Raymundo Báez-Mendoza
@raymundobaez.bsky.social
Neuroscientist interested in social interactions. Dad & immigrant. Group Leader of the Social Neurobiology Lab @ German Primate Center
UNAM -> MPI-BC -> Cambridge -> MGH-HMS -> DPZ
https://www.dpz.eu/en/social-neurobiology-lab
UNAM -> MPI-BC -> Cambridge -> MGH-HMS -> DPZ
https://www.dpz.eu/en/social-neurobiology-lab
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We have an open position as a @humboldt-foundation.de research fellow! The research topic is free and this fellowship is intended for you to conduct independent research within the remit of the lab’s interests.
Deadline May 2025
DM for more info Please RT!
Deadline May 2025
DM for more info Please RT!
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Kleiner Sneak Peek in unser neues Video: Wir schauen Tierpfleger Justin bei seinem Arbeitsalltag am Deutschen Primatenzentrum über die Schulter.
🎥 Hier den ganzen Film ansehen: youtu.be/x8FI2xuklds
🎥 Hier den ganzen Film ansehen: youtu.be/x8FI2xuklds
August 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Kleiner Sneak Peek in unser neues Video: Wir schauen Tierpfleger Justin bei seinem Arbeitsalltag am Deutschen Primatenzentrum über die Schulter.
🎥 Hier den ganzen Film ansehen: youtu.be/x8FI2xuklds
🎥 Hier den ganzen Film ansehen: youtu.be/x8FI2xuklds
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🎧 Join us in the upcoming episode of our Challenges in Academia series, where Dr. Baez Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social unpacks how funding pressures shape lab dynamics, career paths, and scientific risk-taking. 🔗Stay tuned for the new episode!
youtube.com/shorts/yYdKT...
youtube.com/shorts/yYdKT...
How does research funding reward quantity over quality, and what impact does that have on science?
YouTube video by Neuroscience and Beyond
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July 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🎧 Join us in the upcoming episode of our Challenges in Academia series, where Dr. Baez Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social unpacks how funding pressures shape lab dynamics, career paths, and scientific risk-taking. 🔗Stay tuned for the new episode!
youtube.com/shorts/yYdKT...
youtube.com/shorts/yYdKT...
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In our upcoming episode, Dr. Raymundo Baez Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social, neuroscientist at the German Primate Center @primatenzentrum.bsky.social, explains how game theory is used to understand cooperation, competition, and social risk in controlled lab settings. 🐒
youtube.com/shorts/Ac34u...
youtube.com/shorts/Ac34u...
How do researchers study social interactions?
YouTube video by Neuroscience and Beyond
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July 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In our upcoming episode, Dr. Raymundo Baez Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social, neuroscientist at the German Primate Center @primatenzentrum.bsky.social, explains how game theory is used to understand cooperation, competition, and social risk in controlled lab settings. 🐒
youtube.com/shorts/Ac34u...
youtube.com/shorts/Ac34u...
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🌍✨ Still time to apply! The MBCP is looking for a Field Site Manager to join us in one of the most beautiful parks on the planet—work with an amazing team, semi-habituated chimps, and boost your project management chops for a career in #conservation or #research.
Info ➡️ bit.ly/MBCPmanager2025
Info ➡️ bit.ly/MBCPmanager2025
July 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🌍✨ Still time to apply! The MBCP is looking for a Field Site Manager to join us in one of the most beautiful parks on the planet—work with an amazing team, semi-habituated chimps, and boost your project management chops for a career in #conservation or #research.
Info ➡️ bit.ly/MBCPmanager2025
Info ➡️ bit.ly/MBCPmanager2025
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Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
June 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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In memory of Professor Larry J. Young’s profound contributions to the field of social neuroscience & his commitment to supporting early-career researchers, the Society for Social Neuroscience is pleased to announce the Larry J. Young Memorial Travel Fellowship!
#S4SN2025 #AcademicSky #NeuroSkyence
#S4SN2025 #AcademicSky #NeuroSkyence
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June 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In memory of Professor Larry J. Young’s profound contributions to the field of social neuroscience & his commitment to supporting early-career researchers, the Society for Social Neuroscience is pleased to announce the Larry J. Young Memorial Travel Fellowship!
#S4SN2025 #AcademicSky #NeuroSkyence
#S4SN2025 #AcademicSky #NeuroSkyence
Excited to take part in the European social club meeting in Coimbra and talk about synergies with the @s4sn.bsky.social #escCoimbra25
June 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Excited to take part in the European social club meeting in Coimbra and talk about synergies with the @s4sn.bsky.social #escCoimbra25
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✨ Deadline Extension Alert! ✨
We’ve extended the deadline for abstract submissions! ⭐ Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work. Plus, early career researchers can apply for our prestigious #EarlyCareer Award.
#society-for-social-neuroscience #Conference #AbstractSubmission #S4SN2025
We’ve extended the deadline for abstract submissions! ⭐ Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work. Plus, early career researchers can apply for our prestigious #EarlyCareer Award.
#society-for-social-neuroscience #Conference #AbstractSubmission #S4SN2025
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June 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
✨ Deadline Extension Alert! ✨
We’ve extended the deadline for abstract submissions! ⭐ Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work. Plus, early career researchers can apply for our prestigious #EarlyCareer Award.
#society-for-social-neuroscience #Conference #AbstractSubmission #S4SN2025
We’ve extended the deadline for abstract submissions! ⭐ Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work. Plus, early career researchers can apply for our prestigious #EarlyCareer Award.
#society-for-social-neuroscience #Conference #AbstractSubmission #S4SN2025
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🚨Paper alert! Check out our latest publication in @naturecomms.bsky.social by @lukasamn.bsky.social, Virginia Casasnovas, and Alexander Gail: "Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex".
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex - Nature Communications
Visual uncertainty impairs reach accuracy. The authors show that uncertainty about the target always impairs cortical motor goal encoding in rhesus monkeys, while feedback uncertainty does so only whe...
www.nature.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🚨Paper alert! Check out our latest publication in @naturecomms.bsky.social by @lukasamn.bsky.social, Virginia Casasnovas, and Alexander Gail: "Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex".
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to share that the final chapter of my PhD has just been published! Huge thanks to Virginia for the fantastic collaboration and to Alexander Gail for his invaluable supervision.
🚨Paper alert! Check out our latest publication in @naturecomms.bsky.social by @lukasamn.bsky.social, Virginia Casasnovas, and Alexander Gail: "Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex".
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex - Nature Communications
Visual uncertainty impairs reach accuracy. The authors show that uncertainty about the target always impairs cortical motor goal encoding in rhesus monkeys, while feedback uncertainty does so only whe...
www.nature.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Excited to share that the final chapter of my PhD has just been published! Huge thanks to Virginia for the fantastic collaboration and to Alexander Gail for his invaluable supervision.
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The DFG is funding independent research groups in AI (tinyurl.com/36f5m6kd). If you're interested in coming to Göttingen (Germany) by applying for one of these groups, we have an online event to inform you what the process is and how we could support you (tinyurl.com/yfpeambm). Check it out!
Förderinitiative „Künstliche Intelligenz“
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April 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The DFG is funding independent research groups in AI (tinyurl.com/36f5m6kd). If you're interested in coming to Göttingen (Germany) by applying for one of these groups, we have an online event to inform you what the process is and how we could support you (tinyurl.com/yfpeambm). Check it out!
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SFB Paper Alert!
That’s teamwork: 14 SFB members across nine projects put together a perspective paper on “Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild”, which was published in @naturemethods.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
That’s teamwork: 14 SFB members across nine projects put together a perspective paper on “Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild”, which was published in @naturemethods.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild - Nature Methods
In this Perspective, Vogg et al. discuss the progress and challenges of using computer vision approaches in the behavioral analysis of primates in their natural environment.
www.nature.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
SFB Paper Alert!
That’s teamwork: 14 SFB members across nine projects put together a perspective paper on “Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild”, which was published in @naturemethods.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
That’s teamwork: 14 SFB members across nine projects put together a perspective paper on “Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild”, which was published in @naturemethods.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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3️⃣ Early Career Award details are coming soon, stay tuned 👀
April 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
3️⃣ Early Career Award details are coming soon, stay tuned 👀
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2️⃣ By June 1st, 2025:
Poster Abstract Submissions and Early Bird Registration are open NOW until June 1, 2025.
