Reposted by Andrea BrovelliCoumarane Tirou @coumt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🚨 New paper alert! Happy to share my first paper, "Learning regularities in noise engages both neural predictive activity and representational changes", has been published in Nature Communications. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 161
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliManlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I have also written for you a short semi-technical piece on #ComplexityThoughts about this: open.substack.com/pub/manlius/... Enjoy!open.substack.comHigher-order links and broken standardsThe balance in the Force has been restored 073
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliAlessandro Crimi @alecrimi.bsky.social · 17/09/2025New preprint out, first timid experiments on foundation models for #neuroimaging and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes (checking inhibitory/excitatory causality): Prediction and Causality of functional #MRI and synthetic signal using a Zero-Shot #TimeSeries Foundation Model arxiv.org/abs/2509.12497 #LLM 073
Andrea Brovelli @brovelli.bsky.social · 05/09/2025⚠️JOB ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️ Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Marseille) in collaboration with @alainbarrat.bsky.social. Join us to study higher-order brain interactions in causal learning using information theory and network science. More info www.fens.org/careers/job-...fens.orgPostdoc in computational cognitive neuroscience - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies 11611
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliAntonino Greco @agreco.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Our findings pave the way for biologically-inspired vision architectures that move beyond purely feedforward or locally recurrent designs by incorporating explicit top-down pathways alongside stochastic regularization To read the full story, check out the preprint 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2508.07115arxiv.orgSensory robustness through top-down feedback and neural stochasticity in recurrent vision modelsBiological systems leverage top-down feedback for visual processing, yet most artificial vision models succeed in image classification using purely feedforward or recurrent architectures, calling into... 242
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliRD PascualMarqui @pascualmarqui.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Preprint: Equations/generalizations for TC, DTC, RSI, O-information, and TSE-complexity for multivar real/cmplx data. How “connections” contribute to system inf measures. Helpful comments and reports on errors are appreciated. arXiv: 2025-07-11 doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.08773 142
Andrea Brovelli @brovelli.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Finally out on Nat Comms 🚀 We show that an intrinsic motivational learning signal (information gain) is encoded through synergistic and higher-order functional brain interactions and is broadcast to prefrontal reward circuits.t.cohttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-62507-1 1148
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliEiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 09/05/2025When your statistical model "fits the data well" ... 419733
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliLaura Dugué @lauradugue.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Researchers in France are working on creating a french network of researchers to organize interaction, communication and training in #Computational_Neuroscience. If you are a CompNeuro working in France, consider joining, and registering to our mailing list: listes.services.cnrs.fr/wws/subscrib...listes.services.cnrs.fr rt_neurocomp - réseau français de neurosciences computationnelles - subscribe 22215
Andrea Brovelli @brovelli.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Congratulations to the whole team. Impressive work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAdversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness - NatureMultimodal results (iEEG, fMRI and MEG) of predictions from integrated information theory and global neuronal workspace theory align with some predictions of both theories on visual consciou... 010
Andrea Brovelli @brovelli.bsky.social · 25/04/2025New Call for International Researchers interested in working in France. From postdoc to senior PIs. carrieres.cnrs.fr/actualites/i... 183
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliFernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Preprint time: “Shannon invariants: A scalable approach to information decomposition” arxiv.org/abs/2504.15779 Studying information in complex systems is challenging due to difficulties in defining multivariate metrics and ensuring their scalability. This framework addressed both challenges!arxiv.orgShannon invariants: A scalable approach to information decompositionDistributed systems, such as biological and artificial neural networks, process information via complex interactions engaging multiple subsystems, resulting in high-order patterns with distinct proper... 1318
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliManlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Functional organization derived from network-driven processes offers clear advantages wrt traditional methods when studying human brain networks, outperforming SoTA communication models in explaining functional communities from structural data. #Neuroscience 🧪🧠 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 079
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliAnthropogenesis Research Institute @olegchagin.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Advances and Challenges in Foundation Agents: From Brain-Inspired Intelligence to Evolutionary, Collaborative, and Safe Systems arxiv.org/abs/2504.01990 Foundation Models на новом уровне github.com/FoundationAg... 001
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliSung Kim @sungkim.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Advances and Challenges in Foundation Agents: From Brain-Inspired Intelligence to Evolutionary, Collaborative, and Safe Systems (264 pages) This survey provides a comprehensive overview, framing intelligent agents within a modular, brain-inspired architecture 1309
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliJoe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Reading this hypothesis the trade deficit was figured out by AI made me wonder if it's the same reason why uninhabited islands (Heard and McDonald) wound up in the tariffs? Were they hallucinated? Nope! (h/t @dompreston.com) www.theverge.com/news/642620/...theverge.comTrump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’sChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor. 1136
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliHarvard_MCB @harvardmcb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025New Deep Learning Framework Reveals Hidden Structure in Neural Activity 🧠 #neuro #science www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @saramatias.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @btolooshams.bsky.social @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.socialmcb.harvard.eduNew Deep Learning Framework Reveals Hidden Structure in Neural Activity - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular BiologyUnderstanding how neurons encode information is one of the most pressing challenges in neuroscience. A new study from a multidisciplinary team including MCB researchers and those from the […] 0248
