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Laura Grima @lauragrima.bsky.social · 2d

Pleased to have this review out in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social. In it we discuss various aspects of the intersection between foraging behaviors and neuroscience, and offer some future directions: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Foraging as an ethological framework for neuroscience

The study of foraging is central to a renewed interest in naturalistic behavior in neuroscience. Applying a foraging framework grounded in behavioral …

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Laura Grima @lauragrima.bsky.social · 1d

Plus, there's now a related conference organized by some wonderful people @unibirmingham.bsky.social in the UK, including @brainapps.bsky.social, @markdhumphries.bsky.social, and others. (Registration for this conference is still open until the 20th October!) uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 2d

#neuroskyence, a question for you:

Can you think of a paper that shows the latent dynamics of a network are robust to the loss of its neurons?

(Or, if you prefer, that the manifold is robust to the same)

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you, looks useful!

Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 2d

#neuroskyence, a question for you:

Can you think of a paper that shows the latent dynamics of a network are robust to the loss of its neurons?

(Or, if you prefer, that the manifold is robust to the same)

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Tim Vogels @tpvogels.bsky.social · 2d

“Mapping ion channel function” doi.org/10.7554/eLif... isn’t exactly a citation slayer, but it’s still one of my favourites (& my first independent project). Today we push pt 2, where we trace code origin & unite almost all channel models in a common expression. Boom! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

An ion channel omnimodel for standardized biophysical neuron modelling

Biophysical neuron modeling is an indispensable tool in neuroscience research, with the combination of diverse ion channel kinetics and morphologies being used to explain various single-neuron propert...

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 10d

#Neuroskyence hive mind: what’s the best single paper that explains the attractor theory of working memory?

For reference, my go to has been Wang’s 2001 TINS paper, but that’s nearly a quarter century old!

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Synaptic reverberation underlying mnemonic persistent activity

Stimulus-specific persistent neural activity is the neural process underlying active (working) memory. Since its discovery 30 years ago, mnemonic acti…

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! The NRN covers a lot, so may not be so accessible for the audience I’ve in mind; will revisit Wang’s follow up in TINs, may well be the answer!

Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 10d

#Neuroskyence hive mind: what’s the best single paper that explains the attractor theory of working memory?

For reference, my go to has been Wang’s 2001 TINS paper, but that’s nearly a quarter century old!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Synaptic reverberation underlying mnemonic persistent activity

Stimulus-specific persistent neural activity is the neural process underlying active (working) memory. Since its discovery 30 years ago, mnemonic acti…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 20d

Early-bird registration for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" ends September 30th

A meeting for everyone fascinated by the brain's role in foraging, 3-5 November 2025 at University of Birmingham.

Full speaker list, schedule and more now on the website
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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 29d

The MRC are looking for a computational neuroscientist (anything from cognition to NeuroAI) to join their Neuroscience & Mental Health Board, to replace me as I step down next year.

Drop me a line if you want to know more

Deadline September 14th

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MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Board (NMHB) member vacancies

Closing date 14 September 2025 at 11:59pm (UK time) Number of positions Six Length of term Two years, plus additional two years after review Time commitment Two days per month Remuneration £160 per da...

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 29d

The MRC are looking for a computational neuroscientist to join their Neuroscience & Mental Health Board, to replace me as I step down next year.

Drop me a line if you want to know more

Deadline September 14th

www.ukri.org/who-we-are/w....

MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Board (NMHB) member vacancies

Closing date 14 September 2025 at 11:59pm (UK time) Number of positions Six Length of term Two years, plus additional two years after review Time commitment Two days per month Remuneration £160 per da...

www.ukri.org

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Paul Middlebrooks @braininspired.bsky.social · Aug 27

BI 219 Xaq Pitkow: Principles and Constraints of Cognition

YouTube video by Brain Inspired

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 18

Closing soon! Abstract submission for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025

A multidisciplinary meeting on the neural, behavioural and computational foundations of foraging across species:
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Deadline: August 29

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Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social · Aug 13

Job Alert!!! We are looking for a motivated postdoc to join a 3-year BBSRC funded project led by my colleague Carl Stevenson (I’m coPI). This multi-disciplinary project will combine in vivo heart rate monitoring and optogenetics with behavioural testing (fear and active avoidance) in rats.

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 18

Confirmed talks:
@mkflugge.bsky.social, Susan Healy, Benjamin Hayden,
@fearbrain.bsky.social, @becketebs.bsky.social,
@dlbarack.bsky.social, Jennifer Li, @ellileadbeater.bsky.social, @aaronbornstein.bsky.social, Nicholas Furl, @markdhumphries.bsky.social & more

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 18

Closing soon! Abstract submission for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025

A multidisciplinary meeting on the neural, behavioural and computational foundations of foraging across species:
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Deadline: August 29

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 12

My latest column for @thetransmitter.bsky.social - why neural populations are a convenient fiction

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The challenge of defining a neural population

Our current approach is largely arbitrary. We need new methods for grouping cells, ideally by their dynamics.

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Borjan (Boki) Milinković @neuromorphicboki.bsky.social · Aug 12

Great article by @markdhumphries.bsky.social here. Humphries’ work had a significant impact on my thinking. This is precisely what we attempt to do in our recent preprint, and in previous published neural modelling work.

I’m sympathetic to the focus on dynamics in coarse graining.

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks Dan!

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Aug 11

Great essay Mark! I think your definition of grouping by dynamics is very related to Fodor's "information encapsulation" property of modular systems. We explored this a bit in two recent papers which, if you haven't already seen, you might like (in next 2 posts).

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Rick Betzel @richardfbetzel.bsky.social · Aug 12

So stoked to see this in press!

Diverging network architecture of the C. elegans connectome and signaling network

journal: journals.aps.org/prxlife/acce...
preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2412.14498

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PRX Life - Accepted Paper: Diverging network architecture of the C. elegans connectome and signaling network

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 12

My latest column for @thetransmitter.bsky.social - why neural populations are a convenient fiction

doi.org/10.53053/FZK...

The challenge of defining a neural population

Our current approach is largely arbitrary. We need new methods for grouping cells, ideally by their dynamics.

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Aug 11

Our current approach to defining neural populations is largely arbitrary. We need new methods for grouping cells, ideally by their dynamics, writes @markdhumphries.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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The challenge of defining a neural population

Our current approach is largely arbitrary. We need new methods for grouping cells, ideally by their dynamics.

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Motivation and Social Neuroscience (MSN) Lab @msnlab.bsky.social · Aug 4

Abstract submission open for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025

(University of Birmingham, 3–5 November)

A multidisciplinary event exploring the neural, behavioural and computational foundations of foraging across species:
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Deadline: August 17, 2025

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