Anirudh Wodeyar
@aniwodeyar.bsky.social
Statistics and signal processing for oscillations in the brain.
Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
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This one looks intriguing. Arousal "embedding" whole-brain dynamics. 🤯
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Arousal as a universal embedding for spatiotemporal brain dynamics - Nature
Reframing of arousal as a latent dynamical system can reconstruct multidimensional measurements of large-scale spatiotemporal brain dynamics on the timescale of seconds in mice.
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This one looks intriguing. Arousal "embedding" whole-brain dynamics. 🤯
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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VACANCY:
Assistant Professor in AI in Digital Agriculture and Sustainability.
lnkd.in/gFKhd32z
Professor Christopher Brewster and his team are looking for a highly qualified computer scientist with a broad passion for food and agriculture, environment, and biodiversity.
@cawbrewster.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in AI in Digital Agriculture and Sustainability.
lnkd.in/gFKhd32z
Professor Christopher Brewster and his team are looking for a highly qualified computer scientist with a broad passion for food and agriculture, environment, and biodiversity.
@cawbrewster.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
VACANCY:
Assistant Professor in AI in Digital Agriculture and Sustainability.
lnkd.in/gFKhd32z
Professor Christopher Brewster and his team are looking for a highly qualified computer scientist with a broad passion for food and agriculture, environment, and biodiversity.
@cawbrewster.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in AI in Digital Agriculture and Sustainability.
lnkd.in/gFKhd32z
Professor Christopher Brewster and his team are looking for a highly qualified computer scientist with a broad passion for food and agriculture, environment, and biodiversity.
@cawbrewster.bsky.social
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A man who had severe depression for more than 30 years has "experienced joy" after undergoing bespoke brain stimulation.
Brain implant lets man 'experience joy' for the first time in decades
A device that has been likened to a pacemaker for the brain has given a man with severe depression great relief
www.newscientist.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A man who had severe depression for more than 30 years has "experienced joy" after undergoing bespoke brain stimulation.
Reposted by Anirudh Wodeyar
Brain–computer interface control with artificial intelligence copilots
#MLSky #CompNeuro #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#MLSky #CompNeuro #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Brain–computer interface control with artificial intelligence copilots - Nature Machine Intelligence
AI copilots are integrated into brain–computer interfaces, enabling a paralysed participant to achieve improved control of computer cursors and robotic arms. This shared autonomy approach offers a pro...
www.nature.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Brain–computer interface control with artificial intelligence copilots
#MLSky #CompNeuro #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#MLSky #CompNeuro #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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A major way we avoid talking to another human being is by driving cars.
Are we heading for a world where no one ever needs to talk to another human being?
Self-service tills, apps for shopping and takeaways, silent hair salons, driverless taxis – why are we going to extreme lengths to avoid engaging with each other?
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
A major way we avoid talking to another human being is by driving cars.
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1. The philosophy of science sometimes gets an unearned reputation as a purely academic exercise that offers little by way of concrete tools for advancing research.
This is wrong.
And today, as we grapple with how AI is changing the nature of scientific activity, it's desperately wrong.
This is wrong.
And today, as we grapple with how AI is changing the nature of scientific activity, it's desperately wrong.
August 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
1. The philosophy of science sometimes gets an unearned reputation as a purely academic exercise that offers little by way of concrete tools for advancing research.
This is wrong.
And today, as we grapple with how AI is changing the nature of scientific activity, it's desperately wrong.
This is wrong.
And today, as we grapple with how AI is changing the nature of scientific activity, it's desperately wrong.
My favorite kind of science: www.science.org/content/arti...
I feel I've observed this (dragonflies dipping into water then doing loop-de-loops) in the wild but never fully reflected on the why. The science involved and the experiments required to expose it are delicious to understand :)
I feel I've observed this (dragonflies dipping into water then doing loop-de-loops) in the wild but never fully reflected on the why. The science involved and the experiments required to expose it are delicious to understand :)
‘Absolutely insane.’ Dragonfly’s extreme loop-the-loops are unparalleled in nature
Insects use “crazy turning” to dry off after a cooling dip in water
www.science.org
July 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
My favorite kind of science: www.science.org/content/arti...
