Aaron L Wong
@aaronlwong.bsky.social
Motor control neuroscientist, Jefferson Moss Rehab Research Institute. Motor planning, learning, and cognitive-motor interactions. https://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/skmc/departments/rehabilitation/faculty/wong.html (he/him) 🏳️🌈
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The basal ganglia output is often framed as a motor gate: corticostriatal circuits select an action, then GPi/SNr-thalamus helps release it. In humans, we find this same pathway carries cognitive variables embedded in movement signals—and even produces learning-relevant signals after feedback. 1/10
biorxiv.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The basal ganglia output is often framed as a motor gate: corticostriatal circuits select an action, then GPi/SNr-thalamus helps release it. In humans, we find this same pathway carries cognitive variables embedded in movement signals—and even produces learning-relevant signals after feedback. 1/10
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Let’s celebrate women and girls in scientific research! Often underestimated, women drive research in biomedical sciences both intellectually and at the bench. Research should be a “gender-blind” endeavor, but rarely is. Stop bigotry ! Stop unconscious bias ! Go women & girls!
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Let’s celebrate women and girls in scientific research! Often underestimated, women drive research in biomedical sciences both intellectually and at the bench. Research should be a “gender-blind” endeavor, but rarely is. Stop bigotry ! Stop unconscious bias ! Go women & girls!
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✨ New 3D pose estimation method from my lab! #FMPose3D allows for monocular (i.e. single camera) 2D➡️3D 🔥
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
February 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
✨ New 3D pose estimation method from my lab! #FMPose3D allows for monocular (i.e. single camera) 2D➡️3D 🔥
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
Song of the Cerebellum
Is thought just motion in the mind?
radiolab.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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Happy to share this Spotlight article, drawing attention to recent work by @borgkvistlab.bsky.social on the mechanisms of dopamine action in the SNr.
Read our summary and then read their paper! Many cool implications!
@cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Read our summary and then read their paper! Many cool implications!
@cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Dopamine’s secret agent: serotonin
Dopamine suppresses GABA release from striatal terminals in the substantia nigra pars
reticulata. Molinari et al. recently demonstrated that this suppression is frequency-dependent—instituting
a high-...
www.cell.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Happy to share this Spotlight article, drawing attention to recent work by @borgkvistlab.bsky.social on the mechanisms of dopamine action in the SNr.
Read our summary and then read their paper! Many cool implications!
@cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Read our summary and then read their paper! Many cool implications!
@cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
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📣 Calling experimental, computational, or theoretical researchers!
WTI's Postdoc Fellowships application is now open, offering a competitive salary, structured mentorship, world-class facilities + more: wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...
Apply by November 10: apply.interfolio.com/174525
#KnowTogether
WTI's Postdoc Fellowships application is now open, offering a competitive salary, structured mentorship, world-class facilities + more: wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...
Apply by November 10: apply.interfolio.com/174525
#KnowTogether
October 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
📣 Calling experimental, computational, or theoretical researchers!
WTI's Postdoc Fellowships application is now open, offering a competitive salary, structured mentorship, world-class facilities + more: wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...
Apply by November 10: apply.interfolio.com/174525
#KnowTogether
WTI's Postdoc Fellowships application is now open, offering a competitive salary, structured mentorship, world-class facilities + more: wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...
Apply by November 10: apply.interfolio.com/174525
#KnowTogether
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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...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-032: Basic Experimental Studies in Humans (BESH) Will No Longer Be Considered Clinical Trials by the NIH
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Basic Experimental Studies in Humans (BESH) Will No Longer Be Considered Clinical Trials by the NIH NOT-OD-26-032. NIH
grants.nih.gov
January 29, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Looking forward to this!
📆 Mark your calendars for the 2026 Whyte-Schwartz Annual Lecture on Wed, 3/25 at 12:00 pm EST! Dr. Rich Ivry, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley will present on "Probing the Role of the Cerebellum in Sensorimotor Learning and Cognition."
January 29, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Looking forward to this!
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
How many versions of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) exist? And how much does this affect research using the IGT? More than you might think. 🧵
Methodological Flexibility in the Iowa Gambling Task Undermines Interpretability: A Meta-method Review: https://osf.io/4g3vr
January 25, 2026 at 11:16 AM
How many versions of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) exist? And how much does this affect research using the IGT? More than you might think. 🧵
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
Really makes you think about what is required for tool use! In particular I love that they saw something like the end-state-comfort effect, which really suggests the cow is planning ahead
Cow Tools!
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Really makes you think about what is required for tool use! In particular I love that they saw something like the end-state-comfort effect, which really suggests the cow is planning ahead
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.
US Senate passes bill to boost federal science spending after White House sought major cuts
The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to approve billions of dollars in funding for federal science agencies, rejecting deep cuts proposed by President Donald Trump in space and other areas.
www.reuters.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
@kordinglab.bsky.social and I ran a summer school last year to help young profs (<5 yrs) in systems/comp neuro thrive.
compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...
It was great! Now we want to know if you'd be interested in participating if we did this again this year?
Let us know!
compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...
It was great! Now we want to know if you'd be interested in participating if we did this again this year?
Let us know!
Neuro4Pros summer school
Neuroscience Leadership Training
compneurosci.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
@kordinglab.bsky.social and I ran a summer school last year to help young profs (<5 yrs) in systems/comp neuro thrive.
compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...
It was great! Now we want to know if you'd be interested in participating if we did this again this year?
Let us know!
compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...
It was great! Now we want to know if you'd be interested in participating if we did this again this year?
Let us know!
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
Mark your calendars for the 2026 Whyte-Schwartz Annual Lecture on Wed, 3/25 @ 12:00 pm! Dr. Rich Ivry, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley will present on "Probing the Role of the Cerebellum in Sensorimotor Learning and Cognition."
