Iris Groen
@irisgroen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @UvA_Amsterdam | Cognitive neuroscience, Scene perception, Computational vision | Chair of CCN2025 | www.irisgroen.com
On the train to Brussels, towards the biannual NeuroCog meeting, whose theme this edition is “AI and the brain”
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Prepping my talk and looking forward to learning about exciting new research and immersing myself in some good discussions in the next two days!
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Prepping my talk and looking forward to learning about exciting new research and immersing myself in some good discussions in the next two days!
NeuroCog » November 17-18, 2025
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November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
On the train to Brussels, towards the biannual NeuroCog meeting, whose theme this edition is “AI and the brain”
neurocog.be
Prepping my talk and looking forward to learning about exciting new research and immersing myself in some good discussions in the next two days!
neurocog.be
Prepping my talk and looking forward to learning about exciting new research and immersing myself in some good discussions in the next two days!
📣 New preprint by a stellar team 🤩
I’m most excited by “phase III” in the alignment time course, which is best captured by mid-layers of temporally integrating video models! While we do not directly compare with image-EEG (yet - will do so in the #VIDI) I suspect this is unique to video vision 🎥🔥
I’m most excited by “phase III” in the alignment time course, which is best captured by mid-layers of temporally integrating video models! While we do not directly compare with image-EEG (yet - will do so in the #VIDI) I suspect this is unique to video vision 🎥🔥
📢 New preprint, together with @sargechris.bsky.social!
Building on @sargechris.bsky.social's previous work, we benchmark 100+ image and video models 🤖 on brain representational alignment, this time to EEG data of humans 🧠 watching videos! 🧵⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Building on @sargechris.bsky.social's previous work, we benchmark 100+ image and video models 🤖 on brain representational alignment, this time to EEG data of humans 🧠 watching videos! 🧵⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Human Brain as a Dynamic Mixture of Expert Models in Video Understanding
The human brain is the most efficient and versatile system for processing dynamic visual input. By comparing representations from deep video models to brain activity, we can gain insights into mechani...
www.biorxiv.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
📣 New preprint by a stellar team 🤩
I’m most excited by “phase III” in the alignment time course, which is best captured by mid-layers of temporally integrating video models! While we do not directly compare with image-EEG (yet - will do so in the #VIDI) I suspect this is unique to video vision 🎥🔥
I’m most excited by “phase III” in the alignment time course, which is best captured by mid-layers of temporally integrating video models! While we do not directly compare with image-EEG (yet - will do so in the #VIDI) I suspect this is unique to video vision 🎥🔥
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Pleased to share that our survey "Getting aligned on representational alignment" — on representational alignment across cognitive (neuro)science and machine learning — is now published in TMLR! openreview.net/forum?id=Hiq...
Kudos to @sucholutsky.bsky.social @lukasmut.bsky.social for leading this!
Kudos to @sucholutsky.bsky.social @lukasmut.bsky.social for leading this!
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Pleased to share that our survey "Getting aligned on representational alignment" — on representational alignment across cognitive (neuro)science and machine learning — is now published in TMLR! openreview.net/forum?id=Hiq...
Kudos to @sucholutsky.bsky.social @lukasmut.bsky.social for leading this!
Kudos to @sucholutsky.bsky.social @lukasmut.bsky.social for leading this!
Honoured to receive an NWO #VIDI grant to study 'the TikTok Brain': representational alignment of brains and deep nets for #video! I'm hugely thankful to the anonymous reviewers for their enthusiasm and for the opportunity to grow and sustain my lab. Job ads coming soon!
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
149 Vidi applications granted to talented researchers | NWO
NWO has granted a maximum of 850.000 euros to 149 scientists from the domain Science (ENW), Applied and Engineering Sciences (AES) and Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) domains, as well as Health, Research and Development (ZonMw). With the help of the Vidi grant, the talented scientists can start their own line of research and further develop their talent.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Honoured to receive an NWO #VIDI grant to study 'the TikTok Brain': representational alignment of brains and deep nets for #video! I'm hugely thankful to the anonymous reviewers for their enthusiasm and for the opportunity to grow and sustain my lab. Job ads coming soon!
