Christian Herff
@cherff.bsky.social
Associate Professor for Brain-Computer Interfaces at Maastricht University using machine learning to build the connection between artificial and natural intelligence.
Erin Kunz, Benjamin Abramovich, Frank Willett and colleagues published their amazing study on inner speech decoding from MEAs in the motor cortex. You can find the full study here:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
The NYT asked about my opinion on this study, see: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
The NYT asked about my opinion on this study, see: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Erin Kunz, Benjamin Abramovich, Frank Willett and colleagues published their amazing study on inner speech decoding from MEAs in the motor cortex. You can find the full study here:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
The NYT asked about my opinion on this study, see: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
The NYT asked about my opinion on this study, see: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
Research in BCIs is moving fast in China. I tried to convey my enthusiasm when being interviewed for this piece
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
China pours money into brain chips that give paralysed people more control
Brain–computer interfaces being trialled in China offer some advantages over Neuralink and other leading US devices.
www.nature.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Research in BCIs is moving fast in China. I tried to convey my enthusiasm when being interviewed for this piece
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Really happy to be at my favorite conference, the @bcisociety.bsky.social Meeting in Banff. The location is stunning and so is all the science being presented.
Today, Paul Weger will present his poster (B22) on adding frontal error potentials to intracranial BCI.
Today, Paul Weger will present his poster (B22) on adding frontal error potentials to intracranial BCI.
June 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Really happy to be at my favorite conference, the @bcisociety.bsky.social Meeting in Banff. The location is stunning and so is all the science being presented.
Today, Paul Weger will present his poster (B22) on adding frontal error potentials to intracranial BCI.
Today, Paul Weger will present his poster (B22) on adding frontal error potentials to intracranial BCI.
Our correspondence on a definition of BCIs has just been published. Check out how @marcslutzky.bsky.social , @mjvansteensel.bsky.social , Robert Gaunt and I summarize the @bcisociety.bsky.social definition: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A brain–computer interface working definition - Nature Biomedical Engineering
Nature Biomedical Engineering - A brain–computer interface working definition
www.nature.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our correspondence on a definition of BCIs has just been published. Check out how @marcslutzky.bsky.social , @mjvansteensel.bsky.social , Robert Gaunt and I summarize the @bcisociety.bsky.social definition: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 Two PhD positions open in Barcelona!
Work with Diego Vidaurre on machine learning at the intersection of methods, neuroscience, and clinical applications.
Details:
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/89/phd-...
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/88/phd-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
Work with Diego Vidaurre on machine learning at the intersection of methods, neuroscience, and clinical applications.
Details:
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/89/phd-...
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/88/phd-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
Call - Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
www.crm.cat
May 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🚨 Two PhD positions open in Barcelona!
Work with Diego Vidaurre on machine learning at the intersection of methods, neuroscience, and clinical applications.
Details:
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/89/phd-...
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/88/phd-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
Work with Diego Vidaurre on machine learning at the intersection of methods, neuroscience, and clinical applications.
Details:
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/89/phd-...
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/88/phd-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
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A few days left to apply!
My lab is looking for a PhD candidate, in collaboration with Bernhard Englitz's lab.
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
May 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
A few days left to apply!
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"VocalMind: A Stereotactic EEG Dataset for Vocalized, Mimed, and Imagined Speech in Tonal Language"
In #ScientificData
#iEEG
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In #ScientificData
#iEEG
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
VocalMind: A Stereotactic EEG Dataset for Vocalized, Mimed, and Imagined Speech in Tonal Language - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - VocalMind: A Stereotactic EEG Dataset for Vocalized, Mimed, and Imagined Speech in Tonal Language
www.nature.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"VocalMind: A Stereotactic EEG Dataset for Vocalized, Mimed, and Imagined Speech in Tonal Language"
In #ScientificData
#iEEG
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In #ScientificData
#iEEG
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out this new article about the amazing new study by @changlabucsf.bsky.social with my 5 cents added.
