Our brain’s secret strategist: choosing how to choose

Our brain’s secret strategist: choosing how to choose Our brains can imagine diverse solutions and rapidly switch between them, but how this flexibility works is unclear, especially beyond simple behaviours. This project aims to understand how the brain switches between decision strate-gies. It hypothesises that the brain runs multiple decision processes in parallel, allowing for quick adaptation. Using mice in foraging tasks, researchers combine novel computational methods with advanced electrophysiological recording and optical manipulation. Key objectives are to identify: (1) neural circuits for strategy selection, (2) mecha-nisms controlling strategy changes, and (3) how to trigger specific strategies. The project hopes to deliver a rich dataset and a new conceptual framework for behavioural flexibility, ultimately deepening our understanding of decision-making and the diversity of behaviours.