Yan
@yanayala.bsky.social
oaxaqueña electrophysiologist - -- 🐠🐁🐒🧑🦲🧠 - -- 🇲🇽🇪🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸
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A “universal” pattern of cortical brain oscillations may be less ubiquitous than previously proposed.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
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By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
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Dispute erupts over universal cortical brain-wave claim
The debate highlights opposing views on how the cortex transmits information.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A “universal” pattern of cortical brain oscillations may be less ubiquitous than previously proposed.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
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Even chimpanzees think rationally and weigh the evidence when making a choice ;-)
@science.org
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@science.org
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Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Even chimpanzees think rationally and weigh the evidence when making a choice ;-)
@science.org
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@science.org
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🚨 Join me for a hands-on #iElectrodes tutorial at #PracticalMEEG!
📍 Online • 🗓 Thursday, Oct 30 • 14:00–17:00 CET
Learn how to localize intracranial electrodes — and explore many other great toolboxes:
cuttingeeg.org/practicalmee...
#iEEG #ECoG #SEEG
📍 Online • 🗓 Thursday, Oct 30 • 14:00–17:00 CET
Learn how to localize intracranial electrodes — and explore many other great toolboxes:
cuttingeeg.org/practicalmee...
#iEEG #ECoG #SEEG
September 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🚨 Join me for a hands-on #iElectrodes tutorial at #PracticalMEEG!
📍 Online • 🗓 Thursday, Oct 30 • 14:00–17:00 CET
Learn how to localize intracranial electrodes — and explore many other great toolboxes:
cuttingeeg.org/practicalmee...
#iEEG #ECoG #SEEG
📍 Online • 🗓 Thursday, Oct 30 • 14:00–17:00 CET
Learn how to localize intracranial electrodes — and explore many other great toolboxes:
cuttingeeg.org/practicalmee...
#iEEG #ECoG #SEEG
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Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) who could use advice about navigating peer review? Are you stuck on a manuscript submission or revision? Have general questions about peer review?
Schedule a 30-min chat with any member of @reviewerzero.bsky.social! We'd love to help 😊
Schedule a 30-min chat with any member of @reviewerzero.bsky.social! We'd love to help 😊
Formative And Interactive Review (FAIR)
🌱 Formative And Interactive Review (FAIR) 🌱
Reviewer Zero's Formative and Interactive Review (FAIR) draft feedback program is designed for early career researchers (ECRs) to receive feedback on a draf...
www.reviewerzero.net
September 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) who could use advice about navigating peer review? Are you stuck on a manuscript submission or revision? Have general questions about peer review?
Schedule a 30-min chat with any member of @reviewerzero.bsky.social! We'd love to help 😊
Schedule a 30-min chat with any member of @reviewerzero.bsky.social! We'd love to help 😊
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KIASORT: Knowledge-Integrated Automated Spike Sorting for Geometry-Free Neuron Tracking https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.10.664175v1
July 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
KIASORT: Knowledge-Integrated Automated Spike Sorting for Geometry-Free Neuron Tracking https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.10.664175v1
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GABA-independent activation of GABAB receptor by mechanical forces https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.09.658551v1
June 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
GABA-independent activation of GABAB receptor by mechanical forces https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.09.658551v1
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Excited to share our new preprint!
Unlike the North American yellow warblers, females in Galápagos commonly sing and duet with their paired partners. Here, we tested possible functions with a playback experiment: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Unlike the North American yellow warblers, females in Galápagos commonly sing and duet with their paired partners. Here, we tested possible functions with a playback experiment: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Excited to share our new preprint!
Unlike the North American yellow warblers, females in Galápagos commonly sing and duet with their paired partners. Here, we tested possible functions with a playback experiment: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Unlike the North American yellow warblers, females in Galápagos commonly sing and duet with their paired partners. Here, we tested possible functions with a playback experiment: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Locomotion-induced neural activity independent of auditory feedback in the mouse inferior colliculus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.27.656503v1
June 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Locomotion-induced neural activity independent of auditory feedback in the mouse inferior colliculus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.27.656503v1
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I wrote an article earlier in the week arguing that we need to give junior researchers more independence earlier, and this should be our focus, not moonshot mega projects led by senior researchers.
I was surprised how much agreement I'm seeing.
So next question: how do we do this?
I was surprised how much agreement I'm seeing.
So next question: how do we do this?
Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration, writes @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
#neuroskyence
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Neuroscience needs to empower early-career researchers, not fund moon shots
Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration.
www.thetransmitter.org
May 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I wrote an article earlier in the week arguing that we need to give junior researchers more independence earlier, and this should be our focus, not moonshot mega projects led by senior researchers.
I was surprised how much agreement I'm seeing.
So next question: how do we do this?
I was surprised how much agreement I'm seeing.
So next question: how do we do this?
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Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration, writes @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
Neuroscience needs to empower early-career researchers, not fund moon shots
Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration.
www.thetransmitter.org
May 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration, writes @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
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Hou, L., Bertrand, O.C., Mudannayake, H.N., Rolian, C. & Cote, S. (2025) Semicircular canal morphology in Rodentia and its relationship to locomotion. Journal of Anatomy, 00, 1–17. Available from: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Semicircular canal morphology in Rodentia and its relationship to locomotion
Here, we present a selection of rodent inner ear 3D models in the lateral view, with rodents from seven locomotor categories (left to right: fossorial, semifossorial, semiaquatic, terrestrial, ricoch...
doi.org
May 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hou, L., Bertrand, O.C., Mudannayake, H.N., Rolian, C. & Cote, S. (2025) Semicircular canal morphology in Rodentia and its relationship to locomotion. Journal of Anatomy, 00, 1–17. Available from: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
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🚨PAPER ALERT Chimpanzees expand the meanings of their single calls when combining them. They use a variety of mechanisms, analogous to those found in human language, to alter the meanings of single calls in their combinations. Photo by @lirsamuni.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🚨PAPER ALERT Chimpanzees expand the meanings of their single calls when combining them. They use a variety of mechanisms, analogous to those found in human language, to alter the meanings of single calls in their combinations. Photo by @lirsamuni.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm, my latest in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm
Behavior is more complex than scientists realized, could reveal origins of musicality
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May 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm, my latest in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Decoding of frequency modulated sweeps by core and belt neurons in the alert macaque auditory cortex. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.30.651560v1
May 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Decoding of frequency modulated sweeps by core and belt neurons in the alert macaque auditory cortex. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.30.651560v1
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Our paper is out in Nature.
By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned.
Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned.
Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Motor learning refines thalamic influence on motor cortex - Nature
Imaging and optogenetics in mice provide insight into the interplay between the primary motor cortex and the motor thalamus during learning, showing that thalamic inputs have a key role in the executi...
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May 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Our paper is out in Nature.
By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned.
Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned.
Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to share our new paper just out in Scientific Reports!
🧠🎧 Using intracranial EEG, we show how the human brain automatically encodes patterns in random sounds– without attention or explicit awareness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Excited to share our new paper just out in Scientific Reports!
🧠🎧 Using intracranial EEG, we show how the human brain automatically encodes patterns in random sounds– without attention or explicit awareness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Direct brain recordings reveal implicit encoding of structure in random auditory streams - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Direct brain recordings reveal implicit encoding of structure in random auditory streams
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May 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Excited to share our new paper just out in Scientific Reports!
🧠🎧 Using intracranial EEG, we show how the human brain automatically encodes patterns in random sounds– without attention or explicit awareness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Excited to share our new paper just out in Scientific Reports!
🧠🎧 Using intracranial EEG, we show how the human brain automatically encodes patterns in random sounds– without attention or explicit awareness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Real-time targeted laser stimulation of thousands of individual cones in the retina to produce perception of a novel color (in humans!).
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale
Image display by cell-by-cell retina stimulation, enabling colors impossible to see under natural viewing.
www.science.org
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Real-time targeted laser stimulation of thousands of individual cones in the retina to produce perception of a novel color (in humans!).
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cool project led by Victor Geadah, fitting smoothly time-varying (and condition-varying) linear dynamical systems to neural activity.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.18347
arxiv.org/abs/2502.18347
April 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cool project led by Victor Geadah, fitting smoothly time-varying (and condition-varying) linear dynamical systems to neural activity.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.18347
arxiv.org/abs/2502.18347
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Top-down prediction signals from the medial prefrontal cortex govern auditory cortex prediction errors
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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#neuroscience
Redirecting
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April 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Top-down prediction signals from the medial prefrontal cortex govern auditory cortex prediction errors
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#neuroscience
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Interesting that most dramatic differences between humans in chimpanzees are in temporal cortex and parietal cortex. Very little in prefrontal cortex 😮 (consistent with lots of other studies).
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
April 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Interesting that most dramatic differences between humans in chimpanzees are in temporal cortex and parietal cortex. Very little in prefrontal cortex 😮 (consistent with lots of other studies).
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
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An engine for systematic discovery of cause-effect relationships between brain structure and function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.05.647237v1
April 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
An engine for systematic discovery of cause-effect relationships between brain structure and function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.05.647237v1
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New @jocnforum.bsky.social post by Ellen Lau: "How single-neuron computation matters for cognitive neuroscience", implicating concepts by @gershbrain.bsky.social and Randy Gallistel.
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
How single-neuron computation matters for cognitive neuroscience
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March 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New @jocnforum.bsky.social post by Ellen Lau: "How single-neuron computation matters for cognitive neuroscience", implicating concepts by @gershbrain.bsky.social and Randy Gallistel.
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
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The earliest studies on necessary and sufficient neural populations were performed on simple invertebrate circuits. @neurograce.bsky.social asks: Does this logic still serve us as we tackle more sophisticated outputs?
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Claims of necessity, sufficiency don’t work well for studies of complex systems
Early studies on necessary and sufficient neural populations were done on simple invertebrate circuits. Does this logic work for complex outputs?
www.thetransmitter.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The earliest studies on necessary and sufficient neural populations were performed on simple invertebrate circuits. @neurograce.bsky.social asks: Does this logic still serve us as we tackle more sophisticated outputs?
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
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"Systematic bias in surface area asymmetry measurements from automatic cortical parcellations" -- oh boy, when will multiple template registration become available as default, we know by now we can't keep doing one size fits all ... simple yet elegant demonstration www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Systematic bias in surface area asymmetry measurements from automatic cortical parcellations
Anatomical asymmetry is a hallmark of the human brain and may reflect hemispheric differences in its functional organization. Widely used software like FreeSurfer can automate neuroanatomical measurem...
www.biorxiv.org
March 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Systematic bias in surface area asymmetry measurements from automatic cortical parcellations" -- oh boy, when will multiple template registration become available as default, we know by now we can't keep doing one size fits all ... simple yet elegant demonstration www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Human sensory neurons exhibit cell-type-specific, pain-associated differences in intrinsic excitability and expression of SCN9A and SCN10A https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.25.645367v1
March 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Human sensory neurons exhibit cell-type-specific, pain-associated differences in intrinsic excitability and expression of SCN9A and SCN10A https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.25.645367v1