A brain-reading implant that translates neural signals into audible speech has allowed a woman with paralysis to hear what she intends to say nearly instantly
https://go.nature.com/3QStZtI
https://go.nature.com/3QStZtI
Brain implant translates thoughts to speech in an instant
Improvements to brain–computer interfaces are bringing the technology closer to natural conversation speed.
go.nature.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Check out this new article about the amazing new study by @changlabucsf.bsky.social with my 5 cents added.
Maxime Verwoert's paper on different representations of speech production in distributed intracranial recordings of neural activity is now published:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
March 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Maxime Verwoert's paper on different representations of speech production in distributed intracranial recordings of neural activity is now published:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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We have a very exciting 4-year PhD position available at the @dondersinst.bsky.social, to better understand how neuronal populations generate magnetic fields and how to measure those intracranially, with Corette Wierenga & @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social.
For more info:
neuronanotech.eu/phd-projects...
For more info:
neuronanotech.eu/phd-projects...
📢The call is open!
Are you seeking a #PhDposition in Nanoscience/Neuroscience? Have a look to the NeuroNanotech Doctoral Network positions. A great funding scheme with career development support.
️🟪 🟦 neuronanotech.eu?utm_campaign... 🟦 🟪
#MSCA #EUfunded #HorizonEU #PhDjob
Are you seeking a #PhDposition in Nanoscience/Neuroscience? Have a look to the NeuroNanotech Doctoral Network positions. A great funding scheme with career development support.
️🟪 🟦 neuronanotech.eu?utm_campaign... 🟦 🟪
#MSCA #EUfunded #HorizonEU #PhDjob
February 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We have a very exciting 4-year PhD position available at the @dondersinst.bsky.social, to better understand how neuronal populations generate magnetic fields and how to measure those intracranially, with Corette Wierenga & @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social.
For more info:
neuronanotech.eu/phd-projects...
For more info:
neuronanotech.eu/phd-projects...
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We're glad to participate in the 2nd edition of #MicMac, a workshop dedicated to intracranial electrophysiological recordings!
📷 When: March 19-21, 2025
📷 Where: Toulouse, France
4-hour hands-on training on sEEG analysis
micmac-workshop.org/program/
📷 When: March 19-21, 2025
📷 Where: Toulouse, France
4-hour hands-on training on sEEG analysis
micmac-workshop.org/program/
February 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We're glad to participate in the 2nd edition of #MicMac, a workshop dedicated to intracranial electrophysiological recordings!
📷 When: March 19-21, 2025
📷 Where: Toulouse, France
4-hour hands-on training on sEEG analysis
micmac-workshop.org/program/
📷 When: March 19-21, 2025
📷 Where: Toulouse, France
4-hour hands-on training on sEEG analysis
micmac-workshop.org/program/
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I am hiring: PhD students, postdocs, admin personnel. Email me if you know somebody that may be interested in joining us in Cologne! 👇👇
Please RT for reach! 🙏🙏
Please RT for reach! 🙏🙏
I am excited to announce that I will be founding an institute for network stimulation at the University Hospital Cologne – already this coming May!
February 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I am hiring: PhD students, postdocs, admin personnel. Email me if you know somebody that may be interested in joining us in Cologne! 👇👇
Please RT for reach! 🙏🙏
Please RT for reach! 🙏🙏
Really excited by this new study: @mottenhoff.bsky.social used a gamified experiment to show that goal-oriented movement could be decoded from distributed neural recordings. This is in-line with findings in rodents that the whole brain is involved in motor control (@carandinilab.net).
Check out our new preprint where we decode goal-directed hand movements from brain-wide intracranial recordings. See a quick summary below, or find the full preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1....