I feel I've observed this (dragonflies dipping into water then doing loop-de-loops) in the wild but never fully reflected on the why. The science involved and the experiments required to expose it are delicious to understand :)
I feel I've observed this (dragonflies dipping into water then doing loop-de-loops) in the wild but never fully reflected on the why. The science involved and the experiments required to expose it are delicious to understand :)
I hope (and suspect) that we will see more of this style of reasoning into the future in several areas. Essentially, you can more effectively enable brain state changes _from_ specific brain states. The idea has existed in other forms elsewhere - tracking phase of oscillations is a variation ...
July 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I hope (and suspect) that we will see more of this style of reasoning into the future in several areas. Essentially, you can more effectively enable brain state changes _from_ specific brain states. The idea has existed in other forms elsewhere - tracking phase of oscillations is a variation ...
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Here's a bit of spice. Brain research clearly needs to tackle more complexity (than, say, Step 1: simple linear causal chains). But that leaves an ~infinite set of alternatives. Here, @pessoabrain.bsky.social advocates not for just a step 2, but a 3. /1
arxiv.org/abs/2411.03621
arxiv.org/abs/2411.03621
July 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here's a bit of spice. Brain research clearly needs to tackle more complexity (than, say, Step 1: simple linear causal chains). But that leaves an ~infinite set of alternatives. Here, @pessoabrain.bsky.social advocates not for just a step 2, but a 3. /1
arxiv.org/abs/2411.03621
arxiv.org/abs/2411.03621
Awesome!
The first results of the Cogitate effort are out in @nature.com Such an interesting paper!
Congratulations to all those involved!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to all those involved!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Adversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness - Nature
Multimodal results (iEEG, fMRI and MEG) of predictions from integrated information theory and global neuronal workspace theory align with some predictions of both theories on visual consciou...
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Awesome!
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French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched…
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
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I’d 💯 recommend being a TA for @neuromatch.bsky.social
The best way to learn is teach.
And the best way to teach is with phenomenal materials that are well structured and have solutions.
The best way to learn is teach.
And the best way to teach is with phenomenal materials that are well structured and have solutions.
🌟 Teaching Assistants are who make
Neuromatch Academy run! 🌟
Thinking of becoming a Teaching Assistant (TA) for
Neuromatch or Climatematch Academy? Here’s why you should GO
FOR IT! 🚀
Learn more and apply here: neuromatch.io/courses/
#Education #TA #TeachingOpportunity #mentorship
Neuromatch Academy run! 🌟
Thinking of becoming a Teaching Assistant (TA) for
Neuromatch or Climatematch Academy? Here’s why you should GO
FOR IT! 🚀
Learn more and apply here: neuromatch.io/courses/
#Education #TA #TeachingOpportunity #mentorship
March 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’d 💯 recommend being a TA for @neuromatch.bsky.social
The best way to learn is teach.
And the best way to teach is with phenomenal materials that are well structured and have solutions.
The best way to learn is teach.
And the best way to teach is with phenomenal materials that are well structured and have solutions.
This observation of reduced slow oscillation-spindle coupling may be explained by the mechanism that we proposed in a paper last year that when slow oscillations are coupled with epileptic spikes that reach the thalamus, spindle occurrence is reduced (see Figure 2D): academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
March 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This observation of reduced slow oscillation-spindle coupling may be explained by the mechanism that we proposed in a paper last year that when slow oscillations are coupled with epileptic spikes that reach the thalamus, spindle occurrence is reduced (see Figure 2D): academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
Quite enjoyed passing through this new review: www.nature.com/articles/s41... on the interaction between epilepsy and sleep.
Earlier work from @laurentsheybani.bsky.social et al. on local wake slow oscillations were cool observations that I could finally go through: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Earlier work from @laurentsheybani.bsky.social et al. on local wake slow oscillations were cool observations that I could finally go through: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mechanistic insights into the interaction between epilepsy and sleep - Nature Reviews Neurology
Epidemiological evidence has demonstrated associations between sleep and epilepsy, but we lack a mechanistic understanding of these associations. In this Review, Sheybani et al. consider the associati...
www.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Quite enjoyed passing through this new review: www.nature.com/articles/s41... on the interaction between epilepsy and sleep.
