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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 23/06/2026

Rockefeller's Winrich Freiwald is a 2026 winner of the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation’s Prize for Translational Neuroscience! He is honored for his work deciphering complex neural processes in visual perception and social cognition. Congratulations!

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Doris Tsao and Winrich Freiwald Receive the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience

Researchers are honored for their groundbreaking insights into the neural basis of face and object recognition

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Consciousness Commons @consc-commons.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

What makes Consciousness Commons different from a regular workshop? 👉🧵 1/

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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I like journal clubs where you are only allowed to say positive things about a paper. They are so much more satisfying.

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 23/01/2026

A recent study from the #FreiwaldLab found that emotion-driven facial expressions activate the same cortical pathways as do voluntary movements, such as chewing. Learn more in this piece from @thetransmitter.bsky.social:

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Facial expressions less reflexive than previously thought

A countenance such as a grimace activates many of the same cortical pathways as voluntary facial movements.

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Tarana Nigam @tarananigam.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

My absolutely fantastic colleague @auksz.bsky.social just got awarded an ERC consolidator grant !!!!!!!!! Congrats Ryszard ! So well deserved and I can't wait to see the amazing things you will do and discover :) For PhDs/postdocs interested, I HIGHLY recommend ryszard as a supervisor!

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Tarana Nigam @tarananigam.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🎉 Excited to share one of my projects that I worked on with Caspar Schwiedrzik! Check out my latest preprint: Multiple task-demands flexibly optimize neural geometry in human ventral temporal cortex biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (0/10)

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Multiple task-demands flexibly optimize neural geometry in human ventral temporal cortex

A hallmark of human intelligence is the ability to perform multiple tasks immediately upon instruction. Yet, the neural processes that implement such flexibility remain unclear. Using intracranial ele...

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Tarana Nigam @tarananigam.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Exciting computational cognitive neuroscience PhD position in our lab on Flexible Dimensionality of Representational Spaces in Category Learning! Caspar Schwiedrzik, my supervisor is an absolutely fantastic scientist & an incredible supervisor. I strongly recommend this position & working with him!

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PhD student in computational modeling of highdimensional visual category learning (m/f/x)

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Tarana Nigam @tarananigam.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

My incredible friend & colleague @nedash.bsky.social has an interesting open position to use machine learning for predicting decision making of primates in naturalistic scenarios! She's a fantastic scientist, very supportive supervisor & has many ambitious & exciting projects going on in her lab!

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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Now officially out in JML: "Shades of Zero: Distinguishing Impossibility from Inconceivability" (cool kidz summary below) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Tarana Nigam @tarananigam.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

My incredible ex-labmate , @auksz.bsky.social is advertising an interesting PhD position that he will be co-supervising ! Highly recommend Ryszard - He's a wonderful scientist and an absolutely lovely person!!

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Tarana Nigam @tarananigam.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

In case you missed my talk at Cosyne yesterday, drop by to hear me talk about my work on top-down flexibility through predictive context in the macaque face processing system. Where: Primate Neurobiology meeting @primatenzentrum.bsky.social When: 4th April at 9am Looking forward to more feedback!

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Tarana Nigam @tarananigam.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I'm giving a talk on dynamic code-switching and top-down flexibility in the neural codes for face processing in macaque monkeys at #Cosyne2025 @cosynemeeting.bsky.social in the exciting workshop on Object-centric representations! (organized by @katrinfranke.bsky.social & @mdiamantaki.bsky.social )

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Cosyne 2025 Object Centric Workshop

Website for the object centric workshop at 2025 COSYNE

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