Rafael Polania

Decision Making | Neuro Imaging | Brain Stimulation | Computational Neuroscience | Translational Interventions

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

🚨🚨!!! Happy to share this work combining theoretical insights from neuroscience, computer science, and economics, published in @NatureHumBehav: "Sensory perception relies on fitness-maximizing codes".

https://t.co/cj2kq2HZur

1/n, Brief🧵 👇

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

@freekvanede @TrendsCognSci @b_peysakhovich Cool!
Take a look at our review paper @TrendsCognSci
https://t.co/ZskmcEZU3o
where we emphasize the role of early sensory systems in guiding "higher order processes"

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

@DrBreaky @RobbRutledge Nice piece!
You may find this recent view complementary
https://t.co/Woe3Uq0eQa

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

@DanBang_ @NeuroCellPress Thanks a lot Dan for bringing this up! It was completely out of our radar😳 .... This is indeed a beautiful demonstration of the contextual influence of the LC-NA system!!!

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

Check our new Perspective “Neurobehavioral meaning of pupil size” out @NeuroCellPress https://t.co/ZCr60rRMQ3
Fully Open Access!
An accessible discussion in addressing the question “What exactly does pupil size tell us about the brain?” is trickier to answer than it looks!! 👁️👁️

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

Do not miss out on this opportunity!! Incredible lab, facilities, colleagues, and in particular, mentor!! 👇

[Valerio Zerbi @Valerio_Zerbi]

💡1 PhD and 1 Postdoc position still open for joining my new lab @unige_en and help us re-defining the use of MRI for tracking biological processes #neuromodulation #fMRI #optogenetics #CellReplacementTherapy. Contact me for more information! Pls RT 🙏

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

@weijima01 @NeuroCellPress Oh, thank you Weiji for pointing this out! 👍
Here is the correct link:
https://t.co/w1CeBfWGvG

[Nikola Grujic @umochitju]

Our perspective on the 'Neurobehavioral meaning of pupil size' is out now in Neuron! Come chat about it at my poster at #FENS2024
PS06-28PM-299 on Friday
https://t.co/iVcnCqEFS8

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

This work nicely complements a Forum article just published @TrendsNeuro by @c_strauch on the origins of pupillometry research!
https://t.co/6GaA6uG7L4

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

This was a fun exercise and collaboration with @DeBurdakov and @umochitju

[Todd Hare @Todd_A_Hare]

We have two open postdoc positions in the lab! Check out the links below for details.
Postdoc in neuroscience of reward learning: https://t.co/vfb6phdmPk
Postdoc in physiology of learning and decision making: https://t.co/7WZitovtdH
Please retweet!

[Valerio Zerbi @Valerio_Zerbi]

🧠🧑‍💻New preprint from the lab🐭🧲: "Functional-based parcellation of the mouse prefrontal cortex for network perturbation analysis". We combined fMRI, chemogenetics and machine learning techniques
to pinpoint distinct functional networks within mice PFC.
https://t.co/IMDtXOIw3C

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

For this and many other control experiments, analyses and details, take a look at our work

https://t.co/FHjPxuBvBR

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

🚨New pub!🚨 Is it possible to modulate sensory information processing in a non-invasive manner by modulating ongoing oscillatory activity in the prefrontal cortex in humans? Yes, we can!
Take a look at our Open Access pub @NatureHumBehav
👇👇
https://t.co/FHjPxuBvBR

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

In additional experiments, we show that this modulation depends on the phase of low excitability fluctuations of the prefrontal cortex

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

@TrendsCognSci @DeBurdakov @Todd_A_Hare Here is a shareable link for 50 days with free access to the online and PDF versions of our article. Feel free to share it with your colleagues and peers!! https://t.co/SNEqzW970s

[Trends in Cognitive Sciences @TrendsCognSci]

Rationality, preferences, and emotions with biological constraints: it all starts from our senses

Review by Rafael Polania (@RafaPolania), Denis Burdakov (@DeBurdakov), &Todd Hare (@Todd_A_Hare)

Web: https://t.co/gVNGEJhJHC

[Rafael Polania @RafaPolania]

@decisionneurop here is a shareable link for 50 days with free access to the online and PDF versions of our article. Feel free to share it with your colleagues and peers!!

https://t.co/SNEqzW970s