Brad Postle
@bradpostle.bsky.social
Depts. of Psychology & Psychiatry, U. Wisconsin–Madison
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Director, Psychology Research Experience Program (summer program for URM/low-income/1st-gen undergrads)
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Director, Psychology Research Experience Program (summer program for URM/low-income/1st-gen undergrads)
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Saving....for reasons
Just out—a piece I wrote a piece for the APS Observer (@psychscience.bsky.social) in which I share recommendations and resources for running a research lab at a small, liberal arts college. I hope it helps others in the same boat! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
How to Set Up and Run an Undergraduate Research Lab
APS Fellow Julia Strand offers resources and recommendations to run a productive research lab.
www.psychologicalscience.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Saving....for reasons
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Human visual cortex representations may be much higher-dimensional than earlier work suggested, but are these higher dimensions of cortical activity actually relevant to behavior? Our new paper tackles this by studying how different people experience the same movies. 🧵 www.cell.com/current-biol...
High-dimensional structure underlying individual differences in naturalistic visual experience
Han and Bonner reveal that individual visual experience arises from high-dimensional
neural geometry distributed across multiple representational scales. By characterizing
the full dimensional spectru...
www.cell.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Human visual cortex representations may be much higher-dimensional than earlier work suggested, but are these higher dimensions of cortical activity actually relevant to behavior? Our new paper tackles this by studying how different people experience the same movies. 🧵 www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Extended post-doc offers to two people recently.
Both had their visas denied, so now those positions remain unfilled.
This is good for America somehow.
Both had their visas denied, so now those positions remain unfilled.
This is good for America somehow.
January 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Extended post-doc offers to two people recently.
Both had their visas denied, so now those positions remain unfilled.
This is good for America somehow.
Both had their visas denied, so now those positions remain unfilled.
This is good for America somehow.
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I want to start by saying thank you, truly, to my friends, family, and so many good people who have reached out to check on me during this hard moment in Minnesota. I love you all. I am okay. See thread....
January 28, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I want to start by saying thank you, truly, to my friends, family, and so many good people who have reached out to check on me during this hard moment in Minnesota. I love you all. I am okay. See thread....
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I'm very excited to announce that the Psychology Department at Brooklyn College of CUNY is hiring a tenure-track line in Cognitive Neuroscience. Applications are being accepted now, and review will begin on or after February 23rd, please repost!
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/...
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I'm very excited to announce that the Psychology Department at Brooklyn College of CUNY is hiring a tenure-track line in Cognitive Neuroscience. Applications are being accepted now, and review will begin on or after February 23rd, please repost!
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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main goal for this year: find a new job! 🙂
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
January 16, 2026 at 10:14 AM
main goal for this year: find a new job! 🙂
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
It won't actually exist for another month or so, but because it now 'exists' on amazon, I'll humbly observe that, after working through this book, your student/trainee would be able to read and understand all but two or three papers in this week's J. Neurosci. Check it out:
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
It won't actually exist for another month or so, but because it now 'exists' on amazon, I'll humbly observe that, after working through this book, your student/trainee would be able to read and understand all but two or three papers in this week's J. Neurosci. Check it out:
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going through months of figure edits feels worth it when one ends up on a text book cover! thanks to @bradpostle.bsky.social and @rodbraga.bsky.social
As a high-school student learning about science, I never even dreamed that my research would ever be on the cover of a textbook 🥹
Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social !
And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social !
www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...
Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social !
And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social !
www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...
Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience
Amazon.com: Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience: 9781394380145: Postle, Bradley R.: Books
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January 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
going through months of figure edits feels worth it when one ends up on a text book cover! thanks to @bradpostle.bsky.social and @rodbraga.bsky.social
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This kind of stuff is why I say that I worry that the tools of neuroscience are not properly vetted
“Our findings challenge the conventional focus on low-dimensional coding subspaces as a sufficient framework for understanding neural computations, demonstrating that dimensions previously considered task-irrelevant and accounting for little variance can have a critical role in driving behavior.”
Neural dynamics outside task-coding dimensions drive decision trajectories through transient amplification
Most behaviors involve neural dynamics in high-dimensional activity spaces. A common approach is to extract dimensions that capture task-related variability, such as those separating stimuli or choice...
www.biorxiv.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This kind of stuff is why I say that I worry that the tools of neuroscience are not properly vetted
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short sighted at best....NHP research has been instrumental in the development of new treatments for human conditions (as well as other animals conditions/diseases as well).
EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
short sighted at best....NHP research has been instrumental in the development of new treatments for human conditions (as well as other animals conditions/diseases as well).
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Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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Check out our latest work led by @joeyzhou.bsky.social on alpha oscillatory networks in PLOS Biology!
➡️ journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Do ongoing alpha activity fluctuations influence perceptual sensitivity or criterion?
➡️ journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Do ongoing alpha activity fluctuations influence perceptual sensitivity or criterion?
Distinct alpha networks modulate different aspects of perceptual decision-making
Fluctuations in alpha-band neural oscillations influence whether we perceive faint stimuli, but how these oscillations relate to different perceptual processes is not clear. This study shows that alph...
journals.plos.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Check out our latest work led by @joeyzhou.bsky.social on alpha oscillatory networks in PLOS Biology!
➡️ journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Do ongoing alpha activity fluctuations influence perceptual sensitivity or criterion?
