Adam Steel @neurosteel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Amazing work - fascinating demonstration of experience dependence in the visual system! 030 0
Adam Steel @neurosteel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New paper in eNeuro led by a fabulous undergraduate team in my lab in col. with Ed Silson! Navigation requires linking what you see with your memory. We asked how the functional organization of superior parietal cortex link scene perception with spatial memory. www.eneuro.org/content/13/9...eneuro.orgScene Perception–Memory Pairing Extends to the Superior Parietal CortexVisual scene analysis relies on a set of scene-selective regions in the posterior cerebral cortex (OPA, PPA, MPA), with a paired memory-responsive counterpart located in the anterior (LPMA, VPMA) or o... 1204 0
Reposted by Adam SteelTomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026since I'm getting many pokes about grad school applications, I wanted to re-up some previous public advice on grad school applications. looking back at it a year on, I still think all this is right, but let me update the 'research statement' part to include a bit on genAI: 1269 0
Adam Steel @neurosteel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Out today with @pangeli95.bsky.social (co-lead) & @carolinerobertson.bsky.social ! The brain integrates internal thoughts with sensory information. Yet the networks serving functions are viewed as independent. How does the brain integrate across these systems? elifesciences.org/articles/110...elifesciences.orgRetinotopic coding organizes the interaction between internally and externally oriented brain networksInternally and externally oriented brain networks are functionally coupled at a voxel scale through a common visuospatial code. 14311 0
Reposted by Adam SteelCharlotte Walker @charlottewalker.bsky.social · 28/10/2023Someone sent me this meme about peer reviewer comments and it is 👌🏻 #PhDSky #AcademicSky 3595183 0
Reposted by Adam SteelMarco Barilari @marcobarilari.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New preprint from the CPPlab - our first 7T MRI study How does sound reach the occipital cortex in early blind people? Using 7T VASO layer-fMRI, here the first functional sub-mm dataset in blind people to test if auditory motion engages hMT+/V5 layers via feedforward or feedback lnk.ua/kjYccwS9Y 🧵👇 13213 0
Reposted by Adam SteelContext Lab @contextlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026In our latest study, led by @paxt0n4.bsky.social, we build a geometric framework to ask how our memories change with the passage of time ⏰ Title: Delayed recountings preserve but simplify the semantic geometry of earlier recountings Preprint: osf.io/mhxtd_v1 Code/data: github.com/ContextLab/m... 🧵osf.ioOSF 12610 0
Reposted by Adam SteelDr. Jessie Stern @jessastern.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Please share widely: We're hiring!📣 The Departments of Psychological Science and Neuroscience at @pomonacollege.bsky.social are seeking candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Psychological Science and Neuroscience. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32248academicjobsonline.orgPomona College, Psychology Job #AJO32248, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science & Neuroscience, Psychology, Pomona College, Claremont, California, US 23324 0
Reposted by Adam SteelMariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026How do we prevent memories from competing to guide attention? More distinct hippocampal representations for competing memories are linked to precise preparatory coding in visual cortex & more accurate eye movements to target locations. Thrilled to share this work by the incomparable Serra Favila!nature.comHippocampal mechanisms underlying the resolution of competition in memory and perception - Nature CommunicationsMemory and perception both require selecting behaviorally relevant information. Here, the authors show that more distinct hippocampal memories are linked to precise anticipatory signals in visual cort... 310944 0
Reposted by Adam SteelCaterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨Job Search announcement 🚨 @psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏 Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimagingillinois.csod.comAssistant Professor- Psychology - College of LASDuties & Responsibilities 03829 0
Reposted by Adam SteelPeter Angeli @pangeli95.bsky.social · 19/08/2026New paper out in @sfnjournals.bsky.social with @neurosteel.bsky.social and @carolinerobertson.bsky.social! We use 7T data from the NSD to characterize a bivalent (positive and negative) retinotopic code in the hippocampus that patterns hippocampal activity even during rest. tinyurl.com/3pm43w6s 2186 0
Reposted by Adam SteelJed Brown @jedbrown.org · 17/07/2026Editor in Chief of Science: AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive.doi.orgAI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensiveThere’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt... 620586 0
Reposted by Adam SteelAnna Schapiro @annaschapiro.bsky.social · 01/07/2026PSA for trainees cold emailing with interest in joining a lab: Be careful about your use of LLMs in writing these emails!! It is now *extremely* common to get emails with a bizarrely-detailed, clearly-LLM take on a paper finding or with specific phrases pulled from the lab website. Don’t do this! 510532 0
Reposted by Adam SteelSusan Wardle @susanwardle.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Now out in #JNeurosci -- we found changes in medial parietal cortex after manual exploration of everyday real-world objects doi.org/10.1523/JNEU... with Beth Rispoli, Vinai Roopchansingh & @cibaker.bsky.social 03714 0
Reposted by Adam SteelErica Busch @elbusch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🎉🎉🎉🎉 I'm thrilled and humbled to share some major updates! (A 🧵 but TLDR: graduated from Yale, joining Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea as an IBS Young Scientist Fellow this summer, and starting as an assistant professor in Vanderbilt's College of Connected Computing in Fall 2027!) 2638 0
