joelberger.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at University of Iowa Neurosurgery, researching into the neural bases of auditory perception. Also a musician.
👤 Joined on 12 September 2023
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@joelberger.bsky.socialNew paper out today on LLMs and world models "A sentence is worth a thousand pictures: can large language models understand hum4n L4ngu4ge and the W0rld behind W0rds?" royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/article...
Show PostExtremely cool work 😎 🧠 Fine-tuning language encoding models on slow fMRI improves prediction for fast ECoG arxiv.org/html/2605.19...
Show PostFascinating (and heartbreaking). The targets of OCD obsessions have always evolved with the moment (in the 1990s, HIV was a big one). The content spiking today: existential, including whether we’re living through a simulation and whether things matter. Sign of the times; sigh.
Show PostI will be returning to the USA for the first time since COVID! Incredibly excited to be part of a star studded #SFN2026 Minisymposium with @lironrozenkrantz.bsky.social @skhalsa.bsky.social @camillanord.bsky.social @rikepetzschner.bsky.social & Galia Avidan - interoceptive mechanisms ahoy!
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