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Holly Rayson
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Postdoctoral researcher at the CNRS. Interested in early neurocognitive development, effects of social experience, and emergence of socioemotional and sensorimotor skills.
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danclab.bsky.social
Our group has been looking at beta bursts for the last 5 years, but we do it a little differently than most - we group into types them based on their waveforms. In this open access article we lay out why and what we think this might mean
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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maciekszul.bsky.social
An accessible overview on why beta band activity is best seen as a diverse set of events and not an oscillation, along with cortico-subcortical network responsible for specific waveform shape. @hollyrayson.bsky.social @quentinmoreau.bsky.social Solène Gailhard @danclab.bsky.social
Beta Burst Waveform Diversity: A Window onto Cortical Computation - Holly Rayson, Quentin Moreau, Solene Gailhard, Maciej J. Szul, James J. Bonaiuto, 2025
Neural activity in the beta band is increasingly recognized to occur not as sustained oscillations but as transient burst-like events. These beta bursts are div...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reposted by Holly Rayson
maciekszul.bsky.social
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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!
Overview of the simulation strategy and analysis. a) Pial and white matter boundaries surfaces are extracted from anatomical MRI volumes. b) Intermediate equidistant surfaces are generated between the pial and white matter surfaces (labeled as superficial (S) and deep (D) respectively). c) Surfaces are downsampled together, maintaining vertex correspondence across layers. Dipole orientations are constrained using vectors linking corresponding vertices (link vectors). d) The thickness of cortical laminae varies across the cortical depth (70–72), which is evenly sampled by the equidistant source surface layers. e) Each colored line represents the model evidence (relative to the worst model, ΔF) over source layer models, for a signal simulated at a particular layer (the simulated layer is indicated by the line color). The source layer model with the maximal ΔF is indicated by “˄”. f) Result matrix summarizing ΔF across simulated source locations, with peak relative model evidence marked with “˄”. g) Error is calculated from the result matrix as the absolute distance in mm or layers from the simulated source (*) to the peak ΔF (˄). h) Bias is calculated as the relative position of a peak ΔF(˄) to a simulated source (*) in layers or mm.
June 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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danclab.bsky.social
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! 🧠📈
maciekszul.bsky.social Maciek Szul @maciekszul.bsky.social · Jun 2
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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!
Overview of the simulation strategy and analysis. a) Pial and white matter boundaries surfaces are extracted from anatomical MRI volumes. b) Intermediate equidistant surfaces are generated between the pial and white matter surfaces (labeled as superficial (S) and deep (D) respectively). c) Surfaces are downsampled together, maintaining vertex correspondence across layers. Dipole orientations are constrained using vectors linking corresponding vertices (link vectors). d) The thickness of cortical laminae varies across the cortical depth (70–72), which is evenly sampled by the equidistant source surface layers. e) Each colored line represents the model evidence (relative to the worst model, ΔF) over source layer models, for a signal simulated at a particular layer (the simulated layer is indicated by the line color). The source layer model with the maximal ΔF is indicated by “˄”. f) Result matrix summarizing ΔF across simulated source locations, with peak relative model evidence marked with “˄”. g) Error is calculated from the result matrix as the absolute distance in mm or layers from the simulated source (*) to the peak ΔF (˄). h) Bias is calculated as the relative position of a peak ΔF(˄) to a simulated source (*) in layers or mm.
June 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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natureportfolio.nature.com
Wild chimpanzee mother and infant bonds may resemble patterns of secure and insecure-avoidant types observed in humans, according to a study published in Nature Human Behaviour. go.nature.com/4k8oG5K 🧪
A mother chimpanzee carrying her twins on her back. credit: Antoine Valet, Tai Chimpanzee Project
May 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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danclab.bsky.social
DANClab is at #NeuroFrance2025 in full force! @quentinmoreau.bsky.social @hollyrayson.bsky.social
Tomorrow at 9h30 I'll give a talk about the cool methods we've developed to analyze beta bursts
May 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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ladyzoia.bsky.social
The second paper of my PhD is now out in the world! It is a longitudinal study exploring if intolerance of uncertainty predicts generalised anxiety. Thanks to
@profhelendodd.bsky.social, @jmorriss.bsky.social, @hollyrayson.bsky.social for all your support doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2025.103004
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March 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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rpsychologist.com
Introducing PowerLMM.js!

A new tool for power analysis of longitudinal linear mixed-effects models (LMMs) – with support for missing data, plus non-inferiority and equivalence tests.

powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com

Would really appreciate your feedback as I refine this app! Details below 🧵👇
December 11, 2024 at 10:20 AM
hollyrayson.bsky.social
Check out our new preprint! It's especially useful for looking at rhythmicity in infant EEG signals 🧠👶
December 10, 2024 at 1:24 PM