Earlier work from @laurentsheybani.bsky.social et al. on local wake slow oscillations were cool observations that I could finally go through: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Earlier work from @laurentsheybani.bsky.social et al. on local wake slow oscillations were cool observations that I could finally go through: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All odds ratios on this scale should ideally come with an icon array of expected frequencies under exposure vs without.
Here are the results in the replication sample - odds ratio about the same as a single SNP for ADHD and no association for autism:
March 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
All odds ratios on this scale should ideally come with an icon array of expected frequencies under exposure vs without.
Oof this style of reporting is exhausting. Read thread!
Dissapointed in the article fixating on flashy narrative of Elon Musk’s involvement, it ignores decades of rigorous, publicly funded #research that has driven real breakthroughs - many of which have far greater impact than Neuralink’s first human trial. 🧵
#BCI
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#BCI
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed - or terrified?
An accident left Noland Arbaugh paralysed, but Musk’s Neuralink brain implant allows him to control computers with his thoughts. Is it a life-changing innovation that could help millions – or the star...
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Oof this style of reporting is exhausting. Read thread!
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Out today: cross-species improvement of cognitive flexibility
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The TLDR: remember when we improved human cognition with deep brain stimulation? (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725508/)
Well, now we did it in rats, and it works the same!
Specifically... 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The TLDR: remember when we improved human cognition with deep brain stimulation? (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725508/)
Well, now we did it in rats, and it works the same!
Specifically... 1/
Striatal stimulation enhances cognitive control and evidence processing in rodents and humans
Developing an animal model of human brain stimulation therapy reveals that striatal DBS enhances the brain’s ability to process conflicting evidence.
www.science.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Out today: cross-species improvement of cognitive flexibility
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The TLDR: remember when we improved human cognition with deep brain stimulation? (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725508/)
Well, now we did it in rats, and it works the same!
Specifically... 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The TLDR: remember when we improved human cognition with deep brain stimulation? (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725508/)
Well, now we did it in rats, and it works the same!
Specifically... 1/
The observation from Hu et. al. that sleep spindles seem negatively linked to discharges in Lennox-Gastaut (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) fits with our past work on epilepsy patients where epileptic spikes were disrupting sleep spindles (dx.doi.org/10.1093/brai...).
Discovering EEG biomarkers of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome through unsupervised time–frequency analysis
Objective The discovery and validation of electroencephalography (EEG) biomarkers often rely on visual identification of waveforms. However, bias toward visually striking events restricts the search...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The observation from Hu et. al. that sleep spindles seem negatively linked to discharges in Lennox-Gastaut (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) fits with our past work on epilepsy patients where epileptic spikes were disrupting sleep spindles (dx.doi.org/10.1093/brai...).
Starting to wonder if the gains of auditory stimulation at night are reserved for folks who already have impairment of some kind. Everything I've seen so far would fit that expectation. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Auditory Enhancement of Sleep Slow Waves in People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Deep sleep supports several restorative functions and has emerged as a potential therapeutic target in neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). Phase-targeted auditory stimulatio...
www.medrxiv.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Starting to wonder if the gains of auditory stimulation at night are reserved for folks who already have impairment of some kind. Everything I've seen so far would fit that expectation. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
The story of auditory stimulation to induce seeming slow oscillations in sleep gets ever more complicated: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Random auditory stimulation disturbs traveling slow waves and declarative memory
Sleep plays a crucial role in memory consolidation, and various methods have attempted to enhance this process by using auditory stimulation to modulate slow waves or trigger memory reactivation. Howe...
www.biorxiv.org
February 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The story of auditory stimulation to induce seeming slow oscillations in sleep gets ever more complicated: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The difficulty of separating sharp wave ripples and epileptic spikes in human hippocampal recordings is all too real. This new paper seems to bring a new scope of data to bear on the problem - anatomic localization: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
February 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The difficulty of separating sharp wave ripples and epileptic spikes in human hippocampal recordings is all too real. This new paper seems to bring a new scope of data to bear on the problem - anatomic localization: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Just out today: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
We ask: How can biological oscillator systems switch between different propagation patterns without requiring finely tuned connections or local inputs?
