Matthew Logie
@matthewrlogie.bsky.social
Postdoc, looking for positions. I am a cognitive neuroscientist and VR developer interested in space, time and memory. Putting science into practice to improve learning. Formerly at Neurospin. https://brainthemind.com/
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Excited to share a new paper spearheaded by the wonderful @baror-shira.bsky.social:
tinyurl.com/bd8xdcum
@erc.europa.eu @nathumbehav.nature.com
We test the link between serial dependence (as an index of continuity) and event boundaries (indexing segmentation). A few key findings in the thread:
tinyurl.com/bd8xdcum
@erc.europa.eu @nathumbehav.nature.com
We test the link between serial dependence (as an index of continuity) and event boundaries (indexing segmentation). A few key findings in the thread:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02403-w
tinyurl.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Excited to share a new paper spearheaded by the wonderful @baror-shira.bsky.social:
tinyurl.com/bd8xdcum
@erc.europa.eu @nathumbehav.nature.com
We test the link between serial dependence (as an index of continuity) and event boundaries (indexing segmentation). A few key findings in the thread:
tinyurl.com/bd8xdcum
@erc.europa.eu @nathumbehav.nature.com
We test the link between serial dependence (as an index of continuity) and event boundaries (indexing segmentation). A few key findings in the thread:
Reposted by Matthew Logie
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! For its 11th year, we’re celebrating eight women neuroscientists working toward gender equality in the field.
By Paige Miranda
#WomeninScience #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
By Paige Miranda
#WomeninScience #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
How eight initiatives are tackling neuroscience’s gender gap
In honor of today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, The Transmitter spoke with eight women working to bolster their ranks in the field.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! For its 11th year, we’re celebrating eight women neuroscientists working toward gender equality in the field.
By Paige Miranda
#WomeninScience #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
By Paige Miranda
#WomeninScience #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...
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Scientific translator, science writer, astronomer, Mary Somerville was born 16 December 1780 #histsci #womeninscience
thonyc.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/t...
thonyc.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/t...
The Queen of Science – The woman who tamed Laplace.
In a footnote to my recent post on the mythologizing of Ibn al-Haytham I briefly noted the inadequacy of the terms Arabic science and Islamic science, pointing out that there were scholars included…
thonyc.wordpress.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Scientific translator, science writer, astronomer, Mary Somerville was born 16 December 1780 #histsci #womeninscience
thonyc.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/t...
thonyc.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/t...
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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📣New paper out! We successfully replicated our previous work (Azizi et al., 2023), demonstrating that alpha activity is a marker of contextual changes during resting-state.
w/ R. Bordas and @virginievanw.bsky.social
shorturl.at/bKAFp
w/ R. Bordas and @virginievanw.bsky.social
shorturl.at/bKAFp
Spontaneous Oscillatory Activity in Episodic Timing: An EEG Replication Study and Its Limitations
Episodic timing refers to the one-shot, automatic encoding of temporal information in the brain, in the absence of attention to time. A previous magnetoencephalography (MEG) study showed that the rela...
shorturl.at
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
📣New paper out! We successfully replicated our previous work (Azizi et al., 2023), demonstrating that alpha activity is a marker of contextual changes during resting-state.
w/ R. Bordas and @virginievanw.bsky.social
shorturl.at/bKAFp
w/ R. Bordas and @virginievanw.bsky.social
shorturl.at/bKAFp
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The next article in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism is out: “Linking the structure of neuronal mechanisms to the structure of qualia” by A. Maier and N. Tsuchiya. It surveys the key literature leading up to a structural approach to consciousness and rates the current state of the filed.
Linking the structure of neuronal mechanisms to the structure of qualia
| Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The next article in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism is out: “Linking the structure of neuronal mechanisms to the structure of qualia” by A. Maier and N. Tsuchiya. It surveys the key literature leading up to a structural approach to consciousness and rates the current state of the filed.
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Passage of time in the brain, in the mind, both?
Commentary on @lapate.bsky.social recent work
#drift #fmri #human #time
Please,👇 if we missed relevant observations in the field!
w/ @vigano.bsky.social @beneuroscience.bsky.social & R. Bordas
@sfnjournals.bsky.social
@brainthemind.bsky.social
Commentary on @lapate.bsky.social recent work
#drift #fmri #human #time
Please,👇 if we missed relevant observations in the field!
w/ @vigano.bsky.social @beneuroscience.bsky.social & R. Bordas
@sfnjournals.bsky.social
@brainthemind.bsky.social
Check out our commentary on a recent paper arguing that neural activity in the (lateral) entorhinal cortex intrinsically drifts over a month-long period in humans.
