So excited to see you all tomorrow at #CogSci2026! I will be presenting at 11:07 in the Ipanema room. Thanks to the @cogscisociety.bsky.social team for organizing this wonderful conference and for supporting us with the Diversity Award. Without it, I wouldn’t have been able to be here in person.

Victoria Bosch@initself.bsky.social · 3w ago

Excited to share that our paper has been accepted for a talk at #CogSci2026: Path Integration and Object-Location Binding Emerge in an Action-Conditioned Predictive Sequence Network Linda Ariel Ventura, Victoria Bosch, Tim C. Kietzmann, and Sushrut Thorat. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2602.03490. ⛓️

Excited to share that our paper has been accepted for a talk at #CogSci2026: Path Integration and Object-Location Binding Emerge in an Action-Conditioned Predictive Sequence Network Linda Ariel Ventura, Victoria Bosch, Tim C. Kietzmann, and Sushrut Thorat. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2602.03490. ⛓️

Path Integration and Object-Location Binding Emerge in an Action-Conditioned Predictive Sequence Network

Adaptive cognition requires structured internal models of objects and their relations. Predictive neural networks are often proposed to learn such world models, but how these are instantiated and how ...

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This is fantastic work. Drew et al, show how visual processing and memory are tightly linked. This link has consequences for we can think about memory impairments through the lens of (active) vision. Please do check it out.

Marlene Cohen@marlenecohen.bsky.social · last mo.

I have always believed that ideas from basic systems neuroscience could eventually help people. But for years that felt more like hope than reality. But look! This is one of the most personally satisfying papers my lab has produced because we’re getting there. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧪🧵 1/

Finally out: my review in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social covering how my lab and others have been ‘Looking into working memory through micro eye movements’ over the years. What does the microsaccade bias buy us? A lot I argue. Go see for yourself at: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

Thank you very much indeed for inviting me for the talk and for the splendid exchange. I enjoyed it very much.

Alina Studenova@studenova.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today I had an amazing opportunity to listen Philip talking about this study. Elegant design and cool analysis aiming at disentagling different neural contributions to natural scene viewing.👏

Our new paper is out this week in Nature Neuroscience! www.nature.com/articles/s41... We built a BCI that works with the brain's natural geometry — and we found that people could learn to play a video game with their brains in <1 hr of training. This efficiency is groundbreaking & here's why:

Human learning of noninvasive brain–computer interfaces via manifold geometry - Nature Neuroscience

Busch et al. use nonlinear neural manifolds to help humans gain rapid control over a noninvasive brain–computer interface, allowing them to learn how to play a video game with real-time fMRI neurofeed...

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Now out in Nature Neuroscience: "Fixation duration on natural scenes is explained by memory encoding not processing demand". www.nature.com/articles/s41... Our eyes don't linger because recognition is hard; they linger to remember. Let me take you on a quick tour. 🧵

Fixation duration on natural scenes is explained by memory encoding not processing demand - Nature Neuroscience

By combining magnetoencephalography and eye tracking, this study sheds light on why people fixate on some parts of natural scenes longer than others. Rather than visual complexity, fixation durations ...

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I totally agree, science is not a simple optimization problem, or at least not in the form conceived by most existing systems. @battleday.bsky.social and I wrote about this recently from a somewhat different perspective (emphasizing the 'problem problem'): gershmanlab.com/pubs/Battled...

Melanie Mitchell@melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Science is not simply a sequence of tasks that can be optimized....The scientific system thrives on inefficiency: redundant efforts, failed attempts, and divergent paths. These are not costs to be eliminated but sources of discovery." Excellent essay! ⬇️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Stellar work by @anthesdaniel.bsky.social et al: "The illusory simplicity of the feedforward pass".

Daniel Anthes@anthesdaniel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Excited about our new preprint: “The illusory simplicity of the feedforward pass: evidence for the dynamical nature of stimulus encoding along the primate ventral stream” arxiv.org/abs/2604.12825 Work with Sushrut Thorat, Anna Mitola, Paolo Papale, Peter König & Tim Kietzmann 🧵 thread below

Join us for NEAT (Neuro-AI-Talks) in Osnabrück!

Tim Kietzmann @timkietzmann.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy to announce the 3rd iteration of NEAT (Neuro-AI-Talks), which will take place in Osnabrück September 14th-15th 2026. NEAT is a (deliberately small scale) NeuroAI workshop that brings together researchers from neuroscience and AI. www.kietzmannlab.org/neat2026/ More information below 👇

#BIDS has been extended to #EyeTracking data! There is now a standard for organizing and sharing eye tracking, covering gaze position, pupil size, meta data, messages, and more. Great news for #OpenScience! 🎉 Martin Szinte et al: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Paradoxically, when you see a yellow on blue slide, you know you're about to get a fantastic lecture. Bonus points for Times New Roman.

New preprint: our lab’s first Alzheimer’s paper! “Loss of neuronal population organization links pathology to behavior in a model of Alzheimer's disease” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧪🧵1/

During #NN2026 several labs in Bonn will invite participants for guided tours of their premises. The tours include: ➡️VR + mocap labs 🥽🕺 ➡️a giant volumetric video capture stage 🎥 ➡️a mouse lab 🐭 Register here: eveeno.com/281015206 More about our venues: www.nn2026.uni-bonn.de/en/direction...

Naturalistic Neuroscience: from perception to action and back (NN2026)

NN2026 a two-day symposium on Naturalistic Neuroscience at the University of Bonn (28–29 May 2026), featuring keynotes, new methods, and immersive research.

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We are excited to have Dr. Tim Kietzmann from Osnabrück University for our next seminar! This will be an in-person plus online seminar! 🗓️Wed 11 March 2026 ⏰2-3pm GMT Talk title: NeuroAI - the synergy between machine learning and neuroscience Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-neuroa...

UCL NeuroAI Talk Series

A series of NeuroAI themed talks organised by the UCL NeuroAI community. Talks will continue on a monthly basis.

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Finally got around to setting up a small website for my work on the neural & computational dynamics of active vision. Includes publications, CV, and a little network graph showing collaborations. If you are interested, it's here: psulewski.de

Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026. The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social. Please apply here until Nov 25: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

What happens if you hook up an energy-efficiency optimising RNN on active vision input? It learns predictive remapping and path integration into allocentric scene coordinates. Now out in patterns: www.cell.com/patterns/ful...

Predictive remapping and allocentric coding as consequences of energy efficiency in recurrent neural network models of active vision

This study gives an example of how complex computations in neural networks can emerge from simple physical principles. Training a model to optimize internal energy efficiency while performing eye move...

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Tim Kietzmann @timkietzmann.bsky.social · last yr.

Can seemingly complex multi-area computations in the brain emerge from the need for energy efficient computation? In our new preprint on predictive remapping in active vision, we report on such a case. Let us take you for a spin. 1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This is stellar work. A fantastic story of how active vision shapes neural computation: Next glimpse prediction gets you a looong way.

Sushrut Thorat@martisamuser.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨New Preprint! How can we model natural scene representations in visual cortex? A solution is in active vision: predict the features of the next glimpse! arxiv.org/abs/2511.12715 + @adriendoerig.bsky.social , @alexanderkroner.bsky.social , @carmenamme.bsky.social , @timkietzmann.bsky.social 🧵 1/14

Introducing CorText: a framework that fuses brain data directly into a large language model, allowing for interactive neural readout using natural language. tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬 1/n

First (second day) talk session of #SNS2025 #neuroskyence #systemneuroscience

Fourth (and last for the first day) talk session of #SNS2025 #neuroskyence #systemneuroscience

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In other news, I am now a ✨ COXI ✨ (cognitive scientist in Osnabrück, Germany) www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li... I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀

New at the university: Prof. Weber!

Osnabrück University welcomes Prof. Dr. Lilian Weber! Since August 15, she has held the professorship "Cognitive Modeling" at the School of Human Sciences. A warm welcome!

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This is a beautiful garment. Let me show you what makes it special. 🧵

If you weren't able to catch Robin's poster during the session, check it out here #CCN2025 #neuroskyence #compneuro #neuroai

Grace Lindsay@neurograce.bsky.social · 12mo ago

If you're at/watching #CCN2025, check out work from my lab: "DynVision: a toolbox for building temporally realistic CNNs" Robin Gutzen, Poster B104 tomorrow "Reward Prediction Error-based Attention Explains Learning Curves" Mingze Li Leukos, Poster C96 & contributed talk Friday morning.

Another Friday feat: Philip Sulewski's (@psulewski.bsky.social) and @thonor.bsky.social's modelling work. Predictive remapping and allocentric coding as consequences of energy efficiency in RNN models of active vision Time: Friday, August 15, 2:00 – 5:00 pm, Location: Poster C112, de Brug & E‑Hall

Energy efficiency is all you need.

Tim Kietzmann @timkietzmann.bsky.social · last yr.

Can seemingly complex multi-area computations in the brain emerge from the need for energy efficient computation? In our new preprint on predictive remapping in active vision, we report on such a case. Let us take you for a spin. 1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Rather new to the game, but in the game :)

The P100 is dead, long live the P100. Early responses do not generalise from static viewing to active vision.

Tim Kietzmann @timkietzmann.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧵Join us for a short tour of how a large-scale MEG dataset collected during active vision made us question it all. New work with Carmen Amme, Philip Sulewski, Eelke Spaak, Martin Hebart, and Peter König. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...