My pre-PhD work is out @CurrentBiology! We studied Alston’s singing mice, neotropical rodent that produces loud, human-audible 'songs' and engages in vocal turn-taking. Using thermal imaging in semi-natural arena, we probed song use across social contexts.

Singing mice made their concert debut! The Secret Lives of Rodent Divas, a 4 movement piece by Kathryn Mishell, was recently performed in Austin, TX. I was happy to contribute some songs. Kathryn kindly shared the concert video. Please take a listen ♬.

RT @ShinichiroKira: Excited to start a new lab at Florida State University this summer! @PsychologyFSU @FSUNeuroscience.We’ll study how the….

@evolbrain @ArkarupBanerjee Also, big thanks to SLEAP (@talmop) for making it easy to track animals for hours and even days!.

Now as a PhD student in the Long and Buzsáki labs at NYU, I’m studying how the brain supports these fascinating vocal interactions in singing mice. Looking forward to sharing more in the future—stay tuned!.

Huge thanks to my (pre-)PhD advisor Mike for his mentorship. Also grateful to Steve @evolbrain and Arka @ArkarupBanerjee for their thoughtful feedback. Please check out the foundational works from their labs -there’s so much more to discover about singing mice and their brain!.

RT @ArtemKRSV: Awesome stuff! the world needs more in-depth blog posts on comp neuro :).

I wrote a blog post on canonical correlation analysis (CCA), where I attempt to explain how it works, how it relates conceptually to other methods, and how it can be applied in neuroscience research. I’d appreciate any feedback!.