Andrej Bicanski
@andrejbicanski.bsky.social
Research group leader at MPI_CBS. Physicist turned neuroscientist (interests: too many, but mainly spatial cognition), sporadically on X/BSky, alter ego writes fiction.
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I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
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#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories …
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November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
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Foraging in conceptual spaces: hippocampal oscillatory dynamics underlying searching for concepts in memory
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Foraging in conceptual spaces: hippocampal oscillatory dynamics underlying searching for concepts in memory
How does the brain access stored knowledge? It has been proposed that conceptual search engages neurocognitive processes similar to foraging in physical space. We tested this idea using intracranial E...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Foraging in conceptual spaces: hippocampal oscillatory dynamics underlying searching for concepts in memory
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Thrilled to see this paper out! It's the culmination of a project begun in the depths of the pandemic with Sabrina Karjack and @zoengo.bsky.social . We continue our exploration of how children generalize when their episodic memory is not yet mature.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The dependence of children’s generalization on episodic memory varies with age and level of abstraction - Nature Communications
Children’s ability to generalize from episodic memories varies by both age and the level of abstraction. Here, the authors show that lower level generalization increasingly depends on episodic memory with age, whereas higher level generalization shows no such relationship.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thrilled to see this paper out! It's the culmination of a project begun in the depths of the pandemic with Sabrina Karjack and @zoengo.bsky.social . We continue our exploration of how children generalize when their episodic memory is not yet mature.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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⏳ Deadline approaching! Apply by 13 Oct for the Postdoc in Cognitive Neuroscience at MPI Leipzig.
Join us at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig as a Postdoc to explore cognitive maps in the human brain: learning, memory & the formation of structural representations. Excellent infrastructure with a leading scientific network. Apply by 13 October: postdocprogram.mpg.de/node/21187
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
⏳ Deadline approaching! Apply by 13 Oct for the Postdoc in Cognitive Neuroscience at MPI Leipzig.
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If you're interested in the cognitive neuroscience of memory feel free to email me!
I do experimental psychology, brain imaging (fMRI and MEG) and a bit of modelling. Lab is doing stuff on forgetting, aging, schemas, and event boundaries, but we're not limited to that.
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
I do experimental psychology, brain imaging (fMRI and MEG) and a bit of modelling. Lab is doing stuff on forgetting, aging, schemas, and event boundaries, but we're not limited to that.
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
It's that time of year when many start thinking about applying for PhDs. If you're applying for a UK PhD position, here is a blog post I wrote a while back that might be helpful
#cognition #psychscisky #neuroskyence #psychjobs
#cognition #psychscisky #neuroskyence #psychjobs
How to get PhD funding in the UK
It is that time of year again. The leaves are turning golden, red, and orange (or just brown), the nights are drawing in, and there is a chi...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If you're interested in the cognitive neuroscience of memory feel free to email me!
I do experimental psychology, brain imaging (fMRI and MEG) and a bit of modelling. Lab is doing stuff on forgetting, aging, schemas, and event boundaries, but we're not limited to that.
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
I do experimental psychology, brain imaging (fMRI and MEG) and a bit of modelling. Lab is doing stuff on forgetting, aging, schemas, and event boundaries, but we're not limited to that.
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
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🔎Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine engagierte und kompetente Persönlichkeit für die
Verwaltungsleitung (m/w/d)
in Vollzeit | unbefristet | #Leipzig
Bitte hier bewerben: recruitingapp-5218.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/43...?
#wissenschaft #administration #career #maxplanck
Verwaltungsleitung (m/w/d)
in Vollzeit | unbefristet | #Leipzig
Bitte hier bewerben: recruitingapp-5218.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/43...?
#wissenschaft #administration #career #maxplanck
Verwaltungsleitung (m/w/d) | Karriereportal Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften
Verwaltungsleitung (m/w/d) | Karriereportal Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften
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September 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🔎Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine engagierte und kompetente Persönlichkeit für die
Verwaltungsleitung (m/w/d)
in Vollzeit | unbefristet | #Leipzig
Bitte hier bewerben: recruitingapp-5218.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/43...?
#wissenschaft #administration #career #maxplanck
Verwaltungsleitung (m/w/d)
in Vollzeit | unbefristet | #Leipzig
Bitte hier bewerben: recruitingapp-5218.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/43...?
#wissenschaft #administration #career #maxplanck
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** We have up to TWO funded PhD positions available in our lab!! Apply below to find new ways to enhance memory👇 Pls retweet **
Deadline: 2nd December
1. Cross-species closed-loopTMR: tinyurl.com/bddu4tp6
2. TUS and TMR in humans:
tinyurl.com/jjws5ctj
Happy to chat to interested applicants.
