Bernhard Spitzer
@bernhardspitzer.bsky.social
Interested in memory, decision making, and soul, the latter more in a musical sense. Prof at TUD and PI of the AMD group https://tinyurl.com/y6tjbptj. Happy on two wheels 🚲 and four strings 🎸
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🥳 I am incredibly humbled and grateful to share that our work, "Aligning machine and human visual representations across abstraction levels," has been published today in @nature.com ⬇️
What aspects of human knowledge do vision models like CLIP fail to capture, and how can we improve them? We suggest models miss key global organization; aligning them makes them more robust. Check out LukasMuttenthaler's work, finally out (in Nature!?) www.nature.com/articles/s41... + our blog! 1/3
Aligning machine and human visual representations across abstraction levels - Nature
Aligning foundation models with human judgments enables them to more accurately approximate human behaviour and uncertainty across various levels of visual abstraction, while additionally improving th...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🥳 I am incredibly humbled and grateful to share that our work, "Aligning machine and human visual representations across abstraction levels," has been published today in @nature.com ⬇️
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Sensory reformatting for a working visual memory www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sensory reformatting for a working visual memory
A core function of visual working memory (WM) is to sustain mental representations of recent visual inputs, thereby bridging moments of experience. Th…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Sensory reformatting for a working visual memory www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New paper using M/EEG to look at attractive and repulsive serial dependence in working memory, led by the excellent Jiangang Shan, with Jasper Hajonides.
In #memories, when does bias towards or away from a stimulus arise? New research shows that attractive serial dependence emerges during #decision-making, while repulsive biases originate during early sensory encoding. 🧪
plos.io/3JSztEg
plos.io/3JSztEg
Attractive serial dependence arises during decision-making
Our memory of a stimulus can be biased toward or away from previous stimuli, but when this bias arises is unclear. This study shows that attractive serial dependence emerges during decision-making, su...
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August 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New paper using M/EEG to look at attractive and repulsive serial dependence in working memory, led by the excellent Jiangang Shan, with Jasper Hajonides.
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New preprint! 🚨→ Determinants of Visual Ambiguity Resolution. A new work with @ortiztudela.bsky.social @jvoeller.bsky.social @martinhebart.bsky.social and @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social
We created ~2k images and collected ~100k responses to study visual ambiguity.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We created ~2k images and collected ~100k responses to study visual ambiguity.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New preprint! 🚨→ Determinants of Visual Ambiguity Resolution. A new work with @ortiztudela.bsky.social @jvoeller.bsky.social @martinhebart.bsky.social and @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social
We created ~2k images and collected ~100k responses to study visual ambiguity.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We created ~2k images and collected ~100k responses to study visual ambiguity.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We have a position open - if you’re interested in ambivalence in (social)decision making, check it out: www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste...
Vacancy ID 12064
www.verw.tu-dresden.de
April 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We have a position open - if you’re interested in ambivalence in (social)decision making, check it out: www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste...
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Multiplexing of cognitive encoding by oculomotor networks leads to incidental gaze shifts
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#neuroscience
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#neuroscience
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...
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Multiplexing of cognitive encoding by oculomotor networks leads to incidental gaze shifts
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#neuroscience
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#neuroscience
No April Fool's joke, one week left to apply!
Because some asked, we are an international team and English is the working language in the lab. German language skills are beneficial, but not essential.
Because some asked, we are an international team and English is the working language in the lab. German language skills are beneficial, but not essential.
Join us at the new chair of Biopsychology at @tudresden.bsky.social! Fully funded university positions, broad topics in cognitive neuroscience, plus you get to work with the fabulous adaptive memory and cognition group (link below)
www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste... (tinyurl.com/y6tjbptj)
Vacancy ID 12024
www.verw.tu-dresden.de
April 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
No April Fool's joke, one week left to apply!
Because some asked, we are an international team and English is the working language in the lab. German language skills are beneficial, but not essential.
Because some asked, we are an international team and English is the working language in the lab. German language skills are beneficial, but not essential.
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Science Alert 🚨: Our paper is now out in @natureneuro.bsky.social - We show that the firing phase of neurons in human MTL doesn’t reflect the order of events, challenging a long-standing theory of human memory.
nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01893-7
nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01893-7
Phase of firing does not reflect temporal order in sequence memory of humans and recurrent neural networks - Nature Neuroscience
The temporal order of events in working memory is thought to be reflected by ordered neuronal firing at different phases. Here the authors show that this is not the case and that phase order is linked...
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March 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Science Alert 🚨: Our paper is now out in @natureneuro.bsky.social - We show that the firing phase of neurons in human MTL doesn’t reflect the order of events, challenging a long-standing theory of human memory.
nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01893-7
nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01893-7
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One week left to submit individual contributions for this year's 50th Psychology and Brain (PuG) conference in Würzburg. We look forward to receiving abstract submissions for accepted symposia as well as poster contributions www.pug2025.org
PuG2025 | Psychologie und Gehirn
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to invite you to the 50th Annual Conference on “Psychology and the Brain (PuG2025),” held from June 18–21, 2025, at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg!
www.pug2025.org
March 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
One week left to submit individual contributions for this year's 50th Psychology and Brain (PuG) conference in Würzburg. We look forward to receiving abstract submissions for accepted symposia as well as poster contributions www.pug2025.org
Two weeks left to apply!
2 Postdoc positions with my fabulous new colleague @bernhardspitzer.bsky.social - chair of biopsychology @tudresden.bsky.social
- thanks for sharing -
@dgps.bsky.social @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste...
- thanks for sharing -
@dgps.bsky.social @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste...
March 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Two weeks left to apply!
That city crow putting pizza on my thyme had me thinking for the rest of the day
March 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
That city crow putting pizza on my thyme had me thinking for the rest of the day
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Want to make nice graphs with me, starting this summer? I am hiring for two PhD positions at the University of Witten/Herdecke.
March 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Want to make nice graphs with me, starting this summer? I am hiring for two PhD positions at the University of Witten/Herdecke.
Join us at the new chair of Biopsychology at @tudresden.bsky.social! Fully funded university positions, broad topics in cognitive neuroscience, plus you get to work with the fabulous adaptive memory and cognition group (link below)
www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste... (tinyurl.com/y6tjbptj)
Vacancy ID 12024
www.verw.tu-dresden.de
March 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Join us at the new chair of Biopsychology at @tudresden.bsky.social! Fully funded university positions, broad topics in cognitive neuroscience, plus you get to work with the fabulous adaptive memory and cognition group (link below)
www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste... (tinyurl.com/y6tjbptj)
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We are looking for 2 new colleagues - #professorships in
(A) Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
(B) Work & Organizational Psychology
Join a lively and collaborative department @tudresden.bsky.social in #Dresden
- Please share -
@dgps.bsky.social #jobalert 📣
tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/a...
(A) Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
(B) Work & Organizational Psychology
Join a lively and collaborative department @tudresden.bsky.social in #Dresden
- Please share -
@dgps.bsky.social #jobalert 📣
tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/a...
February 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We are looking for 2 new colleagues - #professorships in
(A) Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
(B) Work & Organizational Psychology
Join a lively and collaborative department @tudresden.bsky.social in #Dresden
- Please share -
@dgps.bsky.social #jobalert 📣
tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/a...
(A) Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
(B) Work & Organizational Psychology
Join a lively and collaborative department @tudresden.bsky.social in #Dresden
- Please share -
@dgps.bsky.social #jobalert 📣
tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/a...
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My favorite remote conference is coming back this year, and we are looking for a postdoc to join the team of organizers! If you LOVE working memory research and its wonderful community, join us!
The Working Memory Symposium will return in 2025 (Tentative date: July 8-11)! We are now seeking a new post-doc organizer to join our organizing team. To apply, fill out the google form linked on our home page (www.wmsymposium.org) by March 16!
Working Memory Symposium
We will return this summer for WMS 2025!
Tentative date: July 8-11 Click here to apply for a postdoc organizor! (Application Deadline: March 16th)
www.wmsymposium.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My favorite remote conference is coming back this year, and we are looking for a postdoc to join the team of organizers! If you LOVE working memory research and its wonderful community, join us!
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BAMB! is happening again in 2025. Learn how to model your behavioural data, next to the beach in Barcelona! keynotes this year from @athenaakrami.bsky.social and Peter Dayan.
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
February 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
BAMB! is happening again in 2025. Learn how to model your behavioural data, next to the beach in Barcelona! keynotes this year from @athenaakrami.bsky.social and Peter Dayan.
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Impressive work from Liqiang Huang:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'd like to see how this generalizes beyond 4-item color memory (e.g., different set sizes, retention intervals, memoranda, cueing, etc.). I'd also like to see comparison with earlier models. This model has "only" 57 parameters!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'd like to see how this generalizes beyond 4-item color memory (e.g., different set sizes, retention intervals, memoranda, cueing, etc.). I'd also like to see comparison with earlier models. This model has "only" 57 parameters!