Decoding continuous goal-directed movement from human brain-wide intracranial recordings
Reaching out your hand is an effortless yet complex behavior that is indispensable in daily life. Restoring arm functionality is therefore rated a top priority by people with tetraplegia. Recently, ne...
www.biorxiv.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Really excited by this new study: @mottenhoff.bsky.social used a gamified experiment to show that goal-oriented movement could be decoded from distributed neural recordings. This is in-line with findings in rodents that the whole brain is involved in motor control (@carandinilab.net).
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2025 #BCI Board Nominations now open. Thank you for your support in providing strong, on-going Society leadership through your nomination(s). Deadline for nomination: January 29
bcisociety.org/about/electi...
bcisociety.org/about/electi...
January 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
2025 #BCI Board Nominations now open. Thank you for your support in providing strong, on-going Society leadership through your nomination(s). Deadline for nomination: January 29
bcisociety.org/about/electi...
bcisociety.org/about/electi...
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Announcing a new week-long program for young computational neuroscience/ behavior professors to talk about rigorous science, mentoring, lab management, and networking in a stunning retreat setting. Do great science as a community and have fun doing so.
January 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Announcing a new week-long program for young computational neuroscience/ behavior professors to talk about rigorous science, mentoring, lab management, and networking in a stunning retreat setting. Do great science as a community and have fun doing so.
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"A Speech Neuroprosthesis in the Frontal Lobe and Hippocampus: Decoding High-Frequency Activity into Phonemes"
Interesting single case report
#iEEG
journals.lww.com/neurosurgery...
Interesting single case report
#iEEG
journals.lww.com/neurosurgery...
A Speech Neuroprosthesis in the Frontal Lobe and... : Neurosurgery
late and orbitofrontal cortices, and hippocampus.
METHODS:
A 37-year-old male neurosurgical epilepsy patient with intact speech, implanted with depth electrodes for clinical reasons only, silently ...
journals.lww.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"A Speech Neuroprosthesis in the Frontal Lobe and Hippocampus: Decoding High-Frequency Activity into Phonemes"
Interesting single case report
#iEEG
journals.lww.com/neurosurgery...
Interesting single case report
#iEEG
journals.lww.com/neurosurgery...
Deadline extension for the BCI Meeting abstract submissions.
New Deadline: Thursday, January 23, 2025
This extension applies to abstract submissions for individual oral and poster presentations for the upcoming BCI Meeting.
Learn more at bcisociety.org/bci-meeting/...
This extension applies to abstract submissions for individual oral and poster presentations for the upcoming BCI Meeting.
Learn more at bcisociety.org/bci-meeting/...
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Deadline extension for the BCI Meeting abstract submissions.
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🚨Job alert (Please RT)
What: masters internship and/or PhD positions
Where: Rothschild Foundation Hospital (Paris, France)
Topic: AI and Neuroscience
Supervised by: Pierre Bourdillon and myself
Apply here: forms.gle/KKnea2QAjhAe...
Deadline: Feb 5th
What: masters internship and/or PhD positions
Where: Rothschild Foundation Hospital (Paris, France)
Topic: AI and Neuroscience
Supervised by: Pierre Bourdillon and myself
Apply here: forms.gle/KKnea2QAjhAe...
Deadline: Feb 5th
forms.gle
January 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🚨Job alert (Please RT)
What: masters internship and/or PhD positions
Where: Rothschild Foundation Hospital (Paris, France)
Topic: AI and Neuroscience
Supervised by: Pierre Bourdillon and myself
Apply here: forms.gle/KKnea2QAjhAe...
Deadline: Feb 5th
What: masters internship and/or PhD positions
Where: Rothschild Foundation Hospital (Paris, France)
Topic: AI and Neuroscience
Supervised by: Pierre Bourdillon and myself
Apply here: forms.gle/KKnea2QAjhAe...
Deadline: Feb 5th
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One week left to submit your abstract for BCI 2025!
Submit at bcisociety.org/bci-meeting/...
Submission Deadline: Jan 16, 2025
Submit at bcisociety.org/bci-meeting/...
Submission Deadline: Jan 16, 2025
January 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
One week left to submit your abstract for BCI 2025!
