Rob Mok
@robmok.bsky.social
Computational Cognitive Neuroscientist at CiNet & Osaka University. Category learning to concepts & everything between (semantic/episodic memory). Cognitive aging/damage in models & brains. To understand the brain & AI.
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Rob Mok
@robmok.bsky.social
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📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
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found at ucsf
September 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
found at ucsf
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Registration is still open but only a few places left (for in person). Online attendance is still open - do join us!
****Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September!****
Please consider submitting a Poster or tell your friends to!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
****Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September!****
Please consider submitting a Poster or tell your friends to!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
September 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Registration is still open but only a few places left (for in person). Online attendance is still open - do join us!
****Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September!****
Please consider submitting a Poster or tell your friends to!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
****Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September!****
Please consider submitting a Poster or tell your friends to!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
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a salmon was even once involved in a mid-air collision with a 737!
September 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
a salmon was even once involved in a mid-air collision with a 737!
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“They found a greasy spot with some scales, but no damage” 🧑🍳😘
a salmon was even once involved in a mid-air collision with a 737!
September 17, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“They found a greasy spot with some scales, but no damage” 🧑🍳😘
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300 early-career neuroscientists commented on the future of the field in a new survey led by @neuromatch.bsky.social and @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
By Paige Miranda
www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
#neuroskyence
By Paige Miranda
www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
‘High risk, high reward’: How early-career neuroscientists view their future
The Transmitter and Neuromatch surveyed more than 300 early-career neuroscientists to better understand their unique challenges, career aspirations and support needs.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
300 early-career neuroscientists commented on the future of the field in a new survey led by @neuromatch.bsky.social and @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
By Paige Miranda
www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
#neuroskyence
By Paige Miranda
www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
Writing/editing an abstract for a paper, is it just me or does everyone write 3 versions with different word limits..?
#neuroskyence #psychscisky 🧠🤖
#neuroskyence #psychscisky 🧠🤖
September 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Writing/editing an abstract for a paper, is it just me or does everyone write 3 versions with different word limits..?
#neuroskyence #psychscisky 🧠🤖
#neuroskyence #psychscisky 🧠🤖
Registration is still open but only a few places left (for in person). Online attendance is still open - do join us!
****Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September!****
Please consider submitting a Poster or tell your friends to!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
****Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September!****
Please consider submitting a Poster or tell your friends to!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
September 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Registration is still open but only a few places left (for in person). Online attendance is still open - do join us!
****Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September!****
Please consider submitting a Poster or tell your friends to!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
****Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September!****
Please consider submitting a Poster or tell your friends to!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
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I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
September 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September! Please consider submitting a Poster :)
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
September 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Poster submission has been extended to 17:00 JST on Friday 18 September! Please consider submitting a Poster :)
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖
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From reptile brains 🦎 to being grumpy after sleeping poorly 😪 the Brain HelpDesk of the @dondersinst.bsky.social is here to answer all the questions you’ve always wanted to ask.
Curious about how this works? @samdekater.bsky.social & @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social will show you in the video below!
Curious about how this works? @samdekater.bsky.social & @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social will show you in the video below!
September 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
From reptile brains 🦎 to being grumpy after sleeping poorly 😪 the Brain HelpDesk of the @dondersinst.bsky.social is here to answer all the questions you’ve always wanted to ask.
Curious about how this works? @samdekater.bsky.social & @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social will show you in the video below!
Curious about how this works? @samdekater.bsky.social & @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social will show you in the video below!
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I think it was Rupert Reed (philosopher and green activist) who said we should stop asking what the humanities offer to science and the economy and start asking what science and the economy offer to humanity. (A lot of course, but much damage too.)
A cheery message from the new minister responsible for research funding for the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences (and the subjects that the majority of UK taught undergraduate and Masters students study).
Science and maths degrees offer most value to the nation, says minister
Chris McDonald told a room full of vice-chancellors that science, engineering and mathematics ‘offer the greatest personal, social and economic value’
www.thetimes.com
September 11, 2026 at 10:18 AM
I think it was Rupert Reed (philosopher and green activist) who said we should stop asking what the humanities offer to science and the economy and start asking what science and the economy offer to humanity. (A lot of course, but much damage too.)
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New paper from the Neurosurgery Research Team at BCM! “Neural geometry in the human hippocampus enables generalization across spatial position and gaze” led by @assiachericoni.bsky.social! 🧵
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
Neural geometry in the human hippocampus enables generalization across spatial position and gaze
Chericoni et al. show that neurons in the human hippocampus track the positions of
multiple agents in a simple pursuit-based video game. They identified place codes
for each agent and for gaze. The co...
www.cell.com
September 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
New paper from the Neurosurgery Research Team at BCM! “Neural geometry in the human hippocampus enables generalization across spatial position and gaze” led by @assiachericoni.bsky.social! 🧵
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
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Very excited to get to go to Japan for the first time soon for this conference that has an awesome lineup!
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
September 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Very excited to get to go to Japan for the first time soon for this conference that has an awesome lineup!
Reposted by Rob Mok
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
August 30, 2026 at 9:21 AM
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
Reposted by Rob Mok
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Major André-Louis Cholesky was killed in action during the First World War on 31st August 1918.
His Cholesky algorithm iteratively simplified the solution of linear equations for regression coefficients.
It served as inspiration for L.L. Thurstone's Factor Analysis
💀Major André-Louis Cholesky was killed in action during the First World War on 31st August 1918.
His Cholesky algorithm iteratively simplified the solution of linear equations for regression coefficients.
It served as inspiration for L.L. Thurstone's Factor Analysis
September 1, 2026 at 1:03 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Major André-Louis Cholesky was killed in action during the First World War on 31st August 1918.
His Cholesky algorithm iteratively simplified the solution of linear equations for regression coefficients.
It served as inspiration for L.L. Thurstone's Factor Analysis
💀Major André-Louis Cholesky was killed in action during the First World War on 31st August 1918.
His Cholesky algorithm iteratively simplified the solution of linear equations for regression coefficients.
It served as inspiration for L.L. Thurstone's Factor Analysis
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prepping tor teaching Data Visualisation next semester!
also August is now way too low because I ate like 200g of cheddar yesterday just making this thing and I would not recommend doing that.
also August is now way too low because I ate like 200g of cheddar yesterday just making this thing and I would not recommend doing that.
August 31, 2026 at 9:06 PM
prepping tor teaching Data Visualisation next semester!
also August is now way too low because I ate like 200g of cheddar yesterday just making this thing and I would not recommend doing that.
also August is now way too low because I ate like 200g of cheddar yesterday just making this thing and I would not recommend doing that.
Apologies for not highlighting this, but *online* registration is also possible!
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
August 31, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Apologies for not highlighting this, but *online* registration is also possible!
Reposted by Rob Mok
I'm really excited to be speaking at CiNet and visiting Japan again after such a long time.
What a great line-up! Come and join us! 🌸🧠🤖
#NeuroAI
What a great line-up! Come and join us! 🌸🧠🤖
#NeuroAI
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
August 30, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I'm really excited to be speaking at CiNet and visiting Japan again after such a long time.
What a great line-up! Come and join us! 🌸🧠🤖
#NeuroAI
What a great line-up! Come and join us! 🌸🧠🤖
#NeuroAI
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New preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...: brain alignment in DNNs is almost fully complete at 3% of training. Features involved in classification are largely independent of those that predict the brain. With @niklasmuller.bsky.social , @irisgroen.bsky.social. @marcelvangerven.bsky.social
August 27, 2026 at 2:14 PM
New preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...: brain alignment in DNNs is almost fully complete at 3% of training. Features involved in classification are largely independent of those that predict the brain. With @niklasmuller.bsky.social , @irisgroen.bsky.social. @marcelvangerven.bsky.social
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
August 30, 2026 at 9:21 AM
📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain"
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan
Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/
Reposted by Rob Mok
Are brains and artificial neural networks converging onto universal representations?
There is a seductive idea making the rounds in NeuroAI / machine learning: train systems well enough, and they all converge on the same representation of reality (i.e. a unique world model).
We have thoughts™
1/n
There is a seductive idea making the rounds in NeuroAI / machine learning: train systems well enough, and they all converge on the same representation of reality (i.e. a unique world model).
We have thoughts™
1/n
The Umwelt Representation Hypothesis: rethinking Universality
Recent studies reveal striking representational alignment between artificial neural
networks (ANNs) and biological brains, leading to proposals that all sufficiently
capable systems converge on univer...
www.cell.com
August 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Are brains and artificial neural networks converging onto universal representations?
There is a seductive idea making the rounds in NeuroAI / machine learning: train systems well enough, and they all converge on the same representation of reality (i.e. a unique world model).
We have thoughts™
1/n
There is a seductive idea making the rounds in NeuroAI / machine learning: train systems well enough, and they all converge on the same representation of reality (i.e. a unique world model).
We have thoughts™
1/n
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@thetransmitter.bsky.social is excited to feature the Theoretical Neuroscience Podcast! Hosted by @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social, each episode features in-depth conversations with scientists using theoretical and computational approaches to understanding the brain. #neuroskyence
August 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
@thetransmitter.bsky.social is excited to feature the Theoretical Neuroscience Podcast! Hosted by @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social, each episode features in-depth conversations with scientists using theoretical and computational approaches to understanding the brain. #neuroskyence
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I am very happy that the Theoretical Neuroscience Podcast (theoreticalneuroscience.no) is now featured in TheTransmitter.
My goal is that everyone in the field should at least know about the podcast, whether they would like to listen to it or not. And being featured here is a big help. Thanks!
My goal is that everyone in the field should at least know about the podcast, whether they would like to listen to it or not. And being featured here is a big help. Thanks!
@thetransmitter.bsky.social is excited to feature the Theoretical Neuroscience Podcast! Hosted by @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social, each episode features in-depth conversations with scientists using theoretical and computational approaches to understanding the brain. #neuroskyence
August 27, 2026 at 9:02 AM
I am very happy that the Theoretical Neuroscience Podcast (theoreticalneuroscience.no) is now featured in TheTransmitter.
My goal is that everyone in the field should at least know about the podcast, whether they would like to listen to it or not. And being featured here is a big help. Thanks!
My goal is that everyone in the field should at least know about the podcast, whether they would like to listen to it or not. And being featured here is a big help. Thanks!
Reposted by Rob Mok
⚠️ Preprint alert ⚠️
How does the brain's fixed anatomy support flexible function? We explore this using recurrent neural networks with increasing levels of brain-like constraints, comparing them to empirical fMRI activity. (1/8)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
How does the brain's fixed anatomy support flexible function? We explore this using recurrent neural networks with increasing levels of brain-like constraints, comparing them to empirical fMRI activity. (1/8)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Geometric constraints and cognitive inputs jointly shape emergent brain dynamics and topology
How the brain's physical geometry gives rise to its flexible functional repertoire remains a central question in neuroscience. Here, we trained three classes of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) on a w...
www.biorxiv.org
August 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
⚠️ Preprint alert ⚠️
How does the brain's fixed anatomy support flexible function? We explore this using recurrent neural networks with increasing levels of brain-like constraints, comparing them to empirical fMRI activity. (1/8)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
How does the brain's fixed anatomy support flexible function? We explore this using recurrent neural networks with increasing levels of brain-like constraints, comparing them to empirical fMRI activity. (1/8)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Please share widely! 🚀 I am recruiting a PhD student for an exciting cross-species collaborative project using layer fMRI to investigate how interoception shapes cognitive control - Application deadline is: 1.10.2026 - Start: Jan 2027
www.mpg.de/26934670/phd...
www.mpg.de/26934670/phd...
PhD Position (m/f/d) | Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception
PhD Position in Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception
www.mpg.de
August 21, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Please share widely! 🚀 I am recruiting a PhD student for an exciting cross-species collaborative project using layer fMRI to investigate how interoception shapes cognitive control - Application deadline is: 1.10.2026 - Start: Jan 2027
www.mpg.de/26934670/phd...
www.mpg.de/26934670/phd...