Over the years, I have written a few Jupyter/Rmd/Matlab notebooks that attempt to teach some statistical concepts, particularly in neuroimaging. You can find them here: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/rik.h..., though I will say a bit more about each one in a number of posts over next few days.

Canonical Hidden Markov Model Networks for Studying M/EEG https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.21.683692v1

Kohl et al. report that sensorimotor network dynamics can distinguish patients with Parkinson’s disease from controls and highlight the importance of network context of motor cortical activations. buff.ly/489DYfB #Parkinsons

Today we retired our cryogenic MEG system after 18 years of faithful service! And of course we celebrated the occasion with pizza and beer!! But the future of MEG @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is looking bright as we move to our new OPM-MEG platforms!! @cercamagnetics.bsky.social

"CamCAN 15 years on" - a new preprint reviewing all findings about the cognitive neuroscience of ageing from sharing CamCAN data, led by @rhens.bsky.social : osf.io/preprints/ps...

In an EEG study spearheaded by Marlena Baldauf, we show that 8-month-old babies’ visual systems resonate at 4Hz (theta rhythm) — unlike adults, who resonate around 10Hz (alpha). 👶🧠 echoes at 4Hz 👩‍🦰🧠 echoes at ~10Hz Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hurrah! New paper out doi.org/10.1093/brai...! We show that sensorimotor network dynamics are altered in Parkinson’s disease and highlight the importance of looking at motor cortical activity within the broader brain network context to better understand pathophysiological changes underlying PD.

📢 NEW RESEARCH The brain’s networks activate in structured cycles. Led by @matsvanes.bsky.social, a team analysed MEG data from 800+ people. The strength & speed of the cycles was influenced by genetics & associated with factors such as age. www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/brain20... in @nature.com Neuro

New paper using M/EEG to look at attractive and repulsive serial dependence in working memory, led by the excellent Jiangang Shan, with Jasper Hajonides.

Excited to share these proceedings! The OHBM Open Science Room is a unique space to discuss, exchange ideas, and connect with others. Huge thanks to all the amazing people I met through the Open Science Special Interest Group!

Check out our latest paper.. - A simple view of the ageing effect across the full spectrum and the whole head - Spectra of effect sizes - Covariates can change effect size - Replication! We hope this facilitates synthesis of results across a rich and varied literature of age effects #neuroskyence

Check out our latest paper.. - A simple view of the ageing effect across the full spectrum and the whole head - Spectra of effect sizes - Covariates can change effect size - Replication! We hope this facilitates synthesis of results across a rich and varied literature of age effects #neuroskyence

Hello world! This is the new official Bluesky page for the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham. Follow to see updates on our research, education, and other news.

Drumroll please... 🥁 Abstract submission for MEG-UKI 2025 is now open!!! All the details can be found meguk.ac.uk/meg-uki-2025/ We are looking forward to welcoming you to London!

We're excited to announce that WIN is now the Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging: OxCIN! Our mission: developing and deploying neuroimaging and related technology to solve big challenges in basic neuroscience and brain health. oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/vision

join us at @oxexppsy.bsky.social | @ox.ac.uk!

Become a Midlands Youth Advisor! This opportunity can make a positive impact on the lives of young people and, we hope, the future of #MentalHealthResearch @unibirmingham.bsky.social @imh-uob.bsky.social

Final call to UK and international candidates (Closing date: 2nd March 2025)! Join us as Full Professor in Human/Cognitive/Translational Neuroscience with the opportunity to step in as (Co-)Director at the @thechbh.bsky.social 👇 edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

What features are desirable for an (M/EEG) analysis toolbox? ✓ user friendly ✓ documentation ✓ computational efficiency ✓ analytic flexibility ✓ quality assurance ✓ reproducibility Our osl-ephys toolbox paper is out now. Check it out! bit.ly/osl-ephys-fr... @ajquinn.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social

HOT OFF THE PRESS - Back in 2019 we started asking ourselves what could you to demonstrate where werable, OPM-MEG technology could fit into naturalistic #neuroskyence. One snag, we'd have to build the system from scratch first... Anyway its 2025, read the paper here -> doi.org/10.1162/imag...

Time to follow @ohbmofficial.bsky.social on BlueSky, you brain mappers. 🧠 bsky.app/profile/ohbm...

I really like the idea of interviews on "current status and future challenges in brain imaging". I do NOT like that 14 of 15 interviews are with men. Who is missing from this list? We have lots of amazing neuroimagers who aren't men. #neuroskyence www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Going to try to start posting more on here given the increasingly suffocating toxicity of the other place 👋

Dynamic Network Analysis of Electrophysiological Task Data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.12.567026v1

Our paper on periodic & aperiodic neural activity in Alzheimer's dementia is now published! We find in AD a specifically periodic change, different from aperiodic changes in healthy aging! w @mkopcanova.bsky.social, Luke Tait, @chrisbenwell.bsky.social & co! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We’re excited about our first paper looking at speech encoding in single neurons across the depth of human cortex. Out today in @nature! www.nature.com/articles/s41... [1/6]

Hello World! We have now received 500 submissions to Imaging Neuroscience, with 50 of these already published. direct.mit.edu/imag/issue Huge thanks for your support in moving our field away from for-profit publishers.

