Jieyu Zheng
@jieyusz.bsky.social
jieyusz.github.io; Twitter was @Jieyusz
Caltech Phd candidate in Neurobiology, Meister Lab
- 23-25 President of NeuroTechers
- Alumnae from SJTU, Cornell and Cambridge Uni
- Avid birder, wildlife photographer, hiker...
Caltech Phd candidate in Neurobiology, Meister Lab
- 23-25 President of NeuroTechers
- Alumnae from SJTU, Cornell and Cambridge Uni
- Avid birder, wildlife photographer, hiker...
Come to see us at #39 in the graduate school fair of #SfN25 @sfn.org to learn about the wonderful programs in Neuroscience at @caltech.edu. We are here to answer questions about Phd in Computational neuroscience, Neurobiology, MD/PhD and postdocs!
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Come to see us at #39 in the graduate school fair of #SfN25 @sfn.org to learn about the wonderful programs in Neuroscience at @caltech.edu. We are here to answer questions about Phd in Computational neuroscience, Neurobiology, MD/PhD and postdocs!
At #SfN25 Early Career session! Come to find me if you want to have an evening chat about the life without cortex, or the slowness of our being! I’ll be at the poster board B9 from 7:45-8, 8:15-8:45!
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
At #SfN25 Early Career session! Come to find me if you want to have an evening chat about the life without cortex, or the slowness of our being! I’ll be at the poster board B9 from 7:45-8, 8:15-8:45!
I’m off to #SfN2025! Grateful for the TPDA sponsor from @sfn.org. I will present in two sessions, details below.
I’m seeking 2026 postdoc positions to continue research in animal cognition/naturalistic behaviors—if you’re looking for a neuroethologist and a mouse whisperer, come to see me!
I’m seeking 2026 postdoc positions to continue research in animal cognition/naturalistic behaviors—if you’re looking for a neuroethologist and a mouse whisperer, come to see me!
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I will give a 10-minute talk this Saturday at the annual @caltech.edu outreach fair about our @mameister4.bsky.social recent publication "the unbearable slowness of being!" Why do our brains process just 10 bits/s? Check it out! explore.caltech.edu
Explore Caltech
Explore Caltech on Saturday, October 11, 2025
explore.caltech.edu
October 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I will give a 10-minute talk this Saturday at the annual @caltech.edu outreach fair about our @mameister4.bsky.social recent publication "the unbearable slowness of being!" Why do our brains process just 10 bits/s? Check it out! explore.caltech.edu
What's better than having photos featured on their website @caltech.edu? local.caltech.edu/visit/wildlife
I only picked up #wildlife photography a year ago, but the nature encounters along the way have been so rewarding! #nature #birds
I only picked up #wildlife photography a year ago, but the nature encounters along the way have been so rewarding! #nature #birds
August 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What's better than having photos featured on their website @caltech.edu? local.caltech.edu/visit/wildlife
I only picked up #wildlife photography a year ago, but the nature encounters along the way have been so rewarding! #nature #birds
I only picked up #wildlife photography a year ago, but the nature encounters along the way have been so rewarding! #nature #birds
Thank YOU for putting in the tremendous effort to write on such an important topic for scientists and the public alike! I know academics are busy, but we need more of us writing books. This will inspire and motivate more brilliant brains to tackle big science questions.
This was my dream for Elusive Cures: to provide fodder for discussions like these. I'm overjoyed to see it realized.
I don't think Panagiota is here? But @jieyusz.bsky.social is involved too. Thank you both 🙏.
I don't think Panagiota is here? But @jieyusz.bsky.social is involved too. Thank you both 🙏.
August 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank YOU for putting in the tremendous effort to write on such an important topic for scientists and the public alike! I know academics are busy, but we need more of us writing books. This will inspire and motivate more brilliant brains to tackle big science questions.
A full-brain load at an amazing cognition conference! Great meeting so many scientists with shared research interests — and #bird obsessions 🧠🐦 Conference birding is real!
Some highlights from the stunning research environment at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
Some highlights from the stunning research environment at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A full-brain load at an amazing cognition conference! Great meeting so many scientists with shared research interests — and #bird obsessions 🧠🐦 Conference birding is real!
