𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 New paper I anticipate will become a classic in neuroscience and a must-read for students at all levels. Understanding brain function beyond brain areas. doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-0…

Did the late Mark Hallett crack the code underpinning the physiology of free will? Physiology refers to the study of how living systems function, including how the brain generates movement and the feeling of intending to move. Free will is the brain’s constructed awareness that we are choosing our actions even though the brain initiates them before we consciously know it. Mark Hallett was instrumental in describing how the brain prepares movement long before we become aware of choosing to act. Key Points: - Movement begins subconsciously as brain regions like the SMA and premotor cortex ramp up activity long before awareness of intention. - The perception of choosing to move appears to be constructed in parallel w/ movement generation, rather than driving the movement itself. - Parietal and insular networks help create the sense of agency by comparing internal signals w/ actual movement outcomes. My take: Free will is such an important topic and Mark spent a chunk of his career helping us to define it. Here are 5 points that resonated w/ me from his seminal article on the topic: 1- Movement starts before awareness, revealing that the brain prepares actions behind the scenes. 2- Intention is a brain perception, however it feels powerful and real in daily life. 3- Different brain networks shape free will including frontal areas for planning and parietal regions for sensing agency. 4- Neurological conditions reveal mismatches where movements occur w/out the usual sense of intention. 5- Understanding these systems can guide care as health care providers help folks manage movement disorders where will, intention and action become uncoupled. RIP to the great Mark Hallett and thank you for leaving a strong legacy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @FixelInstitute @ParkinsonDotOrg @dmrf @ParkinsonsUK @APDAParkinsons @MichaelJFoxOrg @SfNtweets

Il rapporto tra Edmond e l’Abate Faria mi emoziona sempre così tanto. Penso sia una delle parti più umane e profonde dell’intera opera 🥹 #IlConteDiMontecristo

I'm editing a new research topic @FrontiersIn to explore the complex relationship between #cognitivefunctions and the #motorsystem #attention #perception #memory #decisionmaking #Movement #motorbehavior frontiersin.org/research-top…

This week, our founding codirector achieved another milestone: Happy birthday, Eric Kandel! 🎂 "The biology of mind bridges the sciences – concerned with the natural world – and the humanities – concerned with the meaning of human experience." Read more from Dr. Kandel’s Nobel speech: nobelprize.org/prizes/medici… #neuroscience #history

È un dolore strano. Morire di nostalgia per qualcosa che non vivrai mai. "Seta", Alessandro Baricco

When your thoughts drift, your brain enters a “default mode.” New studies, including one from WashU Medicine’s Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD are uncovering the default mode’s influence on memory, social cognition, and self-awareness. youtube.com/watch?v=yESSv7Og…

"Quando non puoi cambiare vento, tu regoli le vele..." ❤️ ⛵️ Aristotele ⛵️

Thanks to @lumar_isa for the great inspirational talk about how to tackle long inference time and response uncertainty of AI models! #WWDC24 #wwdc2024 #appleintelligence

This is the start of my blog series on building a computer from scratch! I’m thrilled to share this with y’all !! medium.com/@ruthurao/buildin…

Well Said!

When I heard the last news about #TrumpTrial I wondered what #jurors Dr. Jason Bull would select if Donald Trump were his client. Do you have any ideas @M_Weatherly 😁?

We continue our 25-year #Neuroscience journey 🧠 Every two weeks, we will read two influential articles from a specific year, alternating between research and review articles. This week: Year: 2003, Article: buff.ly/48PivOW #NeuroscienceJourney

📢 Reminder for the Postdoc Position! 🌟 Exciting opportunity to join us in exploring human emotions in infants using OPM-MEG at @ANs_Neuro_Lab, part of @TheCHBH and @UoB_SoP @unibirmingham. 🚨 Closing date: 4th February 2024 Apply now! #Postdoc edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…

Did you know that with 2 Python libraries, 6 lines of code and around 15 seconds, you can load satellite data from anywhere in the world? This is so much easier than it used to be!

Being the volume #editor of the Proceedings of the 21st IGS Conference was one of the achievements I pursued in 2023 #humanmovement #humanmovementscience #graphonomics #motorcontrol #computerscience #handwriting #machinelearning #neuroscience #research #springer

Just published: "AngoraPy - a toolkit for modeling anthropomorphic sensorimotor systems" using deep reinforcement learning! Paper: doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2023.1… Code: github.com/ccnmaastricht/ang… #ComputationalNeuroscience #DeepLearning #Sensorimotor #PythonToolkit #OpenScience

I am so happy to have met the ML4H group on my route. I wish I could join them in presence next year! 🤞

Thank you to the ML4H 2023 Publications Committee! @stefanhgm @epris

How do neural networks estimate the uncertainty of sensory inputs and predictions thereof? In our new work, we propose a central role for prediction-error circuits. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… with Loreen Hertäg and @k47h4