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Angela Radulescu

@angelaradulescu.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at Mount Sinai Faculty @sinaiccp.bsky.social @sinaibrain.bsky.social PI, Dynamics of Cognition and Affect Lab (www.radulesculab.org) www.angelaradulescu.com 🌈 (she/they)

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Lea Duncker @leaduncker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you are an undergraduate student interested in computational and systems neuroscience research, this is your chance to attend #COSYNE27 !!! Apply here for our undergrad travel grant tinyurl.com/cos27ugtravel deadline is Oct 30 (and if you are not an undergraduate, please help to spread the word!)
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Cosyne 2027 Undergraduate Travel Grant Program
This is the application form for the Cosyne 2027 Undergraduate Travel Grant Program. The deadline to apply is October 30th 2026.
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Princeton Neuroscience Institute @princetonneuro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📢 We’re hiring! PNI is seeking a full-time Lecturer in Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in computational modeling and human cognitive neuroscience. Priority consideration: Nov. 30 Apply: apply.interfolio.com/193741 #NeuroSkyence #NeuroJobs
exterior photo/rendering of the PNI and psychology building
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Alex Hyafil @alexhyafil.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📣2 postdoc and 1 phD positions on computational mechanisms of human perception in Barcelona. One postdoc position (2-y) is joint w Chris Summerfield ( @summerfieldlab.bsky.social) on visual scene perception, mixing modelling w ANN and behavioral experiments.
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I wrote down my thoughts about the last several weeks of AI hell. aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...
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Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks
What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency
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Enny van Beest @ennyvb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Textbook: tracking position during navigation is primarily the job of the hippocampus. Recent findings suggest a more complicated story. Recording >20k neurons brainwide, we indeed find spatial representations in every region! With @kenneth-harris.bsky.social and @carandinilab.net
Brainwide representations of a virtual corridor
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Erin Rich @erinlrich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey, we’ve been studying mnemonic chunking in🐒! With @fkchiang89.bsky.social Here’s the rundown: 🧵 www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Compression as a neural mechanism of mnemonic chunking in prefrontal cortex
Chiang and Rich show that macaques spontaneously chunk spatial targets in a self-ordered working memory task. dlPFC neurons compress chunked targets into lower-dimensional representations that are shi...
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Marc Coutanche @marccoutanche.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are recruiting an Assistant Professor in Cog Neuro/Cog Psych to join us at Rice! Please spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/192080
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Payam Piray @payampiray.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I am happy to share some good news: my lab has received an NSF CAREER award and an NIH R01 this summer, supporting our work on how the brain handles uncertainty during learning. We will be hiring postdocs and PhD students in the coming year, so please get by email in touch if you are interested.
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Debbie Yee @debyee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Are you on the #neurojob #psychjob market this fall? Come be my colleague! The Psych and Brain Sciences department @psychiowa.bsky.social is hiring TT faculty in clinical science and neuroscience, as well as clinical-track faculty. The initial review deadline is Sept 28. More info below!👇
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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Neuromatch is hiring a #remote, temporary, part-time Curriculum Specialist! 🤓 Help adapt our existing #NeuroAI course for a new audience, bringing important AI and neuroscience concepts to high school students! ➡️ Learn more and apply before 30 August: neuromatch.io/careers/
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Center for Computational Psychiatry @sinaiccp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
⏰ One week left to apply for in-person attendance at the New York Computational Psychiatry Workshop! Interested in using computational methods to advance our understanding of mental health? 👉 Apply now to explore and connect with others in the field: airtable.com/appU8UxfDSQh...
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Romy Lorenz @romy-lorenz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Please share widely! 🚀 I am recruiting a PhD student for an exciting cross-species collaborative project using layer fMRI to investigate how interoception shapes cognitive control - Application deadline is: 1.10.2026 - Start: Jan 2027 www.mpg.de/26934670/phd...
