Carlos González-García
@gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social
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This raises what I like to call the "AI test for tasks".
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
There was never any point to having reference letters. That's why we've all started using AI to do this nonesense task.
References should only be used for short-listed candidates for important positions/awards, and ideally, be done via a call to get the most honest opinion possible.
References should only be used for short-listed candidates for important positions/awards, and ideally, be done via a call to get the most honest opinion possible.
From my discussions with other faculty, the use of generative AI I hear about the most is writing reference letters.
What's the point of having reference letters anymore if everyone is just having them written by machine?
What's the point of having reference letters anymore if everyone is just having them written by machine?
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This raises what I like to call the "AI test for tasks".
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
Reposted by Carlos González-García
🧠🚨 How does the hippocampus transform the visual similarity space to resolve memory interference?
In this new preprint, we found that the hippocampus sequentially inverts the behaviorally relevant dimensions of similarity 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this new preprint, we found that the hippocampus sequentially inverts the behaviorally relevant dimensions of similarity 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hippocampal transformations occur along dimensions of memory interference
The role of the hippocampus in resolving memory interference has been greatly elucidated by considering the relationship between the similarity of visual stimuli (input) and corresponding similarity o...
www.biorxiv.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🧠🚨 How does the hippocampus transform the visual similarity space to resolve memory interference?
In this new preprint, we found that the hippocampus sequentially inverts the behaviorally relevant dimensions of similarity 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this new preprint, we found that the hippocampus sequentially inverts the behaviorally relevant dimensions of similarity 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
So proud of Águeda and Germán for putting this together. A short, insightful opinion piece on how drift–diffusion modeling can deepen our understanding of the role of attention in prioritizing working memory contents.
📄 Accepted version: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Preprint: shorturl.at/p5KA4
📄 Accepted version: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Preprint: shorturl.at/p5KA4
October 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
So proud of Águeda and Germán for putting this together. A short, insightful opinion piece on how drift–diffusion modeling can deepen our understanding of the role of attention in prioritizing working memory contents.
📄 Accepted version: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Preprint: shorturl.at/p5KA4
📄 Accepted version: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Preprint: shorturl.at/p5KA4
Reposted by Carlos González-García
Very happy to finally see this out! A while ago I had the wonderful opportunity to meet an awesome group of scientists from very diverse fields, interested in exchanging thoughts, experiences and ideas. In this book, we collect some of these exchanges as a celebration the richness of science.
October 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Very happy to finally see this out! A while ago I had the wonderful opportunity to meet an awesome group of scientists from very diverse fields, interested in exchanging thoughts, experiences and ideas. In this book, we collect some of these exchanges as a celebration the richness of science.
Reposted by Carlos González-García
A memory can be represented at different levels of granularity, from highly specific to generalized.
Different representational formats of a memory can be used at different times or in different contexts, and draw on different neural representations.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Different representational formats of a memory can be used at different times or in different contexts, and draw on different neural representations.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A memory can be represented at different levels of granularity, from highly specific to generalized.
Different representational formats of a memory can be used at different times or in different contexts, and draw on different neural representations.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Different representational formats of a memory can be used at different times or in different contexts, and draw on different neural representations.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Reposted by Carlos González-García
Reposted by Carlos González-García
Looking forward to #ICON2025!
Apart from posters (updates coming), we’ll be at the “Sudden Learning Across Systems” symposium talking about factors behind solving visual disambiguation 👀, memory traces of one-shot perceptual learning and more.
Excited to share and get inspired by your work! 🚀
Apart from posters (updates coming), we’ll be at the “Sudden Learning Across Systems” symposium talking about factors behind solving visual disambiguation 👀, memory traces of one-shot perceptual learning and more.
Excited to share and get inspired by your work! 🚀
September 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Looking forward to #ICON2025!
Apart from posters (updates coming), we’ll be at the “Sudden Learning Across Systems” symposium talking about factors behind solving visual disambiguation 👀, memory traces of one-shot perceptual learning and more.
Excited to share and get inspired by your work! 🚀
Apart from posters (updates coming), we’ll be at the “Sudden Learning Across Systems” symposium talking about factors behind solving visual disambiguation 👀, memory traces of one-shot perceptual learning and more.
Excited to share and get inspired by your work! 🚀
What do we remember from highly ambiguous episodes? Here’s our take after many hours of reading and discussing. Congratulations @jvoeller.bsky.social on the first paper of your PhD!
