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Michael Shadlen

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interested in ideas and the neuroscience of ideation. . . and jazz (he/him)

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Michael Shadlen
10 months
This will be my last post on Twitter. I will miss Twitter, but I have to find space orthogonal (or antithetical) to Elon Musk. See this Instagram post by @drdanacrawford
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Michael Shadlen
10 months
Thank you, Chandra Talluri and @Nienborg for your insightful Insight Essay!.Decisions: Tracking the evolution of a single choice
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Measuring the activity of hundreds of neurons in macaque brains simultaneously provides further evidence that drift-diffusion dynamics underlie how decisions are made in the brain.
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Michael Shadlen
10 months
Finally! This is the version of record; it's also the version to read, thanks to the review process at eLife. The finding was out of reach before macaque Neuropixels. @eLife: Direct observation of the neural computations underlying a single decision
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Simultaneous recording from many neurons in macaque lateral intraparietal area reveals the elusive drift-diffusion signal, long suspected to underlie individual perceptual decisions and response...
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Michael Shadlen
11 months
This photo on the National Mall captivated the country decades ago. The real story behind it remained a mystery — until now.
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In 1974, a group of friends met the unthinkable with a lavish celebration. The real story behind a photo that captured the moment remained a mystery until now.
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Michael Shadlen
11 months
This article made me so sad and furious. The graphics, the writing, the family tensions, magic (moth), and Sisyphean struggle made me feel this family's grief as my own. A Grieving Mother. A Famous Uncle. An Unlikely Crusade.
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Tragedy turned Nadia Milleron, Ralph Nader’s niece, into an activist. Now she’s on a long-shot campaign for Congress.
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Michael Shadlen
11 months
Oops meant to attach Sweet Honey in the Rock.
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Michael Shadlen
11 months
Remembering Stephen Biko, who died in an aparthied prison this day, 1977.
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
One of the great things about the WNYC centennial is the reëmergence of Sara Fishko. I miss her intelligent, funny, @FishkoFiles. They are pieces of art. Silence is my favorite, but I would binge every one of them.
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
Thanks to highly competent reviewers, this is a more rigorous improved version. I hope colleagues consider the counterfactual scenario in Discussion. Direct observation of the neural computations underlying a single decision.[wrong link in earlier post].
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
RT @KamalaHQ: We approve this message
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
I was hoping Trung Phan would have mentioned Kerry James Marshall's MET retrospective, which he titled "Mastry," KJM drops the 't' to sever the connection to slavery. He shared many relevant insights. The life secret Jerry Seinfeld learned from Esquire
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The only thing worth having is a skill to master.
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
Spot on! (…ignoring the offensive false equivalency in ¶3 parenthetical). The only question is when. The Kamala Harris calculus: What do Democrats gain or lose?
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A lot of commentators might have to eat crow.
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
Nominate an early-career researcher (preferably 45 years of age or younger) for their unusual achievement and empirical research within the broad spectrum of experimental psychology for a National Academy of Sciences’ Troland Research Award. #NASaward.
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
RT @TheAtlantic: Last night’s debate was a travesty, @davidfrum writes—because its whole premise was to treat a failed coup leader as a leg….
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
Saddened by the passing of Donald Sutherland. My favorite DS performance is the wedding scene in the movie adaptation of Jules Feiffer's Little Murders—my favorite scene in my favorite movie.
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
Albert Tootie Heath should have turned 89 today. I miss him terribly. Behind the silliness and irreverence, there be a wise mensch. Love to B and the extended family.
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
Ooops. This is a different paper. Also worthy of tweeting about. I got confused because our revised single-trial drift-diffusion paper went back to eLife a few days ago. You can see that on bioRxiv.
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Michael Shadlen
1 year
This is a substantially revised and improved preprint, thanks to quality peer review at eLIfe. The new eLife model is beginning to grow on me. @eLife.
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The subjective value of choice options changes during deliberation, and accounting for these changes improves predictions of choices, response times, and BOLD fMRI activity.
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