Shaked Palgi
@shakedpa.bsky.social
PhD student, studying the neuroscience of navigation in the real world 🦇🏝️🗺️🧭🧠⚡
I once got stuck on an island in the middle of the ocean.
I once got stuck on an island in the middle of the ocean.
After the Human Single-Neuron meeting which was really fun, it's time for SfN!
And this year, I *am* looking for a post-doc 😯
And this year, I *am* looking for a post-doc 😯
November 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
After the Human Single-Neuron meeting which was really fun, it's time for SfN!
And this year, I *am* looking for a post-doc 😯
And this year, I *am* looking for a post-doc 😯
As usual, jetlag is my secret productivity enhancer. This time I don't have any paper back from revision or anything, so I finished a popular science article I was offered to write 🫠
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
As usual, jetlag is my secret productivity enhancer. This time I don't have any paper back from revision or anything, so I finished a popular science article I was offered to write 🫠
I have to say that as an archeology and animal navigation geek, this really is the coolest collaborative project I've heard about in a while!
The really cool cross-disciplinary project where our SFB research fellow Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social is involved in has now 2 #postdoc positions advertised!
🤩 And here we go - thrilled to announce that two #AnHuNav postdoc positions are availble now ⬇️
Join us in exploring how humans navigated the ancient world - with the aid of animals!? 🧭🗺💫🐫🕊🐜🏛
1️⃣ Cognitive and textual #navigation uol.de/job785
2️⃣ #Archaeology of trade&pilgramage routes uol.de/job786en
Join us in exploring how humans navigated the ancient world - with the aid of animals!? 🧭🗺💫🐫🕊🐜🏛
1️⃣ Cognitive and textual #navigation uol.de/job785
2️⃣ #Archaeology of trade&pilgramage routes uol.de/job786en
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I have to say that as an archeology and animal navigation geek, this really is the coolest collaborative project I've heard about in a while!
Doing our yearly localization-system inspection at the bat tunnel, 10 m above ground. This time joined by @crowbrain.bsky.social who got his crane license recently
October 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Doing our yearly localization-system inspection at the bat tunnel, 10 m above ground. This time joined by @crowbrain.bsky.social who got his crane license recently
I am excited to share my PhD work on head-direction cells recorded in the wild, now published in @science.org, where we recorded neurons in bats flying outdoors on an island.
doi.org/10.1126/sci...
With @ray-neuro.bsky.social, Shir Maimon, Liora Las, Nachum Ulanovsky and many others
doi.org/10.1126/sci...
With @ray-neuro.bsky.social, Shir Maimon, Liora Las, Nachum Ulanovsky and many others
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I am excited to share my PhD work on head-direction cells recorded in the wild, now published in @science.org, where we recorded neurons in bats flying outdoors on an island.
doi.org/10.1126/sci...
With @ray-neuro.bsky.social, Shir Maimon, Liora Las, Nachum Ulanovsky and many others
doi.org/10.1126/sci...
With @ray-neuro.bsky.social, Shir Maimon, Liora Las, Nachum Ulanovsky and many others
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As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
European researchers night😎
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
European researchers night😎
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Thrilled to share that our work is now published in Science! ✨
We found a preference for visual objects in the mouse spatial navigation system where they dynamically refine head-direction coding. In short, objects boost our inner compass! 🧭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We found a preference for visual objects in the mouse spatial navigation system where they dynamically refine head-direction coding. In short, objects boost our inner compass! 🧭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thrilled to share that our work is now published in Science! ✨
We found a preference for visual objects in the mouse spatial navigation system where they dynamically refine head-direction coding. In short, objects boost our inner compass! 🧭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We found a preference for visual objects in the mouse spatial navigation system where they dynamically refine head-direction coding. In short, objects boost our inner compass! 🧭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Send to everybody: *This* is complex behavior
New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
September 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Send to everybody: *This* is complex behavior
On my way back home after an amazing (but crazy) month at the MBL in Woods Hole, and I was just notified that my paper got accepted.
