Reposted by Jonathan TsayRune W. Berg @runewberg.bsky.social · 4hWhat does a spinal cord flexor/extensor half-center spiking network's activity look like in neural state space? It has a characteristic V-shaped trajectory and a very low-dimensional population dynamics (simulation below). 0103
Reposted by Jonathan TsayAndrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Happy to announce that I am searching for for a graduate student, starting Fall 2027. If you want to study the neural mechanisms of reaching and grasping, come join us in the rich environment of the Sensorimotor Superlab. For details: www.pruszynskilab.com/positions.html 02622
Reposted by Jonathan TsaySociety for the Neural Control of Movement @ncmsociety.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NCM DCA Stephen Scott was an engineering student who preferred running. A dataset, a library, and no real plan. 2026 NCM Distinguished Career Awardee Stephen Scott on how he ended up here. youtu.be/MZ6ATgNOBtQyoutu.beHow Stephen Scott got into scienceYouTube video by NCM Society 031
Reposted by Jonathan TsayNico @nico-encounter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Quite interesting study which shows you can reconstruct the semantics of experiences while totally bypassing what's known as the "language centers" of the brain using an LLM trained on brain scans. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgMind captioning: Evolving descriptive text of mental content from human brain activityNonverbal thoughts can be translated into verbal descriptions by aligning semantic representations between text and the brain. 1127
Reposted by Jonathan TsayTim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looking for a postdoc in comp neuro and human brain imaging? Interested in foraging? Join our international collaboration with Jon Rubin, @jyotikab.bsky.social, & @davidrobbe.bsky.social be.bsky.social to study the neural basis of foraging behavior! cmu.wd115.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...cmu.wd115.myworkdayjobs.comPostdoctoral Research Associate – Cognitive Axon Lab – Dietrich CollegeThe Cognitive Axon Lab, in the Department of Psychology and Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute, seeks applications for a multi-year Postdoctoral Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University. T... 02120
Reposted by Jonathan TsayRLDM @rldmparis2027.bsky.social · 29/09/2026📣 Save the date! RLDM 2027, the Multi-disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making, is coming to Paris, July 6-9, 2027 🎉 Stay tuned for submission deadlines and more updates on our website rldm.org 👀 06937
Reposted by Jonathan TsayAmitai Shenhav @ashenhav.bsky.social · 28/09/20262 yrs ago, I briefly laid out a new theory of how motivation works (AGH). Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵A few highlights: 17542
Reposted by Jonathan TsayAnna Corriveau @annacorriveau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New preprint! Are attentional lapses the result of disengagement or simply response failure? Using EEG, we tested how attention fluctuations impact visual representations in the brain. (1/5) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgDegraded neural representations foreshadow failures of sustained attentionAttention prioritizes relevant information from the environment, but does not do so consistently over time. Instead, we sometimes experience poor attentional states which are characterized by a higher... 55827
Reposted by Jonathan Tsayingmarvisser.bsky.social @ingmarvisser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New paper 🍼📄 ManyBabies 3 is out (open access, registered report in Developmental Science). 30 labs, 33 languages, 839 infants set out to replicate a textbook finding: 7-month-olds learn abstract rules from speech (@garymarcus.bsky.social et al., 1999). We didn’t find it. 🧵 37747
Reposted by Jonathan TsayJörn Diedrichsen @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New preprint from the lab. A long-overdue fMRI study on bimanual movement direction encoding: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @alighavampour.bsky.social, @andpru.bsky.social, @jjodx.eurosky.social 2229
Reposted by Jonathan TsaySam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm excited about this work that an amazing undergrad, @ariazhang.bsky.social, did with me and @tomerullman.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Aria showed how a neural net can discover abstractions for intuitive physics and use its own reliability estimates to decide when to deploy them.biorxiv.orgReliability-guided meta-control in intuitive physicsIntuitive physical reasoning is an important part of daily life, but the computations underlying it remain debated. Some prominent accounts propose intuitive physics relies on mental simulation, with ... 1504
Reposted by Jonathan TsayJack Gallant @gallantlab.org · 24/09/2026Dr. Tianjiao Zhang's landmark study of naturalistic navigation has been accepted in Nature Neuroscience! Encoding models fit 28,134 features to fMRI from a virtual taxi-driving task, revealing 11 distinct cortical regions that transform perception into action. Read the preprint. gallantlab.org 04016
Reposted by Jonathan TsayNick Jourjine @nickjourjine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026New preprint! TLDR: We mapped the genetic architecture of neonatal vocalization in deer mice, and found candidate genes expressed in the cerebellum that could be contributing to the evolution of temporal structure in infant cries #Bioacoustics #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgThe Genetic Architecture of Neonatal Deer Mouse Cries Implicates the Cerebellum in the Temporal Control of an Infant Social BehaviorVocal communication is a conserved vertebrate social behavior that begins at birth with the cries of infants. These neonatal vocal signals vary across contexts to elicit parental care that matches inf... 05124
