Giolip
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Really interesting work by Bakhurin and colleagues challenging the reward prediction error hypothesis of dopamine:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I love this figure which both echoes and undermines the famous figure from Schultz et al. (1997).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I love this figure which both echoes and undermines the famous figure from Schultz et al. (1997).
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Really interesting work by Bakhurin and colleagues challenging the reward prediction error hypothesis of dopamine:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I love this figure which both echoes and undermines the famous figure from Schultz et al. (1997).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I love this figure which both echoes and undermines the famous figure from Schultz et al. (1997).
An intriguing exploration of machines inspired by homeostasis as a means to develop self-regulation, analogs to feeling, and enhanced adaptability, providing a framework for studying consciousness and intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Homeostasis and soft robotics in the design of feeling machines - Nature Machine Intelligence
Robots and machines are generally designed to perform specific tasks. Unlike humans, they lack the ability to generate feelings based on interactions with the world. The authors propose a new class of...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
An intriguing exploration of machines inspired by homeostasis as a means to develop self-regulation, analogs to feeling, and enhanced adaptability, providing a framework for studying consciousness and intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Not that it comes as much of a surprise to many of us, but it's worth emphasizing once again - the 👏 brain 👏 uses 👏 distributed 👏 coding 👏. 😁
Two new papers from the #IBL looking at brain-wide activity:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience 🧪
Two new papers from the #IBL looking at brain-wide activity:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience 🧪
Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making - Nature
Brain-wide recordings in mice reveal that prior expectations are distributed through recurrent loops across all levels of cortical and subcortical processing.
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Not that it comes as much of a surprise to many of us, but it's worth emphasizing once again - the 👏 brain 👏 uses 👏 distributed 👏 coding 👏. 😁
Two new papers from the #IBL looking at brain-wide activity:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience 🧪
Two new papers from the #IBL looking at brain-wide activity:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience 🧪
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Great to see work published in Neuron by SWC Research Fellow Michael Bukwich, completed during his PhD @harvardmcb.bsky.social ⬇️
How Mice Make Foraging Decisions: Uchida Lab Reveals Neural Mechanism Underlying “Stay or Go” Choices 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @malcolmgcampbell.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @malcolmgcampbell.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social
How Mice Make Foraging Decisions: Uchida Lab Reveals Neural Mechanism Underlying “Stay or Go” Choices - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
In a new study in Neuron (PDF), researchers from Naoshige Uchida’s MCB lab provide an unprecedented look at how the brain makes foraging decisions—choices between sticking with a […]
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August 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great to see work published in Neuron by SWC Research Fellow Michael Bukwich, completed during his PhD @harvardmcb.bsky.social ⬇️
Looking for book recommendations on complex systems theory—something accessible for a neuroscientist with curiosity but not much background in the area. What would you suggest for getting started?
August 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Looking for book recommendations on complex systems theory—something accessible for a neuroscientist with curiosity but not much background in the area. What would you suggest for getting started?
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Our new paper is out! When navigating through an environment, how do we combine our general sense of direction with known landmark states? To explore this, @denislan.bsky.social used a task that allowed subjects (or neural networks) to choose either their next action or next state at each step.
How do humans navigate unfamiliar environments? @denislan.bsky.social @lhuntneuro.bsky.social @summerfieldlab.bsky.social show that humans & deep meta-learning networks combine ‘vector-based’ & ‘transition-based’ strategies for flexible navigation in similar ways @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/45uSwNm
August 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Our new paper is out! When navigating through an environment, how do we combine our general sense of direction with known landmark states? To explore this, @denislan.bsky.social used a task that allowed subjects (or neural networks) to choose either their next action or next state at each step.
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Cool study exploring the effects of Psilocybin on dampening of fear responses after repeated exposure to safe cues (fear extinction).
Psilocybin seems cause the mice to 'chill out' a bit. But this is a specific 'chill' effect.
Congrats @flybottleescape.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Psilocybin seems cause the mice to 'chill out' a bit. But this is a specific 'chill' effect.
Congrats @flybottleescape.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Cool study exploring the effects of Psilocybin on dampening of fear responses after repeated exposure to safe cues (fear extinction).
