Taraz Lee
@tarazlee.bsky.social
Associate Professor UMich Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscientist, Basketball Junkie
sites.lsa.umich.edu/tarazlee-lab/
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Taraz Lee
@tarazlee.bsky.social
· Feb 25
Errors of attention adaptively warp spatial cognition - Nature Human Behaviour
Brissenden et al. demonstrate that spatial cognition adaptively shifts to counteract errors in the allocation of visual attention, indicating error-driven learning mechanisms previously ascribed solel...
www.nature.com
I’m very excited to finally see this one in print! Led by the incomparable @brissend.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We find that cognitive processes (e.g. attention, working
memory) undergo error-based adaptation in a manner reminiscent of sensorimotor adaptation. Read on! (1/n)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We find that cognitive processes (e.g. attention, working
memory) undergo error-based adaptation in a manner reminiscent of sensorimotor adaptation. Read on! (1/n)
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2 yrs ago, I briefly laid out a new theory of how motivation works (AGH).
Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵A few highlights:
Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵A few highlights:
September 28, 2026 at 4:57 PM
2 yrs ago, I briefly laid out a new theory of how motivation works (AGH).
Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵A few highlights:
Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵A few highlights:
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Out today with @pangeli95.bsky.social (co-lead) & @carolinerobertson.bsky.social !
The brain integrates internal thoughts with sensory information. Yet the networks serving functions are viewed as independent.
How does the brain integrate across these systems?
elifesciences.org/articles/110...
The brain integrates internal thoughts with sensory information. Yet the networks serving functions are viewed as independent.
How does the brain integrate across these systems?
elifesciences.org/articles/110...
Retinotopic coding organizes the interaction between internally and externally oriented brain networks
Internally and externally oriented brain networks are functionally coupled at a voxel scale through a common visuospatial code.
elifesciences.org
September 23, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Out today with @pangeli95.bsky.social (co-lead) & @carolinerobertson.bsky.social !
The brain integrates internal thoughts with sensory information. Yet the networks serving functions are viewed as independent.
How does the brain integrate across these systems?
elifesciences.org/articles/110...
The brain integrates internal thoughts with sensory information. Yet the networks serving functions are viewed as independent.
How does the brain integrate across these systems?
elifesciences.org/articles/110...
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Excited to share a new discovery from @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social about the effects of neurostimulation on brain activity. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
With our colleagues at the University of Iowa, we explored how intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) changes neural excitability. A 🧵
With our colleagues at the University of Iowa, we explored how intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) changes neural excitability. A 🧵
iTBS induces a suppression-rebound pattern in human cortical excitability
Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a widely used form of brain stimulation, developed on the premise that it promotes long-term potentiation (LTP) and neural excitation. However, this is n...
www.medrxiv.org
September 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Excited to share a new discovery from @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social about the effects of neurostimulation on brain activity. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
With our colleagues at the University of Iowa, we explored how intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) changes neural excitability. A 🧵
With our colleagues at the University of Iowa, we explored how intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) changes neural excitability. A 🧵
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I made a mistake. And because of that mistake, I no longer have confidence that results that I reported in several research papers are an accurate reflection of replication rates. 1/
August 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I made a mistake. And because of that mistake, I no longer have confidence that results that I reported in several research papers are an accurate reflection of replication rates. 1/
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42 new #fmri tutorials to accompany our new book Elements of fMRI, with @fMRIstats. Run code in both #python and #matlab in your browser to explore. 7 sections, from conceptual foundations to machine learning and AI.
torwager.github.io/elements-of-...
torwager.github.io/elements-of-...
Elements of fMRI Analysis — Interactive Tutorials
Hands-on tutorials for the book Elements of fMRI Analysis: runnable MATLAB and Python code, thought questions, and self-quizzes for all 42 chapters.
torwager.github.io
September 1, 2026 at 2:12 AM
42 new #fmri tutorials to accompany our new book Elements of fMRI, with @fMRIstats. Run code in both #python and #matlab in your browser to explore. 7 sections, from conceptual foundations to machine learning and AI.
torwager.github.io/elements-of-...
torwager.github.io/elements-of-...
