Aurelio Cortese
@neuroaure.bsky.social
Cognitive computational neuroscientist, diver & traveller
PI at ATR Institute International (Japan)
PI at ATR Institute International (Japan)
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How do you know how visual stimuli are represented internally for decision making? This is perhaps the central question in perceptual decision making. In a new paper, we show that one can use artificial neural networks to crack this problem. #NeuroAi #VisionScience
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Using Artificial Neural Networks to Relate External Sensory Features to Internal Decisional Evidence
Abstract. All theories of perceptual decision-making postulate that external sensory information is transformed into the internal evidence that is used to judge the identity of the stimulus. However, ...
direct.mit.edu
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
How do you know how visual stimuli are represented internally for decision making? This is perhaps the central question in perceptual decision making. In a new paper, we show that one can use artificial neural networks to crack this problem. #NeuroAi #VisionScience
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
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When reading a line like "the glow of the flame briefly illuminated his face", most readers tend to build an image in their mind. 🧠
People with aphantasia, however, report that they do not. We wanted to know: Does this change how they physically read stories? (1/5)
People with aphantasia, however, report that they do not. We wanted to know: Does this change how they physically read stories? (1/5)
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 AM
When reading a line like "the glow of the flame briefly illuminated his face", most readers tend to build an image in their mind. 🧠
People with aphantasia, however, report that they do not. We wanted to know: Does this change how they physically read stories? (1/5)
People with aphantasia, however, report that they do not. We wanted to know: Does this change how they physically read stories? (1/5)
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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to expand our center cnir.ibs.re.kr admin, we're looking for a person who is fluent in both English & Korean. previous admin exp not required. if u know someone who has good communication skills, & interests to work in a dynamic, culturally diverse, & flexible working environment, pls let us know~
cnir.ibs.re.kr
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
to expand our center cnir.ibs.re.kr admin, we're looking for a person who is fluent in both English & Korean. previous admin exp not required. if u know someone who has good communication skills, & interests to work in a dynamic, culturally diverse, & flexible working environment, pls let us know~
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My lab at Boston University has open positions for a postdoc and PhD students. We study visual perception, attention, and decision making with a focus on temporal dynamics. Check out our recent work here sites.bu.edu/denisonlab/ and email me if you're interested in learning more
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My lab at Boston University has open positions for a postdoc and PhD students. We study visual perception, attention, and decision making with a focus on temporal dynamics. Check out our recent work here sites.bu.edu/denisonlab/ and email me if you're interested in learning more
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📣 I'm looking for a postdoc to join my lab at NYU! Come work with me on a principled, theory-driven approach to studying language, learning, and reasoning, in humans and AI agents.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/170656
And come chat with me at #CogSci2025 if interested!
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/170656
And come chat with me at #CogSci2025 if interested!
July 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
📣 I'm looking for a postdoc to join my lab at NYU! Come work with me on a principled, theory-driven approach to studying language, learning, and reasoning, in humans and AI agents.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/170656
And come chat with me at #CogSci2025 if interested!
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/170656
And come chat with me at #CogSci2025 if interested!
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How long is the world going to allow this horror to go on?
Gaza: More than 30 people killed 'as Israeli troops open fire towards Palestinians waiting for aid'
Gaza: More than 30 people killed 'as Israeli troops open fire towards Palestinians waiting for aid'
More than 30 people have been killed after Israeli troops opened fire towards crowds of Palestinians waiting for aid, according to witnesses and hospital officials.
news.sky.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
How long is the world going to allow this horror to go on?
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JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
July 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
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This year's Kyoto Prize in Adavanced Technology goes to Dr. Shun-ichi Amari!
www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates...
www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates...
Shun-ichi Amari | Kyoto Prize
Shun-ichi Amari
www.kyotoprize.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This year's Kyoto Prize in Adavanced Technology goes to Dr. Shun-ichi Amari!
www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates...
www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates...
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A city with a population of 15 million, and all roads leading out are blocked. This is simply a murder threat.
June 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A city with a population of 15 million, and all roads leading out are blocked. This is simply a murder threat.
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The firing of neural populations is high-dim even if their subthreshold activity is low-dim! This work by @bio-emergent.bsky.social and @haydari.bsky.social shows how, with a solvable model, a data analysis technique, and data from mouse visual cortex: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
High-dimensional neuronal activity from low-dimensional latent dynamics: a solvable model
Computation in recurrent networks of neurons has been hypothesized to occur at the level of low-dimensional latent dynamics, both in artificial systems and in the brain. This hypothesis seems at odds ...
www.biorxiv.org
June 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The firing of neural populations is high-dim even if their subthreshold activity is low-dim! This work by @bio-emergent.bsky.social and @haydari.bsky.social shows how, with a solvable model, a data analysis technique, and data from mouse visual cortex: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New research from @uclqsion.bsky.social reveals how our brains predict what we’re about to see—before it even happens.
Senior author Prof @peterkok.bsky.social said: "This predictive function may be essential not only for perception but for decision-making and learning."
Senior author Prof @peterkok.bsky.social said: "This predictive function may be essential not only for perception but for decision-making and learning."