👩💻 New preprint out (FIRST one of my PhD journey) with the incredible @lindedomingo.bsky.social @ortiztudela.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
September 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
What do we remember from highly ambiguous episodes? Here’s our take after many hours of reading and discussing. Congratulations @jvoeller.bsky.social on the first paper of your PhD!
Reposted by Carlos González-García
New preprint! 🚨We discuss the long-term memory consequences of fast visual perceptual learning: "From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective"
It's so great to work with @jvoeller.bsky.social and the team! Congrats for your first author manuscript, Johannah!
It's so great to work with @jvoeller.bsky.social and the team! Congrats for your first author manuscript, Johannah!
👩💻 New preprint out (FIRST one of my PhD journey) with the incredible @lindedomingo.bsky.social @ortiztudela.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
September 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New preprint! 🚨We discuss the long-term memory consequences of fast visual perceptual learning: "From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective"
It's so great to work with @jvoeller.bsky.social and the team! Congrats for your first author manuscript, Johannah!
It's so great to work with @jvoeller.bsky.social and the team! Congrats for your first author manuscript, Johannah!
Reposted by Carlos González-García
🧠 New preprint: Why do deep neural networks predict brain responses so well?
We find a striking dissociation: it’s not shared object recognition. Alignment is driven by sensitivity to texture-like local statistics.
📊 Study: n=57, 624k trials, 5 models doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We find a striking dissociation: it’s not shared object recognition. Alignment is driven by sensitivity to texture-like local statistics.
📊 Study: n=57, 624k trials, 5 models doi.org/10.1101/2025...
September 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🧠 New preprint: Why do deep neural networks predict brain responses so well?
We find a striking dissociation: it’s not shared object recognition. Alignment is driven by sensitivity to texture-like local statistics.
📊 Study: n=57, 624k trials, 5 models doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We find a striking dissociation: it’s not shared object recognition. Alignment is driven by sensitivity to texture-like local statistics.
📊 Study: n=57, 624k trials, 5 models doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Carlos González-García
🧠🚨 How does the brain represent what we see? Is visual input transformed to form these representations in similar ways across people and even AI models like DNNs?
We explore these questions using fMRI and large-scale representational alignment analyses.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2507.13941
Thread👇 (1/8)
We explore these questions using fMRI and large-scale representational alignment analyses.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2507.13941
Thread👇 (1/8)
Convergent transformations of visual representation in brains and models
A fundamental question in cognitive neuroscience is what shapes visual perception: the external world's structure or the brain's internal architecture. Although some perceptual variability can be trac...
arxiv.org
July 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🧠🚨 How does the brain represent what we see? Is visual input transformed to form these representations in similar ways across people and even AI models like DNNs?
We explore these questions using fMRI and large-scale representational alignment analyses.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2507.13941
Thread👇 (1/8)
We explore these questions using fMRI and large-scale representational alignment analyses.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2507.13941
Thread👇 (1/8)
🧠New preprint!
We show that different priorities shape the neural coding of planned actions in working memory. Using EEG+RSA, we find that expected interference leads to anticipatory changes in representational geometry, beyond simple maintenance.
📄 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🗂️ Data/code: osf.io/5fg7a
We show that different priorities shape the neural coding of planned actions in working memory. Using EEG+RSA, we find that expected interference leads to anticipatory changes in representational geometry, beyond simple maintenance.
📄 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🗂️ Data/code: osf.io/5fg7a
July 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🧠New preprint!
We show that different priorities shape the neural coding of planned actions in working memory. Using EEG+RSA, we find that expected interference leads to anticipatory changes in representational geometry, beyond simple maintenance.
📄 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🗂️ Data/code: osf.io/5fg7a
We show that different priorities shape the neural coding of planned actions in working memory. Using EEG+RSA, we find that expected interference leads to anticipatory changes in representational geometry, beyond simple maintenance.
📄 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🗂️ Data/code: osf.io/5fg7a
🚨 We’re hiring a postdoc!
Join the FLARE project @cimcyc.bsky.social to study sudden perceptual learning using fMRI, RSA, and DNNs.
🧠 2 years, fully funded, flexible start
More info 👉 gonzalezgarcia.github.io/postdoc/
DMs or emails welcome! Please share!
Join the FLARE project @cimcyc.bsky.social to study sudden perceptual learning using fMRI, RSA, and DNNs.
🧠 2 years, fully funded, flexible start
More info 👉 gonzalezgarcia.github.io/postdoc/
DMs or emails welcome! Please share!
Postdoc Position – FLARE Project
gonzalezgarcia.github.io
July 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🚨 We’re hiring a postdoc!
Join the FLARE project @cimcyc.bsky.social to study sudden perceptual learning using fMRI, RSA, and DNNs.
