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Lynn Sörensen

@lynnkasorensen.bsky.social
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Using brain-inspired models to study cognition | PostDoc in DiCarlo lab @ MIT | PhD @ UvA Amsterdam

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Alina Peter @alinapeter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Thanks! Happy this work with Gwangsu Kim & Jim DiCarlo is out. Amygdala neurons are famously multimodal with complex visual selectivity. We find that the relationship between visual and valence responses is also specific and can be partially captured in models, like the visual responses themselves.
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Philip Sulewski @psulewski.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Now out in Nature Neuroscience: "Fixation duration on natural scenes is explained by memory encoding not processing demand". www.nature.com/articles/s41... Our eyes don't linger because recognition is hard; they linger to remember. Let me take you on a quick tour. 🧵
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Fixation duration on natural scenes is explained by memory encoding not processing demand - Nature Neuroscience
By combining magnetoencephalography and eye tracking, this study sheds light on why people fixate on some parts of natural scenes longer than others. Rather than visual complexity, fixation durations ...
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Lynn Sörensen @lynnkasorensen.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
There's one week left to apply to become this Fall's BCS Rising Star speaker 🌟 Please make sure to apply if you're a postdoc in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences🧠 Reposts are appreciated! 🪐
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Lynn Sörensen @lynnkasorensen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Are you a postdoc in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences? 🧠 Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your work at MIT - apply by May 31! 🌟
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Iris Groen @irisgroen.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I have a PhD opening for my #VIDI BrainShorts project 📽️🧠🤖! Are you or do you know an ambitious, recent (or almost) MSc graduate with a background in NeuroAI and interest in large-scale data collection and video perception? Check out our vacancy! (deadline Feb 15). werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — PhD Position in NeuroAI for Video Perception in the Human Brain
<p><span>Are you interested in using AI to unravel the mysteries of the brain? Do you want to perform cutting-edge NeuroAI research and leverage deep learning to understand human vision? Then check out the vacancy below and apply for a PhD position in this exciting research direction.</span></p>
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Steven Scholte @neurosteven.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🧠 New preprint: Why do deep neural networks predict brain responses so well? We find a striking dissociation: it’s not shared object recognition. Alignment is driven by sensitivity to texture-like local statistics. 📊 Study: n=57, 624k trials, 5 models doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Lynn Sörensen @lynnkasorensen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
We still have a few spots left - make sure to join us if you're in the area!
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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Atlanta community: we are organizing a CCN @cogcompneuro.bsky.social watch party! Watch the talks, engage in structured discussions, and (optionally) present your own work. Register: forms.gle/AWxVPbrgxkdd... Schedule: tinyurl.com/ccn2025atlanta
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Rob Mok @robmok.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
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Lynn Sörensen @lynnkasorensen.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Join us for the #CCN2025 local meetup, we're hosting at MIT's McGovern Institute on Aug 13-15! Think: conference talks 🧠 + local discussions over food & snacks 💬+ meeting awesome researchers in your backyard 🏠 Open to all researchers in the area! Intrigued? Sign up here: forms.gle/oq6Rw3TvUja6...
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CCN Boston Local Meetup @ MIT
This form is to register to attend a 'local meetup' for CCN 2025 held at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (https://2025.ccneuro.org/local-meetups/). We will watch the conference talks,...
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Tim Kietzmann @timkietzmann.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Exciting new preprint from the lab: “Adopting a human developmental visual diet yields robust, shape-based AI vision”. A most wonderful case where brain inspiration massively improved AI solutions. Work with @zejinlu.bsky.social @sushrutthorat.bsky.social and Radek Cichy arxiv.org/abs/2507.03168
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Anne Urai @anne-urai.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
So far we have CCN local meetups @ NYC @neurograce.bsky.social, Boston @lynnkasorensen.bsky.social, Atlanta @neuranna.bsky.social, Lyon and Bucharest! Who will host one on even further away from Amsterdam (West Coast? East Asia? Africa?)
