Microstimulation of LGN and the many challenges of prosthetic vision #neuroscience

Neuroscience Special Seminar: John Pezaris, PhD
Neuroscience Special Seminar Monday, November 3rd, 12:00 pm John Pezaris, PhD Harvard Medical School SBRI J461 “Microstimulation of L...

(LinkedIn) #Neuroscience in 2026: Realistic milestones the scientific community can achieve https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuroscience-2026-realistic-mil…

Neuroscience in 2026: Realistic Milestones the Scientific Community Can Achieve
As we enter 2026, neuroscience stands at a rare inflection point. The convergence of large-scale data generation, artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, and translational medicine is enabling progress that was aspirational only a decade ago.

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I think this is interesting, from "Frontiers in Neuroscience" mag. New "HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article" by Joachim Keppler, head of Department of Consciousness …

Frontiers | Macroscopic quantum effects in the brain: new insights into the fundamental principle underlying conscious processes
Empirical findings indicate that conscious states are inextricably linked to long-range synchronized activity patterns that result from phase transitions and...

Change Of Mind
A neuroscience-informed podcast about how we adapt, grow, and keep functioning when life doesn't go to plan. Hosted by a registered nurse and neuroscience educator...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/change-of-mind/<…

HEAR: An EEG Foundation Model with Heterogeneous Electrode Adaptive Representation
Zhige Chen, Chengxuan Qin, Wenlong You, Rui Liu, Congying Chu, Rui Yang, Kay Chen Tan, Jibin Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12515

HEAR: An EEG Foundation Model with Heterogeneous Electrode Adaptive Representation
Electroencephalography (EEG) is an essential technique for neuroscience research and brain-computer interface (BCI) applications. Recently, large-scale EEG foundation models have been developed, exhibiting robust generalization capabilities across diverse tasks and subjects. However, the heterogeneity of EEG devices not only hinders the widespread adoption of these models but also poses significant challenges to their further scaling and development. In this paper, we introduce HEAR, the first …

Inpainting the Neural Picture: Inferring Unrecorded Brain Area Dynamics from Multi-Animal Datasets
Ji Xia, Yizi Zhang, Shuqi Wang, Genevera I. Allen, Liam Paninski, Cole Lincoln Hurwitz, Kenneth D. Miller
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11924

Inpainting the Neural Picture: Inferring Unrecorded Brain Area Dynamics from Multi-Animal Datasets
Characterizing interactions between brain areas is a fundamental goal of systems neuroscience. While such analyses are possible when areas are recorded simultaneously, it is rare to observe all combinations of areas of interest within a single animal or recording session. How can we leverage multi-animal datasets to better understand multi-area interactions? Building on recent progress in large-scale, multi-animal models, we introduce NeuroPaint, a masked autoencoding approach for inferring the…

📉 The loser's brain: How neuroscience controls social behavior
#brain

The loser's brain: How neuroscience controls social behavior
Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions. Such hierarchies aren't just limited to humans, but span the animal kingdom, with dominant individuals getting faster food access, higher mating priority, and bigger or better territories. While it's long been thought that winning or losing can influence the position of an individual within a social hierarchy, the…

"Large language mistake"
I love that headline but too bad the article is paywalled. Anyone has a "gift link"? 🤔🤞
#TheVerge #LLM #AI #paywall #question

Check out my latest article - "The Psychological Architecture of Hope in a Warming World"
https://www.brichapman.com/p/the-psychological-architecture-of?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social

How to Stay Hopeful About Climate Change: A Scientific Look at the Brain’s Hope Circuit
A science-backed exploration of why hope collapses during the climate crisis. Learn the neuroscience behind fragile hope, the psychology of despair, and the durable alternatives—like agency, imagination, and possibility—that truly sustain long-term climate engagement.

Sometimes you see weird things on Fedi, like this conversation between Rats (scientists)
Source:
#Neuroscience

Syntax is not Semantics
Language is not the same as intelligence.
The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring that.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/827820/large-language-models-ai-intellige…

Large language mistake
Neuroscience indicates language is distinct from thought, raising questions about whether AI large language models are a viable path to artificial general intelligence.

The ultimate crux why LLMs can never be actually intelligent is this:
“…research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.”
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/827820/large-language-models-ai-intelligence-neuroscience-problems

Large language mistake:
"Le problème est que, selon les connaissances actuelles en neurosciences, la pensée humaine est largement indépendante du langage humain — et nous avons peu de raisons de croire que des modèles linguistiques toujours plus sophistiqués permettront de créer une forme d'intelligence qui égalera ou surpassera la nôtre."
#IA

📣 PhD Position in Computational & Systems Neuroscience (Marseille, France)

⏰ Deadline: January 28, 2026
We are recruiting a PhD student to work on neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in mouse vision, co-supervised by Ede Rancz (INMED) and myself.
This CENTURI project com…

Ede Rancz (@ederancz.bsky.social)
neuroscientist, free will denier

(2018) Where are the #fMRI correlates of #phosphene perception? https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuro

Frontiers | Where Are the fMRI Correlates of Phosphene Perception?
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An interesting social media datapoint: @… and I recently posted about our new research:

" “Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought.” "
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/827820/large-language-models-ai-intelligence-neuroscience-problems

📼 A unified model of memory and perception: How Hebbian learning explains our recall of past events
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-memory-perception-hebbian-recall-events.html

A unified model of memory and perception: How Hebbian learning explains our recall of past events
A collaboration between SISSA's Physics and Neuroscience groups has taken a step forward in understanding how memories are stored and retrieved in the brain. The study, recently published in Neuron, shows that distinct perceptual biases—long thought to arise from separate brain systems—can, in fact, be explained by a single, biologically grounded mechanism.

CeeDee Lamb injury update from respected concussion doctor is scary news for Cowboys WR https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/ceedee-lamb-injury-update-concussion-doctor-scary-news-cow…

Why Engineers Can't Be Rational About #ProgrammingLanguages
https://spf13.com/p/the-hidden-conversation/

None of the above is even proper neuroscience or psychology. It’s just a framing of the question, a way to avoid ridiculous assumptions and broken approaches, a way to avoid hurting people.
Variation is normal. Let’s expect it, design for it, work •with• it — in others, and in ourselves.
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The more I delve into my research on #ArtsPedagogy and creativity, the more I am convinced of the accuracy of the quote in the screenshot here: in order to understand creativity, we have to realize it’s first and foremost a process. The so-called standard definition of creativity relies on judging it by whether or not the output / result is novel, valuable, and (according to Margaret Boden)…

Angela Miller (@Alternatecelt@mastodon.scot)
Attached: 1 image Spotted on Facebook, originally from Bluesky. #ai #genai #neuroscience #creativity

Thank you, @… ! And thank you, @… and ScienceDaily.com !
This is heartening news. And right on time.
#Neuroscience

Universal scale-free representations in human visual cortex https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013714 "revealing a universal high-dimensional spectrum of visual information that emerges despite individual differenc…

Universal scale-free representations in human visual cortex
Author summary The human cerebral cortex is thought to encode sensory information in population activity patterns, but the statistical structure of these population codes has yet to be characterized. By examining large-scale neuroimaging recordings of human vision using a spectral approach more common in physics than neuroscience, we reveal the universal scale-free structure of population codes in visual cortex, which is found in all subjects and at multiple stages of visual processing. Moreove…

The project “SAPIENCE: Symbols, Preliteracy and Code Evolution” (U Bologna) has 7 post-doc positions open, including one in #DigitalHumanities, #ComputationalLinguistics or #ComputerScience

Ethical, legal, and sociocultural considerations in neural device explantation: a systematic review https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1568800/full Again limited by choice of search terms: nothing &quo…

Frontiers | Ethical, legal, and sociocultural considerations in neural device explantation: a systematic review
IntroductionImplantable neural devices, including brain–computer interfaces and spinal cord stimulators, hold significant therapeutic promise for conditions ...