Some highlights from the stunning research environment at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
Some highlights from the stunning research environment at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
Heading to @hhmijanelia.bsky.social this weekend for the MCN! 🧠✈️ I’ll be presenting a poster on Wednesday, repping @caltech.edu Neuroscience (seems like I might be the only one!).
Hit me up to chat about Manhattan Maze 🗺️, acortical mice 🐭, 10 bits/s 🔢, and all things cognition!
Hit me up to chat about Manhattan Maze 🗺️, acortical mice 🐭, 10 bits/s 🔢, and all things cognition!
April 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Heading to @hhmijanelia.bsky.social this weekend for the MCN! 🧠✈️ I’ll be presenting a poster on Wednesday, repping @caltech.edu Neuroscience (seems like I might be the only one!).
Hit me up to chat about Manhattan Maze 🗺️, acortical mice 🐭, 10 bits/s 🔢, and all things cognition!
Hit me up to chat about Manhattan Maze 🗺️, acortical mice 🐭, 10 bits/s 🔢, and all things cognition!
Manhattan Maze was the finalist for the Caltech 3-minute thesis competition! Check out the fantasy version of our mouse study: 🐭 www.youtube.com/live/3eS2jj8...
Three Minute Thesis
YouTube video by caltech
www.youtube.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Manhattan Maze was the finalist for the Caltech 3-minute thesis competition! Check out the fantasy version of our mouse study: 🐭 www.youtube.com/live/3eS2jj8...
My first outing of "The Unbearable Slowness of Being" at the Caltech Chen Neuroscience Workshop today! What does living at 10 bits/s mean for humans, flies, mice, and crows? More here: jieyusz.github.io/talks/2025_c...
Thanks to Profs. @cfcamerer.bsky.social & Carlos for the invite!
Thanks to Profs. @cfcamerer.bsky.social & Carlos for the invite!
April 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My first outing of "The Unbearable Slowness of Being" at the Caltech Chen Neuroscience Workshop today! What does living at 10 bits/s mean for humans, flies, mice, and crows? More here: jieyusz.github.io/talks/2025_c...
Thanks to Profs. @cfcamerer.bsky.social & Carlos for the invite!
Thanks to Profs. @cfcamerer.bsky.social & Carlos for the invite!
I'm so heartbroken to see all the homes destroyed by the firestorms in Greater Los Angeles —for both people and wildlife. This palm tree on @caltech.edu campus was once a food bank for resident acorn woodpeckers. My photo was taken just five days before the disaster. #wildfires #birds
January 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'm so heartbroken to see all the homes destroyed by the firestorms in Greater Los Angeles —for both people and wildlife. This palm tree on @caltech.edu campus was once a food bank for resident acorn woodpeckers. My photo was taken just five days before the disaster. #wildfires #birds
@caltech.edu might be a small campus, but never short of wildlife! Here are some #wildlife photos I took over the past few months /n
#addBirder #birds
#addBirder #birds
January 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
@caltech.edu might be a small campus, but never short of wildlife! Here are some #wildlife photos I took over the past few months /n
#addBirder #birds
#addBirder #birds
Reposted by Jieyu Zheng
I wrote about a scientific paper called “The Unbearable Slowness of Being” which finds that the human brain’s throughput is just 10 bits per second. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/s...
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Human Thought Is Far Slower Than Your Internet Connection (Gift Article)
A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is,” one researcher said.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:49 PM
I wrote about a scientific paper called “The Unbearable Slowness of Being” which finds that the human brain’s throughput is just 10 bits per second. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/s...
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Reposted by Jieyu Zheng
Congrats to @jieyusz.bsky.social and @mameister4.bsky.social on their Neuron paper unpacking an unresolved paradox in neuroscience. It's terrific to see it capture the public imagination, including Scientific American.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Human Brain Operates at a Stunningly Slow Pace
The brain is sometimes called the most complex machine in the known universe. But the thoughts that it outputs putter along at a trifling 10 bits per second, the pace of a conversation
www.scientificamerican.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Congrats to @jieyusz.bsky.social and @mameister4.bsky.social on their Neuron paper unpacking an unresolved paradox in neuroscience. It's terrific to see it capture the public imagination, including Scientific American.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Attached is a piece of art by me for "The Unbearable Slowness of Being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?"
Hope this will inspire you to think about the brain from a new perspective!
Hope this will inspire you to think about the brain from a new perspective!
December 17, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Attached is a piece of art by me for "The Unbearable Slowness of Being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?"
Hope this will inspire you to think about the brain from a new perspective!
Hope this will inspire you to think about the brain from a new perspective!
Reposted by Jieyu Zheng
"[It’s] the largest unexplained number in brain science. I feel like neuroscience should pay more attention to it ..." said Marcus Meister when @claudia-lopez.bsky.social sat down with him and @jieyusz.bsky.social for a Q&A about the brain's information-processing rate.
#neuroskyence
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#neuroskyence
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Explaining ‘the largest unexplained number in brain science’: Q&A with Markus Meister and Jieyu Zheng
The human brain takes in sensory information roughly 100 million times faster than it can respond. Neuroscientists need to explore this perceptual paradox to better understand the limits of the brain…
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December 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM
"[It’s] the largest unexplained number in brain science. I feel like neuroscience should pay more attention to it ..." said Marcus Meister when @claudia-lopez.bsky.social sat down with him and @jieyusz.bsky.social for a Q&A about the brain's information-processing rate.
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/3ZXxWTf
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/3ZXxWTf
This upcoming winter term @caltech.edu, I’ll lead an undergraduate tutorial on "The Ethology of Learning"👇! It’ll run 10 weeks (1-hour lectures + 2-hour readings per week).
Suggestions for readings + nominations for guest lectures are welcomed! Things to do over the holidays...
Suggestions for readings + nominations for guest lectures are welcomed! Things to do over the holidays...
November 25, 2024 at 11:05 PM
This upcoming winter term @caltech.edu, I’ll lead an undergraduate tutorial on "The Ethology of Learning"👇! It’ll run 10 weeks (1-hour lectures + 2-hour readings per week).
Suggestions for readings + nominations for guest lectures are welcomed! Things to do over the holidays...
Suggestions for readings + nominations for guest lectures are welcomed! Things to do over the holidays...
Huge thanks to @johnjvastola for the kind invitation and intro! 🙏 And to the @harvardmed neuroscience audience for your questions. 🧠✨
Hope this talk sparked ideas on the role of the cortex! Slides now uploaded: https://t.co/gEUqQGNlVm https://t.co/eEN4PiWFjU
Hope this talk sparked ideas on the role of the cortex! Slides now uploaded: https://t.co/gEUqQGNlVm https://t.co/eEN4PiWFjU
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Huge thanks to @johnjvastola for the kind invitation and intro! 🙏 And to the @harvardmed neuroscience audience for your questions. 🧠✨
Hope this talk sparked ideas on the role of the cortex! Slides now uploaded: https://t.co/gEUqQGNlVm https://t.co/eEN4PiWFjU
Hope this talk sparked ideas on the role of the cortex! Slides now uploaded: https://t.co/gEUqQGNlVm https://t.co/eEN4PiWFjU
Outside the lab, I’m all about birds 🦅and art 🎨. It’s like weekend research, but with more instinct than effort —watching animals in the wild is very inspiring. Check out this short piece from Victoria Thomas @LocalNewsDena on my birding adventures: https://t.co/YNLafTjuOK
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Outside the lab, I’m all about birds 🦅and art 🎨. It’s like weekend research, but with more instinct than effort —watching animals in the wild is very inspiring. Check out this short piece from Victoria Thomas @LocalNewsDena on my birding adventures: https://t.co/YNLafTjuOK
Thank you @DiscoverMag for a nice summary of "The Unbearable Slowness of Being" by me and @mameister4! https://t.co/ZoPBANdR67
If you are new to neuroscience, give it a read!
Small suggestion & a little plug: How about using my art instead of the stock photo? 🎨😊
If you are new to neuroscience, give it a read!
Small suggestion & a little plug: How about using my art instead of the stock photo? 🎨😊
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Thank you @DiscoverMag for a nice summary of "The Unbearable Slowness of Being" by me and @mameister4! https://t.co/ZoPBANdR67
If you are new to neuroscience, give it a read!
Small suggestion & a little plug: How about using my art instead of the stock photo? 🎨😊
If you are new to neuroscience, give it a read!