Deadline: 2nd December
1. Cross-species closed-loopTMR: tinyurl.com/bddu4tp6
2. TUS and TMR in humans:
tinyurl.com/jjws5ctj
Happy to chat to interested applicants.
Enhancing memory using cross-species closed-loop Targeted Memory Reactivation | mrcbndu
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October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
** We have up to TWO funded PhD positions available in our lab!! Apply below to find new ways to enhance memory👇 Pls retweet **
Deadline: 2nd December
1. Cross-species closed-loopTMR: tinyurl.com/bddu4tp6
2. TUS and TMR in humans:
tinyurl.com/jjws5ctj
Happy to chat to interested applicants.
Deadline: 2nd December
1. Cross-species closed-loopTMR: tinyurl.com/bddu4tp6
2. TUS and TMR in humans:
tinyurl.com/jjws5ctj
Happy to chat to interested applicants.
New preprint from the lab and great work by Fei Wang. We show how subiculum trace vector cells can be modeled consistent with known effects in CA1. Traces are driven by a mismatch learning rule to keep associative memories in line with experience.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dynamic updating of cognitive maps via traces of experience in the subiculum
In the classical view of hippocampal function, the subiculum is assigned the role as the output layer. In spatial paradigms, some subiculum neurons manifest as so-called boundary vector cells (BVCs), ...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
New preprint from the lab and great work by Fei Wang. We show how subiculum trace vector cells can be modeled consistent with known effects in CA1. Traces are driven by a mismatch learning rule to keep associative memories in line with experience.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A while in the making, here's a short paper on how one might get from spatial to episodic memory with temporal indexing, sequence generation via grid cell analogs, + a bit of perspective/review on time, wider HPC function ...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
September 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A while in the making, here's a short paper on how one might get from spatial to episodic memory with temporal indexing, sequence generation via grid cell analogs, + a bit of perspective/review on time, wider HPC function ...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Dear colleagues, we have an open PhD position in computational neuroscience - spatial memory models and intracranial recordings - fully funded. Re-advertised, candidates are ideally available in the near future. A collab. with 4 labs. Apply here: tinyurl.com/yc84ctap
PhD position or a Doctoral Candidate in computational neuroscience. (m/f/d) | Karriereportal Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften
PhD position or a Doctoral Candidate in computational neuroscience. (m/f/d) | Karriereportal Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften
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September 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dear colleagues, we have an open PhD position in computational neuroscience - spatial memory models and intracranial recordings - fully funded. Re-advertised, candidates are ideally available in the near future. A collab. with 4 labs. Apply here: tinyurl.com/yc84ctap
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We did it! 🏆 We won Phase 1 and placed 2nd overall in the Algonauts 2025 Challenge. So proud of the crew
@keckjanis.bsky.social,Viktor Studenyak,Daniel Schad,Aleksandr Shpilevoi. Huge thanks to @andrejbicanski.bsky.social and @doellerlab.bsky.social for support. Report: arxiv.org/abs/2507.17958
@keckjanis.bsky.social,Viktor Studenyak,Daniel Schad,Aleksandr Shpilevoi. Huge thanks to @andrejbicanski.bsky.social and @doellerlab.bsky.social for support. Report: arxiv.org/abs/2507.17958
July 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We did it! 🏆 We won Phase 1 and placed 2nd overall in the Algonauts 2025 Challenge. So proud of the crew
@keckjanis.bsky.social,Viktor Studenyak,Daniel Schad,Aleksandr Shpilevoi. Huge thanks to @andrejbicanski.bsky.social and @doellerlab.bsky.social for support. Report: arxiv.org/abs/2507.17958
@keckjanis.bsky.social,Viktor Studenyak,Daniel Schad,Aleksandr Shpilevoi. Huge thanks to @andrejbicanski.bsky.social and @doellerlab.bsky.social for support. Report: arxiv.org/abs/2507.17958
I am not an expert on EEG or CLT, but this seems to be the most expected result ever, and yet very important to show.
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I am not an expert on EEG or CLT, but this seems to be the most expected result ever, and yet very important to show.
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
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preprint alert 🚨
1/ Can we accurately detect sequential replay in humans using Temporally Delayed Linear Modelling (#TDLM)? In our recent study, we could not find any replay and decided to dig deeper by running a hybrid simulation with surprising results. Link to preprint & details below 👇
1/ Can we accurately detect sequential replay in humans using Temporally Delayed Linear Modelling (#TDLM)? In our recent study, we could not find any replay and decided to dig deeper by running a hybrid simulation with surprising results. Link to preprint & details below 👇
June 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
preprint alert 🚨
1/ Can we accurately detect sequential replay in humans using Temporally Delayed Linear Modelling (#TDLM)? In our recent study, we could not find any replay and decided to dig deeper by running a hybrid simulation with surprising results. Link to preprint & details below 👇
1/ Can we accurately detect sequential replay in humans using Temporally Delayed Linear Modelling (#TDLM)? In our recent study, we could not find any replay and decided to dig deeper by running a hybrid simulation with surprising results. Link to preprint & details below 👇
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From today, every paper submitted to Nature -if published - will be accompanied by peer reviewers comments & authors rebuttal.
