Decision, Action, and Neural Computation (DANC) lab
@danclab.bsky.social
sensorimotor computations, beta bursts, laminar MEG, infant development 🧠🦾💥🍰👶
PI: James Bonaiuto
www.danclab.com
PI: James Bonaiuto
www.danclab.com
Pinned
Our group has been looking at beta bursts for the last 5 years, but we do it a little differently than most - we group into types them based on their waveforms. In this open access article we lay out why and what we think this might mean
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#neuroskyence
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#neuroskyence
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Beta burst waveforms index motor skills across DCD and healthy in a difficult EEG dataset. Have a good look. By @hollyrayson.bsky.social @danclab.bsky.social and good folks from my old stomping grounds @cardiffuni.bsky.social School of Psychology.
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Holly Rayson, Ross E. Vanderwert, et al:
Functional heterogeneity of beta bursts in childhood reveals a dimensional neural signature of motor skill
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Functional heterogeneity of beta bursts in childhood reveals a dimensional neural signature of motor skill
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
September 23, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Beta burst waveforms index motor skills across DCD and healthy in a difficult EEG dataset. Have a good look. By @hollyrayson.bsky.social @danclab.bsky.social and good folks from my old stomping grounds @cardiffuni.bsky.social School of Psychology.
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Greatly enjoyed the Symposium on laminar MEG at #BIOMAG2026 in 北京. 🧲🧠📝
Talks:
@danclab.bsky.social
@jan-sch.bsky.social
Matteo Maspoldi
@studenova.bsky.social
Talks:
@danclab.bsky.social
@jan-sch.bsky.social
Matteo Maspoldi
@studenova.bsky.social
August 24, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Greatly enjoyed the Symposium on laminar MEG at #BIOMAG2026 in 北京. 🧲🧠📝
Talks:
@danclab.bsky.social
@jan-sch.bsky.social
Matteo Maspoldi
@studenova.bsky.social
Talks:
@danclab.bsky.social
@jan-sch.bsky.social
Matteo Maspoldi
@studenova.bsky.social
Here's @jan-sch.bksy.social and Matteo in action!
August 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Here's @jan-sch.bksy.social and Matteo in action!
Two posters and a symposium on laminar MEG at #BIOMAG2026! Matteo Maspoli and @jan-sch.bsky.social present their posters today, and tomorrow at 1pm they will give talks along with myself and @studenova.bsky.social at the symposium: Inferring laminar dynamics of human neurocog processes with MEG
August 23, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Two posters and a symposium on laminar MEG at #BIOMAG2026! Matteo Maspoli and @jan-sch.bsky.social present their posters today, and tomorrow at 1pm they will give talks along with myself and @studenova.bsky.social at the symposium: Inferring laminar dynamics of human neurocog processes with MEG
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Very excited for the next few days at #BIOMAG2026! I will present our labs most recent endeavors in inferring laminar activity on a methodology level, and also in Parkinson‘s Disease Patients. If this sounds interesting to you, you can find me at poster 203 and Symposium 15! Looking forward to it!
August 23, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Very excited for the next few days at #BIOMAG2026! I will present our labs most recent endeavors in inferring laminar activity on a methodology level, and also in Parkinson‘s Disease Patients. If this sounds interesting to you, you can find me at poster 203 and Symposium 15! Looking forward to it!
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This graph took me 3 years to make. It's perhaps the largest-ever #metaanalysis of #TMS #BrainStim data. It includes my first real scientific discovery 🧵:
When you stimulate the hand with a brief electric pulse, your brain and spinal cord are momentarily less excitable: muscle output decreases
1/n
When you stimulate the hand with a brief electric pulse, your brain and spinal cord are momentarily less excitable: muscle output decreases
1/n
August 3, 2026 at 6:12 AM
This graph took me 3 years to make. It's perhaps the largest-ever #metaanalysis of #TMS #BrainStim data. It includes my first real scientific discovery 🧵:
When you stimulate the hand with a brief electric pulse, your brain and spinal cord are momentarily less excitable: muscle output decreases
1/n
When you stimulate the hand with a brief electric pulse, your brain and spinal cord are momentarily less excitable: muscle output decreases
1/n
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New preprint from the team - what's the role of frontal cortex - LPFC & MCC - in learning about progress towards goals?
Data from the checking project collected by Fred Stoll. New analyses by Xiaoqi Xu.
With Matteo di Volo, Manu Procyk, & skytorial from @nilskolling.bsky.social below
Data from the checking project collected by Fred Stoll. New analyses by Xiaoqi Xu.
With Matteo di Volo, Manu Procyk, & skytorial from @nilskolling.bsky.social below
New preprint alert! doi.org/10.64898/202...
Throughout life, we are often told to persist in the pursuit of our long term goals. However, the most important factor to consider in the real world for whether to continue pursuit or abandon one's goal is knowing how much progress you are making.
Throughout life, we are often told to persist in the pursuit of our long term goals. However, the most important factor to consider in the real world for whether to continue pursuit or abandon one's goal is knowing how much progress you are making.
