Jonathan Robert Whitlock
About
Jonathan Whitlock is head of the Whitlock research group at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience. His focus is on unraveling how higher motor systems in cortex coordinate natural behavior and permit social learning. His group studies these phenomena by combining quantitative behavioral tracking with neuronal ensemble recordings in freely-behaving rats and mice. The group uses optogenetics and neuroanatomical methods to better understand the function and connectivity of relevant circuits, and has both local and international collaborations toward the development of statistical and machine learning-based analyses of high-dimensional neural and behavioral data.
Beyond the lab, Whitlock currently coordinates the Master's program in Neuroscience at the Kavli Institute, and organizes the Institute's course in Physiological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.
His group strarted at the Kavli Institute in 2014 under the auspices of an ERC starting grant, prior to which he was a Kavli post-doctoral fellow with Edvard and May-Britt Moser, studying navigational representations across parietal and entorhinal cortices. Prior to moving to Trondheim, he was a graduate student of Mark Bear at Brown University and MIT, with his thesis work demonstrating that synaptic connections in the hippocampus grew stronger as a consequence of single-trial learning in rats.
Competencies
Publications
2023
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Fuglstad, Jingyi Guo;
Saldanha, Pearl;
Paglia, Jacopo;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert.
(2023)
Histological E-data Registration in rodent Brain Spaces.
eLIFE
Academic article
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Hovde, Karoline;
Rautio, Ida Välikangas;
Hegstad, Andrea Marie;
Witter, Menno Peter;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert.
(2023)
Visuomotor interactions in the mouse forebrain mediated by extrastriate cortico-cortical pathways.
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Academic article
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Mimica, Bartul;
Tombaz, Tuce;
Battistin, Claudia;
Fuglstad, Jingyi Guo;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert.
(2023)
Behavioral decomposition reveals rich encoding structure employed across neocortex in rats.
Nature Communications
Academic article
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Rautio, Ida Välikangas;
Holmberg, Ella Holt;
Kurup, Devika;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert.
(2023)
A novel paradigm for observational learning in rats.
Cognitive Neurodynamics
Academic article
2020
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Gheorghiu, Medorian;
Ciuparu, Andrei;
Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Mureşan, Raul.
(2020)
A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate
Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During
Complex.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Gheorghiu, Medorian;
Ciuparu, Andrei;
Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Mureşan, Raul.
(2020)
A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex Behavior.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Tombaz, Tuce;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Hovde, Karoline;
Cubero, Ryan John Abat;
Mimica, Bartul;
Mamidanna, Pranav.
(2020)
Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
2019
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Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2019)
Neural coding of behavior in the rodent associative
cortices.
NTNU
Doctoral dissertation
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Olsen, Grethe Mari;
Hovde, Karoline;
Kondo, Hideki;
Sakshaug, Teri;
Haaland Sømme, Hanna;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2019)
Organization of Posterior Parietal–Frontal Connections in the Rat.
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Academic article
2018
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Hovde, Karoline;
Gianatti, Michele;
Witter, Menno;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Architecture and Organization of Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex Relative to Extrastriate Areas.
European Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
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Mimica, Bartul;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Tombaz, Tuce;
Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats.
Science
Academic article
2017
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Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Movement Coding at the Mesoscale in Posterior Parietal Cortex.
Neuron
Academic article
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Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Posterior parietal cortex.
Current Biology
Academic article
2014
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Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2014)
Navigating actions through the rodent parietal cortex.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Academic article
2012
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Pfuhl, Gerit;
Dagslott, Nenitha;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2012)
Functional Split between Parietal and Entorhinal Cortices in the Rat.
Neuron
Academic article
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Whitlock, Jonathan Robert;
Derdikman, Dori Moshe.
(2012)
Head direction maps remain stable despite grid map fragmentation.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Academic article
2011
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Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Bonnevie, Tora;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2011)
A brain full of maps.
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
Academic literature review
2009
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Representations in the Hippocampus.
MIT Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Tsao, Albert;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2009)
Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment.
Nature Neuroscience
Academic article
2008
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Sutherland, Robert;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2008)
Navigating from hippocampus to parietal cortex.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Editorial
2006
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Heynen, Arnold;
Shuler, Marshall;
Bear, Mark.
(2006)
Learning Induces Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus.
Science
Academic article
Journal publications
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Fuglstad, Jingyi Guo;
Saldanha, Pearl;
Paglia, Jacopo;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert.
(2023)
Histological E-data Registration in rodent Brain Spaces.
eLIFE
Academic article
-
Hovde, Karoline;
Rautio, Ida Välikangas;
Hegstad, Andrea Marie;
Witter, Menno Peter;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert.
(2023)
Visuomotor interactions in the mouse forebrain mediated by extrastriate cortico-cortical pathways.
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Academic article
-
Mimica, Bartul;
Tombaz, Tuce;
Battistin, Claudia;
Fuglstad, Jingyi Guo;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert.
(2023)
Behavioral decomposition reveals rich encoding structure employed across neocortex in rats.
Nature Communications
Academic article
-
Rautio, Ida Välikangas;
Holmberg, Ella Holt;
Kurup, Devika;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert.