Psilocybin seems cause the mice to 'chill out' a bit. But this is a specific 'chill' effect.
Congrats @flybottleescape.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Psilocybin seems cause the mice to 'chill out' a bit. But this is a specific 'chill' effect.
Congrats @flybottleescape.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Georgia Tech researchers have developed a tiny, flexible brain sensor that enables stable, wearable brain–computer interfaces – even during movement. Potential applications range from AR and VR to restoring function to people with neurological disorders or injuries. #WearableTech #EEG
Tiny sensor creates a stable, wearable brain–computer interface – Physics World
A microscale brain sensor enables thought control of external devices, even during intense motion
physicsworld.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Georgia Tech researchers have developed a tiny, flexible brain sensor that enables stable, wearable brain–computer interfaces – even during movement. Potential applications range from AR and VR to restoring function to people with neurological disorders or injuries. #WearableTech #EEG
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Nachum Ulanovsky's book "“Natural Neuroscience” on taking a more ecological approach to neuroscience came out! Nachum is one of the world leaders in studying the brain using bats, and his studies are always incredibly interesting and original.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204499...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204499...
Natural Neuroscience
Natural neuroscience departs from the classical reductionist approach, which emphasizes control at the expense of natural behaviors, by proposing a shift tow...
mitpress.mit.edu
April 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Nachum Ulanovsky's book "“Natural Neuroscience” on taking a more ecological approach to neuroscience came out! Nachum is one of the world leaders in studying the brain using bats, and his studies are always incredibly interesting and original.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204499...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204499...
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Looking for a candidate to apply to the @fondationfyssen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships 🚨
If you would like to work on social touch at INCC in Paris, contact me ! (and if you you are defending your PhD before December 25 - not in France)
www.fondationfyssen.fr/en/study-gra...
If you would like to work on social touch at INCC in Paris, contact me ! (and if you you are defending your PhD before December 25 - not in France)
www.fondationfyssen.fr/en/study-gra...
Post-doctoral study grants : Aim & award - Fondation Fyssen
Goals Study grants are ment for post-doctoral researchers, working on research disciplines such as Ethology, Paleontology, Archaeology, Anthropology, Psychology, Epistemology, Logic and Sciences of n...
www.fondationfyssen.fr
January 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Looking for a candidate to apply to the @fondationfyssen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships 🚨
If you would like to work on social touch at INCC in Paris, contact me ! (and if you you are defending your PhD before December 25 - not in France)
www.fondationfyssen.fr/en/study-gra...
If you would like to work on social touch at INCC in Paris, contact me ! (and if you you are defending your PhD before December 25 - not in France)
www.fondationfyssen.fr/en/study-gra...
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New clues about how the brain avoids ‘catastrophic forgetting’ — the distortion and overwriting of previously established memories when new ones are created. 🧪
Why don’t new memories overwrite old ones? Sleep science holds clues
Research in mice points towards a mechanism that avoids ‘catastrophic forgetting’.
www.nature.com
January 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New clues about how the brain avoids ‘catastrophic forgetting’ — the distortion and overwriting of previously established memories when new ones are created. 🧪
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This is not a smart man.
January 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is not a smart man.
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This 2024 I’ve been humbled by conversations on #ComplexityThoughts and its (unexpected) growth.
From the risks of new pandemics to the promises of AI, from climate change to evolution, I explored many systems through the lens of #complexity science balancing the technical w/ the accessible.
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From the risks of new pandemics to the promises of AI, from climate change to evolution, I explored many systems through the lens of #complexity science balancing the technical w/ the accessible.
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December 28, 2024 at 10:12 AM
This 2024 I’ve been humbled by conversations on #ComplexityThoughts and its (unexpected) growth.
From the risks of new pandemics to the promises of AI, from climate change to evolution, I explored many systems through the lens of #complexity science balancing the technical w/ the accessible.
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From the risks of new pandemics to the promises of AI, from climate change to evolution, I explored many systems through the lens of #complexity science balancing the technical w/ the accessible.
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Amazing collective problem solving in ants:
December 27, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Amazing collective problem solving in ants: