🧵 I gave Claude two things: a short paper (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) and a raw behavioural dataset with 3 lines of variable descriptions.

Then I asked it to fit three computational RL models described only by equations in the manuscript. No code, no toolbox, no guidance on the fitting procedure. 1/3

Congratulations to Ian Thornton and colleagues who published their Mainz-Linez illusion in i-Perception (@pec-ipe.bsky.social):

the red dots appears to wave left and right when one looks at one of the black dots, but they actually move straight

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Learning the signatures of the human grasp using a scalable tactile glove - Nature Tactile patterns obtained from a scalable sensor-embedded glove and deep convolutional neural networks help to explain how the human hand can identify and grasp individual objects and estimate their w...

Can anyone recommend the best available tactile glove systems currently? We are looking for something like the below at a reasonable price ;-)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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#VisionScience
#PsychSciSky
#compneurosky

@stephanierossit.bsky.social

MRC instructs grant review boards to slash funding rates - Research Professional News Boards asked to recommend just three applications for funding, as BBSRC also suspends calls

MRC instructs grant review boards to slash funding rates.

Boards asked to recommend just three applications for funding, as BBSRC also suspends calls.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

We’re excited to kick off our Spring Research Seminar Series!

🚨 #CCN2026 Proceedings submissions are open!
CCN 2026 again features an 8-page Proceedings track (alongside extended abstracts). Accepted papers will appear in CCN-Proceedings (CCN‑P) with DOIs on OpenReview.

Three weeks until the deadline for the fully funded ESRC DTP position with me @notts-psych.bsky.social and @alexhendry.bsky.social. Please share with colleagues and interested students.

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

Ignorance is power.
www.science.org/content/arti...

Scary news filtering through about a several-months pause to MRC applicant-led grant calls. BBSRC possibly to follow

Anyone know what's going on??

various computational neuroscience / MEEG / LFP short courses and summer schools

📆 updated for 2026!

list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: 🔗 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Great PhD opportunity at UEA!

We are hiring a new Ph. D. student on neuroimaging and/or computational modeling on motivation and emotion. Tübingen is a great place to pursue work on these topics!!

uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

Was a great pleasure to record this podcast with James - thanks for having me @psychologyuea.bsky.social

@thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a portrait of the state of neuroscience in 2025 through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding. Each view features analyses of major trends and more. Explore the end of year report: bit.ly/4oNeTVC

#neuroskyence #StateofNeuro

We are excited to announce that the Cognitive Computational Neuroscience meeting (CCN 2026) will be held at New York University from August 3–6, 2026.
2026.ccneuro.org

🚨 Fully funded PhD scholarship to work with me, Ali Mazaheri, Dhruv Parekh, and Katrien Segaert at the University of Birmingham on new brain-based tools to improve diagnoses of consciousness after severe brain injury.

🚨 Deadline: 9th January 2026

Full details and application form: lnkd.in/ejZkfFbW

BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...

Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...

We’re hiring a permanent Lecturer (R&T) in cog neuro and development / lifespan psychology at @rhulpsychology.bsky.social. Join a supportive, research-intensive dept - with a new MRI scanner on the way 🙂

Info below - and get in touch to learn more!

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View from your office onto Giessen and surrounding villages.

Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.

The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.

Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

Hello, @rspb.bsky.social, @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk.
Where the hell are you?

What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"

on.ft.com/43eYeRZ

@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.

It's not just AI. And education still matters

If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall

NeuroAI Course
📆 13–24 July 2026
🌍 Online & accessible worldwide across 5 time zones

Already taken our #ComputationalNeuroscience and #DeepLearning courses (or have equivalent experience)? Then you’re ready for the next step: Neuromatch Academy’s #NeuroAI Course!

➡️ neuromatch.io/neuroai-cour...

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.

90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.

90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.

Public ownership would make a difference.

UK theoretical neuroscience workshop - Dec 16 in London. I'll be speaking at this alongside a load of other cool people. Come along! (It's free.) 🤖🧠🧪

dpinotsis.wixsite.com/uk-theoretic...

Help @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social understand what early-career neuroscientists need. Take just a few minutes to fill out the survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

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Why you should leave X A rallying cry to progressives everywhere...

🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X

Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.

📝 latest Substack 👇🏻

The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

Welcome new followers! If the BIU is new to you, you might be surprised to know we’ve been operating at the leading-edge of MRI research for almost 20 years! ⭐️ Please check out the below infographic for more history, and read the full annual report on our website. @bangoruniversity.bsky.social