neuromapr 0.2.1 has been accepted and published on CRAN! Very excited to get this out to users in the simplest way possible, and hope the #rstats #neuroimaging community finds it useful! lcbc-uio.github.io/neuromapr/

Part of a special issue of Philosophy and the Mind Sciences @phimisci.bsky.social on Representations in the Neurosciences and AI philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph... - with a host of interesting papers!

🚨 New paper from @apodschun.bsky.social (with Sebastian Markett, Urs Braun, and myself) Exploring the Role of the Rich Club in Network Control of Neurocognitive States onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

When we see something that's moving, our memories about it end up projected forward in time: We remember it further along than it was. In a new paper in 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, out today and led by @dillonplunkett.bsky.social, we demonstrate that this happens even when there is 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙤𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧.🧵

New on the arxiv: “Graphs are maximally expressive for higher-order interactions” arxiv.org/abs/2602.16937 We clarify central misconceptions in the recent literature on "higher-order networks". w/ @piratepeel.bsky.social , @manlius.bsky.social, and @thilogross.bsky.social Explainer 🧵: 1/N

“Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords kiki & bouba with spiky & round shapes, respectively...We tested the bouba-kiki effect in baby chickens. Similar to humans, they spontaneously chose a spiky shape when hearing a kiki sound & a round shape when hearing a bouba.”😲🧪

Do you work or study in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, computer science, artificial intelligence, or philosophy? What does the term 'representation' mean to you? We invite you to participate in a brief survey on key conceptual questions across fields. eu.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9GNXM

I got a tip that all over the world, people are using a dead-simple hack to manipulate AI behavior. It turns out changing what AI tells other people can be as easy as writing a blog post *on your own website* I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...

One day I shall learn to put thoughts to paper better... but for now. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-nih-s...

Goodale and Esteves et al. outline the Physiopy Community's approach to developing recommended practices for physiological data acquisition, processing, and usage in neuroimaging: doi.org/10.52294/001... @ohbmossig.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social #OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue

I am looking to hire 2-3 post-docs over the course of the next few months to work on questions related to cognitive control in humans, broadly construed. EEG, TMS, DBS, sEEG, fMRI or related methodological experience preferred. Apply here: jobs.uiowa.edu/jobSearch/po... Lab website: wessellab.org

Our position paper on the #FIN The neural basis of our mind’s eye: clinical and neuroimaging evidence converge on a distributed brain network organized around the #Fusiform_Imagery_Node (FIN) in the left fusiform gyrus. #Neuroscience #Neuroimaging #CognitiveNeurology #MentalImagery #Aphantasia

For those of you who are interested, I just pushed a draft of the final chapter of Better Code, Better Science: bettercodebetterscience.github.io/book/ - now I just have to go back and rewrite the AI coding chapter which is already outdated just five months after writing it!

🚨 New preprint: Objective Quality Assessment for Precision fMRI Precision functional mapping (PFM) enables individual-level brain network studies — but demands more, and better, data. We introduce an objective framework to determine when a dataset truly supports interpretable, replicable PFM.

This is cool. Complex behavior is built from subcomponents. Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience

Illusions of Alignment Between Large Language Models and Brains Emerge From Fragile Methods and Overlooked Confounds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.09.642245v1

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

20 Days until applications are due for the @danafoundation.bsky.social funded SPAN ITRC and Mentorship programs! Visit our website for full details on how to apply!

This looks awesome. One of my fondest academic memories is of participating in a summer school at @uqam.ca on the evolution and function of consciousness. Excited to read about the latest science and thinking on this topic.

It’s time to rethink Parkinson’s disease. Our work reframes PD as a disorder of the somato-cognitive action network (SCAN), and shows that normalizing SCAN connectivity represents a shared mechanism across diverse effective therapies. rdcu.be/e2n4t @ndosenbach.bsky.social @gordonneuro.bsky.social

“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position, so Democratic leadership has courageously decided that their demand will be… “No masked agents, except sometimes masks are okay.” “Masked agents” sounds like a grievance from the Declaration of Independence, and they can’t even get behind that. JFC.

City Map Poster Generator can create printable minimalist map posters for any city in the world. [kottke.org]

New @pnas.org paper out 🎉 “Representational drift reflects ongoing balancing of stochastic changes by Hebbian learning” 👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... What drives representational drift in neural populations? Here’s the short version. 👇 🧪🧠 1/5

Excited to share a new preprint, led by the inimitable @colleenhughes.bsky.social! Individualized Mapping of Functional Brain Networks in Older Adulthood www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A short 🧵 1/

Hey fellow Californians: There's a proposed state senate bill which would authorize a $23 billion bond for the November 2026 ballot to fund scientific research in California. Contact your representatives and encourage them to support it! sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator...

