Dan Feuerriegel
@danfeuerriegel.bsky.social
ARC DECRA Fellow. Head of the Prediction and Decision-Making Lab at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Decision-making, predictive brains, neural adaptation, computational neuroscience, EEG, machine learning. He/him
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This paper had a pretty shocking headline result (40% of voxels!), so I dug into it, and I think it is wrong. Essentially: they compare two noisy measures and find that about 40% of voxels have different sign between the two. I think this is just noise!
Would love to hear expert views on this paper. It appears to show that the operationalization of brain activity the field has relied on for 3 decades—the BOLD response—is not actually a sensible measure of brain activity.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex - Nature Neuroscience
Using quantitative brain imaging, the authors show opposite fMRI BOLD signal to metabolic activity due to variable oxygen extraction across the human cortex. This questions the canonical interpretatio...
www.nature.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This paper had a pretty shocking headline result (40% of voxels!), so I dug into it, and I think it is wrong. Essentially: they compare two noisy measures and find that about 40% of voxels have different sign between the two. I think this is just noise!
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Holly Schofield, Matthew J. Brookes, et al:
Towards a 384-channel magnetoencephalography system based on optically pumped magnetometers
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Towards a 384-channel magnetoencephalography system based on optically pumped magnetometers
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Holly Schofield, Matthew J. Brookes, et al:
Towards a 384-channel magnetoencephalography system based on optically pumped magnetometers
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Towards a 384-channel magnetoencephalography system based on optically pumped magnetometers
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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happy that our article about mu & alpha rhythm waveform shape in development is now finally out in the open: doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
oscillation frequency changes across development (one of the most robust findings in the oscillation world). in this work, we also look at waveform shape changes.
oscillation frequency changes across development (one of the most robust findings in the oscillation world). in this work, we also look at waveform shape changes.
June 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
happy that our article about mu & alpha rhythm waveform shape in development is now finally out in the open: doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
oscillation frequency changes across development (one of the most robust findings in the oscillation world). in this work, we also look at waveform shape changes.
oscillation frequency changes across development (one of the most robust findings in the oscillation world). in this work, we also look at waveform shape changes.
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fMRI signals “up,” but neural metabolism might be going “down.”
In our @natneuro.nature.com paper, we demonstrate that about 40% of voxels with robust BOLD responses exhibit opposite oxygen metabolism, revealing two distinct hemodynamic modes.
rdcu.be/eUPO8
funds @erc.europa.eu
#neuroskyence 🧵:
In our @natneuro.nature.com paper, we demonstrate that about 40% of voxels with robust BOLD responses exhibit opposite oxygen metabolism, revealing two distinct hemodynamic modes.
rdcu.be/eUPO8
funds @erc.europa.eu
#neuroskyence 🧵:
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
fMRI signals “up,” but neural metabolism might be going “down.”
In our @natneuro.nature.com paper, we demonstrate that about 40% of voxels with robust BOLD responses exhibit opposite oxygen metabolism, revealing two distinct hemodynamic modes.
rdcu.be/eUPO8
funds @erc.europa.eu
#neuroskyence 🧵:
In our @natneuro.nature.com paper, we demonstrate that about 40% of voxels with robust BOLD responses exhibit opposite oxygen metabolism, revealing two distinct hemodynamic modes.
rdcu.be/eUPO8
funds @erc.europa.eu
#neuroskyence 🧵:
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December 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Reposted by Dan Feuerriegel
New paper in Psych Review on a model of false recognition in Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM task.
Not just recognition responses, but also associated RTs!
And not just the semantic task, but also the structural task - where words overlap in orthography/phonology!
A thread!
Not just recognition responses, but also associated RTs!
And not just the semantic task, but also the structural task - where words overlap in orthography/phonology!
A thread!
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
New paper in Psych Review on a model of false recognition in Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM task.
Not just recognition responses, but also associated RTs!
And not just the semantic task, but also the structural task - where words overlap in orthography/phonology!
A thread!
Not just recognition responses, but also associated RTs!
And not just the semantic task, but also the structural task - where words overlap in orthography/phonology!
A thread!
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Dominic M.D. Tran, Nicolas A. McNair, Alexis E. Whitton, Thomas J. Whitford & Evan J. Livesey:
Prediction-based sensory attenuation is related to prediction-based motor attenuation
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Prediction-based sensory attenuation is related to prediction-based motor attenuation
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Dominic M.D. Tran, Nicolas A. McNair, Alexis E. Whitton, Thomas J. Whitford & Evan J. Livesey:
Prediction-based sensory attenuation is related to prediction-based motor attenuation
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Prediction-based sensory attenuation is related to prediction-based motor attenuation
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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My paper is out!