Reposted by Jonathan TsayEthan 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... 12917
Reposted by Jonathan TsayDani Gresch @danielagresch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026📣 Check out our latest preprint with @kianobre.bsky.social, spearheaded by the incredible @dxywei.bsky.social! Across four experiments, we compare the behavioural and neural signatures of selecting real-world objects in perception and working memory. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgSearching across working memory and perceptionSearching for objects of interest is an essential and pervasive activity in adaptive cognition. In everyday situations, we often search for relevant content in our surroundings and in mind at the same... 13813
Reposted by Jonathan TsayJJ @jjodx.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026In one week, Anouck Matthijs will defend her PhD on "the cerebellum as a key neural substrate for motor reserve during healthy aging" All welcome to attend (online) 0111
Reposted by Jonathan TsayMariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026How do keep a narrative active in our mind despite interruptions? The default mode network can maintain a representation of an interrupted story over a delay, even when the delay is filled with a demanding task. This representation is strikingly transformed from the initial experience!biorxiv.orgCortical and Hippocampal Pathways to Mental ContinuityHow do people preserve mental continuity when tasks are interrupted? One established pathway runs through the hippocampus, which stores snapshots of our mental context for later reinstatement. We prop... 17824
Reposted by Jonathan TsayJohn Pearson @jmxpearson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Link: www.nature.com/naturecareer...nature.comTenure-Track Faculty Position in Computational or Theoretical Neuroscience - Durham, North Carolina job with Duke University Neurobiology Dept | 12864649Seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Computational/Theoretical Neuroscience to advance brain science through innovation and collaboration. 077
Reposted by Jonathan TsayMark Wagner @mark-j-wagner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Granule cells predict future dopamine reward. Delayed climbing-fiber signals can reinforce the action that precedes it. Our paper, led by Benjamin Filio, is out today in Nature Neuroscience. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Public PDF: rdcu.be/RscCNeXvkXAa 35912
Reposted by Jonathan TsaySami Yousif @samiyousif.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My lab has been really interested in topological perception the past two years. In a new paper, we ask: How does a topological perspective (re-)shape our understanding of visual complexity? Work led by one of our many wonderful undergraduate students, Ashna Shah! link.springer.com/article/10.3...link.springer.comTopological structure and the creation of visual complexity - Psychonomic Bulletin & ReviewWhat does it mean for something to be complex? Fundamentally, complexity is a cue that something is less easily represented by our minds. With this fact in view, complexity becomes a tool: By understa... 12812
Reposted by Jonathan TsayGuillaume Lajoie @glajoie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In brain-computer interfacing, clever and adaptive decoders help brains learn complex tasks faster. These can impact the nature of solutions learned by the brain. Our new paper is one of the first attempts to study this effect. W/ @neuroamyo.bsky.social and team www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAssistive algorithms influence neural representations in motor brain-computer interfaces - Nature CommunicationsAssistive algorithms are widely used in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), but their effects on neural representations remain unclear. Here, the authors show that adaptive BCIs lead the brain to learn ... 14011
Reposted by Jonathan TsaySam McDougle @actlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New preprint! In this study, the fantastic Apoorva Sharma demonstrates that the amount of time that passes during motor preparation can "tag" for retrieval otherwise competing motor memories. Modeling work links these fx to putative temporal basis sets in the cerebellar cortex. Feedback welcome! 14516
Reposted by Jonathan TsayClara Gallay @clara-gallay.bsky.social · 30/06/2026🧵 1/3 I'm excited to share my first first-author paper, just out last week in Neurology! We looked at how parity interacts with Alzheimer's pathology in cognitively healthy postmenopausal women from the ALFA+ cohort in two visits spaced by 3 years. www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...neurology.orgEffect of Parity and β-Amyloid on Cognition and Hippocampal Volume in Postmenopausal Women | NeurologyBackground and ObjectivesEpidemiologic studies exploring the effect of parity on Alzheimer disease (AD) yield mixed results, and little is known about how parity may modify the impact of AD pathology ... 222
Reposted by Jonathan TsayJefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute @mossresearch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026ICYMI: Last week, we were thrilled to host Dr. Rich Ivry for our Whyte-Schwartz Annual Lecture, honoring our Institute's founders. Dr. Ivry's presentation, "Probing the Role of the Cerebellum in Sensorimotor Learning and Cognition," is now available on our YouTube Channel: ow.ly/Ve7c50ZMFZm 051
Reposted by Jonathan TsayTim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This study by my colleague @tsay.bsky.social has deep implications for how we think about motor learning and whether it’s truly “motor” at all. 082
Jonathan Tsay @tsay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Big shoutout to Anjuli for leading this project, and to Elizabeth, Wei, Saurabh, Kelsey, and Rich for all their contributions! 010
Jonathan Tsay @tsay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New preprint! 🥳 How do we discover what to do when a movement goes wrong? Answer: hypothesis testing (HT) - testing and evaluating candidate motor solutions based on sensory evidence. HT explains how we explore, and when exploration gives way to an “aha!” moment.biorxiv.orgUnderstanding Strategic Motor Learning as a Process of Hypothesis TestingMultiple learning processes contribute to successful goal-directed actions under changing physiological states, biomechanical constraints, and environmental contexts. Among these, explicit strategies ... 1247
Reposted by Jonathan TsayConnected Minds @connectedminds.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Learning leaves traces you can't see. Dr. @jonathanamichaels.bsky.socials' motor learning study reveals "savings" faster relearning on second exposure emerges from neural dimensionality, not conscious strategy. RNNs trained like human brains show the same pattern.elifesciences.orgA context-free model of savings in motor learningRecurrent neural network models trained on a novel motor skill exhibit a persistent shift in preparatory activity that enables faster relearning, without cognitive or contextual cues. 142
Reposted by Jonathan TsaySalman 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 Jonathan TsayOmer Sharon @omersharon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Another postdoc piece out today in @natneuro.nature.com! 🧠💤 In unimpaired older adults, frontal tau pathology tracked with lonely NREM slow waves that fail to travel — and these waves predicted worse overnight memory. full-text: rdcu.be/jDcgH2sK8VZa @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 🧵👇nature.comHuman tau pathology is associated with lonely, nontraveling slow waves linked to memory impairment - Nature NeuroscienceFrontal cortical tau pathology in aging humans is associated with reduced slow-wave travel during sleep. This reduced propagation is associated with poorer overnight memory retention, supporting a lin... 13814
Reposted by Jonathan TsayAran Nayebi @anayebi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026CMU is hiring an Assistant Professor in NeuroAI! Come join our awesome NeuroAI community 🧠🤖: apply.interfolio.com/189268apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 02811
Reposted by Jonathan TsayOmer Sharon @omersharon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I'm excited to share that I'll be starting my independent lab at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology! 🎉 The lab will be based in the Department of Neuroscience at the Faculty of Medicine, and affiliated with the new Technion Healthy Aging Institute (iTechAge). 1151
Reposted by Jonathan Tsaymahwishkittur.bsky.social @mahwishkittur.bsky.social · 10/09/2026After years of analyzing thousands of drawings from hundreds of adults and children, I am excited to share my first ever paper (w/ @samiyousif.bsky.social )! Using a simple drawing task, we show how topological structure is represented in the mind and its importance in spatial memory.elifesciences.orgTopological structure in human spatial representation revealed through drawing 16024
Reposted by Jonathan TsayDr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Reviewing applications for the Clinical Psych PhD at UC Berkeley this fall! We develop and test transdiagnostic treatments (soon including sleep-interfering media use) and study how to get them into real-world care. #ClinicalPsychology #PhD #SleepResearch #UCBerkeleylnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 0137
Reposted by Jonathan TsayDr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · 10/09/2026📣 I’m considering PhD students for Fall 2027! We study how our identities shape the way we see ourselves, how others see us, and how we interact across group boundaries. Our work spans race, gender, multiracial experiences, and intergroup contact with kids and adults. sites.duke.edu/dukeidlab/ 01815
Reposted by Jonathan TsayASNR @asnrehab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Authors compared explicit motor adaptation in people w/ & w/o low vision.Those w/ low vision were just as effective at discovering new explicit sensorimotor strategies & recalling previously learned strategies, suggesting potential value for rehab. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42106927/ @tsay.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Jonathan TsayArthur Prat @arthurpr4t.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We derived six laws of psychophysics from a single efficient-coding equation. The laws include Weber's law; scaling laws in visual working memory (which had been noted before, but with unclear theoretical justification); Wei & Stocker's law of human perception; arthurprat.com/pdfs/Prat-Ca...arthurprat.com 49628
