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Zero-Noise Lab

@zeronoiselab.bsky.social
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Lab @ ESI Frankfurt. We believe the brain is noise-free. Or mostly-noise-free-ish. And that if we stare at behaving brains long enough, it will ALL MAKE SENSE.

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
As you can see from my face, highly excited to be spending time with this legendary crowd (though sadly without Marieke this time)! Never has embodied cognition been so fun. ;) With @desrocherslab.bsky.social @cimoore444.bsky.social and the one and only Catherine Tallon-Baudry.
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Delightful work by @nelsontotah.bsky.social 's lab showing how rats monitor their own task performance - and just like in humans, it shows both in their heart rhythms and on their faces! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A metacognitive response of the face and the heart in rats
Humans make emotional facial expressions and have a cardiac response when they catch themselves in a mistake or receive feedback about task performance. We tested whether rats exhibit similar visceral...
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
@hummuscience.bsky.social and his psychedelic mice rocking the house @fens.org 2026! 😊🙌
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Don't forget to catch @hummuscience.bsky.social this afternoon at #FENS2026 to talk about psychedelic trips in mice, how we can track them - and what that means for psychedelics research in rodents. Curious? Find Muad's poster at PS04-08PM-362! fens2026.abstractserver.com/program/#/de...
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Come see us at FENS! :) Really excited to share these three hot-off-the-press Zero-Noise projects and hear your thoughts on them!
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3Dneuro @3dneuro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
📢 #FENS2026 giveaway! We're distributing 8 R2 system starter kits - including one with our new metal holder- for FENS attendees! Apply here: forms.gle/QFnUVZthhcfR...
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
So excited to be part of this! 😊
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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Excited to co-organize a #COSYNE2026 workshop with Marieke Scholvinck (@zeronoiselab.bsky.social) on March 17 in Cascais 🧠🌊 *Inferring neural latent states from behavior* Featuring fantastic speakers across experimental & computational #neuroscience (list below 👇) Hope to see many of you there! 👋
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Are altered states of consciousness really all in your head? 🧐 Lana Porter, Valerie Bonnelle and us have been thinking about this question for quite a while, and our best guess is: Nope! The autonomic nervous system does some fascinating stuff during altered consciousness...
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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
1/4 The effect of psychedelics on animal models has been studied the WRONG way. . Here they analyze 109 studies with psychedelics in rodents (from 2019 to 2024). In the vast majority of studies, the “set and setting” is the same as that which would be used in humans to cause a bad trip.
https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2021/um-school-of-medicine-study-shows-that-psychedelic-experience-may-not-be-required-for-psilocybins-antidepressant-like-benefits.html
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Absolutely love this work - and the article communicating it! 🤩🤩
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Super excited for this collab! Reusable probe implants for all! 😁✊️
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Check out @catrinahacker.bsky.social's #CCN2025 poster this afternoon! We've long worked with spikes. Here we ask: would we have made the same inferences about memory with the signals often recorded in human neurosci (iEEG, LFPs)? The answer surprised me. Not only yes! but with 3-fold *less* data.
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Aaaand we have our final line-up for ESI-SyNC 2025! Check it out! :) Join us for two exciting days of figuring out what altered states of consciousness do to your brain! More info: esi-frankfurt.de/newevent/ Go register (100 Euro, free for junior researchers): survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/18...
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Evan Lewis-Healey @evanlhealey.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I have the pleasure of speaking at ESI-SyNC this year about the neurophenomenology of breathwork and DMT 🧠✨ Do come if you can!
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 04/08/2025
Does sensitivity to acute pain correlate with mental health? In our new paper led by @rebeccaboe.bsky.social & @francescafardo.bsky.social we analyzed thermal pain thresholds in 565 adults and found no link to mental health symptoms. 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1061...
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No evidence for a link between mental health symptoms and pain thresholds
Previous studies have suggested associations between pain perception and psychological factors such as mood, distress, fatigue, and quality of life. However, these factors and their relationship to...
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Delighted to be back to Ernst Strüngmann Institute to learn and present at what should be an amazing meeting on psychedelics and consciousness www.esi-frankfurt.de/newevent/
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Upcoming Conference | Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
What shifts in our brain when our consciousness shifts? On Sept 8-9, we will explore this question at ESI-SyNC 2025 - with exciting talks, posters and discussions on the neural dynamics of altered consciousness, from psychedelics to breathwork, near-death experiences and meditation. (1/2)
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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
“Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures” doi.org/10.1038/s415... Small contribution in this piece by @frosas.bsky.social and colleagues on how we need both types of research culture in neuroscience. #neuroskyence
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Sweet, sweet review by the awesome @anne-urai.bsky.social on the beautiful mess that is behaviour. Also, best abstract ending I've seen in a long time: 'There is probably no such thing as stable behavior.' Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Structure uncovered: understanding temporal variability in perceptual decision-making
Studies of perceptual decision-making typically present the same stimulus repeatedly over the course of an experimental session but ignore the order o…
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Ape Shit the zine for primates @monkeywire.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A study of rhesus macaques in July found that those who communicated more clearly with their facial expressions made better leaders: phys.org/news/2024-07... Couldn't help but think of how this guy must be a great leader.
