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! 🎢 🎉