We fitted all computational models on the learning data from humans & baboons to see which best simulates orthographic learning🧠🐒. The results show, that the mechanistic SLR aligns closest with the data. Be sure to come by on wednesday if you’re curious - Im happy to chat and discuss our study!

I will present my poster on the neuro-cognitive mechanisms of orthographic learning in humans 🚶‍♀️ and baboons 🐒 on wednesday at #CCN (Poster B34). In our study, we compared CORnet-Z and ResNet 18, with a transparent, mechanistic model of reading: The Speechless Reader Model (SLR).

Understanding the Neuro-Cognitive Mechanisms of Orthographic Learning in Humans and Baboons: A Comparative Study Using Domain-Specific Mechanistic and Domain-General Connectionist Models https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.16.654419v1

Welcome to join our journal club discussion tomorrow! 😄

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Join our next journal club meeting on May 22 (Thur), 11am-12pm (CEST)! We'll discuss: @marcelbinz.bsky.social et al.'s (2024) "Centaur: a foundation model of human cognition"!

😊 Moderator: @ksenijamisic.bsky.social
👇 See link for more info. DM or email us for the Zoom link!

Latest updates on the neural basis of invariant letter position coding in the brain

Three more days for registration! 😊

🚨 TRUST Open Lecture – Join Us! 🚨

Is #standardisation in research boosting #replicability or slowing scientific progress? 🤔

📅 March 31 (Mon), 2025
⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET
📍 Hörsaal H112, IBW-Gebäude, University of Cologne

💻 Live-stream available! Registration info here:
sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...

We're collecting opinions on #standardisation of #research processes before an event next month. Please feel free to vote & share: www.linkedin.com/posts/leungy...

The public event will be a #panel #discussion & will be live streamed. If you're interested in learning more, please get in touch!

Just left the #Teap2025 conference with a contribution to the „From retina to word form“ symposium, which I was lucky to co-organize with @jacketaylor.bsky.social.
Super interesting contributions by all attendees!
@benjamingagl.bsky.social , @Aakash Agrawal, @merferlo.bsky.social

Check out our symposium on levels of #OrthographicProcessing at #teap2025!

March 12 | 11:00–12:30

Chairs: @jacketaylor.bsky.social, @jnpauli.bsky.social

Speakers: Aakash Agrawal, @merferlo.bsky.social, Jack E. Taylor, Janos Pauli, @benjamingagl.bsky.social

Congratulations to our #GeWoNN members on their accepted symposia at the #teap2025 Conference! Special thanks to the organising committee @teap2025.bsky.social, and we're looking forward to the event next week in Frankfurt!

Check out our website below for more news on our symposia!

Hey everyone, we have organized a lecture and panel discussion on the topic "Standardization in Research: Increasing Replicability or Stalling Scientific Progress?" in Cologne on March 31st: sites.google.com/view/gewonn/... @gewonnofficial.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social

It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from data.cdc.gov

Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors.

"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."

Hey Bsky friends on #neuroskyence! Very excited to share our
@iclr-conf.bsky.social paper: TopoNets! High-performing vision and language models with brain-like topography! Expertly led by grad student Mayukh and Mainak! A brief thread...

Researchers paid nearly $9 billion to publishers between 2019 and 2023 so you could read our work. Why? Why??

The FDA has scrubbed from its website guidance on conducting medical trials with representative numbers of men/women and racial/ethnic minorities. these aren't symbolic issues. Drugs affect men/men, people with different genetic backgrounds differently. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/medic...

Forderungen von #IchBinHanna an neue Bundesregierung:

1️⃣ Postdocs raus aus #WissZeitVG
2️⃣ #Befristungshöchstquote
3️⃣ Flexible Personalkategorien neben Profs
4️⃣ Departmentstrukturen
5️⃣ mind. 4 J. Vertragslaufzeit für Promotion
6️⃣ Exzellenz- & Großteil d. DFG-Mittel in Grundfinanzierung

#HannaWählt2025

6 Forderungen richtet #IchBinHanna im Wahlkampf an die Parteien im demokratischen Spektrum — zum Nachlesen haben @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & ich sie im heutigen #ArbeitInDerWiss Newsletter festgehalten.

Für ein faires & zukunftsfähiges dt. Wissenschaftssystem! 💪

#HannaWählt2025

The #GermanWordNerdNetwork now has an account! Please follow to learn more about our research on #words, our regular #JournalClub meetings, and our efforts to create a #sustainable #infrastructure for high-quality and #transparent research on reading across #languages!

🚨New Preprint🚨

Specifying precision in visual-orthographic prediction error representations for a better understanding of efficient reading ... out Today!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

by Wanlu Fu

Main question: How is visual information represented to allow efficient access to meaning?

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