We started the trial in 2020; we now want to open up the review process & showcase its role in shaping & improving papers
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We started the trial in 2020; we now want to open up the review process & showcase its role in shaping & improving papers
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.
www.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
From today, every paper submitted to Nature -if published - will be accompanied by peer reviewers comments & authors rebuttal.
We started the trial in 2020; we now want to open up the review process & showcase its role in shaping & improving papers
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We started the trial in 2020; we now want to open up the review process & showcase its role in shaping & improving papers
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Congrats Volker (@reisnerv.bsky.social). Collab with Doellerlab, modeling by Viktor Studenyak via the Neural Computation Group
New preprint! We explored how learned movement patterns affect our sense of traveled distance and proposed a neurocomputational model that leverages embodied memories to denoise spatial codes.
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Re-enacting steps supports human path integration consistent with motor-corrected grid cell drift
Efficient navigation, especially in the absence of vision, requires path integration - the continuous updating of spatial position from self-motion cues. However, path integration is prone to cumulati...
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May 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Congrats Volker (@reisnerv.bsky.social). Collab with Doellerlab, modeling by Viktor Studenyak via the Neural Computation Group
My colleague Dan Bush (not on BSky) at UCL is looking for a post-doc. Focus on intracranial EEG and single cell recordings from epilepsy patients + MEG recordings from healthy volunteers during spatial and episodic memory tasks. Apply here
tinyurl.com/n6nkty8e
tinyurl.com/n6nkty8e
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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April 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My colleague Dan Bush (not on BSky) at UCL is looking for a post-doc. Focus on intracranial EEG and single cell recordings from epilepsy patients + MEG recordings from healthy volunteers during spatial and episodic memory tasks. Apply here
tinyurl.com/n6nkty8e
tinyurl.com/n6nkty8e
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Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.
forms.gle
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.
Out in PLOSCompBio: Spiking, neuro-mechanical CPG model ...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
No hippocampus here :-), but CPG people will hopefully enjoy this.
Also, great to work with Biorob at EPFL again, and congrats to Alessandro.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
No hippocampus here :-), but CPG people will hopefully enjoy this.
Also, great to work with Biorob at EPFL again, and congrats to Alessandro.
Balancing central control and sensory feedback produces adaptable and robust locomotor patterns in a spiking, neuromechanical model of the salamander spinal cord
Author summary In this paper, we developed a computational model to investigate how salamanders move, both while swimming and walking. Unlike previous studies that often oversimplified the dynamics of...
dx.plos.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Out in PLOSCompBio: Spiking, neuro-mechanical CPG model ...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
No hippocampus here :-), but CPG people will hopefully enjoy this.
Also, great to work with Biorob at EPFL again, and congrats to Alessandro.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
No hippocampus here :-), but CPG people will hopefully enjoy this.
Also, great to work with Biorob at EPFL again, and congrats to Alessandro.
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Our group after a week long Strüngmann Forum in Frankfurt! Group 1 rocks!! @russellepstein.bsky.social @andrejbicanski.bsky.social @lukaskunz.bsky.social @flaviodonato82.bsky.social @ekfarran.bsky.social and others I can’t find yet on Bluesky
December 7, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Our group after a week long Strüngmann Forum in Frankfurt! Group 1 rocks!! @russellepstein.bsky.social @andrejbicanski.bsky.social @lukaskunz.bsky.social @flaviodonato82.bsky.social @ekfarran.bsky.social and others I can’t find yet on Bluesky
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Postdoc alert! Come work with me on an ESRC project on the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material.
2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.
Application deadline 1st March.
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.
Application deadline 1st March.
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
February 3, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Postdoc alert! Come work with me on an ESRC project on the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material.
2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.
Application deadline 1st March.
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.
Application deadline 1st March.
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
Dear colleagues, I am advertising two fully funded PhD positions in my new group. Topics can cover grid cells, retrosplenial cortex, head direction, subiculum and boundary coding + cog maps more generally. Please direct potential candidates to the ads: www.cbs.mpg.de/stellenmarkt...
Stellenangebote
Bewerbermanagement, Max-Planck-Institutes für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, MPI CBS, Stellenangebote
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February 1, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Dear colleagues, I am advertising two fully funded PhD positions in my new group. Topics can cover grid cells, retrosplenial cortex, head direction, subiculum and boundary coding + cog maps more generally. Please direct potential candidates to the ads: www.cbs.mpg.de/stellenmarkt...