Bianca R. Baltaretu, PhD
@bbaltaretu.bsky.social
Neuroscientist :: Perception | Cognition | Action | Eye-Tracking | fMRI | VR
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Final paper of my PhD 🤗
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
There is growing interest in how cognitive control may improve value-based decision making.
However, we find that a recent paper overestimated the role of control in their task, leading to erroneous interpretations of dACC recordings.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
There is growing interest in how cognitive control may improve value-based decision making.
However, we find that a recent paper overestimated the role of control in their task, leading to erroneous interpretations of dACC recordings.
Misspecified models create the appearance of adaptive control during value-based choice - Communications Psychology
In a new computational analysis of previous work, this study shows that a control-free mechanism better accounts for value-based decisions than an account that assumes top-down control invigorating th...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Final paper of my PhD 🤗
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
There is growing interest in how cognitive control may improve value-based decision making.
However, we find that a recent paper overestimated the role of control in their task, leading to erroneous interpretations of dACC recordings.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
There is growing interest in how cognitive control may improve value-based decision making.
However, we find that a recent paper overestimated the role of control in their task, leading to erroneous interpretations of dACC recordings.
Reposted by Bianca R. Baltaretu, PhD
🚀🎓We have exciting opportunities at the PhD and Postdoc level, including in the new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience, a 10-year initiative spanning a powerful international network of labs working across species and disciplines - please reach out if interested
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We are excited to announce our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE)! This program will unite experts in experimental and computational #neuroscience approaches to investigate how the brain represents sensorimotor interactions. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s... #science
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience on Simons Foundation
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December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🚀🎓We have exciting opportunities at the PhD and Postdoc level, including in the new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience, a 10-year initiative spanning a powerful international network of labs working across species and disciplines - please reach out if interested
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Great news! We are looking for an NHP neuroscientist as the assistant professor level. We have no preconceived ideas -- looking for the most exciting research going. If you have any questions, please reach out. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great news! We are looking for an NHP neuroscientist as the assistant professor level. We have no preconceived ideas -- looking for the most exciting research going. If you have any questions, please reach out. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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I’m excited to share the first preprint from my PhD project!
Together with Daniel Kaiser (@dkaiserlab.bsky.social), we investigated how internal models shape inter-individual differences in the perception and neural processing of natural scenes.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Together with Daniel Kaiser (@dkaiserlab.bsky.social), we investigated how internal models shape inter-individual differences in the perception and neural processing of natural scenes.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’m excited to share the first preprint from my PhD project!
Together with Daniel Kaiser (@dkaiserlab.bsky.social), we investigated how internal models shape inter-individual differences in the perception and neural processing of natural scenes.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Together with Daniel Kaiser (@dkaiserlab.bsky.social), we investigated how internal models shape inter-individual differences in the perception and neural processing of natural scenes.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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For the oculomotor nerds out there… we’re excited to share our paired papers on precerebellar circuitry!
These two studies look at how internuclear pathways talk to the cerebellum and what that means for eye movement control. 👀🧠 #neuroskyence #science
These two studies look at how internuclear pathways talk to the cerebellum and what that means for eye movement control. 👀🧠 #neuroskyence #science
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For the oculomotor nerds out there… we’re excited to share our paired papers on precerebellar circuitry!
These two studies look at how internuclear pathways talk to the cerebellum and what that means for eye movement control. 👀🧠 #neuroskyence #science
These two studies look at how internuclear pathways talk to the cerebellum and what that means for eye movement control. 👀🧠 #neuroskyence #science
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We have a great group of speakers lined up for our @yorku-cian.bsky.social / CSBBCS satellite symposium on 'Cognition and Action', June 4,5 '26 in Toronto. Calls for poster abstracts coming soon.
www.yorku.ca/research/cia...
www.yorku.ca/research/cia...
Speakers - CIAN - Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience
Laurel Buxbaum Professor and Institute Scientist, Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute Theresa Desrochers Associate Professor, Brown University Randy Flanagan Professor Queen's University ...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We have a great group of speakers lined up for our @yorku-cian.bsky.social / CSBBCS satellite symposium on 'Cognition and Action', June 4,5 '26 in Toronto. Calls for poster abstracts coming soon.
www.yorku.ca/research/cia...
www.yorku.ca/research/cia...
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Also it's time to keep pushing.
Sign our open letter and adapt it for your university and country!
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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Sign our open letter and adapt it for your university and country!
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Also it's time to keep pushing.
Sign our open letter and adapt it for your university and country!
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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Sign our open letter and adapt it for your university and country!