Small suggestion & a little plug: How about using my art instead of the stock photo? 🎨😊
What do neuroscientists do on weekends? Art is an option! 🎨
Here’s a piece I did in 2021 when writing “the Unbearable Slowness of Being” https://t.co/rUUyNaWoD1. This painting is on the wall of our lab.
Check out more arts & science here: https://t.co/aoRBzfJsLR https://t.co/fMo1NYS4V9
Here’s a piece I did in 2021 when writing “the Unbearable Slowness of Being” https://t.co/rUUyNaWoD1. This painting is on the wall of our lab.
Check out more arts & science here: https://t.co/aoRBzfJsLR https://t.co/fMo1NYS4V9
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
What do neuroscientists do on weekends? Art is an option! 🎨
Here’s a piece I did in 2021 when writing “the Unbearable Slowness of Being” https://t.co/rUUyNaWoD1. This painting is on the wall of our lab.
Check out more arts & science here: https://t.co/aoRBzfJsLR https://t.co/fMo1NYS4V9
Here’s a piece I did in 2021 when writing “the Unbearable Slowness of Being” https://t.co/rUUyNaWoD1. This painting is on the wall of our lab.
Check out more arts & science here: https://t.co/aoRBzfJsLR https://t.co/fMo1NYS4V9
Fun fact: a good portion of the literature search was done during a remote rotation while COVID-quarantining in a hotel in Singapore. Three years later I’m still suffering from COVID… https://t.co/TlWgAnfImG
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Fun fact: a good portion of the literature search was done during a remote rotation while COVID-quarantining in a hotel in Singapore. Three years later I’m still suffering from COVID… https://t.co/TlWgAnfImG
Nice Ambition from @elonmusk @djseo_ @neuralink 🚀, but we @mameister4 kindly invite you to read our words of caution first😉⚠️, now on arXIV: https://t.co/rUUyNaWoD1
Academics, please join the discussion on alphaxiv: https://t.co/IHaA4FhPvg. Just one thought at a time please!
Academics, please join the discussion on alphaxiv: https://t.co/IHaA4FhPvg. Just one thought at a time please!
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Nice Ambition from @elonmusk @djseo_ @neuralink 🚀, but we @mameister4 kindly invite you to read our words of caution first😉⚠️, now on arXIV: https://t.co/rUUyNaWoD1
Academics, please join the discussion on alphaxiv: https://t.co/IHaA4FhPvg. Just one thought at a time please!
Academics, please join the discussion on alphaxiv: https://t.co/IHaA4FhPvg. Just one thought at a time please!
Few-shot learning observed: it took me 6 peanuts to befriend a local fox squirrel. Now he checks my window daily—no extinction yet.
Sure, squirrels already have representations of humans as food sources, but doesn't this hint at meta-learning too?
(Photo today at @Caltech) https://t.co/GIlvDUCrNt
Sure, squirrels already have representations of humans as food sources, but doesn't this hint at meta-learning too?
(Photo today at @Caltech) https://t.co/GIlvDUCrNt
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Few-shot learning observed: it took me 6 peanuts to befriend a local fox squirrel. Now he checks my window daily—no extinction yet.
Sure, squirrels already have representations of humans as food sources, but doesn't this hint at meta-learning too?
(Photo today at @Caltech) https://t.co/GIlvDUCrNt
Sure, squirrels already have representations of humans as food sources, but doesn't this hint at meta-learning too?
(Photo today at @Caltech) https://t.co/GIlvDUCrNt
COVID got me good😷, probably from the epic party at @MITMuseum... No regrets for me though—Seeing Shannon's Theseus is a Maze researcher's dream come true!
Wishing everyone at #CCN2024 @CogCompNeuro good health! Stay safe, folks! https://t.co/KrpGbEIA5h
Wishing everyone at #CCN2024 @CogCompNeuro good health! Stay safe, folks! https://t.co/KrpGbEIA5h
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
COVID got me good😷, probably from the epic party at @MITMuseum... No regrets for me though—Seeing Shannon's Theseus is a Maze researcher's dream come true!
Wishing everyone at #CCN2024 @CogCompNeuro good health! Stay safe, folks! https://t.co/KrpGbEIA5h
Wishing everyone at #CCN2024 @CogCompNeuro good health! Stay safe, folks! https://t.co/KrpGbEIA5h