Researchers reveal how our brains predict what we’re about to see
Researchers in the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology find that the hippocampus sends signals to the visual cortex to predict what we are about to see.
buff.ly
June 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New research from @uclqsion.bsky.social reveals how our brains predict what we’re about to see—before it even happens.
Senior author Prof @peterkok.bsky.social said: "This predictive function may be essential not only for perception but for decision-making and learning."
Senior author Prof @peterkok.bsky.social said: "This predictive function may be essential not only for perception but for decision-making and learning."
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You forgot to say the ship was attacked in international waters.... which is illegal
Israeli forces have taken command of a charity vessel that had tried to break a naval blockade of Gaza, and the boat with its crew of 12 including activist Greta Thunberg is now heading to a port in Israel, officials have said
Israeli forces seize activist ship carrying aid to Gaza
Israeli forces have taken command of a charity vessel that had tried to break a naval blockade of Gaza, and the boat with its crew of 12 including activist Greta Thunberg is now heading to a port in I...
www.rte.ie
June 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
You forgot to say the ship was attacked in international waters.... which is illegal
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Delighted to see this out- we hope these results will open up new ways of understanding the computational and functional basis for distinguishing internally and externally generated experiences (eg insight into hallucinations)
Spearheaded by the brilliant @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social 🤩
Spearheaded by the brilliant @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social 🤩
I am so excited to share that our paper 'A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality' is now published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social! 🧠✨ See thread below! doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
June 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Delighted to see this out- we hope these results will open up new ways of understanding the computational and functional basis for distinguishing internally and externally generated experiences (eg insight into hallucinations)
Spearheaded by the brilliant @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social 🤩
Spearheaded by the brilliant @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social 🤩
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I am so excited to share that our paper 'A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality' is now published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social! 🧠✨ See thread below! doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
June 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am so excited to share that our paper 'A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality' is now published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social! 🧠✨ See thread below! doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
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News story on the UCL Brain Sciences website about our recent paper using 7T fMRI to study the communication between hippocampus and neocortex. www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... Link to the paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... #neuroskyence
Researchers reveal how our brains predict what we’re about to see
Researchers in the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology find that the hippocampus sends signals to the visual cortex to predict what we are about to see.
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
News story on the UCL Brain Sciences website about our recent paper using 7T fMRI to study the communication between hippocampus and neocortex. www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... Link to the paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... #neuroskyence
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We have a PhD position for an upcoming project in metacognition research in Potsdam / Berlin. A great opportunity for those interested in cognitive modeling of confidence and EEG.
More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025
Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!
More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025
Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!
Computation and Cognition @ HMU Potsdam
Computation and Cognition @ HMU Potsdam
coconeuro.github.io
June 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We have a PhD position for an upcoming project in metacognition research in Potsdam / Berlin. A great opportunity for those interested in cognitive modeling of confidence and EEG.
More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025
Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!
More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025
Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!
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is there anyone fluent in both Korean and English looking for a job in Korea? we're hiring a lab administrator. no science experience needed, and foreigners can also apply if they have a master's degree (in any subject). pls email me at [email protected]
May 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
is there anyone fluent in both Korean and English looking for a job in Korea? we're hiring a lab administrator. no science experience needed, and foreigners can also apply if they have a master's degree (in any subject). pls email me at [email protected]
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🤔 Interested in models of social interaction and computational psychiatry?
🤗 If so, @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoc to work on these topics!
Please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/165809
🤗 If so, @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoc to work on these topics!
Please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/165809
April 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🤔 Interested in models of social interaction and computational psychiatry?
🤗 If so, @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoc to work on these topics!
Please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/165809
🤗 If so, @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoc to work on these topics!
Please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/165809
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I’m looking for a postdoc and RA for an ERC-funded project “SLEEPAWAY: Forgetting unwanted memories in sleep”. You’ll use MEG/EEG and fMRI to understand how the sleeping brain remembers and forgets. PLEASE REPOST 😊
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc
May 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I’m looking for a postdoc and RA for an ERC-funded project “SLEEPAWAY: Forgetting unwanted memories in sleep”. You’ll use MEG/EEG and fMRI to understand how the sleeping brain remembers and forgets. PLEASE REPOST 😊
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc
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This new Texas law copies anti-Jewish legislation in pre-war Nazi Germany. That legislation consisted of a series of restrictive laws passed in 1933, then the Nuremberg Laws of 1935.
This is not an exaggeration.
This is not an exaggeration.
New law empowers Texas Governor to seize property from legal immigrants.
Republicans Just Made It Legal to Take Homes from Legal Immigrants in Texas
New law empowers Texas Governor to seize property from legal immigrants.
www.lonestarleft.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This new Texas law copies anti-Jewish legislation in pre-war Nazi Germany. That legislation consisted of a series of restrictive laws passed in 1933, then the Nuremberg Laws of 1935.
This is not an exaggeration.
This is not an exaggeration.
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there's still time to submit your abstract to the Metacognitive Science meeting in Amsterdam in August -- a satellite to @cogcompneuro.bsky.social !
sites.google.com/view/metacog...
sites.google.com/view/metacog...
May 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
there's still time to submit your abstract to the Metacognitive Science meeting in Amsterdam in August -- a satellite to @cogcompneuro.bsky.social !
sites.google.com/view/metacog...
sites.google.com/view/metacog...