Reposted by Salman QasimbioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Dose-dependent ultrasound neuromodulation of the human brain www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 062
Reposted by Salman QasimBlair Shevlin @bshev.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Been raising that alarm internally at Sinai and Yale, but if our field wants to continue to rely on virtual data collection then we need to develop better bot detection tools. Glad to be collaborating with @kiante.bsky.social on these efforts. His work at UCLA is leading the way survey-shield.comsurvey-shield.comSurvey ShieldSurvey Shield - AI-powered survey bot-detection analysis 2196
Reposted by Salman QasimIgnacio Saez, PhD @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026How does a signal that guides our choices shape what we remember? See our recent preprint for an examination of the relationship between reward learning and memory directly in the human brain. Congrats to first author, @qasimetal.bsky.social! 0123
Reposted by Salman QasimEthan Solomon @esolomon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Excited to share a new discovery from @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social about the effects of neurostimulation on brain activity. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... With our colleagues at the University of Iowa, we explored how intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) changes neural excitability. A 🧵medrxiv.orgiTBS induces a suppression-rebound pattern in human cortical excitabilityIntermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a widely used form of brain stimulation, developed on the premise that it promotes long-term potentiation (LTP) and neural excitation. However, this is n... 12817
Reposted by Salman QasimNanthia Suthana @suthanalab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New tenure-track faculty position at Duke! The Neurobiology department is looking for a computational neuroscientist. Join a highly collaborative & interdisciplinary community. My time at Duke has been amazing so far & we would love the opportunity to collaborate with you! Applications due Dec 1.academicjobsonline.orgDuke University, Neurobiology Job #AJO32697, Tenure Track Assistant Professor - AI/ML Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US 02819
Salman Qasim @qasimetal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Another preprint! This one from my postdoc with @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social and @xiaosigu.bsky.social. Here we asked how the reward outcomes driving trial-by-error learning leave a lasting imprint on memory strength in the human brain. We used iEEG/computational models of cognition to find: 0258
Reposted by Salman QasimbioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Large-Vessel Venous Signal Confounds Apparent Amygdala Activation in BOLD fMRI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 0117
Salman Qasim @qasimetal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026First preprint from the lab from postdoc Carlo Cerquetella! Demonstrating that neuronal spiking in the human medial temporal lobe and prefrontal cortex cohere into a redundant, low-dimensional neural correlate of visual attention (captured mostly by saccades) during naturalistic movie viewing. 0165
Reposted by Salman QasimIgnacio Saez, PhD @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026How does your brain filter out the noise and focus enough to learn efficiently? In our newest preprint, we use intracranial recordings + computational modeling to explore how selective attention shapes learning and state representations in the human brain 🧠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/🧵 24115
Reposted by Salman QasimWellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Researchers of Black, Bangladeshi or Pakistani heritage are underrepresented in the UK and face barriers to career progression. Our Accelerator Awards, now open for a third round, are designed to help change that. 11310
Reposted by Salman QasimElliot H Smith, PhD @neurosmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026New preprint alert! This one led by @neurozarr.bsky.social. Veronica wanted to know how neural traveling waves change during general anesthesia, so we dug back into some of the Utah array data that my PhD advisor collected back in the mid aughts. 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 12510
Reposted by Salman QasimRandolph Helfrich @randolph-helfrich.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Very excited to share our latest paper led by @nbinish.bsky.social in @natneuro.nature.com We demonstrate how a communication subspace channels higher-dimensional PFC dynamics into lower-D motor activity to enable efficient behavior using human iEEG. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroskyencenature.comA communication subspace relays context-dependent actions from human prefrontal to motor cortex - Nature NeuroscienceContext-dependent behavior selects actions according to task demands. Using direct brain recordings in humans, Binish et al. uncover how coordinated population activity efficiently channels informatio... 311044
Reposted by Salman QasimRandolph Helfrich @randolph-helfrich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Two postdoc opportunities @yale.edu in human neurophysiology. One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology. Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/ Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇 #NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG Please share. 15251
