As always, my last post of the year reminder... Reducing emissions will reduce future climate warming and impacts. The time is now. Visualization made by globalcarbonbudget.org. Thanks for being here in 2025! I appreciate all the support 🙂

This week is ideal to draft your submission for the #MindBrainBody Symposium 2026 so that you can let it rest over the (potential) holidays and finalise it first thing in 2026 (deadline: January 8, 2026). 😉 Looking forward to seeing you there and - in case - happy holidays! 🎄🧠🫀🫁

I’m very delighted to share the great news that we will present on this year’s #NeurIPS 2025 workshop on Symmetry and Geometry in Neural Representations (NeurReps). openreview.net/forum?id=fu0... (1/x)

When #AI “thinks” like us - New research out now in @nature.com from @lukasmut.bsky.social & @lampinen.bsky.social & @tuberlin.bsky.social & @mpib-berlin.bsky.social forms a bridge between #human and #machine representation. tinyurl.com/nhd4ycsh

Many Max Planck scientists have started sharing their #research findings on #BlueSky. Follow their posts and join the conversation! 👋 go.bsky.app/BYcBy6R #StarterPack

Trying to build an experiment in Unity and slowly losing your patience? Spoiler: that’s completely normal! Meet EDIA - a modular framework for building studies in Unity. 🧩 Reusable modules 📊 Data sync 🕶️ Multi-headset support And yes, a “Find Waldo” demo is included - because science should be fun!

Es ist Montag und wieder Zeit für die #Klimaschutz #Ringvorlesung an der @tuberlin.bsky.social. Heute geht es um Finanzielle Bildung und Bildung für nachhaltigen Konsum. Es referiert Prof. Ulf Schrader, Fachg. Arbeitslehre, Ökonomie und nachhaltiger Konsum. Mehr Infos: www.tu.berlin/aloenk/studi...

How does subthalamic activity relate to Parkinson’s disease symptoms? In a truly collaborative effort across #DBS centers, we aggregated a diverse dataset of invasive recordings from 119 patients. Full article: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Main findings 🧵⬇️

Nick (@willenjoy.bsky.social) is obsessed with signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). And for good reason! It could explain many results. Our simulation toolbox meegsim enables setting up SNR of individual sources as well as SNR of all signal sources with respect to all noise sources. meegsim.readthedocs.io

Nice things for the **13th #MindBrainBody Symposium 2026** happening under the hood 😊 Save the date: 📆 March 9-11, 2026 (Berlin and virtual) Stay tuned for the call and announcement! (For info about the last 12 MBBSymposia: mindbrainbody.de) #interoception #neuroskyence

We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025. mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max

🔍 Have we solved the replication crisis? Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit. 📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET 💻 Online (contact us for the link) #OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky [1/3]

In some way, it's trivial: The #brain & the rest of the #body (e.g. the #heart) are coupled. Yet, we spelled it out w/ A. Villringer & V. Nikulin for current scientists (below) w/ @martager.bsky.social @agatapatyczek.bsky.social @el-rei.bsky.social for future scientists bsky.app/profile/mart...

📢Our peer-reviewed article about the AffectTracker is finally out! 😲🕹️📈 Traditional methods for rating emotion often miss the dynamic, moment-to-moment nature of feelings. We designed a tool to capture this continuous affective experience in real-time during dynamic emotional stimulation.

I am excited to share our latest research published in the EJEP! We used GAMMs to apply Rose’s theoretical work to prevention strategies targeting social isolation. Our results indicate that population strategies are more promising than individualized interventions.

We want to hear *your voice* on taboos in women's and gender diverse health! 💬🧠Your perspective will directly inform priorities in research and a women's health resource platform. Find survey link at our website: www.cbs.mpg.de/cbs/en/resea...

The rumors are true! #CCN2026 will be held at NYU. @toddgureckis.bsky.social and I will be executive-chairing. Get in touch if you want to be involved!

📢 Call for Papers: NeurReps 2025 ‼️‼️‼️ 🧠 Submit your research on symmetry, geometry, and topology in artificial and biological neural networks. Two tracks: Proceedings (9 pages) and Extended Abstract (4 pages). Deadline: Aug 22, 2025. www.neurreps.org/call-for-pap...

🚨 We’re running a short self-report study on how BREATHING interacts with your daily life 🫁🌍 We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes. 👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc 🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!

Serious concerns about a new cortical biomarker for pain sensitivity jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... We (with @tspisak.bsky.social, @christianbuchel.bsky.social) published a commentary on Chowdhury, Bi et al. (2025, JAMA Neurology) raising serious concerns about their reported results. 👇 1/13

Werner Reichardt, credited with discovering the neural circuitry for motion detection in the retina in the 1950s, did so on borrowed time.

Hilft künstliche Intelligenz bei der #Demenz - Diagnose? Simon Hofmann @mpicbs.bsky.social erklärt im neuen #AchMensch Podcast, wie sich Ärzte in Zukunft durch #KI unterstützen lassen können und woran der Einsatz bislang scheitert detektor.fm/wissen/ach-m... #Medizin #Gehirn @detektorfm.bsky.social

If you found out a paper with striking results, You should start with the critical point of view. But it's not for the reason of lacking of trust. What you know is unlike from what authors may knew. When you have a critic of substantial length, You can make it a paper and publish yourself.

