Tarryn Balsdon
@tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social
Researcher in cognitive neuroscience, specialising in perception, metacognition, and decision-making
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Tarryn Balsdon
@tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Confidence control for efficient behaviour in dynamic environments
Nature Communications - Feelings of confidence may have a functional role in decision-making. Here, the authors develop a neurobiologically plausible framework featuring confidence as an active...
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We know feelings of confidence in our decisions help us to learn and communicate.
Here we show evidence that confidence helps us make better decisions.
With Marios Philiastides @ccniuofg.bsky.social and LSP_ENS
A short summary (1/5)
We know feelings of confidence in our decisions help us to learn and communicate.
Here we show evidence that confidence helps us make better decisions.
With Marios Philiastides @ccniuofg.bsky.social and LSP_ENS
A short summary (1/5)
Reposted by Tarryn Balsdon
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Reposted by Tarryn Balsdon
China Agrees To Purchase 11 U.S. Soybeans
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
China Agrees To Purchase 11 U.S. Soybeans
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I can’t help but think of this childhood song with news from the US right now… we all know frogs go ladidadida… youtu.be/GHzTuZuUBUc?...
Der Glumph Da Gloomf Dar Glumf Play School
YouTube video by Benjamin Lang
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I can’t help but think of this childhood song with news from the US right now… we all know frogs go ladidadida… youtu.be/GHzTuZuUBUc?...
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Will you be at #ICON2025 in Porto?
Then drop at our symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" (SY23, Thursday at 13.45) with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social @hcp4715.bsky.social organized by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst
Then drop at our symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" (SY23, Thursday at 13.45) with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social @hcp4715.bsky.social organized by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Will you be at #ICON2025 in Porto?
Then drop at our symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" (SY23, Thursday at 13.45) with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social @hcp4715.bsky.social organized by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst
Then drop at our symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" (SY23, Thursday at 13.45) with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social @hcp4715.bsky.social organized by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst
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In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality
Your Brain Is Hallucinating—And That’s How It’s Supposed to Work
In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality
www.scientificamerican.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality
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Would you like some good news? A new vaccine has just been approved for protecting koalas from chlamydia, which is one of their leading causes of death.
Australia approves first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia
A vaccine to protect Australia's koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a development that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly disease that has ravaged populations of the beloved endangered animal.
www.reuters.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Would you like some good news? A new vaccine has just been approved for protecting koalas from chlamydia, which is one of their leading causes of death.
Australians have learnt how to protest! >100,000 people!
This powerful message to our representatives in Canberra and the rest of the world:
This drone footage of the march for Palestine over the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday.
🎥 ahmed.bassal.official
#Australia #auspol #Palestine
This drone footage of the march for Palestine over the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday.
🎥 ahmed.bassal.official
#Australia #auspol #Palestine
August 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Australians have learnt how to protest! >100,000 people!
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@tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social and @nadiahosseinizaveh.bsky.social had a great time at #ASSC28.
Thank you organizers @assc28.bsky.social!
Thank you organizers @assc28.bsky.social!
July 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
@tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social and @nadiahosseinizaveh.bsky.social had a great time at #ASSC28.
Thank you organizers @assc28.bsky.social!
Thank you organizers @assc28.bsky.social!
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Very pleased to say that we are (almost) ready for the 1.0.0 of our HMP #Python package to decompose #EEG into single-trial task related events:
github.com/GWeindel/hmp
There's now a nice documentation:
hmp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/we...
We just need some beta testers, thus RT appreciated!
github.com/GWeindel/hmp
There's now a nice documentation:
hmp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/we...
We just need some beta testers, thus RT appreciated!
Welcome — hmp 1.0.0-b.1 documentation
hmp.readthedocs.io
July 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Very pleased to say that we are (almost) ready for the 1.0.0 of our HMP #Python package to decompose #EEG into single-trial task related events:
github.com/GWeindel/hmp
There's now a nice documentation:
hmp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/we...
We just need some beta testers, thus RT appreciated!
github.com/GWeindel/hmp
There's now a nice documentation:
hmp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/we...
We just need some beta testers, thus RT appreciated!
Reposted by Tarryn Balsdon
Good time to announce that there will be a symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" at #ICON
Chaired by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst. With @redmondoconnell.bsky.social, @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social, @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social, @hcp4715.bsky.social and myself as speakers
Chaired by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst. With @redmondoconnell.bsky.social, @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social, @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social, @hcp4715.bsky.social and myself as speakers
July 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Good time to announce that there will be a symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" at #ICON
Chaired by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst. With @redmondoconnell.bsky.social, @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social, @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social, @hcp4715.bsky.social and myself as speakers
Chaired by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst. With @redmondoconnell.bsky.social, @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social, @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social, @hcp4715.bsky.social and myself as speakers
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Reposted by Tarryn Balsdon
New “version of record” in @elife.bsky.social!
We recorded neurons in the thalamus and subthalamic nucleus of humans and found both sensory- and perception-selective neurons with two distinct latencies!
7-year project with @nfaivre.bsky.social + @foscobernasconi.bsky.social.
A short thread 👇
We recorded neurons in the thalamus and subthalamic nucleus of humans and found both sensory- and perception-selective neurons with two distinct latencies!
7-year project with @nfaivre.bsky.social + @foscobernasconi.bsky.social.
A short thread 👇
Subcortical correlates of consciousness with human single neuron recordings
Subcortical brain structures contain neurons encoding subjective reports of stimulus detection in human participants, suggesting a role for conscious perception.
elifesciences.org
June 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New “version of record” in @elife.bsky.social!
We recorded neurons in the thalamus and subthalamic nucleus of humans and found both sensory- and perception-selective neurons with two distinct latencies!
7-year project with @nfaivre.bsky.social + @foscobernasconi.bsky.social.
A short thread 👇
We recorded neurons in the thalamus and subthalamic nucleus of humans and found both sensory- and perception-selective neurons with two distinct latencies!
7-year project with @nfaivre.bsky.social + @foscobernasconi.bsky.social.
A short thread 👇
Reposted by Tarryn Balsdon
If you work with perceptual confidence judgments, you may be interested in our CNCB model of confidence ratings. Joint work with Vincent de Gardelle.
Uncorrected proofs here:
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
(🧵 1/4)
Uncorrected proofs here:
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
(🧵 1/4)
April 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you work with perceptual confidence judgments, you may be interested in our CNCB model of confidence ratings. Joint work with Vincent de Gardelle.
Uncorrected proofs here:
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
(🧵 1/4)
Uncorrected proofs here:
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
(🧵 1/4)
Reposted by Tarryn Balsdon
Thank you Karl Gegenfurtner and Doris Braun for two fantastic talks last week in our department!
April 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thank you Karl Gegenfurtner and Doris Braun for two fantastic talks last week in our department!
Reposted by Tarryn Balsdon
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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Our Barcelona-based summer school, BAMB! (bambschool.org) just opened applications! Come join us: 15-24th July, to learn how to model behavioral data using RL, Bayesian, latent variable models, RNNs, DDMs & more! #BAMB2025
BAMB!
Course philosophy
Our goal is to teach advanced techniques in model-based analysis of behavior (humans and other animals) to cognitive and computational neuroscientists at PhD and early career levels...
bambschool.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our Barcelona-based summer school, BAMB! (bambschool.org) just opened applications! Come join us: 15-24th July, to learn how to model behavioral data using RL, Bayesian, latent variable models, RNNs, DDMs & more! #BAMB2025
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📢 Come study cognitive science in Paris!
The Master’s program in Cognitive Science at @ENS_ULM, @psl_univ, and @EHESS_fr is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year.
🗓 Deadline: March 13, 2025
💻 Apply here: master-cognitive-science.ens.psl.eu/en/applicati...
The Master’s program in Cognitive Science at @ENS_ULM, @psl_univ, and @EHESS_fr is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year.
🗓 Deadline: March 13, 2025
💻 Apply here: master-cognitive-science.ens.psl.eu/en/applicati...
January 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📢 Come study cognitive science in Paris!
The Master’s program in Cognitive Science at @ENS_ULM, @psl_univ, and @EHESS_fr is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year.
🗓 Deadline: March 13, 2025
💻 Apply here: master-cognitive-science.ens.psl.eu/en/applicati...
The Master’s program in Cognitive Science at @ENS_ULM, @psl_univ, and @EHESS_fr is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year.
🗓 Deadline: March 13, 2025
💻 Apply here: master-cognitive-science.ens.psl.eu/en/applicati...
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Imageless imagery in aphantasia revealed by early visual cortex decoding
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Imageless imagery in aphantasia revealed by early visual cortex decoding
Chang et al. report that during imagery attempts, those with validated aphantasia have decreased perceptual BOLD response and higher ipsilateral imagery response. Imagery content could be decoded using activation patterns in the primary visual cortex, but these patterns differed from perception patterns.
www.cell.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Imageless imagery in aphantasia revealed by early visual cortex decoding
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Happy to share our latest publication with Nikos Gekas on sequential effects in visual perception.
Here, we manipulated the uncertainty of both the current stimulus and the previous ones, and found different repulsive and attractive effects.
jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
Here, we manipulated the uncertainty of both the current stimulus and the previous ones, and found different repulsive and attractive effects.
jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
Attractive and repulsive visual aftereffects depend on stimulus contrast | JOV | ARVO Journals
jov.arvojournals.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy to share our latest publication with Nikos Gekas on sequential effects in visual perception.
Here, we manipulated the uncertainty of both the current stimulus and the previous ones, and found different repulsive and attractive effects.
jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
Here, we manipulated the uncertainty of both the current stimulus and the previous ones, and found different repulsive and attractive effects.
jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
Reposted by Tarryn Balsdon
Created a starter pack of neuroscience in/from Paris.
Let me know if you want to be added (the 'from' can include those not in Paris anymore) or just tap in if you want to know what we're talking about!
Regardless, please re-tweet!
go.bsky.app/3Zs9w5w
Let me know if you want to be added (the 'from' can include those not in Paris anymore) or just tap in if you want to know what we're talking about!
Regardless, please re-tweet!
go.bsky.app/3Zs9w5w
December 16, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Created a starter pack of neuroscience in/from Paris.
Let me know if you want to be added (the 'from' can include those not in Paris anymore) or just tap in if you want to know what we're talking about!
Regardless, please re-tweet!
go.bsky.app/3Zs9w5w
Let me know if you want to be added (the 'from' can include those not in Paris anymore) or just tap in if you want to know what we're talking about!
Regardless, please re-tweet!
go.bsky.app/3Zs9w5w
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thinking of calling this "The Illusion Illusion"
(more examples below)
(more examples below)
December 1, 2024 at 2:33 PM
thinking of calling this "The Illusion Illusion"
(more examples below)
(more examples below)