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CMC lab
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Computational Machinery of Cognition (CMC) lab focuses on understanding the computational and neural machinery of goal-driven behavior | PI: @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social | https://shervinsafavi.github.io/cmclab/
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · 8d
Don't miss our posters at #BernsteinConference 😍
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 8d
If you are @ #BernsteinConference we have 4 posters, thread👇
P II 25, Tue 18–19:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...
P IV 5, Wed 14-15:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...
P II 25, Tue 18-19:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...
P I 11, Tue 16:30-18: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 8d
If you are @ #BernsteinConference we have 4 posters, thread👇
P II 25, Tue 18–19:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...
P IV 5, Wed 14-15:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...
P II 25, Tue 18-19:30: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...
P I 11, Tue 16:30-18: abstracts.g-node.org/conference/B...
Bernstein Conference 2025
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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 10d
What defines a brain state? 🧠
If you are also interested in answering this question, join us in "Toward a joint definition of neural-behavioral states", #BernsteinConference full-day workshop, Co-orgnized by @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social and I. (1/4)
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · 9d
Don't miss today's workshop by two of our members (@armanbehrad.bsky.social‬ and @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social) on brain state!

bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co...

#BernsteinConference
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 9d
Very much look forward to our workshop (co-organized with @armanbehrad.bsky.social) today with a great lineup of speakers who combine a wide spectrum of approaches and methods to have a joint definition of brain-behavior state!

bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co...

#BernsteinConference
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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 10d
On the Thursday's morning we continue with @colehurwitz.bsky.social, @engeltatiana.bsky.social, @apalmigiano.bsky.social, @acnavasolive.bsky.social, and I (4/4)
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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 10d
We continue with @memming.bsky.social, Justus Kautz, @maryamshanechi.bsky.social (3/4)
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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · 10d
On the first day, we start with @neuralnestbird.bsky.social, @mehranahmadlou.bsky.social, @vmsruetten.bsky.social (2/4)
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · 13d
Oops, wrong time in the original post! It will be 15:30 CET 😉
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · 13d
Oops, wrong time in the original post! It will be 15:30 CET 😉
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · 13d
In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (Sep 25, Thu, 2pm CET), @dengpan.bsky.social will tell us about his recent paper (👇) [joint work w/ Rushworth lab]. Want to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!
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Deng Pan @dengpan.bsky.social · Aug 28
🚨We believe this is a major step forward in how we study hippocampus function in healthy humans.

Using novel behavioral tasks, fMRI, RL & RNN modeling, and transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), we demonstrate the causal role of hippocampus in relational structure learning.
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · 13d
In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (Sep 25, Thu, 2pm CET), @dengpan.bsky.social will tell us about his recent paper (👇) [joint work w/ Rushworth lab]. Want to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!
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Deng Pan @dengpan.bsky.social · Aug 28
🚨We believe this is a major step forward in how we study hippocampus function in healthy humans.

Using novel behavioral tasks, fMRI, RL & RNN modeling, and transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), we demonstrate the causal role of hippocampus in relational structure learning.
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Deng Pan @dengpan.bsky.social · Aug 28
🚨We believe this is a major step forward in how we study hippocampus function in healthy humans.

Using novel behavioral tasks, fMRI, RL & RNN modeling, and transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), we demonstrate the causal role of hippocampus in relational structure learning.
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · 20d
In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (Aug 18, Thu, 2pm CET), Samuel Liebana will tell us about his paper (www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... [joint work w/ @saxelab.bsky.social & @laklab.bsky.social]. Want to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 27
In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social on Aug 28th, Thursday, 2 PM CET, @trinityjchung.com will tell us about her recent paper (👇). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!
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Trinity Chung @trinityjchung.com · May 27
1/ What if we make robots that process touch the way our brains do?
We found that Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks (ConvRNNs) pass the NeuroAI Turing Test in currently available mouse somatosensory cortex data.
New paper by @Yuchen @Nathan @anayebi.bsky.social and me!
Task-Optimized Convolutional Recurrent Networks Align with Tactile Processing in the Rodent Brain
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Trinity Chung @trinityjchung.com · May 27
1/ What if we make robots that process touch the way our brains do?
We found that Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks (ConvRNNs) pass the NeuroAI Turing Test in currently available mouse somatosensory cortex data.
New paper by @Yuchen @Nathan @anayebi.bsky.social and me!
Task-Optimized Convolutional Recurrent Networks Align with Tactile Processing in the Rodent Brain
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Arman Behrad @armanbehrad.bsky.social · Aug 13
#CCN2025, Poster C160: We present MoDSA – a fully unsupervised method for identifying behaviorally relevant neural states in both biological & artificial systems.

