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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · 22h

As it is spooky season, you should read this study of Aztec skull whistles, and listen to the screaming sounds that they produce.

The scary sound of Aztec skull whistles

caneuro.github.io

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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · 5d

(and go birds)

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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · 5d

Philly on the march.

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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · 11d

dm is good

Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · 11d

Anytime! A favorite topic.

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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · 11d

Ed Awh was a real mensch dealing with this nightmare.

Matlab mixup sinks Journal of Neuroscience paper

A team of neuroscientists at University of Oregon and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have retracted a paper from The Journal of Neuroscience after realizing their analytic code cont…

retractionwatch.com

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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · 11d

Data matrix inadvertently transposed

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Maria Olkkonen @mariaolkkonen.bsky.social · 20d

Today, the PhD student I co-supervised with Dr. Toni Saarela, Lari Virtanen, is defending his thesis on color ensemble perception at the University of Helsinki. It is both a happy and a sad day. Toni passed away only two weeks ago and just missed seeing his first PhD student graduate. RIP Toni ❤️😔

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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · Sep 14

Go birds

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Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · Aug 27

Application now open: Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) is a highly competitive program that provides $700,000 awards over 5 years for physician-scientists, who are committed to an academic career
Deadline: 10/07/25
www.bwfund.org/funding-oppo...
#bwfcams

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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · Aug 20

I have looked at this. The effects of 30 years of aging are…not encouraging.

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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · Aug 20

Honestly, getting in the scanner regularly is a weird perk of this career. This is hard to explain to other people.

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Russell Epstein @russellepstein.bsky.social · Aug 19

Our new paper, “A neural compass in the human brain during naturalistic human navigation” is out in @sfnjournals.bsky.social! First-author @zhenganglu.bsky.social led the charge, with Josh Julian and collaborator @gkaguirre.com.

www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...

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Geoffrey Aguirre @gkaguirre.com · Aug 19

Really interesting summary. Thanks!

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Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania @pennsasdean.bsky.social · Aug 14

By studying the tilt illusion—when the visual cortex sees straight lines as angled—Professors Alan Stocker and Geoffrey Aguirre are making inroads into fundamental computational processes that could inform neuroscience and better AI. @pennmindcore.bsky.social @gkaguirre.com @sas.upenn.edu

How the Brain Plays Tricks on the Eyes

By studying the tilt illusion—when the visual cortex sees straight lines as angled—Professors Alan Stocker and Geoffrey Aguirre are making inroads into fundamental computational processes that could…

omnia.sas.upenn.edu

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