Dean Buonomano
@deanbuono.bsky.social
Author of Your Brain is a Time Machine: the Neuroscience and Physics of time.
A brain studying brains at UCLA
A brain studying brains at UCLA
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Dean Buonomano
@deanbuono.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Visualizations from previous work with @rodlaje.bsky.social. The two output units in the top panel are driven by a chaotic RNN-and a small perturbation is injected at 0.16. In the lower panel the RNN is trained to "tame chaos"-creating a "dynamic attractor"-and a larger perturbation is injected.
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#AcademicSky
Judge bars Trump administration from cutting funding to University of California
Judge bars Trump administration from cutting funding to University of California
Judge bars Trump administration from cutting funding to University of California
White House had demanded $1.2bn from UC to restore funding after saying it allows antisemitism on campus
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#AcademicSky
Judge bars Trump administration from cutting funding to University of California
Judge bars Trump administration from cutting funding to University of California
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Don't skip this. It's masterfully done, and many of the key points are GENERAL and apply to many other fields.
"there can sometimes just be lots of smoke"
I discuss the general case here: labrigger.com/blog/2025/11...
"there can sometimes just be lots of smoke"
I discuss the general case here: labrigger.com/blog/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Don't skip this. It's masterfully done, and many of the key points are GENERAL and apply to many other fields.
"there can sometimes just be lots of smoke"
I discuss the general case here: labrigger.com/blog/2025/11...
"there can sometimes just be lots of smoke"
I discuss the general case here: labrigger.com/blog/2025/11...
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WOW. He looks like he was listening in on the bats echolocating emissions and knew exactly when the bat would arrive.
Talk about an in-flight meal.
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
October 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
WOW. He looks like he was listening in on the bats echolocating emissions and knew exactly when the bat would arrive.
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Are working memory and timing two sides of the same coin? Does the duration of WM adapt to the temporal structure of the task? This collaborative project led by Conor Dorian shows that mice learn the WM delay, which in turn shapes the neural signatures of WM.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hippocampal sequences represent working memory and implicit timing
Working memory (WM) and timing are considered distinct cognitive functions, yet the neural signatures underlying both can be similar. To address the h…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Are working memory and timing two sides of the same coin? Does the duration of WM adapt to the temporal structure of the task? This collaborative project led by Conor Dorian shows that mice learn the WM delay, which in turn shapes the neural signatures of WM.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold. [In some cases, to zero.] Story by @alexwitze.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold. [In some cases, to zero.] Story by @alexwitze.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Are working memory and timing two sides of the same coin? Does the duration of WM adapt to the temporal structure of the task? This collaborative project led by Conor Dorian shows that mice learn the WM delay, which in turn shapes the neural signatures of WM.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hippocampal sequences represent working memory and implicit timing
Working memory (WM) and timing are considered distinct cognitive functions, yet the neural signatures underlying both can be similar. To address the h…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Are working memory and timing two sides of the same coin? Does the duration of WM adapt to the temporal structure of the task? This collaborative project led by Conor Dorian shows that mice learn the WM delay, which in turn shapes the neural signatures of WM.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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USC rejects compact www.latimes.com/california/s...
USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right
USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.
www.latimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
USC rejects compact www.latimes.com/california/s...
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For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
Principles for proper peer review
jocnf.pubpub.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
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I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter Regarding Compact
MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...
docs.google.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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thanks for speaking out @markhisted.org
Federal workers are speaking out on how the Trump regime is harming Americans:
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
Mark Histed, NIH Scientist *speaking in personal capacity
YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
thanks for speaking out @markhisted.org
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Excited to announce that I'll be moving to the Univ of California Irvine @ucirvine.bsky.social next Spring!🌴
Happily, this is not goodbye to Japan as I'll continue my lab @RIKEN_CBS for some time.
Help spread the word: the new UCI lab will be hiring, DM or email (johaono@gmail.com) if interested!
Happily, this is not goodbye to Japan as I'll continue my lab @RIKEN_CBS for some time.
Help spread the word: the new UCI lab will be hiring, DM or email (johaono@gmail.com) if interested!
October 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Excited to announce that I'll be moving to the Univ of California Irvine @ucirvine.bsky.social next Spring!🌴
Happily, this is not goodbye to Japan as I'll continue my lab @RIKEN_CBS for some time.
Help spread the word: the new UCI lab will be hiring, DM or email (johaono@gmail.com) if interested!
Happily, this is not goodbye to Japan as I'll continue my lab @RIKEN_CBS for some time.
Help spread the word: the new UCI lab will be hiring, DM or email (johaono@gmail.com) if interested!
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LLMs are like witnesses, you should not ask them leading questions.
September 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
LLMs are like witnesses, you should not ask them leading questions.
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To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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www.aft.org/column/why-f...
New book by Randi Weingarten
President, AFT
“They fear what educators do—the teaching of critical thinking, of honest history, of pluralism—because their brand of greed, power and privilege cannot survive in a democracy of diverse, educated citizens.”
New book by Randi Weingarten
President, AFT
“They fear what educators do—the teaching of critical thinking, of honest history, of pluralism—because their brand of greed, power and privilege cannot survive in a democracy of diverse, educated citizens.”
Why Fascists Fear Teachers
Teachers are under siege not for anything they do wrong, but for what they do right.
www.aft.org
September 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
www.aft.org/column/why-f...
New book by Randi Weingarten
President, AFT
“They fear what educators do—the teaching of critical thinking, of honest history, of pluralism—because their brand of greed, power and privilege cannot survive in a democracy of diverse, educated citizens.”
New book by Randi Weingarten
President, AFT
“They fear what educators do—the teaching of critical thinking, of honest history, of pluralism—because their brand of greed, power and privilege cannot survive in a democracy of diverse, educated citizens.”
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Trump wants UCLA to pay $1.2 billion to settle allegations it violated civil rights law. I took a look at the more than 7,300-word proposed UCLA settlement. Here's the detailed breakdown of Trump's plan to remake one of the nation's top public campuses: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Here are the details of Trump's $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image
The Times describes the details, for the first time, of the 28-page proposal the Trump administration has made to remake the UCLA campus.
www.latimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump wants UCLA to pay $1.2 billion to settle allegations it violated civil rights law. I took a look at the more than 7,300-word proposed UCLA settlement. Here's the detailed breakdown of Trump's plan to remake one of the nation's top public campuses: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Very proud of my Brazilian heritage today.
(We went to celebrate at our favorite Brazilian restaurant where some menu items were unavailable because of the 50% tariffs Trump imposed to punish Brazil for prosecuting Bolsonaro).
Open access article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
(We went to celebrate at our favorite Brazilian restaurant where some menu items were unavailable because of the 50% tariffs Trump imposed to punish Brazil for prosecuting Bolsonaro).
Open access article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
Opinion | Brazil Just Succeeded Where America Failed
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Very proud of my Brazilian heritage today.
(We went to celebrate at our favorite Brazilian restaurant where some menu items were unavailable because of the 50% tariffs Trump imposed to punish Brazil for prosecuting Bolsonaro).
Open access article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
(We went to celebrate at our favorite Brazilian restaurant where some menu items were unavailable because of the 50% tariffs Trump imposed to punish Brazil for prosecuting Bolsonaro).
Open access article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
Wait, isn’t Anthropic’s motto Helpful, Honest, and Harmless.
If you train AIs on pirated books are you teaching AIs to pirate?
(Open access article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
If you train AIs on pirated books are you teaching AIs to pirate?
(Open access article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Wait, isn’t Anthropic’s motto Helpful, Honest, and Harmless.
If you train AIs on pirated books are you teaching AIs to pirate?
(Open access article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
If you train AIs on pirated books are you teaching AIs to pirate?
(Open access article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
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join us for our Science Fair for Suspended Research, sponsored by the UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute! We are reaching out to the public to show the life-saving research that is at stake in the Trump admin's attack on UCLA research!
September 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
join us for our Science Fair for Suspended Research, sponsored by the UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute! We are reaching out to the public to show the life-saving research that is at stake in the Trump admin's attack on UCLA research!
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Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
September 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):