Now published in Journal of Neurophysiology: journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Rodrigo Braga@rodbraga.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New Preprint 🚨 Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects By Cyr et al. *** Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES? A: Yes! 🧵:

Please RT - We are looking for someone who wants to establish and lead a cutting-edge neuroimaging center at Northwestern, working closely with multiple labs, including my own, in neuroscience research broadly construed. If you are curious, dm me and I'm happy to answer questions

Rodrigo Braga@rodbraga.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring an Associate or Full Professor to lead the neuroimaging research program at Northwestern's Center for Translational Imaging in the Department of Radiology careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hrnu_er/...

All y’all on bsky are missing an epic trolling streak by Stuart Hameroff on twitter

We are hiring an Associate or Full Professor to lead the neuroimaging research program at Northwestern's Center for Translational Imaging in the Department of Radiology careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hrnu_er/...

I assigned random gender/ethnicity labels to scientific abstracts from the literature and then asked Claude to do a thematic analysis. Claude identified a clinical versus computational split for female/male authors and a DEI focus for Black/URM authors. All in completely random data.

New preprint as my first post! "Monosynaptic connections link functionally similar regions in human cortex." We use electrical stimulation + fMRI in epilepsy patients to map whole-brain monosynaptic connectivity at 42 cortical sites. doi.org/10.64898/202... 1/n

(1/5) Our paper is out now in Neuron! bsky.app/profile/cp-n... The LPFC has fine-scale organization that gets missed in group-averaged data because of inter-individual variability. It is visible in individuals in both resting-state and task data.

Neuron@cp-neuron.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Very excited about this project, led by @zachladwig.bsky.social We show that an individual’s lateral prefrontal cortex has reliable and highly detailed network organization missed in past group approaches. Full🧵 coming soon!

Neuron@cp-neuron.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Excellent explainer of the recent BOLD x metabolism controversy... worth a read! “Does the evidence presented by Epp et al. warrant a wholesale dismissal of BOLD-fMRI? The answer is: certainly not.”

practiCal fMRI@practicalfmri.bsky.social · 3mo ago

See also the commentary by Chen, Rosen & Polimeni in the same issue: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

On NSF’s postdoc page, the biology and earth science fields have been completely eliminated; the only remaining fellowships are in math, astronomy, engineering, and “entrepreneurship.” Weird choice not to support research on the life support system for 8 billion people. www.nsf.gov/funding/post...

📣 📣 📣 The Department of Psychology is offering 8 funded, part-time PhD training posts. If you are interested in doing a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience in a supportive and friendly environment, with training in fMRI, EEG and TMS/tDCS methods, please get in touch at francesca.branzi@liverpool.ac.uk!

My thoughts on Director Bhattacharya's Fireside Chat at the NAM workshop (a long 🧵) Overall (1) He clarified what he said that NIH is doing with regard to improving replication. While these are concrete steps, they seem either naive or dependent of unproven technology. Time will tell. 1/30

Nice write up about our paper on mental imagery in Science News www.sciencenews.org/article/imag... Thanks @norabradford.bsky.social ! @rementurus.bsky.social

Imagination is not just replaying what we see and hear

The findings differ from prior work, showing it's tough to disentangle how similarly our brains register imagined thoughts and real sensations.

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new preprint from PhD student Gage Quigley-Tump, reporting a survey of 200,000 ppl on themusiclab.org about auditory imagery or the lack thereof ('anauralia', the auditory version of aphantasia) osf.io/cm85z some findings: (1) self-reported imagery ability similar across auditory & visual domains

Congratulations Donnisa Edmonds! @donnisa.bsky.social

AAAS Mass Media Fellowship@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🎉 Welcome to the 2026 class of @aaas.org #MassMediaFellows! These 15 scientists will be sharpening their #SciComm skills with news outlets across the country this summer. We can’t wait to see the impact they’ll have! Learn more about 2026 class here: www.aaas.org/news/aaas-ma...

We do now know the NSF is proceeding with dissolving the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division. Congress might reverse it, but it is now already underway. YOU CAN NO LONGER SUBMIT FUNDING PROPOSALS TO SBE. Program officers are being moved to different parts of the agency. Call your Congress member

Jennifer N. Victor@jenvictor.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Not the main point here, but I do not ever recall a federal agency making significant programmatic and personnel changes as a result of the PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL, which does not change any law or funding allocations. Congress hasn't acted yet. What are we doing here?

Saving SBE starts before the bill is written. SBE needs a distinct FY27 appropriation. If your sch. is on the list, get a group of colleagues to meet w your House/Sen. offices. Esp. for Republican seats, direct constituent comms matter. Timeline/templates/updates: www.paigeamormino.com/pages/9337

Paige Amormino - Saving SBE starts before the bill is written.

Right now, NSF SBE does not have its own separate line of funding in the FY2027 budget structure. This matters because if SBE is not specifically protected ...

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Our paper is out! This has been years in the making. We found that mental imagery and perception do share a neural substrate, but we see it in in higher-order transmodal networks rather than earlier sensory systems. Check it out! doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

But there is a deeper implication: if both perception and imagery rely on the same transmodal systems despite clear differences in sensory input, then what is shared between them cannot be the input itself, but the way experience is organized beyond that input.

We dedicate this paper to Jonny Smallwood (1975-2025), who was instrumental in this project from inception to submission. Jonny thank you for your mentorship & you are dearly missed!

Rodrigo Braga@rodbraga.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our new paper on brain networks engaged during imagining is out now in Neuron! Here is a download link (free for 50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1msNE3BtfH... Congratulations to Nate Anderson for leading this work @rementurus.bsky.social 🧵

Our new paper on brain networks engaged during imagining is out now in Neuron! Here is a download link (free for 50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1msNE3BtfH... Congratulations to Nate Anderson for leading this work @rementurus.bsky.social 🧵

Rodrigo Braga@rodbraga.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 🧠 We have a new preprint out where we studied which brain networks are engaged during mental imagery and self-generated thought. We used a precision fMRI approach along with multidimensional experience sampling (mDES) to get trialwise self-reports from each participant about what they imagined.

Wonderful time at the #CNS2026 Individual-level precision fMRI symposium yesterday with this lovely lineup. See you at the next one!

The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.

It’s out!

3 funding rejections in a week 🙃

My review with @caterinagratton.bsky.social is (apparently) open access for those who couldn't see it before: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... We discuss individual differences in brain network organization and how to home in on and talk about commonalities in the face of such differences

Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI

The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...

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going through months of figure edits feels worth it when one ends up on a text book cover! thanks to @bradpostle.bsky.social and @rodbraga.bsky.social

Rodrigo Braga@rodbraga.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As a high-school student learning about science, I never even dreamed that my research would ever be on the cover of a textbook 🥹 Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social ! And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social ! www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...

As a high-school student learning about science, I never even dreamed that my research would ever be on the cover of a textbook 🥹 Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social ! And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social ! www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...

Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience

Amazon.com: Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience: 9781394380145: Postle, Bradley R.: Books

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** Recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher! ** We are seeking a postdoc to help examine how brain networks might change within individuals across transitional times, such as adolescence & pregnancy! Please share widely and apply at the link! #NeuroJobs uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...

Research Associate in Psychology

The Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate position to work in the DiNicola Lab. The DiNicola lab uses a precision neuroscien...

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