Estonian contribution to worls economy is hard to oversell

New preprint as my first post! "Monosynaptic connections link functionally similar regions in human cortex." We use electrical stimulation + fMRI in epilepsy patients to map whole-brain monosynaptic connectivity at 42 cortical sites. doi.org/10.64898/202... 1/n

Many of you asked how we create those pretty whole-brain plots with the cortical outline. We just made it available as a Python package: pni-lab.github.io/quickbrain/

(1/5) Our paper is out now in Neuron! bsky.app/profile/cp-n... The LPFC has fine-scale organization that gets missed in group-averaged data because of inter-individual variability. It is visible in individuals in both resting-state and task data.

📢PhD job alert! A exciting PhD project that involves using MEG and biophysical modelling to try to predict effects of a glutamatergic treatment for psychosis... plus you can develop your own side project. Join our great team! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

I'm proud to say we are releasing LAION-fMRI, a densely sampled 7T fMRI dataset of natural images, with very broad stimulus sampling for testing countless hypotheses and for deeply exploring brain representations. The dataset is now available at laion-fmri.hebartlab.com What does LAION-fMRI offer? 🧵

Surface-based image reconstruction optimization for high-density functional near-infrared spectroscopy, new in #Neurophotonics. 🧠💡 Read the open-access article here: https://bit.ly/47yKd3M #fNIRS #optics

Our brains don’t think in a steady stream. They rhythmically “scan” different alternatives, using attention cycles to sample and compare choices. Rhythmic sampling of multiple decision alternatives in the human brain www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience

A reminder that "Biological Aging" isn't a real thing. It's just a hyped up-term for biomarkers, and knowledge of biomarkers is only useful if that specific knowledge leads to better outcomes through improved decision making. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Modeling the hallucinatory effects of classical psychedelics in terms of replay-dependent plasticity mechanisms

"The common conception that the brain is primarily for thinking, or other cognitive processes, is potentially misleading... [the brain's actual function is] allostasis: the predictive regulation of competing demands from internal bodily systems" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... hmm.

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Clemens Pollak, Martin Reuter, et al: FastSurfer-CC: A robust, accurate, and comprehensive framework for corpus callosum morphometry doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 circuit 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 Finally research is considering the functional/ anatomical complexity of the brain. It's not about regions, but how circuits function dynamically. www.cell.com/neuron/abstr... #neuroskyence

Excited to see the final version of our manuscript out! We find that OPM-MEG reliably captures neural activity comparable to other neuroimaging methods. Thank you to the reviewers for their thoughtful feedback and to @s-michelmann.bsky.social for his mentorship on this project. 🧠😄

Most assume implants fail slowly over months. The moment an electrode enters the brain, microglia rush toward it within seconds, like fingers reaching for a splinter. Blood vessels leak. The BBB breaks. Inflammation starts instantly. #BCI #NeuralEngineering #Neurotech

New paper out in J. Neuro! We used MEG and pattern classifiers to ask: if a memory is reactivated in the brain, does that mean you'll recall it? Short answer: no. www.jneurosci.org/content/46/1... Read on for the details! [1/7] #neuroscience #memory

Foundation models in neuroscience predict brain activity at unprecedented accuracy. But prediction ≠ understanding, and we should avoid conflating the two. New essay now out:

Today is Sir Terry Pratchett's birthday. By far one of the best authors of my generation. “A man is not dead while his name is still spoken.” So, may his name echo eternally through the clacks. GNUTerryPratchett

The Centre for Human Brain Health (@thechbh.bsky.social ) is hosting it's annual *Neuroscience Flavoured Hackathon* on the 28– 29th May 2026. Two days of collaborative hacking, talks & creative problem-solving across neuroscience, data science & open research, and/or bring your own projects.

You've never seen human anatomy like this before. Using a particle accelerator, the Human Organ Atlas is producing 3D scans of our organs in unprecedented detail! You can look through different layers of tissue and even zoom in on the cells for the heart, lungs, eyes, kidneys, and more.

Categorization is ‘baked’ into the brain — a Perspective by Lisa Feldman Barrett & Earl K. Miller @lisafeldmanbarrett.com @earlkmiller.bsky.social #neuroscience #neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just throwing this out there... sfdora.org/2025/03/27/u...

📣 Job alert: We are recruiting a Prof in Neuroscience with MRI expertise to join us at @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social and @unirdg-psych.bsky.social. See tinyurl.com/2kdjph8v for details. Contact me for info/chat. Please spread the word #neuroskyence #neurojobs

We’re hiring! Interested in conducting research on cognitive control, multitasking and aging with @gethinhughes.bsky.social, @sarahdepue.bsky.social and me? We are looking for a PhD candidate to join our lab @cogtex.bsky.social at KU Leuven. RTs much appreciated! www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Delighted to share our discoveries about one of the brain's neurotransmitter systems: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1

First off, these cells are gigantic. This one, for example, has >72 cm of axon! To our knowledge, it’s the longest neuron ever fully reconstructed. I leave it to the reader as an exercise to estimate the length of a human LC neuron. 5

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Leonhard H. Drescher, Jan R. Wiersema, et al: An fMRI examination of the role of the Locus Coeruleus in state regulation in ADHD doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Very interesting sounding paper on the role of the default mode network in visual perception by Ujhelyi, Korda & Zaretskaya. The authors propose that the DMN provides top-down information from memory and semantic knowledge to guide perception. #neuroskyence

Article slamming preprints cites *nine* preprints. You can't make this stuff up.

