Luiz Pessoa
@PessoaBrain
Neuroscientist interested in cognitive-emotional brain Author of The Entangled Brain (MIT Press); The Cogitive-Emotional Brain Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon
*The Entangled Brain* is out now! I wrote it with the general reader in mind, so if you want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective give it a try. I'll write some threads with some of the main themes soon ๐ง mitpress.mit.edu/9780262544603/โฆ
๐ New Open-Source Release! PyTorchTNN ๐ A PyTorch package for building biologically-plausible temporal neural networks (TNNs)โunrolling neural network computation layer-by-layer through time, inspired by cortical processing. PyTorchTNN naturally integrates into theโฆ
Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! ๐ jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/assโฆ - deadline is August 19th! @tcdgenmicro @tcddublin
๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ-๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐บ-๐๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ nature.com/articles/s4158โฆ Small contribution in piece by @_fernando_rosas and colleagues on how we need both types of research culture
New 2 year position as an Imaging Data Infrastructure Specialist Located a the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) & the University of Newcastle (UoN), in partnership with the National Imaging Facility (NIF), Apply here: seek.com.au/job/85537666
Frontotemporal dementia is real, and we need to support research in this area to bring some hope
Bruce Willis reportedly can no longer speak, read, and has difficulty walking. ๐๐
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Finally published: โTop-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research culturesโ nature.com/articles/s41... Looking for ways to better understand different neuroscientific perspectives and enable productive collaborations
This is a must see/have by Brunton, amazing resource!
New Book & Video Series!!! (late 2025) Optimization Bootcamp: Applications in Machine Learning, Control, and Inverse Problems Comment for a sneak peak to help proofread and I'll DM (proof reading, typos, HW problems, all get acknowledgment in book!)
What's going on with the brain of this Capybara?? They say amygdala responses are automatic ๐คฃ
capybaras get on with everyone
๐ PhD in Naples = Research + La Dolce Vita Morning: Network modeling Lunch: World's best pizza Evening: Vesuvius views ๐ Mandatory year abroad (50% bonus!) 5 funded spots Deadline: Aug 27 Apply: bit.ly/3Tiumic #PhDLife #Naples #Italy #ComplexSystems
๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ Title of section 1 summarizes it: "The problem: Reductionism and control vs natural behavior: from Descartes and Bacon to Natural Neuroscience" The brain as a complex network. Looks like a fantastic book.
How are you feeling about software to help outline papers/ plan todos? Once you plan your research much of this is mechanical.
I wish people would stop sharing this article without evaluating it. One might not like AI but that doesn't make a paper critical of it of value because of that. That's not how science works.
BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying. Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt. Here's what 4 months of data revealed: (hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)
Today we celebrate the new edition of Varelaโs Principles of Biological Autonomy (1979) from MIT Press, with a new critical apparatus by Ezequiel Di Paolo & Evan Thompson, reconnecting Varela's legacy in cognitive science to his theoretical biology dialecticalsystems.eu/publications/nโฆ
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I found herโright here in Stegemรผhlenweg! After weeks of searching, Emmy Noetherโs plaque was just around the corner from my home in Gรถttingen. No wonder she remained so invisible in her timeโฆ but that ends now. Letโs make her visible. Letโs shout her name from the rooftops.
Draw a human brain showing the superior colliculus. Make sure it is anatomically accurate.
For sure. Ideas about necessity & sufficiency apply nicely to simple systems (like domino chains); less so to complex dynamical systems like the brain/mind. sciencedirect.com/science/articlโฆ