Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging
@spinozacentre.bsky.social
The Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging is a joint core facility and research hub of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam University Medical Center | 7T MRI | neuroscience | clinical science | spinozacentre.nl
Our team's new publications cover the Nature portfolio! 🧪🧠
- Vision & touch (Nature, rdcu.be/eSsZR)
- Psychedelics (Nat Commun, rdcu.be/eSsZ2)
- Binocular rivalry (Nat Hum Behav, rdcu.be/eSsYW)
- CSF mobility (Nat Neurosci, rdcu.be/eSs0c)
- Numerical cognition (Commun Biol, rdcu.be/eSs0p)
- Vision & touch (Nature, rdcu.be/eSsZR)
- Psychedelics (Nat Commun, rdcu.be/eSsZ2)
- Binocular rivalry (Nat Hum Behav, rdcu.be/eSsYW)
- CSF mobility (Nat Neurosci, rdcu.be/eSs0c)
- Numerical cognition (Commun Biol, rdcu.be/eSs0p)
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Our team's new publications cover the Nature portfolio! 🧪🧠
- Vision & touch (Nature, rdcu.be/eSsZR)
- Psychedelics (Nat Commun, rdcu.be/eSsZ2)
- Binocular rivalry (Nat Hum Behav, rdcu.be/eSsYW)
- CSF mobility (Nat Neurosci, rdcu.be/eSs0c)
- Numerical cognition (Commun Biol, rdcu.be/eSs0p)
- Vision & touch (Nature, rdcu.be/eSsZR)
- Psychedelics (Nat Commun, rdcu.be/eSsZ2)
- Binocular rivalry (Nat Hum Behav, rdcu.be/eSsYW)
- CSF mobility (Nat Neurosci, rdcu.be/eSs0c)
- Numerical cognition (Commun Biol, rdcu.be/eSs0p)
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Research paper of neuroscientists and radiologists,
Nicholas Hedger ( @uniofreading.bsky.social )
Thomas Naselaris & Kendric Kay (University of Minnesota)
@tknapen ( @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, @spinozacentre.bsky.social ),
is gepubliceerd in @nature.com
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Nicholas Hedger ( @uniofreading.bsky.social )
Thomas Naselaris & Kendric Kay (University of Minnesota)
@tknapen ( @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, @spinozacentre.bsky.social ),
is gepubliceerd in @nature.com
2/2
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Research paper of neuroscientists and radiologists,
Nicholas Hedger ( @uniofreading.bsky.social )
Thomas Naselaris & Kendric Kay (University of Minnesota)
@tknapen ( @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, @spinozacentre.bsky.social ),
is gepubliceerd in @nature.com
2/2
Nicholas Hedger ( @uniofreading.bsky.social )
Thomas Naselaris & Kendric Kay (University of Minnesota)
@tknapen ( @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, @spinozacentre.bsky.social ),
is gepubliceerd in @nature.com
2/2
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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.
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Our new paper is out in Nature Communications! nature.com/articles/s41...
We combined psychophysics, 7T fMRI, and computational modeling of vision with placebo, 5mg, and 10mg psilocybin, in the same group of participants, to clarify the computational mechanisms of psychedelics. 🧵
We combined psychophysics, 7T fMRI, and computational modeling of vision with placebo, 5mg, and 10mg psilocybin, in the same group of participants, to clarify the computational mechanisms of psychedelics. 🧵
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Our new paper is out in Nature Communications! nature.com/articles/s41...
We combined psychophysics, 7T fMRI, and computational modeling of vision with placebo, 5mg, and 10mg psilocybin, in the same group of participants, to clarify the computational mechanisms of psychedelics. 🧵
We combined psychophysics, 7T fMRI, and computational modeling of vision with placebo, 5mg, and 10mg psilocybin, in the same group of participants, to clarify the computational mechanisms of psychedelics. 🧵
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Excited to share that my first article is now published in Communications Biology!
Humans and many animals have an innate ability to rapidly perceive numerosity—the number of objects in a visual scene. But how does our brain process this fundamental capability?
Read the full paper: rdcu.be/eRxMi
Humans and many animals have an innate ability to rapidly perceive numerosity—the number of objects in a visual scene. But how does our brain process this fundamental capability?
Read the full paper: rdcu.be/eRxMi
Numerosity adaptation suppresses early visual responses
Communications Biology - Numerosity adaptation suppresses monotonic neural responses to numerosity displays in the early visual cortex, with more suppression for higher numerosity adaptors....
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November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Excited to share that my first article is now published in Communications Biology!
Humans and many animals have an innate ability to rapidly perceive numerosity—the number of objects in a visual scene. But how does our brain process this fundamental capability?
Read the full paper: rdcu.be/eRxMi
Humans and many animals have an innate ability to rapidly perceive numerosity—the number of objects in a visual scene. But how does our brain process this fundamental capability?