Reposted by Salman QasimIda Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social · 25/04/2026📢Become an AI Sentience scholar. Apply by Tues April 28! @neddo.bsky.social & I are looking for a grad student/postdoc w expertise in survey studies/modeling & topic - 6 months part-time online collab - 8hrs/week June-Dec 2026 - Up to $5k stipend, $3k project costs neuromatch.io/ai-sentience... 1/nneuromatch.ioAI Sentience Scholars - neuromatch.ioThe program supports early-career researchers investigating questions at the intersection of AI, consciousness, and ethics. Through global collaboration and rigorous, empirically grounded inquiry, it ... 12112
Reposted by Salman QasimShawn Rhoads @shawnrhoadsphd.com · 22/04/2026📢 New preprint out now! In three samples (N=594), including a U.S.-representative cohort and a test-retest cohort, we formalize social motivation, learning, and homeostatic control within a single computational framework and identify a phenotype linked to chronic loneliness doi.org/10.31234/osf... 12010
Reposted by Salman QasimMarcelo Mattar @marcelomattar.bsky.social · 21/04/2026New Annual Review with @nathanieldaw.bsky.social: “Planning in the Brain: It's Not What You Think It Is.” We argue that the brain's 'planning' machinery is mostly used for learning from simulated experience, and that thinking prospectively at decision time is just one special case of this process.annualreviews.orgPlanning in the Brain: It's Not What You Think It IsThe neuroscience of planning has long been analogized to search algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI), which simulate future actions to guide immediate choices. We argue that advances in both neu... 313957
Reposted by Salman QasimbioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Temporal Dynamics of BOLD fMRI Predict Intracranially-Confirmed Seizure Onset Zones in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 044
Reposted by Salman QasimRandolph Helfrich @randolph-helfrich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Does aperiodic activity index neural excitability? Single-unit and LFP recordings during optogenetic interneuron suppression show that aperiodic activity scales with firing, but it depends on context and oscillatory power. New preprint with @juliaveit.bsky.social. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 24113
Reposted by Salman QasimMatteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 15/04/2026Going from neural activity to blood flow just became easier! Two brainwide populations, each with its neurovascular coupling. (But going backwards... is now a tad more complicated.) By @agnesland.bsky.social & team. Thanks @intlbrainlab.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org 15712
Reposted by Salman QasimEarl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Have I mentioned that cognition is rhythmic? Planar, spiral, and concentric traveling waves distinguish behavioral states in human memory www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neurosciencenature.comPlanar, spiral, and concentric traveling waves distinguish behavioral states in human memory - Nature CommunicationsHow widespread brain areas flexibly interact to support behaviors is a fundamental challenge in neuroscience. Using direct brain recordings from humans, the authors show that spatiotemporally complex ... 2235
Reposted by Salman QasimAaron Milstein @neurosutras.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Our latest publication grapples with how the brain could implement gradient descent by sending learning targets top-down, gating plasticity with dendritic inhibition, and updating synaptic weights with biologically observed learning rules like BTSP. www.cell.com/cell-reports...cell.comCellular and subcellular specialization enables biology-constrained deep learningGalloni et al. introduce “dendritic target propagation”: a Dale’s law-compliant learning algorithm for cortical microcircuits with soma- and dendrite-targeting inhibition and realistic connectivity co... 49435
Reposted by Salman QasimXiaosi Gu @xiaosigu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Excited to share our new paper proposing a new computational model accounting for the dynamic interaction btw drug #craving and #decision-making, led by Kaustubh Kulkarni, MD/PhD rdcu.be/fab6B #AddictionScience #Neuroscience #ComputationalPsychiatry #BehavioralSciencenature.comA computational mechanism linking momentary craving and decision-making in alcohol drinkers and cannabis users - Nature Mental HealthThis study investigated the computational mechanisms linking momentary craving and decision-making in people with moderate to high addiction risk levels for alcohol or cannabis use, uncovering differe... 2299
Reposted by Salman QasimMelissa Franch, PhD @mfranch.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I’m excited to share my newest work with @benhayden.bsky.social, and the work I’m most proud of to date, on characterizing semantic coding in single-neuron hippocampal activity in patients with autism during natural language comprehension! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 29531
Reposted by Salman QasimHelen Barron @helencbarron.bsky.social · 20/03/2026*** New paper from the lab in Nature Comms !! *** “Noradrenaline causes a spread of association in the hippocampal cognitive map” by the amazing @reneecabbage.bsky.social in collab. w labs of Jill O’Reilly, Will Clarke, and modeling from Prakriti Parthasarathy and @tpvogels.bsky.social, see below! 04915
Reposted by Salman QasimLiberty Hamilton @libertysays.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The project will investigate dynamic interactions between auditory and motor cortex during speaking in children using iEEG. Looking for candidates with strong electrophysiology and computational experience. Email me (lhamilton@berkeley) for info or to apply. 102
Reposted by Salman QasimLiberty Hamilton @libertysays.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I am thrilled to announce that our group has received a new grant from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation to study the neural dynamics of vocal learning in children! I am looking for a postdoc to join us in this effort, currently funded for 2 years. Please reach out with CV and letter of interest. 1259