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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
As highlighted by @altmetric.com, #Bluesky keeps trending up, regularly beating #X/Twitter for research sharing, all with just 36M users compared to X's claimed 600M. Imagine achieving that without the spam and toxic mess. Honestly, what are you waiting for? #ResearchSky #AcademicSky #SocialMedia
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cogscikid.bsky.social @cogscikid.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Excited to share this project specifying a research direction I think will be particularly fruitful for theory-driven cognitive science that aims to explain natural behavior! We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Super kick-ass talk by @anna-beyeler.bsky.social on dopamine signalling and anxiety just now at the 12th SBDM (Symposium on the Biology of Decision Making)! 😱🤯🥳
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Phil Corlett @philcorlett.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Did their own hand feel rubbery? #catchtrials #demandcharacteristics :-)
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Now out in @natcomms.nature.com‬: Mice and monkeys spontaneously shift through comparable cognitive states - and it's written all over their faces! (1/7) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Inferring internal states across mice and monkeys using facial features - Nature Communications
Here, the authors created a virtual reality task for monkeys and mice to explore if internal states like attention are similar across species. Their facial expressions during the task were similar, su...
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Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Eatsalotl and Eatsalitl
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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
3/5) The real mechanism for credibility in science is simply the test of time: Can someone reproduce the results? Do others build on the findings? Real rigour in science comes from waiting to see whether a result holds and leads to new results. Period - that's it. It's not peer review.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Study finds that social media posts presenting scientific findings with more uncertainty are significantly less likely to be shared. This creates a challenge, since embracing uncertainty can actually boost accuracy and trust! academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... #ScienceSky #scicomm
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Expressions of uncertainty in online science communication hinder information diffusion
Abstract. Despite the importance of transparent communication of uncertainty surrounding scientific findings, there are concerns that communicating uncerta
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Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 18/04/2025
📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2025 📣 Our first seminar of the year by @damienfarine.bsky.social is coming up fast! 🐦 🎥 Check out this teaser! 📆 Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 2pm GMT 📍 Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9z... 💡 Free & open to all – no registration needed!
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Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I highly recommend this inspiring new book by Nahum Ulanovsky! A plea for neuroscientists to embrace “Natural Neuroscience”: use emerging technologies to uncover meaningful behavior and neural representations in free-roaming animals exposed to real-world stimuli. mitpress.mit.edu/978026204499...
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Natural Neuroscience
Natural neuroscience departs from the classical reductionist approach, which emphasizes control at the expense of natural behaviors, by proposing a shift tow...
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Jelena Brasanac, PhD @jelenabrasanac.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We have something special to share with you - our #Breathwork paper is out in the world! 🌍✨ We explored the mechanisms and effects of Breathwork-induced altered states of consciousness 🌬️🧠 Huge thanks to the wonderful Martha Havenith @zeronoiselab.bsky.social for bringing me into this project 🤗
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Our first paper on altered states of consciousness induced by #breathwork is officially out now! It addresses four big questions: (1) Can simple breathing alter your consciousness? Most definitely! And in very similar ways to psychedelics! (1/4) www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Decreased CO2 saturation during circular breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness - Communications Psychology
Circular breathwork induces altered states of consciousness similar to psychedelics, predicted by decreases in CO2 saturation. Acute physiological and psychological dynamics during breathwork in turn ...
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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Neuroethology at #cosyne2025 Beautiful talk by C. Noelle When animals move naturally vision is just different!
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
ICYMI
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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 18/12/2024
There's a movement in neuroscience suggesting we should be pursuing bigger bets with larger teams. I think there's a case for doing a bit of this, but I think it's a bad idea to prioritise it for two reasons, and a good case for saying we should be moving in the exact opposite direction. 🧠🧪
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Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We've gone from climate change denial to climate change criminalization. First they defund the science, now the FBI is prosecuting groups like Habitat for Humanity for fraud. newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
We are super happy to present our first preprint - the effect of our Rethinking Naturalistic Behaviour Workshop - where we look more critically at the term "naturalistic behaviour" and point to its vagueness and inconsistency in its use! osf.io/preprints/os...
