Yuhua Yu
@yuhuay.bsky.social
Postdoc at U. of Arizona. Creative Cognition, Spontaneous Thoughts, Dynamic Modelling, EEG & fMRI
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Yuhua Yu
@yuhuay.bsky.social
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Preprint alert: an out-of-the-box LLM metric for assessing Divergent Thinking, linking process-centered theory of creativity, spontaneous cognition and entropy. #perplexity
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Excited to share the official version of my brain state paper on the dynamics of spontaneous thought using fMRI under the think-aloud paradigm.
Mapping content and dynamics in the stream of consciousness through latent brain state analysis: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Mapping content and dynamics in the stream of consciousness through latent brain state analysis: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Mapping content and dynamics in the stream of consciousness through latent brain state analysis
Neuroscience; Cognitive neuroscience
www.cell.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Excited to share the official version of my brain state paper on the dynamics of spontaneous thought using fMRI under the think-aloud paradigm.
Mapping content and dynamics in the stream of consciousness through latent brain state analysis: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Mapping content and dynamics in the stream of consciousness through latent brain state analysis: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Preprint alert: an out-of-the-box LLM metric for assessing Divergent Thinking, linking process-centered theory of creativity, spontaneous cognition and entropy. #perplexity
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
October 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Preprint alert: an out-of-the-box LLM metric for assessing Divergent Thinking, linking process-centered theory of creativity, spontaneous cognition and entropy. #perplexity
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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@sciam.bsky.social has a new special edition entitled The Conscious Brain (www.scientificamerican.com/issue/specia...). It contains our feature article "The Brain Science of Elusive 'Aha moments'" from the March 2025 issue which you can read here: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Scientific American Volume 34, Issue 3s
"The Brain Science of Elusive ‘Aha! Moments’", "The Quest to Build a Truly Intelligent Machine Helps Us Learn about Our Own Intelligence", "Lifting the Veil on Near-Death Experiences" and more
www.scientificamerican.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
@sciam.bsky.social has a new special edition entitled The Conscious Brain (www.scientificamerican.com/issue/specia...). It contains our feature article "The Brain Science of Elusive 'Aha moments'" from the March 2025 issue which you can read here: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Excited to share our new preprint on the brain-wide organization of intrinsic timescales at single neuron resolution. Work w/ @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social, @intlbrainlab.bsky.social, Anna Levina, @engeltatiana.bsky.social : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Excited to share our new preprint on the brain-wide organization of intrinsic timescales at single neuron resolution. Work w/ @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social, @intlbrainlab.bsky.social, Anna Levina, @engeltatiana.bsky.social : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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My first, first author paper, comparing the properties of memory-augmented large language models and human episodic memory, out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lV174sIRv...
Here’s a quick 🧵(1/n)
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lV174sIRv...
Here’s a quick 🧵(1/n)
authors.elsevier.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My first, first author paper, comparing the properties of memory-augmented large language models and human episodic memory, out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lV174sIRv...
Here’s a quick 🧵(1/n)
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lV174sIRv...
Here’s a quick 🧵(1/n)
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When you walk into the ER, you could get a doc:
1. Fresh from a week of not working
2. Tired from working too many shifts
@oziadias.bsky.social has been both and thinks that they're different! But can you tell from their notes? Yes we can! Paper @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1. Fresh from a week of not working
2. Tired from working too many shifts
@oziadias.bsky.social has been both and thinks that they're different! But can you tell from their notes? Yes we can! Paper @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
When you walk into the ER, you could get a doc:
1. Fresh from a week of not working
2. Tired from working too many shifts
@oziadias.bsky.social has been both and thinks that they're different! But can you tell from their notes? Yes we can! Paper @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1. Fresh from a week of not working
2. Tired from working too many shifts
@oziadias.bsky.social has been both and thinks that they're different! But can you tell from their notes? Yes we can! Paper @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"Eureka! The brain science behind lightbulb moments" - Excellent coverage in Nature of research on the neuroscience of Aha moments, including our research on this phenomenon. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Eureka! The brain science behind lightbulb moments
Experiences of insight come with a burst of brain activity — and a memory boost.
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Eureka! The brain science behind lightbulb moments" - Excellent coverage in Nature of research on the neuroscience of Aha moments, including our research on this phenomenon. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is cool!
On the Robustness and Provenance of the Gambler's Fallacy pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40472199/ If the gambler's fallacy doesn't replicate this time, it will next time.
June 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is cool!
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I helped explain to the Chicago Tribune the enourmous and irrational damage the NIH funding freeze is causing at Northwestern. “You’re at risk of losing an entire next generation of scientists" "it’s terrifying; it’s completely senseless." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/07/w...
Worried Northwestern lab directors describe ‘bleak’ atmosphere in wake of Trump research funding freeze
The Trump administration’s freezing of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grants and forced the university to spend mi…
www.chicagotribune.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I helped explain to the Chicago Tribune the enourmous and irrational damage the NIH funding freeze is causing at Northwestern. “You’re at risk of losing an entire next generation of scientists" "it’s terrifying; it’s completely senseless." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/07/w...
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Neuroscientists discover how “aha” moments rewire the brain to enhance memory
Neuroscientists discover how “aha” moments rewire the brain to enhance memory
A study using brain scans shows that flashes of insight reorganize neural patterns in the visual cortex and engage memory and emotion regions, helping embed the solution more deeply in long-term memory.
www.psypost.org
May 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Neuroscientists discover how “aha” moments rewire the brain to enhance memory
Brain oscillations reveal dynamic shifts in creative thought during metaphor generation
Brain oscillations reveal dynamic shifts in creative thought during metaphor generation
A new study reveals that creative metaphor generation involves shifting patterns of brain activity, with alpha oscillations playing a key role at different stages of the process, offering fresh insight into the neural dynamics behind verbal creativity.
www.psypost.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Reposted by Yuhua Yu
SfNC 2025 is NEXT WEEK in Paris! 🧠
Check our FAQ for full schedule, maps, poster printing info & more: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-faq.
Register by Thursday 5/15 to join our biggest and best meeting yet (and 10th anniversary péniche party)!
Check our FAQ for full schedule, maps, poster printing info & more: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-faq.
Register by Thursday 5/15 to join our biggest and best meeting yet (and 10th anniversary péniche party)!
May 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
SfNC 2025 is NEXT WEEK in Paris! 🧠
Check our FAQ for full schedule, maps, poster printing info & more: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-faq.
Register by Thursday 5/15 to join our biggest and best meeting yet (and 10th anniversary péniche party)!
Check our FAQ for full schedule, maps, poster printing info & more: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-faq.
Register by Thursday 5/15 to join our biggest and best meeting yet (and 10th anniversary péniche party)!
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Northwestern has a great new website explaining why the federally-funded research we do benefits everybody: www.northwestern.edu/research-nu/...
Research Impact : Northwestern University
www.northwestern.edu
April 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Northwestern has a great new website explaining why the federally-funded research we do benefits everybody: www.northwestern.edu/research-nu/...
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Enhancing creativity through neurofeedback:
Check out our recent paper where we use covert neurofeedback to entrain default-executive coupling during creative thinking!
Xinbing (Jack) Zhang, Jack White, Michael Luehrs, Michal Ramot, & @roger-beaty.bsky.social
t.co/glnpPNmJ6R
Check out our recent paper where we use covert neurofeedback to entrain default-executive coupling during creative thinking!
Xinbing (Jack) Zhang, Jack White, Michael Luehrs, Michal Ramot, & @roger-beaty.bsky.social
t.co/glnpPNmJ6R
April 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Enhancing creativity through neurofeedback:
Check out our recent paper where we use covert neurofeedback to entrain default-executive coupling during creative thinking!
Xinbing (Jack) Zhang, Jack White, Michael Luehrs, Michal Ramot, & @roger-beaty.bsky.social
t.co/glnpPNmJ6R
Check out our recent paper where we use covert neurofeedback to entrain default-executive coupling during creative thinking!
Xinbing (Jack) Zhang, Jack White, Michael Luehrs, Michal Ramot, & @roger-beaty.bsky.social
t.co/glnpPNmJ6R
Such an honor to be part of this symposium with @neuroperson.bsky.social , Julia Kam, Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva, Matthias Mittner
#CNS2025 | Happening now
Talk 4 by Yuhua Yu @yuhuay.bsky.social
They use a think-aloud paradigm and a hidden-Markov model to investigate the temporal dynamics of spontaneous thoughts to address the challenges of integrating content and dynamics across time✨
Talk 4 by Yuhua Yu @yuhuay.bsky.social
They use a think-aloud paradigm and a hidden-Markov model to investigate the temporal dynamics of spontaneous thoughts to address the challenges of integrating content and dynamics across time✨
April 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Such an honor to be part of this symposium with @neuroperson.bsky.social , Julia Kam, Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva, Matthias Mittner
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#CNS2025 Symposium Session 9 | Happening now
Hosted by Aaron Kucyi kicking-off immerging cool research area in “Decoding spontaneous thought from neural activity.”
Hosted by Aaron Kucyi kicking-off immerging cool research area in “Decoding spontaneous thought from neural activity.”
April 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#CNS2025 Symposium Session 9 | Happening now
Hosted by Aaron Kucyi kicking-off immerging cool research area in “Decoding spontaneous thought from neural activity.”
Hosted by Aaron Kucyi kicking-off immerging cool research area in “Decoding spontaneous thought from neural activity.”
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The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts
Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
go.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
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Registration is OPEN for SfNC 2025 in Paris on our member site! tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-creativity-changing-brains
Please note the following additions to our program when you register:
📅 May 21 | AI, Creativity & a Changing World symposium
🎉 May 23 | 10th Anniversary Soirée on the Seine (ticketed)
Please note the following additions to our program when you register:
📅 May 21 | AI, Creativity & a Changing World symposium
🎉 May 23 | 10th Anniversary Soirée on the Seine (ticketed)
March 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Registration is OPEN for SfNC 2025 in Paris on our member site! tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-creativity-changing-brains
Please note the following additions to our program when you register:
📅 May 21 | AI, Creativity & a Changing World symposium
🎉 May 23 | 10th Anniversary Soirée on the Seine (ticketed)
Please note the following additions to our program when you register:
📅 May 21 | AI, Creativity & a Changing World symposium
🎉 May 23 | 10th Anniversary Soirée on the Seine (ticketed)
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8/11 are completed and the last 3 (DMB, Response, Visual), will be completed soon, and compiled into a free book "Cognitive Modes Detectable by fMRI", complete with anatomical doodles, ***and a way to determine function using task-induced BOLD changes for evidence***
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/wck63qhg...
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/wck63qhg...
Don’t hide the good stuff: Scientific advancement in task-based fMRI is slowed by not showing event-related BOLD (erBOLD) changes alongside anatomical patterns
jocnf.pubpub.org
March 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
8/11 are completed and the last 3 (DMB, Response, Visual), will be completed soon, and compiled into a free book "Cognitive Modes Detectable by fMRI", complete with anatomical doodles, ***and a way to determine function using task-induced BOLD changes for evidence***
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/wck63qhg...
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/wck63qhg...
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We get a WHOLE EXTRA DAY OF SFNC THIS YEAR
The schedule is out for our biggest meeting yet as we celebrate 10 years! 🥳
We’ve added a Day Zero symposium on May 21 focused on Creativity & AI, so mark your calendars.📆
Keynotes from Anna Abraham & Andreas Fink and much more - registration opens next week with more info to come! #SfNC2025
We’ve added a Day Zero symposium on May 21 focused on Creativity & AI, so mark your calendars.📆
Keynotes from Anna Abraham & Andreas Fink and much more - registration opens next week with more info to come! #SfNC2025
February 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We get a WHOLE EXTRA DAY OF SFNC THIS YEAR
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Join us on May 21 for AI, Creativity & a Changing World, a special symposium on the latest in Creativity & AI research:
🔹 AI & Human Co-Creativity
🔹 Advances in Automated Creativity Scoring
🔹 Expert panel on future trends led by @roger-beaty.bsky.social
Registration opens next week!
#SfNC2025
🔹 AI & Human Co-Creativity
🔹 Advances in Automated Creativity Scoring
🔹 Expert panel on future trends led by @roger-beaty.bsky.social
Registration opens next week!
#SfNC2025
February 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Join us on May 21 for AI, Creativity & a Changing World, a special symposium on the latest in Creativity & AI research:
🔹 AI & Human Co-Creativity
🔹 Advances in Automated Creativity Scoring
🔹 Expert panel on future trends led by @roger-beaty.bsky.social
Registration opens next week!
#SfNC2025
🔹 AI & Human Co-Creativity
🔹 Advances in Automated Creativity Scoring
🔹 Expert panel on future trends led by @roger-beaty.bsky.social
Registration opens next week!
#SfNC2025
Intriguing findings!
New paper alert! Have you ever looked at single-trial fMRI activation maps? If so, you know that they are super variable. Here we show that the variability is not just noise. In fact, the same task can consistently elicit different activation patterns. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multiple brain activation patterns for the same perceptual decision-making task - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show the brain uses multiple activation patterns to perform the same task. Even the default mode network, which is often inactive during focus, plays a role.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Intriguing findings!