Computational modeling of error patterns during reward-based learning show evidence that habit learning (value free!) supplements working memory in 7 human data sets.
rdcu.be/eQjLN
Computational modeling of error patterns during reward-based learning show evidence that habit learning (value free!) supplements working memory in 7 human data sets.
rdcu.be/eQjLN
A habit and working memory model as an alternative account of human reward-based learning
Nature Human Behaviour - In this study, Collins proposes an alternative dual-process (working memory and habit) model of reinforcement learning in humans.
rdcu.be
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My paper is out!
Computational modeling of error patterns during reward-based learning show evidence that habit learning (value free!) supplements working memory in 7 human data sets.
rdcu.be/eQjLN
Computational modeling of error patterns during reward-based learning show evidence that habit learning (value free!) supplements working memory in 7 human data sets.
rdcu.be/eQjLN
@violetchae.bsky.social and Lauren Fong showcasing neural correlates of evidence accumulation for dietary and voluntary decisions at #ACNS2025 @acnsau.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
@violetchae.bsky.social and Lauren Fong showcasing neural correlates of evidence accumulation for dietary and voluntary decisions at #ACNS2025 @acnsau.bsky.social
@jie-sun.bsky.social taking us through his joint modelling of neural and behavioural data in recognition memory tasks @acnsau.bsky.social #ACNS2025
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
@jie-sun.bsky.social taking us through his joint modelling of neural and behavioural data in recognition memory tasks @acnsau.bsky.social #ACNS2025
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In advance of the Black Friday sales, @tgro.bsky.social and I highlight the tactics that retailers use online. Including tips to help you keep your cool during the shopping frenzy.
theconversation.com/heres-what-b...
@psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social
theconversation.com/heres-what-b...
@psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social
Here’s what Black Friday sales shopping does to your brain
Black Friday is a psychological event, carefully designed to take advantage of how your brain makes decisions. But you can stay one step ahead this sales season.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
In advance of the Black Friday sales, @tgro.bsky.social and I highlight the tactics that retailers use online. Including tips to help you keep your cool during the shopping frenzy.
theconversation.com/heres-what-b...
@psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social
theconversation.com/heres-what-b...
@psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social
In advance of the Black Friday sales, @tgro.bsky.social and I highlight the tactics that retailers use online. Including tips to help you keep your cool during the shopping frenzy.
theconversation.com/heres-what-b...
@psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social
theconversation.com/heres-what-b...
@psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social
Here’s what Black Friday sales shopping does to your brain
Black Friday is a psychological event, carefully designed to take advantage of how your brain makes decisions. But you can stay one step ahead this sales season.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
In advance of the Black Friday sales, @tgro.bsky.social and I highlight the tactics that retailers use online. Including tips to help you keep your cool during the shopping frenzy.
theconversation.com/heres-what-b...
@psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social
theconversation.com/heres-what-b...
@psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social
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"How disconfirmatory evidence shapes confidence in decision-making"! Now out in @commspsychol.nature.com
w @annikaboldt.bsky.social & Yishu Sun
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence #Metacognition #Confidence
w @annikaboldt.bsky.social & Yishu Sun
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence #Metacognition #Confidence
October 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"How disconfirmatory evidence shapes confidence in decision-making"! Now out in @commspsychol.nature.com
w @annikaboldt.bsky.social & Yishu Sun
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence #Metacognition #Confidence
w @annikaboldt.bsky.social & Yishu Sun
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence #Metacognition #Confidence
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super excited to say that the first paper from my PhD has been published in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 🧠!!
“I could have done otherwise”: the neural bases of counterfactual representations -> doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
“I could have done otherwise”: the neural bases of counterfactual representations -> doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
super excited to say that the first paper from my PhD has been published in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 🧠!!
“I could have done otherwise”: the neural bases of counterfactual representations -> doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
“I could have done otherwise”: the neural bases of counterfactual representations -> doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
New preprint from the lab led by @violetchae.bsky.social! We debut an open EEG dataset for research into food cognition and dietary choices.
Featuring data from 117 different brains relating to 120 different food stimuli.
@tgro.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social
Featuring data from 117 different brains relating to 120 different food stimuli.