Read the full paper: rdcu.be/eRxMi
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The paper demonstrating that #psilocybin alters contextual computations is out in @natcomms.nature.com : doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Thanks to the reviewers and coauthors : @marcoaqil.bsky.social , @tknapen.bsky.social , @gillesdehollander.bsky.social , and Nina Vreugdenhil
Thanks to the reviewers and coauthors : @marcoaqil.bsky.social , @tknapen.bsky.social , @gillesdehollander.bsky.social , and Nina Vreugdenhil
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The paper demonstrating that #psilocybin alters contextual computations is out in @natcomms.nature.com : doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Thanks to the reviewers and coauthors : @marcoaqil.bsky.social , @tknapen.bsky.social , @gillesdehollander.bsky.social , and Nina Vreugdenhil
Thanks to the reviewers and coauthors : @marcoaqil.bsky.social , @tknapen.bsky.social , @gillesdehollander.bsky.social , and Nina Vreugdenhil
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Nice demo by Mark Lescroart @neuromdl.bsky.social on EPI imaging of a single #fMRI slice. Great for teaching! :)
vimeo.com/143701608?fl...
vimeo.com/143701608?fl...
fMRI_EPI_KspaceAcquisition_short
This is a demonstration of how a single slice of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data is collected. Before this makes any sense, you will need to understand…
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October 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Nice demo by Mark Lescroart @neuromdl.bsky.social on EPI imaging of a single #fMRI slice. Great for teaching! :)
vimeo.com/143701608?fl...
vimeo.com/143701608?fl...
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Datasets like NSD & THINGS offer rich stimuli but often test a single task.
After great conversations at #CCN2025 on multi-task studies & generalization in brains & models, I thought I would repost our perspective for those interested in this topic. We need multiple tasks!👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
After great conversations at #CCN2025 on multi-task studies & generalization in brains & models, I thought I would repost our perspective for those interested in this topic. We need multiple tasks!👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Centering cognitive neuroscience on task demands and generalization - Nature Neuroscience
Task demands are a primary determiner of behavior and neurophysiology. Here the authors discuss how understanding their influence through multitask studies and tests of generalization is the key to ar...
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August 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Datasets like NSD & THINGS offer rich stimuli but often test a single task.
After great conversations at #CCN2025 on multi-task studies & generalization in brains & models, I thought I would repost our perspective for those interested in this topic. We need multiple tasks!👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
After great conversations at #CCN2025 on multi-task studies & generalization in brains & models, I thought I would repost our perspective for those interested in this topic. We need multiple tasks!👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Don’t miss our upcoming CCN satellite event, Applying Computational Models to Clinical Disorders (August 11th). This session will showcase how computational methods are transforming our understanding and treatment of sensory disorders
dlwiki.nin.nl/ccn_2025
#CCN2025 #CompNeuro #VisionScience
dlwiki.nin.nl/ccn_2025
#CCN2025 #CompNeuro #VisionScience
Computational insights into clinical disorders (August 11, 2025)
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference satellite event on computational models and clinical disorders
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July 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Don’t miss our upcoming CCN satellite event, Applying Computational Models to Clinical Disorders (August 11th). This session will showcase how computational methods are transforming our understanding and treatment of sensory disorders
dlwiki.nin.nl/ccn_2025
#CCN2025 #CompNeuro #VisionScience
dlwiki.nin.nl/ccn_2025
#CCN2025 #CompNeuro #VisionScience
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Voor onze fMRI studie zijn wij nog steeds op zoek naar volwassenen met amblyopie (‘lui oog’) of glaucoom!
Meer informatie en aanmelden: dlwiki.nin.nl/Participate
Meer informatie en aanmelden: dlwiki.nin.nl/Participate
July 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Voor onze fMRI studie zijn wij nog steeds op zoek naar volwassenen met amblyopie (‘lui oog’) of glaucoom!
Meer informatie en aanmelden: dlwiki.nin.nl/Participate
Meer informatie en aanmelden: dlwiki.nin.nl/Participate
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#Newpaper showing that contextual responses drive a unique laminar signature in human V1. Using line-scanning #fMRI at #7T, we show how stimulus-driven and contextual inputs target distinct layers. Contextual input targeted superficial and deep cortical depths. 🧪 🧠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Contextual responses drive a unique laminar signature in human V1
Natural sciences; Biological sciences; Neuroscience; Systems neuroscience
www.cell.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#Newpaper showing that contextual responses drive a unique laminar signature in human V1. Using line-scanning #fMRI at #7T, we show how stimulus-driven and contextual inputs target distinct layers. Contextual input targeted superficial and deep cortical depths. 🧪 🧠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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New paper from the amazing Emma Brouwer: humble, group-optimized B1+ shims at 7T can boost or destroy signal where it matters—no subject-specific calibration needed. in MRM doi.org/10.1002/mrm.... @spinozacentre.bsky.social🎓🧠 #MRI #fMRI #Neuroimaging #7T
Easy‐to‐use B1+ shims for human brain imaging at 7 T
Purpose
B1+$$ {B}_1^{+} $$ field inhomogeneity is a common problem in high field brain MRI (>3$$ >3 $$ T). Parallel-transmit methods that adjust the B1+$$ {B}_1^{+} $$ field channelwise often requi.....
