Klaus Gramann

How do people end up following their satnavs into danger? The experts have their say after an Amazon delivery driver got stuck in mudflats this week.

My comments on the impact of GPS on our brains.
Not all bad, but the consequences can be bad, as in the case of this amazon delivery driver!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

💯 there's definitely a big divide between human and animal neuroscience. e.g., there are few training courses that take a unified approach, it feels highly separated. a big missed opportunity...

The Cost of Confusion: Dispelling Myths about the NIH Public Access Policy and Article Processing Charges Last July, the NIH issued an RFI on limiting direct spending on article processing charges (APCs). Over 900 public responses offered valuable perspectives but also exposed widespread misconceptions ab...

V useful piece dispelling myths about NIH policy on open access
upstream.force11.org/cost-of-conf...

Data/code curation is an art and needs dedicated time and care. Useful resource:

We’re hiring! The Suthana Lab @ Duke is looking for a Research Assistant to join our team studying human memory & real-world 🧠 dynamics using wearable tech & intracranial recordings.

Apply: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-C...

You can also email suthanalab@duke.edu with CV/questions. Please share!

Fascinating neuropsych article from 1919 of a patient with spatial disorientation, with a loss of mental imagery for routes:

watermark02.silverchair.com/archneurpsyc...

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Extra time for your submission! The deadline for talk and poster submissions has been extended to 28 February 2026! 🎉

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#MoBI2026 #MobileBrainImaging #EEG #NIRS

ABSOLUTELY!

✨ What better way to wrap up a conference day than sharing this view with colleagues and friends, after inspiring science and insights into mobile brain imaging?

Join the Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Conference #MoBI2026 August 25–28, 2026 and enjoy this view during our social!

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You still have two weeks to register for COGNESTIC, 14-25 September 2026. We provide training in state-of-the-art methods for neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking, especially for early-career researchers. For more info:
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In the bizarro world of academic journals, the rights of the author are sacrosanct and the integrity of the scientific record is someone else's problem. A paper's validity depends on emails sent 2 months later. Datasets are interchangeable. The overall conclusions of the study are not affected.

This is going to be an amazing conference in Athens in June 2026

The Neural Basis of Natural Behaviours

I'll be there talking about recording brains while riding the waves between atolls on trimaran in the pacific:

conferences.weizmann.ac.il/NBNB2026/spe...

How long should it take to retract a paper with incontrovertible signs of data fabrication? Sleuths think 2 months is too long, particularly when clinical risks are involved. deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/01/an-o...
#retraction #stemcells #cardiology
@erictopol.bsky.social

Projection-specific integration of convergent thalamic and retrosplenial signals in the presubicular head direction cortex Nonlinear dendritic integration in single presubicular neurons provides a mechanism for combining vestibular-based head-direction signals and visual landmark signals to anchor the brain’s internal com...

Coincidence of thalamic HD signal and retrosplenial visual input is detected in the Presubiculum! 🎯 This may be the neuronal basis for landmark anchoring of the HD signal. Pleased to announce the VOR is now available elifesciences.org/articles/92443 Congrats first author Louis Richevaux 🙌

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🏢 An amazing conference site at the historic Oderberger Hotel (lnkd.in/dQfdzd4v)

✈️ And a stunning view over Berlin from the Pan Am Lounge for our social (panam-hotel.de/en/)

📅 Deadline for submissions: 31 January 2026

💥 End-of-the-year reminder to submit your research for the MoBI2026 in Berlin!

Join us in Berlin, Germany, from August 25–28, 2026 —abstract submissions are officially open.

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🧠 3 fantastic keynotes:
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🧠 Reminder for the #NeuroscienceCommunity
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PS: we now also have an amazing place for the social...(stay tuned)

In other words, theta activity in the RSC appears to anchor the body to surrounding space in an adaptive, orientation-stabilizing fashion.

This mechanism is fundamental for spatial orienting and it’s another very impressive contribution from @clementnaveilhan.bsky.social using mobile EEG with VR.

💡 Theta episodes increase at rotation onset, likely driven by vestibular acceleration signals, and
🧨 Most importantly, theta episodes align with the body’s cardinal axes, revealing a striking egocentric four-fold symmetry only during goal-directed rotations!

Building on our previous work (Building on our previous work (lnkd.in/dYrUV7Yc) showing increases in theta power to calibrate the path integrator during spatial navigation using landmark information and to reflect rotational movement execution, this new study demonstrates:

Theta activity in the RSC anchors space to the body cardinal axes Understanding human navigation in ecological, freely moving conditions requires uncovering how the brain anchors directional representations to the body’s orientation. Using high-density mobile electr...

💥 Another excellent study from Clément Naveilhan & Stephen Ramanoel, pushing forward our understanding of how the retrosplenial complex (hashtag#RSC) supports spatial orienting during active movement through space.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

This work was led by @CarolinaZaehme & @izzysander.bsky.social, together with @aleksandrskoselevs.bsky.social and @SimoneKuehn from the @cen-mpib.bsky.social (CEN).

Will keep you updated on publication process.

#NeuroUrbanism #NeuroArchitecture #EEG
#BeMoBIL @tuberlin.bsky.social

💡: Still images add another complication: green and built features often overlap, creating strong collinearity in pixel composition, rendering the statistical evaluation of individual factors difficult.

The study also highlights ongoing methodological challenges:
🌳 vs 🏢: Many experiments still compare extreme contrasts (e.g., “forest vs. city”), even though real urban environments contain continuous mixes of green and grey elements.

Importantly, neither P1 nor N1 was linked to participants’ scene appraisal. Instead, appraisal processes were reflected in later P3 and LPP components, suggesting a hierarchical processing pathway where natural elements are processed first, built elements next, and subjective appraisal later.

The P1 result also replicates previous work by, e.g., Simone Grassini, adding to a growing body of converging evidence that allows us to begin systematically testing major theoretical frameworks in the field, such as #Biophilia, #AttentionRestorationTheory, and #StressReductionTheory.

The findings are:
✨ The early P1 component of the visual-evoked response is sensitive to the green elements of urban scenes — but not to built features.
✨ The following N1 component shows the opposite pattern — responding to built aspects, but not to green ones.