Michael D. Nunez
@nunezanalyzed.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. University of Amsterdam, rock climber, husband, father. Model-based (Mathematical) Cognitive Neuroscientist. I study decision-making, EEG, 🧠, statistical methods, etc.
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Large Language Models Show Signs of Alignment with Human Neurocognition During Abstract Reasoning
This study investigates whether large language models (LLMs) mirror human neurocognition during abstract reasoning. We compared the performance and neural representations of human participants with th...
arxiv.org
In this preprint, @chris-pinier.bsky.social shows that open-source LLMs can perform abstract reasoning tasks, that LLMs have representations of pattern type in intermediate layers, and that LLM activations correspond to Fixation Related Potentials from participants' EEG.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.10057
arxiv.org/abs/2508.10057
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Not much you can do in Europe, but if you happen to have a Disney+ subscription: now is the time to cancel it (ABC that pulled Jimmy Kimmel owns the Walt Disney company). Trump's words, after Kimmel and Stephen Colbert were pulled: "That leaves Jimmy [Fallon] and Seth [Meyers]". Free speech no more.
September 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Not much you can do in Europe, but if you happen to have a Disney+ subscription: now is the time to cancel it (ABC that pulled Jimmy Kimmel owns the Walt Disney company). Trump's words, after Kimmel and Stephen Colbert were pulled: "That leaves Jimmy [Fallon] and Seth [Meyers]". Free speech no more.
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Nation Grateful To GOP For Protecting It From TV
Nation Grateful To GOP For Protecting It From TV
WASHINGTON—Thanking the government for defending the public from the terrifying screen in their homes, the American people confirmed Thursday that they were grateful to Republicans for protecting them...
theonion.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Nation Grateful To GOP For Protecting It From TV
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Will you be at #ICON2025 in Porto?
Then drop at our symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" (SY23, Thursday at 13.45) with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social @hcp4715.bsky.social organized by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst
Then drop at our symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" (SY23, Thursday at 13.45) with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social @hcp4715.bsky.social organized by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Will you be at #ICON2025 in Porto?
Then drop at our symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" (SY23, Thursday at 13.45) with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social @hcp4715.bsky.social organized by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst
Then drop at our symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" (SY23, Thursday at 13.45) with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social @hcp4715.bsky.social organized by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst
In this preprint, @chris-pinier.bsky.social shows that open-source LLMs can perform abstract reasoning tasks, that LLMs have representations of pattern type in intermediate layers, and that LLM activations correspond to Fixation Related Potentials from participants' EEG.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.10057
arxiv.org/abs/2508.10057
Large Language Models Show Signs of Alignment with Human Neurocognition During Abstract Reasoning
This study investigates whether large language models (LLMs) mirror human neurocognition during abstract reasoning. We compared the performance and neural representations of human participants with th...
arxiv.org
August 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
In this preprint, @chris-pinier.bsky.social shows that open-source LLMs can perform abstract reasoning tasks, that LLMs have representations of pattern type in intermediate layers, and that LLM activations correspond to Fixation Related Potentials from participants' EEG.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.10057
arxiv.org/abs/2508.10057
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🧠 New preprint alert!
In this study, using a joint modelling method with the Diffusion Decision Model, we offer a mechanistic reinterpretation of the Late Positive event-related potential Component (LPC) as a neural signature of mnemonic strength during evidence accumulation in recognition memory.
In this study, using a joint modelling method with the Diffusion Decision Model, we offer a mechanistic reinterpretation of the Late Positive event-related potential Component (LPC) as a neural signature of mnemonic strength during evidence accumulation in recognition memory.
A Parietal Memory Strength Signal Linked to Evidence Accumulation in Recognition Decisions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.20.665783v1
July 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🧠 New preprint alert!
In this study, using a joint modelling method with the Diffusion Decision Model, we offer a mechanistic reinterpretation of the Late Positive event-related potential Component (LPC) as a neural signature of mnemonic strength during evidence accumulation in recognition memory.
In this study, using a joint modelling method with the Diffusion Decision Model, we offer a mechanistic reinterpretation of the Late Positive event-related potential Component (LPC) as a neural signature of mnemonic strength during evidence accumulation in recognition memory.
