Thrilled to share our new #preprint, and super proud of @zednud.bsky.social and our work on eye–brain dynamics during eyes-closed rest and sleep! Also excited to share that Zach started his PhD with me recently! 🎉 Lots of ideas and cool work ahead. Follow him on Bluesky and check out his thread! 🧵

Excited to share my first #preprint with @matthiasnau.bsky.social on how gaze behavior shapes brain activity during eyes-closed rest and sleep! Gaze-dependent activity was widespread even during sleep, including in many visual cortices, and altered brain-wide functional connectivity! 🧵 1/8

Fascinating discussion on the societal shift from maximizing positive affect (pleasure) to minimizing negative affect (anxiety), induced by screens and metrics. Coincidentally, I‘ve just gone old school and bought a radio for running. Digital detox summer! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o...

Simon Kuper spitting facts: "Perhaps the global economy needs the US, or at least a few inventive bits of it — as long as you don’t have to live there." on.ft.com/3QtMyED