Decision, Action, and Neural Computation (DANC) lab
@danclab.bsky.social
sensorimotor computations, beta bursts, laminar MEG, infant development 🧠🦾💥🍰👶
PI: James Bonaiuto
www.danclab.com
PI: James Bonaiuto
www.danclab.com
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Neural dynamics across cortical layers are key to brain computations - but non-invasively, we’ve been limited to rough "deep vs. superficial" distinctions. What if we told you that it is possible to achieve full (TRUE!) laminar (I, II, III, IV, V, VI) precision with MEG!
Neural dynamics across cortical layers are key to brain computations - but non-invasively, we’ve been limited to rough "deep vs. superficial" distinctions. What if we told you that it is possible to achieve full (TRUE!) laminar (I, II, III, IV, V, VI) precision with MEG!
It's been a while since our last laminar MEG paper, but we're back! This time we push beyond deep versus superficial distinctions and go whole hog. Check it out- lots more exciting stuff to come! 🧠📈
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It's out out. Saying that your favourite signal is an oscillation is not enough, it would be good to quantify to what extent.
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Siqi Zhang, James J. Bonaiuto, et al:
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's out out. Saying that your favourite signal is an oscillation is not enough, it would be good to quantify to what extent.
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Siqi Zhang, James J. Bonaiuto, et al:
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Siqi Zhang, James J. Bonaiuto, et al:
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Our article on lagged Hilbert autocoherence is out: direct.mit.edu/imag/article... Just because you do a TF transformation on your signal doesn't mean that it's an oscillation. Siqi Zhang @maciekszul.bsky.social Sotirios Papadopoulos, @alimassera.bsky.social, @hollyrayson.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Our article on lagged Hilbert autocoherence is out: direct.mit.edu/imag/article... Just because you do a TF transformation on your signal doesn't mean that it's an oscillation. Siqi Zhang @maciekszul.bsky.social Sotirios Papadopoulos, @alimassera.bsky.social, @hollyrayson.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
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Do you like RSA analysis, M/EEG and Bayes? Then you'll love Variational RSA for M/EEG, by recently completed PhD student @alexlepauvre.bsky.social from Lucia Melloni's group. It's a method and SPM toolbox for multivariate analysis of M/EEG data. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01784 . 🧵 [1/4]
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Do you like RSA analysis, M/EEG and Bayes? Then you'll love Variational RSA for M/EEG, by recently completed PhD student @alexlepauvre.bsky.social from Lucia Melloni's group. It's a method and SPM toolbox for multivariate analysis of M/EEG data. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01784 . 🧵 [1/4]
There's still time to apply! #neurojobs
🚨Postdoc job offer🚨
Are you interested in beta bursts? Want to help drive methods for laminar inference with MEG? Now hiring a postdoc: run head-cast MEG experiments, help build our laMEG toolbox, and collaborate across Lyon–Marseille–Strasbourg. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Please repost! 🧠📈
Are you interested in beta bursts? Want to help drive methods for laminar inference with MEG? Now hiring a postdoc: run head-cast MEG experiments, help build our laMEG toolbox, and collaborate across Lyon–Marseille–Strasbourg. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Please repost! 🧠📈
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Post-doctorate - Beta bursts & laminar MEG (M/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
October 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
There's still time to apply! #neurojobs
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📈🧠 We're looking for brains! 🧠📈
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣
Please get in touch to hear more!
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣
Please get in touch to hear more!
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📈🧠 We're looking for brains! 🧠📈
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣
Please get in touch to hear more!
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣
Please get in touch to hear more!
Thanks so much for the invitation and what a cool logo! Looking forward to it!
MEG Nord returns to Aarhus, Nov 26-28, inaugurating our new OPM lab! Keynotes from @olejensen.bsky.social, James Bonaiuto @danclab.bsky.social, Sophie Scott; sessions will feature both group leaders + early career researchers.
Registration & abstract submission now open:
cfin.au.dk/meg-nord-2025
Registration & abstract submission now open:
cfin.au.dk/meg-nord-2025
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Thanks so much for the invitation and what a cool logo! Looking forward to it!
