Anna-Lena Stroh
@lenastroh.bsky.social
Neuroscientist interested in neuroplasticity, blindness, deafness, and Sign Language
Pinned
Atypical functional connectome in congenitally blind humans
The cortex is organized along macroscale structural and functional gradients that extend from unimodal to transmodal association areas and from somatosensory to visual regions. It has not been tested ...
www.biorxiv.org
Preprint alert! 🚨 Atypical functional connectome in congenitally blind humans. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... co-led by @cemalkoba.bsky.social and me, together with Joan Falco-Roget, @olicolli.bsky.social, @katarzynaraczy.bsky.social, Marina Bedny, Mengyu Tian, and Marcin Szwed
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
New paper by @avbarchet.bsky.social from Gesa Hartwigsen’s group, @jonasobleser.bsky.social @ae.mpg.de @mpicbs.bsky.social We suggest attentional filtering during comprehension requires target enhancement and distractor suppression at different hierarchical levels
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
Attentional engagement with target and distractor streams predicts speech comprehension in multitalker environments
Understanding speech while ignoring competing speech streams in the surrounding environment is challenging. Previous studies have demonstrated that attention shapes the neural representation of speech...
www.jneurosci.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
New paper by @avbarchet.bsky.social from Gesa Hartwigsen’s group, @jonasobleser.bsky.social @ae.mpg.de @mpicbs.bsky.social We suggest attentional filtering during comprehension requires target enhancement and distractor suppression at different hierarchical levels
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
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Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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PhD Opportunity at UCL – Tactile Sign Language & DeafBlind Communication. Funded PhD at DCAL exploring tactile BSL and DeafBlind interaction. UK only. Deadline 1 Dec 2025.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
PhD Opportunity at UCL – Tactile Sign Language & DeafBlind Communication
Join a pioneering ERC-funded project at UCL’s DCAL, Europe’s leading centre for Deafness, Cognition & Language research.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
PhD Opportunity at UCL – Tactile Sign Language & DeafBlind Communication. Funded PhD at DCAL exploring tactile BSL and DeafBlind interaction. UK only. Deadline 1 Dec 2025.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ammar I. Marvi, Nancy G. Kanwisher, et al:
An efficient multifunction fMRI localizer for high-level visual, auditory, and cognitive regions in humans
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
An efficient multifunction fMRI localizer for high-level visual, auditory, and cognitive regions in humans
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ammar I. Marvi, Nancy G. Kanwisher, et al:
An efficient multifunction fMRI localizer for high-level visual, auditory, and cognitive regions in humans
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
An efficient multifunction fMRI localizer for high-level visual, auditory, and cognitive regions in humans
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
Brain–body states as a link between cardiovascular and mental health
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#neuroskyence
October 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Brain–body states as a link between cardiovascular and mental health
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#neuroskyence
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
When is it appropriate to deviate from a pre-registration, and how should this be done? 🧐
Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!
October 28, 1pm GMT.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org
Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!
October 28, 1pm GMT.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org
When and How to Deviate From a Preregistration, with Prof Daniël Lakens
Prof Daniël Lakens will share guidance on appropriate circumstances and methods for deviating from a pre-registration
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
When is it appropriate to deviate from a pre-registration, and how should this be done? 🧐
Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!
October 28, 1pm GMT.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org
Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!
October 28, 1pm GMT.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
By utilizing the visual backward masking paradigm, this study aimed to disentangle the contributions of feedforward and recurrent processing, revealing that recurrent processing significantly shapes the object representations across the ventral visual stream.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Recurrence affects the geometry of visual representations across the ventral visual stream in the human brain
The specific roles of feedforward and recurrent processing in human visual object recognition remain incompletely understood. In this neuroimaging and computational modelling study the authors isolate...
journals.plos.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
By utilizing the visual backward masking paradigm, this study aimed to disentangle the contributions of feedforward and recurrent processing, revealing that recurrent processing significantly shapes the object representations across the ventral visual stream.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
How disabled scientists spice up science, technology, and everywhere and all at once. Powerful preprint by the brilliant @jennychenlu.bsky.social & @sheilaxu.bsky.social on the ethics of hiring deaf and disabled people in STEM.