🧠 2 years, fully funded, flexible start
More info 👉 gonzalezgarcia.github.io/postdoc/
DMs or emails welcome! Please share!
Join the FLARE project @cimcyc.bsky.social to study sudden perceptual learning using fMRI, RSA, and DNNs.
🧠 2 years, fully funded, flexible start
More info 👉 gonzalezgarcia.github.io/postdoc/
DMs or emails welcome! Please share!
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We moved our symposium to a bigger room so we have a few more extra seats available now! Join us September 10th for our symosium on "Flexible Definitions of Cognitive Flexibility"
shengjiexu.ugent.be/CoCoFlex_Sem.... Poster or talk submission deadline is in two weeks: July 31st!
shengjiexu.ugent.be/CoCoFlex_Sem.... Poster or talk submission deadline is in two weeks: July 31st!
July 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We moved our symposium to a bigger room so we have a few more extra seats available now! Join us September 10th for our symosium on "Flexible Definitions of Cognitive Flexibility"
shengjiexu.ugent.be/CoCoFlex_Sem.... Poster or talk submission deadline is in two weeks: July 31st!
shengjiexu.ugent.be/CoCoFlex_Sem.... Poster or talk submission deadline is in two weeks: July 31st!
🧠💻 We (a bunch of colleagues at @cimcyc.bsky.social) just released a programming guide for psych & cog neuro students. Instead of a tutorial, this is a starting point: a collection of reflections, examples, and recommendations.
👉 Still growing, but ready to explore: wobc.github.io/programming_book/
👉 Still growing, but ready to explore: wobc.github.io/programming_book/
Programming in psychological science
A practical introduction
wobc.github.io
July 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🧠💻 We (a bunch of colleagues at @cimcyc.bsky.social) just released a programming guide for psych & cog neuro students. Instead of a tutorial, this is a starting point: a collection of reflections, examples, and recommendations.
👉 Still growing, but ready to explore: wobc.github.io/programming_book/
👉 Still growing, but ready to explore: wobc.github.io/programming_book/
Reposted by Carlos González-García
“Puede no gustar, pero pido a todos estos racistas que o bien se queden en sus casas o bien que opositen y pidan ser transferidos a Melilla”, ha dicho el ministro con firmeza.
Lee el artículo completo en nuestra web: www.elmundotoday.com/2025/07/marl...
Lee el artículo completo en nuestra web: www.elmundotoday.com/2025/07/marl...
July 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“Puede no gustar, pero pido a todos estos racistas que o bien se queden en sus casas o bien que opositen y pidan ser transferidos a Melilla”, ha dicho el ministro con firmeza.
Lee el artículo completo en nuestra web: www.elmundotoday.com/2025/07/marl...
Lee el artículo completo en nuestra web: www.elmundotoday.com/2025/07/marl...
Reposted by Carlos González-García
Congratulations to Teresa Bajo, University of Granada, Spain, recipient of the 2025 Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award. The award honors exceptional scientists who have demonstrated sustained leadership and service to the field and to the Society. bit.ly/401ldi0
July 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Congratulations to Teresa Bajo, University of Granada, Spain, recipient of the 2025 Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award. The award honors exceptional scientists who have demonstrated sustained leadership and service to the field and to the Society. bit.ly/401ldi0
Reposted by Carlos González-García
The study suggests a few metacognitive states correlate with rational behavioural adjustments; this might help steering behaviour towards optimality.
@lucvermeylen.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social @kobedesender.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social @mruz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@lucvermeylen.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social @kobedesender.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social @mruz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The temporal dynamics of metacognitive experiences track rational adaptations in task performance - Communications Psychology
Using computational modeling and EEG, the study suggests several metacognitive states correlate with rational adjustments in behavior; this might benefit steering behavior towards optimality
www.nature.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The study suggests a few metacognitive states correlate with rational behavioural adjustments; this might help steering behaviour towards optimality.
