In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (Dec 4, Thu, 2pm CET), @hritz.bsky.social will tell us about his recent paper (👇) [joint work w/ Jonathan Cohen lab]. Want to attend, send an empty email to virtual [email protected] to get the link!

We put out this preprint a couple months ago, but I really wanted to replicate our findings before we went to publication. At first, what we found was very confusing! But when we dug in, it revealed a fascinating neural strategy for how we switch between tasks doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.29.615736 🧵

Very much looking forward to this exciting lineup! Also excited about presenting our work on how timescales of environmental dynamics affect foraging decisions (Wednesday), a work together w/ Tiffany Ona, @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social, Bruno Cruz, @xindipoo.bsky.social and Peter Dayan

The final paper of my PhD is now out as a preprint. This is a follow-up piece in series of two companion papers modelling awareness and suppression in a new variant of continuous flash suppression. arxiv.org/abs/2510.17154 🧵 1/3

Don't miss our posters at #BernsteinConference 😍

If you are @ #BernsteinConference we have 4 posters, thread👇 P II 25, Tue 18–19:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B... P IV 5, Wed 14-15:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B... P II 25, Tue 18-19:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B... P I 11, Tue 16:30-18: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...

What defines a brain state? 🧠 If you are also interested in answering this question, join us in "Toward a joint definition of neural-behavioral states", #BernsteinConference full-day workshop, Co-orgnized by @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social and I. (1/4)

Don't miss today's workshop by two of our members (@armanbehrad.bsky.social‬ and @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social) on brain state! bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co... #BernsteinConference

Very much look forward to our workshop (co-organized with @armanbehrad.bsky.social) today with a great lineup of speakers who combine a wide spectrum of approaches and methods to have a joint definition of brain-behavior state! bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co... #BernsteinConference

On the Thursday's morning we continue with @colehurwitz.bsky.social, @engeltatiana.bsky.social, @apalmigiano.bsky.social, @acnavasolive.bsky.social, and I (4/4)

We continue with @memming.bsky.social, Justus Kautz, @maryamshanechi.bsky.social (3/4)

On the first day, we start with @neuralnestbird.bsky.social, @mehranahmadlou.bsky.social, @vmsruetten.bsky.social (2/4)

Oops, wrong time in the original post! It will be 15:30 CET 😉

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (Sep 25, Thu, 2pm CET), @dengpan.bsky.social will tell us about his recent paper (👇) [joint work w/ Rushworth lab]. Want to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

🚨We believe this is a major step forward in how we study hippocampus function in healthy humans. Using novel behavioral tasks, fMRI, RL & RNN modeling, and transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), we demonstrate the causal role of hippocampus in relational structure learning.

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (Aug 18, Thu, 2pm CET), Samuel Liebana will tell us about his paper (www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... [joint work w/ @saxelab.bsky.social & @laklab.bsky.social]. Want to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social on Aug 28th, Thursday, 2 PM CET, @trinityjchung.com will tell us about her recent paper (👇). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

1/ What if we make robots that process touch the way our brains do? We found that Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks (ConvRNNs) pass the NeuroAI Turing Test in currently available mouse somatosensory cortex data. New paper by @Yuchen @Nathan @anayebi.bsky.social and me!

#CCN2025, Poster C160: We present MoDSA – a fully unsupervised method for identifying behaviorally relevant neural states in both biological & artificial systems. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Wanna know how do agents forge better when have a model of their environment? Go to our wonderful collaborator, @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social B90 poster!

We'll also tell you about real foraging, and also fancier RL models ;-) A wonderful collaboration with @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social , Peter Dayan and @alleninstitute.org. bsky.app/profile/roxa...

If you are around for #CCN2025, come to B71 poster to know more how we (internally) forage for information and how RL can explain it!

Excited about #CCN2025 and sharing our research in @cmc-lab.bsky.social!

Happy to share my second paper with Peter Dayan on our decision-theoretic approach to perceptual multistability (see the tweeprint of the first paper here x.com/neuroprincip...). Paper: A decision-theoretic model of multistability biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In interested, also check our previous papers: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (bsky.app/profile/neur...)

