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Gabriel Juliano Severino

@gjseverino.bsky.social
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Ph.D. Candidate in Cognitive Science / Bioengineering at @IUBloomington using neuroethology and whole animal models to study biological/artificial systems. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ I also like to draw various critters.

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Jay Gallagher @jay-gallagher.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🐟🚨 New paper! 🚨🐟 Where do behavioral differences come from? Early life environment clearly matters... ...or not? Early environment affected behavior, but NOT how different individuals became from each other. Those differences were seeded before birth through factors OTHER than genetic variation 🤯
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Born This Way: Individuality Is Seeded Before Birth and Robust to Ecological Stress
We reared and recorded behaviours of clonal Amazon mollies in standardized environments, with and without predation stress, from birth through week four of life, to understand how the developmental e...
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The environmentalism of Ursula K. Le Guin: "Climate change visions of transformed Oregon and California places and spaces show up in the worlds Le Guin imagines."
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"Sniffing, Physiology, and Search: Odor Navigation in Embodied Neural Networks" Extended paper published; soon Open Access. In the meantime, contact the principal scientist @gjseverino.bsky.social - who is on the market, btw- for access to his study. LINK TO PAPER: direct.mit.edu/artl/article...
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 11/08/2026
As simulations grow in complexity, a set of non-trivial issues emerge: diminished identifiability as free parameters become too numerous relative to exp. constraints & difficulties grasping causality. In our new 📄, we point to potential avenues to move #CellBio forward 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2608.06998
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Simulating is not always understanding: When model complexity obscures biology
In cell biology, computational models of biological systems range from minimal representations with a handful of parameters to whole-cell simulations tracking thousands of molecular species across a c...
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Given the state of things re books, predatory corporations, etc... it is more imperative than ever to buy your books from indie bookstores and their online sites. Exclusively.
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Finally! BOOK 2 OUT SOON -- THIS AUGUST (e-book will be Open Access/free): THE SENSES: PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCE (Cambridge University Press, Elements in Philosophy of Mind, ed. by @keithfrankish.com ) www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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The Senses | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Honestly needed a pick-me-up: mail said the paper w my kind if frighteningly sharp colleague Randy Beer & my brilliant grad @gjseverino.bsky.social (on ze market *hint*) is among the most read in the European Journal of Neurosci It's...the graphical abstract? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Milking a spherical cow: Toy models in neuroscience
Highly idealised models have long played a role in physics, valued not for their empirical accuracy but for their ability to clarify conceptual puzzles, foster tool development, and suggest new direc...
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Dr. Sophie Barton @sophiebarton.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Dogs often howl along to music. But can they flexibly adjust the pitch of their voice to match the music? Our newly published paper shows that Samoyeds have this ability! authors.elsevier.com/c/1mfk53QW8S...
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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Cognitive Science is stronger when more voices are included. The Broadening Participation initiative funds projects that engage underrepresented communities, bridge disciplines, and create lasting outreach impact. Deadline: April 15 🗓️ Learn more & apply: cognitivesciencesociety.org/broadening-p...
Graphic with a dark teal background featuring the title “Broadening Participation in Cognitive Science” in large white text. Below it, in bright lime green text, the tagline reads: “Supporting diverse voices to build a more inclusive and representative field.” Decorative lime green horizontal lines appear on the left, and curved, parallel lime green lines frame the right side of the image.
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New paper by @gjseverino.bsky.social! (HE'S ON THE MARKET, JUST SAYIN'...) "Social contingency in embodied neural networks relies on co-constructed dynamical mechanisms" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B @royalsociety.org OA: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 27/11/2025
What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
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Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
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Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Hey everyone! Are you thinking about attending the 2025 conference on Artificial Life in Kyoto, Japan? The ERA is hosting a Mini Convention one day before the conference, come join us! Details soon coming soon... but in the mean time, save the date of October 5th!
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Dan Levenstein @dlevenstein.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This paper, from @smellosopher.bsky.social et al, is a well-designed spherical cow with a lot of 🥛 to give. Has been quite influential in how I think of #NeuroAI and ANNs as models for the brain 🐮 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Milking a spherical cow: Toy models in neuroscience
Highly idealised models have long played a role in physics, valued not for their empirical accuracy but for their ability to clarify conceptual puzzles, foster tool development, and suggest new direc...
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...
A path worn away in grass that goes in a straight line towards the other side of the park, bypassing the winding paved path
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
“A game-changer for cognitive science." — @evanthompson.bsky.social‬ In "A Drive to Survive," @kathrynnave.bsky.social‬ offers an extended critical analysis of the strengths and limitations of the free energy principle. Available #openaccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255132...
Hand holding a copy of "A Drive to Survive: The Free Energy Principle and the Meaning of Life" by Kathryn Nave. The cover is blue with orange text and features a geometric design at the center.
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Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @divintelligence.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
New postdoc positions at the (DISI-affiliated) Center for Possible Minds at Indiana University. Looking for scholars interested in interdisciplinary research on the nature of biological, artificial, and collective intelligence. Please share widely! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/29547
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Center for Possible Minds Postdoctoral Fellow
The Center for Possible Minds at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellows to join its Program for Advanced Research in Diverse Intelligences. The fellowship provi...
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Gabriel Juliano Severino @gjseverino.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Homunculus anyone? 😅
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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 21/05/2025
Last chance for applications!
A picture of a famous Kyoto temple during fall on top of a hill
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Evan Thompson @evanthompson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Yesterday's book launch discussion for our new edition of Francisco Varela's Principles of BIological Autonomy published by @mitpress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbdN...
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Book Launch & Roundtable Discussion: Principles of Biological Autonomy
YouTube video by Mind & Life Europe
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