@tgro.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social
Our new preprint on the FOODEEG open dataset is out! EEG recordings and behavioural responses on food cognition tasks for 117 participants will be made publicly available 🧠 @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social @tgro.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
FOODEEG: An open dataset of human electroencephalographic and behavioural responses to food images
Investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying food choices has the potential to advance our understanding of eating behaviour and inform health-targeted interventions and policy. Large, publi...
www.biorxiv.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
New preprint from the lab led by @violetchae.bsky.social! We debut an open EEG dataset for research into food cognition and dietary choices.
Featuring data from 117 different brains relating to 120 different food stimuli.
@tgro.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social
Featuring data from 117 different brains relating to 120 different food stimuli.
@tgro.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social
Reposted by Dan Feuerriegel
Our new preprint on the FOODEEG open dataset is out! EEG recordings and behavioural responses on food cognition tasks for 117 participants will be made publicly available 🧠 @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social @tgro.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
FOODEEG: An open dataset of human electroencephalographic and behavioural responses to food images
Investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying food choices has the potential to advance our understanding of eating behaviour and inform health-targeted interventions and policy. Large, publi...
www.biorxiv.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Our new preprint on the FOODEEG open dataset is out! EEG recordings and behavioural responses on food cognition tasks for 117 participants will be made publicly available 🧠 @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social @tgro.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🌏 Come spend some time with us in Sydney! 🇦🇺
@marcsinstitute.bsky.social is offering International Visiting Scholarships for PhD students + postdocs.
Spend 1–3 months collaborating, exploring ideas, and building connections.
📅 Apply by 4 Dec
📍 Sydney, Australia
Curious or keen? DM or email me
@marcsinstitute.bsky.social is offering International Visiting Scholarships for PhD students + postdocs.
Spend 1–3 months collaborating, exploring ideas, and building connections.
📅 Apply by 4 Dec
📍 Sydney, Australia
Curious or keen? DM or email me
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🌏 Come spend some time with us in Sydney! 🇦🇺
@marcsinstitute.bsky.social is offering International Visiting Scholarships for PhD students + postdocs.
Spend 1–3 months collaborating, exploring ideas, and building connections.
📅 Apply by 4 Dec
📍 Sydney, Australia
Curious or keen? DM or email me
@marcsinstitute.bsky.social is offering International Visiting Scholarships for PhD students + postdocs.
Spend 1–3 months collaborating, exploring ideas, and building connections.
📅 Apply by 4 Dec
📍 Sydney, Australia
Curious or keen? DM or email me
Our new research led by @violetchae.bsky.social has been featured on the ABC Lab Notes podcast! Listen to learn how much work your brain is doing when you wander down the grocery store aisles.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Lab Notes: How your brain chooses your next snack - ABC listen
It's mid-afternoon and time for a treat! Do you choose a healthy piece of fruit, or do you head straight for the chocolate?
It turns out that well before we consciously decide what we're going to ea...
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Our new research led by @violetchae.bsky.social has been featured on the ABC Lab Notes podcast! Listen to learn how much work your brain is doing when you wander down the grocery store aisles.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Interested in how we make preference-driven decisions, and how this is implemented in the brain?
We report that neural correlates of evidence accumulation (CPP, Mu/Beta) are also observed during value-based decisions.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Led by @laurencf.bsky.social (Lauren Fong)
1/n
We report that neural correlates of evidence accumulation (CPP, Mu/Beta) are also observed during value-based decisions.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Led by @laurencf.bsky.social (Lauren Fong)
1/n
Tracing the neural trajectories of evidence accumulation and motor preparation processes during voluntary decisions
Voluntary decisions have previously been described by where they arise in the brain and how actions corresponding to one's choice are prepared. However, the processes by which these internally guided ...
www.biorxiv.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Interested in how we make preference-driven decisions, and how this is implemented in the brain?
We report that neural correlates of evidence accumulation (CPP, Mu/Beta) are also observed during value-based decisions.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Led by @laurencf.bsky.social (Lauren Fong)
1/n
We report that neural correlates of evidence accumulation (CPP, Mu/Beta) are also observed during value-based decisions.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Led by @laurencf.bsky.social (Lauren Fong)
1/n
New article in @theconversation.com - featuring some exciting new findings on how our brains rapidly encode a wide range of food properties when we see a food item.
Your brain is doing a lot of work when you scroll through food delivery apps!
Led by @violetchae.bsky.social w/ @tgro.bsky.social
Your brain is doing a lot of work when you scroll through food delivery apps!
