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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Mar 31

Many thanks to our conference chairs and our program committee members: David Boas, @swathikiran.bsky.social, @mstangl.bsky.social, @mayucel.bsky.social, Hasan Ayaz, @avonluh.bsky.social, @nicoleprovenza.bsky.social, @seeber.bsky.social, Bettina Sorger

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Mar 31

And don't miss our neurotechnology panel discussion with Dan Adams (Neuralink), Christoph Guger (g.tec), Katherine Perdue (Kernel), and Brett Wingeier (NeuroPace) 🤩🧠

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Mar 31

Very much looking forward to our speakers: @maryamshanechi.bsky.social, @hugospiers.bsky.social, Marom Bikson, @jenpitt.bsky.social, Mary Czerwinski, @peabody124.bsky.social, @dpferris.bsky.social, @sladouce.bsky.social, Matthew Rizzo,
@c-rothkopf.bsky.social, @doriswang.bsky.social, Ying Choon Wu

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Mar 31

Interested in human brain function and neuroimaging during natural real-world activities? Learn more from our amazing speakers and present your own work at the Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference. Registration & abstract submission is now open: neuroscienceeverydayworld.org/conference-2...

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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · Mar 10

Suthana et al. studied brain recordings from implanted electrodes in freely moving humans. They show that neural dynamics encoded actual and imagined routes similarly. @suthanalab.bsky.social @seeber.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Human neural dynamics of real-world and imagined navigation - Nature Human Behaviour

Seeber et al. studied brain recordings from implanted electrodes in freely moving humans. Neural dynamics encoded actual and imagined routes similarly, demonstrating parallels between navigational, im...

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Martin Seeber @seeber.bsky.social · Mar 10

🧠 Our new (NIH funded!) paper reveals how the brain creates internal dynamics during both real- and imagined navigation. We recorded directly from the human hippocampus as participants moved through physical space and when they mentally navigated imagined routes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Human neural dynamics of real-world and imagined navigation - Nature Human Behaviour

Seeber et al. studied brain recordings from implanted electrodes in freely moving humans. Neural dynamics encoded actual and imagined routes similarly, demonstrating parallels between navigational, im...

www.nature.com

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Feb 3

🧠✨ Save the Date! The third Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference will take place at Boston University on July 28-29, 2025. Check out our fantastic lineup of speakers featuring cutting-edge brain research in everyday life situations: neuroscienceeverydayworld.org/conference-2...

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · Jan 27

🚨 new publication from our lab in @pnas.org !
"Expert navigators deploy rational complexity–based decision precaching for large-scale real-world planning"

Entropy of streets & successor representations explain planning speed

Colab wth Daniel McNamee at Champalimaud

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Map of london with the planned routes of 43 taxi drivers overlaid in yellow lines.

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · Jan 7

This is a really interesting new study linking curiosity and cognitive mapping:

Matthias Gruber @mjgruber.bsky.social · Jan 6

"Curiosity shapes spatial exploration and cognitive map formation in humans." We are excited to share this novel paradigm and findings on curiosity-based exploration. This project was led tirelessly by @danlucen.bsky.social in collaboration with @cjhodgetts.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Curiosity shapes spatial exploration and cognitive map formation in humans - Communications Psychology

Across two studies using desktop VR, curiosity determined how much humans explored and how well the hand-drawn spatial maps they acquired corresponded to the rooms

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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · Dec 24

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Simultaneous intracranial recordings of interacting brains reveal neurocognitive dynamics of human cooperation - Nature Neuroscience

Using intracranial recordings in pairs of humans cooperating in interactive games, this study shows fine-grained cooperation dynamics featured by state-dependent motives and the intrabrain and interbr...

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BJKS Podcast @bjkspod.bsky.social · Dec 11

New episode!

I talked to Roberto Bottini about cognitive maps, image spaces, how blind people have altered grid-like coding, egocentric and all-centric perspectives, some tips for grant writing & much more.

Thanks Roberto for being a guest!

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 27

I'd love to join. My lab is looking at theta in the human MTL during navigation and memory.

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi Xuan, I work at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and neurotechnology, and would love to join your starter pack, if possible. Thank you!

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi Amy, I'm working at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and neurotechnology, and I'd love to join your starter pack, if possible. Thank you!

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi Steven, I'd love to join, if possible. Thanks!

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 17

Hi Stephanie. I'd love to join. Thanks!

Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 17

Hi Jessica, I'd love to join. My lab studies human spatial navigation and memory. Thank you!

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thanks Allie, I'd love to join.

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thanks Arielle, I'd love to join.

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John A. White, Ph.D. @johnawhitephd.bsky.social · Nov 16

This article highlights the amazingly creative work of BU BME star faculty Darren Roblyer. Check it out! #BiomedicalEngineering #SocietalEngineering

www.bu.edu/articles/202...

Using Light to Monitor Blood Pressure and Track Cancer Treatment Progress | The Brink | Boston University

Seeing how optical light absorbs and scatters in the body is the foundation of a new suite of medical devices for monitoring health.

www.bu.edu

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John A. White, Ph.D. @johnawhitephd.bsky.social · Nov 16

Congratulations to the 2025 BMES CMBE award winners, including BU BME Profs. Chris Chen, who won the Shu Chien Achievement Award, and Hadi Nia, chosen as a Rising Star. Huzzah! #BiomedicalEngineering #SocietalEngineering

www.bmes.org/cmbe2025-awa...

CMBE 2025 Awards - Biomedical Engineering Society

www.bmes.org

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John A. White, Ph.D. @johnawhitephd.bsky.social · Nov 16

Two of my favorite people, star faculty Cathie Klapperich and Joyce Wong, are driving an effort at Boston University to make women's health a societal priority. #BiomedicalEngineering #SocietalEngineering

www.bu.edu/articles/202...

Women’s Health Is Chronically Understudied, but These Engineers Are Charging Forward

Catherine M. Klapperich and Joyce Y. Wong are pioneering research into reproductive health issues, from uterine fibroids to preeclampsia to hormone monitoring

www.bu.edu

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John A. White, Ph.D. @johnawhitephd.bsky.social · Nov 16

I'm honored to lead a BME department with faculty like Muhammad Zaman, a wonderful example of what we mean at BU by Societal Engineering. #BiomedicalEngineering #SocietalEngineering

www.bu.edu/articles/202...

BU Center on Forced Displacement Launches Magazine to Highlight Plight of Millions Compelled to Flee Their Homes

Critical Forced Displacement brings together academics, artists, and displaced people to offer different views of the global issue

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 13

Would love to join. Thanks!

Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · Nov 13

Thanks, Aidan. Would love to join.

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