defector.com/sure-we-gain... While I agree that @taskmaster.tv is indeed close to "the absolute zenith of humanity's artistic development". I would like to refer the author and anyone who follows my bluesky to @dropout.tv's incredible @gamechangershow.bsky.social.

I am delighted to announce registration and abstract submission is open for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" to be held at the Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham, UK on 3-5th November 2025. uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...

Do register for what is going to be a very exciting conference! uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...

🧠Zoning out could be beneficial—and may actually help us learn faster. 🥼New research led by @zhong-lin.bsky.social @marius10p.bsky.social @computingnature.bsky.social 🔗 www.janelia.org/news/zoning-...

Rat-mon y Cajal, our lab mascot, is a pro at our task because he went to kindergarten first. His nemesis, Le Chat GPT, just copied off everyone else’s homework. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

David Hocker’s paper about compositional pretraining for RNNs that efficiently produces animal-like behaviors! Modeling cognitive tasks in RNNs requires thinking about latent abilities that animals bring to an experiment. Funded by NIH/CRCNS. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

During Q&A, whenever someone asks a question about our "mice."

Started off this morning emailing my Senators and Congressman about the NIH and the potential damage being done by unnecessary disruptions. They need to hear from us loud and clear. Constituents matter to them as one of the primary purposes of a politician is to get re-elected (and its their job).

Looking forward to this!

The whiplash that I feel traveling between India and US is hard to explain. When I’m in one place, I blend into life there, it doesn’t feel alien. Family/childhood memories in one place. Career/folks that I love in another. Each time I travel, it’s an opportunity to question my identity.

Anybody from the Hindustan Times here? An article written by Ishita Singh Rajput has fabricated a quote that I never provided for this article. I was not approached for it and have no comments. I know they will drag their feet in issuing a correction 😒 www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurug...

My thoughts on the "one nation, one subscription" plan. I started writing this at the request of Nature India but withdrew when they said they wanted it for free, despite Springer-Nature being one of the richest and most profitable publishers. horadecubitus.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/o...

I'm struck by how grad students in psych and neuro programs aren't generally expected to know basic facts about animal learning. For the psychologists, it has an odor of behaviorism, and for the neuroscientists it has an odor of psychology. Yet it's so fundamental (in my view).

It was nice to take a break from project-related OFC/amygdala papers & read a fun fly study from the Parnas lab this morning: www.science.org/doi/full/10.... Exciting to see potentially distinct pathways for cue- & action- outcome learning in the fly, drawing parallels between the MB & striatum.

Question for all you blueskyers (is that the equivalent of tweeps?). Can someone point me to a book that has a brooding non-male protagonist. Brooding heros tend to be my favorite to read about - think Batman or Edmond Dantes - but thinking about it, I'm wondering if only men are written this way.

Excited to be here in this quest for simpler times! Here’s where you can find what I’ve been working on the last five years: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Sharing this wonderful collaboration led by @yashsmehta.bsky.social and @janfunkey.bsky.social seems like a great way to introduce myself to bluesky. So check it out! It was a pleasure to work with this amazing team of scientists!