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Jake Parker
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Comp Neuro PhD Candidate @ UPenn | efficient and approximate inference in the brain | NSF Graduate Research Fellow | NYU ‘17 https://jacobaparker.github.io/
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Dhairyya Singh @dhairyyasingh.bsky.social · May 27
New preprint! Statistical structure skews object memory toward predictable successors. Model simulations show how this bias can arise from the backward expansion of hippocampal representations.
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Camilla van Geen @cvg.bsky.social · Feb 5
excited to (finally!) share :)

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Lesions to Different Regions of the Frontal Cortex Have Dissociable Effects on Voluntary Persistence in Humans
Deciding how long to keep waiting for uncertain future rewards is a complex problem. Previous research has shown that choosing to stop waiting results from an evaluative process that weighs the subjec...
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Penn NeuroKnow 🧠 @pennneuroknow.bsky.social · May 10
Despite centuries of scientific advancements, the inner workings of much of the brain remained a complete mystery. Learn about a groundbreaking set of experiments that changed this in this week's piece by Jake Parker.

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The experiments that opened the brain’s black box
Despite centuries of scientific advancements, the inner workings of much of the brain remained a complete mystery. A groundbreaking set of experiments changed this.
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Penn NeuroKnow 🧠 @pennneuroknow.bsky.social · Jan 9
Our first post of 2024 might make you feel a little better next time you forget something. Read "Why forgetting might actually be good thing," by Jake Parker for an illuminating look at why we forget.

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Why forgetting might actually be a good thing
Our tendency to forget names, passwords, and skills is a source of endless frustration. However, this forgetfulness might actually be crucial for optimal brain function.
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Liz Siefert @lizsiefert.bsky.social · Dec 15
New preprint! We use real-time TMR to show that sleep reactivation transforms object memories, enhancing certain features at the expense of others. W/ Sindhuja Uppuluri, Jianing Mu, @marlietandoc.bsky.social @jameswardantony.bsky.social @annaschapiro.bsky.social

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Memory reactivation during sleep does not act holistically on object memory
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Jake Parker @jacob-a-parker.bsky.social · Nov 12
If you’d like to learn how suboptimal decision-making, choice variability, and individual differences can all reflect information-efficient inference, come to my poster at UU22 tomorrow, Monday morning from 8 am - 12 noon! #SfN23
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