@lucvermeylen.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social @kobedesender.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social @mruz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@lucvermeylen.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social @kobedesender.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social @mruz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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this is wild and amazing! selective modulation of neurons in the ventral visual stream noninvasively, just by changing the visual input.
i've recently been saying that the senses are a powerful, overlooked BMI... the OG BMI designed by nature 😉 think of the possibilities!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.05633
i've recently been saying that the senses are a powerful, overlooked BMI... the OG BMI designed by nature 😉 think of the possibilities!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.05633
Noninvasive precision modulation of high-level neural population activity via natural vision perturbations
Precise control of neural activity -- modulating target neurons deep in the brain while leaving nearby neurons unaffected -- is an outstanding challenge in neuroscience, generally approached using inv...
arxiv.org
June 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
this is wild and amazing! selective modulation of neurons in the ventral visual stream noninvasively, just by changing the visual input.
i've recently been saying that the senses are a powerful, overlooked BMI... the OG BMI designed by nature 😉 think of the possibilities!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.05633
i've recently been saying that the senses are a powerful, overlooked BMI... the OG BMI designed by nature 😉 think of the possibilities!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.05633
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Powerful piece
"It would be a catastrophically unwise decision for humanity to abandon a key step in training young brains simply because they can now clack a few keys and produce something that sounds intelligent"
www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-...
h/t @cianodonnell.bsky.social
"It would be a catastrophically unwise decision for humanity to abandon a key step in training young brains simply because they can now clack a few keys and produce something that sounds intelligent"
www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-...
h/t @cianodonnell.bsky.social
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
www.forkingpaths.co
June 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Powerful piece
"It would be a catastrophically unwise decision for humanity to abandon a key step in training young brains simply because they can now clack a few keys and produce something that sounds intelligent"
www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-...
h/t @cianodonnell.bsky.social
"It would be a catastrophically unwise decision for humanity to abandon a key step in training young brains simply because they can now clack a few keys and produce something that sounds intelligent"
www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-...
h/t @cianodonnell.bsky.social
Reposted by Carlos González-García
👀🧠 Can a flash trigger a memory? A new study from @cimcyc.bsky.social shows that certain external stimuli can automatically activate information temporarily stored in working memory. #Attention #Memory #CognitiveNeuroscience
cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati...
cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati...
Flashes of Attention: How External Stimuli Activate Information Temporally Stored in Memory
A group of researchers from CIMCYC has published in the Journal of Memory and Language a study revealing that involuntary attention can activate memories stored temporarily in memory.
cimcyc.ugr.es
June 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
👀🧠 Can a flash trigger a memory? A new study from @cimcyc.bsky.social shows that certain external stimuli can automatically activate information temporarily stored in working memory. #Attention #Memory #CognitiveNeuroscience
cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati...
cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati...
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¿Cómo puede la prosodia ayudar a aprender a leer?
Esta es una historia de pausas, acentos y... ballenas que dicen “melón”. ¡Dentro HILO!
#HiloTesis
@crueuniversidades.bsky.social
@filarramendi.bsky.social
@universidadgranada.bsky.social
Esta es una historia de pausas, acentos y... ballenas que dicen “melón”. ¡Dentro HILO!
#HiloTesis
@crueuniversidades.bsky.social
@filarramendi.bsky.social
@universidadgranada.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
¿Cómo puede la prosodia ayudar a aprender a leer?
Esta es una historia de pausas, acentos y... ballenas que dicen “melón”. ¡Dentro HILO!
#HiloTesis
@crueuniversidades.bsky.social
@filarramendi.bsky.social
@universidadgranada.bsky.social
Esta es una historia de pausas, acentos y... ballenas que dicen “melón”. ¡Dentro HILO!
#HiloTesis
@crueuniversidades.bsky.social
@filarramendi.bsky.social
@universidadgranada.bsky.social
Reposted by Carlos González-García
“The lack of average differences between the performance of boys and girls at the beginning of the first year suggests that the causes lie in the environment children experience once they start school, rather than innate differences in interest or ability, say researchers.”
When do girls fall behind in maths? Gigantic study pinpoints the moment
https://go.nature.com/4l1nC4g
https://go.nature.com/4l1nC4g
June 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“The lack of average differences between the performance of boys and girls at the beginning of the first year suggests that the causes lie in the environment children experience once they start school, rather than innate differences in interest or ability, say researchers.”
Reposted by Carlos González-García
I'm excited to announce that my lab's open textbook on Scientific Computing for Cognitive Neuroscience (v1.0) has just gone live! Our goal is to help mend the gap between the computational skills needed by cognitive neuroscience, and typical curricula that don't yet include it. 1/3
June 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm excited to announce that my lab's open textbook on Scientific Computing for Cognitive Neuroscience (v1.0) has just gone live! Our goal is to help mend the gap between the computational skills needed by cognitive neuroscience, and typical curricula that don't yet include it. 1/3
Kicking off the II @cimcyc.bsky.social workshop on computational modeling, with @cogsenoussi.bsky.social talking about DDMs!
June 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Kicking off the II @cimcyc.bsky.social workshop on computational modeling, with @cogsenoussi.bsky.social talking about DDMs!