Looking forward to seeing you there!
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9
An unsupervised method to find behaviorally relevant internal states from data. We tested it w/ RNN & monkey data doing cognitive tasks & RNN trained with deep RL on naturalistic plum tracking task. Visit poster C160, Fri 2-5pm, talk to @armanbehrad.bsky.social 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=l...
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 13
Wanna know how do agents forge better when have a model of their environment? Go to our wonderful collaborator, @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social B90 poster!
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9
We'll also tell you about real foraging, and also fancier RL models ;-) A wonderful collaboration with @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social , Peter Dayan and @alleninstitute.org. bsky.app/profile/roxa...
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Roxana Zeraati @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social · Aug 9
Looking forward to attending #CCN2025 for the first time and presenting the first steps of my postdoc project! If you’re interested in how learning the temporal structure of the environment affects foraging decisions and how we’re testing this in a naturalistic experiment come by poster B90, Wed.
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9
We'll also tell you about real foraging, and also fancier RL models ;-) A wonderful collaboration with @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social , Peter Dayan and @alleninstitute.org. bsky.app/profile/roxa...
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Roxana Zeraati @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social · Aug 9
Looking forward to attending #CCN2025 for the first time and presenting the first steps of my postdoc project! If you’re interested in how learning the temporal structure of the environment affects foraging decisions and how we’re testing this in a naturalistic experiment come by poster B90, Wed.
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · Aug 13
If you are around for #CCN2025, come to B71 poster to know more how we (internally) forage for information and how RL can explain it!
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9
Wanna know about *internal* reinforcement learning? We'll show you seemingly random switches during perceptual multistability is a form informational foraging, is task-modulated & how RL explain them all! Poster B71, Wed 2-5pm, talk to @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=8...
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · Aug 9
Excited about #CCN2025 and sharing our research in @cmc-lab.bsky.social!
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9
We are heading to #CCN2025 in Amsterdam with 3 awesome posters! Thread below 👇

B71, Wed, 1pm-4pm: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=8...
B90, Wed, 1pm-4pm: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=o...
C169, Fri, 2pm-5pm: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=l...
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · Dec 13
Happy to share my second paper with Peter Dayan on our decision-theoretic approach to perceptual multistability (see the tweeprint of the first paper here x.com/neuroprincip...).

Paper:
A decision-theoretic model of multistability biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · Aug 9
In interested, also check our previous papers: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (bsky.app/profile/neur...)
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9
We'll also tell you about real foraging, and also fancier RL models ;-) A wonderful collaboration with @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social , Peter Dayan and @alleninstitute.org. bsky.app/profile/roxa...
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Roxana Zeraati @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social · Aug 9
Looking forward to attending #CCN2025 for the first time and presenting the first steps of my postdoc project! If you’re interested in how learning the temporal structure of the environment affects foraging decisions and how we’re testing this in a naturalistic experiment come by poster B90, Wed.
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9
Wanna know about *internal* reinforcement learning? We'll show you seemingly random switches during perceptual multistability is a form informational foraging, is task-modulated & how RL explain them all! Poster B71, Wed 2-5pm, talk to @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=8...
Poster Presentation
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CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9
An unsupervised method to find behaviorally relevant internal states from data. We tested it w/ RNN & monkey data doing cognitive tasks & RNN trained with deep RL on naturalistic plum tracking task. Visit poster C160, Fri 2-5pm, talk to @armanbehrad.bsky.social 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=l...
Poster Presentation
2025.ccneuro.org
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