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Zero-Noise Lab

@zeronoiselab.bsky.social

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Lab @ ESI Frankfurt. We believe the brain is noise-free. Or mostly-noise-free-ish. And that if we stare at behaving brains long enough, it will ALL MAKE SENSE.

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Now out in @natcomms.nature.com‬: Mice and monkeys spontaneously shift through comparable cognitive states - and it's written all over their faces! (1/7)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Inferring internal states across mice and monkeys using facial features - Nature Communications

Here, the authors created a virtual reality task for monkeys and mice to explore if internal states like attention are similar across species. Their facial expressions during the task were similar, su...

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Amazing, thanks lots!😊🙏

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Aug 13

Check out @catrinahacker.bsky.social's #CCN2025 poster this afternoon!

We've long worked with spikes. Here we ask: would we have made the same inferences about memory with the signals often recorded in human neurosci (iEEG, LFPs)? The answer surprised me. Not only yes! but with 3-fold *less* data.

Catrina Hacker @catrinahacker.bsky.social · Aug 13

At #ccn2025 and interested in bridging animal and human neuroscience?

Stop by B121 this afternoon to see our investigation of the neural representations in spikes and field potentials and our surprising result that sometimes field potentials are better!

2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=t...

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Poster Presentation

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Wow, that's fascinating!! Gotta check that out in our data....

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Aug 8

Also there can be a lot of joy in the not knowing - which usually takes up the majority of the time after all. 😅

Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Aug 6

Aaaand we have our final line-up for ESI-SyNC 2025! Check it out! :)
Join us for two exciting days of figuring out what altered states of consciousness do to your brain!
More info:
esi-frankfurt.de/newevent/
Go register (100 Euro, free for junior researchers):
survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/18...

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Aug 4

Hippo pool? ;) (Imagine the crocodile as reviewer 2)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLZH...

Watch What Happens When a Crocodile Walks Into a Herd of Hippos | Nat Geo Wild

YouTube video by Nat Geo Animals

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Evan Lewis-Healey @evanlhealey.bsky.social · Aug 4

I have the pleasure of speaking at ESI-SyNC this year about the neurophenomenology of breathwork and DMT 🧠✨

Do come if you can!

Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jul 31

What shifts in our brain when our consciousness shifts? On Sept 8-9, we will explore this question at ESI-SyNC 2025 - with exciting talks, posters and discussions on the neural dynamics of altered consciousness, from psychedelics to breathwork, near-death experiences and meditation.
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Aug 4

Does sensitivity to acute pain correlate with mental health?
In our new paper led by @rebeccaboe.bsky.social & @francescafardo.bsky.social we analyzed thermal pain thresholds in 565 adults and found no link to mental health symptoms.
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1061...

No evidence for a link between mental health symptoms and pain thresholds

Previous studies have suggested associations between pain perception and psychological factors such as mood, distress, fatigue, and quality of life. However, these factors and their relationship to...

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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · Aug 2

Delighted to be back to Ernst Strüngmann Institute to learn and present at what should be an amazing meeting on psychedelics and consciousness

www.esi-frankfurt.de/newevent/

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jul 31

Registration is 100 Euro (free for PhDs & postdocs).
Find out more!
esi-frankfurt.de/newevent/

Go register!
survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/18...

@mikaelpalner.bsky.social @torbenott.bsky.social @bita137.bsky.social @marcwittmann.bsky.social @evanlhealey.bsky.social @christimmermann.bsky.social

Upcoming Conference | Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · Jul 22

“Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Small contribution in this piece by @frosas.bsky.social and colleagues on how we need both types of research culture in neuroscience.
#neuroskyence

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jul 3

Sweet, sweet review by the awesome @anne-urai.bsky.social on the beautiful mess that is behaviour.
Also, best abstract ending I've seen in a long time:
'There is probably no such thing as stable behavior.'
Check it out!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Structure uncovered: understanding temporal variability in perceptual decision-making

Studies of perceptual decision-making typically present the same stimulus repeatedly over the course of an experimental session but ignore the order o…

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jun 28

😂😂

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Monkeywire @monkeywire.bsky.social · Dec 11

A study of rhesus macaques in July found that those who communicated more clearly with their facial expressions made better leaders: phys.org/news/2024-07...

Couldn't help but think of how this guy must be a great leader.

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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · Jun 19

As highlighted by @altmetric.com, #Bluesky keeps trending up, regularly beating #X/Twitter for research sharing, all with just 36M users compared to X's claimed 600M. Imagine achieving that without the spam and toxic mess. Honestly, what are you waiting for?
#ResearchSky #AcademicSky #SocialMedia

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Jun 18

The trend is still in Bluesky's favour. X is still larger but very regularly Bluesky easily eclipses it in terms of research being shared.

Linda Yaccarino claimed X had 600m users in April. Bluesky has 36m accounts created in total.

Graph showing Twitter vs Bluesky research postings. 3rd June 2025 shows 26,725 posts on Bluesky, X has 20,779 by comparison.

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jun 17

Or in German: 'Studentenfutter' (student feed) 😅

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cogscikid.bsky.social @cogscikid.bsky.social · Jun 16

Excited to share this project specifying a research direction I think will be particularly fruitful for theory-driven cognitive science that aims to explain natural behavior!

We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jun 16

Super kick-ass talk by @anna-beyeler.bsky.social on dopamine signalling and anxiety just now at the 12th SBDM (Symposium on the Biology of Decision Making)! 😱🤯🥳

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jun 14

Yaaay, congrats Alex! 🤩

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Phil Corlett @philcorlett.bsky.social · Jun 10

Did their own hand feel rubbery?
#catchtrials
#demandcharacteristics
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Jun 9

The "rubber hand illusion" in mice... @lucestebanez.bsky.social &co use automated videography to show that mice display quantifiable behavioral markers of the embodiment of an #ArtificialLimb, opening the door to future research into human #BodyOwnership disorders @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4jHsESn

The rubber-hand illusion was translated to the mouse model. Just like in humans, embodiment in mice can be achieved by brushing the real forelimb of the mouse and the artificial limb (yellow) in synchrony to generate matching visual and touch percepts. This study suggests that as the mouse looks at the artificial limb, it perceives it as its own limb, and feels threatened if the artificial limb is threatened. Image credit: Luc Estebanez.

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Shout-out to the kick-ass team that made this project such a joy: Model magician Alejandro Tlaie, video wizard @hummuscience.bsky.social , mouse & monkey whisperers Rob Taylor, Katharine Shapcott and PA Ferracci, VR maven Mina Glukhova and master of neurobehavioural math @jpillowtime.bsky.social .

a man with a mustache is wearing a blue shirt and a blue jacket and says `` team work make the dream work '' .

ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a blue shirt and a blue jacket and says `` team work make the dream work '' .

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jun 10

The one clear difference we found between species? Monkeys stick to each face state more consistently, while mice bounce around between states more often and more randomly. (6/7)

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jun 10

This relation held on a single-trial level: Just by looking at their faces, we could predict reliably if mice and monkeys were going to succeed in the upcoming trial - and how fast they would do so (5/7)

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Zero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Over time, different facial features were most predictive, forming alternating ‘face states’. Amazingly, these face states mapped neatly onto trial success, even though the model didn’t know trial outcomes! In short: Facial expressions track cognitive performance states (4/7)

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