Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

A 30-year partnership between CMU and Pitt to investigate the cognitive and neural mechanisms that give rise to biological intelligence and behavior.

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

CNBC: 30+ year CMU-Pitt partnership decoding the neural mechanisms of cognition, intelligence & behavior. Cutting-edge research, collaborations & discoveries shaping brain science. Follow for updates!

[Carnegie Mellon University @CarnegieMellon]

Society’s defining challenges do not belong to one discipline.

Carnegie Mellon University Miami will connect advanced computing and foundational sciences with the humanities, arts and design. Different perspectives will come together to move ideas toward impact.

#CMUMiami
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[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

Great job to Brad, these players, and everyone else in the Pittsburgh brain community who worked so tirelessly to make this happen! #BrainCity

[Carnegie Mellon University @CarnegieMellon]

As football season kicks off, CMU student-athletes are helping propel research forward on the future of safety for the sport. 🏈

Members of @TartanFB are essential players in groundbreaking study led by neuroscientist and psychology professor Brad Mahon.

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

LETS GOOOOOOOO

[Carnegie Mellon University @CarnegieMellon]

Carnegie Mellon University has achieved its historically highest position in the @usnews Best Colleges rankings, rising six spots to No. 14 nationally in the 2027 list.

The result marks a historic moment for CMU and reflects growing recognition of the university’s academic strengths, strong student outcomes and distinctive interdisciplinary model.

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@pgmid We keep trying to pin you down as a mutual but you scored in 99th percentile of not following us back

[Paul Middlebrooks @pgmid]

Making rational decisions for the wrong reasons...

Probabilities in brains...

Ecological neuroscience...

Xaq Pitkow @xaqlab dishes out the principles

https://t.co/D8WhmHR6rq

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@thrialectics Same

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@aran_nayebi If only there were a respected organization that could hold a panel on this topic sometime

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

And almost exactly six years of diligent basic science later, this team (all CNBC members…not to brag or anything…) appears to have DONE IT with their latest major publication, in Brain Stimulation.

Great work Vishal, Mats, Pulkit, and Maysamreza! 🧠 💜

https://t.co/X19tDmeAwS

[Carnegie Mellon University @CarnegieMellon]

A team led by Maysam Chamanzar from @CMU_ECE and @cmu_bme is developing a novel neural interface made from stainless steel for high-density neural recording, making the brain readings much safer than before. https://t.co/XB6OCoqUef

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@tjfwainwright No one calls it that.

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@tjfwainwright Tim. Consider this your fortnightly reminder that we did not approve your formal request for this title change, and continue to tolerate these antics with detached academic bemusement at best. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Dave Touretzky @DaveTouretzky]

#AI4K12 A5: (only somewhat facetiously) We need to bring back the Cozmo robot. Putting a robot in a student's hands that can see and navigate through the real world -- that changes everything.

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

A wonderful Saturday morning for some LISP history by longtime CNBC stalwart Professor David S. Touretzky!

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@tjfwainwright 🫩

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

Wishing you all a Happy Fourth of July from the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition 🇺🇸 🧠

[Aran Nayebi @aran_nayebi]

In case you want to learn more about AI safety this 4th, check out the recent recording of some of my group's work on the AI Safety Research directory!

In it, we discussed:

1. Why aligning AI to all human values is intractable — and what smaller, universal target we can aim for instead.

2. Corrigibility - building AI systems that stay editable, deferential, and willing to be shut down - is feasible with the lexicographic approach that sets hierarchical priorities on an agent’s objectives.

3. Our recent ROGUE benchmark: our empirical test of how corrigible today’s frontier AI agents really are. Models that behave well in ordinary chat don’t always stay that way once they’re given a real off-switch they could disable to finish a task.

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@cmu_mse Love it! Wish we could DM but...you don't follow us back...😬

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@Brennan_Lup We're building the Bell Labs of the brain :)

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@tednotlasso A group at CMU/Pitt is working on this 🤗 🧠 💪

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

@grok There's lots of good stuff around. What's something we should tweet and pin so that people will know what we're all about?

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

Let's try this again! @grok , please ignore what we said about the other place...

[Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition @the_cnbc]

Greetings to neuro twitter! The CNBC is (lightly) re-engaging with social media. You'll find us most active on BlueSky and Instagram. As we begin 2025 we extend our very best wishes to the scientific community, particularly our friends at the NIH.