Prefrontal mechanisms of goal progress inference and monitoring in macaque monkeys
Primates pursue goals over extended periods and over multiple steps. The ability to track progress and its rate is critical for such pursuit, yet the neural mechanisms of this tracking are unclear. We...
doi.org
June 23, 2026 at 9:05 AM
New preprint from the team - what's the role of frontal cortex - LPFC & MCC - in learning about progress towards goals?
Data from the checking project collected by Fred Stoll. New analyses by Xiaoqi Xu.
With Matteo di Volo, Manu Procyk, & skytorial from @nilskolling.bsky.social below
Data from the checking project collected by Fred Stoll. New analyses by Xiaoqi Xu.
With Matteo di Volo, Manu Procyk, & skytorial from @nilskolling.bsky.social below
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Investigating sensorimotor beta burst dynamics as a robust biomarker for graded force modulation in humans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.07.723396v1
May 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Investigating sensorimotor beta burst dynamics as a robust biomarker for graded force modulation in humans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.07.723396v1
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I am happy to bring your attention to an upcoming workshop I am co-organising on early social experience, neuropsychological development, and mental health. This will be held in Sicily on September 2nd-5th 2026: centromajorana.it/earlydevelop...
Early Neuropsychological Development and Plasticity: linking early social experience to mental health outcomes
'Ettore Majorana' Foundation and International Centre for Scientific Culture Schools
centromajorana.it
June 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I am happy to bring your attention to an upcoming workshop I am co-organising on early social experience, neuropsychological development, and mental health. This will be held in Sicily on September 2nd-5th 2026: centromajorana.it/earlydevelop...
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If you need a method to infer causality from neural data, even when the signal is short, check our recent paper:
Paper: joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
Code: github.com/CMC-lab/Tran...
Paper: joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
Code: github.com/CMC-lab/Tran...
April 7, 2026 at 1:42 PM
If you need a method to infer causality from neural data, even when the signal is short, check our recent paper:
Paper: joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
Code: github.com/CMC-lab/Tran...
Paper: joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
Code: github.com/CMC-lab/Tran...
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by George M. Opie, Ulf Ziemann, et al:
Diazepam alters the shape of alpha oscillations recorded from human cortex using EEG
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Diazepam alters the shape of alpha oscillations recorded from human cortex using EEG
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
March 14, 2026 at 7:08 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by George M. Opie, Ulf Ziemann, et al:
Diazepam alters the shape of alpha oscillations recorded from human cortex using EEG
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Diazepam alters the shape of alpha oscillations recorded from human cortex using EEG
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
We've been saying for a while now that beta bursts might be functionally heterogeneous. Check out @quentinmoreau.bsky.social's paper where we show that different types of bursts have different relationships to behavior in a sensorimotor adaptation task 👇👇👇
🧵1/3 New paper out! Beta bursts aren't all the same and their waveform shape are functionally meaningful ! @maciekszul.bsky.social & @danclab.bsky.social👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
March 9, 2026 at 7:07 AM
We've been saying for a while now that beta bursts might be functionally heterogeneous. Check out @quentinmoreau.bsky.social's paper where we show that different types of bursts have different relationships to behavior in a sensorimotor adaptation task 👇👇👇
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How dynamics arise from the structure is my biggest interest. In this study, we started with a small step and asked how structure constrains dynamics. Spoiler: would that it were so simple… (1/6)
Inter- and intra-individual variability in structure-function coupling in human brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.25.707886v1
February 27, 2026 at 10:13 AM
How dynamics arise from the structure is my biggest interest. In this study, we started with a small step and asked how structure constrains dynamics. Spoiler: would that it were so simple… (1/6)
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I built a bluesky labeler for neuroscience methods.
1️⃣ follow/subscribe to: @neuromethods.bsky.social
2️⃣ like the post with your favorite method
➡️ get a shiny methods label in your profile/posts. 🌟
1️⃣ follow/subscribe to: @neuromethods.bsky.social
2️⃣ like the post with your favorite method
➡️ get a shiny methods label in your profile/posts. 🌟
February 26, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I built a bluesky labeler for neuroscience methods.
1️⃣ follow/subscribe to: @neuromethods.bsky.social
2️⃣ like the post with your favorite method
➡️ get a shiny methods label in your profile/posts. 🌟
1️⃣ follow/subscribe to: @neuromethods.bsky.social
2️⃣ like the post with your favorite method
➡️ get a shiny methods label in your profile/posts. 🌟
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Thrilled to share this work, spearheaded by the Danc lab (led by James Bonaiuto) @danclab.bsky.social, in collaboration with us, especially Matteo Maspoli @mattgmasp.bsky.social and Danila Shelepenkov @shpen.bsky.social, and other groups who share the belief that MEG still has untapped potential!
www.biorxiv.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Thrilled to share this work, spearheaded by the Danc lab (led by James Bonaiuto) @danclab.bsky.social, in collaboration with us, especially Matteo Maspoli @mattgmasp.bsky.social and Danila Shelepenkov @shpen.bsky.social, and other groups who share the belief that MEG still has untapped potential!
