Mental Causation and Metaphysical Gloss

“Downward causation” is strictly speaking neither “downward” nor “causation.”

psychiatrymargins.com/p/mental-causa…

A new Neuroscience Institute should make sure to focus on ____ to be cutting-edge?

(A) Neurotechniques such as in BRAIN Initiative
(B) NeuroAI
(C) Animal but definitely human research
(D) show

Other?? Other forms of computational work?
Please describe.

Paper desk rejected by Cell Reports, so just click this button to be considered for Neuroimage.
I don't think so!

Short video introducing philosophy of science, work in the field & 'causation in science' X➡️Y 🧪🧬🧠

What is philosophy of science? Why does it matter for science and science communication?

Thanks to Luis Fonseca & UCI Social Sciences @uci for creating this!
youtube.com/watch?v=nNgceX…

Decoupling Measurements and Processes: On the Epiphenomenon Debate Surrounding Brain Oscillations in Field Potentials

Really excellent paper by S van Bree, D Levenstein, M Krause, B Voytek, & R Gao
This one really needs further discussion!
osf.io/preprints/psya…

Affordance of the day!

Please spread the word about this to colleagues!

The hope is that this workshop will help make links between computational and experimental researchers in molecular neuro.

If successful may turn into annual online/in person meeting.

How does one review for a philosophy journal if one is not a philosopher and has no idea how philosophers review? Does it matter?
(assuming one is qualified which is a big if here!)

Someone asked a similar question about fMRI research in general. Let's say what ensued wasn't that reassuring...

Nature now charges $12,290 US to publish a single article open access. Shall we list some things that cost less than that? I'll go first: a 2017 BMW 330i sedan, a 7-day cruise for a family of four, six Louis Vuitton purses. 🤪

Read the primary literature please...
by Pete Mandik

Learn dynamical systems in a graphic book!

Abraham, R., & Shaw, C. D. (1992). Dynamics--the geometry of behavior. 2nd edition

From cell types to population dynamics: Making hippocampal manifolds physiologically interpretable
by Esparza et al.
doi.org/10.1016/j.conb…

These lines can't be parallel 😅

Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior
by Cisek and Green
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

To better understand mood disorders—and to develop more effective treatments—should we target the brain, the mind, the environment or all three?

By Nicole C Rust, PhD

thetransmitter.org/the-big-pictur…

One last reminder: PDF free to download through tomorrow at doi.org/10.1017/978100…!

'Mood disorders are psychological, not biological.' What does that even mean?

Check this out from neuroscientist Nicole C Rust, PhD , excellent and very accessible piece in The Transmitter

Are we all going to write NIH grants in Aptos font from now on??

Yesterday at 2pm the first honeybee (Apis mellifera) in this species’ evolutionary history managed to pull a string for reward. They are much harder to train than bumblebees, though!