Reposted by Salman QasimAngela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Proud to share the lab’s first preprint, led by the fantastic @christinamaher.bsky.social! 🎉 Real-world environments are high-dimensional and noisy. Selective attention is thought to shape the state representations that make reinforcement learning tractable. 14819
Reposted by Salman QasimSam Verschooren @samversc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026New with @tobiasegner.bsky.social & @mariamaly.bsky.social! The relationship between external and internal attention is not fixed but varies between competition, concurrence, and cooperation. We shed light on the conditions that allow for each of these relationships to occur🔍 psyarxiv.com/ry94x_v1 2177
Reposted by Salman QasimBAMB! @bamb-school.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Applications for BAMB! 2026 are officially open! Join us in Barcelona (July 12–23) to master the art of behavioral modeling with our incredible faculty: @meganakpeters.bsky.social @marcelomattar.bsky.social @khamascience.bsky.social @thecharleywu.bsky.social Apply now here: www.bambschool.orgbambschool.orgBAMB! 2026 | Barcelona Summer School for Advanced Modeling of BehaviorIntensive training for experienced researchers in cognitive science, computational neuroscience and neuro-AI. Five interconnected modules, expert faculty, hands-on projects. July 12-23, 2026. 12827
Reposted by Salman QasimBiyu Jade He @biyuhe.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Ever wondered how the Dalmatian Dog effect works? The human brain can quickly learn from a single experience and generalize it to related experiences — an impressive feat so far not matched by AI. Our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com reveals how this works. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 28433
Reposted by Salman QasimNanthia Suthana @suthanalab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026We’re hiring! The Suthana Lab @ Duke is looking for a Research Assistant to join our team studying human memory & real-world 🧠 dynamics using wearable tech & intracranial recordings. Apply: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-C... You can also email suthanalab@duke.edu with CV/questions. Please share! 25540
Reposted by Salman QasimMark Histed @markhisted.org · 30/01/2026From @patrickmineault.bsky.social, on how scientists can use Claude Code to help with all the heavy data analysis coding that is a big part of our lives. use a make system, set up folder structures, write tests, use git, use package managers. Notes on notebooks and visualizations too. 🧪 1195
Reposted by Salman QasimSarah Yip @yiplab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Looking for a postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry? Apply here to join an interdisciplinary team and work with a large longitudinal transdiagnostic dataset postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0... @RobbRutledge @xiaosigu @DrChrisPitt @PearlsonGodfrey @ACNPorg @YaleMedpostdocs.yale.eduComputational Psychiatry Postdoctoral Associate Opening at Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry 22421
Reposted by Salman QasimRandolph Helfrich @randolph-helfrich.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Ripple oscillations are central for memory and sleep. But ripple detection in humans remains challenging. Here we introduce a simulation approach in @natcomms.nature.com as common ripple detectors mainly pick up 1/f noise and not genuine oscillations 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroskyencenature.comAperiodic 1/f noise drives ripple activity in humans - Nature CommunicationsHow aperiodic 1/f noise drives ripple activity in human brain and impacts on ripple detections is not fully understood. Here authors show that ripple detections should be driven by the 1/f noise, whic... 210135
Reposted by Salman QasimRoddy Grieves @roddy-grieves.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Can humans & animals really use internal maps to take shortcuts? Tolman famously said yes - based largely on his Sunburst maze. Our new review & meta-analysis suggests evidence is far weaker than you might think. 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1111/ejn.... @uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social @ejneuroscience.bsky.socialdoi.orgTolman's Sunburst Maze 80 Years on: A Meta‐Analysis Reveals Poor Replicability and Little Evidence for ShortcuttingIn 1946, Tolman et al. reported that rats could take a novel shortcut to a goal after training on an indirect route, supporting the Cognitive Map theory. However, a review of subsequent Sunburst maze... 713557
Reposted by Salman QasimCatrina Hacker @catrinahacker.bsky.social · 05/01/2026🚨 New preprint! Why do some insights from spikes translate to field potentials while others don't? In this paper we compare visual memory representations in spikes and LFPs to propose a general framework that answers this question. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵 (1/10) 🧠🟦 🧠💻biorxiv.orgNeural representations of visual memory in inferotemporal cortex reveal a generalizable framework for translating between spikes and field potentialsTranslating neurophysiological findings requires understanding the relationship between common measures of brain activity in animals (spiking activity) and humans (local field potentials, LFP). Prior ... 211534
Reposted by Salman QasimChris Baldassano @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Our new paper out in NHB! We started this back in @ptoncompmemlab.bsky.social's lab when I was a postdoc and Rolando was a grad student, showing that stable fMRI representations of places (learned in Rolando's custom-made VR world) provide the best anchors for later item learning 14114
