Amanda LeBel

PhD candidate @UCBerkeleyNeuro @ivrylab and @gallantlab studying language in the cerebellum // @NSF GRFP // Formerly in the @HuthLab

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

This work is now officially out in @SfNJournals where we show that the language representations in the cerebellum seem to be exclusively conceptual semantic information. https://t.co/5mGWTTHU7n

[Alexander Huth @alex_ander]

Excited to share this work from @AmandaLeBel3 on a detailed breakdown of language representations in the cerebellum! Take-away 1: it represents language! But data are consistent with cerebellum ONLY representing the HIGHEST-LEVEL, MOST CONCEPTUAL aspects of language.

[Anila D'Mello @aniladmello]

Check out our paper ‘Ignoring the cerebellum is hindering progress in neuroscience’ in @TrendsCognSci! With @BangjieWang and @AmandaLeBel3 we quantify the extent of cerebellar exclusion in the neuroimaging literature and discuss reasons/fixes https://t.co/EdnSlha1T3 🧵⬇️

[Anila D'Mello @aniladmello]

The best part of collaborations is hosting amazing scientists like @AmandaLeBel3 and having an excuse to get a tex-mex lab dinner. Thanks @gallantlab and @ivryrich for sharing her!

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

@SI_plasticity Super excited to read this! Congrats on the new paper!

[Silas E Busch @SI_plasticity]

Human neurons are incredibly complex and Purkinje cells are, by far, the largest in our brain. We give a detailed characterization of their dendrite and spine morphology and distribution across cerebellar regions compared with mouse. Check it out!

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

@jortegaNY @NIH Ah Congratulations!! 🎉

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

@carobellum @Brains_CAN Congratulations!!

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

I don’t think I’ve ever stayed up til 2 am multiple nights in a row to just excitedly discuss all of the interesting perspectives and opinions from a conference before. Thanks so much to all of the organizers!

[Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang]

Day 1 of @jneurolang's #NoL_Workshop on varying perspectives of the brain's "language network" (or lack thereof?). Thanks to @mcgovernmit for hosting, @mitpress for the swag, organizers @stevenlsmall @thelablab @ev_fedorenko, and speakers & attendees for lively discussion!

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

@mariam_s_aly @UCBerkeley @BerkeleyPsych Congratulations! So excited to hear you will be joining us!

[Catherine Chen @cathychen23]

Do brain representations of language depend on whether the inputs are pixels or sounds?

Our @CommsBio paper studies this question from the perspective of language timescales. We find that representations are highly similar between modalities! https://t.co/xVaMHKcCOi

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[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

@carobellum @dzhi93 @ladanshahani @ALuisaPinho @NoamSaadon @RandyLBuckner @DiedrichsenJorn Congratulations!! 🥳🥳

[Jerry Tang @jerryptang]

I’ll be presenting this work at the #NeurIPS2023 5pm poster session on Wednesday — come by to chat about the relationship between language and vision in the brain!

[Jefferson Ortega @jortegaNY]

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[Christina Merrick, PhD @c_mmerick]

If you are interested in neuroscience or clinical applications of non-invasive brain stimulation you should come join us!! 🧠

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

@alex_ander Yes I wonder if this could be due to the fact that in most language studies the whole cerebellum is not included in the field of view so the meta data might be missing the more traditional semantic cerebellar regions in posterior crus I and crus II

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

If JT’s mentorship of undergraduate students and his peers is indicative of his potential as a PI, then his future graduate students are going to be really lucky to work with him

[Jonathan Sanching Tsay @tsay.bsky.social @tsay_jonathan]

I am recruiting PhD students & postdocs at @CarnegieMellon as an assistant professor in #Psychology for fall 2024!

Looking for folks passionate about motor learning - the way we acquire, adapt, and retain skilled movements.

https://t.co/ahxGWuYvSd

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

@SI_plasticity Definitely many more citations to come! At least I can say I was an early fan (and friend)

[Anila D'Mello @aniladmello]

Want to know more about the cerebellum’s involvement in language? 🧐 🧠Check out our new review, written with the incredible @AmandaLeBel3, out now in Current Opinions in Behavioral Science. https://t.co/mCeq9KJNyX

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

And thanks again to @aniladmello for inviting me to help write this and hopefully heres to more collaborations figuring out what exactly the cerebellum is doing

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

I am super excited to share my new review paper cowritten with the great @aniladmello where we cover all the recent work on the potential role of the cerebellum in language processing (hint think semantics) https://t.co/AFa0037bMb

[Amanda LeBel @AmandaLeBel3]

I am really excited in how functional cerebellar work can integrate some of the current research on variability in the cerebellar cellular circuit to come up with better models on what exactly the cerebellum is doing in these cognitive tasks like language