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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Aug 18

Erin Kunz, Benjamin Abramovich, Frank Willett and colleagues published their amazing study on inner speech decoding from MEAs in the motor cortex. You can find the full study here:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

The NYT asked about my opinion on this study, see: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible

www.nytimes.com

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Jul 7

Research in BCIs is moving fast in China. I tried to convey my enthusiasm when being interviewed for this piece

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

China pours money into brain chips that give paralysed people more control

Brain–computer interfaces being trialled in China offer some advantages over Neuralink and other leading US devices.

www.nature.com

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Jul 3

Very clever! I always print them on block and then spend way too much time getting rid of the supports.

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Jul 3

How do you get rid of the supports so nicely?

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Pierre Mégevand @vanmedge.bsky.social · Jul 2

Two post-doc positions in #iEEG research at the University of Bern, Switzerland, in the group of Prof. Athina Tzovara. Top PI, top city, #iEEG research: what's not to like?

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Jun 3

Wednesday, Sophia Gimple shows her results on decoding decision confidence (A07) and Maxime Verwoert will discuss how to pre-process sEEG data for BCIs (G59).

On Thursday, we have our workshop (W20) on speech BCIs with an amazing collection of speakers!

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Jun 3

Really happy to be at my favorite conference, the @bcisociety.bsky.social Meeting in Banff. The location is stunning and so is all the science being presented.

Today, Paul Weger will present his poster (B22) on adding frontal error potentials to intracranial BCI.

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Jun 3

Our correspondence on a definition of BCIs has just been published. Check out how @marcslutzky.bsky.social , @mjvansteensel.bsky.social , Robert Gaunt and I summarize the @bcisociety.bsky.social definition: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A brain–computer interface working definition - Nature Biomedical Engineering

Nature Biomedical Engineering - A brain–computer interface working definition

www.nature.com

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · May 27

🚨 Two PhD positions open in Barcelona!
Work with Diego Vidaurre on machine learning at the intersection of methods, neuroscience, and clinical applications.

Details:
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/89/phd-...
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/88/phd-...

#neuroskyence #psychscisky

Call - Centre de Recerca Matemàtica

www.crm.cat

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Fleur Zeldenrust @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social · May 27

A few days left to apply!

Fleur Zeldenrust @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social · Apr 22

My lab is looking for a PhD candidate, in collaboration with Bernhard Englitz's lab.

www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

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Pierre Mégevand @vanmedge.bsky.social · Apr 21

"VocalMind: A Stereotactic EEG Dataset for Vocalized, Mimed, and Imagined Speech in Tonal Language"

In #ScientificData

#iEEG

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

VocalMind: A Stereotactic EEG Dataset for Vocalized, Mimed, and Imagined Speech in Tonal Language - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - VocalMind: A Stereotactic EEG Dataset for Vocalized, Mimed, and Imagined Speech in Tonal Language

www.nature.com

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Mar 31

Check out this new article about the amazing new study by @changlabucsf.bsky.social with my 5 cents added.

Nature @nature.com · Mar 31

A brain-reading implant that translates neural signals into audible speech has allowed a woman with paralysis to hear what she intends to say nearly instantly

https://go.nature.com/3QStZtI

Brain implant translates thoughts to speech in an instant

Improvements to brain–computer interfaces are bringing the technology closer to natural conversation speed.

go.nature.com

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Mar 14

We found that articulatory and acoustic representations are relatively localized and left hemisphere dominant, while semantic representations are distributed over the entire brain. We hope that this might be the starting point for BCIs that tap into the meaning of what patients want to say.

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Mar 14

Maxime Verwoert's paper on different representations of speech production in distributed intracranial recordings of neural activity is now published:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Timo van Kerkoerle @timovankerkoerle.bsky.social · Feb 20

We have a very exciting 4-year PhD position available at the @dondersinst.bsky.social, to better understand how neuronal populations generate magnetic fields and how to measure those intracranially, with Corette Wierenga & @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social.
For more info:
neuronanotech.eu/phd-projects...

NeuroNanotech MSCA Doctoral Network @neuronanotechdn.bsky.social · Feb 20

📢The call is open!

Are you seeking a #PhDposition in Nanoscience/Neuroscience? Have a look to the NeuroNanotech Doctoral Network positions. A great funding scheme with career development support.

️🟪 🟦 neuronanotech.eu?utm_campaign... 🟦 🟪

#MSCA #EUfunded #HorizonEU #PhDjob

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Sylvain Baillet @sylvainbaillet.bsky.social · Feb 12

We're glad to participate in the 2nd edition of #MicMac, a workshop dedicated to intracranial electrophysiological recordings!
📷 When: March 19-21, 2025
📷 Where: Toulouse, France
4-hour hands-on training on sEEG analysis
micmac-workshop.org/program/

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Feb 18

I think @nschawor.bsky.social is a great fit!

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Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Feb 17

I am hiring: PhD students, postdocs, admin personnel. Email me if you know somebody that may be interested in joining us in Cologne! 👇👇

Please RT for reach! 🙏🙏

Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Feb 17

I am excited to announce that I will be founding an institute for network stimulation at the University Hospital Cologne – already this coming May!

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thanks for your kind words. I agree, we also make no claims about causality.

Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Feb 11

Interestingly, position could only be decoded in relation to the goal, not in an allocentric reference frame.

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Feb 11

Really excited by this new study: @mottenhoff.bsky.social used a gamified experiment to show that goal-oriented movement could be decoded from distributed neural recordings. This is in-line with findings in rodents that the whole brain is involved in motor control (@carandinilab.net).

Maarten C. Ottenhoff @mottenhoff.bsky.social · Feb 10

Check out our new preprint where we decode goal-directed hand movements from brain-wide intracranial recordings. See a quick summary below, or find the full preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1....

Decoding continuous goal-directed movement from human brain-wide intracranial recordings

Reaching out your hand is an effortless yet complex behavior that is indispensable in daily life. Restoring arm functionality is therefore rated a top priority by people with tetraplegia. Recently, ne...

www.biorxiv.org

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BCI Society @bcisociety.bsky.social · Jan 23

2025 #BCI Board Nominations now open. Thank you for your support in providing strong, on-going Society leadership through your nomination(s). Deadline for nomination: January 29
bcisociety.org/about/electi...

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · Jan 21

Announcing a new week-long program for young computational neuroscience/ behavior professors to talk about rigorous science, mentoring, lab management, and networking in a stunning retreat setting. Do great science as a community and have fun doing so.

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Pierre Mégevand @vanmedge.bsky.social · Jan 20

"A Speech Neuroprosthesis in the Frontal Lobe and Hippocampus: Decoding High-Frequency Activity into Phonemes"

Interesting single case report

#iEEG

journals.lww.com/neurosurgery...

A Speech Neuroprosthesis in the Frontal Lobe and... : Neurosurgery

late and orbitofrontal cortices, and hippocampus. METHODS: A 37-year-old male neurosurgical epilepsy patient with intact speech, implanted with depth electrodes for clinical reasons only, silently ...

journals.lww.com

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Christian Herff @cherff.bsky.social · Jan 16

Deadline extension for the BCI Meeting abstract submissions.

BCI Society @bcisociety.bsky.social · Jan 15

New Deadline: Thursday, January 23, 2025
This extension applies to abstract submissions for individual oral and poster presentations for the upcoming BCI Meeting.

Learn more at bcisociety.org/bci-meeting/...