💡What makes some ideas spring to mind while others we have to reach for? We built an #NLP #fMRI #MachineLearning framework to find out. New study from our lab, led by @kaixiangzhuang.bsky.social out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧵 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #CognitiveNeuroscience #Fudan #ISTBI
Deniz Vatansever
@neurodenizen.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist | PI @ COGNIZELab | Prof @ ISTBI, Fudan, Shanghai | Exploring memory encoding, Default Mode Network and mental navigation with 7T fMRI @cognizelab.bsky.social
What if much of human thought is navigation? 🧠 New open-access review: I argue that the DMN + hippocampal–entorhinal system form a domain-general engine for "mental navigation" across physical and abstract spaces (e.g. social, conceptual, and value). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
That’s a wrap on #OHBM2026 for the COGNIZE Lab! 🧠🧠🧠 An amazing week with great science, great colleagues, and a wonderful city to do it all in. So proud of the whole team for presenting our work. Until next time! 👋 #Neuroscience #BrainMapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social @cognizelab.bsky.social
Thrilled to share the full roster of presentations from our COGNIZE Lab at #OHBM2026! 🧠 From naturalistic behaviour to conceptual knowledge, hippocampal morphometry to social cognition, here is a thread on what we've been up to 🧵👇 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social #Neuroscience
What makes an artwork beautiful, and can your brain's response decode such hidden dimensions of aesthetic appeal? We built a framework to find out 🎨 🧠 @natcomms.nature.com @cognizelab.bsky.social First author: @neocosmliang.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroaesthetics #DefaultMode
Latent neural architecture organising shared aesthetic evaluations of visual artworks - Nature Communications
Using high-resolution brain imaging, researchers reveal that aesthetic preferences for visual artworks can be captured by two key dimensions, meaning and value, offering insight into how the brain org...
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New from our @cognizelab.bsky.social in Advanced Science: Beneath the Big Five, personality consistently organises into two dimensions, each with distinct brain signatures. Amazing work by postdoc @kaixiangzhuang.bsky.social and thanks to all our collaborators! doi.org/10.1002/advs...
🧠 New paper alert (the 1st one from our new lab)! Led by 1st author & VR wizard @jaquent.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com How do our brains distinguish novel from familiar places as we explore our environments, e.g., a new city? 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🧵 Thread below with key findings ⬇️
Massive congrats to @neocosmliang.bsky.social for receiving the #OHBM Merit Award for his work on “the domain general neural signature of perceived object beauty”🌹 #ECR @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social @cognizelab.bsky.social
Three amazing ECR talks from our lab members 🤩 #OHBM2025 - Dual-process framework of human navigation (Zhili Li) - Global compressibility of conceptual knowledge (Kaixiang Zhuang) - Precision mapping of recognition memory @jaquent.bsky.social Well done to you all! #ECR @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social
Powerful and inspiring insights on “How to deal with academic burnout and how to break through it” 🔥 🔥 🔥 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social #OHBM2025
Big year for our lab at #OHBM2025! Thrilled to present an exciting mix of posters, talks, and lots of brainy fun 🧠🤓 Come check us out! We’d love to connect! @cognizelab.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social #OHBM #OHBM2025 #Neuroimaging
🎉 Join us in extending a big congratulations to our 2025 #OHBM Awardees! Your outstanding contributions to the field of human brain mapping continue to inspire and push the boundaries of neuroscience. We’re honored to celebrate your achievements at this year’s Annual Meeting! 👏🧠 #OHBM2025
✈️ Off to #OHBM2025! @cognizelab.bsky.social is en route and ready to dive into an exciting week of brain science, inspiring talks, and catching up with the neuroimaging community. If you’re in Brisbane and want to connect, come find us or drop a message! 🧠💬 #OHBM2025 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
✨ Thrilled to Host PREMIER's Inaugural Seminar! ✨ What an honor to welcome @choongwanwoo.bsky.social Ben Becker, Zhou Feng and their brilliant teams for the very first PREMIER: Predictive Modeling in Emotion & Cognition Research seminar at ISTBI, Fudan University! 🧠💡 @cognizelab.bsky.social