Micah G. Allen
@micahgallen.com
Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Aarhus University. PI @ the Embodied Computation Group. We study perception, interoception, & metacogniton.
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Micah G. Allen
@micahgallen.com
· Jul 30
Stomach–brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health - Nature Mental Health
Using a relatively large and diverse sample of mostly young adults, this study by Banellis, Rebollo and colleagues examines associations between regional stomach–brain coupling and mental health and i...
www.nature.com
I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
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Build a an example for next week's class of using #shiny in @quarto.org with results from a #brms mixture model.
I think it turned out pretty cool 😎
I think it turned out pretty cool 😎
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Build a an example for next week's class of using #shiny in @quarto.org with results from a #brms mixture model.
I think it turned out pretty cool 😎
I think it turned out pretty cool 😎
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Uhh,,, Figure 1 shows you... what exactly? Trying to understand Medical fryrmbial, runctitional features and mum's legs going through concrete.
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Uhh,,, Figure 1 shows you... what exactly? Trying to understand Medical fryrmbial, runctitional features and mum's legs going through concrete.
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
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Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference - Nature
Calcium imaging of taste neurons and the ventral brain provides insight into evolutionary divergence of food choice in Drosophila species, supporting a role of sensorimotor processing in addition to p...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
OSF
osf.io
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
New today in @Nature: your visual cortex contains touch-based body maps. bit.ly/VisualBodyMaps
Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.
Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New today in @Nature: your visual cortex contains touch-based body maps. bit.ly/VisualBodyMaps
Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.
Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.
Good department, great city, go ahead and apply!
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good department, great city, go ahead and apply!
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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All the code is online - Matlab for now; we're actively working on having a python version shortly:
github.com/teresaberthe...
It has a 'Ten simple rules' section and hopefully provides a starting point for anyone interested in the link between respiration, behaviour, and the brain.
github.com/teresaberthe...
It has a 'Ten simple rules' section and hopefully provides a starting point for anyone interested in the link between respiration, behaviour, and the brain.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
All the code is online - Matlab for now; we're actively working on having a python version shortly:
github.com/teresaberthe...
It has a 'Ten simple rules' section and hopefully provides a starting point for anyone interested in the link between respiration, behaviour, and the brain.
github.com/teresaberthe...
It has a 'Ten simple rules' section and hopefully provides a starting point for anyone interested in the link between respiration, behaviour, and the brain.
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
'Robust circular cluster-based statistics
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
'Robust circular cluster-based statistics
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
Great piece on #interoception and brain body interactions by @carlzimmer.com in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s... What an exciting time to work on this. Join us @cshlmeetings.bsky.social to learn more about the this exciting field meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Mapping the Sense of What’s Going On Inside
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Great piece on #interoception and brain body interactions by @carlzimmer.com in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s... What an exciting time to work on this. Join us @cshlmeetings.bsky.social to learn more about the this exciting field meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Fab visit here in Maastricht- was a joy to catch up with many friends. The cannabodies study is ready to go! With special thanks to @nlmason.bsky.social and @melinavejloe.bsky.social - our tasks are setup and ready to begin!
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Fab visit here in Maastricht- was a joy to catch up with many friends. The cannabodies study is ready to go! With special thanks to @nlmason.bsky.social and @melinavejloe.bsky.social - our tasks are setup and ready to begin!
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I am really proud that eLife have published this paper. It is a very nice paper, but you need to also read the reviews to understand why! 1/n
"The inevitability and superfluousness of cell types in spatial cognition". Intuitive cell types are found in random artificial networks using the same selection criteria neuroscientists use with actual data. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... 1/2
elifesciences.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am really proud that eLife have published this paper. It is a very nice paper, but you need to also read the reviews to understand why! 1/n
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New blog post!
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
If you have two measures of the same confounder, you can just include both of them in your regression model
Sometimes, researchers worry about multicollinearity in situations where it’s actually a non-issue. Here’s one such scenario.
Imagine a situation where you are interested in the effect of X on Y (X...
www.the100.ci
October 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New blog post!
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
Speeding up, not slowing down, decreases the metabolic energy needed to stabilize walking in the sagittal plane
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
by @friedldegroote.bsky.social and colleagues
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
by @friedldegroote.bsky.social and colleagues
Speeding up, not slowing down, decreases the metabolic energy needed to stabilize walking in the sagittal plane | Journal of Applied Physiology | American Physiological Society
There is a metabolic cost associated with stabilizing walking, but it remains unclear to what extent stabilizing walking in the sagittal plane contributes to this cost. Furthermore, strategies for sta...
journals.physiology.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Speeding up, not slowing down, decreases the metabolic energy needed to stabilize walking in the sagittal plane
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
by @friedldegroote.bsky.social and colleagues
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
by @friedldegroote.bsky.social and colleagues
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New preprint! 🎉 Using a sample of over 73k births across Norway, we found that induction of labor (with either oxytocin, prostaglandin, or amniotomy) and epidural analgesia are associated with lower likelihood of initiating breastfeeding doi.org/10.22541/au....
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New preprint! 🎉 Using a sample of over 73k births across Norway, we found that induction of labor (with either oxytocin, prostaglandin, or amniotomy) and epidural analgesia are associated with lower likelihood of initiating breastfeeding doi.org/10.22541/au....
The latest consumer grade VR headsets have some of the best eye tracking tech on the planet. Kind of feels like a big miss that they don't also make it possible to do pupillometry.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The latest consumer grade VR headsets have some of the best eye tracking tech on the planet. Kind of feels like a big miss that they don't also make it possible to do pupillometry.
