1.0Department of Psychiatry/psychbnstorms/psych/author/bnstorms/Hiroyuki Kato, PhD | Department of Psychiatryrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5giutWmfkp"><a href="/psych/people/hiroyuki-kato-phd/">Hiroyuki Kato, PhD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/psych/people/hiroyuki-kato-phd/embed/#?secret=5giutWmfkp" width="600" height="338" title="“Hiroyuki Kato, PhD” — Department of Psychiatry" data-secret="5giutWmfkp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /psych/wp-content/uploads/sites/839/2017/07/Kato-scaled.jpg17682560The primary research goal of Dr. Kato’s lab is to understand the circuit mechanisms underlying how the brain synthesizes auditory information to extract complex sound features, such as language. Towards this goal, they focus on mouse auditory cortex as the model system, and use multiple cutting-edge techniques in behaving animals to dissect the circuits that … Read more