Throughout our lives, we navigate two distinct domains: one in which we are awake and exhibit controlled behavior, and another where we sleep and experience a world constrained by our creativity. Walter Gonzalez's research aims to discern how neuronal networks in the brain minimize errors in motor behavior while facilitating the exploration of behaviors during sleep. To accomplish this objective, Gonzalez employs mesoscale recordings of neuronal activity controlling motor behaviors in awake and sleeping mice and songbirds. Ultimately, Gonzalez’s research seeks to determine how errors in neuronal activity are corrected and how sleep affects brain computation and behavior.