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Following a spinal cord injury, people can lose the ability to control limb movement and receive sensory feedback. Researchers from @Brown_BME and collaborating institutions are making progress toward restoring both essential capabilities. Read more ⬇️ brown.edu/news/2026-03-1…

Language, Intelligence & Thought lab is looking for a lab manager! This is a 2-year postbac position that will allow you to gain experience in human neuroscience, cognitive science, and AI research prior to applying to PhD programs. Express interest here: forms.gle/289sLgZdJ2bQr1…

A guide to remembering everything you read: bit.ly/4rxUHIr v/@CuriousMindsHub

90% of students “read” research papers and still can’t explain them….This is the method I use anytime I lead a Journal Club. I can tell in 30 seconds if you actually understood a research paper…. Most people don’t…. They “read” it… Then they can’t explain the question, the method, or the point. Here’s the reading method researchers are trained to use: The Three-Pass Method. ⸻ ★ PASS 1 (5–10 minutes) Get the map, not the details Read only: → Title → Abstract + intro → Section headings → Conclusion → References (quick glance) By the end, you should be able to say: ↳ What kind of paper is this ↳ What problem is it solving ↳ What are the main contributions ↳ Do the assumptions seem reasonable ↳ Is it worth your time If the answer is “no,” stop here. That’s not quitting. That’s focus. ⸻ ★ PASS 2 (up to 1 hour) Understand the argument Now read with a pen. Your job is to track: → What claim are they making → What evidence supports it → What figures/graphs prove it Study the visuals like your reputation depends on it: ↳ Are axes labeled ↳ Are error bars shown ↳ Do the results actually justify the conclusion At the end of pass 2, you should be able to explain the paper out loud to a friend. No notes. If you can’t, you don’t own it yet. ⸻ ★ PASS 3 (the “real researcher” pass) Rebuild the paper in your head This is the move that separates “I read it” from “I understand it.” Try to recreate the work mentally: → Why this method and not another → What assumptions are hiding in plain sight → What would break if one assumption fails → What would you change if you ran the study By the end, you should be able to reconstruct the whole paper from memory, including strengths and weak spots. ⸻ 💬 What trips you up the most when reading papers? ♻️ Repost if you know someone drowning in PDFs.

Looking for new postdocs! Come build the next generation of communication BCIs with us. We need people to work at the intersection of neuroimaging & electrophysiology to push towards new patient populations (aphasia, cerebral palsy). Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1IWbGv…

The most beautiful formulas in mathematics, Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler first wrote the equality, which links together geometry, algebra, and essential mathematical symbols. It connects five fundamental mathematical constants e, i, π, 1, and 0 in one equation.

Preprint alert from our lab! @DengZhiqin26479 shows how the sensorimotor system reorganizes in people born without hands. with @YuqiLiu95703261 @MartinezAddiego #neuroscience #motor #somatosensory

🧠Excited to share MOSAIC: a unified fMRI mega-dataset: 430k+ trials, 160k stimuli, 93 subjects (and more to come!) all in a single brain space Enables massive scale for modeling the visual cortex with just 2 lines of code github.com/murtylab/mosai… 🐍pip install mosaic-dataset

The way you think about the exponential function is wrong. Don't think so? I'll convince you. Did you realize that multiplying e by itself π times doesn't make sense? Here is what's really behind the most important function of all time:

excited to co-host the 2nd annual Future Neuro Founders Workshop for entrepreneurial scientists and engineers, a collaboration between @KdT_Ventures and @PsymedVentures. this is a virtual workshop for scientists that want to build a neuroscience startup. we'll cover team building, development and fundraising strategies, navigating partnerships, and more. last year we had scientists from 100+ universities. speakers (top neuro founders & investors) will be announced soon. application in the comments!

✨🥰 check out our article - and cover 🤩- about Decoding the Brain in @CellCellPress cell.com/cell/fulltext/… We review the mathematics, current approaches, and muse about the future… #BCI #neuraldecoding #neuroAI Thanks to my awesome co-authors Adriana Perez Rotondo, Edward Chang, @AToliasLab & @TrackingPlumes

The Center for Brains, Minds & Machines [2013-2025]

Science writing for the public is not just a service; it has direct benefits to scientists themselves. In this piece for @NatRevNeurosci, I draw on the neurosci of curiosity & decision making to unpack its value. Share link: rdcu.be/eCGr7

MIT's "Advanced Algorithms" Lecture notes: ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-854j…

MIT's Optimization Methods by Prof. Dimitris Bertsimas Lecture notes: ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-093…

Co-first author paper with @TinaLiuTong out now in @CommsBio! Our longitudinal fMRI data of child epilepsy patients with occipitotemporal cortex (OTC) resection show deviations from the expected topography in preserved cortex, demonstrating plasticity. nature.com/articles/s4200…

When powering fMRI studies, sample size is king, but scan duration can also be a powerful tool, improving phenotypic prediction and cost-efficiency, a new analysis shows By @claulopezneuro thetransmitter.org/fmri/longer-fm…

Excited to share our (@MartinezAddiego , @YuqiLiu95703261, @CulhamJody49517) paper, now published in PNAS! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… (or an easier read on tinyurl.com/bde93ur4)