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Bsky vs Twitter engagement difference now 50-fold...
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Reviewer 2 really has us blushing (and slightly bragging ;) ) on this one! 🙏 If you want to check out the MOST WELL-WRITTEN AND WELL-VIDEOGRAPHED protocol on chronic electrode implants in mice, head over here: app.jove.com/t/66867/the-... @3dneuro.bsky.social @openbehavior.bsky.social
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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Excited to share the latest fresh-off-the-press results from this project at #MindBrainBody Symposium today 🧠🫀 Want to find out more about cardiac activity, voluntary actions and sense of agency? Come chat with me at poster B23 💬 #MBBS25
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Laura S. Daedelow @lsdaedelow.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Excited for the last two sessions of our HEART study <3 this weekend - #Breathwork for psychotherapists and psychiatrists with Dr. Martha Havenith & team @zeronoiselab.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social #Psychotherapy #Research
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The "Free Our Feeds" campaign aims to protect social media from billionaire control by establishing a public-interest foundation. The initiative aims to ensure that the AT Protocol, the underlying technology of Bluesky, remains open and accessible to all.
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'Free Our Feeds' campaign aims to billionaire-proof Bluesky’s tech | TechCrunch
The initiative, Free Our Feeds, aims to protect Bluesky’s underlying technology, the AT Protocol, and leverage it to create an open social media ecosystem that can’t be controlled by a single company ...
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
In this episode, of “Brain Inspired,” Paul Middlebrooks and David Krakauer discuss the historical foundations of complexity science over the past 100 years. www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir... #neuroskyence
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David Krakauer reflects on the foundations and future of complexity science
In his book “The Complex World,” Krakauer explores how complexity science developed, from its early roots to the four pillars that now define it—entropy, evolution, dynamics and computation.
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Dinu F Albeanu @dinanthos.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Interested in understanding how things work? In particular the tools you use to study the brain? Join us at TENSS 2025 where we brainstorm ideas, build and debug microscopes, electrophysiology and behavior rigs amidst the picturesque Transylvanian hills! tenss.ro Apply by: February 16th!
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Ann Kennedy @antihebbiann.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Interested in diffusion models, behavior forecasting, internal states, neuromechanical modeling, reservoir computing, joint neural/behavioral datasets? Missing the sunshine? We have multiple fully funded postdoc positions, come join us!
The Kennedy lab is recruiting for multiple funded postdoctoral positions in theoretical and computational neuroscience, following our recent lab move to Scripps Research in sunny San Diego, California.
Ongoing projects in the lab span topics in:
-	reservoir computing with heterogeneous cell types
-	reinforcement learning/control theory analysis of complex behavior
-	neuromechanical whole-organism modeling
-	imitation learning/forecasting of mouse social interactions
-	joint analysis/modeling of effects of internal states on neural + vocalization + behavior data
With additional NIH and foundation funding for:
-	characterizing progression of behavioral phenotypes in Parkinson’s
-	modeling cellular/circuit mechanisms underlying internal state-dependent changes in neural population dynamics
-	characterizing neural correlates of social relationships across species
Projects are flexible and can be tailored to applicants’ research and training goals, and there are abundant opportunities for new collaboration with local experimental groups.
San Diego has a fantastic research community and very high quality of life. Our campus is located at the Pacific coast, at the northern edge of UCSD and not far from the Salk Institute. We offer competitive postdoctoral stipends that reflect coastal cost-of-living expectations and include a relocation bonus, with research professorship positions available for qualified applicants.
More information about the lab at https://www.kennedylab.org.
Please email Ann Kennedy akennedy@scripps.edu with inquiries.
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
What papers do you like that demonstrate the use of 'orthogonal subspaces' for encoding information in neural populations? #neuroskyence #compneuro #neuroAI
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Ida Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Honored that a piece I wrote made it to NYTimes. It’s about how my mom’s stroke changed my connection to time, science, and nature. What a privilege to honor my mom in Modern Love. Below is a gift link. Let me know your thoughts 🙏🏼 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/s...
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Grief Makes Us Time Travelers (Gift Article)
A neuroscientist studying memory, I used to believe time was linear. Then my mother had a stroke.
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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I love this!! Also, I aspire to this level of thoughtful teaching. Definitely not there yet...
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Timothy O'Leary @timothyoleary.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Apropos of never ending discussions about whether ANNs are "good" models of the nervous system, here is a slide I present to masters students showing a network that is found in motor control circuits *across phyla* (that's pretty ubiquitous!) I ask them to guess what it does...
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