We are heading to #CCN2025 in Amsterdam with 3 awesome posters! Thread below 👇 B71, Wed, 1pm-4pm: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=8... B90, Wed, 1pm-4pm: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=o... C169, Fri, 2pm-5pm: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=l...

Looking forward to attending #CCN2025 for the first time and presenting the first steps of my postdoc project! If you’re interested in how learning the temporal structure of the environment affects foraging decisions and how we’re testing this in a naturalistic experiment come by poster B90, Wed.

My PhD journey has officially come to end with a Summa Cum Laude, thanks to all the amazing people who’ve supported me along the way, especially my advisors Anna Levina and @engeltatiana.bsky.social! Which apparently coincided with graduation from a witchcraft and wizardry school 😉 #neuroskyence

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today in ~2h (July 31st, Thursday, 2 PM CET), Jonathan Kasdin will tell us about his recent @nature.com paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

That’s a great point, there are at least some evidence in ANNs that critical dynamics coincide with the optimal point for efficient coding, for example this paper from @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social tomorrow (= July 3rd, Thursday, 2 PM CET), @alexandertesmer.bsky.social will tell us about his recent paper (bsky.app/profile/alex...). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

And here is the summary bsky.app/profile/davi... by our speaker, @david-g-clark.bsky.social

(1/23) In addition to the new Lady Gaga album "Mayhem," my paper with Manuel Beiran, "Structure of activity in multiregion recurrent neural networks," has been published today. PNAS link: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (see dclark.io for PDF) An explainer thread...

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social tomorrow (= June 26th, Thursday, 2 PM CET), David Clark will tell us about his recent @pnas.org paper (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

If you are interested in our RL models of internal cognitive processes (continuation of x.com/neuroprincip... and bsky.app/profile/neur...) visit our poster "A reinforcement learning model of task-modulated perception" today (poster 90) at RLDM conference.

1/ Our paper appeared in @Nature today! www.nature.com/articles/s41... w/ Fiete Lab and @khonamikail.bsky.social . Explains emergence of multiple grid cell modules, w/ excellent match to data! Novel mechanism for applying across vast systems from development to ecosystems. 🧵👇

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (= May 1st, Thursday, 2 PM CET), @sarthakc.bsky.social will tell us about his recent @nature.com paper (bsky.app/profile/sart...). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

@cmc-lab.bsky.social also welcome interested applicants. Please get in touch if you are into understanding the computational machinery of cognitive processes ;)

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (= April 24, Thursday, 2 PM CET), Hongyu Chang will tell us about her recent @nature.com paper www.nature.com/articles/s41.... If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.

Shervin is looking for a PhD student in his lab in Dresden. Looks like an amazing opportunity, with deadline approaching fast!

I advise any master student wishing to enroll in a PhD program to apply! Deadline approaching soon - don't miss out

I look forward to presenting and discussing this work www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... in the Soft Matter and Biophysics Seminar of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences! More info and link to join here: english.itp.cas.cn/activities/T...

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (= April 10, Thursday, 2 PM CET), Sage Chen will tell us about his lab recent works, including sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

Highly recommend this position! Shervin has been one of the smartest and kindest scientists I’ve collaborated with and he is a great mentor!

good guy to work for and with

I'm biased, we are collaborating. But there is a reason we are collaborating: I find Shervin to be one of the brightest and kindest scientists I've had the opportunity to meet. This is a great opportunity if you're considering grad school

Heading to @cosynemeeting.bsky.social next week. Will be in Montreal (and for a few days in Toronto afterward). If you want to chat about joining us in @cmc-lab.bsky.social, drop me a line!

🚀 Today (Mar 6, 2 PM EST) at our lab’s Learning Club, we’re excited to have Renate Krause, presenting her fascinating paper: 🔗 proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/... If you’re as interested as we are, feel free to message me or @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social for the link! 📩