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Algorithms for survival. Investigating the computing architecture of the mind and brain at its limits. 🧠 Lab account for science only. www.caian.uni-bonn.de/en

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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Exciting news from our lab! Dominik Bach will speak at the #BernsteinConference2026 satellite workshop “Towards a quantitative approach to #behavior” in Frankfurt. 📆28 Sept | ⏰ 16:30 🎤“The grammar of human behaviour in a biological environment” bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co...
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Satellite Workshops – Bernstein Netzwerk Computational Neuroscience
The Satellite Workshops of the Bernstein Conference provide a stage to discuss topical research questions, novel scientific approaches, and challenges in computational neuroscience and related fields.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
⏰ Two more days to apply as a student assistant at our lab. The chosen candidate will support us in preparing a methods workshop funded by the #VolkswagenFoundation, taking place at Herrenhausen Palace in Hannover next spring. Submit your application by Sunday!
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dominik Bach will be at the ECNP Congress in Munich, 10–13 October 2026, speaking in Session S14 on the dysregulation of perineuronal nets, astrocytes and extrasynaptic transmission in neurodegeneration and mental disorders. 🔗 www.ecnp.eu/congress2026/ #Neuropsychopharmacology #Neuroscience #caian
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This Thursday (Sept 10), we are going to welcome our next guest speaker to a hybrid talk to the caian: Join us in person/on zoom at 1 p.m. CET and hear Assoc. Prof. Fleur Zeldenrust talk about "Heterogeneity in the brain: lessons from theory and experiment". #caiantalks #neuroscience #brainscience
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New publication: Read our systematic review of 116 studies on human avoidance learning. Evidence favours expectancy- and inference-based accounts, while highlighting roles for action valuation, Pavlovian influences and context. #avoidancelearning #cognition #neuroscience #systematicreview Link ⬇️
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
📣 Come and work with us! We’re looking for a Student Assistant (6 h/week, 12-month contract) to help organise an international workshop on benchmarking approaches in cognitive science. Apply by 13 Sept 2026. tinyurl.com/studentajob #CognitiveScience #caian #neuroscience #StudentJobs #UniBonn
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Konstantinos Armaos, postdoc fellow in our lab, will also present on "Social Interaction under Threat in VR" on the second symposium day. Looking forward!
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
From inspiring talks and posters to discussions that continued between sessions - #NN2026 was all about bringing the naturalistic neuroscience community together. 📸 Here are a few of our favourite moments from the symposium as thread. Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Have you come across Prof. Dominik Bach's portrait as part of the #WeAreUniBonn campaign? Meet the researcher behind the poster. 🎥 Watch his short intro to his research at caian (in German): youtu.be/heKCA12g3iE 💬Read the condensed interview here: www.uni-bonn.de/de/universit...
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Hertz-Professor Dominik Bach nutzt KI, um unser Hirn besser zu verstehen I #weareunibonn I Uni Bonn
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
⏰Brief reminder that the deadline to apply for the position as head of OPMEG at University Hospital Bonn is approaching fast. Submit your application by Thursday. #postdoc #postdocjobs
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Come and work with us & shape the Future of Neuroscience as Head of OPMEG at University Hospital Bonn! 👋 📅Apply by 30 July 2026. karriereamukb.de/jobs/researc... #physics #engineering #neuroscience #jobalert #jobs #hiring #PhDjobs #researchjobs #MEG #EEG #OPMEG #electromagnetics
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Research group leader/Head of OPMEG - Karriereamukb | Jobs & Karriere an der Uniklinik Bonn
At the newly founded Core Facility OPMEG at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn, the following full-time (38.5 hours/week) position is to be filled as soon as possible:   Research group lead...
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New paper + software: calibr brings experiment-based calibration to R. Compare measurement methods across studies, quantify uncertainty about which performs best, and evaluate whether switching methods is worth the cost. Package: github.com/bachlab/calibr Paper: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We are excited to share that we will receive grant funding for our NOVA project. 🎉 #ERC #ProofofConcept #PoC #unibonn #caian #anxiometrics
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Brief reminder for our guest talk with @moritzgw.bsky.social this week.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
How can multilevel causal modeling help us better explain the relation between neuronal activity and cognition? 🧠 Join us next Wednesday at lunch time for a #caiantalk by Prof. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup (@moritzgw.bsky.social ) to learn more about this computational approach to #neuroscience
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
How can neurocomputation help us understand gambling addiction? 🎲 Join us next Wednesday at lunch time for a #caiantalk by Prof. Jan Peters ( @peterslab.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social) on "Skewed mental models: a neurocomputational perspective on problem gambling."
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Thanks to our research coordinator for coordinating our first symposium since inauguration.
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Sterre van de Langenberg @s-vandelangenberg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
On the train back to HH, having attended some really fascinating talks on naturalistic neuroscience in Bonn the last days! Many thanks for the great organisation & choice of speakers @bachlab.bsky.social @sabinekrabbe.bsky.social & @predictivebrain.bsky.social. Hope there'll be a next time🧠🥽 #NN2026
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Naturalistic Neuroscience @natneuro.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We are looking forward to hosting the #NN2026 symposium tomorrow and Friday @unibonn.bsky.social. Schedule and abstracts can now be downloaded from our conference website. If you are looking for directions, we also got you covered. 🗺️ www.nn2026.uni-bonn.de/en/directions
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
How does attention drive risky choices? 🎲👁️ Join us next Wednesday for a #caiantalk by Prof. Jan B. Engelmann (@uva.nl) on "Distinguishing individual & contextual channels of attention in risky decision-making."
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
📢Publication Alert: New Paper on Human Pavlovian Fear Conditioning! It has been speculated that psychophysiological responses to an outcome during learning could express prediction errors. ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #associativelearning #psychophysiology #PavlovianFearConditioning
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<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
Pavlovian reward learning is driven by prediction errors (PE), but it remains unclear whether this is also the case for aversive learning, and to what extent PE are expressed in physiological indices...
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
⏰Reminder: Our next #caiantalk is taking place tomorrow!
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
⏰Don't forget to register for our NN2026 symposium! Registration closes Sunday night at midnight (CET). Hurry up and get one of the last tickets at the low price of 20 EUR. ➡️ eveeno.com/281015206 #naturalisticneuroscience #nn2026 #neuroscience
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Naturalistic Neuroscience: from perception to action and back (NN2026)
NN2026 a two-day symposium on Naturalistic Neuroscience at the University of Bonn (28–29 May 2026), featuring keynotes, new methods, and immersive research.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
[1/2] Join us next week at caian @UniBonn for a hybrid guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gluth (University of Hamburg) on "Unraveling the neural and computational principles of information integration in complex decisions". #caiantalks #decisionmaking #neuroscience Details below ⬇️
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Naturalistic Neuroscience @natneuro.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨 DEADLINE EXTENSION! 🚨 We are extending the abstract submission deadline for #NN2026 to April 12, 2026! Information on how to submit your abstract: 🔗 nn2026.uni-bonn.de/en/abstracts #Neuroscience #BrainResearch #UniBonn #CognitiveScience
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Our centre is not just hosting this event. We are also opening our lab doors to symposium participants.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Today at 10 a.m. local time, Dominik Bach will speak on "Critical intelligence and mechanisms of naturalistic adaptive behaviour in humans" in Vancouver. www.cogneurosociety.org/symposia/?sy...
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Symposia - Cognitive Neuroscience Society
March 7 – 10, 2026 Submit a Poster
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We are hosting a symposium on naturalistic neuroscience this spring. Follow this page for updates. 👇
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📡🧠New preprint: check out our purpose-built OPMEG-compatible VR goggles and their validation with several cognitive tasks. Towards naturalistic human neuroscience. Read more here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #naturalisticneuroscience #neuroimaging #opm #opmeg
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
[1/3] New paper on approach-avoidance conflict behaviour and psychiatric symptoms out in #TranslationalPsychiatry - with Juliana Sporrer & Filip Melinscak. OA article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #anxiety #preclinicalresearch #learning #memory #mentalhealth
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Human approach-avoidance conflict behaviour relates to transdiagnostic psychiatric symptom dimensions - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Human approach-avoidance conflict behaviour relates to transdiagnostic psychiatric symptom dimensions
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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
How to conduct behavioral experiments ethically in VR? Learn more in our next #InVirtuo talk this Friday at 2 p.m., when Dr. Konstantinos Armaos (@bachlab.bsky.social) and Clemens Uhing (@iwe-bonn.bsky.social) from our consortium talk about this challenge and how they approach it in their research.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Next week: Hybrid talk by @martandreatta.bsky.social (University Hospital Tübingen) on “When context matters in shaping defensive responses.” 📅 Thu, Jan 28, 2026 | 13:00 📍 Computer Science @unibonn.bsky.social + online #aversivelearning #psychophysiology #VRresearch #context ⬇️ More details below
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Dominik Bach is presenting at #CNS2026 in Vancouver! 🧠Looking forward to share the latest data and connect with the global neuro community! Who else is going to be in Vancouver March 7-10? Let's grab a coffee! ☕️ www.cogneurosociety.org/schedule-of-... #Neuroscience #AcademicChatter
