Micah G. Allen
@micahgallen.com
Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Aarhus University. PI @ the Embodied Computation Group. We study perception, interoception, & metacogniton.
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Micah G. Allen
@micahgallen.com
· Jul 30
Stomach–brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health - Nature Mental Health
Using a relatively large and diverse sample of mostly young adults, this study by Banellis, Rebollo and colleagues examines associations between regional stomach–brain coupling and mental health and i...
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I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
Crazy how a flu can make every part of your body hurt. What’s up with that?
November 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Crazy how a flu can make every part of your body hurt. What’s up with that?
It’s kind of crazy you can run a pretty good LLM on a Mac Studio or even Mac Mini and get all the same features without paying these companies a dime or giving them your data.
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s kind of crazy you can run a pretty good LLM on a Mac Studio or even Mac Mini and get all the same features without paying these companies a dime or giving them your data.
It has been unbelievably full on this fall. Quite glad tomorrow is December 1st. Pencils up, it’s the end of the year! Wrapping up many things then heading off for a grand and much earned vacation. It’s been a heck of a good year at @the-ecg.bsky.social !
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It has been unbelievably full on this fall. Quite glad tomorrow is December 1st. Pencils up, it’s the end of the year! Wrapping up many things then heading off for a grand and much earned vacation. It’s been a heck of a good year at @the-ecg.bsky.social !
Further analysis finds we made a misinterpretation in original submission. New results are no less interesting, but different. We learned something for sure. We mea culpa and explain. All good? We are but human... peer review worked!
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Further analysis finds we made a misinterpretation in original submission. New results are no less interesting, but different. We learned something for sure. We mea culpa and explain. All good? We are but human... peer review worked!
Constructive, positive, careful reviews from some of our scientific heros? Well, today is a good day!
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Constructive, positive, careful reviews from some of our scientific heros? Well, today is a good day!
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📣 New review out from @trapp-lab.bsky.social!
Read to learn about the physiology and anti-obesity potential of preproglucagon neurons 🧠
Link here:
academic.oup.com/endo/article...
Read to learn about the physiology and anti-obesity potential of preproglucagon neurons 🧠
Link here:
academic.oup.com/endo/article...
Brain-Derived GLP-1—Understanding the Physiological Function and Anti-obesity Potential of Preproglucagon Neurons
Abstract. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is produced within the central nervous system (CNS) by preproglucagon (PPG) neurons. This brain-derived GLP-1, ra
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November 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
📣 New review out from @trapp-lab.bsky.social!
Read to learn about the physiology and anti-obesity potential of preproglucagon neurons 🧠
Link here:
academic.oup.com/endo/article...
Read to learn about the physiology and anti-obesity potential of preproglucagon neurons 🧠
Link here:
academic.oup.com/endo/article...
I am looking for examples where psychophysics was used to estimate "perceptual" curves for things that were not really there (i.e., using 'appearance based' probability of response as the fitted decision); mental imagery, illusions, hallucinations, etc. @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social must know.
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I am looking for examples where psychophysics was used to estimate "perceptual" curves for things that were not really there (i.e., using 'appearance based' probability of response as the fitted decision); mental imagery, illusions, hallucinations, etc. @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social must know.
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I am very excited to share our new preprint, spearheaded by the brilliant @lunahuestegge.bsky.social, w/ @peterkok.bsky.social and others: ‘An attempt to push mental imagery over the reality threshold using non-invasive brain stimulation’
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I am very excited to share our new preprint, spearheaded by the brilliant @lunahuestegge.bsky.social, w/ @peterkok.bsky.social and others: ‘An attempt to push mental imagery over the reality threshold using non-invasive brain stimulation’
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
TIL that Sherrington believe there was no conscious access to visceral stimuli - from Breners "Visceral Perception". www.researchgate.net/profile/Jasp...
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
TIL that Sherrington believe there was no conscious access to visceral stimuli - from Breners "Visceral Perception". www.researchgate.net/profile/Jasp...
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Build a an example for next week's class of using #shiny in @quarto.org with results from a #brms mixture model.
I think it turned out pretty cool 😎
I think it turned out pretty cool 😎
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Build a an example for next week's class of using #shiny in @quarto.org with results from a #brms mixture model.
I think it turned out pretty cool 😎
I think it turned out pretty cool 😎
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
Uhh,,, Figure 1 shows you... what exactly? Trying to understand Medical fryrmbial, runctitional features and mum's legs going through concrete.
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Uhh,,, Figure 1 shows you... what exactly? Trying to understand Medical fryrmbial, runctitional features and mum's legs going through concrete.
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
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Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference - Nature
Calcium imaging of taste neurons and the ventral brain provides insight into evolutionary divergence of food choice in Drosophila species, supporting a role of sensorimotor processing in addition to p...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
OSF
osf.io
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
New today in @Nature: your visual cortex contains touch-based body maps. bit.ly/VisualBodyMaps
Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.
Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New today in @Nature: your visual cortex contains touch-based body maps. bit.ly/VisualBodyMaps
Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.
Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.
Good department, great city, go ahead and apply!
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good department, great city, go ahead and apply!
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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All the code is online - Matlab for now; we're actively working on having a python version shortly:
github.com/teresaberthe...
It has a 'Ten simple rules' section and hopefully provides a starting point for anyone interested in the link between respiration, behaviour, and the brain.
github.com/teresaberthe...
It has a 'Ten simple rules' section and hopefully provides a starting point for anyone interested in the link between respiration, behaviour, and the brain.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
All the code is online - Matlab for now; we're actively working on having a python version shortly:
github.com/teresaberthe...
It has a 'Ten simple rules' section and hopefully provides a starting point for anyone interested in the link between respiration, behaviour, and the brain.
github.com/teresaberthe...
It has a 'Ten simple rules' section and hopefully provides a starting point for anyone interested in the link between respiration, behaviour, and the brain.
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
'Robust circular cluster-based statistics
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
'Robust circular cluster-based statistics
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
Great piece on #interoception and brain body interactions by @carlzimmer.com in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s... What an exciting time to work on this. Join us @cshlmeetings.bsky.social to learn more about the this exciting field meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Mapping the Sense of What’s Going On Inside
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Great piece on #interoception and brain body interactions by @carlzimmer.com in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s... What an exciting time to work on this. Join us @cshlmeetings.bsky.social to learn more about the this exciting field meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Fab visit here in Maastricht- was a joy to catch up with many friends. The cannabodies study is ready to go! With special thanks to @nlmason.bsky.social and @melinavejloe.bsky.social - our tasks are setup and ready to begin!
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Fab visit here in Maastricht- was a joy to catch up with many friends. The cannabodies study is ready to go! With special thanks to @nlmason.bsky.social and @melinavejloe.bsky.social - our tasks are setup and ready to begin!
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I am really proud that eLife have published this paper. It is a very nice paper, but you need to also read the reviews to understand why! 1/n
"The inevitability and superfluousness of cell types in spatial cognition". Intuitive cell types are found in random artificial networks using the same selection criteria neuroscientists use with actual data. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... 1/2
elifesciences.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am really proud that eLife have published this paper. It is a very nice paper, but you need to also read the reviews to understand why! 1/n
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New blog post!
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
If you have two measures of the same confounder, you can just include both of them in your regression model
Sometimes, researchers worry about multicollinearity in situations where it’s actually a non-issue. Here’s one such scenario.
Imagine a situation where you are interested in the effect of X on Y (X...
www.the100.ci
October 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New blog post!
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
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Speeding up, not slowing down, decreases the metabolic energy needed to stabilize walking in the sagittal plane
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
by @friedldegroote.bsky.social and colleagues
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
by @friedldegroote.bsky.social and colleagues
Speeding up, not slowing down, decreases the metabolic energy needed to stabilize walking in the sagittal plane | Journal of Applied Physiology | American Physiological Society
There is a metabolic cost associated with stabilizing walking, but it remains unclear to what extent stabilizing walking in the sagittal plane contributes to this cost. Furthermore, strategies for sta...
journals.physiology.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Speeding up, not slowing down, decreases the metabolic energy needed to stabilize walking in the sagittal plane
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
by @friedldegroote.bsky.social and colleagues
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
by @friedldegroote.bsky.social and colleagues
Reposted by Micah G. Allen
New preprint! 🎉 Using a sample of over 73k births across Norway, we found that induction of labor (with either oxytocin, prostaglandin, or amniotomy) and epidural analgesia are associated with lower likelihood of initiating breastfeeding doi.org/10.22541/au....
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New preprint! 🎉 Using a sample of over 73k births across Norway, we found that induction of labor (with either oxytocin, prostaglandin, or amniotomy) and epidural analgesia are associated with lower likelihood of initiating breastfeeding doi.org/10.22541/au....
The latest consumer grade VR headsets have some of the best eye tracking tech on the planet. Kind of feels like a big miss that they don't also make it possible to do pupillometry.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The latest consumer grade VR headsets have some of the best eye tracking tech on the planet. Kind of feels like a big miss that they don't also make it possible to do pupillometry.