Only a few more days to apply for the @mindandlifeeu.bsky.social summer research institute, this year focused on the idea of time, and the associated retreat. Both take place in Gomde Austria in July mindandlife-europe.org/events/europ...

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Samuel Le Meur-Diebolt, Thomas Deffieux, et al: Robust functional ultrasound imaging in the awake and behaving brain: A systematic framework for motion artifact removal doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

We develop a new TMS targeting algorithm and test it in an open label trial in a treatment-resistant depression population with high comorbidities. Preprints by @rubykong92.bsky.social Phern-Chern Tor 1. doi.org/10.1101/2025... 2. doi.org/10.64898/202... Our new approach ...

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Zhishun Wang, Jack Grinband, et al: MEPrep: A robust pipeline for multi-echo fMRI denoising and preprocessing doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

ReVision Implant secures FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for visual cortical prosthesis glance.eyesoneyecare.com/stories/2026... Occular system, competition for Neuralink Blindsight brain implant. #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness

#BIDS has been extended to #EyeTracking data! There is now a standard for organizing and sharing eye tracking, covering gaze position, pupil size, meta data, messages, and more. Great news for #OpenScience! 🎉 Martin Szinte et al: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Funded PhD position at the @exeter.ac.uk with your time split between Exeter and Queensland (Australia) Digital Haptics and Proprioceptive Learning in Surgery www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... (warning, slightly gory VR surgery video from our industrial partner)

Ruim 200 kinderboekenauteurs trekken langs azc’s om 'Een boek voor jou uit te delen'. Ingeleid met de al bijna subversieve woorden ‘omdat je welkom bent in ons land' Op de azc-basisschool zie je hoeveel radeloosheid protesten en asielchaos veroorzaken Lees of luister 'In Nederland' @groene.nl

New lab paper! 🧠 Human hippocampal & MTL theta activity is linked to eye movements, but only during memory-guided navigation. Theta is also strongest during longer, more exploratory eye movements. plos.io/4dwJhR8 Huge congrats to Humza & team! 👏

A paper in Nature Neuroscience presents a device capable of translating activity in the brain during attempted keyboard typing into typed text. go.nature.com/3PeBi18 #Neuroskyence 🧪

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Sabine Haberland, Hannes Ruge, and Holger Frimmel: Encoding neural representations of time-continuous stimulus-response transformations in the human brain with advanced deep neural networks doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Want to learn how to contribute to #opensource? 👩‍💻👨‍💻 Never used #Git before? Join us for our free beginner-friendly workshop and learn the basics of contributing to open source projects like #psychopy 🗓 March 19th ⏰ 12:00 PM (UK time) Everyone is welcome 🚀 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-first-p...

Inhibitory neurons are among the most transcriptomically diverse class of neurons in the CNS, with some brain regions having 60+ distinct cell types. Do humans share the same repertoire as rodents? Birds? Fish? 1/13

💼 Paid Opportunity: Join Neuromatch Academy and Climatematch Academy as a #virtual #TeachingAssistant this July. 8hrs/day, Monday to Friday during the course dates. ➡️ Learn more here: neuromatch.io/become-a-tea... ➡️ Apply before 15 March portal.neuromatchacademy.org/sign-in #JobPosting #TA

In support of #OpenScience, we routinely ask authors to openly share their #research #code before publication. We are now formalizing this practice with a mandatory #code-sharing policy and clarifying what we mean by code sharing. May be nice to cut-out the box for reference plos.io/47dPeOW 🧪

Discussie over versnelling energietransitie laait niet op door Iranoorlog #kopinhetzand

🚨 JOB alert: 📢 We are looking for a PhD student to work on our international @wellcometrust.bsky.social project on information gathering in OCD and Schizophrenia! If you have a background in computational psychiatry / neuroimnaging and speak German, apply here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...

Come join us in Dublin: Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Neuroscience position available at UCD! Let me know if you have any questions :) full advert here: lnkd.in/dW_uFuab

New newspaper headline for your Intro to Causal Inference lecture just dropped

🧠 Hands-on EEG & ERP Workshop | Kraków | 23 April 2026 Decoding Emotion in the Brain: acquisition, analysis & source reconstruction. Co-organized by ANT Neuro. NEURONUS 2026 follows 24–26 Apr. Spots limited: ptbun.org.pl/base/registe... #EEG #ERP #ANTNeuro