Dan Lurie
@danjlurie.bsky.social
Scientist • Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience • Dynamic Minds and Brains • Postdoc at the University of Pittsburgh • Open Science • Solidarity • he/him
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U-Miami has a postdoctoral mentored research training program in Alzheimer's / neurodegeneration, with 2 years of funding for fellows. If you're interested in my lab and applying cognitive neuroscience and precision neuroimaging methods to studying AD, please reach out! mbi-umiami.org/training/
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
U-Miami has a postdoctoral mentored research training program in Alzheimer's / neurodegeneration, with 2 years of funding for fellows. If you're interested in my lab and applying cognitive neuroscience and precision neuroimaging methods to studying AD, please reach out! mbi-umiami.org/training/
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#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favaro, @anilseth.bsky.social, Marcello Massimini &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favaro, @anilseth.bsky.social, Marcello Massimini &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X
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Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
go.illinois.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
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New in draft with Susan Schneider, David Sahner, Robert Lawrence Kuhn & Mark Bailey - a primer on central ideas and concepts in the AI consciousness debate. If you're looking for a toehold in the sea of jargon, this might help.
philpapers.org/rec/SCHIAC-22
philpapers.org/rec/SCHIAC-22
Susan Schneider, David Sahner, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Eric Schwitzgebel & Mark Bailey, Is AI Conscious? A Primer on the Myths and Confusions Driving the Debate - PhilPapers
Artificial intelligence is sparking unprecedented claims about machine minds — but are today’s systems really conscious? In this primer, we disentangle the myths, misconceptions, and confusions fuelin...
philpapers.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
New in draft with Susan Schneider, David Sahner, Robert Lawrence Kuhn & Mark Bailey - a primer on central ideas and concepts in the AI consciousness debate. If you're looking for a toehold in the sea of jargon, this might help.
philpapers.org/rec/SCHIAC-22
philpapers.org/rec/SCHIAC-22
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The Motion Sensitivity and Predictive Utility of Different Estimates of Inter-regional Functional Coupling in Resting-state Functional MRI. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.13.664614v1
July 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Motion Sensitivity and Predictive Utility of Different Estimates of Inter-regional Functional Coupling in Resting-state Functional MRI. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.13.664614v1
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Functional network architecture and dynamics of the somato-cognitive action network https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.16.660604v1
July 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Functional network architecture and dynamics of the somato-cognitive action network https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.16.660604v1
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We have argued that the brain’s Action Mode Network controls functions required for goal-directed behavior. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now, in new work, we show that AMN contains distinct subnetworks for making decisions, implementing actions, and processing feedback. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Now, in new work, we show that AMN contains distinct subnetworks for making decisions, implementing actions, and processing feedback. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
July 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We have argued that the brain’s Action Mode Network controls functions required for goal-directed behavior. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now, in new work, we show that AMN contains distinct subnetworks for making decisions, implementing actions, and processing feedback. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Now, in new work, we show that AMN contains distinct subnetworks for making decisions, implementing actions, and processing feedback. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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If you have 10-20 minutes (depends on how fast you are), would you please consider doing this online study on #mentalimagery? It contains a survey & an experiment where you look at pictures and you respond what you see:
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #visionscience
tstbl.co/820-917
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #visionscience
tstbl.co/820-917
July 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If you have 10-20 minutes (depends on how fast you are), would you please consider doing this online study on #mentalimagery? It contains a survey & an experiment where you look at pictures and you respond what you see:
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #visionscience
tstbl.co/820-917
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #visionscience
tstbl.co/820-917
Had a dream last night where we were living in a fascist sci-fi future with flying cars and laser blasters, but you got a K Award if you were an effective enough member of the resistance against the secret police.
I feel like my sleeping brain needs to work on the subtlety of my dream metaphors.
I feel like my sleeping brain needs to work on the subtlety of my dream metaphors.
July 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Had a dream last night where we were living in a fascist sci-fi future with flying cars and laser blasters, but you got a K Award if you were an effective enough member of the resistance against the secret police.
I feel like my sleeping brain needs to work on the subtlety of my dream metaphors.
I feel like my sleeping brain needs to work on the subtlety of my dream metaphors.
Hey NYC friends!
If you haven't yet voted in the Democratic mayoral primary:
1) Go vote today!
2) Remember not to rank Cuomo!
nypost.com/2025/06/21/u...
(Excellent Mermaid Parade costume made by a friend.)
If you haven't yet voted in the Democratic mayoral primary:
1) Go vote today!
2) Remember not to rank Cuomo!
nypost.com/2025/06/21/u...
(Excellent Mermaid Parade costume made by a friend.)
