How does the brain implement and switch between different behavioural strategies, such as explore, exploit or disengage? Remarkably, a small nucleus in the midbrain can do it all! A new, exciting direction for my lab led by the amazing Mehran Ahmadlou: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

1. New preprint on the neural basis of perseverative behavior. With Anna Lebedeva, Yeqing Wang, Laura Funnell, Bex Terry, Jin Oh, and Kevin Miller. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Just a reminder that, in the midst of lots of scary talk about smartphone effects and whether we should ban them or not, I've got a book out that tries to cut through the hype/rhetoric, and provide more reassurances. You can get it via the links here: linktr.ee/unlockedbook

“We didn’t find the type of evidence you would expect if the internet was causing some kind of mental health epidemic” Andrew Przybylski Mental Health in the Digital Age Oxford Internet Institute speaking to Georgia Tolley Dubai Eye 103.8FM #TheAgenda podcast (interview at 18m.00s:23m:00s) dubaieye1038.com/podcasts/the-a…

📢Special issue on Consciousness, brought to you by Christina Konen & Mariela Zirlinger. This issue includes reviews and commentaries, each addressing a different area of consciousness research, and Q&As with Koch and Stanislas Dehaene . Find this all here cell.com/neuron/issue?p…

nytimes.com/2024/05/01/opi…

It's mind-boggling that many AI researchers are still not quite aware of this Bitter Lesson. Unbelievably hard to overcome this mental attitude of sticking to small models/data and focusing on overly complex models/methods. Especially in academia...

(1/6) Published! This is my landmark paper! Emergence of integrated behaviors through direct optimization for homeostasis doi.org/10.1016/j.neun…

it's out! here i discuss a huge social & cultural challenge of consortium science in modern, "big neuroscience": who gets credit, how much, & what kind in big collaborative science outputs? we're at a cultural crossroads. the path forward isn't clear. we can't keep ...1/n

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🧠Using machine learning, Lalvani et al. show that four suicidal thought and behavior measures can be predicted with 78-92% accuracy and may present a scalable system for #suicide risk assessment 👇 nature.com/articles/s4422…

Counting crows - a great new behavioral study by the Nieder lab ⁦Science Magazine⁩ science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

New lab preprint! "Human Neural Dynamics of Real-World & Imagined Navigation” Theta oscillations in the human medial temporal lobe occur in short, critically timed bouts during walking. What about during imagined walking? Find out here: doi.org/10.1101/2024.0… 🧵

Anyone interested in applying for a UK-based postdoctoral research fellowship in psychology/neuroscience/mental health might find this list helpful (adapted, with permission, from rogier kievit). Relevant to any UK lab. sites.google.com/site/blakemore…

Our new Nature Commus paper is now online. This paper suggests a novel perspective on the neural mechanisms of habits and goals based on active inference. Dongqi did a great work!! nature.com/articles/s4146…

‘“Online” and “offline” are not two different places; what we teach to and learn about our kids will apply to how they handle themselves in every situation in this murky, bionic existence where digital and analogue are intertwined.‘ theguardian.com/media/commenti…

We are hiring a Professional Specialist for a new NIMH Conte Center for Understanding Latent Cause Inference in Health and Illness shared between Princeton and Rutgers (the job is at Princeton, working directly with me, and is partly a position in my lab). More info: /1

🚨 Exciting Announcement! 🚨Join us for the #ComputationalPsychiatry Workshop in Korea on June 22nd, before #OHBM2024! 🌟Speakers: Xiao-Jing Wang, Xiaosi Gu Hae-Jeong Park Prof Marta Garrido Woo-Young (Young) Ahn Dr. Poornima Kumar Luke Chang sites.google.com/view/2024-comp… #MentalHealth #Neuroscience

Hey Neurotweeps!! What are Youuuuu doing to revive the BRAIN initiative? Thanks to Cory Miller and Ardem Patapoutian for leading the charge in opening up a dialogue about the importance of BRAIN Initiative funding, which is much needed to get all the essential neuroscience that falls