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Across many scientific disciplines, researchers in the Bernstein Network connect experimental approaches with theoretical models to explore brain function.

Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience

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👁️ How does the brain detect relevance & how does AI learn from it? Researchers at @bifold.berlin @tuberlin.bsky.social including Bernstein member Klaus-Robert Müller have developed a brain-inspired AI model of visual attention. Read the whole story 👉️ bit.ly/4dCiuCM #CompNeuro #BernsteinNetwork 🧠 📈

💥 Limited connections An international research team led by Bernstein member Lars Schwabe @stresscognition.bsky.social shows how stress affects information-linking processes in our brain. Read the whole story 👉️ bit.ly/4vxEKDW @uni-hamburg.de #BernsteinNetwork #CompNeuro 🧠 📈

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💭 How, when, and where do we remember events we have truly experienced? Philosophers and computational neuroscientists are working together to answer this question. Learn more in this @ruhr-uni-bochum.de story feat. Bernstein member Sen Cheng 👉️ bit.ly/4fz8n2R #Neuroskyence #BernsteinNetwork 🧠 📈

💼 Have you taken a look at our #CompNeuro job pool lately? There are many exciting positions with upcoming deadlines! 👉 bit.ly/2XoVAKB #ScienceJobs #BernsteinNetwork #AcademicSky

Only one week left until our PhD application deadline @mpicybernetics.bsky.social. If you’re interested in the intersection of RL, RNNs, and analyses of neural & behavioral data from novel, cross-species foraging experiments, make sure to submit your application by June 15! #NeuroJobs More info👇

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... 🧵 : 👇

We have 2 open PhD positions @mpicybernetics.bsky.social, if you’re interested in reinforcement learning, recurrent neural networks and analyses of neural & behavioral data from novel, cross-species foraging experiments, there’s still time to apply: nextcloud.tuebingen.mpg.de/index.php/s/...

Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience

Excited to share that our study on how cell-type-specific synaptic scaling mechanisms regulate memory representations in associative learning is now published! www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...

Excitatory synaptic scaling regulates network dynamics by proportionally adjusting excitatory synaptic strengths after sensory perturbations. During associative learning, blocking excitatory scaling i...

If these research directions resonate with you and you're interested in joining our team, we now have 2 open PhD positions! More information about the positions: nextcloud.tuebingen.mpg.de/index.php/s/... More information about our research: www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/906930/natur... #NeuroJobs

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

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.

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

We are very much looking forward to the NEST Conference 2026, which will take place in two weeks time on 16-17th of June. There is still time to register until the 14th of June! nest-simulator.org/conference

We're accepting applications for participation in workshops aimed at developing a multiyear collaborative effort in quantitative behavioral phenotyping of individuals with autism: https://bit.ly/4nyYQuV #science #autismresearch

💼 Have you taken a look at our #CompNeuro job pool lately? There are many exciting positions with upcoming deadlines! 👉 bit.ly/2XoVAKB #ScienceJobs #BernsteinNetwork #AcademicSky

Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience

SFARI will hold three workshops aimed at developing a multi-year collaborative effort in quantitative behavioral analysis of individuals with autism.