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Doing cognitive neuroscience at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. We investigate brains, networks, genes, models, cognition & disorders.

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11.02.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder - Nature The substantia nigra and all Parkinson’s disease deep-brain stimulation targets are selectively connected to the somato-cognitive action network rather than to effector-specific motor regions.

In case this important point gets overlooked: along with our Nature paper, we’ve publicly released two large and scarce datasetsβ€”PIPD and PIET. IMHO, these are the best open Parkinson's and Tremor datasets available to date.
See threads (1/4) πŸ‘‡
nature.com/articles/s41...

10.02.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ilaria Ricchi, Dimitri Van De Ville, et al:

Spine-prints: Transposing brain fingerprints to the spinal cord

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

10.02.2026 07:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Interested in cortical wave dynamics? Check out our review on the physics, physiology, and psychology of cortical waves led by J Cruddas with @jchrispang.bsky.social, out now in
@cp-neuron.bsky.social:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

09.02.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Statistical Machine Learning post doc positions, w/ Oxford BDI-Novartis Collaboration for AI in Medicine, working on building causal predictive models for MS using a massive clinical trials MRI dataset. Join us on this unique collaboration!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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03.02.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Come along for a fantastic workshop if you’re in town!

02.02.2026 05:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”₯πŸ”₯Final announcement!πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

Only 3 days and a few places left to register for the Noosa Brain Workshop!

Registrations close 5pm Feb 1, AEDT.

Check the website for the Program and get in quick!

www.monash.edu/turner-insti...

29.01.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Computational Psychiatry Postdoctoral Associate Opening at Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Looking for a postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry? Apply here to join an interdisciplinary team and work with a large longitudinal transdiagnostic dataset

postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...

@RobbRutledge @xiaosigu @DrChrisPitt @PearlsonGodfrey @ACNPorg @YaleMed

26.01.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Data quality biases normative models derived from fetal brain MRI | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

26.01.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Artificial intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential for the care of people with mental health illnesses.

This review explores key domains, applications & challenges that must be addressed to ensure safe, effective, & sustainable clinical integration.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

27.01.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nine subcortical/cerebellar atlases included in the subcortex_visualization Python package (and subcortexVisualizationR package in R). The atlases are depicted in two-dimensional vector graphic format.

Nine subcortical/cerebellar atlases included in the subcortex_visualization Python package (and subcortexVisualizationR package in R). The atlases are depicted in two-dimensional vector graphic format.

The extended version of my thesis procrastination project/subcortex visualization package is out now in both Python and R, now that I’ve graduated 🀠 This figure shows the 9 atlases included (and counting)!

Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Website: anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...

27.01.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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Our latest preprint on how regional cellular, molecular, and other forms of heterogeneity shape macroscopic wave dynamics is now out:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

For a full thread, see:
x.com/_victorbarne...

26.01.2026 08:22 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Only a few more days to get your application in to come and join our team as a Research Officer helping with recruitment on a large-scale brain imaging project!

Applications close Jan 30:

careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

24.01.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”₯πŸ”₯The Noosa Brain Workshop Registration Deadline is approaching!!!πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

Speakers are confirmed and registration closed Feb 1st.

Only a few places are left so get in now!

Details here:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...

24.01.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Hua Xie, Seok-Jun Hong, et al:

Local-global functional gradients of the thalamus capturing different aspects of thalamic structure and function

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

14.01.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Quantifiable Information-Processing Hierarchy Provides a Necessary Condition for Detecting Agency As intelligent systems are developed across diverse substrates - from machine learning models and neuromorphic hardware to in vitro neural cultures - understanding what gives a system agency has becom...

Our new paper, led by Brett Kagan and Valentina Baccetti, proposes a quantifiable, substrate-independent hierarchy of information processing to identify necessary conditions for agency, grounding agency in measurable dynamics rather than vague labels.

arxiv.org/abs/2601.03498

09.01.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”₯πŸ”₯Exciting news!!!πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

The invited speaker schedule for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop has been finalised!

Commuter registrations are still available, but close Feb 1.

3 more weeks to get in!!!

Register here:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...

08.01.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode #36 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On low-dimensional manifolds in motor cortex – with Sara Solla @sasolla.bsky.social

theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn36

Manifold analysis has changed our thinking on how cortex works. One of the pioneers of this modelling approach explains.

03.01.2026 09:21 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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netneurotools: a trainee-oriented approach to network neuroscience | doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging ‡️

18.12.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Toward Robust Neuroanatomical Normative Models: Influence of Sample Size and Covariates Distributions | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

18.12.2025 01:04 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cross-species consensus atlas of the primate basal ganglia | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

17.12.2025 01:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🧠New preprint!

What if cortical geometry alone already encodes much of white-matter organization?

We introduce a subject-specific, reversible cortical folding model that unfolds and refolds the brain from a single T1w MRI; no diffusion, no ML.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

17.12.2025 01:48 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Human cortical networks trade communication efficiency for computational reliability. | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

14.12.2025 23:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New lab paper - will say more about this in a little while

14.12.2025 21:38 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Exciting announcement!

Our Institute is calling for applications for a EMCR 2-year fellowship .

Come and join a great team @turnerinstitute!

Details here:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/ci/en/jo...

14.12.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Toby Constable on X: "NEW PREPRINT OUT! πŸ‘€ Trauma is linked to both brain changes and mental illness… But in a large MRI study, we show that differences in grey matter and functional connectivity do not necessarily explain trauma-related psychopathology πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡" / X NEW PREPRINT OUT! πŸ‘€ Trauma is linked to both brain changes and mental illness… But in a large MRI study, we show that differences in grey matter and functional connectivity do not necessarily explain trauma-related psychopathology πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡

Our latest preprint led by T Constable testing the hypothesis that brain changes mediate the effects of trauma on psychopathology:

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Peep Toby's extended thread on the other platform:
x.com/constable_to...

13.12.2025 00:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gradients 2026 A workshop on gradients in brain organzation in June 2026

J'ai hÒte gradients! gradients-workshop.github.io 🧠 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social

11.12.2025 23:57 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Xiaole Z. Zhong, J. Jean Chen, et al:

The link to steady-state oxidative metabolism and hemodynamics varies across rs-fMRI metrics: A whole-brain assessment using macrovascular correction

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

11.12.2025 23:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Optimism for abundant whole-brain connectomes and connectomic screening - Nature Methods Connectomics has so far outpaced the Moore’s law predictions about technological progress. At this pace, many whole-brain connectomes and connectomic screening will soon be realistic.

Optimism for abundant whole-brain connectomes and connectomic screening | Nature Methods www.nature.com/articles/s41...

12.12.2025 01:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Job Search

Come and join our team! We are looking for a Research Officer to help with recruitment and assessment on a large-scale human brain imaging study:

careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

11.12.2025 09:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0