Feilong Ma
@feilong.bsky.social
Studying brain functional organization and individual differences with computational approaches
Assistant Prof. @sc.edu
Previously RAP/Postdoc/PhD @dartmouthpbs.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. @sc.edu
Previously RAP/Postdoc/PhD @dartmouthpbs.bsky.social
Pinned
Feilong Lab @ UofSC — Feilong Lab
feilonglab.github.io
🎓Recruiting Ph.D. students for Fall 2026!🎓
The Feilong Lab @sc.edu studies commonalities & differences across brains, and how they relate to cognition, language, & disorders.
We develop brain templates, improve hyperalignment, and compare human brains with monkey brains & DNNs.
feilonglab.github.io
The Feilong Lab @sc.edu studies commonalities & differences across brains, and how they relate to cognition, language, & disorders.
We develop brain templates, improve hyperalignment, and compare human brains with monkey brains & DNNs.
feilonglab.github.io
🎓Recruiting Ph.D. students for Fall 2026!🎓
The Feilong Lab @sc.edu studies commonalities & differences across brains, and how they relate to cognition, language, & disorders.
We develop brain templates, improve hyperalignment, and compare human brains with monkey brains & DNNs.
feilonglab.github.io
The Feilong Lab @sc.edu studies commonalities & differences across brains, and how they relate to cognition, language, & disorders.
We develop brain templates, improve hyperalignment, and compare human brains with monkey brains & DNNs.
feilonglab.github.io
Feilong Lab @ UofSC — Feilong Lab
feilonglab.github.io
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🎓Recruiting Ph.D. students for Fall 2026!🎓
The Feilong Lab @sc.edu studies commonalities & differences across brains, and how they relate to cognition, language, & disorders.
We develop brain templates, improve hyperalignment, and compare human brains with monkey brains & DNNs.
feilonglab.github.io
The Feilong Lab @sc.edu studies commonalities & differences across brains, and how they relate to cognition, language, & disorders.
We develop brain templates, improve hyperalignment, and compare human brains with monkey brains & DNNs.
feilonglab.github.io
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Seven faculty positions in language/brain health at University of South Carolina!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
sc.edu/study/colleg...
sc.edu
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Seven faculty positions in language/brain health at University of South Carolina!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
sc.edu/study/colleg...
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OpenNeuro @openneuro.bsky.social just hit a huge milestone: 1500 datasets! Congrats to the team on making this project so successful over the last 7 years.
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
OpenNeuro @openneuro.bsky.social just hit a huge milestone: 1500 datasets! Congrats to the team on making this project so successful over the last 7 years.
It was such a great pleasure to be back at Dartmouth and share our research on modeling individual differences in fine-grained brain functional organization using hyperalignment: youtu.be/fgkRwfNpaCw
Feilong Ma - Individual differences in fine-grained brain functional architecture
YouTube video by Dartmouth
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It was such a great pleasure to be back at Dartmouth and share our research on modeling individual differences in fine-grained brain functional organization using hyperalignment: youtu.be/fgkRwfNpaCw
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1/11 Excited to share our @Naturestudy led by @leonooi.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social @shaoshiz.bsky.social
AI performance is known to scale with logarithm of sample size (Kaplan 2020), but in many domains, sample size can be # participants or # measurements...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
AI performance is known to scale with logarithm of sample size (Kaplan 2020), but in many domains, sample size can be # participants or # measurements...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
July 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
1/11 Excited to share our @Naturestudy led by @leonooi.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social @shaoshiz.bsky.social
AI performance is known to scale with logarithm of sample size (Kaplan 2020), but in many domains, sample size can be # participants or # measurements...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
AI performance is known to scale with logarithm of sample size (Kaplan 2020), but in many domains, sample size can be # participants or # measurements...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Excited to share our News&Views on Kamitani Lab's NatComputSci paper! Their neural code converter enables transformation of brain activity patterns across individuals, and it doesn't need shared stimuli or connectivity information!
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Advancing neural decoding with deep learning - Nature Computational Science
A recent study introduces a neural code conversion method that aligns brain activity across individuals without shared stimuli, using deep neural network-derived features to match stimulus content.
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Excited to share our News&Views on Kamitani Lab's NatComputSci paper! Their neural code converter enables transformation of brain activity patterns across individuals, and it doesn't need shared stimuli or connectivity information!
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
I love the work, not only because it speed up FIC models a lot, but also how it saves poor students from grad student descent 🤣🤣
While the world burns, we cook up a new preprint! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Biophysical modeling is a key tool to derive mechanistic insights into the brain. These models are governed by biologically meaningful parameters (unlike artificial neural networks), but the dirty secret ... 1/N
Biophysical modeling is a key tool to derive mechanistic insights into the brain. These models are governed by biologically meaningful parameters (unlike artificial neural networks), but the dirty secret ... 1/N
May 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I love the work, not only because it speed up FIC models a lot, but also how it saves poor students from grad student descent 🤣🤣
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(1/4) The Algonauts Project 2025 challenge is now live!
Participate and build computational models that best predict how the human brain responds to multimodal movies!
Submission deadline: 13th of July.
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI
algonautsproject.com
Participate and build computational models that best predict how the human brain responds to multimodal movies!
Submission deadline: 13th of July.
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI
algonautsproject.com
The Algonauts Project 2025
homepage
algonautsproject.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
(1/4) The Algonauts Project 2025 challenge is now live!
Participate and build computational models that best predict how the human brain responds to multimodal movies!
Submission deadline: 13th of July.
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI
algonautsproject.com
Participate and build computational models that best predict how the human brain responds to multimodal movies!
Submission deadline: 13th of July.
#algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI
algonautsproject.com
Our cortical surface template, onavg (short for OpenNeuro Average), is published in Nature Methods.
Onavg evenly samples different parts of the cerebral cortex, leading to improved performance of various analysis and reduced computational time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Onavg evenly samples different parts of the cerebral cortex, leading to improved performance of various analysis and reduced computational time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A cortical surface template for human neuroscience - Nature Methods
Onavg is a surface template of the human cortex. In contrast to existing templates, the cortical surface is uniformly sampled, which has advantages in numerous applications.
www.nature.com
July 19, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Our cortical surface template, onavg (short for OpenNeuro Average), is published in Nature Methods.
Onavg evenly samples different parts of the cerebral cortex, leading to improved performance of various analysis and reduced computational time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Onavg evenly samples different parts of the cerebral cortex, leading to improved performance of various analysis and reduced computational time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Feilong Ma
🚨Job alert!🚨 Are you looking for a PhD position, and interested in neuroAI, the predictive brain and visual perception/cognition? Then this job is for you: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Sharing/re-posting is very much appreciated!
PhD Candidate: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience at the Predictive Brain Lab | Radboud University
Working as PhD Candidate at the Predictive Brain lab? Check our vacancies here!
www.ru.nl
May 15, 2024 at 1:50 PM
🚨Job alert!🚨 Are you looking for a PhD position, and interested in neuroAI, the predictive brain and visual perception/cognition? Then this job is for you: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Sharing/re-posting is very much appreciated!
Excited to shared this amazing work by the amazing Erica and colleagues! Based on data from >1000 ABCD children, we found that fine-grained connectome is more reliable but less heritable than coarse-grained, and it performs better in predicting less heritable cognitive traits.
Dissociation of Reliability, Heritability, and Predictivity in Coarse- and Fine-Scale Functional Connectomes during Development
The functional connectome supports information transmission through the brain at various spatial scales, from exchange between broad cortical regions to finer-scale, vertex-wise connections that under...
www.jneurosci.org
February 14, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Excited to shared this amazing work by the amazing Erica and colleagues! Based on data from >1000 ABCD children, we found that fine-grained connectome is more reliable but less heritable than coarse-grained, and it performs better in predicting less heritable cognitive traits.
Reposted by Feilong Ma
🚨My lab is searching for 1-2 full-time research coordinator(s) and a full-time research tech to contribute to our studies on 🧠 human brain networks🧠
Deadline: Feb. 28 for full consideration
Start date: as early as this summer
Additional info: pics below and 👇
Pls share/RT! 🙏
Deadline: Feb. 28 for full consideration
Start date: as early as this summer
Additional info: pics below and 👇
Pls share/RT! 🙏
February 1, 2024 at 6:57 PM
🚨My lab is searching for 1-2 full-time research coordinator(s) and a full-time research tech to contribute to our studies on 🧠 human brain networks🧠
Deadline: Feb. 28 for full consideration
Start date: as early as this summer
Additional info: pics below and 👇
Pls share/RT! 🙏
Deadline: Feb. 28 for full consideration
Start date: as early as this summer
Additional info: pics below and 👇
Pls share/RT! 🙏
Reposted by Feilong Ma
Are you interested in how people think about each other?
Join my lab to advance this knowledge using naturalistic designs, computational methods, and any other exciting approaches that you can think of !
PhD application deadline: Dec 6th. See shorturl.at/CU125
More about my lab: shorturl.at/pxGVW
Join my lab to advance this knowledge using naturalistic designs, computational methods, and any other exciting approaches that you can think of !
PhD application deadline: Dec 6th. See shorturl.at/CU125
More about my lab: shorturl.at/pxGVW
November 21, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Are you interested in how people think about each other?
Join my lab to advance this knowledge using naturalistic designs, computational methods, and any other exciting approaches that you can think of !
PhD application deadline: Dec 6th. See shorturl.at/CU125
More about my lab: shorturl.at/pxGVW
Join my lab to advance this knowledge using naturalistic designs, computational methods, and any other exciting approaches that you can think of !
PhD application deadline: Dec 6th. See shorturl.at/CU125
More about my lab: shorturl.at/pxGVW
Reposted by Feilong Ma
Very cool new paper from Kamitani group on decoding visual illusions www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Science | AAAS
www.science.org
November 16, 2023 at 4:55 PM
Very cool new paper from Kamitani group on decoding visual illusions www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Feilong Ma
In this preprint, Jin Ke (@jinke.bsky.social) identified a situation-general representation of arousal encoded in patterns of dynamic FC. Collab w/ Hayoung Song, Zihan Bai, and @monicarosenb.bsky.social
See below of a teaser, and more details in the preprint! (1/X)
See below of a teaser, and more details in the preprint! (1/X)
Excited to share this new preprint in collaboration with Hayoung Song, Zihan Bai, @monicarosenb.bsky.social and @ycleong.bsky.social:
Dynamic functional connectivity encodes generalizable representations of emotional arousal but not valence (1/10)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dynamic functional connectivity encodes generalizable representations of emotional arousal but not valence (1/10)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dynamic Functional Connectivity Encodes Generalizable Representations of Emotional Arousal But Not V...
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
November 17, 2023 at 9:30 PM
In this preprint, Jin Ke (@jinke.bsky.social) identified a situation-general representation of arousal encoded in patterns of dynamic FC. Collab w/ Hayoung Song, Zihan Bai, and @monicarosenb.bsky.social
See below of a teaser, and more details in the preprint! (1/X)
See below of a teaser, and more details in the preprint! (1/X)
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Going to #SfN23 ? Check out our lab posters on *MONDAY PM* #neuroskyence #Neuroimaging
🧵 below on each...
🌟these folks are all on the PhD/post-doc job market, so come on by if you're in search of stellar trainees🌟
@gretchenwulfekuhle.bsky.social @dianacperez.bsky.social @laboranathan.bsky.social
🧵 below on each...
🌟these folks are all on the PhD/post-doc job market, so come on by if you're in search of stellar trainees🌟
@gretchenwulfekuhle.bsky.social @dianacperez.bsky.social @laboranathan.bsky.social
November 11, 2023 at 1:21 PM
Going to #SfN23 ? Check out our lab posters on *MONDAY PM* #neuroskyence #Neuroimaging
🧵 below on each...
🌟these folks are all on the PhD/post-doc job market, so come on by if you're in search of stellar trainees🌟
@gretchenwulfekuhle.bsky.social @dianacperez.bsky.social @laboranathan.bsky.social
🧵 below on each...
🌟these folks are all on the PhD/post-doc job market, so come on by if you're in search of stellar trainees🌟
@gretchenwulfekuhle.bsky.social @dianacperez.bsky.social @laboranathan.bsky.social
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Our lab is recruiting a PhD student and postdoc! Check our our website to learn more about what we do: sites.dartmouth.edu/stoermerlab/
Applications for PhD students are due Dec 1st.
Applications for PhD students are due Dec 1st.
November 3, 2023 at 1:29 PM
Our lab is recruiting a PhD student and postdoc! Check our our website to learn more about what we do: sites.dartmouth.edu/stoermerlab/
Applications for PhD students are due Dec 1st.
Applications for PhD students are due Dec 1st.
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🚨 Updated preprint (lead: @xxming.bsky.social) on how inferences about unobserved past/future events are informed by conversations! osf.io/yp2qu/ 🚨
This update includes a new pre-registered replication + meta analysis. We think we've found some neat fundamental properties of human conversation!
🧪🧠
This update includes a new pre-registered replication + meta analysis. We think we've found some neat fundamental properties of human conversation!
🧪🧠
osf.io
October 31, 2023 at 7:45 PM
🚨 Updated preprint (lead: @xxming.bsky.social) on how inferences about unobserved past/future events are informed by conversations! osf.io/yp2qu/ 🚨
This update includes a new pre-registered replication + meta analysis. We think we've found some neat fundamental properties of human conversation!
🧪🧠
This update includes a new pre-registered replication + meta analysis. We think we've found some neat fundamental properties of human conversation!
🧪🧠
Reposted by Feilong Ma
Behavioral Imitation with Artificial Neural Networks Leads to Personalized Models of Brain Dynamics During Videogame Play https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.28.564546v1
Behavioral Imitation with Artificial Neural Networks Leads to Personalized Models of Brain Dynamics During Videogame Play https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.28.564546v1
Artificial Neural networks (ANN) trained on complex tasks are increasingly used in neuroscience to m
www.biorxiv.org
November 1, 2023 at 1:16 PM
Behavioral Imitation with Artificial Neural Networks Leads to Personalized Models of Brain Dynamics During Videogame Play https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.28.564546v1