So why build toward a brain-encoding foundation model?
→ Simulate fMRI responses to sensory stimuli
→ Insights about the brain
→ Path toward clinical applications
MIRAGE is our first step. 🧠
More on the project site: mirage-brain.epfl.ch
w/ @akgokce.bsky.social & @mschrimpf.bsky.social
Badr AlKhamissi
🧠 When you watch a movie, your brain blends sight, sound, and speech into a single experience.
Should models of the brain blend them too, or keep the senses separate until the very end?
We built MIRAGE to find out. It sets a new SOTA for predicting whole-brain fMRI from movies. 🧵
