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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 6h

Is there an estimate of the percentage of variance of stimulation effects we can predict based on observational data?

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Juan Gallego @juangallego.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Big news!🚨
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.

I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!

Champalimaud Research @champalimaudr.bsky.social · 2d

🧠🎼 What does it take to restore movement? Neuroscientist and engineer, @juangallego.bsky.social, joins the new Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at the Champalimaud Foundation.

🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 4d

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:

Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Cover page of Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 1 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 2 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 7d

Such a cool achievement!

Andrew Payne @andrewcpayne.bsky.social · 7d

E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.

Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks to @pessoabrain.bsky.social and @thetransmitter.bsky.social for featuring our paper and to @aliyarumana.bsky.social and Peter Tse for engaging so generously with the ideas! 😊 www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

Beyond Newtonian causation in neuroscience

The traditional mechanistic framework must give way to a richer understanding of how brains actually generate behavior over time.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 18d

I think it is very important to talk more about the deep problems of functional connectivity,

Gang Chen @gangchen6.bsky.social · 18d

Data only shows associations. Turning those into claims about mechanism or causation? That requires a Rosetta Stone of prior knowledge + theory. Resting-state fMRI is purely observational; correlation is its currency. From this, plenty of "theoretical toys" about brain function can be built...

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 18d

Resting-State fMRI and the Risk of Overinterpretation: Noise, Mechanisms, and a Missing Rosetta Stone https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676611v1

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 19d

become my colleague at penn bioengineering: apply.interfolio.com/173716

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21d

He’s going to spend 25% of his life to live 10% longer, isn’t he?

We need to teach opportunity cost more in our schools.

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 21d

Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?

The real scientific insights from Bryan Johnson’s immortality quest

Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?

www.newscientist.com

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 22d

indeed. Very cool!

Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 22d

Pretty weak specialization tbf.

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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 23d

For those interested in open neuroscience learning tools, check out the preprint for “RetINaBox: A hands-on tool for experimental neuroscience" that a couple students in my lab worked on in collaboration with the Trenholm lab:

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

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RetINaBox: A hands-on learning tool for experimental neuroscience

An exciting aspect of neuroscience research is developing and testing hypotheses via experimentation. However, due to logistical and financial hurdles, this compelling part of neuroscience research is...

www.biorxiv.org

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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 23d

At a meeting in 2000, a prominent researcher accused John Duncan and me of "turning cortex into a bowl of porridge". Hey, if the data shows a bowl of porridge, that's what it is. Sorry if that is uncomfortable or inconvenient.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 23d

I'd still call this weak specialization.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 23d

yeah. I did not voice disagreement. Rather puzzlement about why strong specialization still has proponents.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 23d

Weak specialization sure. Not denying the existence of motor cortex. But computationally grand-mother cells are just pointless.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 24d

This point by @earlkmiller.bsky.social is very much obvious from a mainstream deep learning perspective. Why would neurons specialize?

Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 25d

Talk: Cognition is Emergent - Earl K. Miller
Neuroscience and Philosophy Salon, 9-12-25
youtu.be/Sk4ehOcsDmM?...

"Cognition is emergent" by Earl Miller

YouTube video by Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon

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Sebastian Ocklenburg @ocklenburg.bsky.social · 24d

Is This the End of the Growth Mindset Theory? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

Is This the End of the Growth Mindset Theory?

Growth mindset interventions targeted at improving students’ academic achievements are common. A new study shows that they have little to no actual effect.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · Sep 8

Otoh. With AI threatening the way the world runs, threatening the jobs of many Americans, isn't it justified for the public to be somewhat less science positive?

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · Sep 7

In our capitalist society, we worship competition

But in academia it can be harmful

Encouraging secrecy over collaboration, withholding of data, misappropriation of ideas, and even questionable research practices

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Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience.

#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

jobs.utoronto.ca

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · Sep 4

I can hear it speak my language! Hasta la vista, baby!

Alexander Mathis @trackingskills.bsky.social · Sep 4

Something exciting just left the gym -- meet Arnold the first generalist musculoskeletal control policy!

The human body has 600+ muscles, yet we seamlessly coordinate them for everything from whispering a syllable to felling a forrest. How? www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.18066

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · Sep 3

yeah. I have doubts he would be happy with a perfectly fine serving of soylent. Without company.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Coffee. Also cake.

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Ali Cohen @aliocohen.bsky.social · Sep 1

#Neuro4Pros 4ever 🧠🤓
Grateful for a week of learning from & being in community with fellow early career profs & amazing facilitators @gunnarblohm.bsky.social @kordinglab.bsky.social @meganakpeters.bsky.social @yaelniv.bsky.social @patrickmineault.bsky.social Hannah Bayer

📸: @mohebial.bsky.social

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