Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University Cognitive neuroscientist Musician bragalab.com
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31 Oct 2025
How can the "default network" support many forms of introspective thought? Our new review argues these functions rely on distinct MTL connections:
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Thanks to Deniz Vatansever & Jess Andrews-Hanna for the invitation to this Special Issue!
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We are hiring an Associate or Full Professor to lead the neuroimaging research program at Northwestern's Center for Translational Imaging in the Department of Radiology
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May 18
Western Ohio was heavily reshaped by glaciers during the Ice Age, while the unglaciated southeast kept its older, more rugged Appalachian terrain.
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Northwestern scientists suggest that higher‑level #brain systems that interpret and organize perception may play a central role in #imagination in addition to sensory systems, per @NeuroCellPress. spr.ly/6019BBM01b
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Apr 9
This is the strongest ephys evidence so far for a generative model in the brain that I know of.
Congratulations @WadiaVarun! Wonderful collaboration with @UeliRutishauser on science that could only be done in humans.
And please check out Fig. 5FG. This is new since biorxiv and really surprised me: the mean response to imagery and viewing is actually the same & there are many cells that respond only during imagery--challenging the idea that signal strength is what distinguishes reality from imagination.
Apr 9
1/8 Our preprint is now a peer-reviewed paper :) Big thanks to our reviewers who pushed us to examine our results more carefully and Olivier Wyart (headquarter.paris/) for the exquisite visual. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Apr 3
Jonny was a very creative scientist. RIP, Jonny.
Congrats @RodBraga on the great work!
Mar 31
We dedicate this paper to Jonny Smallwood (1975-2025), who was instrumental in this project from inception to submission.
Jonny thank you for your mentorship & you are dearly missed!
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Our paper is out! This has been years in the making.
We found that mental imagery and perception do share a neural substrate, but we see it in in higher-order transmodal networks rather than earlier sensory systems. Check it out!
doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.202…
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We dedicate this paper to Jonny Smallwood (1975-2025), who was instrumental in this project from inception to submission.
Jonny thank you for your mentorship & you are dearly missed!
Mar 31
Our new paper on brain networks engaged during imagining is out now in Neuron!
Here is a download link (free for 50 days):
authors.elsevier.com/c/1msNE…
Congratulations to Nate Anderson for leading this work @rementurus.bsky.social
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Our new paper on brain networks engaged during imagining is out now in Neuron!
Here is a download link (free for 50 days):
authors.elsevier.com/c/1msNE…
Congratulations to Nate Anderson for leading this work @rementurus.bsky.social
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When we imagine we re-activate brain regions used during perception, an idea called "sensory reinstatement". However, our results suggest this overlap is actually in transmodal association networks, not sensory areas.
Perception culminates in transmodal networks
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The same principle was seen for imagining scenes or speech, even though different sensory systems (visual, auditory) and transmodal networks (DN-A, LANG) were implicated in each.
Lots more figures in paper, and longer thread on b-sk
Thanks to participants, reviewers & editors
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Mar 21
An inside view of the vocal anatomy and how it produces sound
[📹voice_with_natalia]
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Mar 16
1/8. New preprint!
Using fUSi in head-fixed mice🐭, we found that arousal events trigger a brain-wide wave of activity 🌊🧠.
Surprisingly, this pattern was preserved during manipulations of the locus coeruleus, pointing to a minor role for noradrenaline.
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Mar 6
I’ll be speaking at CNS 2026 in Symposium Session 6: “Not Your Average Brain: Individual-Level fMRI as a Paradigm Shift for Cognitive Neuroscience” on Monday, March 9, 10am–12pm. Excited for a session centered on how individual-level fMRI can reshape cognitive and clinical neuroscience.
cogneurosociety.org/symposia…
This symposium has an all-star group of presenters covering cutting-edge work in precision and individual-level neuroimaging. It should be a really fun and substantive discussion.
@RodBraga
@ArielleKeller
@jingnandu049
Andre Zamani
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Northwestern scientists are uncovering how the #brain and its communication networks shape behavior, social cognition, and language, with implications for neurological and psychiatric disease. spr.ly/6010htK8p
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Jan 30
My new single is released today! Hope you love it 🤗 pias.ffm.to/bb3bdyb #jazzguitar #song #newmusic #releaseday
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My review with @GrattonCaterina is (apparently) open access for those who couldn't see it before:
We discuss individual differences in brain network organization and how to home in on and talk about commonalities in the face of such differences
annualreviews.org/content/jo…
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Jan 14
As a high-school student learning about science, I never even dreamed that my research would ever be on the cover of a textbook 🥹
Thank you @postlelab !
And congrats to 1st author @donnisa_ !
amazon.com/Essentials-Cognit…
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11 Dec 2025
Join us Wednesday Dec 17th, 2025 at 12 pm EST
for the last BrainMap of 2025!
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Prof. Bruce Rosen (et al.), MD, PhD — Director of Martinos Center (@MGHMartinos)
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Webinar link: martinos.org/event/brainmap-…
Contact organizer for more info:
@abbas_neuro
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