Keynote Series: Mac Shine — From specificity to flexibility and everything in between: The segregation and integration of brain function

It is morning, and our alarm clock goes off. We get out of bed and begin the chain of habitual behaviors that form our morning routine. Before long, we are ready to leave our home and start a new workday. We step outside and close the door behind us. As we leave the comfort of our home, get into our car, and start driving to work, the predictability of our environment diminishes. Our brain performs impressive acrobatics of information processing to enable this seamless switching between habitual and novel behaviors.