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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 2h

And for people without a vision background. What is this tapetum? It is basically a mirror behind the retina. Why is it so useful? It doubles the light capture (every photon can hit a receptor twice. Why don't we humans have it? We don't hunt in the dark but cats do.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 3h

indeed. Evolution is amazing!

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 5h

The Nobel prize in Econ to Phillipe Aghion is for innovation. Key driver for future world. And he is coauthor and mentor of my wife @imarinescu.bsky.social . Amazing development!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

Breaking News: The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work on how technology drives growth.

Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth

Joel Mokyr was awarded half of the prize, and Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt shared the other half.

nyti.ms

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Antonino Greco @agreco.bsky.social · 2d

here the trick is to unpack the word *understanding*

it’s not about what each neuron does, but the rules shaping the behaviour of biological systems!

"rules for development and learning in brains may be far easier to understand than their resulting properties"

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arxiv.org/abs/1907.06374

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly that. Would help a great deal for thinking through possible uses.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 5d

Is there an estimate of the percentage of variance of stimulation effects we can predict based on observational data?

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Juan Gallego @juangallego.bsky.social · 6d

🚨Big news!🚨
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.

I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!

Champalimaud Research @champalimaudr.bsky.social · 7d

🧠🎼 What does it take to restore movement? Neuroscientist and engineer, @juangallego.bsky.social, joins the new Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at the Champalimaud Foundation.

🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 9d

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:

Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Cover page of Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 1 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 2 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 12d

Such a cool achievement!

Andrew Payne @andrewcpayne.bsky.social · 12d

E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.

Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks to @pessoabrain.bsky.social and @thetransmitter.bsky.social for featuring our paper and to @aliyarumana.bsky.social and Peter Tse for engaging so generously with the ideas! 😊 www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

Beyond Newtonian causation in neuroscience

The traditional mechanistic framework must give way to a richer understanding of how brains actually generate behavior over time.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 23d

I think it is very important to talk more about the deep problems of functional connectivity,

Gang Chen @gangchen6.bsky.social · 23d

Data only shows associations. Turning those into claims about mechanism or causation? That requires a Rosetta Stone of prior knowledge + theory. Resting-state fMRI is purely observational; correlation is its currency. From this, plenty of "theoretical toys" about brain function can be built...

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 23d

Resting-State fMRI and the Risk of Overinterpretation: Noise, Mechanisms, and a Missing Rosetta Stone https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676611v1

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 24d

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 26d

He’s going to spend 25% of his life to live 10% longer, isn’t he?

We need to teach opportunity cost more in our schools.

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 26d

Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?

The real scientific insights from Bryan Johnson’s immortality quest

Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?

www.newscientist.com

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 27d

indeed. Very cool!

Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 27d

Pretty weak specialization tbf.

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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 28d

For those interested in open neuroscience learning tools, check out the preprint for “RetINaBox: A hands-on tool for experimental neuroscience" that a couple students in my lab worked on in collaboration with the Trenholm lab:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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RetINaBox: A hands-on learning tool for experimental neuroscience

An exciting aspect of neuroscience research is developing and testing hypotheses via experimentation. However, due to logistical and financial hurdles, this compelling part of neuroscience research is...

www.biorxiv.org

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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 28d

At a meeting in 2000, a prominent researcher accused John Duncan and me of "turning cortex into a bowl of porridge". Hey, if the data shows a bowl of porridge, that's what it is. Sorry if that is uncomfortable or inconvenient.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 28d

I'd still call this weak specialization.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 28d

yeah. I did not voice disagreement. Rather puzzlement about why strong specialization still has proponents.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 28d

Weak specialization sure. Not denying the existence of motor cortex. But computationally grand-mother cells are just pointless.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 29d

This point by @earlkmiller.bsky.social is very much obvious from a mainstream deep learning perspective. Why would neurons specialize?

Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · Sep 13

Talk: Cognition is Emergent - Earl K. Miller
Neuroscience and Philosophy Salon, 9-12-25
youtu.be/Sk4ehOcsDmM?...

"Cognition is emergent" by Earl Miller

YouTube video by Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon

youtu.be

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Sebastian Ocklenburg @ocklenburg.bsky.social · 29d

Is This the End of the Growth Mindset Theory? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

Is This the End of the Growth Mindset Theory?

Growth mindset interventions targeted at improving students’ academic achievements are common. A new study shows that they have little to no actual effect.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · Sep 8

Otoh. With AI threatening the way the world runs, threatening the jobs of many Americans, isn't it justified for the public to be somewhat less science positive?

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · Sep 7

In our capitalist society, we worship competition

But in academia it can be harmful

Encouraging secrecy over collaboration, withholding of data, misappropriation of ideas, and even questionable research practices

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Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience.

#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

jobs.utoronto.ca

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