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Iris Groen @irisgroen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
In these tumultuous times, still happy to report a scientific achievement: our preprint on affordance perception was just published in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Using behavior, fMRI and deep network analyses, we report two key findings. To recapitulate (preprint 🧵lost on other place):
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Representation of locomotive action affordances in human behavior, brains, and deep neural networks | PNAS
To decide how to move around the world, we must determine which locomotive actions (e.g., walking, swimming, or climbing) are afforded by the immed...
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RT Pramod @rtpramod.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Thrilled to announce our new publication titled 'Decoding predicted future states from the brain's physics engine' with @emiecz.bsky.social, Cyn X. Fang, @nancykanwisher.bsky.social, @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/full/10.... (1/n)
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Decoding predicted future states from the brain’s “physics engine”
Using fMRI in humans, this study provides evidence for future state prediction in brain regions involved in physical reasoning.
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Tim Kietzmann @timkietzmann.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Can seemingly complex multi-area computations in the brain emerge from the need for energy efficient computation? In our new preprint on predictive remapping in active vision, we report on such a case. Let us take you for a spin. 1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
When we communicate science, we often don't say where the resources for it come from. This is clearly a mistake: people consuming science should know who is funding it--and if that funding is being taken away. So, I decided to document the funding sources of every scientist mentioned in my book.
graph with scientist names on the x axis and colored indicators for NIH, NSF, and Other funding. Also indicators for active pre-1960 and Outside US
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Lynn Sörensen @lynnkasorensen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The deadline for this is ⏰THIS SATURDAY!⏰ Please consider applying and share your science with the MIT BCS community!🧠
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I’m hiring a full-time lab tech for two years starting May/June. Strong coding skills required, ML a plus. Our research on the human brain uses fMRI, ANNs, intracranial recording, and behavior. A great stepping stone to grad school. Apply here: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl... ......
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Technical Associate I, Kanwisher Lab
MIT - Technical Associate I, Kanwisher Lab - Cambridge MA 02139
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Kanwisher Lab is preparing for this Friday's #Standupforscience Rally!
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I admire this tremendously! THIS is the next generation we need to protect. It's one that is both genius AND steps up.
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Steven Scholte @neurosteven.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Registration for CCN2025 is open! 2025.ccneuro.org/meeting-regi...
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Meeting Registration
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...
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Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I wrote about the concept of agency (both human and artificial) in the year 2025. gracewlindsay.com/2025/01/24/2...
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2025: Agency gained and lost
If you’ve had even a passing glance at tech journalism over the past few months, you know the top buzzword for AI in 2025 is agentic. Agentic AI (according to many think pieces and press releases a…
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Steven Scholte @neurosteven.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The #CCN2025 conference 2025.ccneuro.org is looking for area and senior area chairs for the new 8-page track. You can sign up for area chair and form this list we will also invite senior area chairs. We might also nominate you ourselves :-) forms.gle/MTBgZZxQaDY8...
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Nominations for Area Chairs:
Area Chairs should have the following requirements: A senior researcher in the area (professor or senior research fellow, could also be a postdoc) Have authored at CCN at least once You can nominate y...
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Eghbal Hosseini @eghbal-hosseini.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Why do diverse ANNs resemble brain representations? Check out our new paper with Colton Casto, @nogazs.bsky.social , Colin Conwell, Mark Richardson, & @evfedorenko.bsky.social on “Universality of representation in biological and artificial neural networks.” 🧠🤖 tinyurl.com/yckndmjt
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Universality of representation in biological and artificial neural networks
Many artificial neural networks (ANNs) trained with ecologically plausible objectives on naturalistic data align with behavior and neural representations in biological systems. Here, we show that this...
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Lynn Sörensen @lynnkasorensen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New year, new preprint!💫 I'm excited to share my first(!) postdoc paper working with Jim DiCarlo & ‪@kohitij.bsky.social‬ #NeuroAI #CompNeuro We revisited a long-standing question: How does category feedback (a.k.a. training) reconfigure IT responses? 🧠 Our long story short [1/7]:
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