Submit at bcisociety.org/bci-meeting/...
Submission Deadline: Jan 16, 2025
Submit at bcisociety.org/bci-meeting/...
Submission Deadline: Jan 16, 2025
We're really proud of this new study in which we investigate alternative targets for speech neuroprostheses. Additionally, the data of 30 participants and all code are available!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Moving beyond the motor cortex: a brain-wide evaluation of target locations for intracranial speech neuroprostheses
Speech is the fastest and most natural form of communication, which can be impaired in certain disorders. Speech brain- computer interfaces (BCIs) offer a solution by decoding brain activity into spee...
www.biorxiv.org
December 13, 2024 at 10:18 AM
We're really proud of this new study in which we investigate alternative targets for speech neuroprostheses. Additionally, the data of 30 participants and all code are available!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Really excited to travel to the joint BCI Society | Chen Institute Meeting in Shanghai. Can't wait for the exciting set of speakers!
Organizing with Dean Krusienski, Theresa Vaughan, Cendrine De Vis, Cuntai Guan and Stephanie Le was a blast.
bcici-meeting.bcisociety.org
Organizing with Dean Krusienski, Theresa Vaughan, Cendrine De Vis, Cuntai Guan and Stephanie Le was a blast.
bcici-meeting.bcisociety.org
Home - BCI Society-Chen Institute Joint Meeting
bcici-meeting.bcisociety.org
December 1, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Really excited to travel to the joint BCI Society | Chen Institute Meeting in Shanghai. Can't wait for the exciting set of speakers!
Organizing with Dean Krusienski, Theresa Vaughan, Cendrine De Vis, Cuntai Guan and Stephanie Le was a blast.
bcici-meeting.bcisociety.org
Organizing with Dean Krusienski, Theresa Vaughan, Cendrine De Vis, Cuntai Guan and Stephanie Le was a blast.
bcici-meeting.bcisociety.org
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Towards foundation models for intracortical EEG: arxiv.org/abs/2411.10458
November 21, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Towards foundation models for intracortical EEG: arxiv.org/abs/2411.10458
In this year's lab retreat, we realized a project I have wanted to do for a long time:
Inspired by Harry Potter, we now have moving profile pictures on our website! Check it out: neuralinterfacinglab.github.io/people/
Inspired by Harry Potter, we now have moving profile pictures on our website! Check it out: neuralinterfacinglab.github.io/people/
November 21, 2024 at 2:43 PM
In this year's lab retreat, we realized a project I have wanted to do for a long time:
Inspired by Harry Potter, we now have moving profile pictures on our website! Check it out: neuralinterfacinglab.github.io/people/
Inspired by Harry Potter, we now have moving profile pictures on our website! Check it out: neuralinterfacinglab.github.io/people/
Not one, but two assistant professor positions in neuroscience at Maastricht:
* One focused on (f)MRI
www.academictransfer.com/en/333964/as...
* One more methodological including decoding
www.academictransfer.com/en/333966/as...
Of course, we'd be very happy to collaborate with the new colleague!
* One focused on (f)MRI
www.academictransfer.com/en/333964/as...
* One more methodological including decoding
www.academictransfer.com/en/333966/as...
Of course, we'd be very happy to collaborate with the new colleague!
Assistant Professor in fMRI research of human cognition
Join our department as an Assistant Professor position focused in fMRI research of human brain function!
www.academictransfer.com
November 7, 2023 at 8:21 AM
Not one, but two assistant professor positions in neuroscience at Maastricht:
* One focused on (f)MRI
www.academictransfer.com/en/333964/as...
* One more methodological including decoding
www.academictransfer.com/en/333966/as...
Of course, we'd be very happy to collaborate with the new colleague!
* One focused on (f)MRI
www.academictransfer.com/en/333964/as...
* One more methodological including decoding
www.academictransfer.com/en/333966/as...
Of course, we'd be very happy to collaborate with the new colleague!