Celebrating with the air crew I guess😅
Celebrating with the air crew I guess😅
August 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
On my way back home after an amazing (but crazy) month at the MBL in Woods Hole, and I was just notified that my paper got accepted.
Celebrating with the air crew I guess😅
Celebrating with the air crew I guess😅
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We know how visual objects influence spatial tuning in the hippocampus. A new study from @batwoman123.bsky.social shows that auditory objects can be egocentrically or allocentrically encoded in the hippocampus of echolocating bats 🦇.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Auditory object representation in the bat hippocampus
Cognitive maps enable the flexible selection of navigation paths. Acoustic cognitive maps, constructed from the spatial layout of sonar auditory objec…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We know how visual objects influence spatial tuning in the hippocampus. A new study from @batwoman123.bsky.social shows that auditory objects can be egocentrically or allocentrically encoded in the hippocampus of echolocating bats 🦇.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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New correlation is not causation example just dropped
Ah yes, that’s the first thing that comes to my mind when thinking of sub-Saharan Africa. People there have fewer smartphones!
June 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New correlation is not causation example just dropped
Some good news in the midst of all this craziness: Tamir's paper is out!
Short ("fragmented") replays in large environments
Short ("fragmented") replays in large environments
🚨New in @cellpress.bsky.social
We discovered that hippocampal replays in natural-scale environments are highly fragmented, not full-length.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
👇🧵
We discovered that hippocampal replays in natural-scale environments are highly fragmented, not full-length.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
👇🧵
June 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Some good news in the midst of all this craziness: Tamir's paper is out!
Short ("fragmented") replays in large environments
Short ("fragmented") replays in large environments
I did not believe this day would come, but here it is: my paper with
@liadmudrik.bsky.social @nfaivre.bsky.social and my incredible co-first author Tamara Bester is out in #NCONSC
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
We start our journey at ~2013(!)
@liadmudrik.bsky.social @nfaivre.bsky.social and my incredible co-first author Tamara Bester is out in #NCONSC
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
We start our journey at ~2013(!)
Object relations are processed with, but not without, awareness
Abstract. The scope of unconscious integration is widely debated. Here, we examined this question, focusing specifically on deciphering the relations betwe
academic.oup.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I did not believe this day would come, but here it is: my paper with
@liadmudrik.bsky.social @nfaivre.bsky.social and my incredible co-first author Tamara Bester is out in #NCONSC
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
We start our journey at ~2013(!)
@liadmudrik.bsky.social @nfaivre.bsky.social and my incredible co-first author Tamara Bester is out in #NCONSC
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
We start our journey at ~2013(!)
I managed to avoid this for ~six years, but I think I'll finally have to learn how to use the cluster😅
May 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I managed to avoid this for ~six years, but I think I'll finally have to learn how to use the cluster😅
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Gigantic team effort that thanks to all the amazing collaborators and @simonsfoundation.org is now official.
Team NHP will use @anamanea.bsky.social tetris task across multiple labs. Stay tuned !
www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s...
Team NHP will use @anamanea.bsky.social tetris task across multiple labs. Stay tuned !
www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s...
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Gigantic team effort that thanks to all the amazing collaborators and @simonsfoundation.org is now official.
Team NHP will use @anamanea.bsky.social tetris task across multiple labs. Stay tuned !
www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s...
Team NHP will use @anamanea.bsky.social tetris task across multiple labs. Stay tuned !
www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s...
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🦇👂🧠Our first bat paper is out! 🧠👂🦇
How do bats tell navigation from social calls?
Led by the fearless Dr. Jenni Lawlor, we used 2P imaging to show that the auditory midbrain encodes categorical primitives.
Check it out @natneuro.nature.com: rdcu.be/ehEgz
How do bats tell navigation from social calls?
Led by the fearless Dr. Jenni Lawlor, we used 2P imaging to show that the auditory midbrain encodes categorical primitives.
