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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 6h

𝗛𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 New preprint with Andrea Gambarotto. Neuroscience often treats control as a hierarchy: the structures behind a behavior hold a stable rank. We argue this mistakes a configuration for an architecture. 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2610.04643 #neuroskyence

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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@phaueis.eurosky.social and @davidcolaco.bsky.social convincingly argue for metabolic considerations in neuroscience modeling. I had the privilege of writing a commentary. The point I add here is that this metabolic lens must be applied to the cognitive system as a whole, not just the neural scale.

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What does modeling neural function in its bodily and environmental context buy you? | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

What does modeling neural function in its bodily and environmental context buy you? - Volume 49

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SPAN @socphilneuro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We're very happy to announce that SPAN2027 will be held at NYU on May 20-22, 2027. The conference will be hosted by the NYU Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness 🧠 A call for proposals will come soon!

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David Colaço @davidcolaco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The complete version of @phaueis.eurosky.social and my BBS target article, "Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling," is now available. It includes 32 commentaries and our response. Please share #philsci #philsky #cogsci

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Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling - Volume 49

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Ed Baggs @edbaggs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 We will be hosting the European Workshop on Ecological Psychology in Nyborg, Denmark 22-25 June, 2027. Deadline for submission of abstracts for talks, posters, and symposiums is February 5 ewep2027.github.io

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EWEP 2027 — The 17th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology | EWEP 2027 — 17th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, June 22-25, 2027

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Paul Middlebrooks @braininspired.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I kept trying to pin @marcofacchin.bsky.social down, but he scores high for openness on the big 5 philosopher personality traits. Should've known... he did write the paper "Why can’t we say what cognition is (at least for the time being)" braininspired.co/podcast/244/

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 11/08/2026

Many of you will have seen the recent post about changes at OSF. If you'd like to learn more about how to use other services (particularly Zenodo) to share data and code, see my book chapter on resource sharing. bettercode-book.org/book-sharing...

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12 Sharing Research Objects – Better Code, Better Science

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The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The HPS Podcast is back! 🎙️ Season 6 returns at the end of this month, and we've spent the past few months collecting and preparing some exciting new interviews that we can't wait to share with you. Stay tuned for more updates! In the meantime, why not revisit some episodes from Season 5? 🎧

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The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

Leading scholars in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (HPS) introduce contemporary topics for a general audience. Developed by graduate students from the HPS program at the University ...

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

For your weekend reading pleasure: Olesya Bondarenko reviews Plasticity in the Life Sciences, by Antonine Nicoglou www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #philsci #philsky #hpbio

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Antonine Nicoglou, Plasticity in the Life Sciences | BJPS Review of Books

Olesya Bondarenko reviews Plasticity in the Life Sciences, by Antonine Nicoglou

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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Yes, same here. At least call it computational ecological neuroscience or something...

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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Yup. These conversations have happened before (with different people unfamiliar/unwilling to engage with the eco information and energy array concepts) - I am glad you continue to do this important work...and at the same time find it funny that Vicente chooses not to (other than via spamming 😂)

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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"step in as I sidestep the recurrent discussion ..." 🤣

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

But not impossible; there's EEG work from van der Meer/van der Weel, for example, and plenty of ideas about what to look for in brains (resonance to information, vs encoding of affordances). And some of that work already explicitly connects the dynamical behavioural analyses to the neural scale

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Miguel Segundo Ortin @segundo-ortin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Finally, our chapter (with Louise Barrett and Paco Calvo) on ecological psychology and comparative cognition is Open Access. Please, read and share :-) www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

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A World of minds | 17 | Ecological psychology as a framework for compa

This chapter argues that ecological psychology offers a powerful alternative framework for comparative cognition, challenging the dominant computational and

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I wrote a piece for the Yale Review on AI and "jagged intelligence". (Note: headline was not written by me.) yalereview.org/article/mela...

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Melanie Mitchell: What We Get Wrong About AI

Melanie Mitchell probes the jagged landscape of AI and its uncertain future.

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Ed Baggs @edbaggs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Our thematic collection on Progress in radical embodiment is now published in the May 2026 issue of Topoi Issue here link.springer.com/journal/1124... Our editorial introduction here doi.org/10.1007/s112... @segundo-ortin.bsky.social @guicogsci.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

All they do is move on to the next very similar desire. Their mind and senses haven't been purified at all.

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Matthew Sims @philosobio.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I'm extremely excited to be taking part in this workshop at the University of Murcia next week! embodiedcomparativepsychology.square.site

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Now published! We studied the relationship between movement and sound in the singing Siamang, by multi-source acoustic-kinematic tracking two juvenile individuals from Jaderpark Tierpark Germany. escholarship.org/content/qt10... @mouniakehy @marcogamba.bsky.social @andrearavignani.bsky.social

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Brava, Sophie!! “The project is designed to strengthen pediatric health care practices by addressing reported gaps in practitioner training and fostering collaboration with American health care professionals,” says Tomov, a pre-med biology major, French minor, and Shankweiler Scholar”

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Sophie Tomov ’26 Awarded Fulbright for Research in Bulgaria - Muhlenberg College

The pre-med biology major and French minor will work to strengthen pediatric health care practices in partnership with a nonprofit.

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 23/04/2026

Did you know - your library hold can easily nudge a library to order more books! At my local library, THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS had 1 e-copy the morning of release day. 40 people in line. By end of day they'd ordered 5 more copies & the audiobook Libraries rule & your holds legit increase our sales 🥰

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Last word: History of science exists. Philosophy of science exists. Science and technology studies exist. There is no excuse for writing about science in complete and utter oblivion about vast scholarship that has produced a lot of knowledge and understanding about what science is and how it works.

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

@mjcrockett.bsky.social is totally killing it (pun intended) in talk about DEAD cognitive benchmarks. DEAD = Decontextualized, Engineered, Anonymized, Disembodied Super insightful talk at @sfiscience.bsky.social 's annual Science Symposium.

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Dio D. Vicen @diovicen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We (@edbaggs.bsky.social, @segundo-ortin.bsky.social, @guicogsci.bsky.social, & I) have organised the conference "Dimensions of Radical Embodiment" for the last few years [Stay tuned for the next one!]. And we just edited a special issue around it. Here's the intro: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Introduction: Progress in Radical Embodiment - Topoi

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Paul Middlebrooks @braininspired.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

All we are is manifolds in the wind... That's not quite what Juan @juangallego.bsky.social says, but I do wish he sang it to me. We discuss all things neural manifolds, and a little motor control and BCI for spinal injury prosthetics braininspired.co/podcast/234/

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Marco Facchin @marcofacchin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Excited to announce that Prof. Alicia Juarrero just joined the fantastic line-up of Keynote speakers for the "Beyond Neuro-Computationalism" workshop. CFA here: www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-... #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 20/03/2026

⚡🏠 With power outages becoming a recurring event across much of the US, backup power and grid support have become two handy uses for EVs. UCS's Sam Houston breaks down how to take advantage of these features in her new blog. Read it here: act.ucsusa.org/3NrnnEw

"Graphic illustrating Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) technology. An illustration shows energy flow between an EV and a home. Includes a quote by Sam Houston of UCS describing EVs as clean, quiet backup power generators during outages."

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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

A guitarist performing classic 90's Autechre electronic music. I'm hearing not just a cover but something more and different from the original track. Delightful and unexpected. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe-9...

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Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I’m thrilled to announce the release of #Simbrain 4, which I have been working on for over 10 years! For the last five of those years I have met almost every weeknight with Yulin Li and we have pair-programmed our way through the entire app, adding hundreds of new features.

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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Really enjoyed this discussion on Brain Inspired. We talk about how EP is currently showing up in the mainstream, and how it might be done better. We also talk about neuro developments within the ecological community itself. Thanks for leading us through it, Paul @braininspired.bsky.social!

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Paul Middlebrooks @braininspired.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Do neuroscientists know what "affordance" actually means? (it seems perhaps not) Luis, Vicente, and Matthieu @dewitmm.bsky.social on neuroscience trying to adopt ecological psychology for an "ecological neuroscience" braininspired.co/podcast/232/

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Dio D. Vicen @diovicen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Luis Favela, @dewitmm.bsky.social, and yours truly talked to @braininspired.bsky.social about ecological neuroscience. Among other things, we tried to comment on how to make "affordances" and "ecological information" helpful for neuroscientists. Check it out! youtu.be/p987y_v-_PE?...

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BI 232 How Should Neuroscience Integrate with Ecological Psychology?

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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

You could also look into education of intention, for example Jacobs, D. M., & Michaels, C. F. (2007). Direct Learning. Ecological Psychology, 19(4), 321–349

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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Thanks! The cue concept is rejected in the ecological theoretical framework. For learning from an ecological perspective (discovering new affordances), look up concepts like attunement, education of attention, calibration. Sensorimotor contingencies would provide a different but related angle.

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Matthieu de Wit @dewitmm.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

What a nice surprise that it is available early! I have placed my order and can't wait to start reading...

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The call for abstracts for ICPA 2026 in Omaha is open and includes an intriguing idea for a book icpa2026omaha.com/schedule

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? "High-resolution activity maps of PFC did NOT align with cytoarchitecturally defined subregions." Key tenet in neuroscience is that cytoarchitectonic boundaries correspond to functional ones. NB: study in the mouse #neuroskyence doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The real question is whether Lilliputian mushrooms make you hallucinate tiny people, or allow you to see the tiny people that we ordinarily can't perceive

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