Reposted by Salman QasimArne Ekstrom @adekstreme.bsky.social · 04/12/2025We are hiring an assistant professor in cognitive neural systems in the department of psychology at the university of arizona. please use this link to check out the requirements and apply! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...arizona.csod.comAssistant Professor, Psychology (T/TE)Duties & Responsibilities:Publishing peer-reviewed scholarly works.Maintaining an active research program.Obtaining extramural funding.Teaching un... 02633
Reposted by Salman QasimMaryam Shanechi @maryamshanechi.bsky.social · 02/12/2025At what scale should spatial information be encoded toward future foundation models of intracranial brain activity? In our second paper at #NeurIPS2025, we present BaRISTA ☕ — a self-supervised multi-subject model that enables flexible spatial encoding & boosts downstream decoding. 🧵 Paper Code ⬇️ 181
Reposted by Salman QasimDaeyeol Lee @ungteoriz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology. pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/pbs.jhu.eduJobs | Psychological & Brain SciencesTenured/Tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology Open Date Dec 01, 2025 Salary Range or Pay Grade The expected academic base salary range for this position is $110,000- $144,500 (Assistant Profes... 06958
Reposted by Salman QasimAidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 14/11/2025How prediction error drives memory updating: role of locus coeruleus–hippocampal interactions Looks interesting, from Groves et al #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognitionsciencedirect.comHow prediction error drives memory updating: role of locus coeruleus–hippocampal interactionsThe brain constantly generates predictions based on one’s knowledge of the world, as captured in memory. When these predictions are in error, our know… 03414
Reposted by Salman QasimAndrew MacAskill @macaskillaf.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Congrats to Ella for her new paper! She asked a really interesting question about how the brain represents uncertainty during hidden state inference, and in a lovely crossover with theoretical work, she shows that in mice, acetylcholine dynamics play a crucial role. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgAcetylcholine reflects uncertainty during hidden state inferenceTo act adaptively, animals must infer features of the environment that cannot be observed directly, such as which option is currently rewarding, or which context they are in. These internal estimates,... 36313
Reposted by Salman QasimChris Rozell @crozell.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Please share! Going to #SfN and looking for a postdoc in human neuroscience? We're hiring! If you have a background in Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, or related areas, come talk to us about joining our lab at Georgia Tech (siplab.gatech.edu). #neuroscience #PsychSciSkysiplab.gatech.eduSIPLab 11513
Reposted by Salman QasimJoel I Berger @joelberger.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I rarely come on here or any social media, but wanted to share our latest preprint of large-scale human single neuron recordings during an auditory working memory task: doi.org/10.1101/2025... I'm very grateful to our patients, my co-authors and the funders. And to anyone who reads it :-) 🧠📈🧵👇(1/5)doi.orgBrain-wide single-neuron bases of working memory for sounds in humansIn order to understand the constantly changing acoustic world our brains must maintain elements of auditory scenes in memory. The neural mechanisms for this fundamental process remain unclear. Here, w... 45315
Reposted by Salman QasimVanessa Brown (she/her) @vanessabrown.bsky.social · 30/10/2025I am recruiting a postdoc for a new NIMH-funded R01 using neural and behavioral models to understand anxious avoidance. Please share with anyone who may be interested! Link: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155929/... 13828
Reposted by Salman QasimThe Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 28/10/2025PRESS RELEASE! @mountsinainyc.bsky.social receives $4.5 million @bipolardiscoveries.org grant! Led by @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social, team will investigate neural mechanisms underlying #BipolarDisorder & pioneer novel neuromodulation-based treatment strategies 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro... 094
Reposted by Salman QasimMona Garvert @mgarvert.bsky.social · 27/10/2025🚀 We’re hiring - Join our lab 🚀 🔍 Hiring: PhD (75% TV-L) & Postdoc (100% TV-L) 🧠 fMRI, VR, EEG, modelling We combine a range of cognitive neuroscience methods to study flexible behaviour. 📅 Start: Feb 2026 or later | ⏳ Apply by Nov 3! More details: tinyurl.com/ms3a9ajt #CognitiveNeuroscience 15444
Reposted by Salman QasimChris Baldassano @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Columbia Psych is hiring *two* junior faculty in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience this year! If you work on cognition (broadly defined), submit your application materials as soon as possible (review starts Nov 1). If you have questions you can reach out to me by email! apply.interfolio.com/175428apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 16846
Reposted by Salman QasimOmri Raccah @omriraccah.bsky.social · 16/10/2025thrilled to share our preprint on false memories in naturalistic recollection! Distinct paths to false memory revealed in hundreds of narrative recalls paper: doi.org/10.31234/osf... w/ phoebehc.bsky.social (co-first) Vy A. Vo @davidpoeppel.bsky.social @toddgureckis.bsky.social thread below 👇 24913
Reposted by Salman QasimLiberty Hamilton @libertysays.bsky.social · 15/10/2025I’m hiring! We have an opening in my lab at UC Berkeley for a Staff Research Associate 2. This person will collect and analyze data, work with patients and families, act as point of contact btwn collaborators, maintain lab organization, + more. careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPL... 12013