NeuroLab@CU

Our lab at (aka @jacobs_bremen) is interested in brain #plasticity & #aging neuroscience: haptics, sensorimotor, cognitive control

[TinaLonsdorf @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social @tinalonsdorf]

⚠️Permanent position (E13) as lab manager (psychophysiology, experimental behavioral neuroscience) at University of Bielefeld. Earliest starting date is in July but later is absolutely possible. Please share widely https://t.co/EAyBze5iTR

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

Pls rt. Full PhD stipends available for South African students to do their PhD studies at @constructor_uni in Germany: https://t.co/QYUwSErylr. Deadline is approaching but new rounds probably will follow.

[Cornelia Frank @DrCorneliaFrank]

Two positions available in my group at University of Bremen in Germany for research in imagery and/ or VR: PhD candidate (https://t.co/FDQmByL4Wy) and postdoc (https://t.co/RzqMpkm04X) for three years. Application deadline: Nov 12. Please retweet.

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

The Neurolab @constructor_uni proudly presents Dr. @Hadisii20 Imani who successfully defended her thesis on 'Neurocognitive and psychological dimensions associated with gait and balance in older adults'. Thanks to the committee members @sonialippke and Claudia Voelcker-Rehage.

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@rudzinskimaciej @nschawor ... and quality of data (noise level, artifacts, etc).

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@DioVicen @TerrifyingQuest The brain can learn to re-interpret changed/false inputs but it is not able to add missing information to make the input signal usable. A minimum S/N ratio is necessary.

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@LukeMillerNeuro @DioVicen Would be interesting to test in internal (top-down application of priors as learned representations) vs external encoders (bottom-up detailed evaluation of input and synthesis of percept).

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@plasticity_lab @HunterSchone @Chris_I_Baker @matt_thomk @maimon_roni @ucl @WCHN_UCL @jenpgh @robert_gaunt1 But, if use-dependent reorganization with intact afferents is not denied - wouldn't you expect that even more after amputation-induced changes of inputs?

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@plasticity_lab @HunterSchone @Chris_I_Baker @matt_thomk @maimon_roni @ucl @WCHN_UCL @jenpgh @robert_gaunt1 @blamlab That! But it was interpreted, retweeted and commented as "textbooks now must be re-written".

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@HunterSchone @plasticity_lab @Chris_I_Baker @matt_thomk @maimon_roni @ucl @WCHN_UCL @jenpgh @robert_gaunt1 @blamlab A neuron loses its afferent input. If its activity remains the same (otherwise the map would change on neural level) then either this input is marginal compared to all inputs or other inputs must mirror this input. Agree?

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@HunterSchone @plasticity_lab @Chris_I_Baker @matt_thomk @maimon_roni @ucl @WCHN_UCL @jenpgh @robert_gaunt1 Amputation-related reorganization is only the extreme of adult sensory plasticity and there exist *longitudinal* data from more than 4 decades on use-, training-, simulation-related large scale (functional) reorganization in animals and humans.

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@blamlab @plasticity_lab Wikipedia is not my primary source of knowledge ;-)

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@blamlab @plasticity_lab Cortical reorganization is not necessarily anatomical reorganization (as is not re-mapping). In the literature I know it is nearly almost referring to functional reorganization (remapping). 'taking over' does not mean loss of previous but additionally also responding to.

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@blamlab @plasticity_lab The re in re-mapping just implies that the mapping (=association of activity distribution to incoming signals) is changed.

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@itsPaulAi What happens to my data (and metadata) when using copilot? Will it be available for company analytics for the employer (allowing tracking of employees)? Will it be used by MS/AI or is copilot exclusively assessing publicly available data for its purpose?

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@SB_SergBell Depends on how you define free will.
"Yes" if defined as preparing yourself so that even decisions under time pressure and automatic reactions are in accordance with your opinions and convictions.

[NeuroLab@CU @BenGodde]

@PessoaBrain Curious: just by chance that these patterns look exactly like the orientation preference maps found in the visual cortex with optical imaging - only on a larger scale?