Details refer to:
www.s4sn2025.org/abstracts
www.s4sn2025.org/registration
Poster Abstract Submissions and Early Bird Registration are open NOW until June 1, 2025.
Details refer to:
www.s4sn2025.org/abstracts
www.s4sn2025.org/registration
Abstract submissions — S4SN2025
www.s4sn2025.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
2️⃣ By June 1st, 2025:
Poster Abstract Submissions and Early Bird Registration are open NOW until June 1, 2025.
Details refer to:
www.s4sn2025.org/abstracts
www.s4sn2025.org/registration
Poster Abstract Submissions and Early Bird Registration are open NOW until June 1, 2025.
Details refer to:
www.s4sn2025.org/abstracts
www.s4sn2025.org/registration
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1️⃣ We are excited to announce that the call for symposium proposals is extended until April 20 for our upcoming S4SN meeting in beautiful Lisbon! This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your research and engage with a diverse community of neuroscientists. Please refer to www.s4sn2025.org/symposia
Symposium proposals — S4SN2025
www.s4sn2025.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
1️⃣ We are excited to announce that the call for symposium proposals is extended until April 20 for our upcoming S4SN meeting in beautiful Lisbon! This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your research and engage with a diverse community of neuroscientists. Please refer to www.s4sn2025.org/symposia
Rewards motivate us, but they have many dimensions. How does our brain combine different reward dimensions? In this study, now out in @naturecomms.bsky.social, we discovered that amygdala neurons flexibly encode reward probability and magnitude, and its risk. s.gwdg.de/qsx23R 1/5
Dynamic coding and sequential integration of multiple reward attributes by primate amygdala neurons - Nature Communications
The amygdala assigns value to stimuli, yet how its neurons process different value components is unclear. Here the authors show that monkey amygdala neurons respond to different reward attributes and ...
s.gwdg.de
April 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Rewards motivate us, but they have many dimensions. How does our brain combine different reward dimensions? In this study, now out in @naturecomms.bsky.social, we discovered that amygdala neurons flexibly encode reward probability and magnitude, and its risk. s.gwdg.de/qsx23R 1/5
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🧠 How does our brain evaluate rewards?
Every day, we weigh chances & risks: Play it safe or risk it for more? A study by @raymundobaez.bsky.social shows that amygdala neurons make these calculations!dpz.eu/en/public-engagement/news/article/wie-das-gehirn-belohnungen-bewertet
Every day, we weigh chances & risks: Play it safe or risk it for more? A study by @raymundobaez.bsky.social shows that amygdala neurons make these calculations!dpz.eu/en/public-engagement/news/article/wie-das-gehirn-belohnungen-bewertet
April 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🧠 How does our brain evaluate rewards?
Every day, we weigh chances & risks: Play it safe or risk it for more? A study by @raymundobaez.bsky.social shows that amygdala neurons make these calculations!dpz.eu/en/public-engagement/news/article/wie-das-gehirn-belohnungen-bewertet
Every day, we weigh chances & risks: Play it safe or risk it for more? A study by @raymundobaez.bsky.social shows that amygdala neurons make these calculations!dpz.eu/en/public-engagement/news/article/wie-das-gehirn-belohnungen-bewertet
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🧠 Wie bewertet unser Gehirn Belohnungen?
Täglich wägen wir Chancen & Risiken ab: Sicherer Weg oder Risiko mit großer Belohnung? Eine neue Studie von @raymundobaez.bsky.social zeigt, dass Neuronen in der Amygdala genau dies berechnen!
dpz.eu/im-dialog/news/artikel/wie-das-gehirn-belohnungen-bewertet
Täglich wägen wir Chancen & Risiken ab: Sicherer Weg oder Risiko mit großer Belohnung? Eine neue Studie von @raymundobaez.bsky.social zeigt, dass Neuronen in der Amygdala genau dies berechnen!
dpz.eu/im-dialog/news/artikel/wie-das-gehirn-belohnungen-bewertet
April 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🧠 Wie bewertet unser Gehirn Belohnungen?
