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Hunter Schone

@hunterschone.bsky.social
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www.hunterschone.com Assistive technologies and neuroplasticity | NIH BRAIN Initiative postdoctoral fellow in the Collinger lab at the University of Pittsburgh | Prev: UCL and NIMHgov | 🏳️‍🌈

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Plasticity Lab @plasticity-lab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Can we use robotic augmentation limbs as flexibly as our natural limbs⁉️ 🧨 Our new study, just out in @currentbiology.bsky.social, tested this using the Third Thumb @daniclode.bsky.social: a wearable robotic extra thumb you control with your toes! www.cell.com/current-biol... ‼️‼️
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Juan Gallego @juangallego.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🚨Job alert🚨 The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics" euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
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3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Champalimaud Foundation (Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr.
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Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience. #neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
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Talk Science To Me @talkscience.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🦵We’re sure you’ve heard of phantom limbs - the sensation or pain felt in a limb that has been amputated. What if we told you that…. …the brain never forgets the missing limb?🧠
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Stable cortical body maps before and after arm amputation - Nature Neuroscience
Longitudinal neuroimaging of participants with planned arm amputations shows that the cortical body map remains stable after amputation, with no evidence of hand or face reorganization, thus challengi...
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Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · 03/09/2025
Longitudinal neuroimaging in three adults, followed before and up to 5 years after arm amputation, reveals that amputation does not trigger large-scale cortical reorganization @hunterschone.bsky.social @cibaker.bsky.social @plasticity-lab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Stable cortical body maps before and after arm amputation - Nature Neuroscience
Longitudinal neuroimaging of participants with planned arm amputations shows that the cortical body map remains stable after amputation, with no evidence of hand or face reorganization, thus challengi...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 28/08/2025
Phantom feelings in lost limbs present a puzzle for neuroscientists who were taught to believe that once a body part is amputated, another body part will creep into its spot on the brain’s map of the body. A new imaging study undermines that theory. scim.ag/45SInZQ
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After an amputation, the brain’s map of the body is more stable than previously thought
Imaging study could inform future prosthetics and treatments for phantom limb pain
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Vishal Rawji @vishrawji.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Preprint out -- using intramuscular microelectrode arrays to detect residual motoneuron activity in tetraplegic spinal cord injury, and then using that activity for control Credit to my other co-first authors Agnese Grison and Ciara Gibbs 1/n www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Multidimensional motoneuron control using intramuscular microelectrode arrays in tetraplegic spinal cord injury
Loss of hand function after spinal cord injury (SCI) significantly impairs independence and quality of life. Although residual muscle activity recorded on the skin can provide intuitive control signal...
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Marieke van Vugt @mvugt.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
"primary somatosensory cortex stays remarkably constant even years after arm amputation. The study refutes foundational knowledge in the field of neuroscience that losing a limb results in a drastic reorganization of this region, the authors say." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The brain’s map of the body is surprisingly stable — even after a limb is lost
Study challenges the textbook idea that the brain region that processes body sensations reorganizes itself after limb amputation.
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Jeremy Hogeveen @jeremyhogeveen.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Of course I stumble onto this paper right before I head to discuss post-injury remapping in my cog neuro lecture this morning www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🙃
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Stable cortical body maps before and after arm amputation - Nature Neuroscience
Longitudinal neuroimaging of participants with planned arm amputations shows that the cortical body map remains stable after amputation, with no evidence of hand or face reorganization, thus challengi...
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Maggie Szymanska @maggieszymanska.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Really delighted to announce that our paper is now out! We fMRI scanned patients both before amputation and after - allowing us to make direct comparisons. We found that the cortical maps are extremely stable, almost unchanged - even 5 years after amputation!
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 21/08/2025
Contrary to what many neuroscientists think: the brain holds a map of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated: bit.ly/3UyFkRx @mrccbu.bsky.social‬ ‪@pittdeptofmed.bsky.social ‪@plasticity-lab.bsky.social‬ ‪@hunterschone.bsky.social 🧪 #PhantomLimb #Research
Two images of the same person side by side. On the left, the person is seated at a table, about to gift-wrap a small box. On the table is a roll of wrapping paper, the box and a pair of scissors. They are handling a sticky tape dispenser with two arms. On the right, the same individual, in the same set-up but now their left arm is missing.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“This neural configuration before amputation remains after the amputation. And it’s not ‘use it or lose it,’” says John W. Krakauer. By @avaskham.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/plasticity/a...
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Adult human cortex does not reorganize after amputation
The results from a new longitudinal study contradict classic findings in monkeys but may not warrant a rewriting of the textbooks just yet.
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Neuroengineering @neuroengineering.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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ZeigerLab @zeigerlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is an incredible study and such important work. It also aligns with what we are seeing in the complimentary situation after stoke- rather than losing the peripheral limb, losing the central map. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34172735/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37940595/
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Barrel cortex plasticity after photothrombotic stroke involves potentiating responses of pre-existing circuits but not functional remapping to new circuits - PubMed
Recovery after stroke is thought to be mediated by adaptive circuit plasticity, whereby surviving neurons assume the roles of those that died. However, definitive longitudinal evidence of neurons chan...
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Roni Maimon Mor @ronimaimon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Another amazing piece of work by @hunterschone.bsky.social The only person I know that could have pulled off such a complicated project. Really proud to be a part of it!