(2023)
A novel paradigm for observational learning in rats.
Cognitive Neurodynamics
Academic article
-
Tombaz, Tuce;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Hovde, Karoline;
Cubero, Ryan John Abat;
Mimica, Bartul;
Mamidanna, Pranav.
(2020)
Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
-
Olsen, Grethe Mari;
Hovde, Karoline;
Kondo, Hideki;
Sakshaug, Teri;
Haaland Sømme, Hanna;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2019)
Organization of Posterior Parietal–Frontal Connections in the Rat.
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Academic article
-
Hovde, Karoline;
Gianatti, Michele;
Witter, Menno;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Architecture and Organization of Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex Relative to Extrastriate Areas.
European Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
-
Mimica, Bartul;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Tombaz, Tuce;
Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats.
Science
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Movement Coding at the Mesoscale in Posterior Parietal Cortex.
Neuron
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Posterior parietal cortex.
Current Biology
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2014)
Navigating actions through the rodent parietal cortex.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Pfuhl, Gerit;
Dagslott, Nenitha;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2012)
Functional Split between Parietal and Entorhinal Cortices in the Rat.
Neuron
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert;
Derdikman, Dori Moshe.
(2012)
Head direction maps remain stable despite grid map fragmentation.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Academic article
-
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Bonnevie, Tora;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2011)
A brain full of maps.
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
Academic literature review
-
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Tsao, Albert;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2009)
Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment.
Nature Neuroscience
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Sutherland, Robert;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2008)
Navigating from hippocampus to parietal cortex.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Editorial
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Heynen, Arnold;
Shuler, Marshall;
Bear, Mark.
(2006)
Learning Induces Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus.
Science
Academic article
Books
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Gheorghiu, Medorian;
Ciuparu, Andrei;
Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Mureşan, Raul.
(2020)
A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex Behavior.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
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Gheorghiu, Medorian;
Ciuparu, Andrei;
Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Mureşan, Raul.
(2020)
A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate
Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During
Complex.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Representations in the Hippocampus.
MIT Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2019)
Neural coding of behavior in the rodent associative
cortices.
NTNU
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
Knowledge Transfer
2022
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PosterRautio, Ida Välikangas; Nevjen, Fredrik; Klindt, David; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2022) Task-dependent ensemble coding in rat medial prefrontal cortex. The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies FENS , Paris 2022-07-09 - 2022-07-13
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PosterRautio, Ida Välikangas; Nevjen, Fredrik; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2022) General and context-specific tuning in the rat medial prefrontal cortex. Society for Neuroscience SfN , San Diego 2022-11-12 - 2022-11-16
2020
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Academic lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2020) Neural coding of natural behavior in PPC and the dorsal cortex. Karolinska Institute, Dept. of Neuroscience Brain Circuits Course, 2020 , Online (course in Stockholm, Sweden) 2020-09-17 - 2020-09-17
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2020) Action Representation in Mouse Cortex. Inscopix, Inc. European Neural Circuits Webinar , online 2020-06-09 - 2020-06-09
2019
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2019) Dense egocentric coding along the rodent dorsal cortex. Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology Max Planck Institute Invited lecture , Munich 2019-03-25 -
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Popular scientific lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2019) AI-assisted detection of 3D behavior in freely running rodents. Helsedirektoratet Intern fagdag om kunstig intelligens i Helsedirektoratet , Oslo 2019-01-17 -
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2019) Dense egocentric coding in the rodent dorsal cortex. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) , Lisbon 2019-03-05 -
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2019) Action representation in the parieto-frontal network in mice. Inscopix Inc. Inscopix Users' Meeting , College de France, Paris 2019-09-17 -
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PosterRautio, Ida Välikangas; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2019) Cortical Substrates of Observational Learning in Rodents. NRSN Summer School Tromsø , Tromsø 2019-08-11 - 2019-08-18
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Academic lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2019) The posterior parietal cortex: functions in primates and rodents. Marie Carlen Brain Circuits Course , Karolinska Institute 2019-09-16 -
2018
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PosterHovde, Karoline; Gianatti, Michele; Witter, Menno; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Reconciling the anatomical locus of the mouse posterior parietal cortex by architectural delineation and connectivity. FENS 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience , Berlin 2018-07-07 - 2018-07-11
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PosterMimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Bojja, Srikanth; Tombaz, Tuce; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Cortical representation of egocentric head space and body posture in freely moving rats. Cosyne 2018 , Denver 2018-03-01 - 2018-03-04
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PosterMimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Cortical representation of posture in freely moving rats. FENS 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience 2018 , Berlin 2018-07-07 - 2018-07-11
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PosterMimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats. SfN SfN 2018 , San Diego 2018-11-03 - 2018-11-07
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LectureHovde, Karoline; Gianatti, Michele; Witter, Menno; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Architecture and organization of mouse posterior parietal cortex relative to extrastriate areas. NRSN 6th National PhD Conference in Neuroscience , Jægtvolden 2018-09-19 - 2018-09-21