Täglich wägen wir Chancen & Risiken ab: Sicherer Weg oder Risiko mit großer Belohnung? Eine neue Studie von @raymundobaez.bsky.social zeigt, dass Neuronen in der Amygdala genau dies berechnen!
dpz.eu/im-dialog/news/artikel/wie-das-gehirn-belohnungen-bewertet
Täglich wägen wir Chancen & Risiken ab: Sicherer Weg oder Risiko mit großer Belohnung? Eine neue Studie von @raymundobaez.bsky.social zeigt, dass Neuronen in der Amygdala genau dies berechnen!
dpz.eu/im-dialog/news/artikel/wie-das-gehirn-belohnungen-bewertet
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New paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social from @raymundobaez.bsky.social’s group @primatenzentrum.bsky.social shows primate amygdala neurons flexibly encode reward probability & magnitude. Some signal probability alone, others combine both into value and risk signals for decision-making
s.gwdg.de/qsx23R
s.gwdg.de/qsx23R
Dynamic coding and sequential integration of multiple reward attributes by primate amygdala neurons - Nature Communications
The amygdala assigns value to stimuli, yet how its neurons process different value components is unclear. Here the authors show that monkey amygdala neurons respond to different reward attributes and ...
s.gwdg.de
April 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
New paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social from @raymundobaez.bsky.social’s group @primatenzentrum.bsky.social shows primate amygdala neurons flexibly encode reward probability & magnitude. Some signal probability alone, others combine both into value and risk signals for decision-making
s.gwdg.de/qsx23R
s.gwdg.de/qsx23R
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BEHOLD THE FLAGSHIP PAPER OF MY PHD! 🚢 I trained wild and zoo housed Guinea baboons to pull a lever for peanuts to test whether they monitored the foraging skills of others and used the information to inform their social choices 🧵 (1/9) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
March 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
BEHOLD THE FLAGSHIP PAPER OF MY PHD! 🚢 I trained wild and zoo housed Guinea baboons to pull a lever for peanuts to test whether they monitored the foraging skills of others and used the information to inform their social choices 🧵 (1/9) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
We have an open position as a @humboldt-foundation.de research fellow! The research topic is free and this fellowship is intended for you to conduct independent research within the remit of the lab’s interests.
Deadline May 2025
DM for more info Please RT!
Deadline May 2025
DM for more info Please RT!
January 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We have an open position as a @humboldt-foundation.de research fellow! The research topic is free and this fellowship is intended for you to conduct independent research within the remit of the lab’s interests.
Deadline May 2025
DM for more info Please RT!
Deadline May 2025
DM for more info Please RT!
I just started a Göttingen Neuroscience starter pack. Happy to add more accounts, reply below so that I can add you go.bsky.app/NP92rn3
January 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I just started a Göttingen Neuroscience starter pack. Happy to add more accounts, reply below so that I can add you go.bsky.app/NP92rn3
Join us in Lisbon for the Society for Social Neuroscience annual meeting this September.
We are preparing a very special program: s4sn.org
We are preparing a very special program: s4sn.org
December 17, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Join us in Lisbon for the Society for Social Neuroscience annual meeting this September.
We are preparing a very special program: s4sn.org
We are preparing a very special program: s4sn.org
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Wir suchen noch Teilnehmerinnen für diese spannende Studie im Bereich der Körperakzeptanz, siehe unten für mehr Informationen! 😀
December 9, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Wir suchen noch Teilnehmerinnen für diese spannende Studie im Bereich der Körperakzeptanz, siehe unten für mehr Informationen! 😀
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Are you passionate about unraveling the mysteries of the brain and behavior in rodents? 🧠🐭 The Social Brain Lab is on the lookout👀for a Postdoc in Social Rodent Neuroscience. 📍Location: Amsterdam 📅 Apply by: December 31, 2024
🔗 Apply Now:
nin.nl/vacancies/db...
#neuroscience #academicjobs
🔗 Apply Now:
nin.nl/vacancies/db...
#neuroscience #academicjobs
DBI2 Postdoc - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
nin.nl
December 2, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Are you passionate about unraveling the mysteries of the brain and behavior in rodents? 🧠🐭 The Social Brain Lab is on the lookout👀for a Postdoc in Social Rodent Neuroscience. 📍Location: Amsterdam 📅 Apply by: December 31, 2024
🔗 Apply Now:
nin.nl/vacancies/db...
#neuroscience #academicjobs
🔗 Apply Now:
nin.nl/vacancies/db...
#neuroscience #academicjobs