#neuroscientists — Public Fediverse posts

I know I keep asking this but how can #Neuroscientists say that #fMRI lets you look at "neural activity patterns"?

The same BOLD signal, in a specific voxel, could be generated from an infinite combination of excitatory and inhibitory neurons being more or less active (and that's not even talking about glial cells). How could similar BOLD signals mean that the underlying neural activity patterns were similar?

I must be missing something, please explain 🙏

#Neuroscience

An interesting social media datapoint: @rmgrieves and I recently posted about our new research:

• Mastodon / Fedi:
  Boosts: 18; Quotes: 0; Favs: 19, Comments: 2 (interesting discussions!)

• Bluesky:
  Boosts: 60; Quotes: 7; Favs: 115, Comments: 6 (interesting questions, 1 troll)

• LinkedIn
  Boosts: 9; Quotes: 0; Favs (reactions): 46; Comments: 3 (no discussion initiation)

• [Twitter/X] (only the journal posted there, I will not link to it)
  Boosts: 5; Quotes: 0?; Favs: 9; Comments: 1 but I can't read it.

• [Facebook] (yeah I know, that's also the journal)
  Can't see any stats for it

Conclusion: #Bluesky currently the place to be for article-sharing and discussion..
We need more #Neuroscientists and #Researchers on Mastodon!

Lastly: Altmetric has always been useful to check mentions of a paper. They've recently added Bluesky, but not Mastodon / the Fedi.. We should keep asking them to add us! More on this below..

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#AcademicChatter

🤖 The future of #AI – Evolutionary approaches for #intelligentSystems 🌱

What will the next generation of #artificialintelligence look like?

According to #WolfSinger, one of Germany's leading #neuroscientists, advances in AI will soon have to be guided by #evolution itself.

📺 https://youtu.be/C2FVIbAyaH4

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/03/22/kann-das-gehirn-das-gehirn-verstehen/

#EvolutionarySystems #Autopoiesis #ArtificialIntelligence #Neuroscience #Zoomposium #FutureOfAI #EvolutionAndTechnology #IntelligentSystems

A colleague is asking how many #Neuroscientists are here on Mastodon / Fedi. If you are one, could you make yourself known in this poll? Also, more specific comments about your field welcome! 🧠

please boost around if you don't mind
#Neuroscience #Academia #AcademicChatter

go.bsky.app/RnPdB5N #NeuroScience #NeuroScientists

RE: https://bsky.brid.gy/convert/ap/at://did:plc:p66b7zkep57fp4rhrtktsdni/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3kvx5n6apqq2m

#anxiety #depression #stress #mitochondria #neuroscience #neuroscientists #MentalHealth

"Mitochondria May Hold Keys to Anxiety and Mental Health

Carmen Sandi recalls the skepticism she faced at first. A behavioral neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, she had followed a hunch that something going on inside critical neural circuits could explain anxious behavior, something beyond brain cells and the synaptic connections between them. The experiments she began in 2013 showed that neurons involved in anxiety-related behaviors showed abnormalities: Their mitochondria, the organelles often described as cellular power plants, didn’t work well — they produced curiously low levels of energy.

Those results suggested that mitochondria might be involved in stress-related symptoms in the animals. But that idea ran contrary to the 'synapto-centric' vision of the brain held by many neuroscientists at the time. Her colleagues found it hard to believe Sandi’s evidence that in anxious individuals — at least in rats — mitochondria inside key neurons might be important.

'Whenever I presented the data, they told me, it’s very interesting, but you got it wrong,' Sandi said.

Yet a growing number of scientists have joined her during the past decade or so in wondering whether mitochondria might be fundamental not just to our general physical well-being but specifically to our mental health. In particular, they have explored whether mitochondria affect how we respond to stress and conditions like anxiety and depression.

Although much of the evidence so far is preliminary, it points to a substantial connection. Mitochondria seem to be central to the very existence of a stress response, serving both as mediators of it and targets for the damage it can do. To some of the researchers involved in this work, the stress response even looks like a kind of coordinated action by mitochondria throughout the body that interacts with the neurological processing. "

https://www.quantamagazine.org/mitochondria-may-hold-keys-to-anxiety-andmental-health-20200810/

🎧 Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas: https://pod.link/1406534739

— world-renowned #physicist and thinker Sean Carroll sits down each week with some of the most fascinating minds on the planet — from #neuroscientists and #philosophers to game designers, authors, and filmmakers. Together, they explore the deep questions that shape how we think, feel, and understand the universe.

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#time_travel #science_podcast #culture #philosophy #pop_science

#Neuroscientists Explored How the #Brain Reacts — or Doesn’t React — to #Music

https://www.insidehook.com/wellness/neuroscientists-explored-brain-reacts-doesnt-react-music

As a "baseline" for this poll ⬆️, let's see which of you (#Neuroscientists) did go to SfN last time it was in San Diego, so 2022:

#Neuroscience #NeuroConf #SfN2022
Edited to lengthen the poll duration

Any #Neuroscientists going to #SfN this year (in San Diego, USA)?

https://www.sfn.org/meetings/neuroscience-2025/general-information/dates-and-deadlines

#Neuroscience #NeuroConf #SfN2025
(I am not)

Edit: reopened the poll because it was set for just 1 day, oops

#Neuroscientists share how to 'revive' #memories that you thought you had #forgotten forever

https://www.upworthy.com/how-to-remember-things

Poll for #Hippocampus #Neuroscientists:

Do you think that ripples (#SWRs) and #ThetaRhythm can co-occur?

Poll for #Hippocampus #Neuroscientists:

Do you think that ripples (#SWRs) and #ThetaRhythm can co-occur?

Poll for #Hippocampus #Neuroscientists:

Do you think that ripples (#SWRs) and #ThetaRhythm can co-occur?

Poll for #Hippocampus #Neuroscientists:

Do you think that ripples (#SWRs) and #ThetaRhythm can co-occur?

#Neuroscientists find #braincells that explain why #stress keeps you up at #night

https://www.fastcompany.com/91355846/neuroscientists-find-brain-cells-that-explain-why-stress-keeps-you-up-at-night

Davi Bock on the fly connectome, its uses, its impact beyond – and his life.
https://www.uvm.edu/magazine/news/thoughts-fly
#neuroscience #neuroscientists #biographies #connectomics

#Neuroscientists have discovered why ‘aha moments’ stick in your #brain long after you have them

Using #fMRI scans, researchers at #DukeUniversity and the #UniversityofBerlin learned how flashes of #insight get encoded into our #memories.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91337909/neuroscientists-discover-aha-moments-stick-to-our-brains-memory

#Neuroscientists Discover a Hidden #Brain Circuit That Shapes Every #Decision

https://scitechdaily.com/neuroscientists-discover-a-hidden-brain-circuit-that-shapes-every-decision/

Dear #Neuroscientists.. What is your suggestion for the highest "reputation", non-profit, journal, that you would recommend publishing in?

I've thought of eLife, PloS Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, eNeuro... But these are usually considered "mid-range" and not "top range" and my colleague wants something that's "top range", whatever that means.
(Well, there is Science but that's probably too much)
#Academia #ScientificPublishers #Neuroscience
@academicchatter

@neuralreckoning @albertcardona @keithwilson as UK #Neuroscientists shouldn't we do something? Write a letter to them saying it's a really bad and wasteful idea?

"The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography is a book series [...] that details the lives and discoveries of eminent senior neuroscientists." Very cool!
-> This volume has the biography of György Buzsáki and Patricia Churchland (among other eminent #Neuroscientists)!

https://www.sfn.org/about/history-of-neuroscience/autobiographical-chapters#volume13

#Neuroscience #BuzsakiLab #ChurchlandLab

We Still Don't Know What #Memories Are Made Of

A large survey of #neuroscientists finds little consensus about how #memory works.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-internet-brain/202412/we-still-dont-know-what-memories-are-made-of

#Israel - #Gaza - #Lebanon war
To all #Psychologists and #Neuroscientists :

If you haven't seen it yet, our colleagues Mehdi Khamassi and Yael Niv have been working on a sign-on letter for psychologists and neuroscientists around the world calling for international pressure towards an immediate ceasefire and peace in the Middle-East.

The letter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfwFaH2AdOJBX3wwPUjCUORsOLEmQ498l-OFeW-TvDf63GGw/viewform

Their explanation:

"We take a humanist approach, condemning all violence targeting civilians, using psychology to try to explain why things have escalated so badly (e.g., talking about in-group/out-group, extremism, dehumanization, revenge, etc.), and why international pressure is needed to stop this spiral of death now.
Please feel free to co-sign this letter with us and to circulate it among your colleagues and students that you think could be interested to sign"

I haven't followed the events so well and thought that a ceasefire had just been implemented, but it can't hurt to sign the letter and share it! Better late than never..

Neuroscientists uncover brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s before symptoms arise https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-uncover-brain-changes-linked-to-alzheimers-before-symptoms-arise/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Alzheimers #Neuroscientists #BrainChanges #AmyloidBeta #TauProteins

Neuroscientists uncover brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s before symptoms arise https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-uncover-brain-changes-linked-to-alzheimers-before-symptoms-arise/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Alzheimers #Neuroscientists #BrainChanges #AmyloidBeta #TauProteins

Neuroscientists uncover brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s before symptoms arise https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-uncover-brain-changes-linked-to-alzheimers-before-symptoms-arise/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Alzheimers #Neuroscientists #BrainChanges #AmyloidBeta #TauProteins

#Neuroscientists Discover Secret to Making and Breaking #Habits

https://scitechdaily.com/neuroscientists-discover-secret-to-making-and-breaking-habits/

Hi #Neuroscientists, do you know someone working on #HippocampalReplay (either experimentally or computationally) who might want to go to #EBBS25 (it's in Bordeaux, France)?

I'm thinking about submitting a symposium proposal and don't want to be biased towards only people I already know.. 🙏

#Hippocampus

#Neuroscientists and #architects are using this enormous #laboratory to make #buildings better

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/13/1103935/neuroscientists-architects-enormous-laboratory-make-buildings-better/

#Neuroscientists say this is the most #relaxing #song in the world

https://www.upworthy.com/neuroscientists-say-this-is-the-most-relaxing-song-in-the-world-rp3

#Neuroscientists have mapped what happens to your #brain when you take #shrooms—and it’s eye-opening

https://www.fastcompany.com/91158709/neuroscience-mapping-brain-magic-mushrooms-psilocybin-hallucinogenics-medicine

“A team of MIT #neuroscientists may have unlocked the answer in the case of #propofol. Propofol has been commonly used since the 1980s to put and keep patients in a state of unconsciousness. The new research indicates that it works by interfering with a brain’s “dynamic stability”—a state where #neurons can respond to input, but the brain is able to keep them from getting too excited. “ #anesthesia #anestodon https://appdot.net/@jgordon/112791570676638713

@NicoleCRust

As dilettante in neuro, by choice, circumstances faults, consequences, etc.— I always appreciated how you refer yourself as Brain Scientist —instead of Neuroscientist, ea...

!!!

» Aldous Huxley
Julian Huxley
Dr W. Grey Walter
Prof A. J. Ayer

Should we take an anxiety pill?

- The Brains Trust «

https://youtu.be/R-rrQUKAjiQ

#neurodon
#Neuroscience
#neuroscientists
#brainscientists
#mindscientists
#brainmindbody
#PhilosophyofNeuroscience
#neurotheory
#BrainsTrust

Unlocking #Memory: #Neuroscientists Reveal How the #Brain Decides What To #Remember

https://scitechdaily.com/unlocking-memory-neuroscientists-reveal-how-the-brain-decides-what-to-remember/

» Although the stated aim of the book is not to reform #neuroscience or offer advice to #neuroscientists
but rather to interpret their work,
I have not always kept myself within the bounds of description of scientific practice.

The prescriptive voice—on the folly of overestimating our comprehension of nature in itself, in its full complexity—does frequently come out. «
#TheBrainAbstracted
by #MazviitaChirimuuta https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548045/the-brain-abstracted/

#OpenAccess
#SystemsNeuroscience
#PhilosophyOfNeuroscience

» #Neuroscientists will need to open up to and embrace the uncomfortable possibility that the human #brain is a biological system that goes beyond what human intelligence alone can fully grasp without the assistance of AI tools applied to #bigdata «
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.01.016

#AI expert authors seem not aware that almost all #neuroscience #labs are already publishing research employing #ML some even employing #LLMs

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Then wrote a genuine BOX 1
Limitations of current LLM tools

#neurobuzz

Now seems like a good time (new year resolutions etc.) to try and get more of our friends and colleagues to use #Mastodon, don’t you think?

I suggest all of us who still have a presence on other platforms send a “Move to Masto” call! I’ve done it on twitter (and will probably close my twitter account for good before 2024).

Hashtag #MoveToMasto ?

Also #Neuroscience as I wish more #Neuroscientists were active on here!

"New #dimensions of #reality": #Neardeathexperiences #NDEs persisted for an hour after patients' hearts stopped, #neuroscientists reveal

https://nyulangone.org/news/patients-recall-death-experiences-after-cardiac-arrest

Is r#eality #reality These #neuroscientists #dont think so | #BigThink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZdfE_7cde0

#interesting

@purplepadma We have a very nice community of #Neuroscientists on neuromatch.social, not exactly but very related to #Psychologists! I had a post listing some cool active members that I could re-find if needed.

I agree that it is concerning to see many of our colleagues going from twitter to bluesky, or just staying on Twitter, without giving a real chance to Mastodon. Since we are still in a plastic phase I think we should stick to what we prefer (#TeamMastodon ) and make sure to keep bridges open so people can settle in the best place eventually, while working on making this place be here :)

A little summary of #Neuroscience-related hashtags?
(Please add any you think of in answer and I’ll edit the list)

.#NeuroArt
.#Neuroscientist / #Neuroscientists
.#NeuroRat (yep, I’m pretty much the only one using this one)

.#NeuroJobs

The cell types:
.#PlaceCells / #GridCells / #HeadDirectionCells / #SplitterCells … (give me more)

And then we have the brain regions:

.#Hippocampus / #Striatum / #RetrosplenialCortex / #Cortex / #Cerebellum / …

Bonus:
.# NeuroBuzz: once a post takes off, anyone can add it as an answer and then the author can edit it in the original post (but don’t add it when writing the original post, that’s cheating)

A little summary of #Neuroscience-related hashtags?
(Please add any you think of in answer and I’ll edit the list)

.#NeuroArt
.#Neuroscientist / #Neuroscientists
.#NeuroRat (yep, I’m pretty much the only one using this one)

.#NeuroJobs

The cell types:
.#PlaceCells / #GridCells / #HeadDirectionCells / #SplitterCells … (give me more)

And then we have the brain regions:

.#Hippocampus / #Striatum / #RetrosplenialCortex / #Cortex / #Cerebellum / …

Bonus:
.# NeuroBuzz: once a post takes off, anyone can add it as an answer and then the author can edit it in the original post (but don’t add it when writing the original post, that’s cheating)

A little summary of #Neuroscience-related hashtags?
(Please add any you think of in answer and I’ll edit the list)

.#NeuroArt
.#Neuroscientist / #Neuroscientists
.#NeuroRat (yep, I’m pretty much the only one using this one)

.#NeuroJobs

The cell types:
.#PlaceCells / #GridCells / #HeadDirectionCells / #SplitterCells … (give me more)

And then we have the brain regions:

.#Hippocampus / #Striatum / #RetrosplenialCortex / #Cortex / #Cerebellum / …

Bonus:
.# NeuroBuzz: once a post takes off, anyone can add it as an answer and then the author can edit it in the original post (but don’t add it when writing the original post, that’s cheating)

A little summary of #Neuroscience-related hashtags?
(Please add any you think of in answer and I’ll edit the list)

.#NeuroArt
.#Neuroscientist / #Neuroscientists
.#NeuroRat (yep, I’m pretty much the only one using this one).

.#NeuroJobs

The cell types:
.#PlaceCells / #GridCells / #HeadDirectionCells / #SplitterCells .

And then we have the brain regions:
.#Hippocampus / #Striatum / #RetrosplenialCortex / #Cortex / #Cerebellum / …

Bonus:

NeuroBuzz: once a post takes of, anyone can add it (but don’t add it in the original post, that’s cheating)

(Edit: trying to ensure that my IceCube app formats this post properly)

A little summary of #Neuroscience-related hashtags?
(Please add any you think of in answer and I’ll edit the list)

.#NeuroArt
.#Neuroscientist / #Neuroscientists
.#NeuroRat (yep, I’m pretty much the only one using this one)

.#NeuroJobs

The cell types:
.#PlaceCells / #GridCells / #HeadDirectionCells / #SplitterCells … (give me more)

And then we have the brain regions:

.#Hippocampus / #Striatum / #RetrosplenialCortex / #Cortex / #Cerebellum / …

Bonus:
.# NeuroBuzz: once a post takes off, anyone can add it as an answer and then the author can edit it in the original post (but don’t add it when writing the original post, that’s cheating)

#Neuroscientists at MIT have now shown that two distinct cell populations in the striatum are affected differently by #Huntington’s disease. They believe that #neurodegeneration of one of these populations leads to motor #impairments.
#Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/ns01202301.html

Paging any and all #neuroscientists/parents/allies of marginalized! My lab is interested in all the biology of #neurodegenerative and #neurodevelopmental processes, with a strong love of cholinergic signalling that started with single channel recording and continues enthusiastically into the future with whatever technology and good thinking can bring us. Include me in your circle for a different perspective - a woman in science for 50 years!