Rapid concerted switching of the neural code in the inferotemporal cortex - Nature Face cells in the macaque inferotemporal cortex are initially able to detect faces and then rapidly switch to a face-specific neural code to discriminate between different face identities.

This looks like a significant discovery from Doris Tao's lab:

Rapid concerted switching of the neural code in the inferotemporal cortex
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"..our findings indicate that there is a previously unknown mechanism for neural representation:.."

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

SCORE | Center for Open Science SCORE shows that there is no shortcut to producing credible research findings, and there is no single indicator of trustworthiness. Research progress depends on transparency, rigor, and establishing r...

SCORE, a collaboration of 865 researchers, is now released as three papers in Nature, six preprints, and a lot of data (cos.io/score/). SCORE examined repeatability of findings from the social-behavioral sciences and tested whether human and automated methods could predict replicability.

Reliable research in the social and behavioural and sciences Sweeping new investigations probe the replication, robustness and reproducibility of results across the behavioural and social sciences.

Today, the SCORE program releases its primary results! 865 researchers examined research credibility across the social and behavioral sciences, publishing three papers in Nature + five preprints.

📑 Explore the papers: www.nature.com/colle...
ℹ️ Read more about SCORE: www.cos.io/score

Clarifying the conceptual dimensions of representation in neuroscience - Nature Reviews Neuroscience Appeals to representation are widespread, despite neuroscientists’ uncertainty about what kind of findings count as evidence for such claims. In this Perspective, Pohl and colleagues develop a unified...

Clarifying the conceptual dimensions of representation in neuroscience — a Perspective by Stephan Pohl, Edgar Y. Walker, David L. Barack, Jennifer Lee, Rachel N. Denison, Ned Block, Florent Meyniel & Wei Ji Ma

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Cortex special issue on Conceptual Knowledge, co-edited by Emiko Muraki (@emij.bsky.social), Richard Binney (@rjbinney.bsky.social), Penny Pexman (@pennypexman.bsky.social) and myself is still accepting submissions.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

🔗 Read the paper at: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

* Language-specific concepts form the core of shared cultural knowledge, shaping the DMN’s role in interpersonal communication.

* These concepts are also used in inner speech, and may even serve as default representations for some seemingly non-linguistic cognitive processes.

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The authors discuss the significance of cross-linguistic semantic variation for understanding DMN function, suggesting that:

* Every language enhances cognition with its own inventory of concepts, which the DMN represents.

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The authors review two key literatures:

1️⃣ Neuroimaging investigations of DMN involvement in word, sentence, and narrative processing;

2️⃣ Cross-linguistic studies of semantic variation.

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The first paper from the Cortex Special Issue on Conceptual Knowledge is out!

🧠 In this perspective piece, David Kemmerer and Guy Dove propose that what’s truly “default” about the Default Mode Network is its role in representing language-specific, culturally diverse concepts.

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NeuroStats2026

Save the date 👆🧵 Neuroimaging Statistics Workshop, 12-13 June, @ohbmofficial.bsky.social 2026 satellite meeting, w/ @ohbmossig.bsky.social's BrainHack. Keith Worsley lecture by Sir. John Aston, + great work at Neuro/Stats/ML/AI interface. Registration opens soon! sites.google.com/view/nsw2026

The multidimensionality, variability and flexibility of concepts: Opening editorial

Call for Papers for a new Special Issue of Cortex on Concept Knowledge

The editors, Penny Pexman, Richard Binney, Veronica Diveica, and Emiko Muraki welcome original empirical research articles, as well as reviews and perspectives.
The last date for submissions will be March 10th 2026.

Huge congratulations, Pablo! 🌟

New paper w/ @ryskin.bsky.social in Open Mind!

Words change: “broadcast” once meant scattering seeds; “tweet” was just a bird sound. Do older adults keep earlier meanings, or update as language evolves?

Our new paper investigates how semantic representations differ across age groups. 🧵👇

Major new study isolating the amodal language network from non-linguistic domains 🧠 📐 💭

Languages of the brain: fMRI dissection of the amodal networks for language, mathematics, and social knowledge

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

It has been a while since @flavioazevedo.bsky.social asked me to take over the Reversals project at @forrt.bsky.social...

It has since evolved beyond my wildest dreams, mostly thanks to @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & @lukaswallrich.bsky.social.

We are very proud of the Replication Hub & Database ♥️

We just published a paper in PNAS, showing microstructural changes to the hippocampus in aging and presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease - in humans, in vivo.

We continue to show the value of structural MRI beyond simply measuring large-scale atrophy!

Read here: ow.ly/1NvV50XkXnX

Very excited to share @landrybulls.bsky.social's 1st lead-author preprint in my lab! Using datasets from MySocialBrain.org we measured people's beliefs about how mental states change in intensity over time, the dimensional structure of those beliefs, and their correlates: osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵👇

🧠 Interested in how the brain constructs and uses meaning?

In my Journal Club piece for @natrevpsychol.nature.com, I summarize the Controlled Semantic Cognition Framework by Lambon Ralph et al. — a leading model of how the brain represents and flexibly applies semantic knowledge.

👉🏼 rdcu.be/eE31i

The unexpected value of communicating science to the public Nature Reviews Neuroscience - As a group, our scientific community has a responsibility to unpack the ‘what’ and ‘why’ behind our work for the public, not least because much...

Some scientists haven't yet internalized the "why" behind science writing for the public - not just as a service, but for themselves. (I didn't always get it). In this piece for @natrevneuro.nature.com, I draw on the neuroscience of curiosity & decision making to unpack its value.

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Episodic details are better remembered in plausible relative to implausible counterfactual simulations - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review People often engage in episodic counterfactual thinking, or mentally simulating how the experienced past might have been different from how it was. A commonly held view is that mentally simulating alt...

This was a fun paper to write, and one that fits nicely with some recent work I've been doing on the role of counterfactual simulation in memory encoding. link.springer.com/article/10.3...

The OHBM Open Science SIG is looking for new leadership! Self-nominations are now open! If you're passionate about open science in neuroimaging, get involved.
Multiple roles are available, with nominations reviewed in rolling rounds through October. ossig.netlify.app/elections/

Super interesting! Congratulations, Irina! 🌟

✨️Excited to share my first paper is out in Behavior Research Methods with @rjbinney.bsky.social and @pennypexman.bsky.social! We quantified the association of a word's meaning with reward, showing that it is a dimension relevant to semantic processing.
📄🔗Link: rdcu.be/eyqvn

Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures - Nature Reviews Neuroscience As scientists, we want solid answers, but we also want to answer questions that matter. Yet, the brain’s complexity forces trade-offs between these desiderata, bringing about two distinct research app...

Finally published:
“Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Looking for ways to better understand different neuroscientific perspectives and enable productive collaborations

🧠 Just out with @pennypexman.bsky.social “Simulation in the ‘Blind’ Mind”.

We found that even without conscious imagery (aphantasia), people still simulate sensorimotor info when processing language. 💭🔤

Keynote series Dr. Lucina Uddin - Mapping the Brain: Why Standardization Matters — OHBM Communications The Network Correspondence Toolbox (NCT) helps neuroscientists compare brain imaging data across different atlases, addressing inconsistencies in how brain networks are labeled. Developed by Dr. Lucin...

Tired of mismatched brain maps? 🧠

The Network Correspondence Toolbox (NCT) brings consistency to neuroimaging by aligning findings across atlases. A big leap toward reproducible brain science! @lucinauddin.bsky.social

www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

#OHBM2025 #BrainBites #neuroscience

Proud to be an alumnus of the Bangor Imaging Unit 🎓 The knowledge and skills I gained over four years there shaped my career and how I approach 🧠 research.

Amazing to see the work the team has been doing since I graduated in 2023—still raising the bar for neuroimaging in Wales and beyond! 🚀

🚨 Apply NOW for the 2025 Neuro–Irv & Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes!
Rewarding #OpenScience in neuroscience - the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute

💡 $80K Main Prize
🎓 $10K Intl. Trainee Prize
🍁 $5K Canadian Trainee Prize

🔗 www.mcgill.ca/neuro/open-s...)
🗓️ Aug 15

Had a fantastic time presenting our work on the shared neural substrate of autobiographical, semantic, and social cognition at #OHBM2025 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social 🧠🫂 Check out the poster below 📈