Adam

After some lovely updates thanks to reviewer/editor feedback, this work is now published in Neuron! cell.com/article/S08966… We find monotonic reward signals in M1/PMd, and interactions of reward value with neural reach signals that correlate with an inverted-U in performance

Happy to see the final version of our article out! Brain–computer interfaces as a causal probe for scientific inquiry: Trends in Cognitive Sciences doi.org/10.1016/j.tics…

There is nothing patriotic about what is occurring on Capitol Hill. This is 3rd world style anti-American anarchy.

This will not make America great. This will in the long run hurt American tech leadership. 50% of the NSF budget is about $4.5B - this is a rounding error in the proposed *increases* to ICE and defense which are > $100B

This is why we do what we do: show what's possible at the medical frontier through academic pilot trials in order to de-risk the industry then refining and scaling these discoveries to reach patients!

So if you’re a computer vision PhD and you get a speeding ticket, you can get deported. Got it, OK.

60 Minutes“could not find criminal records” for 75% of the 238 men the Trump admin sent to a Salvadoran prison. Of the 22% that had records, the “vast majority are for non-violent offenses.” Trump admin still insists they’re “terrorists.” Moral bankruptcy cbsnews.com/news/what-reco…

I am no conspiracy theorist, but it really feels like they are trying to destroy our country from within. Health care, public schools, universities, research, law firms, federal workers, the environment are all getting the axe. What was it again that it made America great? wsj.com/politics/polic…

It's clear that many do not understand what @NIH-funded research does to improve health. It's time to revive a study published 10 years ago that provides incredible information about this. link in the comment Every single new drug approved by the FDA from 2010–2016 was built on NIH-funded research—that’s all 210 drugs. But what the public sees is just the tip of the iceberg. Pharma takes credit for the final product, but beneath each drug developed, there are ~20 years of basic research, and 90% of the cost is from basic research funded by the NIH, which discovers drug targets, understands disease mechanisms, and creates life-saving treatments. Figuring out how cancer evades the immune system, how addiction rewires the brain, and how heart disease develops is the role of the NIH, creating the foundation for the breakthrough drugs that come 20 years later, and the NIH does all that with only 0.8% of the US budget. Without NIH, there would be no cancer immunotherapy, no anti-overdose medication, no anti-heart attack or stroke medication, no cutting-edge treatments. If NIH funding is cut, the iceberg will melt. That means fewer cures, more suffering, and more lives lost. The science beneath the surface keeps us afloat. Invest in NIH. Invest in life

Using a brain–computer interface to challenge monkeys to override their natural time courses of neural activity reveals that the time courses are highly robust, suggestive of network-level computational mechanisms @aaronbatista @YuLikeNeuro @AlanDegenhart @ErinnGrigsb nature.com/articles/s4159…

What hides in the complex responses of prefrontal cortex neurons? How does this fascinating brain area implement advanced cognitive functions? Find this out in our manuscript, now published in #ScienceAdvances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… [1/14]

Monkey study reveals science behind 'choking under pressure' trib.al/kL3xmuz

Out now! @YuLikeNeuro, @Shenghao_W, @SmithLabNeuro, @BrentDoiron, @cc_huang11 et al. present a procedure to customize spiking network models that reproduce the population-wide covariability of large-scale neuronal recordings. nature.com/articles/s4358… ➡️rdcu.be/dT5i9

@chris_fetsch Thanks Chris!

@asmoulder3195 Congrats!

After some lovely updates thanks to reviewer/editor feedback, this work is now published in Neuron! cell.com/article/S08966… We find monotonic reward signals in M1/PMd, and interactions of reward value with neural reach signals that correlate with an inverted-U in performance

@andpru Thanks Andrew! Honored to see it on the Superlab weekly reading list :)

@asmoulder3195 Congratulations Adam and team! It is such a great study.

@JonAMichaels Thanks so much Jon!

When you fail to perform at your best right when it matters the most, what's going on in your brain? We can now provide an explanation: Exceptionally high stakes interfere with motor preparation. We can see this in motor cortex. Next up: finding out why. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

As scientists, we go to conferences but don’t connect with the local community at all. Thanks to @jscdavis, #BlackInNeuro will be hosting a Brain Carnival during SfN at a local Chicago church for the community to meet Black scientists, play games & learn about the brain 🧠✨

Hello all! Please give this a read - and amplify! #SimCo2024 #ThankAMonkey #EndSufferingThruScience