Comprehensive exploration of visual working memory mechanisms using large-scale behavioral experiment - Nature Communications
Two decades of research on visual working memory have yielded substantial yet fragmented knowledge. Here, using a large-scale experiment with 40 million responses, the author provides evidence these f...
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February 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Impressive work from Liqiang Huang:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'd like to see how this generalizes beyond 4-item color memory (e.g., different set sizes, retention intervals, memoranda, cueing, etc.). I'd also like to see comparison with earlier models. This model has "only" 57 parameters!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'd like to see how this generalizes beyond 4-item color memory (e.g., different set sizes, retention intervals, memoranda, cueing, etc.). I'd also like to see comparison with earlier models. This model has "only" 57 parameters!
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Nearly 250,000 people in Berlin showed up to protest fascism and the Musk backed AfD party.
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Nearly 250,000 people in Berlin showed up to protest fascism and the Musk backed AfD party.
Cool new findings by @luiantaverra.bsky.social, @ondrejzika.bsky.social, and @nicoschuck.bsky.social on value transfer in aversive generalization:
It’s a Preprint! 👋
We show how we can dissociate perceptual from value-based mechanisms of generalisation + that stronger gen. in anxiety is associated with value rather than perception.
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@ondrejzika.bsky.social @nicoschuck.bsky.social @bernhardspitzer.bsky.social
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We show how we can dissociate perceptual from value-based mechanisms of generalisation + that stronger gen. in anxiety is associated with value rather than perception.
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@ondrejzika.bsky.social @nicoschuck.bsky.social @bernhardspitzer.bsky.social
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January 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Cool new findings by @luiantaverra.bsky.social, @ondrejzika.bsky.social, and @nicoschuck.bsky.social on value transfer in aversive generalization:
I am overjoyed to share that I will be joining the Faculty of Psychology @tudresden.bsky.social as Professor/Chair of Biopsychology! Thrilled and excited about this new chapter for both myself and the lab!
January 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I am overjoyed to share that I will be joining the Faculty of Psychology @tudresden.bsky.social as Professor/Chair of Biopsychology! Thrilled and excited about this new chapter for both myself and the lab!
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Very excited that our (@ingrdmrtn.bsky.social, Luianta Verra & myself) RLDM 2025 Workshop "Game on: Leveraging Gamification to Understand Cognitive and Computational Mechanisms" has been accepted!
We will soon be opening a call for contributed talks - stay tuned if you are interested!
We will soon be opening a call for contributed talks - stay tuned if you are interested!
January 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Very excited that our (@ingrdmrtn.bsky.social, Luianta Verra & myself) RLDM 2025 Workshop "Game on: Leveraging Gamification to Understand Cognitive and Computational Mechanisms" has been accepted!
We will soon be opening a call for contributed talks - stay tuned if you are interested!
We will soon be opening a call for contributed talks - stay tuned if you are interested!
Overdue freehub maintenance lets my 2024 local traffic cost skyrocket to ca. 50 bucks in total. Happy New Year to my car-driving friends :D
December 29, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Overdue freehub maintenance lets my 2024 local traffic cost skyrocket to ca. 50 bucks in total. Happy New Year to my car-driving friends :D
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Yay!!! 🎉 Excited to join #Bluesky! 🌟 We're sharing the latest updates on cutting-edge research and fresh insights into human development. Let's connect, learn, and explore together! 🚀 #Science #MaxPlanck
December 16, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Yay!!! 🎉 Excited to join #Bluesky! 🌟 We're sharing the latest updates on cutting-edge research and fresh insights into human development. Let's connect, learn, and explore together! 🚀 #Science #MaxPlanck
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🚨Join our team! We’re hiring a PhD student in Cognitive & Clinical Neuroscience 🧠 🎓 at @uni_wue & @UKW_Wuerzburg! Explore mechanisms of decision-making in healthy people & Parkinson’s using new deep brain stimulation methods. German & English required. Apply by 20 Dec! 🌟🎄
Details: shorturl.at/IcNa0
Details: shorturl.at/IcNa0
PhD_Wessel_Garvert.pdf
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December 3, 2024 at 11:48 AM
🚨Join our team! We’re hiring a PhD student in Cognitive & Clinical Neuroscience 🧠 🎓 at @uni_wue & @UKW_Wuerzburg! Explore mechanisms of decision-making in healthy people & Parkinson’s using new deep brain stimulation methods. German & English required. Apply by 20 Dec! 🌟🎄
Details: shorturl.at/IcNa0
Details: shorturl.at/IcNa0