What makes humans similar or different to AI? In a paper out in @natmachintell.nature.com led by @florianmahner.bsky.social & @lukasmut.bsky.social, w/ Umut Güclü, we took a deep look at the factors underlying their representational alignment, with surprising results. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Check out my published PhD work including links to analysis code and EEG data (n=83): www.nature.com/articles/s44... Big thank you to my co-authors, the editor and the reviewers.

We're happy to announce the Berlin Consciousness Symposium, an in-person event bringing together expert speakers to discuss new trends in the neuroscience of consciousness. Date: 3rd of July 2025 at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @ccnberlin.bsky.social www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/psycholog...

Excited to share this project specifying a research direction I think will be particularly fruitful for theory-driven cognitive science that aims to explain natural behavior! We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"

So happy to see such a rich and big repertoire of events at the MPIB for Long Night of Science!

How does subthalamic nucleus activity relate to Parkinson’s disease symptoms? My last 5 years of Parkinson’s disease research summarized in 5 minutes at the DGKN Congress 2025 :) youtu.be/M9alDh836oU ⬇️ Full preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... #Parkinsonsdisease #Parkinsons #DeepBrainStimulation

Are you sure that your Heartbeat Evoked Potential (HEP) effect is real? In our new paper, we show that task-evoked activity can overlap with HEPs, creating false positive effects - unless you correct for it.

>>>Job alert<<< For my lab, I am currently recruiting a research assistant (with possibility of extension into full PhD position) in fMRI-TMS. Feel free to reach out if interested! www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/833081/resea...

We are looking for reviewers to serve on the Program Committee of the Symmetry and Geometry in Neural Representations (NeurReps) workshop at NeurIPS 2025! If you are interested in participating, please fill out this form: forms.gle/wgUXHT7Mq71n... @neurreps.bsky.social

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...

🚨 Science communicators! Doing science communication in any form - talks, videos, blogs, comics, whatever? First of all: Thank you. Please keep doing it! And if you feel like getting some credit for your work — check out the Science Communication Prize of the DGPs & DGPA💥

This is an utterly amazing paper.

Join us for the talk by @lukasmut.bsky.social (Google Deep Mind, TU Berlin) on "Representational alignment of humans and machines for computer vision" Starting soon at 10 AM (CET), March 28 Find the Zoom Link here: www.cbs.mpg.de/en/cbs-coconut

How can we make progress in developing a general model of neural computation rather than a series of disjointed models tied to specific experimental circumstances, ask Eva Dyer and @tyrellturing.bsky.social in the latest entry in our NeuroAI series. www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/acce...

Fellow academics. Do you also feel that the #climate crisis doesn't get the attention it deserves in German politics? Please consider signing this petition by @de.scientists4future.org today! It'll be handed to the new Bundestag/Parliament tomorrow www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...

Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...

🏆 Research integrity consultant and image forensics expert @elisabethbik.bsky.social has uncovered fraudulent data in over 7,600 scientific papers and exposed the practices of ‘paper mills’ that produce counterfeit scientific articles. She is honoured with the €200K Individual Award. Congrats!

Together with @olegolt.bsky.social , @fraukeb.bsky.social and our great colleagues, we are happy to share that our study is published in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social now. #XAI for #MRI doi.org/10.1162/imag...

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Simon M. Hofmann, Frauke Beyer, et al: The utility of explainable AI for MRI analysis: Relating model predictions to neuroimaging features of the aging brain doi.org/10.1162/imag...

People talk a lot about objects, but what about the softness of a cushion, the greenness of an emerald, or the viscosity of oil? In our work just published @pnas.org, we shed light on how we make sense of the hundreds of materials around us. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Did you know a women’s heartbeat changes throughout her menstrual cycle? In our contribution to this SI, @cogneuroend.bsky.social and I explore how these cyclical variations shape the brain-heart connection. Read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How the #MenstrualCycle shapes #heart and #brain health - @jellinap.bsky.social together with Julia Sacher @cogneuroend.bsky.social & Arno Villringer describe how these naturally occurring variations might influence #stress, mood, and long-term #womenshealth: tinyurl.com/35pu6447

Join our Igor pack to discuss and share a specific topic and interest related to open science, bio/cognitive/psychopy & neuroscience - even job/ grant opportunities! go.bsky.app/7GAoP8i

Great news: Thomas‘ study on shared and distinct mechanisms of PD therapeutics out soon! Thanks for the important work and great collaboration over the last years, @tsbinns.com , @julianneumann.bsky.social .

I've just released pleasenox.com – Convert any x.com thread to Bluesky 🦋 #indiehackers #buildinpublic #twitter – Perfect for those who have left Twitter but wish to comment upon a thread there

Happy LoveDataWeek everyone 💝 So many exciting activities happening around #LoveData25 😍 incl @datatrain.bsky.social events: 1. Data Story by @smnhfmnn.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/data... 2. Starter Track "Data Protection and licenses" by @kipker.bsky.social www.bremen-research.de/data-train/c...

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky