Arman Behrad
@armanbehrad.bsky.social
Computational Neuroscience | PhD. candidate at @cmc-lab.bsky.social | Fine Arts, Music, Longevity
How do internal states shape foraging, decisions, and adaptation in a changing world? 🧠🌍 @clairesturgill.bsky.social and I are organizing a #BernsteinConference satellite workshop bringing together lab and wild perspectives on adaptive behavior.
Join us 😉
Join us 😉
September 22, 2026 at 1:24 PM
How do internal states shape foraging, decisions, and adaptation in a changing world? 🧠🌍 @clairesturgill.bsky.social and I are organizing a #BernsteinConference satellite workshop bringing together lab and wild perspectives on adaptive behavior.
Join us 😉
Join us 😉
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I'm very excited to present a poster (C-18, Wednesday 9:30) at #CCN2026, describing neural signatures of internal decision-making in the monkey vlPFC. If you want to learn more about how sensory value influences percept selection, come check it out!
August 3, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I'm very excited to present a poster (C-18, Wednesday 9:30) at #CCN2026, describing neural signatures of internal decision-making in the monkey vlPFC. If you want to learn more about how sensory value influences percept selection, come check it out!
I’ll be leading a hands-on workshop on fastDSA, where we’ll explore scalable dynamical similarity analysis for neural and artificial systems.
Curious about fastDSA, Check the short introduction here:
bsky.app/profile/arma...
#IMPRSCoNI #SummerSchool
#Neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience
Curious about fastDSA, Check the short introduction here:
bsky.app/profile/arma...
#IMPRSCoNI #SummerSchool
#Neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience
Welcome to the 2nd #IMPRSCoNI #SummerSchool in #Leipzig!
The event kicked off yesterday with welcoming words by @gesahartwigsen.bsky.social, Deputy Spokesperson of IMPRS CoNI & Professor of Cognitive and Biological Psychology at @unileipzig.bsky.social. We wish everyone an inspiring Summer School!😁😍
The event kicked off yesterday with welcoming words by @gesahartwigsen.bsky.social, Deputy Spokesperson of IMPRS CoNI & Professor of Cognitive and Biological Psychology at @unileipzig.bsky.social. We wish everyone an inspiring Summer School!😁😍
June 30, 2026 at 8:46 AM
I’ll be leading a hands-on workshop on fastDSA, where we’ll explore scalable dynamical similarity analysis for neural and artificial systems.
Curious about fastDSA, Check the short introduction here:
bsky.app/profile/arma...
#IMPRSCoNI #SummerSchool
#Neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience
Curious about fastDSA, Check the short introduction here:
bsky.app/profile/arma...
#IMPRSCoNI #SummerSchool
#Neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience
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Why did RNNs fail to learn long-term dependencies? What if we added one more modification, maybe now?
It turns out we can give a pretty broad, analytical answer! See the attached paper for a rigorous treatment using centre manifolds, low-rank RNNs, and dynamical systems theory!
go.aps.org/4fXWEeF
It turns out we can give a pretty broad, analytical answer! See the attached paper for a rigorous treatment using centre manifolds, low-rank RNNs, and dynamical systems theory!
go.aps.org/4fXWEeF
June 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Why did RNNs fail to learn long-term dependencies? What if we added one more modification, maybe now?
It turns out we can give a pretty broad, analytical answer! See the attached paper for a rigorous treatment using centre manifolds, low-rank RNNs, and dynamical systems theory!
go.aps.org/4fXWEeF
It turns out we can give a pretty broad, analytical answer! See the attached paper for a rigorous treatment using centre manifolds, low-rank RNNs, and dynamical systems theory!
go.aps.org/4fXWEeF
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1/11 Happy to share our TICS paper on using the flexibility of one of the most basic cognitive functions, perception, to understand one of the most complex cognitive dysfunctions, psychiatric conditions (also my first formal work in computational psychiatry 🎉)
📄: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
🧵 : 👇
📄: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
🧵 : 👇
June 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
1/11 Happy to share our TICS paper on using the flexibility of one of the most basic cognitive functions, perception, to understand one of the most complex cognitive dysfunctions, psychiatric conditions (also my first formal work in computational psychiatry 🎉)
📄: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
🧵 : 👇
📄: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
🧵 : 👇
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We have 2 open PhD positions @mpicybernetics.bsky.social, if you’re interested in reinforcement learning, recurrent neural networks and analyses of neural & behavioral data from novel, cross-species foraging experiments, there’s still time to apply: nextcloud.tuebingen.mpg.de/index.php/s/...
💼 Have you taken a look at our #CompNeuro job pool lately?
There are many exciting positions with upcoming deadlines!
👉 bit.ly/2XoVAKB
#ScienceJobs #BernsteinNetwork #AcademicSky
There are many exciting positions with upcoming deadlines!
👉 bit.ly/2XoVAKB
#ScienceJobs #BernsteinNetwork #AcademicSky
May 29, 2026 at 11:49 AM
We have 2 open PhD positions @mpicybernetics.bsky.social, if you’re interested in reinforcement learning, recurrent neural networks and analyses of neural & behavioral data from novel, cross-species foraging experiments, there’s still time to apply: nextcloud.tuebingen.mpg.de/index.php/s/...
Finished the Leipzig Half Marathon 🏃♂️💥
On to the next one!
On to the next one!
April 26, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Finished the Leipzig Half Marathon 🏃♂️💥
On to the next one!
On to the next one!
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Many thanks to @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de and @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity to study the mechanisms underlying naturalistic decision processes in the context of foraging behavior!
We’ll also soon have openings for PhD students, stay tuned!
We’ll also soon have openings for PhD students, stay tuned!
🎉 @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social has been awarded the @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de Boost Fund!
Moving beyond short-term trials to naturalistic scenarios: Roxana will explore how we decide in changing environments.
🔗 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/zeraati-tsch...
#DecisionMaking #ComputationalNeuroscience
Moving beyond short-term trials to naturalistic scenarios: Roxana will explore how we decide in changing environments.
🔗 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/zeraati-tsch...
#DecisionMaking #ComputationalNeuroscience
April 1, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Many thanks to @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de and @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity to study the mechanisms underlying naturalistic decision processes in the context of foraging behavior!
We’ll also soon have openings for PhD students, stay tuned!
We’ll also soon have openings for PhD students, stay tuned!
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We apologize for the delay but our next profile is here! Dr. Ann Kennedy (@antihebbiann.bsky.social) combines theory & biological data to study how internal states shape social behavior by reconfiguring neural circuit dynamics.
Follow the link to learn more!
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
Follow the link to learn more!
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
March 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM
We apologize for the delay but our next profile is here! Dr. Ann Kennedy (@antihebbiann.bsky.social) combines theory & biological data to study how internal states shape social behavior by reconfiguring neural circuit dynamics.
Follow the link to learn more!
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
Follow the link to learn more!
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
I had the chance to attend it in person. It's really amazing, highly recommend.
Cosyne invited me to give a long tutorial (4 hours!) on methods to quantify differences high-d neural recordings across animals, brain regions, deep neural nets, etc.
The recording is up on youtube. I hope it inspires more research on this fundamental topic!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n44x...
The recording is up on youtube. I hope it inspires more research on this fundamental topic!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n44x...
Cosyne 2026 - Cosyne Tutorial: Comparative Analysis of Neural Population Codes
YouTube video by Cosyne Talks
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I had the chance to attend it in person. It's really amazing, highly recommend.
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Out now in Science: The Truman Show, but with killifishes!
"Continuous recording of a vertebrate’s adult life from adolescence until death would provide a complete view into the behavioral architecture of aging."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Continuous recording of a vertebrate’s adult life from adolescence until death would provide a complete view into the behavioral architecture of aging."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Lifelong behavioral screen reveals an architecture of vertebrate aging
Mapping behavior of individual vertebrate animals across lifespan could provide an unprecedented view into the lifelong process of aging. We created a platform for high-resolution continuous behaviora...
www.science.org
March 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Out now in Science: The Truman Show, but with killifishes!
"Continuous recording of a vertebrate’s adult life from adolescence until death would provide a complete view into the behavioral architecture of aging."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Continuous recording of a vertebrate’s adult life from adolescence until death would provide a complete view into the behavioral architecture of aging."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Enthusiastic to present our latest results for you and get your feedback.
Are you #Coayne2026? Wanna know how we can have a common notion of state in mind and machines and find them in an unsupervised fashion with temporal embeddings based on dynamic similarity check @armanbehrad.bsky.social and @maxschwabe.bsky.social’s poster today, 3-001!
3-001, poster session 3 (Sat, Mar. 14, 13:15): @armanbehrad.bsky.social on unsupervised method to find behaviorally relevant internal states from data. We tested it w/ RNN & monkey data doing cognitive tasks & RNN trained with deep RL on a naturalistic plum tracking task.
March 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Enthusiastic to present our latest results for you and get your feedback.
Reposted by Arman Behrad
Are you #Coayne2026? Wanna know how we can have a common notion of state in mind and machines and find them in an unsupervised fashion with temporal embeddings based on dynamic similarity check @armanbehrad.bsky.social and @maxschwabe.bsky.social’s poster today, 3-001!
3-001, poster session 3 (Sat, Mar. 14, 13:15): @armanbehrad.bsky.social on unsupervised method to find behaviorally relevant internal states from data. We tested it w/ RNN & monkey data doing cognitive tasks & RNN trained with deep RL on a naturalistic plum tracking task.
March 14, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Are you #Coayne2026? Wanna know how we can have a common notion of state in mind and machines and find them in an unsupervised fashion with temporal embeddings based on dynamic similarity check @armanbehrad.bsky.social and @maxschwabe.bsky.social’s poster today, 3-001!
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3-001, poster session 3 (Sat, Mar. 14, 13:15): @armanbehrad.bsky.social on unsupervised method to find behaviorally relevant internal states from data. We tested it w/ RNN & monkey data doing cognitive tasks & RNN trained with deep RL on a naturalistic plum tracking task.
March 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
3-001, poster session 3 (Sat, Mar. 14, 13:15): @armanbehrad.bsky.social on unsupervised method to find behaviorally relevant internal states from data. We tested it w/ RNN & monkey data doing cognitive tasks & RNN trained with deep RL on a naturalistic plum tracking task.
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1-031, Poster session 1 (Thu, Mar. 12, 20:30): @maxschwabe.bsky.social (a Cosyne presenter awardee 🎉, a MASTER student) will present how decomposing neural dynamics to intrinsic and input-driven modes can tell us how naturalistic decision computations are realized in the RNNs.
March 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
1-031, Poster session 1 (Thu, Mar. 12, 20:30): @maxschwabe.bsky.social (a Cosyne presenter awardee 🎉, a MASTER student) will present how decomposing neural dynamics to intrinsic and input-driven modes can tell us how naturalistic decision computations are realized in the RNNs.
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CMC lab is heading to #Cosyne2026, with 3 wonderful posters (1-031, 3-001, and 3-008 also see thread 👇), 2 new enthusiastic team members (@clairesturgill.bsky.social and @maxschwabe.bsky.social ), and tons of excitement for discussions and new ideas!
March 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
CMC lab is heading to #Cosyne2026, with 3 wonderful posters (1-031, 3-001, and 3-008 also see thread 👇), 2 new enthusiastic team members (@clairesturgill.bsky.social and @maxschwabe.bsky.social ), and tons of excitement for discussions and new ideas!
Seems super interesting. 🤩
arxiv.org/abs/2602.17839
/Scaling invariance: a bridge between geometry, dynamics and criticality/
Edson D. Leonel, Diego F. M. Oliveira
/Scaling invariance: a bridge between geometry, dynamics and criticality/
Edson D. Leonel, Diego F. M. Oliveira
Scaling invariance: a bridge between geometry, dynamics and criticality
Scale invariance is a central organizing principle in physics, underlying phenomena that range from critical behaviour in statistical mechanics to transport and chaos in nonlinear dynamical systems. H...
arxiv.org
February 23, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Seems super interesting. 🤩
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The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster for longer
Endurance brain cells may determine how long you can run for
The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster for longer
www.newscientist.com
February 23, 2026 at 8:32 AM
The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster for longer
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For Spanish researchers interested in postdoc positions: my lab at Amsterdam is looking for candidates to apply for a Ramon Areces postdoctoral fellowship, to work for 2 years on compneuro and digital brains. Deadline Feb 23. Please spread the word! More info: www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...
Convocatorias - Fundación Ramón Areces
www.fundacionareces.es
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
For Spanish researchers interested in postdoc positions: my lab at Amsterdam is looking for candidates to apply for a Ramon Areces postdoctoral fellowship, to work for 2 years on compneuro and digital brains. Deadline Feb 23. Please spread the word! More info: www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...
Built a domain-agnostic peak detection algorithm and now hunting for datasets with known/annotated peaks to test it on 👀
Any domain works—signals,bio,astro,finance, spectroscopy, etc.
Got data or know a benchmark? Would love pointers 🙌
#SignalProcessing #DataScience #TimeSeries #OpenData #Research
Any domain works—signals,bio,astro,finance, spectroscopy, etc.
Got data or know a benchmark? Would love pointers 🙌
#SignalProcessing #DataScience #TimeSeries #OpenData #Research
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Built a domain-agnostic peak detection algorithm and now hunting for datasets with known/annotated peaks to test it on 👀
Any domain works—signals,bio,astro,finance, spectroscopy, etc.
Got data or know a benchmark? Would love pointers 🙌
#SignalProcessing #DataScience #TimeSeries #OpenData #Research
Any domain works—signals,bio,astro,finance, spectroscopy, etc.
Got data or know a benchmark? Would love pointers 🙌
#SignalProcessing #DataScience #TimeSeries #OpenData #Research
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This book is a wonderful, synthetic and richly illustrated journey through the natural history of the vertebrate brain 🤩
A big thank you to the authors 🙏
"A major theme in the evolution of the telencephalon has been the emergence of novel pathways...
1/2
A big thank you to the authors 🙏
"A major theme in the evolution of the telencephalon has been the emergence of novel pathways...
1/2
January 17, 2026 at 9:05 AM
This book is a wonderful, synthetic and richly illustrated journey through the natural history of the vertebrate brain 🤩
A big thank you to the authors 🙏
"A major theme in the evolution of the telencephalon has been the emergence of novel pathways...
1/2
A big thank you to the authors 🙏
"A major theme in the evolution of the telencephalon has been the emergence of novel pathways...
1/2
Wanna compare dynamics across neural data, RNNs, or dynamical systems? We got a fast and furious method🏎️
The 1st preprint of my PhD 🥳 fast dynamical similarity analysis (fastDSA):
📜: arxiv.org/abs/2511.22828
💻: github.com/CMC-lab/fast...
I’ll be @cosynemeeting.bsky.social - happy to chat 😉
The 1st preprint of my PhD 🥳 fast dynamical similarity analysis (fastDSA):
📜: arxiv.org/abs/2511.22828
💻: github.com/CMC-lab/fast...
I’ll be @cosynemeeting.bsky.social - happy to chat 😉
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Wanna compare dynamics across neural data, RNNs, or dynamical systems? We got a fast and furious method🏎️
The 1st preprint of my PhD 🥳 fast dynamical similarity analysis (fastDSA):
📜: arxiv.org/abs/2511.22828
💻: github.com/CMC-lab/fast...
I’ll be @cosynemeeting.bsky.social - happy to chat 😉
The 1st preprint of my PhD 🥳 fast dynamical similarity analysis (fastDSA):
📜: arxiv.org/abs/2511.22828
💻: github.com/CMC-lab/fast...
I’ll be @cosynemeeting.bsky.social - happy to chat 😉
Reposted by Arman Behrad
Way back in 1999, Kenji Doya sketched a big picture theory of the brain:
1️⃣The cerebellum is specialized for supervised learning
2️⃣The basal ganglia are for reinforcement learning
3️⃣The cerebral cortex is for unsupervised learning
How does this hold up in 2026? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1️⃣The cerebellum is specialized for supervised learning
2️⃣The basal ganglia are for reinforcement learning
3️⃣The cerebral cortex is for unsupervised learning
How does this hold up in 2026? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Way back in 1999, Kenji Doya sketched a big picture theory of the brain:
1️⃣The cerebellum is specialized for supervised learning
2️⃣The basal ganglia are for reinforcement learning
3️⃣The cerebral cortex is for unsupervised learning
How does this hold up in 2026? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1️⃣The cerebellum is specialized for supervised learning
2️⃣The basal ganglia are for reinforcement learning
3️⃣The cerebral cortex is for unsupervised learning
How does this hold up in 2026? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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From sensory to perceptual manifolds: The twist of neural geometry
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#neuroscience
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#neuroscience
From sensory to perceptual manifolds: The twist of neural geometry
The brain uses geometric twists to expand neural dimensionality, thus untangling perception from sensation.
doi.org
December 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
From sensory to perceptual manifolds: The twist of neural geometry
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#neuroscience
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#neuroscience
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Thank you for having me on BrainInspired, Paul @braininspired.bsky.social! It was such an honor to be on my favorite show—a rare place where we can leisurely talk about manifolds, latent circuits, power laws, and other esoteric ideas, and still be taken seriously in knowing they are all real.
Are manifolds real?
Are latent circuits real?
Tatiana @engeltatiana.bsky.social uses one, infers the other, and says yes to both.
Also, how timescales are different and the same across the entire brain...
braininspired.co/podcast/226/
Are latent circuits real?
Tatiana @engeltatiana.bsky.social uses one, infers the other, and says yes to both.
Also, how timescales are different and the same across the entire brain...
braininspired.co/podcast/226/
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Thank you for having me on BrainInspired, Paul @braininspired.bsky.social! It was such an honor to be on my favorite show—a rare place where we can leisurely talk about manifolds, latent circuits, power laws, and other esoteric ideas, and still be taken seriously in knowing they are all real.