#neuroskyence #compneurosky #NetworkScience #complex #scisky #neuroscience
We ask: How can biological oscillator systems switch between different propagation patterns without requiring finely tuned connections or local inputs?
#neuroskyence #compneurosky #NetworkScience #complex #scisky #neuroscience
Direct and Retrograde Wave Propagation in Unidirectionally Coupled Wilson-Cowan Oscillators
Some biological systems exhibit both direct and retrograde propagating signal waves despite unidirectional coupling. To explain this phenomenon, we study a chain of unidirectionally coupled Wilson-Cow...
journals.aps.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just out today: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
We ask: How can biological oscillator systems switch between different propagation patterns without requiring finely tuned connections or local inputs?
#neuroskyence #compneurosky #NetworkScience #complex #scisky #neuroscience
We ask: How can biological oscillator systems switch between different propagation patterns without requiring finely tuned connections or local inputs?
#neuroskyence #compneurosky #NetworkScience #complex #scisky #neuroscience
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Terrific to see our new book reviewed in Nature
"It’s rare that researchers question theories that make up the backbone of whole fields... This shift in thinking — which amounts to a new way of unifying the life sciences — is long overdue"
Eva Jablonka
Read the review: shorturl.at/YuHcP
#science
"It’s rare that researchers question theories that make up the backbone of whole fields... This shift in thinking — which amounts to a new way of unifying the life sciences — is long overdue"
Eva Jablonka
Read the review: shorturl.at/YuHcP
#science
January 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Terrific to see our new book reviewed in Nature
"It’s rare that researchers question theories that make up the backbone of whole fields... This shift in thinking — which amounts to a new way of unifying the life sciences — is long overdue"
Eva Jablonka
Read the review: shorturl.at/YuHcP
#science
"It’s rare that researchers question theories that make up the backbone of whole fields... This shift in thinking — which amounts to a new way of unifying the life sciences — is long overdue"
Eva Jablonka
Read the review: shorturl.at/YuHcP
#science
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Pensioenfondsen als ABP en PFZW laten ons pensioengeld beheren door klimaatvervuiler BlackRock, en versterken zo hun macht.
Dit brengt onze planeet én ons pensioen in gevaar. Tijd voor actie.
👉 Stuur een brief naar je pensioenfonds en vraag ze: #BreekMetBlackRock
gofossilfree.org/nl/pensioenf...
Dit brengt onze planeet én ons pensioen in gevaar. Tijd voor actie.
👉 Stuur een brief naar je pensioenfonds en vraag ze: #BreekMetBlackRock
gofossilfree.org/nl/pensioenf...
Pensioenfondsen, breek met BlackRock!
BlackRock is de grootste vermogensbeheerder ter wereld en een sleutelspeler in de financiering van fossiele bedrijven. Veel Nederlandse pensioenfondsen zoals ABP en PFZW beloven verantwoord te belegge...
gofossilfree.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Pensioenfondsen als ABP en PFZW laten ons pensioengeld beheren door klimaatvervuiler BlackRock, en versterken zo hun macht.
Dit brengt onze planeet én ons pensioen in gevaar. Tijd voor actie.
👉 Stuur een brief naar je pensioenfonds en vraag ze: #BreekMetBlackRock
gofossilfree.org/nl/pensioenf...
Dit brengt onze planeet én ons pensioen in gevaar. Tijd voor actie.
👉 Stuur een brief naar je pensioenfonds en vraag ze: #BreekMetBlackRock
gofossilfree.org/nl/pensioenf...
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Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
![This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters.
Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sox6xar4qdc3ujhi5h4whtlh/bafkreiazjyxk6foryp6lzxcqbls62uaokwhjrjmnzg5uqpdimg77xrt26a@jpeg)
February 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky