Claudia Lunghi

New today in @Nature: your visual cortex contains touch-based body maps. bit.ly/VisualBodyMaps
Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.

Happy Fechner Day, to those who celebrate

Edoardo Boncinelli was my professor during my BA in Philosophy, and his course—an introduction to the brain for philosophers—changed my life forever. Thanks to him I became interested in neuroscience. I cherish his memory as both a great scientist and a remarkable human being.

Everything you always wanted to know about color, but were afraid to ask.

A superb, highly didactic video, now in English!

👀 I’m looking for a motivated candidate to sponsor for a PhD opportunity in the Basque Country 📌

📄 Check out the offer, requirements, and eligibility details here: www.bcbl.eu/es/unete-a-n...

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Human V4 size predicts crowding distance - Nature Communications Across 49 observers, we found large variations in crowding distance and retinotopic map size. These measures covary, conserving a 1.4-mm cortical crowding distance in the human V4 map. This links the ...

“Human V4 size predicts crowding distance”.
@jankurzawski.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at U Maastricht, led a big effort over a few years. We used individual differences in object recognition and the size of brain maps to identify a perceptual bottleneck.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thank you Karl Gegenfurtner and Doris Braun for two fantastic talks last week in our department!

L’ENS-PSL, une Ecole engagée pour la production et la diffusion du savoir, pour toutes et tous et pour tous les âges.

Semaine du Cerveau
👉 programme et inscription: bit.ly/43olDS4

#SDC25 #SemaineDuCerveau
@normalesup.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social

This was Antoine Prosper’s main PhD project, and he did an amazing job!

The interplay between Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity in the adult visual cortex Abstract figure legend (A) Modulation of the P1 component of visual evoked potential (VEP) by high-frequency stimulation (HFS) used as a proxy of Hebbian plasticity in adult humans. (B) Correlation b...

Proud of sharing our latest study, just out on @jphysiol.bsky.social ! We show that Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity are linked in adult humans, but do not directly interact. @lsp-ens.bsky.social @cognitionens.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @erc.europa.eu

physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Going back to work after maternity leave could have been quite hard.
Luckily, I’ve got the best team of young people, who surprised me with another family picture! ❤️

📢 Come study cognitive science in Paris!
The Master’s program in Cognitive Science at @ENS_ULM, @psl_univ, and @EHESS_fr is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year.

🗓 Deadline: March 13, 2025
💻 Apply here: master-cognitive-science.ens.psl.eu/en/applicati...

Donate to Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments, organized by Guido Maiello Dear Family and Friends, Old and New, We are the family of Sara Joy Hawkins, and this… Guido Maiello needs your support for Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments

My dear friends Guido and Sara have experienced a new shock recently: Sara's brain cancer has returned for the second time. Her traditional treatment options are limited, but they want to try experimental treatments not covered by insurance. Please consider donating what you can.

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Created a starter pack of neuroscience in/from Paris.

Let me know if you want to be added (the 'from' can include those not in Paris anymore) or just tap in if you want to know what we're talking about!

Regardless, please re-tweet!

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Come study cognitive science in Paris!

The Master’s program in Cognitive Science of
@ENS_ULM @psl_univ & @EHESS_fr is currently inviting applications until March 11, 2024