Exclusive | New Yorker dresses as ‘washed up scum’ Andrew Cuomo in Mermaid Parade
“I’m trying to get reelected on Tuesday and I thought I’d bring my message to the voters,” the man who only called himself “washed up scum,” sarcastically told The Post.
nypost.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Hey NYC friends!
If you haven't yet voted in the Democratic mayoral primary:
1) Go vote today!
2) Remember not to rank Cuomo!
nypost.com/2025/06/21/u...
(Excellent Mermaid Parade costume made by a friend.)
If you haven't yet voted in the Democratic mayoral primary:
1) Go vote today!
2) Remember not to rank Cuomo!
nypost.com/2025/06/21/u...
(Excellent Mermaid Parade costume made by a friend.)
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Our new paper is out in Science.
We identified a subgroup of cholinergic neurons that mediate sensory modality-specific attention. They change their funcitonal properties within secs of behavioral context change.
Congrats to Bin for the great thesis, and the team!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We identified a subgroup of cholinergic neurons that mediate sensory modality-specific attention. They change their funcitonal properties within secs of behavioral context change.
Congrats to Bin for the great thesis, and the team!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cholinergic feedback for modality- and context-specific modulation of sensory representations
The brain’s ability to prioritize sensory information is crucial for adaptive behavior, yet its mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated basal forebrain cholinergic neurons modulating olfactory bulb...
www.science.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our new paper is out in Science.
We identified a subgroup of cholinergic neurons that mediate sensory modality-specific attention. They change their funcitonal properties within secs of behavioral context change.
Congrats to Bin for the great thesis, and the team!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We identified a subgroup of cholinergic neurons that mediate sensory modality-specific attention. They change their funcitonal properties within secs of behavioral context change.
Congrats to Bin for the great thesis, and the team!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.18.660394v1
June 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.18.660394v1
The Open Science room is an important part of the OHBM meeting experience, and not just for people who identify as part of the open science community.
Unfortunately, the future of the Open Science room is at risk.
Read more here and sign the petition to @ohbmofficial.bsky.social leadership.
Unfortunately, the future of the Open Science room is at risk.
Read more here and sign the petition to @ohbmofficial.bsky.social leadership.
Sign the Petition
Preserve the Open Science Room at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting
www.change.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Open Science room is an important part of the OHBM meeting experience, and not just for people who identify as part of the open science community.
Unfortunately, the future of the Open Science room is at risk.
Read more here and sign the petition to @ohbmofficial.bsky.social leadership.
Unfortunately, the future of the Open Science room is at risk.
Read more here and sign the petition to @ohbmofficial.bsky.social leadership.
Passed this the other day while out and about but didn't realize what it was. Awesome to see. More of this in my backyard, yes please.
New housing opens in Berkeley! Designed for formerly homeless residents, Step Up Housing includes on-site support staff, private studio apartments, and common spaces.
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/06/19/b...
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/06/19/b...
Berkeley opens 39 units of supportive housing for formerly homeless residents
First approved in 2020, the building on University Avenue, near Acton Street, includes support staff on site 24/7.
www.berkeleyside.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Passed this the other day while out and about but didn't realize what it was. Awesome to see. More of this in my backyard, yes please.
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We need your help!!! 🧠🧪💤
If you are human, you fall asleep at least once a day! What happens in your mind then?
Scientists know actually very little about this private moment.
We propose a 20-min survey to get as much data as possible!
Here is the link:
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
If you are human, you fall asleep at least once a day! What happens in your mind then?
Scientists know actually very little about this private moment.
We propose a 20-min survey to get as much data as possible!
Here is the link:
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
June 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We need your help!!! 🧠🧪💤
If you are human, you fall asleep at least once a day! What happens in your mind then?
Scientists know actually very little about this private moment.
We propose a 20-min survey to get as much data as possible!
Here is the link:
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
If you are human, you fall asleep at least once a day! What happens in your mind then?
Scientists know actually very little about this private moment.
We propose a 20-min survey to get as much data as possible!
Here is the link:
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
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Looking forward to #OHBM2025 in Brisbane next week! My lab is recruiting a postdoc & neuroimaging analyst/developer to support our NIH funded work in fMRI-based Alzheimer's biomarker development (NIA R01AG083919). Email or DM if you want to meet up in Brisbane! www.statmindlab.com/join-us
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What can we do with functional MRI data? For many years, fMRI has been used to discover population-level patterns of brain function, organization and connectivity, and to understand differences in t...
