Stephen J. Gotts
@sjgotts.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist interested in vision, conceptual processing, learning and memory. Views and opinions my own.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen-Gotts
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen-Gotts
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In Google's search engine, you can suppress AI summaries by adding "-ar" to the end of your query.
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In Google's search engine, you can suppress AI summaries by adding "-ar" to the end of your query.
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Fan Nils Yang, Jeff H. Duyn, et al:
Increased intra-thalamic and thalamo-cortical functional connections during human REM sleep: Insights from a two-night EEG-fMRI study
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Increased intra-thalamic and thalamo-cortical functional connections during human REM sleep: Insights from a two-night EEG-fMRI study
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Fan Nils Yang, Jeff H. Duyn, et al:
Increased intra-thalamic and thalamo-cortical functional connections during human REM sleep: Insights from a two-night EEG-fMRI study
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Increased intra-thalamic and thalamo-cortical functional connections during human REM sleep: Insights from a two-night EEG-fMRI study
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Adam Kimbler & Craig E.L. Stark:
Advanced diffusion imaging in grey matter reflects individual differences in cognitive ability in older adults
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Advanced diffusion imaging in grey matter reflects individual differences in cognitive ability in older adults
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Adam Kimbler & Craig E.L. Stark:
Advanced diffusion imaging in grey matter reflects individual differences in cognitive ability in older adults
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Advanced diffusion imaging in grey matter reflects individual differences in cognitive ability in older adults
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program - Waltham, Massachusetts (US) job with Brandeis University | 12848464
The Department of Biology and the Program in Neuroscience at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor positio...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Ella Striem-Amit (@striemamit.bsky.social) at Georgetown University is looking for a postdoc interested in brain plasticity and behavior in people born with blindness, deafness, or without hands, using behavioral paradigms, computational methods, and fMRI. Details at: apply.interfolio.com/177838 🧠🧪
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ella Striem-Amit (@striemamit.bsky.social) at Georgetown University is looking for a postdoc interested in brain plasticity and behavior in people born with blindness, deafness, or without hands, using behavioral paradigms, computational methods, and fMRI. Details at: apply.interfolio.com/177838 🧠🧪
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Someone said to me recently that the reason the AMA was organized was as an institution to fight quackery: it credentialed doctors and provided standards of care. And imposed consequences for quackery and sham science.
We let institutions like that founder. Their role IS to punish quacks.
We let institutions like that founder. Their role IS to punish quacks.
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Someone said to me recently that the reason the AMA was organized was as an institution to fight quackery: it credentialed doctors and provided standards of care. And imposed consequences for quackery and sham science.
We let institutions like that founder. Their role IS to punish quacks.
We let institutions like that founder. Their role IS to punish quacks.
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An important piece of reporting. Even congressional Republicans wanted to include appropriations-bill language to protect Congress's power of the purse. But Russ Vought has pressured them to cut the language, and the House Republicans rolled over. www.notus.org/congress/mar...
A Top Republican Wanted to Reclaim Congress’ Spending Authority. The White House Stopped Him.
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, a top appropriator, tried to add guardrails from ‘pocket rescissions’ in an appropriations bill. But then Office of Management Budget Director Russ Vought talked to him.
www.notus.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
An important piece of reporting. Even congressional Republicans wanted to include appropriations-bill language to protect Congress's power of the purse. But Russ Vought has pressured them to cut the language, and the House Republicans rolled over. www.notus.org/congress/mar...
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Dr. @laurelbuxbaum.bsky.social will present her research at the interface between cognitive representations of objects & action planning processes to the Swiss Association for Neuropsychology tomorrow (11/20) @ 10:30am EST.
Attendance is open to all interested via Zoom:
unige.zoom.us/j/6572689738...
Attendance is open to all interested via Zoom:
unige.zoom.us/j/6572689738...
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Dr. @laurelbuxbaum.bsky.social will present her research at the interface between cognitive representations of objects & action planning processes to the Swiss Association for Neuropsychology tomorrow (11/20) @ 10:30am EST.
Attendance is open to all interested via Zoom:
unige.zoom.us/j/6572689738...
Attendance is open to all interested via Zoom:
unige.zoom.us/j/6572689738...
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As part of our Research Registry Anniversary Celebration, we will be sharing perspectives from Registry leaders throughout the week. First, Dr. Myrna Schwartz, co-founder of our Institute and the Research Registry, reflects on the tremendous time & effort dedicated to its development.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As part of our Research Registry Anniversary Celebration, we will be sharing perspectives from Registry leaders throughout the week. First, Dr. Myrna Schwartz, co-founder of our Institute and the Research Registry, reflects on the tremendous time & effort dedicated to its development.
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New AFNI Academy playlist!
This tutorial presents afni_proc.py's quality control HTML for single subject FMRI.
The APQC HTML has systematic views of data and useful derived quantities. Users can instantly rate, comment and query the fully processed subject data.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9z...
This tutorial presents afni_proc.py's quality control HTML for single subject FMRI.
The APQC HTML has systematic views of data and useful derived quantities. Users can instantly rate, comment and query the fully processed subject data.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9z...
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
New AFNI Academy playlist!
This tutorial presents afni_proc.py's quality control HTML for single subject FMRI.
The APQC HTML has systematic views of data and useful derived quantities. Users can instantly rate, comment and query the fully processed subject data.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9z...
This tutorial presents afni_proc.py's quality control HTML for single subject FMRI.
The APQC HTML has systematic views of data and useful derived quantities. Users can instantly rate, comment and query the fully processed subject data.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9z...
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By definition, AI algorithmic engines repackage an aggregated, mathematically averaged version of what has already been thought & said. This means they are best seen as ideology machines: mechanisms built to recirculate the common sense of a social formation back to itself as though it is knowledge
📸 New research just out revealing disturbing problems with AI image captioning. AI models can now analyse both texts and images, and are trained on vast collections of human-created content spanning centuries. Some claims these models could soon help human historians interpret and explain the past.
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
By definition, AI algorithmic engines repackage an aggregated, mathematically averaged version of what has already been thought & said. This means they are best seen as ideology machines: mechanisms built to recirculate the common sense of a social formation back to itself as though it is knowledge
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📣 Final reminder: the nomination window for the #ElmanPrize closes TOMORROW.
Got a standout mid-career cognitive scientist in mind? Let’s give them the recognition they deserve👇
Got a standout mid-career cognitive scientist in mind? Let’s give them the recognition they deserve👇
⏰ Reminder
Nominations for the #ElmanPrize close November 18🗓️
Know a mid-career cognitive scientist who combines stellar research with community service? Nominate them today!
cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/
Nominations for the #ElmanPrize close November 18🗓️
Know a mid-career cognitive scientist who combines stellar research with community service? Nominate them today!
cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📣 Final reminder: the nomination window for the #ElmanPrize closes TOMORROW.
Got a standout mid-career cognitive scientist in mind? Let’s give them the recognition they deserve👇
Got a standout mid-career cognitive scientist in mind? Let’s give them the recognition they deserve👇
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Making single unit neuron neurophysiology great again. Love it. Let’s link non-smooth tuning function to cell type properties.
1. New preprint resolving a conundrum in systems neuroscience with an AI scientist, and humans Reilly Tilbury, Dabin Kwon, @haydari.bsky.social, @jacobmratliff.bsky.social, @bio-emergent.bsky.social, @carandinilab.net, @kevinjmiller.bsky.social, @neurokim.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Characterizing neuronal population geometry with AI equation discovery
The visual cortex contains millions of neurons, whose combined activity forms a population code representing visual stimuli. There is, however, a discrepancy between our understanding of this code at ...
www.biorxiv.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Making single unit neuron neurophysiology great again. Love it. Let’s link non-smooth tuning function to cell type properties.
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So true, nothing is more deflationary than *checks notes* radically shifting the labor supply curve inward.
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So true, nothing is more deflationary than *checks notes* radically shifting the labor supply curve inward.
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Murphy on the shutdown cave: "Trump was showing signs of cracking. What did he do Wednesday? He called all Republicans to the WH & said, 'end the filibuster.' They basically told him no. His only play would have been to come to Ds to cut a deal, but we were so impatient we didn't even get there."
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Murphy on the shutdown cave: "Trump was showing signs of cracking. What did he do Wednesday? He called all Republicans to the WH & said, 'end the filibuster.' They basically told him no. His only play would have been to come to Ds to cut a deal, but we were so impatient we didn't even get there."
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“I gave this very impassioned speech about the administration not respecting our rights, but that if we gave them up in advance, then they’re gone. I basically told all my colleagues that I expected to be fired, and then I was fired two hours later,” she said.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
NIH abruptly places outspoken critic of Trump administration on leave
Jenna Norton, a vocal critic of Trump administration actions at the NIH, was abruptly placed on administrative leave this week.
www.statnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“I gave this very impassioned speech about the administration not respecting our rights, but that if we gave them up in advance, then they’re gone. I basically told all my colleagues that I expected to be fired, and then I was fired two hours later,” she said.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
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It’s a new era for brain/mind research ushered in by new measurements! This is a plot of the activation of over *10,000 human brain cells* as people said 8 phrases. Data from Eddie Chang, recorded with neuropixels. Wow!
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It’s a new era for brain/mind research ushered in by new measurements! This is a plot of the activation of over *10,000 human brain cells* as people said 8 phrases. Data from Eddie Chang, recorded with neuropixels. Wow!
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1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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Unfortunately, due to the government shutdown, I had to cancel my travels to #SfN25. I was looking forward to presenting my poster on my current reality monitoring project, but I hope to attend VSS (or another conference, stay tuned) soon! I’ll be sure to keep up with the SfN chatter online :)
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Unfortunately, due to the government shutdown, I had to cancel my travels to #SfN25. I was looking forward to presenting my poster on my current reality monitoring project, but I hope to attend VSS (or another conference, stay tuned) soon! I’ll be sure to keep up with the SfN chatter online :)
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Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
Shearer et al. introduce an interactive web application for exploring fMRI effect maps:
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
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Limited slots for custom brains now available at www.brainedglass.com/product/cust...
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Limited slots for custom brains now available at www.brainedglass.com/product/cust...
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Update: our latest paper is now available with open access: doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Hou and colleagues reveal the unique role of both the hippocampus and angular gyrus in supporting high fidelity episodic memories!
Hou and colleagues reveal the unique role of both the hippocampus and angular gyrus in supporting high fidelity episodic memories!
fMRI BOLD signals in the left angular gyrus and hippocampus are associated with memory precision
Abstract. It has been proposed that the neural correlates of successful memory retrieval can be dissociated from the correlates of retrieval precision (fidelity). The specific findings supporting this...
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Update: our latest paper is now available with open access: doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Hou and colleagues reveal the unique role of both the hippocampus and angular gyrus in supporting high fidelity episodic memories!
Hou and colleagues reveal the unique role of both the hippocampus and angular gyrus in supporting high fidelity episodic memories!