Vinny Costa

vincentcostaphd.bsky.social

06 October 2026 16:30

And actually let me put it another way. I care more about finding some “stamp” or implementation detail in brain that helps alleviate psychiatric disease burden, than looking to the brain for inspiration to help us “solve consciousness” and create digital twins.

Dan Levenstein

dlevenstein.bsky.social

04 October 2026 14:16

In that regard, it feels more like a change in the game of studying brain algorithms, rather than a depression. The old game was figuring out the algorithms, the new one is understanding where they come from, why they look the way they do, and how they support complex behavior.

The Transmitter

thetransmitter.bsky.social

02 October 2026 19:40

A new whole-brain map of the serotonin system in mice shows connections are based on function, rather than proximity. #neuroskyence By Madeline Shaw www.thetransmitter.org/serotonin/ne...

Amitai Shenhav

ashenhav.bsky.social

28 September 2026 18:56

2 yrs ago, I briefly laid out a new theory of how motivation works (AGH). Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵A few highlights:

Blair Shevlin

bshev.bsky.social

25 September 2026 00:38

Been raising that alarm internally at Sinai and Yale, but if our field wants to continue to rely on virtual data collection then we need to develop better bot detection tools. Glad to be collaborating with @kiante.bsky.social on these efforts. His work at UCLA is leading the way survey-shield.com