Led by @violetchae.bsky.social w/ @tgro.bsky.social
Using EEG 🧠⚡ and representational similarity analysis, we mapped how the neural representations of food attributes (e.g., taste & health) unfold over time when viewing foods🍎🍰🥗 @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social @tgro.bsky.social
theconversation.com/our-brains-e...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
theconversation.com/our-brains-e...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
New article in @theconversation.com - featuring some exciting new findings on how our brains rapidly encode a wide range of food properties when we see a food item.
Your brain is doing a lot of work when you scroll through food delivery apps!
Led by @violetchae.bsky.social w/ @tgro.bsky.social
Your brain is doing a lot of work when you scroll through food delivery apps!
Led by @violetchae.bsky.social w/ @tgro.bsky.social
Reposted by Dan Feuerriegel
Using EEG 🧠⚡ and representational similarity analysis, we mapped how the neural representations of food attributes (e.g., taste & health) unfold over time when viewing foods🍎🍰🥗 @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social @tgro.bsky.social
theconversation.com/our-brains-e...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
theconversation.com/our-brains-e...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
Redirecting
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Using EEG 🧠⚡ and representational similarity analysis, we mapped how the neural representations of food attributes (e.g., taste & health) unfold over time when viewing foods🍎🍰🥗 @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social @tgro.bsky.social
theconversation.com/our-brains-e...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
theconversation.com/our-brains-e...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
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This is a big one! A 4-year writing project over many timezones, arguing for a reimagining of the influential "core knowledge" thesis.
Led by @daweibai.bsky.social, we argue that much of our innate knowledge of the world is not "conceptual" in nature, but rather wired into perceptual processing. 👇
Led by @daweibai.bsky.social, we argue that much of our innate knowledge of the world is not "conceptual" in nature, but rather wired into perceptual processing. 👇
October 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is a big one! A 4-year writing project over many timezones, arguing for a reimagining of the influential "core knowledge" thesis.
Led by @daweibai.bsky.social, we argue that much of our innate knowledge of the world is not "conceptual" in nature, but rather wired into perceptual processing. 👇
Led by @daweibai.bsky.social, we argue that much of our innate knowledge of the world is not "conceptual" in nature, but rather wired into perceptual processing. 👇
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New BBS article w/ @lauragwilliams.bsky.social and Hinze Hogendoorn, just accepted! We respond to a thought-provoking article by @smfleming.bsky.social & @matthiasmichel.bsky.social, and argue that it's premature to conclude that conscious perception is delayed by 350-450ms: bit.ly/4nYNTlb
OSF
bit.ly
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New BBS article w/ @lauragwilliams.bsky.social and Hinze Hogendoorn, just accepted! We respond to a thought-provoking article by @smfleming.bsky.social & @matthiasmichel.bsky.social, and argue that it's premature to conclude that conscious perception is delayed by 350-450ms: bit.ly/4nYNTlb
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Check out our reviewed preprint, now out in eLife!
With @spk3lly.bsky.social, @redmondoconnell.bsky.social and Anna Geuzebroek
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
While we work on improving the [solid] paper based on the reviews, here are the key take-home messages:
With @spk3lly.bsky.social, @redmondoconnell.bsky.social and Anna Geuzebroek
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
While we work on improving the [solid] paper based on the reviews, here are the key take-home messages:
Perceptual glimpses are locally accumulated and globally maintained at distinct processing levels
elifesciences.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Check out our reviewed preprint, now out in eLife!
With @spk3lly.bsky.social, @redmondoconnell.bsky.social and Anna Geuzebroek
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
While we work on improving the [solid] paper based on the reviews, here are the key take-home messages:
With @spk3lly.bsky.social, @redmondoconnell.bsky.social and Anna Geuzebroek
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
While we work on improving the [solid] paper based on the reviews, here are the key take-home messages:
Reposted by Dan Feuerriegel
Introducing hMFC: A Bayesian hierarchical model of trial-to-trial fluctuations in decision criterion! Now out in @plos.org Comp Bio.
led by Robin Vloeberghs with @anne-urai.bsky.social Scott Linderman
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
led by Robin Vloeberghs with @anne-urai.bsky.social Scott Linderman
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Introducing hMFC: A Bayesian hierarchical model of trial-to-trial fluctuations in decision criterion! Now out in @plos.org Comp Bio.
led by Robin Vloeberghs with @anne-urai.bsky.social Scott Linderman
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
led by Robin Vloeberghs with @anne-urai.bsky.social Scott Linderman
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence