@IanCharest

Cognitive Neuroscientist at the U de M. Generally interested in vision, subjective experience and consciousness. Also co-founder of https://xitter.cf/t.co/FU5e0EJKkL

 Montréal, Québec
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Joined June 2012
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🚨New pre-print! How do we form concept representations across vision and language? Using similarity judgements of natural scene images & sentence captions, we show that concepts are formed as structured representations reflecting stable, relational properties of the world.🧵
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This is perhaps the most important paper I've contributed to so far. Also the one with most ups and downs. Years in the making. Several rounds of review in many outlets. But it's out now. Thanks to @AdrienDoerig who really drove that thing home. Enjoy! nature.com/articles/s42256-0…

High-level visual representations in the human brain are aligned with large language models

Nature Machine Intelligence - Doerig, Kietzmann and colleagues show that the brain’s response to visual scenes can be modelled using language-based AI representations. By linking brain...

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If you want to know more here's a summary post: xitter.cf/AdrienDoerig/status/19…
Adrien Doerig@AdrienDoerig7 Aug 2025
🚨 Finally out in Nature Machine Intelligence!! "Visual representations in the human brain are aligned with large language models" nature.com/articles/s42256-0…

High-level visual representations in the human brain are aligned with large language models

Nature Machine Intelligence - Doerig, Kietzmann and colleagues show that the brain’s response to visual scenes can be modelled using language-based AI representations. By linking brain...

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Also thanks to all co-authors.
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We are looking for data from the community to help us prepare for #CCN2025! If you have a few minutes to help out, fill out this survey: forms.gle/6q6CA3VPp1f5rTcTA - due Aug 31 - 2-10 min (depending on how much optional feedback) - Open to *both* #CCN2024 attendees + non-attendees
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Food truck will be out again today 11am-3pm! #CCN2024
CogCompNeuro@CogCompNeuro6 Aug 2024
Looking for lunch options? We have arranged for a food truck "Tandoor & Curry", today (Tue Aug 6) and tomorrow (Wed Aug 7) from 11am-3pm near Kresge Auditorium. We've also put together some additional recommendations for local food options here: 2024.ccneuro.org/food/
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This is again some extraordinary work from the team. Enjoy.
Adrien Doerig@AdrienDoerig9 Jul 2024
1/13 Heavily updated preprint! arxiv.org/abs/2209.11737 We show that the contextual information encoded in Large Language Models (LLMs) is beneficial for modelling the complex visual information extracted by the brain from natural scenes. 🧵

Visual representations in the human brain are aligned with large...

The human brain extracts complex information from visual inputs, including objects, their spatial and semantic interrelations, and their interactions with the environment. However, a quantitative...

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1/13 Heavily updated preprint! arxiv.org/abs/2209.11737 We show that the contextual information encoded in Large Language Models (LLMs) is beneficial for modelling the complex visual information extracted by the brain from natural scenes. 🧵

Visual representations in the human brain are aligned with large...

The human brain extracts complex information from visual inputs, including objects, their spatial and semantic interrelations, and their interactions with the environment. However, a quantitative...

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New paper from the lab now out in @PNASNexus : Decoding face recognition abilities in the human brain. With @SoubeyrandF, @IanCharest & al.
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📢Submissions for #CCN2024 are now open at ccneuro.org! 📢 We welcome submissions for 2-page papers (deadline: 12 April) and Generative Adversarial Collaborations (GACs), Keynote+Tutorials, and (new this year!) Community Events (deadline: 5 April).
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Interested in joining Mila's research community? Our annual supervision request process for new Mila students is starting this Sunday October 15, 2023. For more information ➡️ pulse.ly/62ldgu92bt
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sourcherries.github.io/blog/… Want to know why #numpy masked arrays are awesome for #DataScience and research?

Carl Gaspar - Why masked arrays are useful for data science. Part 1

Ever needed to compare lots of variables and missing data made things super slow?

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We are seeking out ideas for future Generative Adversarial Collaborations at CCN! Which challenges and controversies would you like to see discussed, and who should be involved? Let us know your ideas, even if you are not planning to submit a GAC. app.fillout.com/t/eAAUdbJ3S7…

Future Generative Adversarial Collaborations

Made with Fillout, the best way to make forms, surveys and quizzes your audience will answer.

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We are excited to announce that submissions for CCN 2023 are now open! The submission deadline for papers, Generative Adversarial Collaborations (GACs), and Keynote&Tutorials will be **31 March 2023** (earlier than previous years!). 2023.ccneuro.org/
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Check out our new preprint! Amazing effort from all. Enjoy!
Adrien Doerig@AdrienDoerig26 Sep 2022
Preprint! How does the brain make sense of the world? Using a variety of converging analyses and recurrent DNN modeling of large-scale 7T data, we propose that the visual system computes rich semantic scene descriptions, rather than category labels only.🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2209.11737

Visual representations in the human brain are aligned with large...

The human brain extracts complex information from visual inputs, including objects, their spatial and semantic interrelations, and their interactions with the environment. However, a quantitative...

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Lending a hand to my uncle in these difficult times. gofund.me/aaf99c74
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Fusing #MEG and #fMRI data, we observe the evolution from acoustic to semantically dominated representations in brain responses to naturalistic sounds: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Cochlea to categories: The spatiotemporal dynamics of semantic auditory representations

How does the auditory system categorize natural sounds? Here we apply multimodal neuroimaging to illustrate the progression from acoustic to semantically dominated representations. Combining magnet...

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Prof. @DuprasCharles presenting at #GDO2022 on epigenetic discrimination: "The testing purpose problem - epigenetic testing can provide genetic information, thus providing indirect genetic testing. How should policies consider this?"
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Replying to @KordingLab @Quendera @CogCompNeuro
feel free to drop a page break in there after the author list. content (abstract, intro, methods, results, discussion) should be 2 pages, but this is not counting title, author list, acknowledgements, and references!
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