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Chris Baker @cibaker.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Loss of sensory input has long been used to study brain plasticity - here, we challenge the prevailing view of massive reorganization in a longitudinal study of amputees Massive effort from @hunterschone.bsky.social who was in the awesome NIH/UCL PhD program with @plasticity-lab.bsky.social
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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Really amazing work that challenges some long-held beliefs about cortical plasticity. "We show adult sensory body maps are unaltered after amputation, suggesting deprivation-driven plasticity is even more marginal than argued by the strongest opponents of cortical reorganization."
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Plasticity Lab @plasticity-lab.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Super pleased to see this heroic effort finally in print!! Many thanks to Hunter, our amazing study participants, and everyone else who made this fantastic study come true.
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Hunter Schone @hunterschone.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Now out in @natneuro.nature.com What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed? Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7 🧵1/18
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
$323 million worth of neuroscience funding has been cut from NIH according to a new analysis from @thetransmitter.bsky.social/ @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...
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NIH cuts quash $323 million for neuroscience research and training
“I am frightened for the state of the future of our field if this isn't reversed rapidly,” says Joshua Gordon, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and former director of the National…
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Cortical Bionics Research Group @corticalbionics.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
We had a great time at the @bcisociety.bsky.social meeting in Banff, Canada. We gathered almost all (@hunterschone.bsky.social?) the CBRG attendees (current and former) for the official photo. @jenpitt.bsky.social @giacomovalle.bsky.social @johndowney.bsky.social @miskarous.bsky.social
The current and former CBRG members who attended the BCI Society Meeting, gathered together in front of a spectacular mountain view.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia. This is quite damaging to research and to individuals. This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
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Hunter Schone @hunterschone.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
@standupforscience.bsky.social in Pittsburgh with @jeffweiss.bsky.social and Brian Dekleva
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 27/02/2025
One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “Neural network retuning and neural predictors of learning success associated with cello training.” Explore the article here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... For more trending articles, visit ow.ly/Me2U50SkLRZ.
Design and behavioral results. (A) An MRI-compatible cello was used for training and scan sessions. (B) The longitudinal repeated-measure protocol with three scans and eight training sessions. (C) Group average pitch errors and tempo errors across training sessions. (D) Group average pitch errors, tempo errors, and performance scores across scanning sessions. Here, the performance scores were linearly rescaled considering the pitch and tempo datasets of both scans (Methods).
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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Most of what we know about health and disease centers on the male body. This 2016 NIH policy was a huge win for those of us that want the scientific body of knowledge to serve, well, all bodies.
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Roni Maimon Mor @ronimaimon.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
So glad I had the privilege of being a part of this incredible life changing research
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Tessa Dekker @tessamdekker.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Very proud to be part of this important and exciting work, also featured in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Doctors in London cure blindness in children with rare condition
Four children can now see shapes, find toys, recognise their parents’ faces and some can read and write
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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
WOMEN and FEMALE are red flag words. (Men, male are not on the list). Let that sink in.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
How it feels trying to get work done:
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What Procrastination Really Feels Like GIF
ALT: What Procrastination Really Feels Like GIF
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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/01/2025
Fear and uncertainty dominated conversations this week among those doing NIH-funded research involving people who are transgender, gender fluid, nonbinary, or otherwise gender minorities. scim.ag/3Ce2Tto
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Trump’s ban on funds to ‘promote gender ideology’ could threaten hundreds of NIH research projects
Sweeping executive order likely to be read broadly, experts predict
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Hunter Schone @hunterschone.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A phenomenal opportunity in Switzerland 🇨🇭 for students interested in a PhD in vision neuroscience! Dr. Teichmann is an outstanding scientist and mentor.
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Giacomo Valle @giacomovalle.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
New in @science.org our study "Tactile edges and motion via patterned microstimulation of the human somatosensory cortex". 🦾 🧠 ⚡ science.org/doi/10.1126/... Interesting related perspective by prof. Paul Marasco science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Eleanor Maguire, who died 4 January at age 54, pioneered the famous London taxi-driver study and naturalistic approaches for studying spatial and episodic memory in people. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/memory/remem...
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Remembering Eleanor Maguire, ‘trailblazer’ of human memory
Maguire, mastermind of the famous London taxi-driver study, broadened the field and championed the importance of spatial representations in memory.
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Jen Collinger @jenpitt.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Happy New Year! Check out our recent paper on presurgical planning for BCIs to restore the sense of touch, led by @johndowney.bsky.social with collaboration from the @corticalbionics.bsky.social team.
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John Downey @johndowney.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Our new publication in Human Brain Mapping is a roadmap to implanting stimulation electrodes to evoke tactile sensations on the fingers of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) users. We share the plan and results for 5 study participants across a decade at 2 sites. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Progression of implant plan from placement map, to surgical image, to stimulation results.
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Plasticity Lab @plasticity-lab.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
We’re thrilled to share our new research article, "Shaping the developing homunculus: the roles of deprivation and compensatory behaviour in sensory remapping on bioRxiv: rebrand.ly/qbz6nal with @dorothycowie.bsky.social
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Cortical Bionics Research Group @corticalbionics.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Our group has a new paper out now in Nature BME, led by Charles Greenspon. It covers a number of updates on how we can restore tactile sensation from the hand using intracortical microstimulation (ICMS). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Evoking stable and precise tactile sensations via multi-electrode intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex - Nature Biomedical Engineering
An analysis of the localization and intensity of intracortical microstimulation in three participants with cervical spinal cord injury shows that overlapping projected fields from multiple electrodes ...
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Nicole Petersen @npetersen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE STUDY SECTIONS IN THE BACK: ". . . classical functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) . . . can be reliable when averaged across tens of people, or even in an individual, given sufficient repetition."
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Susan Wardle @susanwardle.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
go.bsky.app/JGjCBpe
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