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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Curious what happens when we apply fastDSA across a pool of RNNs and IBL brain-wide data? Could a new perspective on how underlying neural dynamics change help us better understand neural data? Join me and find out. #BernsteinConference

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Would be really happy to see you there! We’ll be presenting new findings from UNITE, along with some exciting methodological advances. #BernsteinConference

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CMC Unit @cmc-unit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We, the Natural Decision Making Group and the Embodied Decision Making Group, are joining forces to establish the CMC Unit, a joint research unit to uncover computational, biological, and ecological principles underlying adaptive decision-making. You can read more about us here: cmc-unit.org

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How do internal states shape foraging, decisions, and adaptation in a changing world? 🧠🌍 @clairesturgill.bsky.social and I are organizing a #BernsteinConference satellite workshop bringing together lab and wild perspectives on adaptive behavior. Join us 😉

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Claire Sturgill @clairesturgill.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm very excited to present a poster (C-18, Wednesday 9:30) at #CCN2026, describing neural signatures of internal decision-making in the monkey vlPFC. If you want to learn more about how sensory value influences percept selection, come check it out!

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I’ll be leading a hands-on workshop on fastDSA, where we’ll explore scalable dynamical similarity analysis for neural and artificial systems. Curious about fastDSA, Check the short introduction here: bsky.app/profile/arma... #IMPRSCoNI #SummerSchool #Neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience

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Fatih Dinc @fatihdinc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Why did RNNs fail to learn long-term dependencies? What if we added one more modification, maybe now? It turns out we can give a pretty broad, analytical answer! See the attached paper for a rigorous treatment using centre manifolds, low-rank RNNs, and dynamical systems theory! go.aps.org/4fXWEeF

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Ghost Mechanism: An Analytical Model of Abrupt Learning in Recurrent Networks

This study establishes the ghost mechanism as an underlying mechanism for abrupt learning, whereby the recurrent neural network develops ghost points---transient dynamical bottlenecks---and identifies...

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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

1/11 Happy to share our TICS paper on using the flexibility of one of the most basic cognitive functions, perception, to understand one of the most complex cognitive dysfunctions, psychiatric conditions (also my first formal work in computational psychiatry 🎉) 📄: www.cell.com/trends/cogni... 🧵 : 👇

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Perceptual multistability: a multifaceted window into brain dysfunctions

Perceptual multistability, observed across species and sensory modalities, offers valuable insights into numerous cognitive functions and dysfunctions. For instance, differences in temporal dynamics a...

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Roxana Zeraati @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

We have 2 open PhD positions @mpicybernetics.bsky.social, if you’re interested in reinforcement learning, recurrent neural networks and analyses of neural & behavioral data from novel, cross-species foraging experiments, there’s still time to apply: nextcloud.tuebingen.mpg.de/index.php/s/...

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Finished the Leipzig Half Marathon 🏃‍♂️💥 On to the next one!

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Roxana Zeraati @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Many thanks to @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de and @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity to study the mechanisms underlying naturalistic decision processes in the context of foraging behavior! We’ll also soon have openings for PhD students, stay tuned!

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Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We apologize for the delay but our next profile is here! Dr. Ann Kennedy (@antihebbiann.bsky.social) combines theory & biological data to study how internal states shape social behavior by reconfiguring neural circuit dynamics. Follow the link to learn more! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I had the chance to attend it in person. It's really amazing, highly recommend.

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Out now in Science: The Truman Show, but with killifishes! "Continuous recording of a vertebrate’s adult life from adolescence until death would provide a complete view into the behavioral architecture of aging." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Lifelong behavioral screen reveals an architecture of vertebrate aging

Mapping behavior of individual vertebrate animals across lifespan could provide an unprecedented view into the lifelong process of aging. We created a platform for high-resolution continuous behaviora...

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Enthusiastic to present our latest results for you and get your feedback.

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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Are you #Coayne2026? Wanna know how we can have a common notion of state in mind and machines and find them in an unsupervised fashion with temporal embeddings based on dynamic similarity check @armanbehrad.bsky.social and @maxschwabe.bsky.social’s poster today, 3-001!

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CMC Unit @cmc-unit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

3-001, poster session 3 (Sat, Mar. 14, 13:15): @armanbehrad.bsky.social on unsupervised method to find behaviorally relevant internal states from data. We tested it w/ RNN & monkey data doing cognitive tasks & RNN trained with deep RL on a naturalistic plum tracking task.

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CMC Unit @cmc-unit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

1-031, Poster session 1 (Thu, Mar. 12, 20:30): @maxschwabe.bsky.social (a Cosyne presenter awardee 🎉, a MASTER student) will present how decomposing neural dynamics to intrinsic and input-driven modes can tell us how naturalistic decision computations are realized in the RNNs.

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CMC Unit @cmc-unit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

CMC lab is heading to #Cosyne2026, with 3 wonderful posters (1-031, 3-001, and 3-008 also see thread 👇), 2 new enthusiastic team members (@clairesturgill.bsky.social and @maxschwabe.bsky.social ), and tons of excitement for discussions and new ideas!

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

For Spanish researchers interested in postdoc positions: my lab at Amsterdam is looking for candidates to apply for a Ramon Areces postdoctoral fellowship, to work for 2 years on compneuro and digital brains. Deadline Feb 23. Please spread the word! More info: www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...

