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ALPR cameras have been in South Carolina for a while. So why the backlash now?

A growing number of news stories show that more South Carolinians are (quite literally) striking back against automated license plate readers. The moment is prompting some deep questions.

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ATL is often thought of as a taxonomic hub. Our new results suggest there is more to it. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Anterior temporal lobe mediates associative and taxonomic neighborhood effects in lexical processing

Processing a word’s meaning activates some of its semantic neighbors that are related associatively or taxonomically. While prior studies have shown t…

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Many congratulations to @sophiearheix.bsky.social for her K99/R00 award! Her work aims to apply TMS to novel targets for aphasia. Look out for exciting papers from her new lab!

Announcing 2026 Conference at the Institute of Mind and Brain, U Of South Carolina

Finally some snow in SC to the delight of kids. Quicky taking advantage in the mornimg before it melts in the afternoon.

Representation Similarity Analysis (RSA) is a popular method for analysis of neuroimaging and behavioral data. Our recent paper suggests it has 'issues' and has potential to produce misleading results. arxiv.org/abs/2511.00395

Is Representational Similarity Analysis Reliable? A Comparison with Regression

Representational Similarity Analysis (RSA) is a popular method for analyzing neuroimaging and behavioral data. Here we evaluate the accuracy and reliability of RSA in the context of model selection, a...

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🔥🔥New faculty position in lifespan neuroimaging (McCausland Distinguished Chair). That's an amazing opportunity to join our brand-new Brain Health Network in Columbia. If you are interested in, please DM me. uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/190...

Peter and Bonnie McCausland Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience

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In addition to the 7 jobs in brain/language at University of South Carolina, we also have a philosophy job on issues related to AI philjobs.org/job/show/29754

Seven faculty positions in language/brain health at University of South Carolina! sc.edu/study/colleg...

New version of SCOPE is out! It is the largest metabase of psycholinguistic properties of words. sc.edu/study/colleg...

3d printing your own brain has never been easier, thanks to this fantastic tool by my colleague Chris Rorden. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

brain2print AI powered web tool for creating 3D printable brain models - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - brain2print AI powered web tool for creating 3D printable brain models

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Had an exciting day at the IMB conference on AI meets the Brain. With Jack Gallant, Leila Wehbe, Khalid Malik, and our local speakers.

Looking forward to our conference today with outstanding speakers Wehbe, Gallant, and Malik! sc.edu/study/colleg...

Happy Holi!

Finally it's here, in the flesh!!!

Fernanda Ferreira@fernandaedi.bsky.social · 2y ago

And we have a release date: "Psycholinguistics: A Very Short Introduction" comes out January 23, 2025!

At the Stand Up For Science protests today

Happening today! For those in Columbia, SC, the event is 12-4 at the State Capitol. See you there.

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AIs flunk language test that takes grammar out of the equation

Humans understand that ‘red ball’ makes sense but ‘ball red’ does not. Large language models? Not so much.

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In the mid-20th century, it wasn't unusual for universities to turn down research grants. Grants would pay for equipment and supplies to do the research. But the university would be on the hook for providing physical facilities, utilities, support staff, etc. Taking a grant could be a net -ve. 1/4

Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...

Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Meanwhile, the largest government biomedical research enterprise in the world is still shut down.

Jill Lawrence@jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2y ago

Inbox: Warren, McGovern, Lawmakers Blast Trump’s Inaction on High Egg Prices Lawmakers lay out six executive actions that could lower costs. “We urge you to make good on your campaign promise to lower food prices for American families.”

Game Day in the lab to celebrate start of new year!

Dommaraju unseated China's Ding Liren to become the new world chess champion. "Every chess player wants to experience this moment, and very few get the chance," Dommaraju said after the match.

At 18, India's Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest world chess champion ever

Dommaraju unseated China's Ding Liren to become the new world chess champion. "Every chess player wants to experience this moment, and very few get the chance," Dommaraju said after the match.

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The Rosette Nebula yesterday through my small telescope. It is 5200 light years away and 130 light years wide. It is a nursery of stars, with about 2500 young stars in the central region.

sc.edu/study/colleg... Postdoc position in my lab. FMRI, language, LLM expertise would fit well.

New paper on a novel test for LLMs and their limitations

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The Two Word Test as a semantic benchmark for large language models - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - The Two Word Test as a semantic benchmark for large language models

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Australia was great as well. Thoroughly enjoyed Brisbane and Melbourne. I don't know why they put such a nice country so far away from everyone. Or maybe it is nice *because* it is far away from everyone. Had my Vegemite, got packs of Tim Tam, and already play cricket. So I am half Australian now.

SNL in Brisbane was very nice. Invited speakers were refreshing and many good posters as well.

All right, here we go. My first social media account. I have no Facebook, twitter, or Instagram. (Had Google+ but I am sure that doesn't count.)