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My research group is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to study control principles between human-human and human-agent pairs. Ad below. Please retweet!
August 31, 2026 at 12:11 PM
My research group is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to study control principles between human-human and human-agent pairs. Ad below. Please retweet!
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On behalf of the Motor Learning & Motor Control Conference (MLMC):
🔔 Official announcement! 🔔
We are pleased to announce MLMC 2026 ->
Friday November 13th (Satellite Meeting to SfN)
Abstracts due September 25th.
See you in DC!
motor-conference.org/openconf.php
🔔 Official announcement! 🔔
We are pleased to announce MLMC 2026 ->
Friday November 13th (Satellite Meeting to SfN)
Abstracts due September 25th.
See you in DC!
motor-conference.org/openconf.php
OCC - OpenConf Peer Review & Conference Management System
motor-conference.org
August 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
On behalf of the Motor Learning & Motor Control Conference (MLMC):
🔔 Official announcement! 🔔
We are pleased to announce MLMC 2026 ->
Friday November 13th (Satellite Meeting to SfN)
Abstracts due September 25th.
See you in DC!
motor-conference.org/openconf.php
🔔 Official announcement! 🔔
We are pleased to announce MLMC 2026 ->
Friday November 13th (Satellite Meeting to SfN)
Abstracts due September 25th.
See you in DC!
motor-conference.org/openconf.php
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Are you on the #neurojob #psychjob market this fall? Come be my colleague! The Psych and Brain Sciences department @psychiowa.bsky.social is hiring TT faculty in clinical science and neuroscience, as well as clinical-track faculty. The initial review deadline is Sept 28. More info below!👇
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We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...
We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...
Job Openings
Learn more about the job opportunities available at University of Iowa in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
psychology.uiowa.edu
August 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Are you on the #neurojob #psychjob market this fall? Come be my colleague! The Psych and Brain Sciences department @psychiowa.bsky.social is hiring TT faculty in clinical science and neuroscience, as well as clinical-track faculty. The initial review deadline is Sept 28. More info below!👇
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#JNeurosci: Findings from Leach et al. provide evidence that the frontoparietal cortex influences behaviors, dynamically adjusting communication between brain networks as decisions progress.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0594-26.2026
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0594-26.2026
August 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
#JNeurosci: Findings from Leach et al. provide evidence that the frontoparietal cortex influences behaviors, dynamically adjusting communication between brain networks as decisions progress.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0594-26.2026
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0594-26.2026
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Excited that this work is finally out! It raises some interesting questions about the basal ganglia and the impact of Parkinson's disease.
August 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Excited that this work is finally out! It raises some interesting questions about the basal ganglia and the impact of Parkinson's disease.
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I am recruiting a PhD student in sensorimotor neuroscience to join my lab, with a start date of January 2027. This position is fully funded. If you are interested, please send your CV and a brief letter of interest by email. Reposts appreciated.
August 20, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I am recruiting a PhD student in sensorimotor neuroscience to join my lab, with a start date of January 2027. This position is fully funded. If you are interested, please send your CV and a brief letter of interest by email. Reposts appreciated.
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Interested in rehab, motor control, neurophysiology, and neuroengineering? Our group is recruiting a new PhD student for fall 2027. Funding is available via a research or teaching assistantship. See attached for info, and please share!
August 19, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Interested in rehab, motor control, neurophysiology, and neuroengineering? Our group is recruiting a new PhD student for fall 2027. Funding is available via a research or teaching assistantship. See attached for info, and please share!
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People should actually read this short article in the Economist if they can.
Not included in this image is data showing if you control for how long students spend studying, then students using AI actually perform equal or better.
So, it's the obvious:
Skip the homework and you don't learn!
Not included in this image is data showing if you control for how long students spend studying, then students using AI actually perform equal or better.
So, it's the obvious:
Skip the homework and you don't learn!
August 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
People should actually read this short article in the Economist if they can.
Not included in this image is data showing if you control for how long students spend studying, then students using AI actually perform equal or better.