I'm co-organising a #CNS2026 symposium with @adykstra.bsky.social - "Non-invasive meso-scale dynamics of perception and cognition", including @darcywaller.bsky.social and @lonikefaes.bsky.social. If you're a member, please vote for it and help us make this happen!
If you’re a @cogneuronews.bsky.social member, check out and vote on the great lineup of symposia for 2026, and plz consider our symposium “Non-invasive meso-scale dynamics of perception and cognition”, organized by @adykstra.bsky.social including James Bonauito and @lonikefaes.bsky.social!
September 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I'm co-organising a #CNS2026 symposium with @adykstra.bsky.social - "Non-invasive meso-scale dynamics of perception and cognition", including @darcywaller.bsky.social and @lonikefaes.bsky.social. If you're a member, please vote for it and help us make this happen!
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What Darcy said! If you're a @cogneuronews.bsky.social member and want to learn at #CNS2026 how MEG and fMRI can yield circuit-level insight into perception and cognition, vote for our symposium! Co-organized by laminar MEG guru @danclab.bsky.social. Vote here! www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
September 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
What Darcy said! If you're a @cogneuronews.bsky.social member and want to learn at #CNS2026 how MEG and fMRI can yield circuit-level insight into perception and cognition, vote for our symposium! Co-organized by laminar MEG guru @danclab.bsky.social. Vote here! www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
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If you’re a @cogneuronews.bsky.social member, check out and vote on the great lineup of symposia for 2026, and plz consider our symposium “Non-invasive meso-scale dynamics of perception and cognition”, organized by @adykstra.bsky.social including James Bonauito and @lonikefaes.bsky.social!
September 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you’re a @cogneuronews.bsky.social member, check out and vote on the great lineup of symposia for 2026, and plz consider our symposium “Non-invasive meso-scale dynamics of perception and cognition”, organized by @adykstra.bsky.social including James Bonauito and @lonikefaes.bsky.social!
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Simulations are fun! Especially with the right tools😉.
@willenjoy.bsky.social and I (with support from Mina Jamshidi) made a toolbox for simulating EEG/MEG data
meegsim.readthedocs.io
I put together a quick simulation using it for this short clip. Took me 10 minutes (no, really!)
#brainmovies
@willenjoy.bsky.social and I (with support from Mina Jamshidi) made a toolbox for simulating EEG/MEG data
meegsim.readthedocs.io
I put together a quick simulation using it for this short clip. Took me 10 minutes (no, really!)
#brainmovies
September 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Simulations are fun! Especially with the right tools😉.
@willenjoy.bsky.social and I (with support from Mina Jamshidi) made a toolbox for simulating EEG/MEG data
meegsim.readthedocs.io
I put together a quick simulation using it for this short clip. Took me 10 minutes (no, really!)
#brainmovies
@willenjoy.bsky.social and I (with support from Mina Jamshidi) made a toolbox for simulating EEG/MEG data
meegsim.readthedocs.io
I put together a quick simulation using it for this short clip. Took me 10 minutes (no, really!)
#brainmovies
This was a fun paper to work on! Thanks to Andy for coordinating this. It made me think more deeply about where we might be able to go with laminar MEG, and I learned a lot in the process! #neuroskyence
Our open-access article - Testing circuit-level theories of consciousness in humans - together with Yunkai Zhu, Carolina Fernandez Pujol, @dvwz.bsky.social, @jonescompneurolab.bsky.social, @tmarvan.bsky.social, and @danclab.bsky.social, was just published @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social.
Online Now: Testing circuit-level theories of consciousness in humans
September 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This was a fun paper to work on! Thanks to Andy for coordinating this. It made me think more deeply about where we might be able to go with laminar MEG, and I learned a lot in the process! #neuroskyence
🚨Postdoc job offer🚨
Are you interested in beta bursts? Want to help drive methods for laminar inference with MEG? Now hiring a postdoc: run head-cast MEG experiments, help build our laMEG toolbox, and collaborate across Lyon–Marseille–Strasbourg. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Please repost! 🧠📈
Are you interested in beta bursts? Want to help drive methods for laminar inference with MEG? Now hiring a postdoc: run head-cast MEG experiments, help build our laMEG toolbox, and collaborate across Lyon–Marseille–Strasbourg. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Please repost! 🧠📈
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Post-doctorate - Beta bursts & laminar MEG (M/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
September 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
🚨Postdoc job offer🚨
Are you interested in beta bursts? Want to help drive methods for laminar inference with MEG? Now hiring a postdoc: run head-cast MEG experiments, help build our laMEG toolbox, and collaborate across Lyon–Marseille–Strasbourg. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Please repost! 🧠📈
Are you interested in beta bursts? Want to help drive methods for laminar inference with MEG? Now hiring a postdoc: run head-cast MEG experiments, help build our laMEG toolbox, and collaborate across Lyon–Marseille–Strasbourg. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Please repost! 🧠📈
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In an EEG study spearheaded by Marlena Baldauf, we show that 8-month-old babies’ visual systems resonate at 4Hz (theta rhythm) — unlike adults, who resonate around 10Hz (alpha).
👶🧠 echoes at 4Hz
👩🦰🧠 echoes at ~10Hz
Preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👶🧠 echoes at 4Hz
👩🦰🧠 echoes at ~10Hz
Preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Infant Brains Tick at 4Hz - Resonance Properties of the Developing Visual System
Neural rhythms of the infant brain are not well understood. Testing the rhythmic properties of the adult visual system with periodic or broadband visual stimulation elicited neural resonance phenomena...
www.biorxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In an EEG study spearheaded by Marlena Baldauf, we show that 8-month-old babies’ visual systems resonate at 4Hz (theta rhythm) — unlike adults, who resonate around 10Hz (alpha).
👶🧠 echoes at 4Hz
👩🦰🧠 echoes at ~10Hz
Preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👶🧠 echoes at 4Hz
👩🦰🧠 echoes at ~10Hz
Preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Happy to share a new preprint in which @paulbuerkner.com and I introduce a novel model-based approach for precisely estimating the onset and offset of M/EEG effects!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Precise temporal localisation of M/EEG effects with Bayesian generalised additive multilevel models
Time-resolved electrophysiological measurements such as those obtained through magneto- and electroencephalography (M/EEG) offer a unique window onto the neural activity underlying cognitive processes...
www.biorxiv.org
September 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Happy to share a new preprint in which @paulbuerkner.com and I introduce a novel model-based approach for precisely estimating the onset and offset of M/EEG effects!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Beta burst waveform extraction using novel 4He-OPMs https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.10.663870v1
July 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Beta burst waveform extraction using novel 4He-OPMs https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.10.663870v1
Beta burst waveforms in PD! We find that specific types of beta bursts are rate-modulated by l-dopa, and STN-cortical connectivity during these burst types is related to clinical improvement. Fantastic work by Hasnae Agouram with @pierpasorre.bsky.social 🧠📈
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Levodopa increased burst waveform-specific connectivity between STN and the sensorimotor cortex, which correlated with medication related improvement.
Beta burst waveforms look like a promising biomarker candidate for both disease severity and treatment response.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Levodopa increased burst waveform-specific connectivity between STN and the sensorimotor cortex, which correlated with medication related improvement.
Beta burst waveforms look like a promising biomarker candidate for both disease severity and treatment response.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Beta burst waveforms in PD! We find that specific types of beta bursts are rate-modulated by l-dopa, and STN-cortical connectivity during these burst types is related to clinical improvement. Fantastic work by Hasnae Agouram with @pierpasorre.bsky.social 🧠📈
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Pleased to see this paper finally published. We investigated which conductive models are appropriate for source analysis of spine electrophysiology. Turns out modelling the bone is quite important! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Volume conductor models for magnetospinography - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Volume conductor models for magnetospinography
www.nature.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Pleased to see this paper finally published. We investigated which conductive models are appropriate for source analysis of spine electrophysiology. Turns out modelling the bone is quite important! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out Jan's poster if you're at @meguki2025.bsky.social Great work! I'm so pleased to see these results replicated independently, even with a different type of MEG scanner!