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June 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New paper from the amazing Emma Brouwer: humble, group-optimized B1+ shims at 7T can boost or destroy signal where it matters—no subject-specific calibration needed. in MRM doi.org/10.1002/mrm.... @spinozacentre.bsky.social🎓🧠 #MRI #fMRI #Neuroimaging #7T
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#OSCAwards2025 | open access, data, materials & software: OpenMReye: camera-free magnetic resonance-based eye tracking for research and clinical applications 👀🩻 by @matthiasnau.bsky.social
Find out more: github.com/DeepMReye/
Find out more: github.com/DeepMReye/
DeepMReye
DeepMReye is a software package for magnetic resonance-based eye tracking for (f)MRI experiments. Contact: m.nau[at]vu.nl & markus.frey1[at]gmail.com - DeepMReye
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June 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#OSCAwards2025 | open access, data, materials & software: OpenMReye: camera-free magnetic resonance-based eye tracking for research and clinical applications 👀🩻 by @matthiasnau.bsky.social
Find out more: github.com/DeepMReye/
Find out more: github.com/DeepMReye/
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Honored to receive the #OSCAward2025. Thank you to the #OpenScience community @oscamsterdam.bsky.social for this recognition and for the inspiring work you do! And congrats to the other prize winners! 🎉 1/2
#OSCAwards2025 | open access, data, materials & software: OpenMReye: camera-free magnetic resonance-based eye tracking for research and clinical applications 👀🩻 by @matthiasnau.bsky.social
Find out more: github.com/DeepMReye/
Find out more: github.com/DeepMReye/
DeepMReye
DeepMReye is a software package for magnetic resonance-based eye tracking for (f)MRI experiments. Contact: m.nau[at]vu.nl & markus.frey1[at]gmail.com - DeepMReye
github.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Honored to receive the #OSCAward2025. Thank you to the #OpenScience community @oscamsterdam.bsky.social for this recognition and for the inspiring work you do! And congrats to the other prize winners! 🎉 1/2
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Great symposium on #neuroscience of mathematical cognition with talks by Yuxuan Cai, @liangyouzhang.bsky.social , Ben Harvey and @jacobmpaul.bsky.social
We hope you are enjoying all these amazing talks! Lots of photos being taken today at #MCLS2025
June 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Great symposium on #neuroscience of mathematical cognition with talks by Yuxuan Cai, @liangyouzhang.bsky.social , Ben Harvey and @jacobmpaul.bsky.social
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I'm really glad to have this chance to share our numerosity adaptation work at #MCLS2025. Thanks for our organizers.
We hope you are enjoying all these amazing talks! Lots of photos being taken today at #MCLS2025
June 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm really glad to have this chance to share our numerosity adaptation work at #MCLS2025. Thanks for our organizers.
New pod available at Spinoza Centre: a private space in our open office for phone calls, meetings, or videoconferencing!
May 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
New pod available at Spinoza Centre: a private space in our open office for phone calls, meetings, or videoconferencing!
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Writing a scientific paper or thesis? Over the years, I’ve gathered my favorite practical writing tips. I hope you find them helpful!
Check them out: dlwiki.nin.nl/Writing_and_...
#AcademicWriting #SciComm #WritingTips 🖊️🧪 🧠
Check them out: dlwiki.nin.nl/Writing_and_...
#AcademicWriting #SciComm #WritingTips 🖊️🧪 🧠
Scientific writing tips
In scientific writing clarity is of utmost importance. Thoughts on writing, including figures, to get your results published - and reach your audience!
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May 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Writing a scientific paper or thesis? Over the years, I’ve gathered my favorite practical writing tips. I hope you find them helpful!
Check them out: dlwiki.nin.nl/Writing_and_...
#AcademicWriting #SciComm #WritingTips 🖊️🧪 🧠
Check them out: dlwiki.nin.nl/Writing_and_...
#AcademicWriting #SciComm #WritingTips 🖊️🧪 🧠
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Gezocht: volwassenen met amblyopie (‘lui oog’) of glaucoom
Heb je amblyopie of glaucoom? En ben je benieuwd hoe jouw visuele aandoening invloed heeft op de hersenen? Doe dan mee aan ons fMRI onderzoek in Amsterdam en help de wetenschap vooruit!
