Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology
P.O. Box 208001
New Haven, CT 06520-8001
Office: SHM C400A
Phone: (203) 785 6302
Fax: (203) 785 5263
E-Mail alireza dot soltani AT yale dot edu
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Postdoctoral Associate Yale University School of Medicine Department of Neurobiology P.O. Box 208001 New Haven, CT 06520-8001
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Curriculum Vitae |
Although I am a physicist by training, my research is in the area of computational neuroscience. This means that I am interested in investigating questions related to brain functions using computer simulations and some analytical tools. Specifically, there are many studies in which neuroscientists have revealed neural correlates of simple decision-making processes. My goal is to make progress in our understanding of these observations by investigating plausible neuronal mechanisms that underlie the generation of such neural activities as well as the required computations.
PhD in Physics, Brandeis University (2002-2006)
A Cortical Network Model of Probabilistic Decision Making Advisor: Xiao-Jing Wang, Ph.D. |
MSc in Physics, Sharif University of Technology (1998-2000)
Advisor: Farhad Ardalan, Ph.D. |
| BSc in Physics, Sharif University of Technology (1994-1998) |
| Soltani A and Wang X-J (2006)
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[Supplementary] A Biophysically-based Neural Model of Matching Law Behavior: Melioration by Stochastic Synapses Journal of Neuroscience, 26(14): 3731-44 |
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Lee D, and Wang X-J (2006)
[PDF] Neural Mechanism for Stochastic Behavior During a Competitive Game Neural Networks, 19(8): 1075-90 |
| Soltani A and Wang X-J (2007) Bayesian inference with stochastic synapses: a neural model of probabilistic decision making. Computational and Systems Neuroscience 2007 |
| Lo C-C, Soltani A, and Wang X-J (2007) Tuning ramping activity and reaction time by balanced synaptic input in a decision making circuit. Computational and Systems Neuroscience 2007 |
| Soltani A and Wang X-J (2006) Bayesian inference with stochastic synapses in a decision circuit: a neural model of probabilistic categorization tasks. Society for Neuroscience Abstr. 605.9 |
| Soltani A, Carter GC, and Wang X-J (2006) Learning and representation of previous probability in a neuronal model of decision making. Society for Neuroscience Abstr. 548.23 |
| Soltani A and Wang X-J (2005) Exploring neural mechanisms of a mixed-strategy: a microcircuit model of random decision dynamics in competitive games. Society for Neuroeconomics |
| Soltani A and Wang X-J (2004) Exploring the neural basis of the matching law in choice behavior: a cortical network model with reward-gated learning. Society for Neuroscience Abstr. 668.14 |
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