Kevin Sitek

@sitek.bsky.social | @[email protected] | mapping the human auditory system | research assistant professor at @NorthwesternCSD | @OHBM communications commit

[ApertureNeuro @ApertureOHBM]

Kicking off the Future of Scientific Publishing Special Issue, former ComCom Chairs highlight the importance of effective science communication: https://t.co/NRF18zx67h

@krsitek @AlfieWearn @emdupre_ @OHBM

[OHBM @OHBM]

Interested in doing #scicomm with OHBM? The Communications Committee (ComCom) is looking for volunteers!

ComCom members produce the #Neurosalience podcast, manage the OHBM blog, write articles for the public, and more.

Express interest here: https://t.co/tfswtBDfbf

[SoundBrain Lab @SoundBrainLab]

Our lab is hosting a mini-symposium titled "Speech processing in challenging listening environments: Towards a multi-dimensional framework" on August 25th at @NorthwesternU. Join us!

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

@vatsun https://t.co/kwo6Zec8wf

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

my head hurts

[Faruk Gulban @ofgulban]

"Kev in k-space" by @krsitek the DVD connoisseur 📀

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

I haven't been around here much lately, and I think I'll continue that trend.
Twitter not letting me share a link to my account at the other site just confirms that decision.
You can find me over there: @[email protected].
Come say hi!

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

Me, sitting in my lab at Pitt in my London Transport Museum t-shirt, reading this tweet:
choo choo 🚉
(and also whatever sound a bus makes 🚍)

[Pitt Mobility @PittMobility]

Why are trains the best form of transportation?

🚆Because they have a proven track record!

All (terrible) jokes aside, remember, your Panther Card gets you all over the city with free rides on @PGHtransit buses, inclines, and light rails.

#h2p #pitt #publictransportation

[OHBM @OHBM]

ICYMI: The dates for #OHBM2023 in Montreal, Canada were recently moved to July 22-26, 2023. Read the blog post from @krsitek in the tweet below for insights into why the change was made and much more 👇👇

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

@fMRI_today Obvious next Q: Can we do this with humans? They did .2x.2x1 mm at 9.4T with 40x54 stimulus presentations—can we do, say, 0.5 mm iso at 7T+ with 1000 trials?

Their animals were anesthetized—is motion going to be the biggest challenge?

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

This was awesome to attend in-person at #OHBM2022—highly recommend watching or listening to the podcast for a great discussion on what IS possible with well-designed, focused MRI studies.

[OHBM @OHBM]

This week on a special live recorded #Neurosalience
@fmri_today chats with: @AvramHolmes @GrattonCaterina @PTenigma and @monicarosenb
about the way forward to better BWAS studies.

Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/24BCuZL5eQ

Listen on Anchor: https://t.co/SClxRGg6z4

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

@SoundBrainLab 🥳 for the corticostriatal connectivity work I discussed, check out our preprint!

https://t.co/vhuTvE39ol

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

New preprint! Together with @HelouLab and @bchandra_pitt/@SoundBrainLab, we mapped auditory corticostriatal connections in the human brain using diffusion MRI tractography
https://t.co/4swlvZu3ut

(1/7)

[SoundBrain Lab @SoundBrainLab]

Our very own Research Scientist @krsitek just presented his latest work on the role of dorsal striatum in speech sound categorization at #SNL2022

[Anila D'Mello @aniladmello]

Grateful for #SNL2022 for creating opportunities for great science AND reunions with friends. Fun to be reunited with @gabrieli_john lab members past (@krsitek @tmcentanni @qzhever @NeuroTyler) and present (@Amanda_M_OBrien @HalieOlson).

[SoundBrain Lab @SoundBrainLab]

Pittsburgh contingent of the @SoundBrainLab is on the way to #SNL2022! Get ready for some speech-in-noise and subcortical auditory chatter over the next few days.
But for now, trains 🚂 🚞 🚆

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

@FangChengYeh @FuyixueWang Thanks!
Here's pruning 5x (L) and 10x (R) – certainly reduced, but the main putamen vs. caudate effect is still evident

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

New preprint! Together with @HelouLab and @bchandra_pitt/@SoundBrainLab, we mapped auditory corticostriatal connections in the human brain using diffusion MRI tractography
https://t.co/4swlvZu3ut

(1/7)

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

For more details and analyses (including replication with HCP data), check out the preprint, and let us know what you think! (7/7)
https://t.co/4swlvZu3ut

[Kevin Sitek @krsitek]

These results nicely fit with the classic non-human primate tracer literature, where primary auditory cortex preferentially connects to caudal dorsal striatum, and caudate head receives most of its inputs from anterior superior temporal cortex:
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