With @virginievanw.bsky.social @vigano.bsky.social and Raphaël Bordas.
www.eneuro.org/content/13/1...
With @virginievanw.bsky.social @vigano.bsky.social and Raphaël Bordas.
www.eneuro.org/content/13/1...
A Passage of Time Signal in the Human Brain
In a dense-sampling resting–state functional magnetic resonance imaging study, Wang et al. (2025) recorded two individuals’ functional connectivity patterns over 30 consecutive days to find a marker o...
www.eneuro.org
January 31, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Passage of time in the brain, in the mind, both?
Commentary on @lapate.bsky.social recent work
#drift #fmri #human #time
Please,👇 if we missed relevant observations in the field!
w/ @vigano.bsky.social @beneuroscience.bsky.social & R. Bordas
@sfnjournals.bsky.social
@brainthemind.bsky.social
Commentary on @lapate.bsky.social recent work
#drift #fmri #human #time
Please,👇 if we missed relevant observations in the field!
w/ @vigano.bsky.social @beneuroscience.bsky.social & R. Bordas
@sfnjournals.bsky.social
@brainthemind.bsky.social
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Working memory is an interplay between different rhythms. It is not steady state like we used to think back in the 20th century.
The Association between Oscillatory Burst Features and Human Working Memory Accuracy
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
#neuroscience
The Association between Oscillatory Burst Features and Human Working Memory Accuracy
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
#neuroscience
The Association between Oscillatory Burst Features and Human Working Memory Accuracy
Abstract. Oscillatory power across multiple frequency bands has been associated with distinct working memory (WM) processes. Recent research has shown that previous observations based on averaged powe...
doi.org
January 31, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Working memory is an interplay between different rhythms. It is not steady state like we used to think back in the 20th century.
The Association between Oscillatory Burst Features and Human Working Memory Accuracy
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
#neuroscience
The Association between Oscillatory Burst Features and Human Working Memory Accuracy
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
#neuroscience
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Now out in iScience: Alpha power indexes working memory load for durations
How does the brain store 'durations' in working memory?
👇👇👇
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Collaborative effort between @brainthemind.bsky.social and MNE-Python/INRIA.
How does the brain store 'durations' in working memory?
👇👇👇
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Collaborative effort between @brainthemind.bsky.social and MNE-Python/INRIA.
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Now out in iScience: Alpha power indexes working memory load for durations
How does the brain store 'durations' in working memory?
👇👇👇
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Collaborative effort between @brainthemind.bsky.social and MNE-Python/INRIA.
How does the brain store 'durations' in working memory?
👇👇👇
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Collaborative effort between @brainthemind.bsky.social and MNE-Python/INRIA.
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Collaborative groups often outperform single individuals in complex problem solving. A new paper examined how to create the right incentives to promote this kind of collective intelligence.
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
January 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Collaborative groups often outperform single individuals in complex problem solving. A new paper examined how to create the right incentives to promote this kind of collective intelligence.
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Finally: the fantastic #registeredreport from bsky-less Roni Tibon is out: www.nature.com/articles/s41... showing less difference between #episodic vs. #semantic #memory than one might have thought.
Proud to have contributed a tiny part to this great paper.
Proud to have contributed a tiny part to this great paper.
Neural activations and representations during episodic versus semantic memory retrieval - Nature Human Behaviour
In this Stage 2 Registered Report, Tibon et al. showed using fMRI that neural activity associated with successful memory retrieval did not differ between semantic and episodic memory, using a task wit...
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Finally: the fantastic #registeredreport from bsky-less Roni Tibon is out: www.nature.com/articles/s41... showing less difference between #episodic vs. #semantic #memory than one might have thought.
Proud to have contributed a tiny part to this great paper.
Proud to have contributed a tiny part to this great paper.
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Ripple oscillations are central for memory and sleep.
But ripple detection in humans remains challenging. Here we introduce a simulation approach in @natcomms.nature.com as common ripple detectors mainly pick up 1/f noise and not genuine oscillations
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
But ripple detection in humans remains challenging. Here we introduce a simulation approach in @natcomms.nature.com as common ripple detectors mainly pick up 1/f noise and not genuine oscillations
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
Aperiodic 1/f noise drives ripple activity in humans - Nature Communications
How aperiodic 1/f noise drives ripple activity in human brain and impacts on ripple detections is not fully understood. Here authors show that ripple detections should be driven by the 1/f noise, whic...