www.statmindlab.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Looking forward to #OHBM2025 in Brisbane next week! My lab is recruiting a postdoc & neuroimaging analyst/developer to support our NIH funded work in fMRI-based Alzheimer's biomarker development (NIA R01AG083919). Email or DM if you want to meet up in Brisbane! www.statmindlab.com/join-us
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Extremists have eviscerated the National Institutes of Health, responsible for 80% of the *world’s* grant investment in biomedical research
The losses are incalculable, but here are several of them
Thank you @propublica.org for documenting this —>
The losses are incalculable, but here are several of them
Thank you @propublica.org for documenting this —>
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Extremists have eviscerated the National Institutes of Health, responsible for 80% of the *world’s* grant investment in biomedical research
The losses are incalculable, but here are several of them
Thank you @propublica.org for documenting this —>
The losses are incalculable, but here are several of them
Thank you @propublica.org for documenting this —>
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An Analysis of 200 pairwise statistics for functional brain connectivity in tasks such as hub mapping, distance relationships, structure-function coupling and behavior prediction highlights their effectiveness for neurophysiological applications.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Benchmarking methods for mapping functional connectivity in the brain - Nature Methods
In this Analysis, Liu et al. benchmark more than 200 pairwise statistics for functional brain connectivity in tasks such as hub mapping, distance relationships, structure–function coupling and behavio...
www.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
An Analysis of 200 pairwise statistics for functional brain connectivity in tasks such as hub mapping, distance relationships, structure-function coupling and behavior prediction highlights their effectiveness for neurophysiological applications.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I taught a graduate course on executive function (EF) in the spring. Before I forget, I thought I'd tell you about the readings students liked the best (at the end of the semester, I asked students to vote for their favorite papers, excl. any of mine). Here are the top vote getters. 🧵 (1/6)
June 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I taught a graduate course on executive function (EF) in the spring. Before I forget, I thought I'd tell you about the readings students liked the best (at the end of the semester, I asked students to vote for their favorite papers, excl. any of mine). Here are the top vote getters. 🧵 (1/6)
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The relationship between writing and thinking is a fundamental one and getting more attention given that we can (presumably) offload our writing to AI systems.
I often find that we don't really understand things sufficiently well if we can't write it in ways that others understand.
I often find that we don't really understand things sufficiently well if we can't write it in ways that others understand.
June 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The relationship between writing and thinking is a fundamental one and getting more attention given that we can (presumably) offload our writing to AI systems.
I often find that we don't really understand things sufficiently well if we can't write it in ways that others understand.
I often find that we don't really understand things sufficiently well if we can't write it in ways that others understand.
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If you teach cognitive psychology or related topics & are willing to share your favorite teaching resources (e.g., demos, videos), please reply to/quote this post, tag me in a new post, or send me email. I'll compile them, share the list, & keep updating it this summer. Let's inspire each other!
I teach an undergrad cognitive psychology class. I've been thinking about assembling useful teaching resources (demos, videos, etc.) from other cogpsy instructors & sharing them in a single place. If there's enough interest here, I'll make a separate post & ask you to share your favorite materials.
May 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you teach cognitive psychology or related topics & are willing to share your favorite teaching resources (e.g., demos, videos), please reply to/quote this post, tag me in a new post, or send me email. I'll compile them, share the list, & keep updating it this summer. Let's inspire each other!
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#JNeurosci: Ponce-Alvarez uses publicly available human rs-fMRI and dMRI data to analyze the relationship between timescales, variances, and structural connectivity, while also exploring the underlying mechanisms through connectome-based whole-brain models.
vist.ly/3n5r9ct
vist.ly/3n5r9ct
June 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
#JNeurosci: Ponce-Alvarez uses publicly available human rs-fMRI and dMRI data to analyze the relationship between timescales, variances, and structural connectivity, while also exploring the underlying mechanisms through connectome-based whole-brain models.
vist.ly/3n5r9ct
vist.ly/3n5r9ct
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Hey #complexity colleagues 🧪🦋
Can you imagine your next steps at Complexity Science Hub?
We'd like to ease a transition to #Europe across levels of seniority with our new extended, exploration visitor program.
csh.ac.at/engage/resea...
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Can you imagine your next steps at Complexity Science Hub?
We'd like to ease a transition to #Europe across levels of seniority with our new extended, exploration visitor program.
csh.ac.at/engage/resea...
1/3
Visit Us * Complexity Science Hub
CSH offers talented researchers at all career stages the opportunity to join us in Vienna for a scientific visit.
csh.ac.at
May 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Hey #complexity colleagues 🧪🦋
Can you imagine your next steps at Complexity Science Hub?
We'd like to ease a transition to #Europe across levels of seniority with our new extended, exploration visitor program.
csh.ac.at/engage/resea...
1/3
Can you imagine your next steps at Complexity Science Hub?
We'd like to ease a transition to #Europe across levels of seniority with our new extended, exploration visitor program.
csh.ac.at/engage/resea...
1/3
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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ASSIGNMENT: COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F
1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
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1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
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Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ASSIGNMENT: COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F
1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
1/n
1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
1/n