Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
@runhaolu.bsky.social
CIHR Postdoc Fellow at the MNI @theneuro.bsky.social | PhD @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge | Cognitive Neuroscience | Multimodal neuroimaging | Gates Cambridge Scholar
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Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
@runhaolu.bsky.social
· Aug 1
Thalamocortical orchestration of human theory of mind
Reasoning about others' thoughts or beliefs is central to human social behavior. This ability, known as theory of mind (ToM), has been primarily attributed to cortical regions of the default network (...
www.biorxiv.org
🧠New preprint - Thalamocortical orchestration of human theory of mind
Combining 7T fMRI and intracranial sEEG, we show that the human thalamus plays a critical role in supporting naturalistic mentalizing by regulating cortical DMN computations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Combining 7T fMRI and intracranial sEEG, we show that the human thalamus plays a critical role in supporting naturalistic mentalizing by regulating cortical DMN computations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
I would like to highlight two postdoctoral positions in the project Neuronal Mechanisms of Reading in Children Using OPM-MEG at the University of Oxford:
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Deadline 30 Sep.
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September 27, 2026 at 6:52 AM
I would like to highlight two postdoctoral positions in the project Neuronal Mechanisms of Reading in Children Using OPM-MEG at the University of Oxford:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit���
Deadline 30 Sep.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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Deadline 30 Sep.
Glad to see this exciting work on zero-shot EEG visual decoding accepted by NeurIPS as an Oral Presentation (<0.5%!), led by amazing Zexuan and Sichao -
MindAlign: Bridging EEG, Vision, and Language for Zero-Shot Visual Decoding
arxiv.org/abs/2605.24523
MindAlign: Bridging EEG, Vision, and Language for Zero-Shot Visual Decoding
arxiv.org/abs/2605.24523
September 25, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Glad to see this exciting work on zero-shot EEG visual decoding accepted by NeurIPS as an Oral Presentation (<0.5%!), led by amazing Zexuan and Sichao -
MindAlign: Bridging EEG, Vision, and Language for Zero-Shot Visual Decoding
arxiv.org/abs/2605.24523
MindAlign: Bridging EEG, Vision, and Language for Zero-Shot Visual Decoding
arxiv.org/abs/2605.24523
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
So thankful to the University of Cambridge for enabling a new chapter in the long history of the APU/CBU (since MRC decided to close all its units…)
Cambridge University announces a new Cambridge Mind and Brain Institute focused on understanding and improving brain health across our lifespan, from early childhood through to old age.
Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/4hpgZsl
@mrccbu.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/4hpgZsl
@mrccbu.bsky.social
September 25, 2026 at 2:16 PM
So thankful to the University of Cambridge for enabling a new chapter in the long history of the APU/CBU (since MRC decided to close all its units…)
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
📢Have work to share with the computational and systems neuroscience community? Abstract submissions for #COSYNE2027 are now open.
Deadline: 18 October 2026, 11:59 p.m. AoE
Submit your abstract: www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su...
#Neuroscience
Deadline: 18 October 2026, 11:59 p.m. AoE
Submit your abstract: www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su...
#Neuroscience
September 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
📢Have work to share with the computational and systems neuroscience community? Abstract submissions for #COSYNE2027 are now open.
Deadline: 18 October 2026, 11:59 p.m. AoE
Submit your abstract: www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su...
#Neuroscience
Deadline: 18 October 2026, 11:59 p.m. AoE
Submit your abstract: www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su...
#Neuroscience
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Aperiodic neural activity links electromagnetic and hemodynamic representations of domain-general cognitive demand across the cortical hierarchy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.03.742517v1
August 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Aperiodic neural activity links electromagnetic and hemodynamic representations of domain-general cognitive demand across the cortical hierarchy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.03.742517v1
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Due to my role at the Terry Fox Research Institute I no longer comment publically on CIHR but this largest funder of Canadian health research made an important statement today: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54795.html and I can’t just watch this beloved agency crash.
What we heard: Strengthening the long-term sustainability of the Project Grant program - CIHR
The purpose of this phase of our engagement has not been to make or announce decisions. It has been to build a shared understanding of the pressures facing the system and to hear from applicants, reviewers and institutions on possible interventions and their implications.
cihr-irsc.gc.ca
August 6, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Due to my role at the Terry Fox Research Institute I no longer comment publically on CIHR but this largest funder of Canadian health research made an important statement today: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54795.html and I can’t just watch this beloved agency crash.
🧠New preprint - Thalamocortical orchestration of human theory of mind
Combining 7T fMRI and intracranial sEEG, we show that the human thalamus plays a critical role in supporting naturalistic mentalizing by regulating cortical DMN computations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Combining 7T fMRI and intracranial sEEG, we show that the human thalamus plays a critical role in supporting naturalistic mentalizing by regulating cortical DMN computations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thalamocortical orchestration of human theory of mind
Reasoning about others' thoughts or beliefs is central to human social behavior. This ability, known as theory of mind (ToM), has been primarily attributed to cortical regions of the default network (...
www.biorxiv.org
August 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
🧠New preprint - Thalamocortical orchestration of human theory of mind
Combining 7T fMRI and intracranial sEEG, we show that the human thalamus plays a critical role in supporting naturalistic mentalizing by regulating cortical DMN computations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Combining 7T fMRI and intracranial sEEG, we show that the human thalamus plays a critical role in supporting naturalistic mentalizing by regulating cortical DMN computations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Thanks to Kshipra Guranandan, my notebook on how to design efficient fMRI experiments (for activity, connectivity and pattern analysis) is now available in Python as a Jupyter notebook (as well as previous Matlab): github.com/RikHenson/fM...
GitHub - RikHenson/fMRIefficiency
Contribute to RikHenson/fMRIefficiency development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
July 20, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Thanks to Kshipra Guranandan, my notebook on how to design efficient fMRI experiments (for activity, connectivity and pattern analysis) is now available in Python as a Jupyter notebook (as well as previous Matlab): github.com/RikHenson/fM...
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Neuroscientist Dr. Brenda Milner is recognized as one of the fundamental founders of modern cognitive neuropsychology.
She proved the hippocampus is essential for forming long-term "declarative" memory (facts, names & events).
She was born #OTD in 1918--she's 108 years old today! #WomenInSTEM
She proved the hippocampus is essential for forming long-term "declarative" memory (facts, names & events).
She was born #OTD in 1918--she's 108 years old today! #WomenInSTEM
July 15, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Neuroscientist Dr. Brenda Milner is recognized as one of the fundamental founders of modern cognitive neuropsychology.
She proved the hippocampus is essential for forming long-term "declarative" memory (facts, names & events).
She was born #OTD in 1918--she's 108 years old today! #WomenInSTEM
She proved the hippocampus is essential for forming long-term "declarative" memory (facts, names & events).
She was born #OTD in 1918--she's 108 years old today! #WomenInSTEM
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
New paper out: Led by super grad student Jim Zhang and in collaboration with Greg Cogan, we review and synthesize Insights into the neural mechanisms supporting cognitive stability and flexibility from human intracranial electroencephalography.
For free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nRYWY3M3p...
For free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nRYWY3M3p...
July 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
New paper out: Led by super grad student Jim Zhang and in collaboration with Greg Cogan, we review and synthesize Insights into the neural mechanisms supporting cognitive stability and flexibility from human intracranial electroencephalography.
For free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nRYWY3M3p...
For free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nRYWY3M3p...
Exciting work on how frontopariatal and default networks cooperate to support flexible, goal-directed behavior! Congrats to @veronicadiveica.bsky.social and the team!
The default network is often thought to interfere with the selective deployment of attention—but our new @pnas.org paper shows a different story…
👉 Find the paper here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
1/🧵
👉 Find the paper here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
1/🧵
July 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Exciting work on how frontopariatal and default networks cooperate to support flexible, goal-directed behavior! Congrats to @veronicadiveica.bsky.social and the team!
#OHBM2026 Excited to share my first postdoc project w/ Nathan Spreng et al. at the MNI! Looking at human thalamocortical circuits underlying naturalistic theory of mind, using BOTH 7T fMRI and sEEG.
📌 Poster #3205
⏰ Wed 17th, 12:45–13:45 & Thu 18th, 13:45–14:45
Looking fwd to seeing you there!
📌 Poster #3205
⏰ Wed 17th, 12:45–13:45 & Thu 18th, 13:45–14:45
Looking fwd to seeing you there!
June 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
#OHBM2026 Excited to share my first postdoc project w/ Nathan Spreng et al. at the MNI! Looking at human thalamocortical circuits underlying naturalistic theory of mind, using BOTH 7T fMRI and sEEG.