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Ripple oscillations are central for memory and sleep.
But ripple detection in humans remains challenging. Here we introduce a simulation approach in @natcomms.nature.com as common ripple detectors mainly pick up 1/f noise and not genuine oscillations
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
But ripple detection in humans remains challenging. Here we introduce a simulation approach in @natcomms.nature.com as common ripple detectors mainly pick up 1/f noise and not genuine oscillations
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
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🚨 New preprint! What if individual alpha peak frequency—often treated as a global marker of brain function and clinical phenotypes—actually reflects a mixture of independent alpha rhythms with distinct frequencies and neural origins? That’s what @davidpascucci.bsky.social and I suggest here. #EEG
www.biorxiv.org
January 25, 2026 at 9:32 AM
🚨 New preprint! What if individual alpha peak frequency—often treated as a global marker of brain function and clinical phenotypes—actually reflects a mixture of independent alpha rhythms with distinct frequencies and neural origins? That’s what @davidpascucci.bsky.social and I suggest here. #EEG
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Our experiences have countless details, and it can be hard to know which matter.
How can we behave effectively in the future when, right now, we don't know what we'll need?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com , @marcelomattar.bsky.social and I find that people solve this by using episodic memory.
How can we behave effectively in the future when, right now, we don't know what we'll need?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com , @marcelomattar.bsky.social and I find that people solve this by using episodic memory.
Episodic memory facilitates flexible decision-making via access to detailed events - Nature Human Behaviour
Nicholas and Mattar found that people use episodic memory to make decisions when it is unclear what will be needed in the future. These findings reveal how the rich representational capacity of episod...
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Our experiences have countless details, and it can be hard to know which matter.
How can we behave effectively in the future when, right now, we don't know what we'll need?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com , @marcelomattar.bsky.social and I find that people solve this by using episodic memory.
How can we behave effectively in the future when, right now, we don't know what we'll need?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com , @marcelomattar.bsky.social and I find that people solve this by using episodic memory.
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We can use past experience to make predictions about the future. How do predictions affect our memory for the present? My own work (tinyurl.com/42kyukch) suggests that predictions compete with memory. But other recent work (tinyurl.com/2ekd4wr6) found the opposite--cooperation! What's going on here?
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:45 PM
We can use past experience to make predictions about the future. How do predictions affect our memory for the present? My own work (tinyurl.com/42kyukch) suggests that predictions compete with memory. But other recent work (tinyurl.com/2ekd4wr6) found the opposite--cooperation! What's going on here?
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Reposted by Matthew Logie
Here's an oversimplified metaphor. Cognition is sand on a vibrating speaker. The sound waves of musical notes create patterns in the sand. In the cortex, brain waves are the vibrations, neurons are the sand, and your conscious thoughts are the patterns that emerge.
#neuroscience
#neuroscience
January 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Here's an oversimplified metaphor. Cognition is sand on a vibrating speaker. The sound waves of musical notes create patterns in the sand. In the cortex, brain waves are the vibrations, neurons are the sand, and your conscious thoughts are the patterns that emerge.
#neuroscience
#neuroscience
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The growth of Paris from 250 AD to the present day in 3 minutes.
🔎 CITY 3D TIMELAPSE
🔎 CITY 3D TIMELAPSE
January 17, 2026 at 8:15 AM
The growth of Paris from 250 AD to the present day in 3 minutes.
🔎 CITY 3D TIMELAPSE
🔎 CITY 3D TIMELAPSE
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Really thrilled that this paper led by @neurozz.bsky.social is now published in its final version in @elife.bsky.social!!
This is a memory-focused (as opposed to RL-focused) account of the detailed characteristics of forward and backward awake and sleep replay!
elifesciences.org/articles/99931
This is a memory-focused (as opposed to RL-focused) account of the detailed characteristics of forward and backward awake and sleep replay!
elifesciences.org/articles/99931
A unifying account of replay as context-driven memory reactivation
A context-driven memory model simulates a wide range of characteristics of waking and sleeping hippocampal replay, providing a new account of how and why replay occurs.
elifesciences.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Really thrilled that this paper led by @neurozz.bsky.social is now published in its final version in @elife.bsky.social!!