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PhD Position (m/f/d) | Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception
PhD Position in Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception
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Center for Computational Psychiatry @sinaiccp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Interested in applying computational methods to advance our understanding of mental health? Applications are now open for the New York Computational Psychiatry Workshop! Apply here to explore computational approaches in psychiatry and connect with others: airtable.com/appU8UxfDSQh...
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Aaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Attention early career methodologists and quantitative psychologists: Berkeley Psychology is hiring! This is an assistant teaching professor position with potential for security of employment (equivalent to tenure). Please share widely! Thank you! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05480
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Assistant Teaching Professor Quantitative Methods-Psychology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Nora Harhen @noraharhen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
How do we make good decisions with little experience? Adults can rely on memories of past choices. In our new study in @pnas.org we show kids & teens do something similar–but what they remember turns out to be quite different! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Developmental changes in memory structure and precision alter the use of retrieved episodes during decisions for reward | PNAS
Most widely studied option evaluation strategies rely on knowledge accumulated across repeated experiences. But how should options be evaluated in ...
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Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Our latest profile is here! Dr. Lea Duncker (@leaduncker.bsky.social) uses statistical and theoretical approaches to study the neural basis of flexible behavior. Follow the link below to learn more! #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
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Dr. Lea Duncker — Stories of WiN
uses statistical and theoretical approaches to study the neural basis of flexible behavior
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Don't miss @jlineuro.bsky.social poster today at #CCN2026! Come learn how people's behavior during planning can reveal their self-efficacy beliefs. Really excited about this work with Jing & @markkho.bsky.social 🎉
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Eleanor Holton @eleanor-holton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So thrilled to be joining the Psychology Department at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as an assistant prof next summer! I'll be recruiting for PhD/postdoc to start in Autumn 2027, so if you're interested in using computational approaches to studying human cognition please get in touch!
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thank you @sinaibrain.bsky.social for supporting this project! Looking forward to continue working with Dado Marcora and @esschaffer.bsky.social on rethinking statistics training 🙌
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Rayna Tang @raynatang.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Excited to share that my first-ever first-author paper (w/ @atabk.bsky.social @AngeliqueDelarazan @zreagh.bsky.social) is now out in PNAS! Building a story to link two objects boosts associative memory and inference, but not memory for the objects themselves. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵
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Active linking through narratives facilitates associative inference | PNAS
In daily life, we often draw inferences about novel associations from prior experiences. This ability, associative inference, is thought to be a ke...
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neurosock @neurosock.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This recent post by @earlkmiller.bsky.social got my attention. It shows how abstraction could emerge in the primate PFC. The paper is hard, but the main idea can be simplified to low-dims, so I made fun a little animation. A🧵with my toy model and notes: #neuroskyence #compneuro #NeuroAI
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#cpconf2026 FOMO is real! If you're at the meeting, be sure to check out the fantastic posters from Jing Li and Meghan Gallo from my lab:
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Liu, Shuze @liushuze.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We're looking for volunteers for our #CCN2026 community event's live problem-solving demos! Join a 10min think-aloud session solving an everyday planning task or playing a video game, and help kick off our panel discussions. 🎬 🙌 Please sign up here if you're interested: forms.gle/D7HNwFE1pet9...
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CCN 2026 Naturalistic Problem Solving event interest form
Please fill out this form if you're interested in attending our community event at CCN 2026! No sign-up required to join, but an RSVP helps us get a headcount. Time: Wednesday, 5th August 2026, 16:0...
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Another interesting result with implications for how we think about dopamine across diagnostic categories: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Some things get better with age. Like CCN... and Knicks basketball. 🧠🏀 As we return to New York and celebrate 10 years of @cogcompneuro.bsky.social , we'd love to hear your thoughts on how CCN has evolved. Share them in our pre-conference survey: shorturl.at/c19lJ
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Pre-Conference Anniversary CCN Survey
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Roxana Zeraati @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our paper "Neural timescales from a computational perspective" is finally out in @natneuro.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... We discuss how computational models and methods can distill empirical observations on neural timescales into quantitative, testable theories of brain computation.