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
“Our findings challenge the conventional focus on low-dimensional coding subspaces as a sufficient framework for understanding neural computations, demonstrating that dimensions previously considered task-irrelevant and accounting for little variance can have a critical role in driving behavior.”
Neural dynamics outside task-coding dimensions drive decision trajectories through transient amplification
Most behaviors involve neural dynamics in high-dimensional activity spaces. A common approach is to extract dimensions that capture task-related variability, such as those separating stimuli or choice...
www.biorxiv.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Our findings challenge the conventional focus on low-dimensional coding subspaces as a sufficient framework for understanding neural computations, demonstrating that dimensions previously considered task-irrelevant and accounting for little variance can have a critical role in driving behavior.”
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
It is our great honour to announce the APCV Keynote at #epc-apcv-2026: Prof. Hakwan Lau from the Institute for Basic Science in Korea!
The call for member-initiated symposia & abstracts is now open: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026
#psychscisky #visionscience #neuroskyence
The call for member-initiated symposia & abstracts is now open: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026
#psychscisky #visionscience #neuroskyence
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It is our great honour to announce the APCV Keynote at #epc-apcv-2026: Prof. Hakwan Lau from the Institute for Basic Science in Korea!
The call for member-initiated symposia & abstracts is now open: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026
#psychscisky #visionscience #neuroskyence
The call for member-initiated symposia & abstracts is now open: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026
#psychscisky #visionscience #neuroskyence
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
Factor analysis and varimax have been widely misunderstood among statisticians. Two years ago, Muzhe Zeng and I had a discussion paper at JRSS-B that tried to clarify why factor analysis and varimax were actually decades ahead of their time
It’s free (with discussion) here:
doi.org/10.1093/jrss...
It’s free (with discussion) here:
doi.org/10.1093/jrss...
Vintage factor analysis with Varimax performs statistical inference
Abstract. In the 1930s, Psychologists began developing Multiple-Factor Analysis to decompose multivariate data into a small number of interpretable factors
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Factor analysis and varimax have been widely misunderstood among statisticians. Two years ago, Muzhe Zeng and I had a discussion paper at JRSS-B that tried to clarify why factor analysis and varimax were actually decades ahead of their time
It’s free (with discussion) here:
doi.org/10.1093/jrss...
It’s free (with discussion) here:
doi.org/10.1093/jrss...
On my way to Maastricht to at long last setup our study on how cannabinoids influence interoception and decision making. A day that once seemed like it may never come! With great thanks to @nlmason.bsky.social, Jan Ramaekers, and colleagues!
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
On my way to Maastricht to at long last setup our study on how cannabinoids influence interoception and decision making. A day that once seemed like it may never come! With great thanks to @nlmason.bsky.social, Jan Ramaekers, and colleagues!
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
📣🔥Thrilled to announce that 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference will take place in New Haven, CT, btw July 14-16 -
www.cpconf.org
@robbrutledge.bsky.social @drrickadams.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Sonia Bishop
More info to come soon!
www.cpconf.org
@robbrutledge.bsky.social @drrickadams.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Sonia Bishop
More info to come soon!
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
📣🔥Thrilled to announce that 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference will take place in New Haven, CT, btw July 14-16 -
www.cpconf.org
@robbrutledge.bsky.social @drrickadams.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Sonia Bishop
More info to come soon!
www.cpconf.org
@robbrutledge.bsky.social @drrickadams.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Sonia Bishop
More info to come soon!
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I think almost all scientific projects should be planned carefully. And I think an app can dramatically improve that. So I wrote an app for that (free for now, if you can fund this let me know). I tested it quite a bit (>8000 users in beta so far). try it: planyourscience.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I think almost all scientific projects should be planned carefully. And I think an app can dramatically improve that. So I wrote an app for that (free for now, if you can fund this let me know). I tested it quite a bit (>8000 users in beta so far). try it: planyourscience.com
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Weiyong Xu, Jarmo Hämäläinen, et al:
Neural signatures of automatic letter–speech sound integration in literate adults
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Neural signatures of automatic letter–speech sound integration in literate adults
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Weiyong Xu, Jarmo Hämäläinen, et al:
Neural signatures of automatic letter–speech sound integration in literate adults
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Neural signatures of automatic letter–speech sound integration in literate adults
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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And the next step? Full voxel-level modeling.
Recent numerical advances cracked the scalability barrier. Voxel-level hierarchical modeling is now feasible, revealing just how punishing traditional multiple-comparison adjustments really are.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.12825
Recent numerical advances cracked the scalability barrier. Voxel-level hierarchical modeling is now feasible, revealing just how punishing traditional multiple-comparison adjustments really are.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.12825
SIMBA: Scalable Image Modeling using a Bayesian Approach, A Consistent Framework for Including Spatial Dependencies in fMRI Studies
Bayesian spatial modeling provides a flexible framework for whole-brain fMRI analysis by explicitly incorporating spatial dependencies, overcoming the limitations of traditional massive univariate app...
arxiv.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
And the next step? Full voxel-level modeling.
Recent numerical advances cracked the scalability barrier. Voxel-level hierarchical modeling is now feasible, revealing just how punishing traditional multiple-comparison adjustments really are.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.12825
Recent numerical advances cracked the scalability barrier. Voxel-level hierarchical modeling is now feasible, revealing just how punishing traditional multiple-comparison adjustments really are.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.12825