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I don't agree with everything in this article, but I do agree with this:
"The act of writing the thing is the same thing as the thinking of it. If you can’t write it, you haven’t actually thought it." And AI allows us to 'not' think.
engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-war...
#academicsky #ai #teaching
"The act of writing the thing is the same thing as the thinking of it. If you can’t write it, you haven’t actually thought it." And AI allows us to 'not' think.
engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-war...
#academicsky #ai #teaching
A warning to the young: just say no to AI
The substitution of Large Language Models for genuine thinking is a generational threat. At stake is no less than the life of the mind.
engelsbergideas.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I don't agree with everything in this article, but I do agree with this:
"The act of writing the thing is the same thing as the thinking of it. If you can’t write it, you haven’t actually thought it." And AI allows us to 'not' think.
engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-war...
#academicsky #ai #teaching
"The act of writing the thing is the same thing as the thinking of it. If you can’t write it, you haven’t actually thought it." And AI allows us to 'not' think.
engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-war...
#academicsky #ai #teaching
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The NIH has terminated hundreds of diversity grants awarded to young researchers, many of whom come from the very places that supported Trump. “People on the right, they don’t realize they’re limiting the opportunity of their own kids by supporting this.” nyti.ms/4lMDXtN
July 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The NIH has terminated hundreds of diversity grants awarded to young researchers, many of whom come from the very places that supported Trump. “People on the right, they don’t realize they’re limiting the opportunity of their own kids by supporting this.” nyti.ms/4lMDXtN
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Totally agree: What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat (although I am biased, because I was one of those...) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat
International students enrich university communities and strengthen civic life. We must defend their place in global education.
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Totally agree: What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat (although I am biased, because I was one of those...) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Good time to announce that there will be a symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" at #ICON
Chaired by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst. With @redmondoconnell.bsky.social, @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social, @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social, @hcp4715.bsky.social and myself as speakers
Chaired by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst. With @redmondoconnell.bsky.social, @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social, @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social, @hcp4715.bsky.social and myself as speakers
July 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Good time to announce that there will be a symposium on "Decision Signal(s) In The Electro-encephalogram" at #ICON
Chaired by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst. With @redmondoconnell.bsky.social, @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social, @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social, @hcp4715.bsky.social and myself as speakers
Chaired by Leendert van Maanen and Jelmer Borst. With @redmondoconnell.bsky.social, @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social, @nunezanalyzed.bsky.social, @hcp4715.bsky.social and myself as speakers
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Save the date! The 2026 *gasp* Australasian MathPsych conference will be in Singapore -- looks to be a great one :)
@ozmathpsych.bsky.social
@ozmathpsych.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Save the date! The 2026 *gasp* Australasian MathPsych conference will be in Singapore -- looks to be a great one :)
@ozmathpsych.bsky.social
@ozmathpsych.bsky.social
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Donald Trump commandeered 2,000 of our state’s National Guard members to deploy on our streets.
Illegally, and for no reason.
Illegally, and for no reason.
June 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Donald Trump commandeered 2,000 of our state’s National Guard members to deploy on our streets.
Illegally, and for no reason.
Illegally, and for no reason.
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The failure of the National Academy of Sciences USA to make a clear and unequivocal statement about the disastrous Trump administration science policies — it lets all of us down and dooms them to eventual irrelevance.
US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war
Facing an extreme budget, the National Academies hosted an event that ignored it.
arstechnica.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The failure of the National Academy of Sciences USA to make a clear and unequivocal statement about the disastrous Trump administration science policies — it lets all of us down and dooms them to eventual irrelevance.
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When I first started working with resting state fMRI as a postdoc, there was a lot of skepticism about what we could learn from it. 20 years later, it's hard to imagine where the field of neuroscience would be without it. Here's a summary 🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The history and future of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging - Nature
This Review provides an overview of the history of resting-state functional MRI research, which has helped to reveal the spatiotemporal organization of the brain, and discusses how it can contribute f...
www.nature.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When I first started working with resting state fMRI as a postdoc, there was a lot of skepticism about what we could learn from it. 20 years later, it's hard to imagine where the field of neuroscience would be without it. Here's a summary 🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Republican administration has halted all student (and postdoc etc) VISA interviews.
I've written a lot about soft power here. The attacks on foreign students in the US not only undercuts the funding stream for US universities; they hemorrhage US soft power.
I've written a lot about soft power here. The attacks on foreign students in the US not only undercuts the funding stream for US universities; they hemorrhage US soft power.
Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting
It’s the latest salvo against universities, many of whom rely heavily on foreign students for funds.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Republican administration has halted all student (and postdoc etc) VISA interviews.
I've written a lot about soft power here. The attacks on foreign students in the US not only undercuts the funding stream for US universities; they hemorrhage US soft power.
I've written a lot about soft power here. The attacks on foreign students in the US not only undercuts the funding stream for US universities; they hemorrhage US soft power.
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Like I said a few times before, it was NEVER about campus protests or anti-semitism. It was always about seizing control of higher education through govt blackmail and coercion.
May 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Like I said a few times before, it was NEVER about campus protests or anti-semitism. It was always about seizing control of higher education through govt blackmail and coercion.
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🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Republican administration is also ordering all current international students (and postdocs, I believe) at Harvard to transfer or leave the country.
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
May 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Republican administration is also ordering all current international students (and postdocs, I believe) at Harvard to transfer or leave the country.
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
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Just a few months until Cognitive Computational Neuroscience comes to Amsterdam! Check out our now-complete schedule for #CCN2025, with descriptions of each of the Generative Adversarial Collaborations (GACs), Keynotes-and-Tutorials (K&Ts), Community Events, Keynote Speakers, and social activities!
A detailed schedule for CCN2025 is available on our website now, including the specific keynotes / GACs / community events taking place:
2025.ccneuro.org/schedule-of-...
The early bird registration deadline is coming up this Friday (23rd May)!
2025.ccneuro.org/schedule-of-...
The early bird registration deadline is coming up this Friday (23rd May)!
May 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Just a few months until Cognitive Computational Neuroscience comes to Amsterdam! Check out our now-complete schedule for #CCN2025, with descriptions of each of the Generative Adversarial Collaborations (GACs), Keynotes-and-Tutorials (K&Ts), Community Events, Keynote Speakers, and social activities!
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reminding myself once again that written is better than perfect
May 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
reminding myself once again that written is better than perfect
An important short opinion piece and video from 3 academics who study authoritarianism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
Opinion | We Study Fascism. And We’re Leaving the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
An important short opinion piece and video from 3 academics who study authoritarianism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
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Powerful statement and an inside look at what is happening to science in tge current administration .
time.com/7285045/resi...
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Powerful statement and an inside look at what is happening to science in tge current administration .
time.com/7285045/resi...
time.com/7285045/resi...
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I may be the only lawyer targeted by Trump willing to speak on camera, but for me it wasn't a choice. All of us have an obligation to speak out against what Trump is doing. All of us have an obligation to fight for democracy. I am fortunate to be a lawyer and to have a platform -- and I will use it.
May 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I may be the only lawyer targeted by Trump willing to speak on camera, but for me it wasn't a choice. All of us have an obligation to speak out against what Trump is doing. All of us have an obligation to fight for democracy. I am fortunate to be a lawyer and to have a platform -- and I will use it.
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The brutal assault on American science by the Trump administration is such an incredible self-own. Our entire country suffers across various domains as we lose out on invaluable cutting-edge research.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The brutal assault on American science by the Trump administration is such an incredible self-own. Our entire country suffers across various domains as we lose out on invaluable cutting-edge research.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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An open letter supporting the international bachelor’s psychology programs threatened for cuts. Proceeding with these cuts would damage some of the most important and impactful psychology departments globally. #supportdutchpsychology
openletter.earth/against-lang...
openletter.earth/against-lang...
Against Language Barriers: A Call to Protect International Education in Dutch Academia
openletter.earth
April 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An open letter supporting the international bachelor’s psychology programs threatened for cuts. Proceeding with these cuts would damage some of the most important and impactful psychology departments globally. #supportdutchpsychology
openletter.earth/against-lang...
openletter.earth/against-lang...