Reposted by Jonathan TsayLindsey Powell @lindseypowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026UCSD Psychology is hiring!! We’re seeking a new assistant professor colleague who studies high-level human cognition, broadly construed. Please share and/or apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04646apol-recruit.ucsd.eduAssistant Professor in High-level Human CognitionUniversity of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now! 09680
Reposted by Jonathan TsayDr Anna Leshinskaya @annaleshinskaya.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Thrilled to announce that my department, UCI cognitive sciences, is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of computational social cognition. Further information including the application can be found at: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10411recruit.ap.uci.eduAssistant Professor - Cognitive SciencesUniversity of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now! 02515
Reposted by Jonathan Tsayjoshcashaback.bsky.social @joshcashaback.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Check out our latest paper, where we developed a novel theory where desirability and cognitive effort tune the control gains that govern deliberation during perceptual decsion-making. Outstanding work by the superb, Jan Calalo. journals.physiology.org/doi/epdf/10.... 1143
Reposted by Jonathan TsayShannon Burns, PhD @shannon47burns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Are you studying human neuroscience broadly defined, and enjoy working with bright and motivated students? If so we'd love to see your application for this TT position at Pomona College! Review of applications begins on Oct 1. 02017
Jonathan Tsay @tsay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Thank you, JJ! Would love to discuss sometime about how might this be applied to different populations. We are thinking about applying this to healthy aging, seeing how each parameter (prop, vis, cost, motor noise) varies across lifespan, predicting different trajectories 120
Reposted by Jonathan TsayJJ @jjodx.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026Tracking the hidden dynamics of proprioception www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #sensorimotor I ❤️the approach but could this be used in other populations where movements are quite different? Across populations, many parameters will vary and difficult to assign difference to one specific aspect.biorxiv.org 131
Reposted by Jonathan TsayAshley Juavinett, PhD @ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If there are any PhD hopefuls on here, I wanted to share a few thoughts on your timeline for the upcoming admissions cycle, with apps due starting mid-November. What should you be doing right now? ✔️ Generating a list of schools ✔️ Reaching out to possible recommenders 🧵! 33924
Reposted by Jonathan TsayConstantin Rothkopf @c-rothkopf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pouring a cup of coffee looks trivial. It isn’t. Humans effortlessly control nonlinear liquid dynamics across different vessels and speeds—while robots still struggle. In our new preprint, we ask how the human motor system solves this everyday control problem. 1/5 35014
Reposted by Jonathan TsayDominika Radziun @nikaradziun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Excited to see our preprint discussed in a TiCS article on body weight and embodiment. After 20 min training, a finger-extending exoskeleton felt lighter, while the hand did not, suggesting sensorimotor integration changes experienced device weight. Preprint link: doi.org/10.64898/202....biorxiv.orgSensorimotor training lightens the perceived weight of body augmentation devicesWearable haptic and robotic devices must transmit useful forces and tactile information without remaining perceptually intrusive. Here we show that perceived weight provides a behavioral marker of thi... 173
Reposted by Jonathan TsayMariam 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... 310844
Reposted by Jonathan TsayJim Heys @jim-heys.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I’m very excited to share our new paper, led by the very talented Jack Bowler, a postdoc in the lab! www.nature.com/articles/s41... We all know that the way we learn something matters. But how does a training curriculum actually shape how the brain learns to solve a problem? a 🧵 1/Nnature.comStructured experience shapes strategy learning and neural dynamics in the medial entorhinal cortex - Nature NeuroscienceThe authors use recurrent neural networks to predict how structured prior experience shapes neural dynamics as mice learn flexible timing strategies during complex context-dependent behavior. 47723
Reposted by Jonathan Tsayannecollins.bsky.social @annecollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Check out our new Trends In Cognitive Science paper on mechanisms of cognitive flexibility - a broad collaborative piece with Florian Bähner, Ali Hummos, Sarah Oh, Kai Sandbrink, and Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comNeurocomputational mechanisms underlying cognitive flexibility: a translational perspectiveCognitive flexibility allows us to adjust behavior when environmental rules change and to recombine prior knowledge in novel situations. However, the … 15924
Reposted by Jonathan TsayDarcy Waller @darcywaller.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’m so happy to share that I’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Fall 2027! I'm incredibly excited to head back to the Midwest, get to work with an incredible group of colleagues, and live in beautiful Madison, WI. 🦡🎊 3504