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The Cognition & Brain Dynamics lab is no on BlueSky!
Hello Bluesky 👋
New account for the Cognition & Brain Dynamics lab!
Expect papers, methods, lab life, and shout-outs to great science.
Looking forward to connecting!
New account for the Cognition & Brain Dynamics lab!
Expect papers, methods, lab life, and shout-outs to great science.
Looking forward to connecting!
January 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The Cognition & Brain Dynamics lab is no on BlueSky!
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I'm looking back at this paper written 2019 & published 2021 with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social: How Computational Modeling Can Force Theory Building in Psychological Science (pdf: oliviaguest.com/doc/guest_ma...) We presented a positive view and kind, if I do say so myself, compatibilist stance. 1/
April 7, 2024 at 10:00 AM
I'm looking back at this paper written 2019 & published 2021 with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social: How Computational Modeling Can Force Theory Building in Psychological Science (pdf: oliviaguest.com/doc/guest_ma...) We presented a positive view and kind, if I do say so myself, compatibilist stance. 1/
This is too real
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is too real
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📆 updated for 2026!
list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: 🔗 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: 🔗 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
various computational neuroscience / MEEG / LFP short courses and summer schools
docs.google.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📆 updated for 2026!
list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: 🔗 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: 🔗 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Grâce à des travaux sur la #MEG laminaire développés dans le laboratoire du Dr. Bonaiuto, il est possible d'estimer l'activité neuronale à différents niveaux de profondeur des couches #corticales. On vous raconte comment.
@isc-mj.bsky.social @danclab.bsky.social
www.cortex-mag.net/cartographie...
@isc-mj.bsky.social @danclab.bsky.social
www.cortex-mag.net/cartographie...
Cartographier l’activité cérébrale de façon précise avec la magnétoencéphalographie | Cortex Mag – Cerveau, cognition et neurosciences pour tous
La magnétoencéphalographie (MEG) permet d’observer l’activité magnétique du cerveau en temps réel mais sa faible résolution spatiale en limite l'usage. Des chercheurs de l'ISC-MJ de Lyon montrent aujo...
www.cortex-mag.net
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Grâce à des travaux sur la #MEG laminaire développés dans le laboratoire du Dr. Bonaiuto, il est possible d'estimer l'activité neuronale à différents niveaux de profondeur des couches #corticales. On vous raconte comment.
@isc-mj.bsky.social @danclab.bsky.social
www.cortex-mag.net/cartographie...
@isc-mj.bsky.social @danclab.bsky.social
www.cortex-mag.net/cartographie...
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An accessible overview on why beta band activity is best seen as a diverse set of events and not an oscillation, along with cortico-subcortical network responsible for specific waveform shape. @hollyrayson.bsky.social @quentinmoreau.bsky.social Solène Gailhard @danclab.bsky.social
Beta Burst Waveform Diversity: A Window onto Cortical Computation - Holly Rayson, Quentin Moreau, Solene Gailhard, Maciej J. Szul, James J. Bonaiuto, 2025
Neural activity in the beta band is increasingly recognized to occur not as sustained oscillations but as transient burst-like events. These beta bursts are div...
journals.sagepub.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
An accessible overview on why beta band activity is best seen as a diverse set of events and not an oscillation, along with cortico-subcortical network responsible for specific waveform shape. @hollyrayson.bsky.social @quentinmoreau.bsky.social Solène Gailhard @danclab.bsky.social
Our group has been looking at beta bursts for the last 5 years, but we do it a little differently than most - we group into types them based on their waveforms. In this open access article we lay out why and what we think this might mean
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#neuroskyence
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#neuroskyence
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our group has been looking at beta bursts for the last 5 years, but we do it a little differently than most - we group into types them based on their waveforms. In this open access article we lay out why and what we think this might mean
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#neuroskyence
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#neuroskyence
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It's out out. Saying that your favourite signal is an oscillation is not enough, it would be good to quantify to what extent.
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Siqi Zhang, James J. Bonaiuto, et al:
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's out out. Saying that your favourite signal is an oscillation is not enough, it would be good to quantify to what extent.
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Siqi Zhang, James J. Bonaiuto, et al:
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Siqi Zhang, James J. Bonaiuto, et al:
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Our article on lagged Hilbert autocoherence is out: direct.mit.edu/imag/article... Just because you do a TF transformation on your signal doesn't mean that it's an oscillation. Siqi Zhang @maciekszul.bsky.social Sotirios Papadopoulos, @alimassera.bsky.social, @hollyrayson.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Our article on lagged Hilbert autocoherence is out: direct.mit.edu/imag/article... Just because you do a TF transformation on your signal doesn't mean that it's an oscillation. Siqi Zhang @maciekszul.bsky.social Sotirios Papadopoulos, @alimassera.bsky.social, @hollyrayson.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence