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Benjamin Dunn

@benndunn.bsky.social
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Ass. Prof. at NTNU Likes: neuroscience, neural data, data science, statistical models, topological data analysis, engineering, computational models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistical physics... and sailing.

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Edvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Is spatial navigation innate 🧠? Using #NeuroPixels we show that the #torus 🍩 underlying the #GridCell map exists already on day 10 in rats — before pups open eyes and ears and before they start upright walking. 🧵1:4 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Matteo Guardamagna @matteoguardamagna.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
1/7 🧠 My journey into development begins with this work and question: how does the brain's spatial navigation system develop? We found that the neural networks for spatial navigation (tori and rings) are preconfigured and only later anchor gradually to the world with experience! 🧵
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The Kavli Foundation @kavlifoundation.org · 28/02/2025
🚨 Applications are now open for the summer school 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. compneuronrsn.org 📆 Apply before March 31 📍Located in beautiful Eresfjord, Norway 🇳🇴 #Neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience #KavliNeuro @kavlintnu.bsky.social
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Mathematical Methods in Computational Neuroscience
Summer school in Eresfjord, Norway (July 8th - 26th, 2024)
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pearlsald.bsky.social @pearlsald.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
🚨NTNU Discovery Pilot Grant secured for Innovation! We’re merging neuro-math and engineering to push brain-machine-interface boundaries!! With our team from dept of Math and Kavli! Stay tuned for updates as we progress! @benndunn.bsky.social @nwaniek.bsky.social @jonwhitlock.bsky.social
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Edvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Grid cells have a geometry in time. Thanks to @azvollan.bsky.social l & @rjgardner.bsky.social for this heroic discovery. @ercresearch.bsky.social #KiloNeurons @m-bmoser.bsky.social @kavlintnu.bsky.social @nature.com @kavlifoundation.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Left–right-alternating theta sweeps in entorhinal–hippocampal maps of space - Nature
A study in rats proposes a mechanism for how the brain maps the surrounding environment, including places it has never seen, by alternating left and right forward sweeps in successive theta cycles.
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Ken Miller @kenmiller.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
New preprint: "The geometry of the neural state space of decisions", work by Mauro Monsalve-Mercado, buff.ly/42wVHD5. Surprising results & predictions! (Thread) We analyze neuropixel population recordings in macaque area LIP during a reaction time, random-dot motion 1/
Picture of neural manifolds for the two choices in a decision-making task, depicted in 3D and in 2D
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