➡️ journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Do ongoing alpha activity fluctuations influence perceptual sensitivity or criterion?
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I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.com
Interactive Cognition Lab | USC
Interactive Cognition Lab at USC, led by principal investigator, Dr. Nina Rouhani.
rouhanilab.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.com
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#CNS2026 Satellite - International Sleep Replay Workshop, Friday, March 6, 2026, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm, Grand Ballroom
CNS 2026 will be preceded by a one-day satellite event focusing on sleep and memory - the 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop. Learn more: isrw.bio.uci.edu
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CNS 2026 will be preceded by a one-day satellite event focusing on sleep and memory - the 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop. Learn more: isrw.bio.uci.edu
@cnsnews.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#CNS2026 Satellite - International Sleep Replay Workshop, Friday, March 6, 2026, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm, Grand Ballroom
CNS 2026 will be preceded by a one-day satellite event focusing on sleep and memory - the 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop. Learn more: isrw.bio.uci.edu
@cnsnews.bsky.social
CNS 2026 will be preceded by a one-day satellite event focusing on sleep and memory - the 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop. Learn more: isrw.bio.uci.edu
@cnsnews.bsky.social
"Due to financial uncertainty, the Psychology Research Experience Program has suspended operations, and the PREP summer research opportunity program will not be active during the Summer of 2026. Consequently, we are not accepting applications at this time."😠
October 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Due to financial uncertainty, the Psychology Research Experience Program has suspended operations, and the PREP summer research opportunity program will not be active during the Summer of 2026. Consequently, we are not accepting applications at this time."😠
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"We hope to inspire curiosity ... prompting researchers to uncover why children experience the world so distinctively and what this reveals about cognitive development."
@jocn.bsky.social's November issue presents a special focus on the development of event segmentation: #NeuroSky #cognition
@jocn.bsky.social's November issue presents a special focus on the development of event segmentation: #NeuroSky #cognition
Volume 37 Issue 11 | Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience | MIT Press
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience | 37 | 11 | November 2025
direct.mit.edu
October 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"We hope to inspire curiosity ... prompting researchers to uncover why children experience the world so distinctively and what this reveals about cognitive development."
@jocn.bsky.social's November issue presents a special focus on the development of event segmentation: #NeuroSky #cognition
@jocn.bsky.social's November issue presents a special focus on the development of event segmentation: #NeuroSky #cognition
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Spatial attention and working memory are popularly thought to be tightly coupled. Yet, distinct neural activity tracks attentional breadth and WM load.
In a new paper @jocn.bsky.social, we show that pupil size independently tracks breadth and load.
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
In a new paper @jocn.bsky.social, we show that pupil size independently tracks breadth and load.
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
October 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Spatial attention and working memory are popularly thought to be tightly coupled. Yet, distinct neural activity tracks attentional breadth and WM load.
In a new paper @jocn.bsky.social, we show that pupil size independently tracks breadth and load.
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
In a new paper @jocn.bsky.social, we show that pupil size independently tracks breadth and load.
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
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CDS Asst. Prof. @neurograce.bsky.social has launched a YouTube channel, “5 Minute Papers on AI for the Planet,” translating climate-AI research into short video explainers, inspired by her course at CDS, “Machine Learning for Climate Change.”
nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-grace-li...
nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-grace-li...
CDS’ Grace Lindsay Launches YouTube Channel on “AI for the Planet”
Grace Lindsay’s new YouTube series turns climate-AI research into five-minute videos for a wide audience.
nyudatascience.medium.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
CDS Asst. Prof. @neurograce.bsky.social has launched a YouTube channel, “5 Minute Papers on AI for the Planet,” translating climate-AI research into short video explainers, inspired by her course at CDS, “Machine Learning for Climate Change.”
nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-grace-li...
nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-grace-li...
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The unfathomable richness of seeing: Trends in Cognitive Sciences www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
The unfathomable richness of seeing
Many hold that visual experience is sparse and its richness illusory, relying on high-level
summaries rather than detailed content. However, we argue here that seeing is more
than this – it is unfatho...
www.cell.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The unfathomable richness of seeing: Trends in Cognitive Sciences www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Principles for proper peer review
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Understanding the flexibility of working memory: compositionality, generative processing, anchors and holistic representations
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroscience
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#neuroscience
Redirecting
doi.org
October 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Understanding the flexibility of working memory: compositionality, generative processing, anchors and holistic representations
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroscience
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroscience
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A big win for @neuromatch.bsky.social and for our students, TAs, and mentors! So proud of the hard work that went into making this happen and grateful to the NIH for their support!
Exciting news! 🎉 Our Computational Neuroscience course has been awarded NIH BRAIN Initiative funding! Students will get hands-on experience w real BRAIN Initiative datasets, helping them build computational skills that are essential for the future of neuroscience.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A big win for @neuromatch.bsky.social and for our students, TAs, and mentors! So proud of the hard work that went into making this happen and grateful to the NIH for their support!
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I’m super excited to finally put my recent work with @behrenstimb.bsky.social on bioRxiv, where we develop a new mechanistic theory of how PFC structures adaptive behaviour using attractor dynamics in space and time!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I’m super excited to finally put my recent work with @behrenstimb.bsky.social on bioRxiv, where we develop a new mechanistic theory of how PFC structures adaptive behaviour using attractor dynamics in space and time!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...