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Preprint with Michael Hallquist, Kai Hwang and Dr. Bea Luna: Reinforcement-based option competition in human dorsal stream during exploration/exploitation of a continuous space biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The impact of the human thalamus on brain-wide information processing — a Perspective by James M. Shine, Laura D. Lewis, Douglas D. Garrett & Kai Hwang nature.com/articles/s4158… Mac Shine Laura Lewis Douglas Garrett @garrettneuro.bsky.social Kai Hwang

New review paper on the role of the thalamus in shaping whole-brain dynamics and how we can test these ideas with functional neuroimaging. Collaborative effort with Kai Hwang Laura Lewis and Douglas Garrett @garrettneuro.bsky.social. Out now in Nature Rev Neurosci. Hope you enjoy!

Kai Hwang Laura Lewis Douglas Garrett @garrettneuro.bsky.social and I are all big fans of the thalamus -- although it's small in size relative to the cortex, it's heavily interconnected with tonnes of other important regions in the brain (more here if you're a neuro geek like me: shine-lab.org/wp-content/upl…)

Just wrote a new piece on Medium; a very, *very* niche rant about multiband fMRI sequences. May be of interest to one or two of you... medium.com/@m.b.wall/stop…

The Dept of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa is searching for an assistant prof in computational psych/neuroscience, a full prof in any area, and two lecturers. Follow the link for details. psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-open…

Check out some work from the Cognitive Control Collaborative @ SFN! Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Cognitive Control Collaborative @ UI

Excited to share our new paper with Michael Hallquist Kai Hwang and Dr. Bea Luna, bridging working memory and RL accounts of how rewards resolve option competition within parietal maps as one shifts from exploration to exploitation. science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Why small mindedness is having big consequences Brain I live under its shadow. I suspect most of you do too. It is the great mountain of small things. The higher it gets, the bigger the shadow it casts: a malignant darkness that pervades our lives. academic.oup.com/brain/article/…

Hoooo boy do WE have big news from the Cognitive Control Collaborative here at Psychology at The University of Iowa: We're growing to five (5!) labs. And it just so happens to be another California fugitive. We keep building out here. You keep watching.

We are excited to announce an open-area search for a transformational and visionary scientist at the rank of associate or full professor. Human experimental, clinical, theoretical, computational... Click below for more info. psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-open…

Great news: The Cognitive Control Collaborative (Cognitive Control Collaborative @ UI) is going to be in full effect at #sfn2024 Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Presentation times below. Bad news: As every year, cognitive control is largely relegated to the last day of the conference. Change your travel accordingly 🙂