hakwan lau
@hakwan.bsky.social
neuroscientist in Korea (co-director of IBS-CNIR) interested in how neuroimaging (e.g. fMRI or widefield optical imaging) can facilitate closed-loop causal interventions (e.g. neurofeedback, patterned stimulations). https://tinyurl.com/hakwan
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are better-performing face recognition models more human-like? turns out: NO
in terms of how we see/treat different faces as similar/different to each other, there seems to be tradeoff: better models are LESS human-like
so they already work in some 'alien' ways...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧠📈🧠🤖🧠💻
in terms of how we see/treat different faces as similar/different to each other, there seems to be tradeoff: better models are LESS human-like
so they already work in some 'alien' ways...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧠📈🧠🤖🧠💻
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Attention early career neuroscientists – Consider applying for a two-year Faculty Fellow position at Barnard College in NYC! This is a rare opportunity to get both teaching and research experience + mentorship to prepare for a tenure-track job.
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience & Behavior
If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience & Behavior Barnard College see...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Attention early career neuroscientists – Consider applying for a two-year Faculty Fellow position at Barnard College in NYC! This is a rare opportunity to get both teaching and research experience + mentorship to prepare for a tenure-track job.
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
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Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is accepting submissions for a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” The deadline has been extended until June 30! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
December 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is accepting submissions for a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” The deadline has been extended until June 30! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
books.google.co.kr/books/about/...
suddenly thought of this book, which i read a long time ago (30 years?). it was good.
suddenly thought of this book, which i read a long time ago (30 years?). it was good.
Defying Hitler
A unique and compelling eyewitness account of Germany between the wars. A huge bestseller in Germany, "Defying Hitler" is a memoir about the rise of Nazism in Germany and the lives of ordinary German ...
books.google.co.kr
December 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
books.google.co.kr/books/about/...
suddenly thought of this book, which i read a long time ago (30 years?). it was good.
suddenly thought of this book, which i read a long time ago (30 years?). it was good.
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New Perspective from myself, Sarah Heilbronner and @myoo.bsky.social . “Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization” in Nature Neuroscience. 🧵
rdcu.be/eVZ1A
rdcu.be/eVZ1A
Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization
Nature Neuroscience - Parcellation of the cortex into functionally modular brain areas is foundational to neuroscience. Here, Hayden, Heilbronner and Yoo question the central status of brain areas...
rdcu.be
December 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New Perspective from myself, Sarah Heilbronner and @myoo.bsky.social . “Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization” in Nature Neuroscience. 🧵
rdcu.be/eVZ1A
rdcu.be/eVZ1A
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ECR looking for a change in the New Year?
We are recruiting a new Lecturer in Psychology at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social !
If you’d like to talk about life in the Department, please do feel free to get in touch.
Deadline 8th Feb - More details below 👇
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
We are recruiting a new Lecturer in Psychology at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social !
If you’d like to talk about life in the Department, please do feel free to get in touch.
Deadline 8th Feb - More details below 👇
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Lecturer in Psychology (2303) - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
ECR looking for a change in the New Year?
We are recruiting a new Lecturer in Psychology at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social !
If you’d like to talk about life in the Department, please do feel free to get in touch.
Deadline 8th Feb - More details below 👇
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
We are recruiting a new Lecturer in Psychology at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social !
If you’d like to talk about life in the Department, please do feel free to get in touch.
Deadline 8th Feb - More details below 👇
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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This is some Mengele shit
"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is some Mengele shit
this paper on why biological computation is special (& necessary for consciousness) by @jaanaru.bsky.social, is as usual, very good & maybe the best one yet on the topic
but why doesn't the argument apply to e.g. motor control too?
1/
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763425005251
but why doesn't the argument apply to e.g. motor control too?
1/
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763425005251
Redirecting
linkinghub.elsevier.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
this paper on why biological computation is special (& necessary for consciousness) by @jaanaru.bsky.social, is as usual, very good & maybe the best one yet on the topic
but why doesn't the argument apply to e.g. motor control too?
1/
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763425005251
but why doesn't the argument apply to e.g. motor control too?