Reposted by Adam SteelTaraz Lee @tarazlee.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Super excited by this manuscript led by the amazing @brissend.bsky.social By combining fMRI, TMS, and modeling, we finally have causal evidence that the cerebellum is contributing to brain-wide working memory representations and recall performance! 1/n 27534 0
Reposted by Adam SteelZejin Lu @zejinlu.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Now out in Nature Machine Intelligence @NatMachIntell “Adopting a human developmental visual diet yields robust and shape-based AI vision”: doi.org/10.1038/s422.... A wonderful case where brain inspiration improved AI. With @martisamuser.bsky.social, Radek Cichy and @timkietzmann.bsky.social . 15222 0
Reposted by Adam SteelRodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Our new paper on brain networks engaged during imagining is out now in Neuron! Here is a download link (free for 50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1msNE3BtfH... Congratulations to Nate Anderson for leading this work @rementurus.bsky.social 🧵 38639 0
Adam Steel @neurosteel.bsky.social · 13/01/2026I finally got around to setting up a lab website! Have a look: the-steel-lab.github.io Just in time to start the new semester.the-steel-lab.github.ioThe Steel Lab | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignThe Steel Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigates how brain networks give rise to intelligent behavior 1355 0
Reposted by Adam SteelLauren DiNicola @laurendinicola.bsky.social · 06/01/2026** Recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher! ** We are seeking a postdoc to help examine how brain networks might change within individuals across transitional times, such as adolescence & pregnancy! Please share widely and apply at the link! #NeuroJobs uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comResearch Associate in PsychologyThe Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate position to work in the DiNicola Lab. The DiNicola lab uses a precision neuroscien... 02525 0
Reposted by Adam SteelCourtney Weiss Smith @cweiss-smith.bsky.social · 09/01/20267year old this morning: Mama can I look up where brain rot came from? Me: Oh, sure—I think it’s an internet thing but look it up… 7: It says here it’s from some author, Henry David Thoreau?! Me: ?!?!?! Dying laughing—but the OED also cites Walden for the first usage of the word… 34617 0
Reposted by Adam SteelRussell Epstein @russellepstein.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Our new paper in @sfnjournals.bsky.social shows different neural systems for integrating views into places--PPA integrates views *of* a location (e.g., views of a landmark), while RSC integrates views *from* a location (e.g., views of a panorama). Work by the bluesky-less Linfeng Tony Han. 23715 0
Reposted by Adam SteelAlexander Huth @alexanderhuth.bsky.social · 05/01/2026This paper had a pretty shocking headline result (40% of voxels!), so I dug into it, and I think it is wrong. Essentially: they compare two noisy measures and find that about 40% of voxels have different sign between the two. I think this is just noise! 8241100 0
Reposted by Adam SteelJonathan Phillips @jsphillips.bsky.social · 04/12/2025🚨Super excited that Dartmouth's Society of Fellows is hiring a postdoc with the Program in Cognitive Science 🚨 Specialization in computational and empirical approaches to artificial and natural intelligence, including perception, representation, and complex planning: apply.interfolio.com/176946apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 13125 0
Reposted by Adam SteelErica Busch @elbusch.bsky.social · 02/12/2025To add further enticement to the coolness of VR and laser scanning microscopy -- Manuel is among the coolest scientists I know & a PhD working with him would be the coolest 😎 111 0
Reposted by Adam SteelChris Baldassano @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Columbia Psych is hiring *two* junior faculty in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience this year! If you work on cognition (broadly defined), submit your application materials as soon as possible (review starts Nov 1). If you have questions you can reach out to me by email! apply.interfolio.com/175428apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 16846 0
Reposted by Adam SteelTrapped O'Brien, Please Free Me From This Prison @radobrien.myatproto.social · 28/09/2025ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for thisen.wikipedia.orgWikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia 131032455 0
Reposted by Adam SteelDavid V. Smith @dvsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2025New work led by @mattmattoni.bsky.social “Overall, results suggest that BOLD activation to reward tasks, and likely other fMRI tasks, is more appropriate for within-person study than between-person study, highlighting a need for intensive longitudinal neuroimaging designs.” 0155 0
Reposted by Adam SteelHunter Schone @hunterschone.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Now 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 711044 0
Reposted by Adam SteelErica Busch @elbusch.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Excited to be in Amsterdam for #CCN2025! Come learn about a project combining many of my favorite interests - naturalistic neuroimaging, development, & manifold learning (of course). Catch me at poster C181 on Fri - “Intrinsic dimensionality of brain activity manifolds across tasks and development” 2204 0
Reposted by Adam SteelCaterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 14/08/2025The lateral prefrontal cortex 🧠— which we think of as critical for goal driven behavior + is a target for psychiatric treatments— is fundamentally different in individuals relative to the group averages we’ve often studied. 👇see preprint and thread, led by Zach Ladwig #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky 38331 0
Reposted by Adam SteelRodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 05/08/2025🚨 New Preprint 🚨 Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects By Cyr et al. *** Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES? A: Yes! 🧵: 18037 0
Reposted by Adam SteelJason Climer @jrclimer.bsky.social · 23/07/2025I’m excited to share my final co-first author paper from my postdoc in Dan Dombeck's lab! We explored how behavior, senses, and neurons influence how much information in the brain changes over time. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #science #research #neuroscience #hippocampus #placecellsnature.comHippocampal representations drift in stable multisensory environments - NatureTracking of individual place cells in mouse CA1 shows that representational drift is not influenced by changes in environment or behaviour, and is lower for more excitable place cells. 28325 0
Reposted by Adam SteelStories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025New profile! Dr. Sarah Heilbronner (@srheilbronner.bsky.social) uses cutting-edge neuroanatomical and neuroimaging techniques to decipher the wiring diagram of the primate brain. Follow the link below to learn more! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202... #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeurosciencestoriesofwin.orgDr. Sarah Heilbronner — Stories of WiNuses cutting-edge neuroanatomical and neuroimaging techniques to decipher the wiring diagram of the primate brain 0247 0
Reposted by Adam SteelIris Groen @irisgroen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025In 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):pnas.orgRepresentation of locomotive action affordances in human behavior, brains, and deep neural networks | PNASTo decide how to move around the world, we must determine which locomotive actions (e.g., walking, swimming, or climbing) are afforded by the immed... 27227 0
Reposted by Adam SteelMark Lescroart @neuromdl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025🚨Paper alert!🚨 TL;DR first: We used a pre-trained deep neural network to model fMRI data and to generate images predicted to elicit a large response for each many different parts of the brain. We aggregate these into an awesome interactive brain viewer: piecesofmind.psyc.unr.edu/activation_m...piecesofmind.psyc.unr.eduCortex Feature Visualization 2116 0
Reposted by Adam SteelDepartment of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! This Friday, June 13th, the brain meeting speaker will be Adam Steel with a talk entitled “Mechanisms underlying perceptual and mnemonic interaction in the brain” This will be an online only meeting. All are welcome. Details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/mechan... 0107 0
Reposted by Adam SteelMariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 13/05/2025When you successfully anticipate future events, what happens to your ability to encode the present? 🤔 Successful prediction increases the likelihood of successful encoding. We speculate about how switching between distinct encoding & prediction states can produce this effect. osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 16524 0
Reposted by Adam SteelEmily Finn @esfinn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated. 3129102 0
Reposted by Adam SteelDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 24/04/2025🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees: Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and… 1. Download your NSF award letters. 2. Print PDF your annual reports. 3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports. NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov 8654507 0
Reposted by Adam SteelDan Handwerker @danielhandwerker.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Likely hiring one postbac trainee for @fmri-today.bsky.social's Section on Functional Imaging Methods. Give the relatively later start time for the search, I'm not yet sure how quickly this search will happen. If you are interested, apply and reach out ASAP. fim.nimh.nih.govfim.nimh.nih.govSection on Functional Imaging MethodsThis is the webpage for the Section on Functional Imaging Methods at the National Institute of Mental Health. 01212 0
Reposted by Adam SteelKate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 28/03/2025OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word www.nature.com/naturecareer...nature.comProfessor, Senior Lecturer/Lecturer and Lecturer posts - Glasgow City (GB) job with University of Glasgow | 12838283University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences School of Psychology & Neuroscience Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience/Psy... 1123140 0
Reposted by Adam SteelNome @nome.bsky.social · 12/03/2025I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane. Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.media.tenor.coma statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws. 15139981316 0
Reposted by Adam SteelJonathan A. Michaels @jonathanamichaels.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Reflective piece by Eve Marder – "What happened to the pursuit of truth" rupress.org/jgp/article/...rupress.orgWhat happened to the pursuit of truth? | Journal of General Physiology | Rockefeller University PressThe knowledge in our brains, not in our phones, is necessary for creative thinking and the pursuit of truth. 13918 0
Reposted by Adam SteelPeter Angeli @pangeli95.bsky.social · 14/01/2025New paper out in @pnas.org with @laurendinicola.bsky.social, Noam Saadon-Grosman, Mark Eldaief and Randy Buckner! We revisited the functional specialization of the human hippocampal long axis across two independent datasets, with some surprising results. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 12112 0
Adam Steel @neurosteel.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Have you wondered where scene perception and memory intersect in the brain? Do you want to localize these areas? In a preprint, @carolinerobertson.bsky.social, Deepa Prasad, Brenda Garcia, and I detail this topography and release these parcels and our localizer. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 14117 0
Reposted by Adam SteelJoao Barbosa @jbarbosa.org · 10/12/2024(recycled from X) My favorite take on LLM intelligence is by Paul Cisek on the connectionists mailing list: "We are like a bunch of professional magicians (...) wondering: 'Maybe there really is magic? I think it’s not that machines have passed the Turing Test, but rather that we failed it." 🔥 810938 0