# Bence Patrik Ölveczky Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology ![olveczky_bence_0.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/pinphd/files/olveczky_bence_0.jpg?itok=mzGLPWt1) location\_on Harvard University Northwest Labs, Room 219.30 52 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [617-496-9114](tel:617-496-9114) email laptop\_windows [Lab website](https://olveczkylab.oeb.harvard.edu/) laptop\_windows [Publications](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=olveczky%20b[Author]%20OR%20olveczky%20bp[Author]&cmd=DetailsSearch) We are interested in how motor skills are learned and generated by the brain. We study this in rodents, generalist motor learners with the capacity to master a variety of different motor tasks. We have developed a unique experimental infrastructure to address these questions, including a fully automated high-throughput training system for rodents that can be combined with continuous long-term neural and behavioral recordings. We use this together with sophisticated circuit dissection tools (optogenetics, pharmacogenetics etc), as well as functional imaging of targeted neuronal populations, to arrive at a mechanistic description of how the mammalian brain learns and executes motor skills. - ## Location [Harvard University](/location/harvard-university) - ## Research Interests [Systems & Integrative Neuroscience](/research-interests/systems-integrative-neuroscience) - ## Research Techniques [Behavioral](/research-technique/behavioral) [Computational](/research-technique/computational) [Electrophysiological](/research-technique/electrophysiological) - ## People [Faculty](/people/faculty)