Luke Hearne
@lukejhearne.bsky.social
Neuroimaging, computational modeling and neuromodulation
Researcher @ QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane, Australia
https://ljhearne.github.io/
Researcher @ QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane, Australia
https://ljhearne.github.io/
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Excited to share this review in @biologicalpsych.bsky.social on using transfer learning to leverage large MRI datasets & enhance precision psychiatry!!
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Fun collab with rockstars @diawang.bsky.social @bttyeo.bsky.social @avramholmes.bsky.social
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Fun collab with rockstars @diawang.bsky.social @bttyeo.bsky.social @avramholmes.bsky.social
From big to small: Emerging methods for enhancing precision psychiatry through transfer learning
Identifying reliable links between individual differences in neurobiological features
and differences in symptom profiles or treatment outcomes is a primary goal of precision
psychiatry. Within this c...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Excited to share this review in @biologicalpsych.bsky.social on using transfer learning to leverage large MRI datasets & enhance precision psychiatry!!
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Fun collab with rockstars @diawang.bsky.social @bttyeo.bsky.social @avramholmes.bsky.social
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Fun collab with rockstars @diawang.bsky.social @bttyeo.bsky.social @avramholmes.bsky.social
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Data only shows associations. Turning those into claims about mechanism or causation? That requires a Rosetta Stone of prior knowledge + theory. Resting-state fMRI is purely observational; correlation is its currency. From this, plenty of "theoretical toys" about brain function can be built...
Resting-State fMRI and the Risk of Overinterpretation: Noise, Mechanisms, and a Missing Rosetta Stone https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676611v1
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Data only shows associations. Turning those into claims about mechanism or causation? That requires a Rosetta Stone of prior knowledge + theory. Resting-state fMRI is purely observational; correlation is its currency. From this, plenty of "theoretical toys" about brain function can be built...
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🧠 How do transformers learn relational reasoning? We trained small transformers on transitive inference (if A>B and B>C, then A>C) and discovered striking differences between learning paradigms. Our latest work reveals when and why AI systems generalize beyond training data 🤖
June 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🧠 How do transformers learn relational reasoning? We trained small transformers on transitive inference (if A>B and B>C, then A>C) and discovered striking differences between learning paradigms. Our latest work reveals when and why AI systems generalize beyond training data 🤖
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We are hiring!
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We are hiring!
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Our new NeurIPS paper on naturalistic representations in dynamic WM models, led by @xiaoxuanlei.bsky.social and @bashivan.bsky.social
Thread by Xiaoxuan 👇
Thread by Xiaoxuan 👇
🌟 New Research Alert! 🌟
Excited to share our latest work (accepted to NeurIPS2024) on understanding working memory in multi-task RNN models using naturalistic stimuli!: with @takuito.bsky.social and @bashivan.bsky.social
#tweeprint below:
Excited to share our latest work (accepted to NeurIPS2024) on understanding working memory in multi-task RNN models using naturalistic stimuli!: with @takuito.bsky.social and @bashivan.bsky.social
#tweeprint below:
November 28, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Our new NeurIPS paper on naturalistic representations in dynamic WM models, led by @xiaoxuanlei.bsky.social and @bashivan.bsky.social
Thread by Xiaoxuan 👇
Thread by Xiaoxuan 👇
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Interested in the structure of psychopathology? We have a new preprint for you osf.io/preprints/ps... led by @celinef.bsky.social "Mechanistic arbitration between candidate dimensions of psychopathology"
OSF
osf.io
August 1, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Interested in the structure of psychopathology? We have a new preprint for you osf.io/preprints/ps... led by @celinef.bsky.social "Mechanistic arbitration between candidate dimensions of psychopathology"
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The Onion should buy Elsevier next
November 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
The Onion should buy Elsevier next
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Lab’s latest at PLOS Comp Biol, led by Carrisa Cocuzza: “Distributed network flows generate localized category selectivity in human visual cortex”. This one changed how I think the brain works! Even "localized" functions are likely generated by distributed processes doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Distributed network flows generate localized category selectivity in human visual cortex
Author summary A fundamental question in neuroscience has persisted for over a century: to what extent do distributed processes drive brain function? The existence of category-selective regions within...
doi.org
November 5, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Lab’s latest at PLOS Comp Biol, led by Carrisa Cocuzza: “Distributed network flows generate localized category selectivity in human visual cortex”. This one changed how I think the brain works! Even "localized" functions are likely generated by distributed processes doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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One of the many things in academia that make no sense whatsoever is this:
Getting millions of grant money is considered a *merit in itself*.
Surely, if anything, we should be evaluating return on investment — have you been efficient, or made any sense, with all that money?
Getting millions of grant money is considered a *merit in itself*.
Surely, if anything, we should be evaluating return on investment — have you been efficient, or made any sense, with all that money?
October 21, 2024 at 5:32 AM
One of the many things in academia that make no sense whatsoever is this:
Getting millions of grant money is considered a *merit in itself*.
Surely, if anything, we should be evaluating return on investment — have you been efficient, or made any sense, with all that money?
Getting millions of grant money is considered a *merit in itself*.
Surely, if anything, we should be evaluating return on investment — have you been efficient, or made any sense, with all that money?
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August 30, 2024 at 9:07 AM