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Neural timescales from a computational perspective - Nature Neuroscience
This review integrates computational approaches to provide a unified view on how data analysis methods, biophysical mechanistic models and machine learning approaches can help to uncover the origins a...
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Very interesting result!
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hope you will join us at the Center for Computational Psychiatry at Mount Sinai for a #CCN2026 satellite on computational cognitive science approaches to modeling mental health dynamics. Big shoutout to @meghangallo.bsky.social for making it happen! @sinaiccp.bsky.social @sinaibrain.bsky.social
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Dongyan Lin @dongyanl1n.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Heading to #ICML2026! Let's chat autonomous AI, RL, CogSci & neuro. 🧠 Our team (DevAI) is looking for an intern starting ~Oct/Nov in NYC (speech/multimodal, meta-learning) to build AI that mirrors human learning trajectories! Find me at the Meta booth or apply: www.metacareers.com/profile/job_...
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Research Scientist Intern, FAIR - Language & Multimodal Foundations (PhD)
Meta is seeking Research Interns to join Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) Multimodal Foundations teams. These teams are committed to advancing the field o...
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The hardest part of solving a problem is figuring out what the problem is 🌀. Delighted to be a panelist on a #CCN2026 workshop on how minds carve complexity into something solvable -- task representations, abstractions, construals.
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peterdoohan.bsky.social @peterdoohan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
How do brains plan actions towards goals? To get at this question we studied mice navigating complex mazes as goals changed on every trial 🧵 Work with @thomasakam.bsky.social @behrenstimb.bsky.social @kristorpjensen.bsky.social now on BioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Ali Cohen @aliocohen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The LUMeN Lab at Emory is hiring ✨ We’re seeking a full-time RA/lab manager and a postdoc to work on new NIH-funded studies! Formal job ads/apps forthcoming. We’re eager to hit the ground running so please share these flyers and/or reach out if interested!
The Learning, Understanding, Memory, & Neurodevelopment Lab (LUMeN Lab, Pl: Dr.
Alexandra Cohen) in the Department of Psychology at Emory University (Atlanta, GA) is seeking a full-time Research Assistant (RA) to work on studies examining how motivation and emotion influence learning, memory, and brain function across development. The RA will gain experience with all components of the research process, providing excellent preparation for graduate studies.

The expected start date for the position is Summer/Fall 2026. A two-year commitment is requested. Application review will take place on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Please reach out to
ali.cohen@emory.edu
with a CV and cover letter if you are interested
in this position.The Learning, Understanding, Memory, & Neurodevelopment Lab (LUMeN Lab, PI: Dr.
Alexandra Cohen) in the Department of Psychology at Emory University (Atlanta, GA) is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on NIH-funded studies examining emotion-related learning, memory, and brain function across development.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Please reach out to
ali.cohen@emory.edu
with a CV and cover letter if interested.
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
In 2011, my interests in cognitive neuroscience converged on one stubborn intuition: it made no sense that how the brain learns and how it pays attention should be two fundamentally different processes.
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aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New lab preprint! Dr. (x2) @biancaleonard.bsky.social leads a multidisciplinary team investigating the opposing effects of early-life unpredictability and anhedonia on foraging under threat of predation. Her results suggest that anhedonia may sometimes be an adaptive response to experience. 🧵 below!
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Nature @nature.com · 19/05/2026
Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelerating scientific output, but risks narrowing inquiry, weakening judgement and undermining how scientists are trained go.nature.com/3RiE5HN
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The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming — we urgently need guard rails
Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelerating scientific output, but risks narrowing inquiry, weakening judgement and undermining how scientists are trained.