So, it's the obvious:
Skip the homework and you don't learn!
Not included in this image is data showing if you control for how long students spend studying, then students using AI actually perform equal or better.
So, it's the obvious:
Skip the homework and you don't learn!
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We looking for a postdoc with NHP electrophysiology experience to do simultaneous Neuropixel recordings across the corticothalamic motor circuit to better understand the neural control of reaching and grasping. We start looking at applications on August 31st. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pruszynski Postdoc 2026
Postdoctoral Researcher, Control Policies in the Primate Motor Circuit Pruszynski Lab @ Sensorimotor Superlab The Pruszynski Laboratory at Western University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to j...
docs.google.com
August 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
We looking for a postdoc with NHP electrophysiology experience to do simultaneous Neuropixel recordings across the corticothalamic motor circuit to better understand the neural control of reaching and grasping. We start looking at applications on August 31st. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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New paper from the BCM Neurosurgery research team! "Neural basis of compositional control" led by @assiachericoni.bsky.social and @justfineneuro.bsky.social !
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neural basis of compositional control - Nature
Behaviour of human participants in a prey-pursuit task reflects dynamic blending of goal-specific control policies, with hippocampus estimating latent states, anterior cingulate cortex orchestrating p...
www.nature.com
August 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
New paper from the BCM Neurosurgery research team! "Neural basis of compositional control" led by @assiachericoni.bsky.social and @justfineneuro.bsky.social !
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I feel this in my soul
September 30, 2023 at 3:13 AM
I feel this in my soul
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Applications are open for the 2026–27 Black In Neuro Mentorship Cohort! 🧠✨
Apply as a mentor or mentee for 1:1 matching, application support, professional development & a global neuro community.
📲 Scan the QR code to apply! #BlackInNeuro
Apply as a mentor or mentee for 1:1 matching, application support, professional development & a global neuro community.
📲 Scan the QR code to apply! #BlackInNeuro
August 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Applications are open for the 2026–27 Black In Neuro Mentorship Cohort! 🧠✨
Apply as a mentor or mentee for 1:1 matching, application support, professional development & a global neuro community.
📲 Scan the QR code to apply! #BlackInNeuro
Apply as a mentor or mentee for 1:1 matching, application support, professional development & a global neuro community.
📲 Scan the QR code to apply! #BlackInNeuro
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Our latest from the lab by the outstanding, John Buggeln. "Successful reinforcement history suppresses explicit and implicit error corrections". journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Successful reinforcement history suppresses explicit and implicit error corrections
Author summary Conflicting previous work has suggested that reinforcement feedback leads to either greater or smaller movement corrections. Here we elucidate that past successful actions lead to a sup...
journals.plos.org
August 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Our latest from the lab by the outstanding, John Buggeln. "Successful reinforcement history suppresses explicit and implicit error corrections". journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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I'm thrilled to share I will be joining 🇨🇦Queen's University🇨🇦 as a Queen's National Scholar and Associate Prof of Psychology beginning July 2027!
I'll remain at UNM this year to wrap projects. I am infinitely grateful to the colleagues, mentors, and students who have made my time here so fantastic!
I'll remain at UNM this year to wrap projects. I am infinitely grateful to the colleagues, mentors, and students who have made my time here so fantastic!
Jeremy Hogeveen | Department of Psychology
www.queensu.ca
August 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I'm thrilled to share I will be joining 🇨🇦Queen's University🇨🇦 as a Queen's National Scholar and Associate Prof of Psychology beginning July 2027!
I'll remain at UNM this year to wrap projects. I am infinitely grateful to the colleagues, mentors, and students who have made my time here so fantastic!
I'll remain at UNM this year to wrap projects. I am infinitely grateful to the colleagues, mentors, and students who have made my time here so fantastic!
