Just out! Expectations modulate stimulus-evoked recurrent, but not feedforward, processing, and this is attention-dependent. NMDA-dependent feedback specifically supports perceptual integration (illusory contours), rather than mediating expectations (base rate). www.jneurosci.org/content/46/1...
Perception is increasingly viewed as an inferential process wherein sensory inputs are integrated with prior expectations. We employed time-resolved decoding on electroencephalography (EEG) data ( n ...
The last year has been an extraordinary journey for us at @elife.bsky.social as we have been establishing a new model of publishing and taken on some of the commercial forces in publishing. We have tried to capture some of the takeaways in this editorial.
New preprint "A cortical semantic space integrating fractions and integers"
We used 7T fMRI during number comparison to map the adult cortical representation of small integers 0-5 and basic fractions. Those abstract symbolic concepts are mapped in parietal cortex.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
What is the brain for? Active inference is widely discussed as a unifying framework for understanding brain function, yet its empirical status remains debated. Our review identifies core predictions across the action-perception cycle and evaluates their empirical support: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Classic predictive coding: V1 predicts low-level features, higher areas high-level. But recent studies + AI models suggest prediction happens at higher levels of abstraction.
Who's right?
In new work w/ @wiegerscheurer.bsky.social we find that both are – distinct regimes across the visual field
New PhD studentship available! Come join the excellent @neuromurphy.bsky.social lab for a very cool project exploring how the brain learns to make decisions that are not tied to specific sensory modalities or movements. In collaboration with @seanfw.bsky.social and myself!
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I have a PhD opening for my #VIDI BrainShorts project 📽️🧠🤖! Are you or do you know an ambitious, recent (or almost) MSc graduate with a background in NeuroAI and interest in large-scale data collection and video perception? Check out our vacancy! (deadline Feb 15).
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📆 The Thirteenth Symposium on Biology of Decision Making (SBDM 2026) will take place on May 27-29, 2026, at the Paris Brain Institute and NeuroModulation Institute.
👉 Information and registration: https://institutducerveau.org/agenda/thirteenth-symposium-biology-decision-making
Tim Behrens
Stanislas Dehaene
Discover 40+ chapters on the science of consciousness: humans, babies, animals, artificial systems, etc!
Experts from various disciplines and views came together under the lead of Umberto Olcese and Lucia Melloni
A precious resource for anyone interested in #consciousness!
www.horizon-minds.com
Ever wondered how the Dalmatian Dog effect works?
The human brain can quickly learn from a single experience and generalize it to related experiences — an impressive feat so far not matched by AI.
Our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com reveals how this works.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heleen Slagter
<p><span>Are you interested in using AI to unravel the mysteries of the brain? Do you want to perform cutting-edge NeuroAI research and leverage deep learning to understand human vision? Then check out the vacancy below and apply for a PhD position in this exciting research direction.</span></p>
New preprint! w/ @mheilbron.bsky.social
We found that, even during simple natural scene viewing, human visual cortex predicts—hierarchically in central vision and at higher levels peripherally—reconciling classical predictive coding with recent evidence from animal models and AI (e.g. JEPA) (1/10)
Thomas Andrillon
Biyu Jade He
Wieger Scheurer
✅Funded PhD studentship in computational modelling of supra-modal evidence accumulation/decision-making!
⏰ Closing date: 1st July 2026!
➡️ More information: shorturl.at/FsTQ0
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@seanfw.bsky.social
@maynoothuniversity.ie
@tcdpsychology.bsky.social
2/ Alongside today's blog, eLife Editor-in-Chief, Timothy Behrens and Deputy Editors Yamini Dalal and Diane Harper assess the past three years and outline some of the changes that will be made over the course of 2026.
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Neuroscience Ireland
eLife
Taking a radical new approach to the publication process resulted in eLife losing its impact factor, but authors, reviewers, editors and funders support the journal and its efforts to reform…
