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Luiz Pessoa, University of Maryland, College Park Neuroscientist interested in cognitive-emotional brain Author of The Entangled Brain, MIT Press, 2022 Author of The Cogitive-Emotional Brain, MIT Press, 2013 Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon (YouTube)

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · Nov 10

Reintroduction...
I'm a neuroscientist interested in emotion-motivation-cognition interactions.
Interested in conceptual/foundational issues.
I also wrote a book for general audience readers called The Entangled Brain that is open access at MIT Press.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
#neuroscience

The Entangled Brain

A new vision of the brain as a fully integrated, networked organ.Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cog...

mitpress.mit.edu

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks, looks great. Maybe Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social would be interested in joining the discussion with Anil Seth Oct 23 and/or we can organize another salon 😁

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 19h

Very few things. Unfortunately he rejected evolutionary thinking by other scholars. Had her sided with them where would we be today!!

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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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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

Super interesting, thanks for sharing. This is very valuable in the context of foundation models for neuroscience, of which I'm very skeptical.

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

This might be harsh but if they can't really write well enough (in the scientific sense) it needs to be rejected. Imo a reviewer or editor's role is not to write it for them. Of course one can always suggest clarifying the study's motivation, background literature discussion, etc.

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

I would say no. I guess one can do this judiciously but the review process is not a place for this exchange. Imo

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure this is showing: the paper is not yours to write

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

Do you review papers? Check out Earl's @earlkmiller.bsky.social recommendations.
The one that i would emphasize the most:

jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

I'll check your content soon!

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

Likewise!

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't know you were on bsky!

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 2d

I get it. Similar thoughts inspired me to write a book. I began pessimistic, like this author, but I came out on the other side with renewed optimism.

As a counterpoint to the blog below, this podcast could be titled, "Why Nicole Rust stayed"

www.fchampalimaud.org/news/episode...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 2d

Michael X Cohen on why he left academia/neuroscience.
mikexcohen.substack.com/p/why-i-left...

Why I left academia and neuroscience

Don't worry, this isn't yet another story of rage-quitting.

mikexcohen.substack.com

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 2d

𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆
This short book by Moreno and Pereto' looks very interesting. One more on the understanding of biological agency.
And it's open access!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 2d

I think Anil raises very good points that we should not dismiss "the biological". But hopefully you can join the discussion too!

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 2d

Humans do that a lot too!

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · Mar 16

When I posted this many folks said this likely isn't an injury, it's just something they do to stay warm, and OMG today over 100 sanderlings flew in right next to me and almost all of them were hopping on one foot. See thread for more 😭🪶

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 3d

hope you can make it!

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 3d

It would be great if some of the people writing commentaries to the target paper joined the discussion💯

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 3d

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 3d

Italia

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing, but we do psychology and Neuro like that too! 🤣

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry, I didn't write it clearly. I'm wondering what available structural connectomes based on diffusion imaging are thought to provide the most reliable estimates of anatomical connectivity.

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 4d

Human anatomical connectivity: what are currently the best structural connectomes available?
thanks
#neuroskyence

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5d

Beyond "innate versus learned"
Amazing thread 🧵

Gregory Kohn @kohngregory.bsky.social · 5d

This is an awe-inspiring and fascinating study that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. However, the overall framing in terms of "innate versus learned” is unnecessary. The innate versus acquired dichotomy is outdated and has been for a long time. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Over 20 species of geographically and phylogenetically diverse bird species produce convergent whining vocalizations towards their respective brood parasites. Model presentation and playback experiments across multiple continents suggest that these learned calls provoke an innate response even among allopatric species.

www.nature.com

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5d

If only I could get to 1.0... that would be really amazing.
But I'm comfortable with my limitations 😮