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InterviewMimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Scientists record posture-coding neurons in the cortex. Norway Norway [Internet] 2018-11-02
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InterviewDunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Scientists Find Brain Cells That Could Explain How We Control Posture. USA USA [Internet] 2018-11-02
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PosterRautio, Ida Välikangas; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Cortical Substrates of Observational Learning in Rodents. NRSN NRSN PhD conference 2018 , Jægtvolden Fjordhotell, Inderøy 2018-09-19 - 2018-09-21
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InterviewMimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Researchers find neural cells in rat brain that are tuned to posture. USA USA [Internet] 2018-11-02
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PosterMimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats. NRNS NRSN PhD conference 2018 , Trondheim 2018-09-19 - 2018-09-21
2017
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Academic lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2017) Parietal cortex in action planning and navigation: humans & primates. Advnaced Neurobiology Course , UiO 2017-05-12 - 2017-05-12
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2017) Identifying the neural correlates of behavior itself. Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig Workshop on CNS Function, Damage & Repair , Trondheim 2017-12-15 - 2017-12-15
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Popular scientific lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2017) Place cells, grid cells, and the story of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience. 60 Year Anniversary, Medical Association of Norway , Trondheim 2017-09-04 - 2017-09-04
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2017) Representation of 3D posture and movement in parietal and pre-motor cortices. European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children , Trondheim 2017-09-08 - 2017-09-08
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2017) Action representation in posterior parietal cortex and frontal motor cortices. Edvard Moser and Sten Grillner Nordic Neuroscience , Stockholm 2017-06-07 - 2017-06-09
2016
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2016) Action Representation in Mouse Parietal Cortex. Scandinavian Physiological Society Scandinavian Physiological Society, bi-annual meeting , Oslo 2016-08-26 - 2016-08-28
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2016) Action representation in rodent posterior parietal cortex. NTNU mathematics department & Kavli Institute Workshop on Machine Learning and Neuroscience , Trondheim 2016-01-07 - 2016-01-07
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2016) Imaging action representation in the mouse parietal cortex. EMBO Imaging the Brain , Warsaw 2016-05-18 - 2016-05-21
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2016) Action Representation in the Rodent Posterior Parietal Cortex. NTNU Linguistics Department Language and Perception International Conference , Trondheim 2016-06-13 - 2016-06-16
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Popular scientific lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2016) Action Representation in the Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex. Inscopix, Inc. Inscopix Inc. Invited Webinar , Online, hosted from Palo Alto, California 2016-12-12 - 2016-12-12
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2016) Imaging action representation in the mouse posterior parietal cortex. Nordic Microscopy Society SCANDEM 2016 , Trondheim 2016-06-07 - 2016-06-10
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Academic lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2016) Action representation in rat posterior parietal cortex. University of Hamburg Invited lecture , University of Hamburg 2016-03-01 - 2016-03-01
2014
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Academic lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) “Parietal cortex: functions in motor behavior and spatial navigation”. Special Course on Brain Circuits, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 2014-09-09 -
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Popular scientific lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) “How your brain geotags memories”. TEDx Trondheim, “Matters of the Mind”, Trondheim, Norway 2014-04-29 -
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Academic lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) “The role of parietal cortex in navigation and action planning”. Network Meeting for Neuroscience, Tromsø, Norway 2014-11-27 -
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) “Synaptic plasticity and Memory”. Course lecture, NEVR 3003, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway 2014-02-16 -
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LectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) “Cognitive motor functions of parietal cortex: prospective behavioral coding”. Seminar, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA 2014-02-08 -
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InterviewWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) Forskere skaber 3D-kort over pattedyrs hjerne. Metroxpress Metroxpress [Internet] 2014-04-08
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InterviewWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) Forskere kortlægger pattedyrs hjerne for første gang. videnskab.dk videnskab.dk [Internet] 2014-04-07
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InterviewWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) Hele hjernen til et pattedyr kartlagt for første gang. VG nett og forskning.no VG nett og forskning.no [Internet] 2014-04-02
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InterviewKentros, Clifford; Whitlock, Jonathan; Roudi, Yasser. (2014) A village of neuroscientists. [Internet] 2014-12-07
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InterviewMoser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2014) Millioner til hjerneforskere i Trondheim. NRK Trøndelag NRK Trøndelag [Internet] 2014-12-10
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InterviewMoser, May-Britt; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2014) - Selv etter å ha fått verdens gjeveste pris, vil de være seg selv . adressavisen adressavisen [Internet] 2014-10-07
2013
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InterviewWhitlock, Jonathan Robert. (2013) NTNU-forsker vant kappløp om EU-midler. Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Newspaper] 2013-08-03
2010
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PosterWhitlock, Jonathan; Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Pfuhl, Gerit; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Effects of parietal cortical inactivation on representations in entorhinal cortex. SFN 2010-11-13 - 2010-11-17
2009
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PosterDerdikman, Dori Moshe; Whitlock, JR; Tsao, Albert; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Moser, May-Britt. (2009) Fragmentation of grid maps is influenced by geometry of the environement. SFN 2009-10-17 - 2009-10-21
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PosterWhitlock, Jonathan; Pfuhl, G; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2009) Discerning the flow of information between parietal and entorhinal cortices in rats. SFN 2009-10-17 - 2009-10-21