This is a memory-focused (as opposed to RL-focused) account of the detailed characteristics of forward and backward awake and sleep replay!
elifesciences.org/articles/99931
This is a memory-focused (as opposed to RL-focused) account of the detailed characteristics of forward and backward awake and sleep replay!
elifesciences.org/articles/99931
Reposted by Matthew Logie
“A unifying account of replay as context-driven memory reactivation” doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Been waiting for this one for a while! Congrats @annaschapiro.bsky.social @neurozz.bsky.social
Been waiting for this one for a while! Congrats @annaschapiro.bsky.social @neurozz.bsky.social
A unifying account of replay as context-driven memory reactivation
A context-driven memory model simulates a wide range of characteristics of waking and sleeping hippocampal replay, providing a new account of how and why replay occurs.
doi.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:28 PM
“A unifying account of replay as context-driven memory reactivation” doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Been waiting for this one for a while! Congrats @annaschapiro.bsky.social @neurozz.bsky.social
Been waiting for this one for a while! Congrats @annaschapiro.bsky.social @neurozz.bsky.social
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What is next? Predictable visual sequences are encoded with anticipatory biases and reduced neural responses: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
What is next? Predictable visual sequences are encoded with anticipatory biases and reduced neural responses
Objects in motion follow predictable trajectories that the brain can easily anticipate.
We investigated the underlying neural mechanisms, focusing on a form of representational
momentum (RM), whereby ...
www.cell.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:13 AM
What is next? Predictable visual sequences are encoded with anticipatory biases and reduced neural responses: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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What if we could tell you how well you’ll remember your next visit to your local coffee shop? ☕️
In our new Nature Human Behaviour paper, we show that the 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 can be measured with neuroimaging – and 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸.
In our new Nature Human Behaviour paper, we show that the 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 can be measured with neuroimaging – and 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸.
New study by @xrmasiso.bsky.social et al shows that spatial contexts with more reliable brain representations better support memory for future experiences within them, revealing how stable neural maps help the brain organize and recall life events.
Spatial contexts with reliable neural representations support reinstatement of subsequently placed objects - Nature Human Behaviour
This study shows that spatial contexts with more reliable brain representations better support memory for future experiences within them, revealing how stable neural maps help the brain organize and recall life events.
www.nature.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
What if we could tell you how well you’ll remember your next visit to your local coffee shop? ☕️
In our new Nature Human Behaviour paper, we show that the 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 can be measured with neuroimaging – and 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸.
In our new Nature Human Behaviour paper, we show that the 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 can be measured with neuroimaging – and 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸.
Looking forward to talking about using VR and EEG to study the 'when' of memory with @grassocamille.bsky.social and @virginievanw.bsky.social. Thursday the 8th of January at 11.45am. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPUB...
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Looking forward to talking about using VR and EEG to study the 'when' of memory with @grassocamille.bsky.social and @virginievanw.bsky.social. Thursday the 8th of January at 11.45am. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPUB...
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New paper in Psych Review on a model of false recognition in Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM task.
Not just recognition responses, but also associated RTs!
And not just the semantic task, but also the structural task - where words overlap in orthography/phonology!
A thread!
Not just recognition responses, but also associated RTs!
And not just the semantic task, but also the structural task - where words overlap in orthography/phonology!
A thread!
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
New paper in Psych Review on a model of false recognition in Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM task.
Not just recognition responses, but also associated RTs!
And not just the semantic task, but also the structural task - where words overlap in orthography/phonology!
A thread!
Not just recognition responses, but also associated RTs!
And not just the semantic task, but also the structural task - where words overlap in orthography/phonology!
A thread!
Reposted by Matthew Logie
Are manifolds real?
Are latent circuits real?
Tatiana @engeltatiana.bsky.social uses one, infers the other, and says yes to both.
Also, how timescales are different and the same across the entire brain...
braininspired.co/podcast/226/
Are latent circuits real?
Tatiana @engeltatiana.bsky.social uses one, infers the other, and says yes to both.
Also, how timescales are different and the same across the entire brain...
braininspired.co/podcast/226/
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Are manifolds real?
Are latent circuits real?
Tatiana @engeltatiana.bsky.social uses one, infers the other, and says yes to both.
Also, how timescales are different and the same across the entire brain...
braininspired.co/podcast/226/
Are latent circuits real?
Tatiana @engeltatiana.bsky.social uses one, infers the other, and says yes to both.
Also, how timescales are different and the same across the entire brain...
braininspired.co/podcast/226/