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Zi-jian Feng (ZAKI)

@zijianfeng.bsky.social

Doctoral Researcher in cognitive neuroscience (TMS and MRI) Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences @brainnetleipzig.bsky.social @copla.bsky.social @mpicbs.bsky.social

25 Followers  |  31 Following  |  2 Posts  |  Joined: 03.02.2025  |  1.5986

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Global access to brain science: OHBM launches channel with 1,000+ talks | Radboud University What if you could journey back in time to hear world-leading neuroscientists present the ideas that shaped today's brain science? A new open-access initiative led by researchers from the Donders Insti...

πŸŽ₯🌍 Over 1,000 neuroscience talks now free on YouTube and published at @apertureohbm.bsky.social. 🧠 β€œNow anyone, anywhere can binge-watch brain science like a box set,” says @stephforkel.bsky.social:

www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

@alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social

27.06.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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The history and future of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging - Nature This Review provides an overview of the history of resting-state functional MRI research, which has helped to reveal the spatiotemporal organization of the brain, and discusses how it can contribute f...

When I first started working with resting state fMRI as a postdoc, there was a lot of skepticism about what we could learn from it. 20 years later, it's hard to imagine where the field of neuroscience would be without it. Here's a summary 🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

28.05.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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(PDF) Left inferior parietal lobe and auditory cortex jointly contribute to sound knowledge retrieval PDF | Background Conceptual knowledge is central to human cognition. Neuroimaging studies suggest that conceptual processing relies on the joint... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...

I’m extremely excited that this work of 3 years is finally published in @braistimjournal.bsky.social. Using condition-and-perturb TMS with e-field-based optimized targeting and dosing, we provide causal evidence for hybrid theories of semantic cognition: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

24.05.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Causal Contributions of Left Inferior and Medial Frontal Cortex to Semantic and Executive Control Semantic control guides the targeted and context-based retrieval from semantic memory. The overlap with and dissociation from domain-general executive control in the frontal lobe remains contentious. ...

🧠 How do semantic and executive control dissociate in the frontal lobe? Applying TMS to IFG and pre-SMA, we find:
⚑ Specialization
β–Έ IFG = semantic (and executive) control
β–Έ pre-SMA = executive functions
πŸ”„ Compensation between both regions during single-site disruption!
Read more: shorturl.at/UVtRk

23.04.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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A network correspondence toolbox for quantitative evaluation of novel neuroimaging results - Nature Communications Here, the authors present the Network Correspondence Toolbox, which enables researchers to examine and report spatial correspondence between their neuroimaging results and widely used brain atlases.

It's finally here! Use the Network Correspondence Toolbox to help contextualize your neuroimaging findings 🧠

26.03.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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Happy to share my last PhD work "Genetic, transcriptomic, metabolic, and neuropsychiatric underpinnings of cortical functional gradients". We used UKB, HCP, and QTAB to analyze the genetics of functional gradients. The results are so good, consistent, and inspiring! (1/3)

05.03.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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How the menstrual cycle shapes heart and brain health How the menstrual cycle shapes heart and brain health

How the #MenstrualCycle shapes #heart and #brain health -
@jellinap.bsky.social together with Julia Sacher @cogneuroend.bsky.social & Arno Villringer describe how these naturally occurring variations might influence #stress, mood, and long-term #womenshealth: tinyurl.com/35pu6447

06.03.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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Executive Resources Shape the Effects of Language Predictability Across the Adult Lifespan Humans predict upcoming language effortlessly, but the cognitive costs of these predictions remain debated. In this study, we demonstrate that limiting executive resources through a concurrent task re...

Co-authored with Merle Schuckart, @gesahartwigsen.bsky.social, and @jonasobleser.bsky.social. Find the preprint with all the really cool methods (n = 175 + replication!) and insights here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #PredictiveProcessing #Aging #LanguagePredictions

24.02.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the first time, we are able to demonstrate reliable target- and intensity-specific HBC modulation across multiple NCG-TMS 2.0 sessions.

25.02.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thrilled to share our latest research with PhD student @zijianfeng.bsky.social and Postdoc @drsandramartin.bsky.social! We investigated TMS-induced heart–brain coupling (HBC) as a potential biomarker for personalized stimulation targets in the left DLPFC: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

25.02.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Excited to share our latest preprint on the retest reliability of measuring 'bilateral' hemispheric language dominance using functional neuroimaging! πŸ”ŽπŸ§ πŸ” Discover how our findings inform the challenging classification of 'small' asymmetries in brain activation: osf.io/ry4sf_v1

13.02.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoc @drsandramartin.bsky.social presented her research on aging effects on predictive processing in language at the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference this week. Results show that as we age, we increasingly rely on our internal predictions, possibly as compensation for executive decline. 1/2

24.02.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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New insights into the mechanisms of language recovery after stroke A new study shows how the brain reorganises itself in the first few months after a stroke to improve the ability to speak again. The findings will help researchers understand how functional networks w...

New press release by @unileipzig.bsky.social about our BRAIN paper on connectivity changes during post-stroke aphasia recovery: www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...

21.02.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Semantics-pragmatics continuum through a multimodal lens, integrating Cognitive Linguistics and Neurolinguistics to advance Cognitive Neuropragmatics by examining the cognitive and neural mechanisms of semantic construction and pragmatic inference!

14.02.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi Bluesky! We are the research group Brain Networks from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. We focus on Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Neuronal Circuits, EEG Source Reconstruction and Artificial Intelligence. Follow us for research updates and events! πŸ§ πŸ”¬πŸ¦Ύ

27.01.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hello world! We are the Cognition and Plasticity (CoPla) lab @mpicbs.bsky.social in Leipzig, Germany. Our lab combines neuroimaging methods (like fMRI) with non-invasive brain stimulation (like TMS) to investigate plasticity in cognitive brain networks.

21.01.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

New publication from our lab! @sabrinaturker.bsky.social, @philkuhnke.bsky.social, @vincentcheung.bsky.social, Konstantin Weise and @gesahartwigsen.bsky.social show that neurostimulation can improve reading skills in dyslexia, mediated via functional coupling changes within the reading network.

02.02.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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