📌 Poster #3205
⏰ Wed 17th, 12:45–13:45 & Thu 18th, 13:45–14:45
Looking fwd to seeing you there!
📌 Poster #3205
⏰ Wed 17th, 12:45–13:45 & Thu 18th, 13:45–14:45
Looking fwd to seeing you there!
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Sneak peek of my talk/poster at #OHBM2026 🧠
Looking forward to sharing our work on selective attention:
🎤 Talk - Wed 17th, Oral Session on Higher Cognitive Functions, 3:45–5:00 pm
📌 Poster #3024 - Wed 17th, 13:45–14:45 & Thu 18th, 14:45–15:45
Hope to see you there!
Looking forward to sharing our work on selective attention:
🎤 Talk - Wed 17th, Oral Session on Higher Cognitive Functions, 3:45–5:00 pm
📌 Poster #3024 - Wed 17th, 13:45–14:45 & Thu 18th, 14:45–15:45
Hope to see you there!
June 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Sneak peek of my talk/poster at #OHBM2026 🧠
Looking forward to sharing our work on selective attention:
🎤 Talk - Wed 17th, Oral Session on Higher Cognitive Functions, 3:45–5:00 pm
📌 Poster #3024 - Wed 17th, 13:45–14:45 & Thu 18th, 14:45–15:45
Hope to see you there!
Looking forward to sharing our work on selective attention:
🎤 Talk - Wed 17th, Oral Session on Higher Cognitive Functions, 3:45–5:00 pm
📌 Poster #3024 - Wed 17th, 13:45–14:45 & Thu 18th, 14:45–15:45
Hope to see you there!
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
New paper from the lab!
"Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus - Nature
In the hippocampus, complex processing of sensory stimuli occurs even in the unconscious state.
www.nature.com
May 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
New paper from the lab!
"Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Hi Zappers!
Starting today (May 1st, Beltane) TMSMultiLab will be semi-automatically posting links to interesting TMS papers.
They'll come from a Google Alert, not be comprehensive & will be biased towards scientific research rather than clinical application.
We hope it helps! If not: reply!
⚡🧠🧲
Starting today (May 1st, Beltane) TMSMultiLab will be semi-automatically posting links to interesting TMS papers.
They'll come from a Google Alert, not be comprehensive & will be biased towards scientific research rather than clinical application.
We hope it helps! If not: reply!
⚡🧠🧲
May 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Hi Zappers!
Starting today (May 1st, Beltane) TMSMultiLab will be semi-automatically posting links to interesting TMS papers.
They'll come from a Google Alert, not be comprehensive & will be biased towards scientific research rather than clinical application.
We hope it helps! If not: reply!
⚡🧠🧲
Starting today (May 1st, Beltane) TMSMultiLab will be semi-automatically posting links to interesting TMS papers.
They'll come from a Google Alert, not be comprehensive & will be biased towards scientific research rather than clinical application.
We hope it helps! If not: reply!
⚡🧠🧲
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Two postdoc opportunities @yale.edu in human neurophysiology.
One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology.
Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/
Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇
#NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG
Please share.
One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology.
Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/
Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇
#NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG
Please share.
April 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Two postdoc opportunities @yale.edu in human neurophysiology.
One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology.
Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/
Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇
#NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG
Please share.
One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology.
Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/
Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇
#NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG
Please share.
Using time-resolved EEG/MEG decoding?🧠 Here’s a new approach!
No feature engineering (decode from raw signals), but capturing info that standard decoding often misses (oscillatory/aperiodic activity, connectivity).
Lightweight, INTERPRETABLE, and easy to use. (1/6)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
No feature engineering (decode from raw signals), but capturing info that standard decoding often misses (oscillatory/aperiodic activity, connectivity).
Lightweight, INTERPRETABLE, and easy to use. (1/6)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
April 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Using time-resolved EEG/MEG decoding?🧠 Here’s a new approach!
No feature engineering (decode from raw signals), but capturing info that standard decoding often misses (oscillatory/aperiodic activity, connectivity).
Lightweight, INTERPRETABLE, and easy to use. (1/6)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
No feature engineering (decode from raw signals), but capturing info that standard decoding often misses (oscillatory/aperiodic activity, connectivity).
Lightweight, INTERPRETABLE, and easy to use. (1/6)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
***Please forward to interested colleagues***
The call for symposia (deadline 15 April) and abstracts (deadline 1 May) for Biomag 2026 in Beijing (23-25 Aug) is now open:
biomag2026.scimeeting.cn
The call for symposia (deadline 15 April) and abstracts (deadline 1 May) for Biomag 2026 in Beijing (23-25 Aug) is now open:
biomag2026.scimeeting.cn
March 25, 2026 at 5:22 PM
***Please forward to interested colleagues***
The call for symposia (deadline 15 April) and abstracts (deadline 1 May) for Biomag 2026 in Beijing (23-25 Aug) is now open:
biomag2026.scimeeting.cn
The call for symposia (deadline 15 April) and abstracts (deadline 1 May) for Biomag 2026 in Beijing (23-25 Aug) is now open:
biomag2026.scimeeting.cn
😐
For anyone skeptical about the effect of repetitive #TMS...
"Effects of 'inhibitory' protocols did not survive sham-normalization" 😐
Reassessing the neurophysiological effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A systematic review and comparative meta-analysis
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
"Effects of 'inhibitory' protocols did not survive sham-normalization" 😐
Reassessing the neurophysiological effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A systematic review and comparative meta-analysis
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Redirecting
doi.org
March 24, 2026 at 12:10 PM
😐
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Neuromodulatory neurons are extremely susceptible to stress. I argue that their fragility is an inherent weak point, the breaking of which directly leads to Alzheimer’s Disease.
I discuss this idea and its implications in a recently published perspective piece:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz....
I discuss this idea and its implications in a recently published perspective piece:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz....
The neuromodulatory fragility hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis
Sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with numerous risk factors, yet its precise cause remains unclear. Here, we describe a novel framework for AD pathogenesis, whereby diverse risk factor...
dx.doi.org
March 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Neuromodulatory neurons are extremely susceptible to stress. I argue that their fragility is an inherent weak point, the breaking of which directly leads to Alzheimer’s Disease.
I discuss this idea and its implications in a recently published perspective piece:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz....
I discuss this idea and its implications in a recently published perspective piece:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz....
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Soon hiring a lab manager! Looking for someone who is really interested in language neuroscience, who is organised, motivated, a great communicator, and who works well in a research team. Express interest by submitting this form: tinyurl.com/glysn-labman...
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
tinyurl.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Soon hiring a lab manager! Looking for someone who is really interested in language neuroscience, who is organised, motivated, a great communicator, and who works well in a research team. Express interest by submitting this form: tinyurl.com/glysn-labman...
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Great work by Roni Tibon (not on BlueSky) - surprising that negligible difference in fMRI correlates of semantic vs episodic retrieval?
Are episodic and semantic memory really that different? Using closely matched tasks, a new study found no substantial neural differences between recalling personal experiences and general knowledge: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neural activations and representations during episodic versus semantic memory retrieval - Nature Human Behaviour
In this Stage 2 Registered Report, Tibon et al. showed using fMRI that neural activity associated with successful memory retrieval did not differ between semantic and episodic memory, using a task wit...
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Great work by Roni Tibon (not on BlueSky) - surprising that negligible difference in fMRI correlates of semantic vs episodic retrieval?
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
Ripple oscillations are central for memory and sleep.
But ripple detection in humans remains challenging. Here we introduce a simulation approach in @natcomms.nature.com as common ripple detectors mainly pick up 1/f noise and not genuine oscillations
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
But ripple detection in humans remains challenging. Here we introduce a simulation approach in @natcomms.nature.com as common ripple detectors mainly pick up 1/f noise and not genuine oscillations
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
Aperiodic 1/f noise drives ripple activity in humans - Nature Communications
How aperiodic 1/f noise drives ripple activity in human brain and impacts on ripple detections is not fully understood. Here authors show that ripple detections should be driven by the 1/f noise, whic...
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Ripple oscillations are central for memory and sleep.
But ripple detection in humans remains challenging. Here we introduce a simulation approach in @natcomms.nature.com as common ripple detectors mainly pick up 1/f noise and not genuine oscillations
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
But ripple detection in humans remains challenging. Here we introduce a simulation approach in @natcomms.nature.com as common ripple detectors mainly pick up 1/f noise and not genuine oscillations
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
Reposted by Runhao Lu | 陆润豪
After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried
If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...
eiko-fried.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...