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliThomas F. Varley @thosvarley.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Very cool paper on how interactions of different orders contribute to patterns of brain activity. I do have some questions about whether losing the distinction between redundancy and synergy might be confounding the results at all though. www.cell.com/cell-reports...cell.comNon-equilibrium whole-brain dynamics arise from pairwise interactionsThe human brain operates far from thermodynamic equilibrium, with complex interactions between its neural elements driving non-equilibrium dynamics. Geli et al. reveal that pairwise interactions betwe... 183
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliAlessandro Gozzi @gozziale.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Geometric influences on the regional organization of the mammalian brain (!) Great new work lead by James Pang, @alexfornito.bsky.social & star collaborators! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 06125
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliCross Labs AI @crosslabsai.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Great news, everyone! Cross Roads is BACK for episode #50! 😱🎉 Join us on Jan 21 @ 2pm JST to hear exciting ideas from Dr. Fernando Rosas about "The Many Faces of Emergence." We'll see you next week on YouTube Live! www.youtube.com/live/bgB8e3G...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 054
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliRodrigo Cofre @rcofre.bsky.social · 11/01/2025🚨 THOI: Revolutionizing Higher-Order Interaction Analysis 🚨 Complex systems are more than the sum of their parts! Our latest study introduces THOI a groundbreaking Python library designed to unveil emergent collective behaviors. Discover more: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.03381 github.com/Laouen/THOI 083
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliRory Byrne @rory.bio · 06/01/2025I see the talks from Montreal AI and Neuroscience (MAIN) 2024 are now online: www.youtube.com/@MAINConfere... #neuroai #neuroskyenceyoutube.comMAIN ConferenceMontreal AI and Neuroscience (MAIN) is an international conference organized by the UNIQUE Centre in collaboration with the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques (CRM) at the University of Montreal since... 0236
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliAlessandro Gozzi @gozziale.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Processes and measurements: a framework for understanding neural oscillations in field potentials 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... By @rdgao.bsky.social and stellar co-authors 0278
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliAntonino Greco @agreco.bsky.social · 08/11/2024🔵 New Paper 🔵 Happy to announce that our paper linking predictive learning and representational geometry in the human 🧠 is out today in #NatureComms! with @drjuliamoser.bsky.social, Hubert Preissl and Markus Siegel 📜👉 nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54032-4nature.comPredictive learning shapes the representational geometry of the human brain - Nature CommunicationsThis study shows that the human brain aligns its neural representations to the statistical structure of sensory inputs, and that the magnitude of this representational shift correlates with the synerg... 13711
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliGaute Einevoll @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Episode #23 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On human whole-brain models - with Viktor Jirsa theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn23 The guest builds personalized whole-brain network models, partially to aid clinicians in treating brain ailments. @ebrains.bsky.social 0142
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliRick Betzel @richardfbetzel.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Human brain dynamics are shaped by rare long-range connections over and above cortical geometry. Some new results to inform this debate. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 2348
Andrea Brovelli @brovelli.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Happy new year to all! Here is a great paper to start off our scientific adventures for 2025! arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536arxiv.orgPhase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce"Pasta alla Cacio e pepe" is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce can ... 020
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliRodrigo Cofre @rcofre.bsky.social · 03/01/2025🚀 Introducing FastDMF: A groundbreaking tool for whole-brain modeling! 🧠 🔍 Efficient, accessible implementation of the Dynamic Mean Field (DMF) model. ⚡Scaling up to 1,000 brain regions. Unlocks biophysically grounded insights into brain dynamics. Fit FC and FCD ! direct.mit.edu/netn/article...direct.mit.eduNeural mass modeling for the masses: Democratizing access to whole-brain biophysical modeling with FastDMFAbstract. Different whole-brain computational models have been recently developed to investigate hypotheses related to brain mechanisms. Among these, the Dynamic Mean Field (DMF) model is particularly... 0144
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliJakob Runge @jakobrunge.bsky.social · 27/06/20231/3 Just published @NatRevEarthEnv tinyurl.com/3zb8cu7s. A guide to #causalinference for time series: Phrase your problem as a causal Question, transparently state Assumptions, and apply the right method on your Data with the QAD-template based on @yudapearl's causal hierarchy 152
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliNature Computational Science @natcomputsci.nature.com · 19/12/2024📢Jianfeng Feng and colleagues present the Digital Brain, a platform capable of simulating spiking neuronal networks with up to 86 billion neurons and 47.8 trillion synapses. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #neuroskyence #compneuro 🔓https://rdcu.be/d4byXnature.comSimulation and assimilation of the digital human brain - Nature Computational ScienceThe Digital Brain platform is capable of simulating spiking neuronal networks at the neuronal scale of the human brain. The platform is used to reproduce blood-oxygen-level-dependent signals in both t... 13512
Reposted by Andrea BrovelliRubén Moreno-Bote @morenobote.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Joint the Comp Neuro conversation go.bsky.app/K8hiHqe 24258
Andrea Brovelli @brovelli.bsky.social · 25/11/2024HOI: A Python toolbox for high-performance estimation of Higher-Order Interdependencies from multivariate data 🚀 Here is the link to the paper 🌐 Documentation with theoretical background about the metrics and some useful examples here brainets.github.io/hoi/ Have fun🛝 And give us feedbackbrainets.github.ioHOI : High-Performance Estimation of Higher-Order Interactions — HOI 0.0.5 documentation 042