Join our online workshop: Neuro(AI) for Developmental Research (Friday Dec 8 at 2:45 GMT)!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/neuroai-fo... Keynote: @JeanRemiKing Speakers: Jianbo Jiao @vayzenberg90 @EvansonLinnea Organizers:@AnaPesquita @B_Pomiechowska @OleJensenCHBH @BBabylab @TheCHBH @UoB_CDS

Welcome @bbabylab.bsky.social - Birmingham Babylab - do follow our updates here while we're working on revamping our website.

Internally-consistent and fully-unbiased multimodal MRI brain template construction from UK Biobank: Oxford-MM https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.30.569378v1

We integrated refractory dynamics and pulses of inhibition into the hidden layers of an ANN & show that oscillations enable multiplexing of simultaneous stimuli. Proof-of-concept paper with Marco Idiart, Marcel van Gerven & @olejensen.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

There will be plenty of opportunities to come and work at the University of Birmingham in the next few years via the Anniversary Fellows and Chairs scheme: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/un...

Oscillations in an Artificial Neural Network Convert Competing Inputs into a Temporal Code https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.27.568876v1

Proposing to use OPMs v actually using OPMs

Hi #HiSciSky #AcademicSky. Nice to see some old twitter (and IRL!) friends here. Over the years I have applied neuroimaging methodology to investigate epilepsy, psychosis, dementia/ageing +. Now turning my attention to body focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs)... after 40 years of lived experience.

`spiketools` - our new open-source Python module for analyzing single-neuron activity has a new release plus a new paper describing the project in JOSS! Paper Link: joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21... Documentation: spiketools.github.io Code Link: github.com/spiketools/s...

Multiple competition-based PhD fundings are available using OPM-MEG @thechbh.bsky.social, including BBSRC-funded mibtp (link 👇). Please email me with your CV to discuss details! warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

In a new paper, we examined 11 interventions to address #climatechange beliefs and behavior (M = 59,440 in 63 countries). These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors. Read the full paper here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Using cluster-based permutation tests to estimate MEG/EEG onsets: how bad is it? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.13.566864v1

Professorship in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at Oxford now advertised. Build bridges across two amazing departments, @OxExpPsy and @OxPsychiatry. See if you can fill @KiaNobre's shoes. Application deadline 15th January. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

There's a quote that runs around educational YouTube. I knew the original source at one point, but I can't find it now, so just know it doesn't come originally from me, but the quote is "Overestimate your audience's intelligence, underestimate their vocabulary."

My cover for today's A.I. issue of The New Yorker more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...

An updated version of GLM-Spectrum - now shorter and better thanks to three reviewers! very grateful for their input. In addition to clean-ups & improvements, a notable new addition is spectra of effect sizes in multivariate models. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #neuroscience #neuroimaging

FYI #neuroscience #neuroimaging Exciting developments @thechbh.bsky.social !

We did our first whole-head OPM recordings yesterday @TheCHBH (50 @FieldLineInc sensors, @CercaMagnetics MSR; @vpixx peripherals). It works! Now we need a postdoc to customize the system&software for paediatric recordings to study development of attention&reading. Apply 👇👇👇

**POSTDOC KLAXON** We are have *FOUR* postdoc positions. Come and work with myself, @danakarca.bsky.social , Petra Vertes and a host of great scientists. We'll be working on computational models of network formation, learning how early environments shape development. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43796/

I ran a workshop on using Empirical Mode Decomposition to analyse oscillations in EEG during #CuttingEEG Frankfurt. I enjoyed the experience the broad discussions afterwards Materials below -> click 'Open in Colab' to run in the browser! #neuroscience #neuroimaging #eeg github.com/AJQuinn/Cutt...

My lab is seeking a postdoc to work on Wellcome trust/ERC grants to examine the cognitive, computational & neural basis of human motivation and decision-making. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDS251/r.... This is a 2.5 year post initially with possibility of extension. Deadline is November 17th. Please repost!

A new vision for open and responsible publishing from the group behind Plan-S. www.coalition-s.org/towards-resp... I find a lot to like in the proposal, particularly a separation of peer review from editorial gatekeeping. Take the survey to add your voice! #neuroscience #neuroimaging

The Uni of York Department of Psychology is officially in the BSky! Follow @yorkpsychology.bsky.social for all things awesome York Psychology (of which there will no doubt be a lot). #psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition