Ian Stevenson
@ihstevenson.bsky.social
Neuroscience and Nerdery // stevenson.lab.uconn.edu // ✨mobilis in mobili✨
FYI 🧠 -- We are recruiting for a postdoc interested in computational models of hearing at UConn. Reach out if you have questions jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...
UConn Careers
jobs.hr.uconn.edu
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
FYI 🧠 -- We are recruiting for a postdoc interested in computational models of hearing at UConn. Reach out if you have questions jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...
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#JNeurosci: Clonan et al. investigated how people detect speech in environments with different background noises occurring at a consistent loudness.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1751-24.2025
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1751-24.2025
July 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
#JNeurosci: Clonan et al. investigated how people detect speech in environments with different background noises occurring at a consistent loudness.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1751-24.2025
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1751-24.2025
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Very happy about my former mentor Sara Solla having received the Valentin Braitenberg Award for her lifelong contributions to computational neuroscience!
Sara will be giving a lecture at the upcoming @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social meeting which you shouldn't miss.
bernstein-network.de/en/newsroom/...
Sara will be giving a lecture at the upcoming @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social meeting which you shouldn't miss.
bernstein-network.de/en/newsroom/...
Sara A. Solla receives the Valentin Braitenberg Award for Computational Neuroscience 2025 – Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience
bernstein-network.de
August 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Very happy about my former mentor Sara Solla having received the Valentin Braitenberg Award for her lifelong contributions to computational neuroscience!
Sara will be giving a lecture at the upcoming @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social meeting which you shouldn't miss.
bernstein-network.de/en/newsroom/...
Sara will be giving a lecture at the upcoming @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social meeting which you shouldn't miss.
bernstein-network.de/en/newsroom/...
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some pintographs 4/∞
April 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
some pintographs 4/∞
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Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer
March 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer
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I want everyone to how rapidly a euphemistic language of acquiescence has been codified among the administrative class, insulating the perpetrators of this chaos from blame.
Tired: “due to ongoing uncertainties about federal funding…”
Wired: “due to President Trump and his administration’s illegal seizure of funds to American educational institutions…”
Wired: “due to President Trump and his administration’s illegal seizure of funds to American educational institutions…”
March 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I want everyone to how rapidly a euphemistic language of acquiescence has been codified among the administrative class, insulating the perpetrators of this chaos from blame.
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Today! Hartford Stand Up For Science!
#nutmegsky
#nutmegsky
📣Today is the day we Stand Up For Science 📣!!
Hartford CT State Capitol. 1 PM Rally. @standupforscience.bsky.social thank you for organizing this!
Hartford CT State Capitol. 1 PM Rally. @standupforscience.bsky.social thank you for organizing this!
March 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today! Hartford Stand Up For Science!
#nutmegsky
#nutmegsky
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In honor of today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, The Transmitter spoke with eight women neuroscientists leading initiatives that strive to promote women in the field.
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
#WomenInScience #February11
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
#WomenInScience #February11
February 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In honor of today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, The Transmitter spoke with eight women neuroscientists leading initiatives that strive to promote women in the field.
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
#WomenInScience #February11
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
#WomenInScience #February11
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In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state
February 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
thebullshitmachines.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
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When teaching about speech production (which I'm doing today) I always enjoy this Pink Trombone demo
Also: If you really really really hate someone show this to their kids
dood.al/pinktrombone/
Also: If you really really really hate someone show this to their kids
dood.al/pinktrombone/
January 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
When teaching about speech production (which I'm doing today) I always enjoy this Pink Trombone demo
Also: If you really really really hate someone show this to their kids
dood.al/pinktrombone/
Also: If you really really really hate someone show this to their kids
dood.al/pinktrombone/
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How can we build BCIs that operate robustly in the face of nonstationarities?
Our @neuripsconf.bsky.social Datasets and Benchmarks paper introduces the Few-shot Algorithms for Consistent Neural Decoding (FALCON) Benchmark!
Led by Brianna Karpowicz and @joelye.bsky.social
Our @neuripsconf.bsky.social Datasets and Benchmarks paper introduces the Few-shot Algorithms for Consistent Neural Decoding (FALCON) Benchmark!
Led by Brianna Karpowicz and @joelye.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 10:10 PM
How can we build BCIs that operate robustly in the face of nonstationarities?
Our @neuripsconf.bsky.social Datasets and Benchmarks paper introduces the Few-shot Algorithms for Consistent Neural Decoding (FALCON) Benchmark!
Led by Brianna Karpowicz and @joelye.bsky.social
Our @neuripsconf.bsky.social Datasets and Benchmarks paper introduces the Few-shot Algorithms for Consistent Neural Decoding (FALCON) Benchmark!
Led by Brianna Karpowicz and @joelye.bsky.social
Reposted by Ian Stevenson
Faculty Position 🧠👩🏫 -- UConn BME is hiring for an Assistant/Associate Professor in ML including Neural Engineering... jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...
#compneuro #MLSky
#compneuro #MLSky
UConn CareersSearch UConnUConn A to Z Index
jobs.hr.uconn.edu
November 16, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Faculty Position 🧠👩🏫 -- UConn BME is hiring for an Assistant/Associate Professor in ML including Neural Engineering... jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...
#compneuro #MLSky
#compneuro #MLSky
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...what is known in the trade as a "vigorous discussion" 😂
November 19, 2024 at 6:17 PM
...what is known in the trade as a "vigorous discussion" 😂
Faculty Position 🧠👩🏫 -- UConn BME is hiring for an Assistant/Associate Professor in ML including Neural Engineering... jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...
#compneuro #MLSky
#compneuro #MLSky
UConn CareersSearch UConnUConn A to Z Index
jobs.hr.uconn.edu
November 16, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Faculty Position 🧠👩🏫 -- UConn BME is hiring for an Assistant/Associate Professor in ML including Neural Engineering... jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...
#compneuro #MLSky
#compneuro #MLSky
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I can't find where the original for this came from, but it made my day.
November 12, 2024 at 9:03 PM
I can't find where the original for this came from, but it made my day.
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Fun to see this place coming a bit more alive! I tried my hand at a starter pack for neural engineering & computationally-leaning (systems) neuroscience. Super not exhaustive, so if you want to be added (or removed), just ping me. I'm still working on finding folks here.
go.bsky.app/Ty3ftme
go.bsky.app/Ty3ftme
November 12, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Fun to see this place coming a bit more alive! I tried my hand at a starter pack for neural engineering & computationally-leaning (systems) neuroscience. Super not exhaustive, so if you want to be added (or removed), just ping me. I'm still working on finding folks here.
go.bsky.app/Ty3ftme
go.bsky.app/Ty3ftme
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Why does #compneuro need new learning methods? ANN models are usually trained with Gradient Descent (GD), which violates biological realities like Dale’s law and log-normal weights. Here we describe a superior learning algorithm for comp neuro: Exponentiated Gradients (EG)! 1/12 #neuroscience 🧪
October 28, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Why does #compneuro need new learning methods? ANN models are usually trained with Gradient Descent (GD), which violates biological realities like Dale’s law and log-normal weights. Here we describe a superior learning algorithm for comp neuro: Exponentiated Gradients (EG)! 1/12 #neuroscience 🧪
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We’re excited to welcome @markdhumphries.bsky.social, author of “The Spike,” as our new columnist. Check out his first piece, in which he explores how averaging is a convenient fiction of neuroscience.
www.thetransmitter.org/neural-codin...
www.thetransmitter.org/neural-codin...
Averaging is a convenient fiction of neuroscience
But neurons don’t take averages. This ubiquitous practice hides from us how the brain really works.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 23, 2024 at 2:05 PM
We’re excited to welcome @markdhumphries.bsky.social, author of “The Spike,” as our new columnist. Check out his first piece, in which he explores how averaging is a convenient fiction of neuroscience.
www.thetransmitter.org/neural-codin...
www.thetransmitter.org/neural-codin...
Optimist: cup is ½ full
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: The activity of cups in this cabinet provides an accurate representation of liquid volume. However, experiments (e.g. burning down the kitchen or spraying it with a hose) are needed to verify the causal nature of this representation
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: The activity of cups in this cabinet provides an accurate representation of liquid volume. However, experiments (e.g. burning down the kitchen or spraying it with a hose) are needed to verify the causal nature of this representation
Optimist: cup is ½ full
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: this is a half-half cup. As seen in the supplemental, 22% of all cups are half-half type, which is significantly more than chance. Other major types we observed were full cups (10%), quarter-half cups (12%), and empty cups (6%).
🧠📈
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: this is a half-half cup. As seen in the supplemental, 22% of all cups are half-half type, which is significantly more than chance. Other major types we observed were full cups (10%), quarter-half cups (12%), and empty cups (6%).
🧠📈
September 4, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Optimist: cup is ½ full
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: The activity of cups in this cabinet provides an accurate representation of liquid volume. However, experiments (e.g. burning down the kitchen or spraying it with a hose) are needed to verify the causal nature of this representation
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: The activity of cups in this cabinet provides an accurate representation of liquid volume. However, experiments (e.g. burning down the kitchen or spraying it with a hose) are needed to verify the causal nature of this representation
Reposted by Ian Stevenson
Optimist: cup is ½ full
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: this is a half-half cup. As seen in the supplemental, 22% of all cups are half-half type, which is significantly more than chance. Other major types we observed were full cups (10%), quarter-half cups (12%), and empty cups (6%).
🧠📈
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: this is a half-half cup. As seen in the supplemental, 22% of all cups are half-half type, which is significantly more than chance. Other major types we observed were full cups (10%), quarter-half cups (12%), and empty cups (6%).
🧠📈
September 4, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Optimist: cup is ½ full
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: this is a half-half cup. As seen in the supplemental, 22% of all cups are half-half type, which is significantly more than chance. Other major types we observed were full cups (10%), quarter-half cups (12%), and empty cups (6%).
🧠📈
Pessimist: cup is ½ empty
Neuroscientist: this is a half-half cup. As seen in the supplemental, 22% of all cups are half-half type, which is significantly more than chance. Other major types we observed were full cups (10%), quarter-half cups (12%), and empty cups (6%).
🧠📈
essential stereogram content -- stevenson-lab.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/u...
August 23, 2024 at 7:59 PM
essential stereogram content -- stevenson-lab.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/u...
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Since i didn't know how much I needed it until i heard it, let me just say that a thing you could maybe really use right now is @levarburton.bsky.social reading you Ray Bradbury's "The Toynbee Convector."
pca.st/episode/a144...
pca.st/episode/a144...
"The Toynbee Convector" by Ray Bradbury - LeVar Burton Reads
The best short fiction, handpicked by the best voice in podcasting and presented in 3D immersive audio. In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a br...
pca.st
July 1, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Since i didn't know how much I needed it until i heard it, let me just say that a thing you could maybe really use right now is @levarburton.bsky.social reading you Ray Bradbury's "The Toynbee Convector."
pca.st/episode/a144...
pca.st/episode/a144...
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This is maybe my favorite "scientist profile" article I've ever seen - those of us who might have otherwise claimed an unusual or unorthodox career path need to sit right down.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The neuroscientist formerly known as Prince’s audio engineer
Susan Rogers worked with the legendary singer-songwriter before earning a PhD in her 50s on auditory memory and how we listen to music throughout life. Susan Rogers worked with the legendary singer-so...
www.nature.com
March 15, 2024 at 6:54 PM
This is maybe my favorite "scientist profile" article I've ever seen - those of us who might have otherwise claimed an unusual or unorthodox career path need to sit right down.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...