Check it out @natneuro.nature.com: rdcu.be/ehEgz
Spatially clustered neurons in the bat midbrain encode vocalization categories
Nature Neuroscience - Using two-photon imaging in awake bats, the authors show that the inferior colliculus encodes vocalization categories as categorical primitives—spatially clustered,...
rdcu.be
April 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🦇👂🧠Our first bat paper is out! 🧠👂🦇
How do bats tell navigation from social calls?
Led by the fearless Dr. Jenni Lawlor, we used 2P imaging to show that the auditory midbrain encodes categorical primitives.
Check it out @natneuro.nature.com: rdcu.be/ehEgz
How do bats tell navigation from social calls?
Led by the fearless Dr. Jenni Lawlor, we used 2P imaging to show that the auditory midbrain encodes categorical primitives.
Check it out @natneuro.nature.com: rdcu.be/ehEgz
Since Nachum Ulanovsky is not on social media, I'm on PR duty today ;)
Nachum wrote a book titled "Natural Neuroscience"!
I am biased of course, but I think it's very relevant to whoever cares about the brain and about how we study it, from undergrads to professors.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204499...
Nachum wrote a book titled "Natural Neuroscience"!
I am biased of course, but I think it's very relevant to whoever cares about the brain and about how we study it, from undergrads to professors.
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 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Since Nachum Ulanovsky is not on social media, I'm on PR duty today ;)
Nachum wrote a book titled "Natural Neuroscience"!
I am biased of course, but I think it's very relevant to whoever cares about the brain and about how we study it, from undergrads to professors.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204499...
Nachum wrote a book titled "Natural Neuroscience"!
I am biased of course, but I think it's very relevant to whoever cares about the brain and about how we study it, from undergrads to professors.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204499...
Reposted by Shaked Palgi
I wrote about how population stratification in genetic analyses led to a decade of false findings and almost certainly continues to bias emerging results. But we are starting to have statistical tools to sniff it out. A 🧵:
How population stratification led to a decade of sensationally false genetic findings
Stratification makes environments look like genes
open.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I wrote about how population stratification in genetic analyses led to a decade of false findings and almost certainly continues to bias emerging results. But we are starting to have statistical tools to sniff it out. A 🧵:
Reposted by Shaked Palgi
🚨 New lab paper!🚨
A dream study of mine for nearly 20 yrs not possible until now thanks to NIH 🧠 funding & 1st-author lead @seeber.bsky.social
We tracked hippocampal activity as people walked memory-guided paths & imagined them again. Did brain patterns reappear?🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A dream study of mine for nearly 20 yrs not possible until now thanks to NIH 🧠 funding & 1st-author lead @seeber.bsky.social
We tracked hippocampal activity as people walked memory-guided paths & imagined them again. Did brain patterns reappear?🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human neural dynamics of real-world and imagined navigation - Nature Human Behaviour
Seeber et al. studied brain recordings from implanted electrodes in freely moving humans. Neural dynamics encoded actual and imagined routes similarly, demonstrating parallels between navigational, im...
www.nature.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🚨 New lab paper!🚨
A dream study of mine for nearly 20 yrs not possible until now thanks to NIH 🧠 funding & 1st-author lead @seeber.bsky.social
We tracked hippocampal activity as people walked memory-guided paths & imagined them again. Did brain patterns reappear?🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A dream study of mine for nearly 20 yrs not possible until now thanks to NIH 🧠 funding & 1st-author lead @seeber.bsky.social
We tracked hippocampal activity as people walked memory-guided paths & imagined them again. Did brain patterns reappear?🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Shaked Palgi
This is why we pick the bear.
Since Trump fired most of the National Park Service, the bears have to pick up the slack.
“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
@altnps.bsky.social
“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
@altnps.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is why we pick the bear.
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Saikat's amazing work on social coding of groups of bats is finally out!
How does the brain work in natural scenarios, in multi-animal societies of wild animals? 🧠 🧪 🦇
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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January 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Saikat's amazing work on social coding of groups of bats is finally out!