Erin Rich
@erinlrich.bsky.social
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Erin Rich
@erinlrich.bsky.social
· Jan 2
as.nyu.edu
It's official, the Rich lab is now part of the Center for Neural Science at NYU! I'm thrilled to be joining CNS! At the same time, I'll miss my amazing colleagues at Sinai (even though we're not going far).
Here's to new adventures in the new year!🥂
Here's to new adventures in the new year!🥂
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New pontification piece with @awestbrook.bsky.social and Jean Daunizeau, just out in TICS:
Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?
(or why does it hurt to think)
never written a review paper before in my life, that was a new and unusual experience
Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?
(or why does it hurt to think)
never written a review paper before in my life, that was a new and unusual experience
Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?
A widespread observation is that people avoid mentally effortful courses of action,
and much recent work examining cognitive effort has explained subjective effort evaluation
– and, consequently, pref...
www.cell.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New pontification piece with @awestbrook.bsky.social and Jean Daunizeau, just out in TICS:
Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?
(or why does it hurt to think)
never written a review paper before in my life, that was a new and unusual experience
Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?
(or why does it hurt to think)
never written a review paper before in my life, that was a new and unusual experience
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What's the role of #FrontopolarCortex (FPC) in evaluating alternative goals? @markboxf.bsky.social &co show that FPC activity tracks the value of #counterfactual rules via gamma & beta bursts; targeted FPC stimulation alters both neural signals & #DecisionMaking @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4ppd5lL
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
What's the role of #FrontopolarCortex (FPC) in evaluating alternative goals? @markboxf.bsky.social &co show that FPC activity tracks the value of #counterfactual rules via gamma & beta bursts; targeted FPC stimulation alters both neural signals & #DecisionMaking @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4ppd5lL
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Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants. n.pr/4pgmAna
As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants. n.pr/4pgmAna
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Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk, write Cory Miller, @movshon.bsky.social and Doris Tsao.
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
Without monkeys, neuroscience has no future
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of BCIs, ANNs. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk, write Cory Miller, @movshon.bsky.social and Doris Tsao.
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
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Reposted by Erin Rich
Dutch lawmakers have approved the phase-out of primate research at one of Europe’s biggest facilities. Neuroscientists are worried.
By Lauren Schenkman
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
By Lauren Schenkman
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
Nonhuman primate research to lose federal funding at major European facility
The Dutch Senate has ordered the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in the Netherlands to shift its funding away from primate experiments by 2030.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dutch lawmakers have approved the phase-out of primate research at one of Europe’s biggest facilities. Neuroscientists are worried.
By Lauren Schenkman
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
By Lauren Schenkman
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
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Looking for a PhD program where you can study computational neuroscience? NYU has a fantastic array of researchers covering the field:
groups.google.com/g/systems-ne...
groups.google.com/g/systems-ne...
Doctoral studies in Computational/Theoretical Neuroscience at NYU
groups.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Looking for a PhD program where you can study computational neuroscience? NYU has a fantastic array of researchers covering the field:
groups.google.com/g/systems-ne...
groups.google.com/g/systems-ne...
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Sharing an amazing postdoc opportunity in Paris in the lab of Julia Sliwa (@juliasliwa.bsky.social) in NHP Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology on social vision and cognition!
CNRS: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Paris Brain Institute: offres.institutducerveau-icm.org//fr/jobs/196...
CNRS: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Paris Brain Institute: offres.institutducerveau-icm.org//fr/jobs/196...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Post-Doctorate in NHP Neuroimaging/Neurophysiology (M/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sharing an amazing postdoc opportunity in Paris in the lab of Julia Sliwa (@juliasliwa.bsky.social) in NHP Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology on social vision and cognition!
CNRS: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Paris Brain Institute: offres.institutducerveau-icm.org//fr/jobs/196...
CNRS: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Paris Brain Institute: offres.institutducerveau-icm.org//fr/jobs/196...
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Suzanne Haber was just elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Her work on the organization of the cortex and basal ganglia has had a huge impact. Please take the opportunity to congratulate her the next time you see her. www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/u...
University of Rochester Neurobiologist Suzanne Haber Elected to National Academy of Medicine
An internationally recognized scientist, her work has transformed our understanding of the brain networks that play a central role in many mental health disorders, including obsessive compulsive disor...
www.urmc.rochester.edu
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Suzanne Haber was just elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Her work on the organization of the cortex and basal ganglia has had a huge impact. Please take the opportunity to congratulate her the next time you see her. www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/u...
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I’m hiring at all levels and accepting graduate students through Psychology and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Reach out if you’re interested in joining a collaborative, fun, creative, and supportive team in beautiful Vancouver! 🏔️ ⛷️ 🏖️ 🌆
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’m hiring at all levels and accepting graduate students through Psychology and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Reach out if you’re interested in joining a collaborative, fun, creative, and supportive team in beautiful Vancouver! 🏔️ ⛷️ 🏖️ 🌆
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Back by popular demand: supplemental material. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/information-authors#suppl
September 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Back by popular demand: supplemental material. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/information-authors#suppl
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ADD YOUR THOUGHTS ON LIMITING STUDENT VISA TO FOUR YEARS
Comment period ends September 29th
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Comment period ends September 29th
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
1/2
Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...
www.federalregister.gov
September 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
ADD YOUR THOUGHTS ON LIMITING STUDENT VISA TO FOUR YEARS
Comment period ends September 29th
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
1/2
Comment period ends September 29th
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
1/2
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A spatially resolved transcriptomic atlas of the primate amygdala (human, macaque, and baboon) now out in Science Advances (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). The amygdala contains 32 types of neurons with many neuron types specific to particular subdivisions.
Lots of updates from the preprint!
Lots of updates from the preprint!
Transcriptomic diversity of amygdalar subdivisions across humans and nonhuman primates
Specialized cell types and links to psychiatric disorders are revealed by genetic mapping of primate amygdala neurons.
www.science.org
September 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A spatially resolved transcriptomic atlas of the primate amygdala (human, macaque, and baboon) now out in Science Advances (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). The amygdala contains 32 types of neurons with many neuron types specific to particular subdivisions.
Lots of updates from the preprint!
Lots of updates from the preprint!
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I don't know that it works perfectly, but I have to say that the Asta search tool from @ai2.bsky.social is exactly what I want from an AI-powered research search tool for scientists: Describe a style of experiment or work and see if there are papers that have done that.
asta.allen.ai/chat
asta.allen.ai/chat
Ai2 Asta
asta.allen.ai
September 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I don't know that it works perfectly, but I have to say that the Asta search tool from @ai2.bsky.social is exactly what I want from an AI-powered research search tool for scientists: Describe a style of experiment or work and see if there are papers that have done that.
asta.allen.ai/chat
asta.allen.ai/chat
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New paper out! A review of prefrontal mechanisms involved in deep brain stimulation, bringing together our work of the past few years and a foreshadow of where we're going next. Plus some cool rodent stuff!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
Prefrontal Network Mechanisms of Psychiatric Deep Brain Stimulation
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an emerging treatment for otherwise treatment-refractory psychiatric disorders. It can produce remarkable clinical results in expert hands, but has not fared as well in...
www.jneurosci.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New paper out! A review of prefrontal mechanisms involved in deep brain stimulation, bringing together our work of the past few years and a foreshadow of where we're going next. Plus some cool rodent stuff!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
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Our issue on Computational Properties of the Prefrontal Cortex is now:
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
These articles capture some of the incandescence of the CPPC conferences...
narayanan.lab.uiowa.edu/home/cppc2024
cppc.web.ox.ac.uk
accl.psy.vanderbilt.edu/blog/2018/10...
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
These articles capture some of the incandescence of the CPPC conferences...
narayanan.lab.uiowa.edu/home/cppc2024
cppc.web.ox.ac.uk
accl.psy.vanderbilt.edu/blog/2018/10...
The Journal of Neuroscience: 45 (37)
www.jneurosci.org
September 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Our issue on Computational Properties of the Prefrontal Cortex is now:
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
These articles capture some of the incandescence of the CPPC conferences...
narayanan.lab.uiowa.edu/home/cppc2024
cppc.web.ox.ac.uk
accl.psy.vanderbilt.edu/blog/2018/10...
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
These articles capture some of the incandescence of the CPPC conferences...
narayanan.lab.uiowa.edu/home/cppc2024
cppc.web.ox.ac.uk
accl.psy.vanderbilt.edu/blog/2018/10...
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#Cosyne2026 is now open for business!
Show us what you got both for the main meeting & workshop proposals 🧠🥳🧠🥳🧠
Show us what you got both for the main meeting & workshop proposals 🧠🥳🧠🥳🧠
September 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#Cosyne2026 is now open for business!
Show us what you got both for the main meeting & workshop proposals 🧠🥳🧠🥳🧠
Show us what you got both for the main meeting & workshop proposals 🧠🥳🧠🥳🧠
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New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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A pleasant surprise from the Journal of Neuroscience RE the application of the updated NIH public access policy (authors deposit accepted manuscript in PMC, journal retains license to final copyedited version, no requirement to pay OA fee) www.jneurosci.org/content/righ...
Rights and Permissions | Journal of Neuroscience
www.jneurosci.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A pleasant surprise from the Journal of Neuroscience RE the application of the updated NIH public access policy (authors deposit accepted manuscript in PMC, journal retains license to final copyedited version, no requirement to pay OA fee) www.jneurosci.org/content/righ...
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🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
August 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
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Very timely and insightful OpEd by Prof. Cory Miller on WSJ. It lays out an important point - Advanced AI cannot be developed in a vacuum without understanding the sophisticated machines we have in our brains.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Future of AI Lies in Monkeys, Not Microchips
Neuroscience research on primates will help us learn how to build an efficient thinking machine.
www.wsj.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Very timely and insightful OpEd by Prof. Cory Miller on WSJ. It lays out an important point - Advanced AI cannot be developed in a vacuum without understanding the sophisticated machines we have in our brains.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041
Assistant Professor - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041
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New theory: Categorization is Baked Into the Brain
Categorization is not a late stage of sensory processing but a core computation that begins at the earliest stages, occurring throughout the cortex as predictive feedback shapes feedforward processing.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#neuroscience
Categorization is not a late stage of sensory processing but a core computation that begins at the earliest stages, occurring throughout the cortex as predictive feedback shapes feedforward processing.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#neuroscience
OSF
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New theory: Categorization is Baked Into the Brain
Categorization is not a late stage of sensory processing but a core computation that begins at the earliest stages, occurring throughout the cortex as predictive feedback shapes feedforward processing.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#neuroscience
Categorization is not a late stage of sensory processing but a core computation that begins at the earliest stages, occurring throughout the cortex as predictive feedback shapes feedforward processing.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#neuroscience
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🚨 I’m excited to say that my CIHR Project Grant was funded! My NHP lab is now full-speed-ahead, and I’m hiring experimentalists (postdoc, PhD student, and/or a tech/manager). We’ll do multi-region ephys during reaching/grasping in macaques, with behavioral and spinal perturbations.
August 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🚨 I’m excited to say that my CIHR Project Grant was funded! My NHP lab is now full-speed-ahead, and I’m hiring experimentalists (postdoc, PhD student, and/or a tech/manager). We’ll do multi-region ephys during reaching/grasping in macaques, with behavioral and spinal perturbations.