of GABAergic interneurons and the impact of parvalbumin interneurons on visual discrimination. Poort's studies integrate behavioral monitoring with electrophysiology to understand cortical dynamics and sensory processing in freely moving animals.