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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Presenting our preprint work at the virtual @wmsymposium.bsky.social (WMS 2026). 📅 Tuesday, July 14th | 9:30 AM CDT 🗣️ Session A1: Control 1 There's a fantastic group of presenters lined up with tons of cool talks on working memory, representations, and attention. Link in the comments below!

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Peter Kok @peterkok.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student, funded by a new ERC grant. The grant focuses on the role of the hippocampus in visual perception, using 7T fMRI (hippocampal subfields, cortical layers) and MEG+iEEG. The intended start dates for both positions are in early 2027. 🧠🟦 1/3

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

In short: working memory isn't just passive storage in sensory cortex or an isolated executive function in PFC. It’s adynamic, distributed coordination of the two. PFC likely acts as a controller, using β-band sync to pattern sensory populations into stable memories. 🎬 (5/5)

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

What about top-down control? We found that prefrontal and visual areas exhibited discrete, transient windows of cross-hemispheric β-band synchronization during the delay. This points to a subtle, dynamically gated communication channel connecting the network. 🌐 (4/5)

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Interestingly, β-band topography varied continuously based on stimulus location. This spatial patterning tracked the specific contents of memory and predicted trial-by-trial behavior—critically, in visual cortex, but not in prefrontal sources. 🎯 (3/5)

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

First, we observed a clear elevation in β-band power (15–25 Hz) during the memory delay period across both prefrontal and visual source locations. 👇 (2/5)

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

New preprint! 🚨 Work w/ Sangita Dandekar & Clayton Curtis at NYU during my PhD. We show how prefrontal & visual cortices coordinate to keep working memories alive via localized & long-range β-band dynamics. 🧠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/5)

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 13/01/2026

Data formats and file types: Multidimensional array data russpoldrack.substack.com/p/data-forma... - the latest in my Better Code, Better Science series

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Data formats and file types: Multidimensional array data

Better Code, Better Science: Chapter 7, Part 5

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Clayspace lab goes live today! Come stop by poster boards MM1-4 today from 8am to 12pm to discuss some cool brain science! 🧠

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

It was great to present the poster today as part of the TPDA Early Career Poster session. If you missed it and are curious, shoot up a message or stop by Wednesday morning. 🧠 #SfN2025

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

A great talk by @earlkmiller.bsky.social on the potential role of oscillations in analog computation 🌊

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Jieyu Zheng @jieyusz.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I’m off to #SfN2025! Grateful for the TPDA sponsor from @sfn.org. I will present in two sessions, details below. I’m seeking 2026 postdoc positions to continue research in animal cognition/naturalistic behaviors—if you’re looking for a neuroethologist and a mouse whisperer, come to see me!

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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 15/11/2025

Building a strong neuroscience community means actively supporting emerging researchers. Tonight’s Early Career Poster Session offers the perfect opportunity to connect, encourage, & invest in the scientists who will carry the field forward. Drop by! 🔗 sfn.org/ecps #neurosky #SfN25

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Hola #SfN2025, Clayspace Lab is excited to share 4 new posters from our lab on Working memory and neural dynamics! 🧠 Come stop by at our poster boards or find us around to discuss cool science. Details in the ad below 👇! @sfn.org #Neuroscience #SfN25

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Excited to be at @cogcompneuro.bsky.social in Amsterdam today for Day 1! Visit Clayspace Lab's posters on working memory at Poster Session A, E-hall, 1:30-4:30 PM CEST. Find us at A116 (Ziyi Duan) and A170 (Mrugank Dake). See you there! #ccn2025

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Olivia Christiano @oliviachristiano.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

How reliable is OPM-MEG, and how does it compare to other neuroimaging modalities? 🤔 In a new preprint with ‪@s-michelmann.bsky.social‬, we evaluate the reliability of OPM-MEG within & between individuals, and compare it to fMRI & iEEG during repeated movie viewing. 🧠 📄 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Reliability and signal comparison of OPM-MEG, fMRI & iEEG in a repeated movie viewing paradigm

Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) offer a promising advancement in noninvasive neuroimaging via magnetoencephalography (MEG), but establishing their reliability and comparability to existing metho...

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

If dude was born in 1850s, he would have roasted Natural Selection!

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Fantastic textbook of theoretical and computational neuroscience by @xjwanglab, covering everything from biophysical circuits to cognition, full-brain models, neuro-AI and computational psychiatry. I can't recommend it enough for anyone in the field www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

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Theoretical Neuroscience | Understanding Cognition | Xiao-Jing Wang |

This textbook is an introduction to Systems and Theoretical/Computational Neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on cognition. It consists of three parts:

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Need more studies like these that combine decoding with perturbation to investigate the necessity of the "signature" for task performance.

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

High-Definition MEG Source Estimation using the Reciprocal Boundary Element Fast Multipole Method www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A universal power law optimizes energy and representation fidelity in visual adaptation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Marc Himmelberg @marchimmelberg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Our new preprint ‘Preferred spatial frequency covaries with cortical magnification in human primary visual cortex' is now online. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

This changes the question of whether V1 is "necessary" for WM to how does V1 retain information during WM without getting disrupted by a continuous barrage of visual inputs and maintain it within network of neurons having short time-constants?

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Additionally, TMS to V1 also impacted alpha-lateralization for about 100ms after TMS pulse, thereby disrupting a well-established signature of WM.

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We found that TMS to V1 impacted WM performance not just during encoding as has been shown earlier in many studies, but also during maintenance. We also replicated the results in a followup-study.

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Here, using fMRI-guided TMS coupled with a unique design using subjective reports of phosphenes to present spatial stimuli, we perturbed V1 in a retinotopic manner while participants retained a spatial location in their memory.

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Despite more than 3 dozen fMRI studies showing decoding of WM representations from early visual areas, the necessity of these areas for task performance has remained uncertain. www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...

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Frontiers | Persistent Activity During Working Memory From Front to Back

Working memory (WM) extends the duration over which information is available for processing. Given its importance in supporting a wide-array of high level co...

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Mrugank Dake @thememoryguy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thanks for amazing supervision from Clayton Curtis and all the cool people from Clayspace lab and help from everyone at NYU CBI without whom this work would not have been successful. PS: it took over a year to get the TMS-EEG setup working!

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Surya Ganguli @suryaganguli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Love this quote from Sir Michael Atiyah: "Algebra is the offer made by the devil to a mathematician. The devil says, 'I will give you this powerful machine...all you need to do is give up your soul: give up geometry...' when you do algebra...you stop thinking about meaning, about geometry

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We're on the lookout for passionate minds to join us as reviewers for #CogSci2025. This is your chance to be among the first to check out groundbreaking research while playing a crucial role in shaping the future of #CogSci Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/ and fill out the form!

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