computational cognitive neuroscientist (assoc prof @univgroningen), mind-wandering, Tibetan buddhist and amateur ballet dancer https://xitter.cf/t.co/BH2WfktS8R
Groningen, The Netherlands
Joined October 2008
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A compressed reward function transfers to long-term memory, freeing working memory for more efficient learning.
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-7…
Interesting idea: Using Graded Discussions to Reduce AI Abuse and Build Skills chronicle.com/newsletter/tea…
"Academics often help guide thought and debate on difficult or sensitive issues. There is a reason that totalitarian governments, eager to avoid dissent, purge academics." pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
Dear educators, Gen Z here. Could you please teach us like it’s 2026? timeshighereducation.com/cam… via @timeshighered
"Specifically, in courses with high AI-exposure rates, the number of A grades rose 13 percentage points from 2022 to 2025." chronicle.com/newsletter/tea…
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Our lab, within the Berkeley EECS department, is hiring a postdoc!
More info and quick application form: forms.gle/41tTVesNqtz33R838
Apply by May 1!
Please reshare :)
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How the Brain Gets Stuck and How to Help It Flex | Dr. Lucina Uddin #229 podbean.com/ep/pb-5ysvd-1a96…
Reminder: learn about ACT-R, Nengo, PRIMS, Neuromorphic Intelligence all in one place at the Groningen cognitive modeling spring school from March 30-Apr 2nd. ai.rug.nl/springschool/ Early bird deadline Feb 28th!
interesting points: How to Respond When Students Don’t Want to Work With AI (and what to do if a teacher doesn't want to work with AI for ethical reasons?). Also interesting ideas for a "festival of errors" chronicle.com/newsletter/tea…
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🎉 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN 🎉
Join the MESEC Winter School 2026 in Ephesus, Turkey, March 22–28. 🗓️☀️
A week of methods, ideas, and deep dives into consciousness with an international community.
Apply now and share the call. 🧠
🔗 mesec.co/event/winterschool_…
"LLMs tend to be affirmative of your requests. For a data analysis workflow this means they will tend to amplify whatever biases you start out with." r-bloggers.com/2025/12/how-a… via @Rbloggers
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2026 Call for Applications to PhD Program: International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain (IDEALAB) at Universities of Potsdam (GER), Groningen (NL), and Macquarie University (AUS)
Application deadline: 26 January 2026
phd-idealab.com/
The Groningen Spring school on Cognitive Modeling is back! Join us from March 30th-April 2nd, 2026! ai.rug.nl/springschool/
"At the surface level, LLMs often appeared to align closely with expert classifications, especially in flagging unreliable or low-credibility outlets. However, this apparent convergence masked fundamental differences in how the judgments were produced" pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
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🧵 New in @PLOSBiology Our study shows that even spontaneous eye blinks—an involuntary oculomotor behavior—synchronize with musical beats during attentive music listening. This reveals a previously unknown form of auditory-motor entrainment.
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…
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Last week to freely download our recent TINS Forum article 'Disambiguating dimensions of external and internal brain processes' before it hits a paywall. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lygs…
Disambiguating dimensions of 'external' and 'internal' brain processes. Check our Forum article in @TrendsNeuro on concepts and open question in this burgeoning area of research, with @DanielaGresch and @KiaNobre. Open Access until 7 Dec at: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lygs…
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"Neuroscientists need better training in computational methods."
We got you.
Join us in July: neuromatch.io/courses/
Our #ComputationalNeuroscience course is the perfect way to gain practical experience and build a strong foundation in this field.
As neuroscience expands, @_TheTransmitter asks, how can neuroscience training programs best meet the needs of students and the field? See what survey respondents had to say: thetransmitter.org/training/…
#StateOfNeuroscience
"As academia becomes McDonaldized — subject to the fast-food industry principles of efficiency, calculability, predictability and control — one phrase becomes relevant: ‘Do you want cites with that?’" nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
"The awkward reality may be that if ChatGPT admitted “I don’t know” too often, then users would simply seek answers elsewhere. That could be a serious problem for a company that is still trying to grow its user base and achieve profitability." science.org/content/article/…
