1/5 Over a decade of comparing deep neural networks to the human brain—but what have we actually learned? Our new @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social Feature Review synthesizes a decade of brain–DNN comparisons, asking what they reveal about brain function across vision and language.

Excited to share that our paper is now out in #JNeurosci! We propose a multidimensional framework of high-level visual cortex that reconciles a longstanding debate. Thanks to @kathadobs.bsky.social, @martinhebart.bsky.social, and everyone else for the great discussions along the way. More to come 🧠🌈

One of my postdoc's visa application to join #CCN2026 in NYC just got denied. Feeling frustrated with the world... 🌎😕

It's #VSS2026 time! We're super excited to be back and presenting some exciting, ongoing projects in the lab. Come by and say hi! 🤗

Really enjoyed the symposium, the great discussions and being back in Tuebingen! Thanks for having me!

Highly recommended: I really enjoyed NEAT, every time I attended. Great opportunity to catch up on #NeuroAI, especially for those who can't make it to CCN!

Excellent opportunity to join our wonderful vision science / cognitive neuroscience community in Giessen! Application deadline is tomorrow! 🚀

postdoc and PhD positions in visual cognitive computational neuroscience in my lab at the University of Cambridge kamilajozwik.com/join_lab.html

Category selectivity vs. behavioral relevance in visual cortex? 👁️🧠 @levandyck.bsky.social and I really enjoyed diving into this piece and appreciated the authors’ thoughtful response. We're curious to see how the field moves forward from here! ➡️

We talk a lot about faces and bodies in cog neuro, but a person is both. So how segregated are face and body representations in human visual cortex? When, and why, do they get integrated? Check out Lenny’s new preprint using DNNs and fMRI encoding models to tackle exactly that question 👇 #NeuroAI

📢 Workshop announcement. We are super excited to announce the workshop Perceptual Inferences, from philosophy to neuroscience, organized by Alexander Schütz and Daniel Kaiser. 📍 Rauischholzhausen Castle, near Marburg, Germany 🗓️ June 8 to 10, 2026. 1/4

I have a PhD opening for my #VIDI BrainShorts project 📽️🧠🤖! Are you or do you know an ambitious, recent (or almost) MSc graduate with a background in NeuroAI and interest in large-scale data collection and video perception? Check out our vacancy! (deadline Feb 15). werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Dimensionality reduction may be the wrong approach to understanding neural representations. Our new paper shows that across human visual cortex, dimensionality is unbounded and scales with dataset size—we show this across nearly four orders of magnitude. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

I’m excited to share the first preprint from my PhD project! Together with Daniel Kaiser (@dkaiserlab.bsky.social), we investigated how internal models shape inter-individual differences in the perception and neural processing of natural scenes. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/n

Very excited to be part of the new graduate training program "PIMON" by @dfg.de alongside a fantastic team! 🥳 We're looking forward to training a new generation of scientists in perception, cognition and (inter)action! 🧠🤖👀 Stay tuned for upcoming positions! #PIMON #neurojobs #NeuroAI #vision

Investigating individual-specific topographic organization has traditionally been a resource-intensive and time-consuming process. But what if we could map visual cortex organization in thousands of brains? Here we offer the community with a toolbox that can do just that! tinyurl.com/deepretinotopy

Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026. The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social. Please apply here until Nov 25: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

Find me at the poster session tomorrow! I’ll be standing in for Saskia who unfortunately couldn’t make it. Will presenting joint work with @kathadobs.bsky.social on MEG decoding during object permanence #CCN2025

Really looking forward to #CCN2025! On Tuesday, I'm presenting new work with @kathadobs.bsky.social on segregated vs. integrated face & body processing in visual cortex 😊🧍🧠 Using DNNs & fMRI, we test competing hypotheses, finding both distinct & shared selectivity. Come by Poster A64 for more.

So sad (and definitely feeling the FOMO) that I can’t attend #CCN2025 this year 😢, but very proud that our lab will present 6 projects! 🥳 Here's a quick rundown:

In this world on fire, with misinformation, science and democracy under threat, how can scientists be a force for social good? This Monday in Amsterdam, join @weijima.bsky.social @tsonj.bsky.social Ili Ma + me for an interactive workshop as part of #CCN2025 anneurai.net/2025/05/05/c...