1/
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763425005251
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I'm sure someone will want to throw eggs at me, but yes: "we turn the spotlight on what we as academics can still do within our current external constraints rather than seeing our environment as fully deterministic of our ability to act."
"Discarding the convenient falsehood that as academics we are merely unwilling victims of neoliberalism and all-powerful managers, we instead embrace the inconvenient truth that we have co-created the current state of academia." (Sathish/Harzing)
#HigherEd
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#HigherEd
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Let’s form a positive academia collective transformation: Re-imagining our academic values and interactions - Christa Sathish, Anne-Wil Harzing, 2025
As Management academics, we could play a critical role in tackling the existential threats that our societies are facing by using our expertise in organizing re...
journals.sagepub.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I'm sure someone will want to throw eggs at me, but yes: "we turn the spotlight on what we as academics can still do within our current external constraints rather than seeing our environment as fully deterministic of our ability to act."
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If you're (1) into nhp neurophysiology and/or biological motor control, (2) a foreign big shot and (3) interested in moving here, please reach out -- this new program looks extremely attractive (min. $8M over 8y)! www.uwo.ca/research/can...
Canada-Impact-Plus - Research - Western University
www.uwo.ca
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If you're (1) into nhp neurophysiology and/or biological motor control, (2) a foreign big shot and (3) interested in moving here, please reach out -- this new program looks extremely attractive (min. $8M over 8y)! www.uwo.ca/research/can...
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It makes sense now
Now I see why RFK Jr—the world’s most extreme dangerous anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist who has a body count in Samoa—is giving Benn a non-competitive grant to conduct an RCT in a low-income country, in which a proven vaccine will be *deliberately* withheld from babies
Now I see why RFK Jr—the world’s most extreme dangerous anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist who has a body count in Samoa—is giving Benn a non-competitive grant to conduct an RCT in a low-income country, in which a proven vaccine will be *deliberately* withheld from babies
"Basically, I agree with many of the things Kennedy says about vaccines"
Christine Stabell Benn
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Christine Stabell Benn
⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It makes sense now
Now I see why RFK Jr—the world’s most extreme dangerous anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist who has a body count in Samoa—is giving Benn a non-competitive grant to conduct an RCT in a low-income country, in which a proven vaccine will be *deliberately* withheld from babies
Now I see why RFK Jr—the world’s most extreme dangerous anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist who has a body count in Samoa—is giving Benn a non-competitive grant to conduct an RCT in a low-income country, in which a proven vaccine will be *deliberately* withheld from babies
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Our paper on data constrained RNN that generalize to optogenetic perturbations now citable on eLife:
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
December 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Our paper on data constrained RNN that generalize to optogenetic perturbations now citable on eLife:
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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This year has been brutal for science, especially early career researchers and those working with communities further marginalized by this administration. Please read the experiences of these scientists.
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives
US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and programs, and a generation of researchers.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This year has been brutal for science, especially early career researchers and those working with communities further marginalized by this administration. Please read the experiences of these scientists.
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
'For fifty years we have kept this pseudo-science exactly as Wundt laid it down. All that Wundt and his students really accomplished was to substitute for the word "soul" the word "consciousness."' - Watson (1929)
www.yorku.ca/pclassic/Wat...
www.yorku.ca/pclassic/Wat...
Classics in the History of Psychology -- Watson (1929)
www.yorku.ca
December 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
'For fifty years we have kept this pseudo-science exactly as Wundt laid it down. All that Wundt and his students really accomplished was to substitute for the word "soul" the word "consciousness."' - Watson (1929)
www.yorku.ca/pclassic/Wat...
www.yorku.ca/pclassic/Wat...
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Generative AI systems are being built primarily for entertainment, design and communication, but their potential for neuroscience is vast. @shahabbakht.bsky.social explores how this technology could help capture an animal’s ecological experience.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...
Seeing the world as animals do: How to leverage generative AI for ecological neuroscience
Generative artificial intelligence will offer a new way to see, simulate and hypothesize about how animals experience their worlds. In doing so, it could help bridge the long-standing gap between…
www.thetransmitter.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Generative AI systems are being built primarily for entertainment, design and communication, but their potential for neuroscience is vast. @shahabbakht.bsky.social explores how this technology could help capture an animal’s ecological experience.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Very much looking forward to this series of workshops on the computational ingredients of reasoning. We have an amazing lineup of speakers from diverse backgrounds, and there will be lots of opportunities for discussion. Please consider attending!
🧠 Computational Ingredients of Reasoning: participate in the next #IVADO Thematic Semester, which will be held in Montreal from January to March 2026.
➡️ Register now: event.fourwaves.com/fr/thematics...
@glajoie.bsky.social @taylorwwebb.bsky.social @lampinen.bsky.social
➡️ Register now: event.fourwaves.com/fr/thematics...
@glajoie.bsky.social @taylorwwebb.bsky.social @lampinen.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Very much looking forward to this series of workshops on the computational ingredients of reasoning. We have an amazing lineup of speakers from diverse backgrounds, and there will be lots of opportunities for discussion. Please consider attending!
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The Max Planck Society has begun an exploratory round table for open science. We are drafting some recommendations to leadership. Still a long way to go! But here are my notes on the most recent draft, just so you all know how I am trying to steer things.
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Max Planck Society has begun an exploratory round table for open science. We are drafting some recommendations to leadership. Still a long way to go! But here are my notes on the most recent draft, just so you all know how I am trying to steer things.
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Bichan Wu (@bichanw.bsky.social) & I wrote a tutorial paper on Reduced Rank Regression (RRR) — the statistical method underlying "communication subspaces" from Semedo et al 2019 — aimed at neuroscientists.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.12467
arxiv.org/abs/2512.12467
Reduced rank regression for neural communication: a tutorial for neuroscientists
Reduced rank regression (RRR) is a statistical method for finding a low-dimensional linear mapping between a set of high-dimensional inputs and outputs. In recent years, RRR has found numerous applica...
arxiv.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Bichan Wu (@bichanw.bsky.social) & I wrote a tutorial paper on Reduced Rank Regression (RRR) — the statistical method underlying "communication subspaces" from Semedo et al 2019 — aimed at neuroscientists.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.12467
arxiv.org/abs/2512.12467
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I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of London
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
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A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs
A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
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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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It seems a bunch of groups are leaping into tFUS for neuromodulation without assessing effects of tFUS on CBF with ASL, or on vascular territory effects using cerebrovascular reactivity. Seems like a giant oversight to me!!!! (My five bucks says tFUS is primarily vascular...)
December 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It seems a bunch of groups are leaping into tFUS for neuromodulation without assessing effects of tFUS on CBF with ASL, or on vascular territory effects using cerebrovascular reactivity. Seems like a giant oversight to me!!!! (My five bucks says tFUS is primarily vascular...)
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Human multipatch L2/3 functional cell types. LFG. 🧠📈🧪
🥳Excited to share our latest human multipatch paper, now out in @natneuro.nature.com
🧠 We studied the cellular and synaptic physiology of human L2–3 pyramidal neurons and identified subtype-specific local connectivity rules across individuals.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Join us: penglab.de
🧠 We studied the cellular and synaptic physiology of human L2–3 pyramidal neurons and identified subtype-specific local connectivity rules across individuals.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Join us: penglab.de
December 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Human multipatch L2/3 functional cell types. LFG. 🧠📈🧪
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Thanks to @cnn.com for covering our research on London taxi drivers in their new, rather chatty, format 'Creators'
Taxi driver Tom Scullion is the star of this piece. He trains others to learn the knowledge an has so many insights into that process.
#neuroskyence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7df...
Taxi driver Tom Scullion is the star of this piece. He trains others to learn the knowledge an has so many insights into that process.
#neuroskyence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7df...
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thanks to @cnn.com for covering our research on London taxi drivers in their new, rather chatty, format 'Creators'
Taxi driver Tom Scullion is the star of this piece. He trains others to learn the knowledge an has so many insights into that process.
#neuroskyence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7df...
Taxi driver Tom Scullion is the star of this piece. He trains others to learn the knowledge an has so many insights into that process.
#neuroskyence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7df...