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Rahul Bhui @rbhui.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
What makes adaptive decision-making possible? New preprint connecting cognitive, social, biological, and computational views! w/ Dorst, FeldmanHall, @smfleming.bsky.social, @catehartley.bsky.social, Gottlieb, Lejarraga, Müller-Trede, @angelaradulescu.bsky.social, and Rosati osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Rachit Dubey @rachitdubey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning.. We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance. And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use! 1/
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Matthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
#BIDS has been extended to #EyeTracking data! There is now a standard for organizing and sharing eye tracking, covering gaze position, pupil size, meta data, messages, and more. Great news for #OpenScience! 🎉 Martin Szinte et al: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Xiaosi Gu @xiaosigu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Excited to share our new paper proposing a new computational model accounting for the dynamic interaction btw drug #craving and #decision-making, led by Kaustubh Kulkarni, MD/PhD rdcu.be/fab6B #AddictionScience #Neuroscience #ComputationalPsychiatry #BehavioralScience
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A computational mechanism linking momentary craving and decision-making in alcohol drinkers and cannabis users - Nature Mental Health
This study investigated the computational mechanisms linking momentary craving and decision-making in people with moderate to high addiction risk levels for alcohol or cannabis use, uncovering differe...
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Center for Computational Psychiatry @sinaiccp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Happy 5 year-anniversary to the CCP! 🎉 Such a great night celebrating together. Thank you to everyone who joined us and made it so special 🥂 Here’s to everything ahead!
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BD² @bipolardiscoveries.org · 17/03/2026
🧠🔬Last week, 150 members of the BD² network convened for our 3rd annual Investigators Meeting. From genetics and brain circuits to whole-body health, we are uniting science and community to turn breakthroughs into improved care for people living with bipolar disorder.
Members of the BD² network standing outside with the ocean in the background, smiling and wearing colorful BD² branded hats during the Investigators Meeting.
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Some of the best conversations at CCN happen in these venues. If you’re able, consider submitting — it’s a great way to share your work and shape the space!
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Ignacio Saez, PhD @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Massive congratulations to Dr. @christinamaher.bsky.social on a brilliant defense! 👏 Christina is a force of nature, and her work is incredibly exciting. It’s been a true joy to co-mentor her alongside @angelaradulescu.bsky.social. Stay tuned for Christina’s papers dropping soon! 🎓🚀
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Proud to share the lab’s first preprint, led by the fantastic @christinamaher.bsky.social! 🎉 Real-world environments are high-dimensional and noisy. Selective attention is thought to shape the state representations that make reinforcement learning tractable.
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Serge Ahmed @sergeahmed.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Why we value things more as we are about to lose them A novel theory that explains why subjective value and effort-based decisions change over time, shedding light on reference-dependent behavior in both every day and high-stakes decision-making contexts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Why we value things more as we are about to lose them: A reference-based theory
A common belief is that we only truly appreciate things or people when we are about to lose them. This phenomenon is often observed in real-world scen…
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OHBM Trainees @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
AI is rapidly changing how we write code — but how should we use it in research? To kick off our 2026 “How-To” we welcome Russ Poldrack (@russpoldrack.org; Stanford University): 🧠 Better Code, Better Science 📅 22 April 2026 🔗 Register: forms.gle/WRUdGQEpd5is... #OHBM #OpenScience
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Angela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I’ll be participating in Current Directions in Neuroscience & the Law at the Center for Justice at Columbia University on Friday March 6, 2026. Looking forward to contributing to conversations on how advances in neuroscience intersect with legal questions.
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Cognition @cognitionjournal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Changes in our feelings, or "affective surprise," may act as a learning signal that influences what we remember. Large magnitude deviations in experienced valence during encoding relate to better long-term associative memory.
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tyler bonnen @tylerbonnen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
excited to share some recent work! neural networks trained on multi-view sensory data are the first to match human-level 3D shape perception we predict human accuracy, error patterns, and reaction time—all zero-shot, no training on experimental data arxiv.org/abs/2602.17650 1/🧠
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Human-level 3D shape perception emerges from multi-view learning
Humans can infer the three-dimensional structure of objects from two-dimensional visual inputs. Modeling this ability has been a longstanding goal for the science and engineering of visual intelligenc...
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