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Our new paper on brain networks engaged during imagining is out now in Neuron!

Here is a download link (free for 50 days):
authors.elsevier.com/c/1msNE3BtfH...

Congratulations to Nate Anderson for leading this work @rementurus.bsky.social

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I am going to call this the fMRI dead salmon moment for computational modelling

What an abstract!

"The resulting digital sphinx produces highly realistic fly walking - yet it is biologically meaningless. This exercise teaches us nothing about either animal"

That's... that's a straight line!

Check out our new preprint!

We directly tested a common assumption in neuroimaging:
Is resting-state the best estimate of intrinsic organization?

Spoiler: Across datasets and brain systems, multi-task fMRI did better.

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At Invited Symposium 2 on precision mapping of prefrontal cortex (PFC), @moatazassem.bsky.social shares striking evidence of functionally distinct multiple-demand patches in PFC track category-selective images of objects vs faces vs letters vs other types of visual stimuli! #CNS2026

Woooo!

Yaaay!

If you are attending #CNS2026, see you at our frontal lobe focused symposium this sunday morning.

www.cogneurosociety.org/invited-symp...

@cogneuronews.bsky.social

Excited to see this Version Of Record of my work out in @elife.bsky.social!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
We investigate the mental representation of geometric shapes in adults and children using fMRI and MEG. Each figure has a video of me explaining the figure: go and read it, or read below.

Bots have made their way to Prolific experiments. Our lab has stopped online testing of adults entirely now for this reason - we want to know if what we study is real. Probably data collected 2-3 years ago are ok, but moving forward we just can't know. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#JNeurosci: Kuo et al. show that computational models of neural population responses can reconcile findings between mouse and primate, demonstrating how common computational principles allow for direct translation between their visual systems. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1133-25.2025

This might be mechanistically interesting because many of the "persons" hallucinations in lewy body dementia are about tiny people!

After a long visa delay, I’ve finally arrived in Chicago 🎉 I’ll be here for the year as a visiting fellow hosted by Rodrigo Braga, working on intracranial EEG + precision fMRI to study working memory and cognitive control! Stay tuned! @rodbraga.bsky.social

US folks: happy to connect & give talks.

Hmmmm.... interesting!

I may be a *little* biased but this 📘 is GREAT! If you ever found language structure interesting, but were turned off by implausible and overly complicated accounts, this book is 4U: a simple and empirically grounded account of the syntax of natural lgs. A must-read for lang researchers+aficionados!

New book! I have written a book, called Syntax: A cognitive approach, published by MIT Press.

This is open access; MIT Press will post a link soon, but until then, the book is available on my website:
tedlab.mit.edu/tedlab_websi...

We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies | PNAS We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies

In the 2020 Election Project, Meta collaborated w/ academics to study how FB impacts elections.
⬇️ @aanixel.bsky.social, @fassiluisa.bsky.social & I argue that such research collaborations, w/ clear conflicts of interest, should be regulated. Would love to hear thoughts!💬
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Woooooooo!!!! Yeaaaaaaaa!!!

🧠 New paper alert (the 1st one from our new lab)!
Led by 1st author & VR wizard @jaquent.bsky.social

@natcomms.nature.com

How do our brains distinguish novel from familiar places as we explore our environments, e.g., a new city?

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

🧵 Thread below with key findings ⬇️

Tagging some of the contributors on here: @earlkmiller.bsky.social @evfedorenko.bsky.social @hopekean.bsky.social @alexwoolgar.bsky.social @yaaraerez.bsky.social @tommanly.bsky.social @runhaolu.bsky.social @nancykanwisher.bsky.social @ashley-zhou.bsky.social

The special issue covers an amazing breadth of topics

Daniel Mitchell ran an analysis to predict the brain activations based on John Duncan's abstracts. Very familiar maps I'd say!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

The special issue celebrating John Duncan's retirement is now out! Check out all the gem articles here:
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10QN6R7VQSM

and the editorial (see next figure in the thread for an entertaining analysis)
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Researchers from MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the adolescent phase until our early thirties. Find out more in the BBC article 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl6klez226o

Join us next tuesdsy for this not to be missed free event!

🚨New Results! Really excited to share this work -
Feedback doesn’t just signal right or wrong, it reorganizes population geometry of learning targets in vlPFC, moving representations toward future retrieval states. Notably, oscillations (TG-PAC & beta) gate when this transformation occurs.
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We are excited to announce #COGNESTIC 2026 @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge, between 14-25 Sep 2026. Our 2-week summer school provides training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking:
www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...

It was a pleasure to help build neuroscience capacity in the middle east. I had so much fun!