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁/𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 So we model the dynamics. Version of record of our paper is available. #neuroskyence elifesciences.org/articles/102...

Toward model-based design of causal manipulations of brain circuits with high spatiotemporal precision doi.org/10.1016/j.co... #neuroscience

Musicians Action Group playing all the anti-fascist hits for the good people gathered to protest on 4th street in Berkeley (in front of the Tesla dealership).

One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “Quantifying the compressibility of the human brain.” Explore the article here: https://ow.ly/7ufx50Y6heU For more trending articles, visit https://ow.ly/6Egj50Y6heV.

🧵Good news out of #NIH today. (1) NIH is extending #ESI and #K99/R00 eligibility to accommodate researchers whose eligibility would have ended during the previous shutdown. Take a look at NOT-OD-26-020. If your ESI status would have ended in 2025, you get an automatic extension through 2026/03/31.

Why doesn’t looking at a bright light during the day disrupt our #CircadianClock? Specialized cells in the #retina seem to play a major role. In PNAS Journal Club: https://ow.ly/QShi50Y5y4K#CircadianClock?#retina#CircadianRhythms #SuprachiasmaticNucleus

Postdoc position in Paris: come help develop new generation human brain computer interfaces ⚡🧠💻 Interested? Contact me if you have experience with machine learning (e.g. simulation-based inference, RL, generative/diffusion models) or dynamical systems. See below for + details and retweet 🙏

Can’t count how many times in the past few days I’ve listened to this new song by Theo Katzman and Cory Wong (both of Vulfpeck). So good. youtu.be/hwOwJNmiswo?...

Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans (BESH) will no longer be subject to the requirements under the NIH Clinical Trial Definition. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Thanks to the Allen Institute for the write-up of our recent work! 👏 Paper is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Block that acetylcholine and just doesn't feel worth it any more... Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behaviour www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣 Attention Neuroimagers!📣 We are asking for community input on how ✨analysis pipelines are chosen in neuroimaging research✨ If you are a student/staff/faculty engaged in neuroimaging research, please complete our SUPER SHORT SURVEY! Thank you!🙏🏻 forms.gle/w7hStCqcJKCJ...

Love this. “Spontaneous” has always really meant “we don’t know why X is happening”, a perspective tied to the dominance of structured task paradigms for studying cognition, behavior, and brain activity.

Now Accepting Applications! The Center is now accepting applications for our 10th annual Pittsburgh Summer Program aimed at promoting Philosophy of Science to undergraduate students! Read more about the program and learn how to apply using the below link: https://ow.ly/ijEk50UbWnh

This is a fantastic program. Spend two weeks learning new things, building skills, collaborating on cool projects, and making new friends. Open to people from a wide range of backgrounds, career stages, and levels of coding expertise.

So happy to see this new, growing open data resource out -- all credit to the amazing @juliettebrook.bsky.social + @tsalo.bsky.social + a superb team!!!! NOTE: @juliettebrook.bsky.social is currently applying to clinical psych PhD programs -- great opportunity to recruit a ⭐TOTAL ⭐ STAR ⭐

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how Rx Inspector has helped patients, doctors and researchers so far.

Don’t come here for a conference. Don’t host a conference here. Don’t come here on vacation. Don’t normalize fascism for one minute.

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

The OHBM OSSIG has been operating since 2016, hosting and promoting open science education for the OHBM community and beyond. SIGs must be renewed every 5 years. Please sign the following petition by Mon, Jan 26 to help us continue operating. Thank you! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Postdoc position to work on neuroimaging methods with @fmri-today.bsky.social (and me) fim.nimh.nih.gov/positions-av...

An open fMRI resource for studying human brain function and covert consciousness under anesthesia | Scientific Data www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Main postdoc study out! We can redefine prefrontal cortex regions with single-unit activity! Grateful to @carlenlab.bsky.social and @weltgeischt.bsky.social who made this crazy project real. Thanks to all co-authors, collaborators, and reviewers. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@deviantollam.bsky.social Cool video on “North America’s Elevator Problem” which may be of interest: youtu.be/Or1_qVdekYM?...