Read here: tinyurl.com/52kceckw
Read here: tinyurl.com/52kceckw
How disabled scientists spice up science, technology, and everywhere and all at once
My good friend and incredible colleague, Sheila Xu (see linkedin profile here), and I recently co-authored a book chapter, titled ” Deaf Leaders Now! The ethics of hiring disabled people in s…
jennychenlu.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
How disabled scientists spice up science, technology, and everywhere and all at once. Powerful preprint by the brilliant @jennychenlu.bsky.social & @sheilaxu.bsky.social on the ethics of hiring deaf and disabled people in STEM.
Read here: tinyurl.com/52kceckw
Read here: tinyurl.com/52kceckw
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
Functional organization of the human visual system at birth and across late gestation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.22.677834v1
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Functional organization of the human visual system at birth and across late gestation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.22.677834v1
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The human brain mechanisms of afterimages: From networks to cortical layers https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.30.673266v1
September 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The human brain mechanisms of afterimages: From networks to cortical layers https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.30.673266v1
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
🚨 Very excited to have this manuscript with Haydée García-Lázaro out in the world! With psychophysics and #EEG decoding, we show how echoacoustic evidence accumulates over multiple click-echo presentations. The first temporally resolved account of the brain doing #echolocation in blind humans. 🦇🔊
Neural and behavioral correlates of evidence accumulation in human click-based echolocation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.30.673202v1
August 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🚨 Very excited to have this manuscript with Haydée García-Lázaro out in the world! With psychophysics and #EEG decoding, we show how echoacoustic evidence accumulates over multiple click-echo presentations. The first temporally resolved account of the brain doing #echolocation in blind humans. 🦇🔊
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
End of August means ECVP! This year, I am here (in beautiful Mainz) with a special mission - to find postdocs who will join us in (equally beautiful) Krakow, PL! Drop me a DM if you are interested!
@ecvp.bsky.social
@ecvp.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
End of August means ECVP! This year, I am here (in beautiful Mainz) with a special mission - to find postdocs who will join us in (equally beautiful) Krakow, PL! Drop me a DM if you are interested!
@ecvp.bsky.social
@ecvp.bsky.social
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Excited to share our (Flo Martinez Addiego @yuqiliu1179.bsky.social @culhamari-lab.bsky.social) paper, now published in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(or an easier read on medicine.georgetown.edu/news-release... )
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(or an easier read on medicine.georgetown.edu/news-release... )
Action-type mapping principles extend beyond evolutionarily conserved actions, even in people born without hands | PNAS
How are actions represented in the motor system? Although the sensorimotor system
is broadly organized somatotopically, higher-level sensorimotor a...
www.pnas.org
August 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Excited to share our (Flo Martinez Addiego @yuqiliu1179.bsky.social @culhamari-lab.bsky.social) paper, now published in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(or an easier read on medicine.georgetown.edu/news-release... )
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(or an easier read on medicine.georgetown.edu/news-release... )
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
#Myelination enables faster signal propagation in the brain, but takes more energy & space. @philipruthig.bsky.social &co reveal how short- & long-range #WhiteMatter fibers differ, showing how these variations affect neural communication & processing efficiency @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4mq5tOy
August 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#Myelination enables faster signal propagation in the brain, but takes more energy & space. @philipruthig.bsky.social &co reveal how short- & long-range #WhiteMatter fibers differ, showing how these variations affect neural communication & processing efficiency @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4mq5tOy
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator
As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
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August 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
Disentangling the influences of pre- and postnatal periods on human cortical microstructure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.12.669812v1
August 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Disentangling the influences of pre- and postnatal periods on human cortical microstructure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.12.669812v1
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
Thanks to all (co)authors & reviewers for their contribution to this study on #layer specific changes in #sensory #cortex across the #lifespan in #humans & #mice now out in @natneuro.nature.com Here is a short summary of our findings 1/6
🧠 The human brain ages less than thought and in layers – at least in the area of the cortex responsible for the sense of touch. See study @natneuro.nature.com by @estherkuehn.bsky.social and colleagues at DZNE, @hih-tuebingen.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de:
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Layer-specific changes in sensory cortex across the lifespan in mice and humans - Nature Neuroscience
The principal layer architecture of the sensory cortex is altered with aging. The authors show that overall thinning of the primary somatosensory cortex is driven by deep layer degeneration but that l...