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
New paper published! 🎉“A systematic review of pharmacological effects on human aversive memory” is now available in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, providing the first broad synthesis across 36 compounds, different memory stages, and 13 biological systems. doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
OPMEG Research Is Coming to Bonn! 🎉 We are excited to announce that over the course of the next three years, Dominik Bach will install and establish an infrastructure for #OPMEG research at University of Bonn's medical campus.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Yesterday, we opened the doors to our labs and participated in @unibonn.bsky.social's #diesacademicus. We had a full house with over 30 visitors, as many interested people came to take a look around and try out one of our VR games.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Next guest in our lecture series #caiantalks is Charley Wu (@thecharleywu.bsky.social (@tuda.bsky.social ), who will speak on "Generalization Guides Exploration Across Development, Social Contexts, and Memory" on Thursday, Dec 11. 👉Visit our website for more information: www.caian.uni-bonn.de/en
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Reminder: this event is taking place today. Join us at 1 p.m. for Manos Konstantinidis #caiantalk.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Next guest in our lecture series #caiantalks is Emmanouil (Manos) Konstantinidis ( @warwickuni.bsky.social ), who will speak on "Sources of information and confidence in experiential risky choice" next Wednesday (19/11/2025). 👉Visit our website for more information: www.caian.uni-bonn.de/en
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Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🗓️ Mark your calendars: the next #BernsteinConference will take place September 28 to October 1, 2026, in Frankfurt am Main! Follow the link below to meet the first confirmed speakers. More to come! 👉 bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co... #BernsteinNetwork #CompNeuro
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
📆Save the date: new lecture series [1/4] This Wednesday, October 29 at 1 p.m., we are launching a new, hybrid series of guest talks organized the Center of Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (CAIAN) in Bonn.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
📢📄New preprint: 94 empirical benchmarks for associative learning models. A consortium of 21 learning experts surveyed the literature and expert community for robust empirical phenomena, which we graded by reproducibility and generality.
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Prof Rick Adams @drrickadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Post doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5
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UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📢Publishing alert: New theory paper out on experiment-based calibration: formal model, relation to criterion validity, role of confounds, and data-generation model. #mathematicalpsychology #calibration #simulation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
📢 Job alert: We are looking to hire a student research assistant for programming work in Java in Bonn. Prior experience with Spring Boot is desired. Deadline: October 5, 2025. Read the full job description and how to sumbit your application here: www.caian.uni-bonn.de/en/team/oppo...
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Just posted with @serenxia.bsky.social and @pharmacopsychology.bsky.social : a systematic review of pharmacological effects on human aversive memory. We searched data bases for 215 candidate drugs and summarise the evidence from 100 studies on 36 compounds following #PRISMA2020 protocol.
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
[1/2] Ever wondered how your brain learns to anticipate negative events? 🧠 We just helped to map the brain's 'fear network'! This #ENIGMA consortium study found that while fear responses are universal, task design and clinical status yield relevant differences in brain activity.
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Neural correlates of human fear conditioning and sources of variability in 2199 individuals - Nature Communications
A large brain imaging study of over 2000 people worldwide shows that fear conditioning engages brain regions linked to emotion and attention, with differences in individuals with anxiety or depression...
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Elliott Wimmer @elliottwimmer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢 Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia. 🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io 🚨closes September 12th!
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
📢 Our paper is out now! We propose an unsupervised skeleton-based temporal action segmentation framework. If you are interested in exploring actions in skeleton sequences without human annotations, check it out: Paper: www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.04513 Project page: uzaygokay.github.io/SMQ/
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Skeleton Motion Words for Unsupervised Skeleton-Based Temporal Action Segmentation
Current state-of-the-art methods for skeleton-based temporal action segmentation are predominantly supervised and require annotated data, which is expensive to collect. In contrast, existing unsupervi...
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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
#bignews: @unibonn.bsky.social now has a Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience and it is already growing! Welcome to Bonn, Professor Floris de Lange @predictivebrain.bsky.social ! New #caian website and more updates will follow within the next few weeks. www.caian.uni-bonn.de/en/news
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