Meer info en aanmelden: dlwiki.nin.nl/Participate
Heb je amblyopie of glaucoom? En ben je benieuwd hoe jouw visuele aandoening invloed heeft op de hersenen? Doe dan mee aan ons fMRI onderzoek in Amsterdam en help de wetenschap vooruit!
Meer info en aanmelden: dlwiki.nin.nl/Participate
May 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Gezocht: volwassenen met amblyopie (‘lui oog’) of glaucoom
Heb je amblyopie of glaucoom? En ben je benieuwd hoe jouw visuele aandoening invloed heeft op de hersenen? Doe dan mee aan ons fMRI onderzoek in Amsterdam en help de wetenschap vooruit!
Meer info en aanmelden: dlwiki.nin.nl/Participate
Heb je amblyopie of glaucoom? En ben je benieuwd hoe jouw visuele aandoening invloed heeft op de hersenen? Doe dan mee aan ons fMRI onderzoek in Amsterdam en help de wetenschap vooruit!
Meer info en aanmelden: dlwiki.nin.nl/Participate
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Come to Coimbra, Portugal, this September for SAW (Seeing and Acting Workshop). A wonderful meeting in a beautiful place. Submit your poster abstracts by July 31. Registration deadline is Aug 31. Check out the great lineup of speakers. Website here: www.uc.pt/cogbooster/s...
Please re-post.🧪🧠
Please re-post.🧪🧠
May 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Come to Coimbra, Portugal, this September for SAW (Seeing and Acting Workshop). A wonderful meeting in a beautiful place. Submit your poster abstracts by July 31. Registration deadline is Aug 31. Check out the great lineup of speakers. Website here: www.uc.pt/cogbooster/s...
Please re-post.🧪🧠
Please re-post.🧪🧠
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Finished reading "Co-intelligence" by @emollick.bsky.social Refreshingly practical on human-AI collaboration with concrete examples. Cuts through the doomsaying and hype. Worth your time if you want to learn about AI or how to integrate AI tools in your workflow. #bookreviews #AI
May 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Finished reading "Co-intelligence" by @emollick.bsky.social Refreshingly practical on human-AI collaboration with concrete examples. Cuts through the doomsaying and hype. Worth your time if you want to learn about AI or how to integrate AI tools in your workflow. #bookreviews #AI
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To celebrate the defence of my PhD, and thanks to
@ibbamsterdam.bsky.social, I will host a symposium titled "Vision as prediction: learning, action, and biases" on June 6. Program, registration and more information here: bit.ly/43reOgR
@ibbamsterdam.bsky.social, I will host a symposium titled "Vision as prediction: learning, action, and biases" on June 6. Program, registration and more information here: bit.ly/43reOgR
May 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
To celebrate the defence of my PhD, and thanks to
@ibbamsterdam.bsky.social, I will host a symposium titled "Vision as prediction: learning, action, and biases" on June 6. Program, registration and more information here: bit.ly/43reOgR
@ibbamsterdam.bsky.social, I will host a symposium titled "Vision as prediction: learning, action, and biases" on June 6. Program, registration and more information here: bit.ly/43reOgR
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Hey everyone at @vssmtg.bsky.social! If you’re interested in pRF fitting, go visit Garikoitz Lerma-Usabiaga’s poster on pRF fitting methods!
For our development of these tools, we’re very interested to hear you want in these tools. Please fill out our questionnaire:
forms.gle/fx5UMs1362jv...
For our development of these tools, we’re very interested to hear you want in these tools. Please fill out our questionnaire:
forms.gle/fx5UMs1362jv...
pRF fitting toolbox wish list
With this form we are taking stock of the field's wishes when it comes to pRF fitting software implementations. We will be presenting the results from this form in our kick-off meeting, and will use t...
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May 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hey everyone at @vssmtg.bsky.social! If you’re interested in pRF fitting, go visit Garikoitz Lerma-Usabiaga’s poster on pRF fitting methods!
For our development of these tools, we’re very interested to hear you want in these tools. Please fill out our questionnaire:
forms.gle/fx5UMs1362jv...
For our development of these tools, we’re very interested to hear you want in these tools. Please fill out our questionnaire:
forms.gle/fx5UMs1362jv...
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Academische vrijheid staat onder druk en moet beter worden beschermd. Die conclusie lees je vandaag in dit KNAW-rapport: www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-... Aanbevelingen o.m.: meer vrijheid van onderzoek, bescherming tegen intimidatie en minder inhoudelijke overheidsbemoeienis.
May 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Academische vrijheid staat onder druk en moet beter worden beschermd. Die conclusie lees je vandaag in dit KNAW-rapport: www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-... Aanbevelingen o.m.: meer vrijheid van onderzoek, bescherming tegen intimidatie en minder inhoudelijke overheidsbemoeienis.