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Convocatorias - Fundación Ramón Areces

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Built a domain-agnostic peak detection algorithm and now hunting for datasets with known/annotated peaks to test it on 👀 Any domain works—signals,bio,astro,finance, spectroscopy, etc. Got data or know a benchmark? Would love pointers 🙌 #SignalProcessing #DataScience #TimeSeries #OpenData #Research

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Serge Ahmed @sergeahmed.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

This book is a wonderful, synthetic and richly illustrated journey through the natural history of the vertebrate brain 🤩 A big thank you to the authors 🙏 "A major theme in the evolution of the telencephalon has been the emergence of novel pathways... 1/2

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Wanna compare dynamics across neural data, RNNs, or dynamical systems? We got a fast and furious method🏎️ The 1st preprint of my PhD 🥳 fast dynamical similarity analysis (fastDSA): 📜: arxiv.org/abs/2511.22828 💻: github.com/CMC-lab/fast... I’ll be @cosynemeeting.bsky.social - happy to chat 😉

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Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Way back in 1999, Kenji Doya sketched a big picture theory of the brain: 1️⃣The cerebellum is specialized for supervised learning 2️⃣The basal ganglia are for reinforcement learning 3️⃣The cerebral cortex is for unsupervised learning How does this hold up in 2026? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Tatiana Engel @engeltatiana.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Thank you for having me on BrainInspired, Paul @braininspired.bsky.social! It was such an honor to be on my favorite show—a rare place where we can leisurely talk about manifolds, latent circuits, power laws, and other esoteric ideas, and still be taken seriously in knowing they are all real.

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Kayson Fakhar @kayson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🚨new work with the dream team @danakarca.bsky.social @loopyluppi.bsky.social @fatemehhadaeghi.bsky.social @stuartoldham.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Mitchell Ostrow @neurostrow.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Our next paper on comparing dynamical systems (with special interest to artificial and biological neural networks) is out!! Joint work with @annhuang42.bsky.social , as well as @satpreetsingh.bsky.social , @leokoz8.bsky.social , Ila Fiete, and @kanakarajanphd.bsky.social : arxiv.org/pdf/2510.25943

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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

If you are @ #BernsteinConference we have 4 posters, thread👇 P II 25, Tue 18–19:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B... P IV 5, Wed 14-15:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B... P II 25, Tue 18-19:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B... P I 11, Tue 16:30-18: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

How can we identify state transitions from neural data — in an unsupervised way? (1/4) 👉 Check out UNITE: Universal Neural-State Identification through Temporal Embeddings 📅 Oct 1 | #BernsteinConference 📍 Poster Session III, #14 abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Curious about similarity metrics? What if we could capture dynamical similarity that’s noise-robust and computationally efficient? (1/4) Check out Fast Dynamical Similarity Analysis 📅 30 Sept | #BernsteinConference 📍 Poster Session I, #11 abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

What defines a brain state? 🧠 If you are also interested in answering this question, join us in "Toward a joint definition of neural-behavioral states", #BernsteinConference full-day workshop, Co-orgnized by @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social and I. (1/4)

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

🚀 Curious about neural-behavioral states? Join us at the Bernstein Satellite Workshop (Monday, Sep 29) and explore cutting-edge ideas with us! 👉 bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co...

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(SW2025) Toward a joint definition of neural-behavioral states – Bernstein Netzwerk Computational Neuroscience

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CMC Unit @cmc-unit.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (Aug 18, Thu, 2pm CET), Samuel Liebana will tell us about his paper (www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... [joint work w/ @saxelab.bsky.social & @laklab.bsky.social]. Want to attend, send an empty email to virtual-talk-link-request@cmclab.org to get the link!

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Still curious about uncovering internal state — completely unsupervised? We start in 30 minutes.

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

#CCN2025, Poster C160: We present MoDSA – a fully unsupervised method for identifying behaviorally relevant neural states in both biological & artificial systems. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Fellow Scientists! Heading to Amsterdam for #CCN2025 and thrilled to see you all there!

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CMC Unit @cmc-unit.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

We are heading to #CCN2025 in Amsterdam with 3 awesome posters! Thread below 👇 B71, Wed, 1pm-4pm: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=8... B90, Wed, 1pm-4pm: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=o... C169, Fri, 2pm-5pm: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=l...

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

New paper out! We show that individual dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila larvae can drive both learning and movement — two key dopamine functions. Advanced usage of Random Forest for multivariate data analysis. 🧠🪰 #Neuroscience#MachineLearning ##Dopamine#Drosophila elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

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Individual dopaminergic neurons induce unique, yet overlapping combinations of behavioural modulations including safety learning, memory retrieval and acute locomotion

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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

If you are interested in joining @cmc-lab.bsky.social, the application deadline is extended till May 30!

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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🚀 Today (Mar 6, 2 PM EST) at our lab’s Learning Club, we’re excited to have Renate Krause, presenting her fascinating paper: 🔗 proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/... If you’re as interested as we are, feel free to message me or @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social for the link! 📩

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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.

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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Happy to share my second paper with Peter Dayan on our decision-theoretic approach to perceptual multistability (see the tweeprint of the first paper here x.com/neuroprincip...). Paper: A decision-theoretic model of multistability biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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