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
Our exciting new preprint emphasizing the role of texture/local statistics in brain-DNN alignment (for EEG), online now!
🧠 New preprint: Why do deep neural networks predict brain responses so well?
We find a striking dissociation: it’s not shared object recognition. Alignment is driven by sensitivity to texture-like local statistics.
📊 Study: n=57, 624k trials, 5 models doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We find a striking dissociation: it’s not shared object recognition. Alignment is driven by sensitivity to texture-like local statistics.
📊 Study: n=57, 624k trials, 5 models doi.org/10.1101/2025...
September 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Our exciting new preprint emphasizing the role of texture/local statistics in brain-DNN alignment (for EEG), online now!
Honored & looking forward to give this lecture tomorrow @ucl-neuroai.bsky.social!
🧠✨ How closely do AI models mirror the human brain?
Join us for @irisgroen.bsky.social’s talk: “Alignment of visual representations in AI and human brains: beyond object recognition”
📅 8th September @unireps.bsky.social x @ucl-neuroai.bsky.social meetup
🔗 Zoom link: ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160
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Join us for @irisgroen.bsky.social’s talk: “Alignment of visual representations in AI and human brains: beyond object recognition”
📅 8th September @unireps.bsky.social x @ucl-neuroai.bsky.social meetup
🔗 Zoom link: ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160
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September 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Honored & looking forward to give this lecture tomorrow @ucl-neuroai.bsky.social!
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📢 10 days left to submit to the Data on the Brain & Mind Workshop at #NeurIPS2025!
📝 Call for:
• Findings (4 or 8 pages)
• Tutorials
If you’re submitting to ICLR or NeurIPS, consider submitting here too—and highlight how to use a cog neuro dataset in our tutorial track!
🔗 data-brain-mind.github.io
📝 Call for:
• Findings (4 or 8 pages)
• Tutorials
If you’re submitting to ICLR or NeurIPS, consider submitting here too—and highlight how to use a cog neuro dataset in our tutorial track!
🔗 data-brain-mind.github.io
Data on the Brain & Mind
data-brain-mind.github.io
August 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📢 10 days left to submit to the Data on the Brain & Mind Workshop at #NeurIPS2025!
📝 Call for:
• Findings (4 or 8 pages)
• Tutorials
If you’re submitting to ICLR or NeurIPS, consider submitting here too—and highlight how to use a cog neuro dataset in our tutorial track!
🔗 data-brain-mind.github.io
📝 Call for:
• Findings (4 or 8 pages)
• Tutorials
If you’re submitting to ICLR or NeurIPS, consider submitting here too—and highlight how to use a cog neuro dataset in our tutorial track!
🔗 data-brain-mind.github.io
Somewhat exhausted but very happily and proudly looking back at #CCN2025 & ready to pass the torch to NEW Amsterdam for #CCN2026 🥳Please fill out the survey 👇 to give input to the organizing team led by @neurograce.bsky.social and @toddgureckis.bsky.social @NYU!
The rumors are true! #CCN2026 will be held at NYU. @toddgureckis.bsky.social and I will be executive-chairing. Get in touch if you want to be involved!
August 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Somewhat exhausted but very happily and proudly looking back at #CCN2025 & ready to pass the torch to NEW Amsterdam for #CCN2026 🥳Please fill out the survey 👇 to give input to the organizing team led by @neurograce.bsky.social and @toddgureckis.bsky.social @NYU!
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Final day of CCN 2025! 🎉 Ellie Pavlick opens with a keynote on neural compositionality, we have our last contributed talks and poster session, then Pieter Roelfsema gives the last keynote of the conference. Thread below 👇
August 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Final day of CCN 2025! 🎉 Ellie Pavlick opens with a keynote on neural compositionality, we have our last contributed talks and poster session, then Pieter Roelfsema gives the last keynote of the conference. Thread below 👇
Reposted by Iris Groen
Als zelfs een 'betrouwbaar' wetenschappelijk medium foutieve AI-gegenereerde informatie c.q. definities deelt als de waarheid. Lees vooral ook de mailwisseling met het medium onder het artikel.
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…
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August 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Als zelfs een 'betrouwbaar' wetenschappelijk medium foutieve AI-gegenereerde informatie c.q. definities deelt als de waarheid. Lees vooral ook de mailwisseling met het medium onder het artikel.
I’ve had 40 birthdays so far, but this is the first one chairing a major international conference 👩💻! Thanks to the nearly 1000 attendees of #CCN2025 for coming to my birthday this year 😉
August 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I’ve had 40 birthdays so far, but this is the first one chairing a major international conference 👩💻! Thanks to the nearly 1000 attendees of #CCN2025 for coming to my birthday this year 😉
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Lots of talks on Thursday of CCN 2025! 🎙️ David Poeppel's keynote, four contributed talk sessions, three K&T tracks, and tonight's social event. Details in thread 👇
August 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Lots of talks on Thursday of CCN 2025! 🎙️ David Poeppel's keynote, four contributed talk sessions, three K&T tracks, and tonight's social event. Details in thread 👇
Reposted by Iris Groen
Welcome to the second day of #CCN2025 ! 🌟Today we have Yasuo Kuniyoshi's keynote on embodiment, four parallel community events, and our GAC debate sessions. More details in the thread below 👇
August 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Welcome to the second day of #CCN2025 ! 🌟Today we have Yasuo Kuniyoshi's keynote on embodiment, four parallel community events, and our GAC debate sessions. More details in the thread below 👇
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Welcome to the first day of #CCN2025 ! 🧠 Today, we're starting with networking, opening remarks, and two fantastic keynotes from Nancy Kanwisher and Anna Schapiro. More details in the thread below 👇
August 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Welcome to the first day of #CCN2025 ! 🧠 Today, we're starting with networking, opening remarks, and two fantastic keynotes from Nancy Kanwisher and Anna Schapiro. More details in the thread below 👇
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The moment we've all been waiting for— #CCN2025 is HERE! Today we start with satellite events, and tomorrow the main conference begins in Amsterdam! We'll be sharing daily updates about each day's program, so follow the CCN account to stay in the loop. Can't wait to see everyone!
August 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The moment we've all been waiting for— #CCN2025 is HERE! Today we start with satellite events, and tomorrow the main conference begins in Amsterdam! We'll be sharing daily updates about each day's program, so follow the CCN account to stay in the loop. Can't wait to see everyone!
After preparing for a full year together with @neurosteven.bsky.social and all other amazing organizers
of @cogcompneuro.bsky.social, #CCN2025 is finally here!
While I'm proud of the entire program we put together, I'd now like to highlight my own lab's contributions, 6 posters total:
of @cogcompneuro.bsky.social, #CCN2025 is finally here!
While I'm proud of the entire program we put together, I'd now like to highlight my own lab's contributions, 6 posters total:
August 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
After preparing for a full year together with @neurosteven.bsky.social and all other amazing organizers
of @cogcompneuro.bsky.social, #CCN2025 is finally here!
While I'm proud of the entire program we put together, I'd now like to highlight my own lab's contributions, 6 posters total:
of @cogcompneuro.bsky.social, #CCN2025 is finally here!
While I'm proud of the entire program we put together, I'd now like to highlight my own lab's contributions, 6 posters total:
Reposted by Iris Groen
Less than 2 weeks until CCN 2025 in Amsterdam! Here's everything you need to know to prepare for the 8th Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference, August 12-15 at University of Amsterdam 🧠
August 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Less than 2 weeks until CCN 2025 in Amsterdam! Here's everything you need to know to prepare for the 8th Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference, August 12-15 at University of Amsterdam 🧠
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The 8th Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference is coming closer and we are looking forward to welcoming the CCN community in Amsterdam this August 12-15! Here is some additional information in preparation for this year's conference:
July 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The 8th Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference is coming closer and we are looking forward to welcoming the CCN community in Amsterdam this August 12-15! Here is some additional information in preparation for this year's conference:
Reposted by Iris Groen
Een wereld vol denkers: een avond vol #psychologie, #neurowetenschap 🧠, #biologie 🪴 en #AI 🤖! Met bijdragen van @irisgroen.bsky.social, Jackie Higgins en Yaïr Pinto. Ma 22 september 🗓️ bij @sggroningen.bsky.social in het academiegebouw van @rug.nl. Kaartjes 👉 sggroningen.nl/nl/evenement... 1/2
Een wereld vol denkers
We zijn continu aan het denken en voelen. In hoeverre zijn mensen hierin uniek?
sggroningen.nl
June 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Een wereld vol denkers: een avond vol #psychologie, #neurowetenschap 🧠, #biologie 🪴 en #AI 🤖! Met bijdragen van @irisgroen.bsky.social, Jackie Higgins en Yaïr Pinto. Ma 22 september 🗓️ bij @sggroningen.bsky.social in het academiegebouw van @rug.nl. Kaartjes 👉 sggroningen.nl/nl/evenement... 1/2
Ik mocht bij het Oog op Morgen vertellen over een nieuw onderzoek naar de invloed van het gebruik van chatGPT op ons brein. De studie is nog erg 'preliminary', maar het is wel belangrijk dat er aandacht is voor hoe AI het leerproces en denkvermogen beïnvloedt.
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n...
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n...
Maakt AI ons dommer?
Kunstmatige intelligentie zou mensen slimmer moeten maken, maar onderzoekers van het Amerikaanse MIT Media Lab concluderen dat het gebruik van Chat GPT ons denkvermogen juist aantast. Wat zijn de risi...
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June 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Ik mocht bij het Oog op Morgen vertellen over een nieuw onderzoek naar de invloed van het gebruik van chatGPT op ons brein. De studie is nog erg 'preliminary', maar het is wel belangrijk dat er aandacht is voor hoe AI het leerproces en denkvermogen beïnvloedt.
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n...
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n...
In these tumultuous times, still happy to report a scientific achievement: our preprint on affordance perception was just published in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Using behavior, fMRI and deep network analyses, we report two key findings. To recapitulate (preprint 🧵lost on other place):
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Using behavior, fMRI and deep network analyses, we report two key findings. To recapitulate (preprint 🧵lost on other place):
Representation of locomotive action affordances in human behavior, brains, and deep neural networks | PNAS
To decide how to move around the world, we must determine which locomotive actions
(e.g., walking, swimming, or climbing) are afforded by the immed...
www.pnas.org
June 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In these tumultuous times, still happy to report a scientific achievement: our preprint on affordance perception was just published in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Using behavior, fMRI and deep network analyses, we report two key findings. To recapitulate (preprint 🧵lost on other place):
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Using behavior, fMRI and deep network analyses, we report two key findings. To recapitulate (preprint 🧵lost on other place):
Interesting analogy!
"As appealing as they can be, Large Language Models are as useful to scientific research as microwaves are to fine
cuisine."
doi.org/10.1177/0301...
cuisine."
doi.org/10.1177/0301...
Using AI for peer reviewing is like using a microwave to reheat an old meal - Pascal Mamassian, 2025
doi.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Interesting analogy!
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NEUROCOG 2025 is taking place in Brussels Nov 17–18!
The theme: AI and the Human Brain 🤖 🧠
We’re thrilled to welcome 6 amazing invited speakers:
@evfedorenko.bsky.social, @nicoschuck.bsky.social, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, @jeffreybowers.bsky.social, @irisgroen.bsky.social & @mtoneva.bsky.social
The theme: AI and the Human Brain 🤖 🧠
We’re thrilled to welcome 6 amazing invited speakers:
@evfedorenko.bsky.social, @nicoschuck.bsky.social, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, @jeffreybowers.bsky.social, @irisgroen.bsky.social & @mtoneva.bsky.social
NeuroCog » November 17-18, 2025
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June 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEUROCOG 2025 is taking place in Brussels Nov 17–18!
The theme: AI and the Human Brain 🤖 🧠
We’re thrilled to welcome 6 amazing invited speakers:
@evfedorenko.bsky.social, @nicoschuck.bsky.social, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, @jeffreybowers.bsky.social, @irisgroen.bsky.social & @mtoneva.bsky.social
The theme: AI and the Human Brain 🤖 🧠
We’re thrilled to welcome 6 amazing invited speakers:
@evfedorenko.bsky.social, @nicoschuck.bsky.social, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, @jeffreybowers.bsky.social, @irisgroen.bsky.social & @mtoneva.bsky.social