Just arrived at @meguki2025.bsky.social excited to present results on head movement reduction in people with Parkinson‘s using individual head casts. Additionally we can replicate prior findings on laminar source reconstruction! If you want to find out more, do not hesitate to find me at poster 45!
July 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Check out Jan's poster if you're at @meguki2025.bsky.social Great work! I'm so pleased to see these results replicated independently, even with a different type of MEG scanner!
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I’m sure you’ve always wondered how reliable Granger causality of source reconstructed MEG really is. Better yet, you surely wonder how to improve it. You’re in luck, I’ve just arrived at @meguki2025.bsky.social to discuss it. All jokes aside, meet me at poster 38 if you’re interested. 👋🏼🧠
July 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I’m sure you’ve always wondered how reliable Granger causality of source reconstructed MEG really is. Better yet, you surely wonder how to improve it. You’re in luck, I’ve just arrived at @meguki2025.bsky.social to discuss it. All jokes aside, meet me at poster 38 if you’re interested. 👋🏼🧠
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happy that our article about mu & alpha rhythm waveform shape in development is now finally out in the open: doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
oscillation frequency changes across development (one of the most robust findings in the oscillation world). in this work, we also look at waveform shape changes.
oscillation frequency changes across development (one of the most robust findings in the oscillation world). in this work, we also look at waveform shape changes.
June 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
happy that our article about mu & alpha rhythm waveform shape in development is now finally out in the open: doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
oscillation frequency changes across development (one of the most robust findings in the oscillation world). in this work, we also look at waveform shape changes.
oscillation frequency changes across development (one of the most robust findings in the oscillation world). in this work, we also look at waveform shape changes.
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And huge thanks to James Bonaiuto of @danclab.bsky.social - their fantastic laminar MEG toolbox laMEG paved the way to SPM-Python! github.com/danclab/laMEG
So cool to see this taking off! Soon laMEG won't have to support our own compiled version of SPM
Drumroll... The SPM team will announce that SPM is now fully accessible from Python! 🐍 Learn more about SPM-Python at the SPM roundtable event (Friday, 1pm) and poster number 1841 at #OHBM2025. Try the beta for yourself at github.com/spm/spm-python [2/7]
June 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
And huge thanks to James Bonaiuto of @danclab.bsky.social - their fantastic laminar MEG toolbox laMEG paved the way to SPM-Python! github.com/danclab/laMEG
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The beta release of SPM-Python is out now! Amazing work by Johan Medrano @johmedr.bsky.social , Yael Balbastre, Yulia Bezsudnova @ybezs.bsky.social and other members of their team. A new era for SPM! #OHBM2025
Drumroll... The SPM team will announce that SPM is now fully accessible from Python! 🐍 Learn more about SPM-Python at the SPM roundtable event (Friday, 1pm) and poster number 1841 at #OHBM2025. Try the beta for yourself at github.com/spm/spm-python [2/7]
GitHub - spm/spm-python: The Python interface to SPM
The Python interface to SPM. Contribute to spm/spm-python development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The beta release of SPM-Python is out now! Amazing work by Johan Medrano @johmedr.bsky.social , Yael Balbastre, Yulia Bezsudnova @ybezs.bsky.social and other members of their team. A new era for SPM! #OHBM2025
So cool to see this taking off! Soon laMEG won't have to support our own compiled version of SPM
Drumroll... The SPM team will announce that SPM is now fully accessible from Python! 🐍 Learn more about SPM-Python at the SPM roundtable event (Friday, 1pm) and poster number 1841 at #OHBM2025. Try the beta for yourself at github.com/spm/spm-python [2/7]
GitHub - spm/spm-python: The Python interface to SPM
The Python interface to SPM. Contribute to spm/spm-python development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
So cool to see this taking off! Soon laMEG won't have to support our own compiled version of SPM
I once ate at a thai restaurant at the same time as leonardo dicaprio. I remember him trying unsuccessfully to get his parking validated.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
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June 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I once ate at a thai restaurant at the same time as leonardo dicaprio. I remember him trying unsuccessfully to get his parking validated.