State and Parameter Estimation for a Neural Model of Local Field Potentials
Daniele Avitabile, Gabriel J. Lord, Khadija Meddouni
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07842 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.07842 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.07842
arXiv:2512.07842v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The study of cortical dynamics during different states such as decision making, sleep and movement, is an important topic in Neuroscience. Modelling efforts aim to relate the neural rhythms present in cortical recordings to the underlying dynamics responsible for their emergence. We present an effort to characterize the neural activity from the cortex of a mouse during natural sleep, captured through local field potential measurements. Our approach relies on using a discretized Wilson--Cowan Amari neural field model for neural activity, along with a data assimilation method that allows the Bayesian joint estimation of the state and parameters. We demonstrate the feasibility of our approach on synthetic measurements before applying it to a dataset available in literature. Our findings suggest the potential of our approach to characterize the stimulus received by the cortex from other brain regions, while simultaneously inferring a state that aligns with the observed signal.
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A scientifically important fMRI study of a deceased salmon won an IgNobel Prize a while back. It’s still important.
Bennett et al. "Neural Correlates of Interspecies Perspective Taking in the Post-Mortem Atlantic Salmon: An Argument For Proper Multiple Comparisons Correction" Journal of Serendipitous and Unexpected Results, 2010

IgNobel Prize in Neuroscience: The dead salmon study

Advantages of human opsins in optogenetic visual restoration #optogenetics

Frontiers | Advantages of human opsins in optogenetic visual restoration
Optogenetic vision restoration has progressed from proof-of-concept to early clinical testing, yet most programmes rely on microbial channels that demand hig...

Write The Darn Book! | Beat Writer's Block, Procrastination, Overwhelm And Self-Doubt, To Confidently Finish Writing Your Novel With Maddison Michaels
A mindset-first, neuroscience-supported, spiritually aligned podcast that helps writers break through blocks, reconnect with their creativity, and finally finish their novel...
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From microelectrode arrays to all-optical and multimodal neural interfaces: emerging platforms for spatiotemporal interrogation of in vitro neural circuits https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/synaptic-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnsyn.2025.173…

101 Dalmatians: a multimodal naturalistic fMRI dataset in typical development and congenital sensory loss #neuroscience

101 Dalmatians: a multimodal naturalistic fMRI dataset in typical development and congenital sensory loss - Scientific Data
In recent years, neuroscience has increasingly leveraged naturalistic stimuli, like movies and narratives, to investigate cognitive processes underlying real-world human behavior. Here, we present a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) dataset featuring 50 participants, with and without congenital sensory loss (typical development, congenitally blind and deaf individuals), who were exposed to audiovisual, auditory, or visual versions of the live-action movie 101 Dalmatians. The dataset …

When you say you need hope about climate change, what do you really need?
Maybe it's proof your actions matter.
Maybe it's permission to want a better future.
Maybe it's feeling less alone.
Your brain treats hope like a prediction. When reality doesn't match, hope breaks.
But agency doesn't break.
Community doesn't break.
Imagination doesn't break.
What if we stopped chasing hope and built something stronger?
Read …

How to Stay Hopeful About Climate Change: A Scientific Look at the Brain’s Hope Circuit
A science-backed exploration of why hope collapses during the climate crisis. Learn the neuroscience behind fragile hope, the psychology of despair, and the durable alternatives—like agency, imagination, and possibility—that truly sustain long-term climate engagement.

Does spatialized audio enhance the creation of mental representations? Spoiler: No (for their SnapStick-based setup) https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1660373/full "seven blind individuals and se…

Frontiers | Does spatialized audio enhance the creation of mental representations?
Navigating unfamiliar environments without vision is a considerable challenge for blind individuals, as it requires constructing accurate cognitive maps. Bin...

When people say they need hope about climate change, what are they really asking for?
New piece breaks down why hope collapses so easily and what stronger feelings can replace it.
Not prediction. Participation.
Read it here: [link]
https://www.b…

How to Stay Hopeful About Climate Change: A Scientific Look at the Brain’s Hope Circuit
A science-backed exploration of why hope collapses during the climate crisis. Learn the neuroscience behind fragile hope, the psychology of despair, and the durable alternatives—like agency, imagination, and possibility—that truly sustain long-term climate engagement.

Precision Neuroscience: BCIs near clinic with minimally invasive, high-density electrode arrays https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/translational-research/bcis-near-clinic-with-minimally-invasi…

BCIs Near Clinic with Minimally Invasive, High-Density Electrode Arrays
The implants can be removed without visible cortical damage, making them a safer, reversible alternative to penetrating arrays.