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New preprint from the lab. We think we have a solution (two, actually) to a long-standing problem in the field of response inhibition. Using two different mathematical approaches, we think we can identify long-hypothesized inhibitory 'trigger failure' trials. More in🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Two types of response inhibition failures in humans
Response inhibition is a key control function that allows humans to perform safe, goal-directed behaviors. The dominant behavioral-computational model holds that response inhibition fails when the inh...
www.biorxiv.org
August 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
New preprint from the lab. We think we have a solution (two, actually) to a long-standing problem in the field of response inhibition. Using two different mathematical approaches, we think we can identify long-hypothesized inhibitory 'trigger failure' trials. More in🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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My department is hiring 2 (TWO!) Tenure Track faculty in Developmental Psych and Biological Psych, to start Fall 2027. Deadlines 9/1 (Developmental) and 10/1 (Biological). More info here: www.carleton.edu/psychology/i.... Reach out with questions! carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Carlet...
Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology
The Carleton Psychology Department is seeking candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Developmental Psychology (preferably with a focus on social, personality, and/or identity de...
carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
July 31, 2026 at 7:36 PM
My department is hiring 2 (TWO!) Tenure Track faculty in Developmental Psych and Biological Psych, to start Fall 2027. Deadlines 9/1 (Developmental) and 10/1 (Biological). More info here: www.carleton.edu/psychology/i.... Reach out with questions! carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Carlet...
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We have a few spots left in our upcoming workshop in Eugene, OR October 12-14, 2026. Please join us! greenhouselab.github.io/motorbrainst...
#neuroskyence #sensorimotor #TranscranialMagneticStimulation
#neuroskyence #sensorimotor #TranscranialMagneticStimulation
Mapping the Motor System with Brain Stimulation Workshop
October 12-14, 2026
greenhouselab.github.io
July 31, 2026 at 7:10 PM
We have a few spots left in our upcoming workshop in Eugene, OR October 12-14, 2026. Please join us! greenhouselab.github.io/motorbrainst...
#neuroskyence #sensorimotor #TranscranialMagneticStimulation
#neuroskyence #sensorimotor #TranscranialMagneticStimulation
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How many subjects do you actually need for reliable task fMRI studies?
Much larger samples are often recommended—but that depends on how you analyze the data.
New preprint with @neuranna.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Much larger samples are often recommended—but that depends on how you analyze the data.
New preprint with @neuranna.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Scaling laws for group-constrained, subject-specific task fMRI analyses
Functional MRI provides a powerful way to characterize the architecture of the human brain. Yet individual brains often vary in the exact anatomic locations of functionally specific regions; as a resu...
biorxiv.org
July 30, 2026 at 5:49 PM
How many subjects do you actually need for reliable task fMRI studies?
Much larger samples are often recommended—but that depends on how you analyze the data.
New preprint with @neuranna.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Much larger samples are often recommended—but that depends on how you analyze the data.
New preprint with @neuranna.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Taraz Lee
We're hiring! Postdoc position to study the neural control of reaching using high-density multi-area electrophysiology. 5 years of funding, great collaborative environment. Please share with anyone who may be interested. For details, see: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pruszynski Postdoc 2026
Postdoctoral Researcher, Control Policies in the Primate Motor Circuit Pruszynski Lab @ Sensorimotor Superlab The Pruszynski Laboratory at Western University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to j...
docs.google.com
July 27, 2026 at 12:04 PM
We're hiring! Postdoc position to study the neural control of reaching using high-density multi-area electrophysiology. 5 years of funding, great collaborative environment. Please share with anyone who may be interested. For details, see: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Taraz Lee
If an action results in error, each neuron requires an individualized teaching signal that guides change in its output. This is the credit assignment problem of learning. Are there neurons in the brain that can compute such a sophisticated teaching signal? Yes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Climbing fibers encode the gradient of a loss function for the cerebellum
Neurons in the brain are often many synapses away from motoneurons, yet if a movement results in error, each distant neuron needs a teacher that considers its specific contribution to production of th...
www.biorxiv.org
July 28, 2026 at 3:21 PM
If an action results in error, each neuron requires an individualized teaching signal that guides change in its output. This is the credit assignment problem of learning. Are there neurons in the brain that can compute such a sophisticated teaching signal? Yes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...