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Associate Research Scientist at Center for Theoretical Neuroscience Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute Kavli Institute for Brain Science K99-R00 scholar NEI NIH Experimentalist->Computationalist! https://toosi.github.io/

I'm giving a talk today at Vision Science Society #VSS2026 Feedback-Mediated Prior Integration Unifies Gestalt Perceptual Organization 5pm, Room 2 Come for the pretty (familiar!) pictures, stay for a theory of how the brain integrates priors with sensory processing. Another round, Tampa VSS!

Jack Gallant on what makes a useful theory: "-Theorists should focus on formulating specific predictions that discriminate their preferred theories from highly-correlated competing theories." Representation of the world in the human brain www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFwH...

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Have you ever been in an authorship conflict on an academic paper? You're not alone. This thread is for you.

There's one week left to apply to become this Fall's BCS Rising Star speaker 🌟 Please make sure to apply if you're a postdoc in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences🧠 Reposts are appreciated! 🪐

Some incredibly exciting news that still feels a bit surreal: I am starting my research group @mpicybernetics.bsky.social! The best part? We are hiring at all levels! Curious about the science we plan to tackle, read along :) #NeuroSky

How is the ON and OFF pathway split in the visual system? 🤔 The textbook standard, that bipolar cells are separated simply by the glutamate receptors they express, might be due for an update....a short 🧵

authors.elsevier.com/c/1nA3C_KOmx... new paper in Neuron in which we argue that many claims on consciousness in AI & animals etc are inconsistent. they are driven by theories/views that are not really supported by empirical evidence. they confuse subjective experience w/ cognition or perception

1/11 Happy to share our TICS paper on using the flexibility of one of the most basic cognitive functions, perception, to understand one of the most complex cognitive dysfunctions, psychiatric conditions (also my first formal work in computational psychiatry 🎉) 📄: www.cell.com/trends/cogni... 🧵 : 👇

100% minus the fact that Vafa's model mentioned here needed a regularization tweek that a work involving @andreastolias and @suryaganguli.bsky.social fixed.

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Online Now: Perceptual multistability: a multifaceted window into brain dysfunctions

Tony is 100% right. This can't be said often enough.

Perceptual multistability, observed across species and sensory modalities, offers valuable insights into numerous cognitive functions and dysfunctions. For instance, differences in temporal dynamics and information integration during percept formation often distinguish clinical from nonclinical populations. Computational psychiatry can elucidate these variations through two primary approaches: (i) Bayesian modeling, which treats perception as an unconscious inference, and (ii) an active, information-seeking perspective (e.g., reinforcement learning), which frames perceptual switches as internal actions. Our synthesis aims to leverage multistability to bridge these computational psychiatry subfields, linking human and animal studies as well as connecting behavior to underlying neural mechanisms. Perceptual multistability emerges as a promising noninvasive tool for clinical applications, facilitating translational research and enhancing our mechanistic understanding of cognitive processes and their impairments.

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The MIT BCS Postdoc Association is looking for a Rising Star 🌟 Showcase your work and meet folks in the department! Deadline 31st May 2026! @picowerinstitute.bsky.social

Prediction without understanding sustained astronomy through a thousand years of epicycles, writes @tonyzador.bsky.social. AI is now offering neuroscience the same deal. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/machine-lear...

Prediction without understanding sustained astronomy through a thousand years of epicycles. Artificial intelligence is now offering neuroscience the same deal.