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Luiz Pessoa, University of Maryland, College Park Neuroscientist interested in cognitive-emotional brain Author of The Entangled Brain, MIT Press, 2022 Author of The Cogitive-Emotional Brain, MIT Press, 2013 Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon (YouTube)

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · Nov 10

Reintroduction...
I'm a neuroscientist interested in emotion-motivation-cognition interactions.
Interested in conceptual/foundational issues.
I also wrote a book for general audience readers called The Entangled Brain that is open access at MIT Press.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
#neuroscience

The Entangled Brain

A new vision of the brain as a fully integrated, networked organ.Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cog...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5h

But I'll definitely take a look at the piece.

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5h

thanks. Oh, I think it's very easy to criticize it. Even I (not a physicist) could do it! But I've been influenced by Kauffman so I thought it was stimulating.

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 6h

In its present form one can't really compute the measures they propose, in fact, probably not possible in principle. In any case, very provocative.
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social you might enjoy if haven't seen yet.

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks to @sammanleyartist.bsky.social for sharing it in his excellent substack.
manlius.substack.com

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 6h

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀?
Thought-provoking piece on properties of systems.
Including the Law of Increasing Functional Information, which applies to both biological and non-biological systems.
Physicists will probably not like this at all...
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#complexity

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

7 reasons to use Bayesian inference!
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/10/11/7...

7 reasons to use Bayesian inference! | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗫
By Mars and Passingham
"Understanding anthropoid foraging challenges may thus contribute to our understanding of human cognition"
Going to the top of the reading list!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroskyence

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 1d

If a group crystallizes I'd be very happy to participate!

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Kristina Šekrst @epiphenomenal.bsky.social · 1d

Accurate.

#academia #academy #philsky #philosophysky #philosophy #science

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 2d

Can tipping points be predicted?

Wonderful short post about the dynamics of tipping points in complex systems.
With great references.

open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...

How modern “now-ism“ can accelerate crises in climate, finance and ecosystems

Slowing change may be our last line of defense

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 2d

Right, excellent point. Let's write a paper like that 😀

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 2d

Why deep? Why RNN? If the goal is to understand something challenging, sure that's an interesting example. But there's not the brain...

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 2d

My department, the very first Department of Medical Biophysics in Canada, with a long a storied history is looking for a new Chair. The Department is particularly strong in neuroimaging and MSK imaging. @schulichmeddent.bsky.social @westernu.ca

Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 2d

Come join us at @westernu.ca: Chair, Department of Medical Biophysics: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 2d

Join our discussion Oct 23 Felipe!!

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Valentin Amrhein @vamrhein.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent new editorial and guideline on interpreting p values and interval estimates
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

Interpreting p values and interval estimates based on practical relevance: guidance for the sports medicine clinician

Statistical methods are employed in medical research to estimate effects of treatments or health conditions across populations.1 2 This paper presents a framework to avoid common misinterpretations th...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, looks great. Maybe Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social would be interested in joining the discussion with Anil Seth Oct 23 and/or we can organize another salon 😁

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 4d

Very few things. Unfortunately he rejected evolutionary thinking by other scholars. Had her sided with them where would we be today!!

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Juan Gallego @juangallego.bsky.social · 5d

🚨Big news!🚨
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.

I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!

Champalimaud Research @champalimaudr.bsky.social · 6d

🧠🎼 What does it take to restore movement? Neuroscientist and engineer, @juangallego.bsky.social, joins the new Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at the Champalimaud Foundation.

🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5d

Super interesting, thanks for sharing. This is very valuable in the context of foundation models for neuroscience, of which I'm very skeptical.

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5d

This might be harsh but if they can't really write well enough (in the scientific sense) it needs to be rejected. Imo a reviewer or editor's role is not to write it for them. Of course one can always suggest clarifying the study's motivation, background literature discussion, etc.

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5d

I would say no. I guess one can do this judiciously but the review process is not a place for this exchange. Imo

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5d

Not sure this is showing: the paper is not yours to write

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5d

Do you review papers? Check out Earl's @earlkmiller.bsky.social recommendations.
The one that i would emphasize the most:

jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5d

I'll check your content soon!

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 5d

Likewise!