www.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
On Friday, niklasmuller.bsky.social shows that estimating population receptive fields (pRF) using DNN feature maps but without assuming a Gaussian pRF shape yields better predictions of THINGS ephys data, uncovering surprising pRF geometries! 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=1... Poster C105, 14:00-17:00
Poster Presentation
2025.ccneuro.org
August 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
On Friday, niklasmuller.bsky.social shows that estimating population receptive fields (pRF) using DNN feature maps but without assuming a Gaussian pRF shape yields better predictions of THINGS ephys data, uncovering surprising pRF geometries! 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=1... Poster C105, 14:00-17:00
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
This is wild. Dirt-cheap, un-patentable lithium supplements might just reverse Alzheimer's (in mice, admittedly...).
Replenishing the brain’s natural stores of lithium can protect against and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease
go.nature.com/4m8zW3H
go.nature.com/4m8zW3H
New hope for Alzheimer’s: lithium supplement reverses memory loss in mice
Nature - Studies in rodents and humans suggest that low levels of the metal contribute to cognitive decline.
go.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This is wild. Dirt-cheap, un-patentable lithium supplements might just reverse Alzheimer's (in mice, admittedly...).
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
Decoding semantic sound categories in early visual cortex academic.oup.com/cercor/artic... "semantic and categorical sound information is represented in early visual cortex, potentially used to predict visual input"; #neuroscience
August 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Decoding semantic sound categories in early visual cortex academic.oup.com/cercor/artic... "semantic and categorical sound information is represented in early visual cortex, potentially used to predict visual input"; #neuroscience
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
Analysis of >11,000 pediatric MRI scans suggests that suboptimal image quality may introduce bias in cortical thickness and area estimates in over half the cases 🤔🧐
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Addressing artifactual bias in large, automated MRI analyses of brain development - Nature Neuroscience
As large-scale neurodevelopmental MRI studies gain prominence, the authors identify tradeoffs between sample size and quality control that can dramatically affect results, and they evaluate a range of...
www.nature.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Analysis of >11,000 pediatric MRI scans suggests that suboptimal image quality may introduce bias in cortical thickness and area estimates in over half the cases 🤔🧐
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
I’m happy to share that our manuscript on the cortical depth-dependency of the GE- and SE-BOLD point spread function at 7 Tesla is now available on bioRxiv!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Spatial specificity of the functional gradient echo and spin echo BOLD signal across cortical depth at 7 T
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at high magnetic field strengths (≥ 7 T) is a promising technique to study the functioning of the human brain at the spatial scale of cortical columns and ...
www.biorxiv.org
August 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I’m happy to share that our manuscript on the cortical depth-dependency of the GE- and SE-BOLD point spread function at 7 Tesla is now available on bioRxiv!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
While many believe being ‘more in tune with your body’ improves mental health, we surprisingly found the opposite: worse mental health (higher anxiety, depression, stress, fatigue & reduced well-being)—with stronger stomach-brain connections.
July 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
While many believe being ‘more in tune with your body’ improves mental health, we surprisingly found the opposite: worse mental health (higher anxiety, depression, stress, fatigue & reduced well-being)—with stronger stomach-brain connections.
Reposted by Anna-Lena Stroh
New CNeuroMod-THINGS open-access fMRI dataset: 4 participants · ~4 000 images (720 categories) each shown 3× (12k trials per subject)· individual functional localizers & NSD-inspired QC . Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2507.09024 Congrats Marie St-Laurent and @martinhebart.bsky.social !!
July 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
New CNeuroMod-THINGS open-access fMRI dataset: 4 participants · ~4 000 images (720 categories) each shown 3× (12k trials per subject)· individual functional localizers & NSD-inspired QC . Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2507.09024 Congrats Marie St-Laurent and @martinhebart.bsky.social !!