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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · 9d

Our young lab greatly appreciates open datasets and code provided by pioneers in the field! @alexanderhuth.bsky.social
@amandalebel.bsky.social
@rjantonello.bsky.social
@mtoneva.bsky.social
@samnastase.bsky.social
@jixingli.bsky.social
@mschrimpf.bsky.social
@evfedorenko.bsky.social
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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · 9d

We have started with naturalistic audio stories and fMRI data, but the setup can be extended to other types of input modalities and brain data; feel free to contribute
github.com/GT-LIT-Lab/l...

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GitHub - GT-LIT-Lab/litcoder_core: LITcoder: A modular Python library for building, training, and benchmarking fMRI encoding models from language and speech features.

LITcoder: A modular Python library for building, training, and benchmarking fMRI encoding models from language and speech features. - GT-LIT-Lab/litcoder_core

github.com

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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · 9d

As our lab started to build encoding 🧠 models, we were trying to figure out best practices in the field. So @neurotaha.bsky.social
built a library to easily compare design choices & model features across datasets!

We hope it will be useful to the community & plan to keep expanding it!
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neurotaha @neurotaha.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Paper alert:
To appear in the DBM Neurips Workshop

LITcoder: A General-Purpose Library for Building and Comparing Encoding Models

📄 arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2509.091...
🔗 project: litcoder-brain.github.io

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Hannah Small @hsmall.bsky.social · 14d

Excited to share new work with @hleemasson.bsky.social , Ericka Wodka, Stewart Mostofsky and @lisik.bsky.social! We investigated how simultaneous vision and language signals are combined in the brain using naturalistic+controlled fMRI. Read the paper here: osf.io/b5p4n
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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · 14d

ChatGPT is surprisingly bad at generating / explaining garden path sentences, and my students, who had a garden path question on their homework, will soon find that out 😅

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Jörn Diedrichsen @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social · 28d

Variance partitioning is used to quantify the overlap of two models. Over the years, I have found that this can be a very confusing and misleading concept. So we finally we decided to write a short blog to explain why.
@martinhebart.bsky.social @gallantlab.org
diedrichsenlab.org/BrainDataSci...

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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · Aug 14

The lateral prefrontal cortex 🧠— which we think of as critical for goal driven behavior + is a target for psychiatric treatments— is fundamentally different in individuals relative to the group averages we’ve often studied.

👇see preprint and thread, led by Zach Ladwig
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

Image of brain networks in a group average and individual LPFC. Individuals show:
1) smaller FP network
2) more interdigitation
3) conserved motifs
4) idiosyncratic features
This was validated with task and rest fMRI

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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · Aug 16

@v1o6ynne.bsky.social @neurotaha.bsky.social @alishdipani.bsky.social @jwilldecker.bsky.social Eyas Ayesh @ruimingao.bsky.social Elliot Huang, Hanbo Xie, Eslam Abdelaleem

Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · Aug 16

Many thanks to the volunteer organizers and the flash talk presenters for making the CCN watch party at Georgia Tech a success! And thanks all attendees for coming and engaging in discussions!

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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · Aug 1

Josh Tenenbaum's inspiring keynote at #cogsci2025 on growing vs scaling AI, the big questions of cognitive science, and the many open questions for the field.

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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · Aug 1

They just changed the room for our session on language and intelligence this afternoon to ***Salon 7*** . Find me there at 1pm PT #cogsci2025

Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · Jul 28

Looking forward to #CogSci2025 ! Find us throughout the conference

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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · Jul 31

Very excited that the Society for the Neurobiology of Language will be holding our annual meeting at Gallaudet University in September.

In preparation check out my starter pack on language researchers, and let me know if you’d like to be added!

#SNL25

go.bsky.app/6iumPee

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Thomas Hikaru Clark @thomashikaru.bsky.social · Jul 31

1/7 If you're at CogSci 2025, I'd love to see you at my talk on Friday 1pm PDT in Nob Hill A! I'll be talking about our work towards an implemented computational model of noisy-channel comprehension (with @postylem.bsky.social, Ted Gibson, and @rplevy.bsky.social).

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Om B. Bhatt @ombhatt.bsky.social · Jul 31

Very excited to be presenting my work "Estimating and Correcting Yes-No Bias in Language Models" (done with @neuranna.bsky.social) at the poster session @ #CogSci2025 today! Please come check it out starting 1pm 🙏🏻!

Poster | Paper

Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · Jul 28

Looking forward to #CogSci2025 ! Find us throughout the conference

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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · Jul 28

Looking forward to #CogSci2025 ! Find us throughout the conference

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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · Jul 22

Atlanta community: we are organizing a CCN @cogcompneuro.bsky.social watch party!

Watch the talks, engage in structured discussions, and (optionally) present your own work.

Register:
forms.gle/AWxVPbrgxkdd...
Schedule:
tinyurl.com/ccn2025atlanta

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Anne Urai 🟥 @anne-urai.bsky.social · Jun 20

So far we have CCN local meetups @ NYC @neurograce.bsky.social, Boston @lynnkasorensen.bsky.social, Atlanta @neuranna.bsky.social, Lyon and Bucharest!

Who will host one on even further away from Amsterdam (West Coast? East Asia? Africa?)

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · May 30

If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind.

Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!

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Greta Tuckute @gretatuckute.bsky.social · May 23

What are the organizing dimensions of language processing?

We show that voxel responses during comprehension are organized along 2 main axes: processing difficulty & meaning abstractness—revealing an interpretable, topographic representational basis for language processing shared across individuals

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Ed Boyden @eboyden3.bsky.social · May 22

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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · May 22

Thanks to Randi Martin for writing a feature article about this session bsky.app/profile/psyc...

Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · May 12

At #APS25DC, @randicmartin.bsky.social and other scientists will address fundamental questions on how LLMs relate to human language and thought.

Investigating Human-Like Processing in Large Language Models: A Glimpse into Findings from Early-Career Researchers

Scientists address fundamental questions on how LLMs relate to human language and thought.

www.psychologicalscience.org

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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · May 22

Heading over to #APS25DC ! Excited to talk about language, cognition, world knowledge and LLMs Friday @ 6pm.
If you want to chat 1:1, feel free to reach out!

Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Dec 16

This #APS25DC panel will bring together leading early-career voices whose work engages with the relationship between human language and LLMs.

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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · Jan 26

Researchers paid $9 billion over 5 years for their findings to be freely accessible.

This is based on a study of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023

This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...

arxiv.org

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Tom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · Apr 16

Many processes from industry are not appropriate or overkill for an academic setting, but we can and should be doing better than we currently are.

Our paper tries to give practical advice on how you can improve your scientific workflow, without being a coding guru.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience - Communications Psychology

Programming is essential for modern research in neuroscience and psychology, but it can quickly become a source of frustration and error. This Primer introduces ten practical principles guiding resear...

www.nature.com

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Marina Dubova @mdubova.bsky.social · Apr 24

As a psych undergrad in St. Petersburg 6 years ago, I never imagined I’d be starting my own cognitive science lab at one of the world’s best research environments.

I’m beyond excited to share that I’ll be starting a Cognitive Epistemology Lab at @BerkeleyPsych in Fall 2026!

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