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science
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AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science
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Reposted by Bianca R. Baltaretu, PhD
Thrilled that our paper is out today in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
Sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits
Nature - Experiments with human volunteers and macaques show that expectations produced by probabilistic cueing of future sensory inputs shape motor circuit dynamics in order to increase the...
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thrilled that our paper is out today in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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Our (@jdcrawford.bsky.social) new preprint review of 'Cortical Mechanisms for Transsaccadic Vision: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Feature Updating' is now up! Check it out: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our (@jdcrawford.bsky.social) new preprint review of 'Cortical Mechanisms for Transsaccadic Vision: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Feature Updating' is now up! Check it out: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Our (@jdcrawford.bsky.social) new preprint review of 'Cortical Mechanisms for Transsaccadic Vision: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Feature Updating' is now up! Check it out: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our (@jdcrawford.bsky.social) new preprint review of 'Cortical Mechanisms for Transsaccadic Vision: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Feature Updating' is now up! Check it out: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Reposted by Bianca R. Baltaretu, PhD
Check out our preprint review of 'Cortical Mechanisms for Transsaccadic Vision: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Feature Updating', based largely on the PhD work of @bbaltaretu.bsky.social.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
October 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Check out our preprint review of 'Cortical Mechanisms for Transsaccadic Vision: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Feature Updating', based largely on the PhD work of @bbaltaretu.bsky.social.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Last day of #ECVP tomorrow (Thursday). And at 8.30 I’ll be introducing what promises to be a coherent and lively symposium on how visual representations are held in mind. In the Audimax, with Maria Servetnik, @tbchristophel.bsky.social, Clay Curtis, and @bradpostle.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Last day of #ECVP tomorrow (Thursday). And at 8.30 I’ll be introducing what promises to be a coherent and lively symposium on how visual representations are held in mind. In the Audimax, with Maria Servetnik, @tbchristophel.bsky.social, Clay Curtis, and @bradpostle.bsky.social
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Sara finished her 2nd week of radiotherapy. She’s felt a few side effects, and there’s always a lurking anxiety about complications. Sara’s sister has written a short piece on some of the challenges we’ve been facing, and how you can help also beyond our specific case. ♥️
medium.com/@Susana_hawk...
medium.com/@Susana_hawk...
The Emotional and Financial Toll of Brain Cancer
When cancer strikes, it does more than attack the body — it upends lives, drains bank accounts, and challenges even the strongest spirits…
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March 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Sara finished her 2nd week of radiotherapy. She’s felt a few side effects, and there’s always a lurking anxiety about complications. Sara’s sister has written a short piece on some of the challenges we’ve been facing, and how you can help also beyond our specific case. ♥️
medium.com/@Susana_hawk...
medium.com/@Susana_hawk...
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The Research Office at my university wrote about @applylab.bsky.social’s ERSTPP grant!
Driving Innovation: U of T Collaborators Study ‘Inattentional Blindness’ on Canada’s Roads | Research and Innovation
Have you ever been driving and your car gently pulls you back into your lane? Been warned to grip the steering wheel more firmly? Or alerted that the car in front of you is pulling away? Advanced Driv...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The Research Office at my university wrote about @applylab.bsky.social’s ERSTPP grant!
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Come and join our team in this fabulous project 🧠👇
3 year PhD position in cognitive computational neuroscience available
@psychologyuea.bsky.social
Working with @timkietzmann.bsky.social @stephanierossit.bsky.social
Deadline 30th April. Unfortunately only open to UK candidates.
Pls retweet.
#neuroskyence
#VisionScience
#compneurosky
@psychologyuea.bsky.social
Working with @timkietzmann.bsky.social @stephanierossit.bsky.social
Deadline 30th April. Unfortunately only open to UK candidates.
Pls retweet.
#neuroskyence
#VisionScience
#compneurosky
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience: multimodal models of material perception (SMITHF_UPSY25LEVERHULME) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Cognitive Computational Neuroscience: multimodal models of material perception (SMITHF_UPSY25LEVERHULME) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com
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February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Come and join our team in this fabulous project 🧠👇
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I just gave a lecture on "Higher visual cortex" to undergrads and I covered the 5 topics below.
Now I need to suggest readings. Arghh. All I have is for grad students or beyond!
Any suggestions for an undergrad textbook? I loved "From Neuron to Brain" and "Neurons and Networks" but they're old.
Now I need to suggest readings. Arghh. All I have is for grad students or beyond!
Any suggestions for an undergrad textbook? I loved "From Neuron to Brain" and "Neurons and Networks" but they're old.
February 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I just gave a lecture on "Higher visual cortex" to undergrads and I covered the 5 topics below.
Now I need to suggest readings. Arghh. All I have is for grad students or beyond!
Any suggestions for an undergrad textbook? I loved "From Neuron to Brain" and "Neurons and Networks" but they're old.
Now I need to suggest readings. Arghh. All I have is for grad students or beyond!
Any suggestions for an undergrad textbook? I loved "From Neuron to Brain" and "Neurons and Networks" but they're old.
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Really looking forward to discussing the operation of size constancy in visual perception and visually guided action as part of the Psychonomic Society's One World Seminar Series on Feb 26 at 11:15am to 1pm Eastern Time. 🧪🧠 Abstract and registration here. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Really looking forward to discussing the operation of size constancy in visual perception and visually guided action as part of the Psychonomic Society's One World Seminar Series on Feb 26 at 11:15am to 1pm Eastern Time. 🧪🧠 Abstract and registration here. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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#neurojobs #neuroimaging #neuroskyence
🧠 NEUROIMAGING POST-DOC 🧠
Do you have (or will have in a year) a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or Neuroimaging? Do you want to live in gorgeous Norwich?
Then apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
Join the SIGHT project: www.uea.ac.uk/about/school...
🧠 NEUROIMAGING POST-DOC 🧠
Do you have (or will have in a year) a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or Neuroimaging? Do you want to live in gorgeous Norwich?
Then apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
Join the SIGHT project: www.uea.ac.uk/about/school...
February 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#neurojobs #neuroimaging #neuroskyence
🧠 NEUROIMAGING POST-DOC 🧠
Do you have (or will have in a year) a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or Neuroimaging? Do you want to live in gorgeous Norwich?
Then apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
Join the SIGHT project: www.uea.ac.uk/about/school...
🧠 NEUROIMAGING POST-DOC 🧠
Do you have (or will have in a year) a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or Neuroimaging? Do you want to live in gorgeous Norwich?
Then apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
Join the SIGHT project: www.uea.ac.uk/about/school...
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Sara’s awake brain surgery on Wednesday was tough but is done. She’s been released from the hospital already and we are planning the next steps. Please keep sharing/donating, and thank you deeply for the love and support!
gofund.me/357afe0a
gofund.me/357afe0a
Donate to Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments, organized by Guido Maiello
Dear Family and Friends, Old and New,
We are the family of Sara Joy Hawkins, and this… Guido Maiello needs your support for Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments
gofund.me
January 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Sara’s awake brain surgery on Wednesday was tough but is done. She’s been released from the hospital already and we are planning the next steps. Please keep sharing/donating, and thank you deeply for the love and support!
gofund.me/357afe0a
gofund.me/357afe0a
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Halfway to our goal—thank you! Sara’s surgery is set for Jan 22 in Germany. We’re hopeful & grateful for your support. Please continue sharing, it really helps: gofund.me/7df0f670
Donate to Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments, organized by Guido Maiello
Dear Family and Friends, Old and New,
We are the family of Sara Joy Hawkins, and this… Guido Maiello needs your support for Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments
gofund.me
January 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Halfway to our goal—thank you! Sara’s surgery is set for Jan 22 in Germany. We’re hopeful & grateful for your support. Please continue sharing, it really helps: gofund.me/7df0f670
Reposted by Bianca R. Baltaretu, PhD
Any help, even the tiniest, could mean a lot. Please consider donating to this cause: gofund.me/5dd200a2
Donate to Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments, organized by Guido Maiello
Dear Family and Friends, Old and New,
We are the family of Sara Joy Hawkins, and this… Guido Maiello needs your support for Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments
gofund.me
January 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Any help, even the tiniest, could mean a lot. Please consider donating to this cause: gofund.me/5dd200a2
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I am looking for a post-doc on neuroimaging analysis. Come & join my team at UEA (Norwich, UK). The post is for 32 months starting from April. Norwich is a wonderful & affordable city.
➡Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
⏰Deadline: 13 February 2025
Questions: [email protected]
➡Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
⏰Deadline: 13 February 2025
Questions: [email protected]
a black and white image of a person 's brain with the letters p and s visible
ALT: a black and white image of a person 's brain with the letters p and s visible
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January 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I am looking for a post-doc on neuroimaging analysis. Come & join my team at UEA (Norwich, UK). The post is for 32 months starting from April. Norwich is a wonderful & affordable city.
➡Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
⏰Deadline: 13 February 2025
Questions: [email protected]
➡Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
⏰Deadline: 13 February 2025
Questions: [email protected]