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The paper is out!
We show that practice fosters abstraction and enables faster access to neural states that tessellate task contingencies! academic.oup.com/cercor/arti…
We have a new preprint with @kazuhi_s_ , Takahiro Nishio, and @BadreLab! “Practice Reshapes the Geometry and Dynamics of Task-tailored Representations.” biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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New theory: Categorization is Baked Into the Brain
It is not at the end of sensory processing but a core computation that begins at the earliest stages, occurring throughout the cortex as predictive feedback shapes feedforward processing.
doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bu4s…
#neuroscience
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Out today in @Nature: we show that individual neurons have diverse tuning to a decision variable computed by the entire population, revealing a unifying geometric principle for the encoding of sensory and dynamic cognitive variables.
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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PhD students: Remember to apply for the Google PhD fellowship. It will make your PhD super smooth.
Application opens on 10th April 2025
Deadline: 15th May 2025
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Our new paper with @chrismlangdon is just out in @NatNeuro! We show that high-dimensional RNNs use low-dimensional circuit mechanisms for cognitive tasks and identify a latent inhibitory mechanism for context-dependent decisions in PFC data.
nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
Excited to share my work with @EngelTatiana, out now in @NatNeuro!
We show that RNNs use low-dimensional latent circuit mechanisms for cognitive tasks. We find that context-dependent decisions in both RNNs and PFC arise from latent inhibitory mechanisms. nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
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Summer research opportunities in psychology and neuroscience for URM/low-income/first-gen undergrads at U. Wisconsin–Madison. Details and application portal at psych.wisc.edu/nsf-reu-site-…
A new, improved version of this paper is now published at nature.com/articles/s41586-0… !
New paper with Donatas Jonikaitis, Jin Oh, Shude Zhu, @EthanTrepka, & Tirin Moore. We used high-density recordings (neuropixels) and single-trial analyses to understand how spiking and activity-silent mechanisms support working memory. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Thanks to @erinLrich, @EelkeSpaak, and an anonymous third reviewer for their thoughtful comments
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Selective attention guides behavior through target enhancement and distractor suppression. Using human ECoG, we uncovered the complementary neural mechanisms enabling this gating process. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
Work with Sabine Kastner, Bob Knight, @OleJensenOHBA, @FiebelkornIan
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Now out in Nature Communications! nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Excited to share a new preprint with @apaxon, @kazuhi_s_ & @BadreLab : “A Transient High-dimensional Geometry Affords Stable Conjunctive Subspaces for Efficient Action Selection”
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We live with the limitations of our memory, but don’t really know where they come from. Our new paper (doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401032…) studies "swap errors", which we argue arise during memory manipulation – see thread for more! @timbuschman, @MattPanichello, @wjeffjohnston
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New project: enigmaproject.ai
Engineers, ML researchers, mech interp community: Reach out if you're interested in getting involved
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TigerBrain applications due next week! Postdocs from *all* fields of neuroscience encouraged to apply. More details 👇
Are you a postdoc about to go on the faculty job market? If so, we encourage neuroscientists from all areas (cognitive, systems, molecular, etc) to apply to TigerBrain: the annual PNI Postdoc Scholars symposium, happening October 17.
Apply by Aug 15: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
ALT TIGERBRAIN an external postdoc scholars symposium @ princeton univeristy. The Princeton Neuroscience Institute invites all postdocs planning a job search to apply to speak at TigerBrain: The PNI Postdoc Scholars symposium on October 17, 2024. In addition to presentations, invited scholars will have one-on-one meetings with our faculty and trainees, a reception, and a dinner. All expenses paid! We encourage applications from a broad range of neuroscience areas, including systems, cognitive, and molecular neuroscience. Invitations to participate will be sent out by the first week of September. Applications due August 15, 2024.
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1/5 Excited to finally share our new paper (led by @lndriscoll, now a group leader at the Allen!) in @NatureNeuro on modular computation in neural networks! We've explored how artificial recurrent networks handle multiple tasks, offering insights into flexible computation.
#tweeprint
nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
Nishal is brilliant and super nice, you should work with him
Super excited to start my lab @RiceNeuro and @RiceECE in January 2025 !🎆
We aim to understand the human brain using intracortical BCIs and enable new translational applications with high-dimensional read-out and write-in.
Looking for awesome postdocs + grad students: rice-npl.com
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A revised version of our preprint on precisely replicating neural activity through a dynamic, cellular-resolution electrical stimulation sequence using temporal dithering and spatial multiplexing.
New experimental validation led by AJ Phillips.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Our paper, Crows ‘count’ the number of self-generated vocalizations, is out! With this amazing team (@KatharinaBrecht, @lena_veit, A_Nieder), we uncovered that crows are able to control the number of vocalizations produced.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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In 2019 I went to Cambridge to debate @lengyel_m on the usefulness of Marr's Three Levels of Analysis. We've finally published a pair of "CrossTalk" articles in @JPhysiol laying out our positions.
My piece: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
#MarrNoMore #DownWithThe3Levels
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We're also hiring! We are looking for at least one full-time RA/lab manager to join the newly located @ShenhavLab this summer. Please RT and pass this along to your best candidates!
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Apply to this fellowship! Fairly independent postdoc gig, pays well, you could work with me! More info coming soon..
There is a treasure trove of neuroscience data waiting to be explored by the next generation. ✨🔭🧠
Recent PhDs from non-neuroscience fields can now apply for a three-year fellowship, working with neuroscientists from Allen Institute and @UWCNC.
More: alleninstitute.org/careers/i…
