*The Entangled Brain* is out now! I wrote it with the general reader in mind, so if you want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective give it a try. I'll write some threads with some of the main themes soon 🧠 https://t.co/yBLcagKgOR

ICYMI @OHBM 2025 keynote lectures are now online! 🧠Here's mine: "Towards a universal taxonomy of functional brain networks"

Syntax, language and the brain? See you in 15 min ⬇️

𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 That's noninvasive! And the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is small. Let's see what people think. https://t.co/2qZi4nsNSZ

**CORRECTION of link** Neurocomputational architecture for syntax/language Neuro & Philo Salon: join our discussion with Elliot Murphy with commentaries by @wmatchin and @sandervanbree Nov 5, 10:30 am eastern US Registration: https://t.co/hETUxrMJGs

Please RT! 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. Please apply here until Nov 25: https://t.co/s8ZxH4oLfQ

*Neurocomputational architecture for syntax/language* Don't forget our discussion this Wed. Note the different time and the change of time in the US.

I am still beta-testing the app that helps plan science, gives feedback, digests the literature, makes todos, and write a first version of the paper. Feeling overwhelmed by the countless aspects of doing science? Try this (for free):

**Discovering network dynamics** One more on estimating dynamics of complex systems, this time with symbolic regression https://t.co/BIBPXXOolr

Paper that Elliot will discuss: https://t.co/vO3juugWRq If your univ doesn't have a zoom account you just need to set one up.

*Neurocomputational architecture for syntax/ language* Neuroscience & Philo Salon: join our discussion with Elliot Murphy with commentaries by @wmatchin and @sandervanbree Nov 5, 10:30 am eastern US Register: https://t.co/lvkU69EPTr

See you all in a bit more than an hour! today, 12pm eastern US

The one word in @RichardSSutton's Bitter Lesson that misled silicon valley. ----- A large portion of silicon valley misunderstood the Bitter Lesson essay to think that LLMs are bitter-lesson-pilled. I won't blame them. Some poor word choices in the essay give that impression.

William Wimsatt is the best philosopher of science of recent times. And the most underrated. I'll be posting more quotes of his in this thread as I'm going through the book for my chapter 13 of #BeyondTheAgeOfMachines, and a paper that I'm writing.

𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻?? Astrocytes in the regulation of fear memories! https://t.co/2hSSf4L7Jf h/t @leafs_s

*The Animal and the Thinker* by the amazing neuroscientist John Duncan, U of Cambridge. Haven't read it but looks really interesting.

The most complex piece I ever made, the famous Purkinje neuron drawn 100 years ago by Ramon y Cajal. It took me more than 30h of cutting with a scroll saw.

Life & Death Affordances, @PessoaBrain ??

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀? Thought-provoking piece on properties of systems. Including the Law of Increasing Functional Information, which applies to both biological and non-biological systems. https://t.co/kFhx6GJGyg

𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗫 By Mars+Passingham "Understanding anthropoid foraging challenges may thus contribute to our understanding of human cognition" Going to top of reading list! https://t.co/6dQjUYmNNe

𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 This short book by Moreno and Pereto' looks very interesting. One more on the understanding of biological agency. And it's open access! https://t.co/ruqvMLBAut