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Jason Robert Climer is an Assistant Professor in the Neuroscience Program at Illinois University, where he explores the neural underpinnings of memory. His research focuses on brain plasticity, cognitive neuroscience, and computational neuroscience. Climer's work investigates the changes in synapses that are responsible for the acquisition of memory and the neurobiological events underlying the process of forgetting. His laboratory employs a variety of techniques, including calcium neurotransmitter imaging and virtual reality tasks, to understand memory at multiple scales—from individual neurons to populations and networks. With an emphasis on how forgetting relates to continuous learning, Climer aims to uncover neural signatures associated with the development of spatial memories in the hippocampus and how these evolve throughout an animal's lifetime. He is affiliated with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, contributing to interdisciplinary research in neuroscience.
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