January 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mark your calendars for the 2026 Whyte-Schwartz Annual Lecture on Wed, 3/25 @ 12:00 pm! Dr. Rich Ivry, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley will present on "Probing the Role of the Cerebellum in Sensorimotor Learning and Cognition."
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
Come join us. Western University invites applications from outstanding early career investigators for a full-time probationary faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of neural circuits in NHPs. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Probationary (TenureTrack) Faculty Position-Systems Neuroscience in Higher Order Cognitive Circuits - London, Ontario (CA) job with Western University - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry | 128...
Full-time probationary faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of neural circuits in non-human primates.
www.nature.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Come join us. Western University invites applications from outstanding early career investigators for a full-time probationary faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of neural circuits in NHPs. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Using a force-field paradigm free of multisensory confounds, Dylan Zangakis, Aaron L Wong, & Amanda Therrien found motor adaptation aligns with selective shifts in movement perception, which do not generalize or adapt by context—suggesting distinct underlying mechanisms.
https://tinyurl.com/ys5ss527
https://tinyurl.com/ys5ss527
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Using a force-field paradigm free of multisensory confounds, Dylan Zangakis, Aaron L Wong, & Amanda Therrien found motor adaptation aligns with selective shifts in movement perception, which do not generalize or adapt by context—suggesting distinct underlying mechanisms.
https://tinyurl.com/ys5ss527
https://tinyurl.com/ys5ss527
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OMG 😭
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
OMG 😭
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
Attention early career neuroscientists – Consider applying for a two-year Faculty Fellow position at Barnard College in NYC! This is a rare opportunity to get both teaching and research experience + mentorship to prepare for a tenure-track job.
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience & Behavior
If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience & Behavior Barnard College see...
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Attention early career neuroscientists – Consider applying for a two-year Faculty Fellow position at Barnard College in NYC! This is a rare opportunity to get both teaching and research experience + mentorship to prepare for a tenure-track job.
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
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New Perspective from myself, Sarah Heilbronner and @myoo.bsky.social . “Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization” in Nature Neuroscience. 🧵
rdcu.be/eVZ1A
rdcu.be/eVZ1A
Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization
Nature Neuroscience - Parcellation of the cortex into functionally modular brain areas is foundational to neuroscience. Here, Hayden, Heilbronner and Yoo question the central status of brain areas...
rdcu.be
December 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New Perspective from myself, Sarah Heilbronner and @myoo.bsky.social . “Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization” in Nature Neuroscience. 🧵
rdcu.be/eVZ1A
rdcu.be/eVZ1A
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Preprint updated -->
Key new results: we found a brain-behavior correlation between performance on an RL task (under short feedback delays) and short-delay RPE signals in the 'cognitive' cerebellum!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Key new results: we found a brain-behavior correlation between performance on an RL task (under short feedback delays) and short-delay RPE signals in the 'cognitive' cerebellum!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Preprint updated -->
Key new results: we found a brain-behavior correlation between performance on an RL task (under short feedback delays) and short-delay RPE signals in the 'cognitive' cerebellum!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Key new results: we found a brain-behavior correlation between performance on an RL task (under short feedback delays) and short-delay RPE signals in the 'cognitive' cerebellum!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Neural control of movement in Parkinson’s (3 years)
This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications.
Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications.
Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Neural control of movement in Parkinson’s (3 years)
This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications.
Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications.
Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
Have an idea for an early-stage study investigating the neural mechanisms of rehabilitation? Submit a pilot project application to the new Neuro-PRECISE Center at MUSC!
Check out the Neuro-PRECISE Center Pilot Project grants. Applications live now!
Detailed Request for Application information found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qCGE...
Letter of Intent submission here: redcap.musc.edu/surveys/?s=R...
#NeuroRehab #rehabilitationmatters #funding #pilotproject
Detailed Request for Application information found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qCGE...
Letter of Intent submission here: redcap.musc.edu/surveys/?s=R...
#NeuroRehab #rehabilitationmatters #funding #pilotproject
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Have an idea for an early-stage study investigating the neural mechanisms of rehabilitation? Submit a pilot project application to the new Neuro-PRECISE Center at MUSC!
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
The Department is also running two other searches: One in Human Cognitive Neuroscience, and one in Behavioral Neuroscience with animal models.
The Cognitive Psychology search is for primarily behavioral and/or computational work.
More on all 3 here: pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
The Cognitive Psychology search is for primarily behavioral and/or computational work.
More on all 3 here: pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
Jobs | Psychological & Brain Sciences
Tenured/Tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology Open Date Dec 01, 2025 Salary Range or Pay Grade The expected academic base salary range for this position is $110,000- $144,500 (Assistant Profes...
pbs.jhu.edu
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The Department is also running two other searches: One in Human Cognitive Neuroscience, and one in Behavioral Neuroscience with animal models.
The Cognitive Psychology search is for primarily behavioral and/or computational work.
More on all 3 here: pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
The Cognitive Psychology search is for primarily behavioral and/or computational work.
More on all 3 here: pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology.
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
Jobs | Psychological & Brain Sciences
Tenured/Tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology Open Date Dec 01, 2025 Salary Range or Pay Grade The expected academic base salary range for this position is $110,000- $144,500 (Assistant Profes...
pbs.jhu.edu
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology.
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
Reposted by Aaron L Wong
Deadline is quickly approaching for team/panel and individual oral submissions for #NCMKobe26! The submission deadline is 23:59 PST December 1.
More information - ncm-society.org/subm...
More information - ncm-society.org/subm...
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Deadline is quickly approaching for team/panel and individual oral submissions for #NCMKobe26! The submission deadline is 23:59 PST December 1.
More information - ncm-society.org/subm...
More information - ncm-society.org/subm...