Ever wondered whether it's categorical specialization or distributed representation in the human visual cortex? Check out how the brilliant @levandyck.bsky.social tackles this long-standing question in his first PhD project. Spoiler alert: no need to choose anymore! 🤝🔄🧠

Sounds like a fantastic PhD opportunity at the intersection of visual neuroscience, AI and developmental psychology! 🧠👁️🤖👶 'lees meer' here 👇

Looks like a super cool summer school and a great way to enhance your coding skills! 👩‍💻🐍😎

So excited that our excellence cluster 'The Adaptive Mind' got funded! 🥳 Looking forward to lots of great science and projects! #TheAdaptiveMind #ExcellenceInitiative 👁️🧠🤖

Good morning, Bsky'ers! Some people have asked for a life update, here it is: I finished my last chemotherapy yesterday! 🥳 It’s been a long ride, but I’m feeling happy, relieved, and incredibly grateful. I sort of always knew, but now more than ever: #cancersucks #sciencematters #sciencesaveslives

Courage is contagious! ✊

Top-down feedback is ubiquitous in the brain and computationally distinct, but rarely modeled in deep neural networks. What happens when a DNN has biologically-inspired top-down feedback? 🧠📈 Our new paper explores this: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

I am so happy—this is the first 1st author paper I have written, since the cancer diagnosis of my late wife seven years ago. 📑 PAPER ALERT: "Beyond binding: from modular to natural vision" in Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2025) sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This post made my day! 🥲

I'm organizing a "Data for Good Rapid Response Team", i.e. a set of people who can be mobilized to work on short data science projects to help various groups and organizations. Sign up here if this is of interest to you, and please share with others with data science skills.

📢 We have a new #NeuroAI postdoctoral position in the lab! If you have a strong background in #NeuroAI or computational neuroscience, I’d love to hear from you. (Repost please) 🧠📈🤖

Jetzt sind wir schon über 6700, aber Luft nach oben ist ja noch ☀️. Unterschriften werden bis 10:00 heute gesammelt.

Powerful message from #teap2025 key organizer @melissavo.bsky.social solidarity for science!

Proud to speak at the StandUpForScience rally in Boston today!

Kanwisher Lab is preparing for this Friday's #Standupforscience Rally!

Wenn der Morgenkaffee freundlich lächelt: JLU-Forschende um @kathadobs.bsky.social ergründen mithilfe künstlicher Intelligenz mögliche Ursachen für bekannte Sinnestäuschung. 👀 #gesichtspareidolie #ki #wahrnehmungsforschung www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

Schon erledigt! ☑️

I know this site only reaches a subset of neuro/ cog professors. If you know a young professor in the area who would benefit from a week of targeted learning about doing good science, good mentoring, networking etc, it would be great if you could forward them: compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...

Thanks for the shout-out! 😊 For more insights into our study, check out our detailed 🧵 here: bsky.app/profile/kath...

🧵 A bit late, but excited to share insights from our new publication in PLOS Comp Biol by Pranjul Gupta (journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...). Here, we explored the phenomenon of face pareidolia—like seeing faces in our morning coffee! What might explain this effect?

Super cool work by @apurvaratan.bsky.social's lab! If you're interested in making models more biologically plausible by incorporating topography without sacrificing performance, check it out! 🧠🤖

Thought-provoking and inspiring essay about agency by @neurograce.bsky.social. Thanks for reminding us to take our world into our own hands, no matter how small the step.

My lab has an opening for a postdoctoral fellow to work on our ERC consolidator grant SEGMENT. German language skills are a requirement due some teaching obligations. Please share! www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/HPv3.Jobs/TU...

New year, new preprint!💫 I'm excited to share my first(!) postdoc paper working with Jim DiCarlo & ‪@kohitij.bsky.social‬ #NeuroAI #CompNeuro We revisited a long-standing question: How does category feedback (a.k.a. training) reconfigure IT responses? 🧠 Our long story short [1/7]:

Finally, my first post on bsky! I’m excited to share that I became a tenured full professor this year—a dream come true! At the same time, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, so it’ll be a challenging journey. Life is a rollercoaster, but I believe we should never miss a reason to celebrate! 🎢 🎉