Anton Tokariev
@antontokariev.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics. PI of Early Brain Activity, Systems and Health (eBASH) group
at @helsinki.fi 🇫🇮. From #Kharkiv 🇺🇦.
at @helsinki.fi 🇫🇮. From #Kharkiv 🇺🇦.
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Our multilayer MEG paper is out today in Nature Communications: depth-resolved laminar inference in humans 🧠#neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multilayer MEG source modelling enables depth-resolved laminar inference in humans - Nature Communications
Researchers developed a multilayer MEG framework that estimates activity across cortical depth non-invasively. Simulations and three human datasets show when reliable laminar inference is possible, en...
www.nature.com
September 30, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Our multilayer MEG paper is out today in Nature Communications: depth-resolved laminar inference in humans 🧠#neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Brain rhythms are a fundamental computational motif. They actively help coordinate movement and thinking. They could serve as useful targets for diagnosing and treating neurological and psychiatric disorders.
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cerebellar rhythms: mechanisms, functions and translational opportunities - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Neural oscillations across a range of frequencies contribute to the cerebellum’s roles in perception, prediction and action. Koch and colleagues describe the microcircuit dynamics through which cerebe...
www.nature.com
August 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Brain rhythms are a fundamental computational motif. They actively help coordinate movement and thinking. They could serve as useful targets for diagnosing and treating neurological and psychiatric disorders.
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Anton Tokariev
Introducing a new scientific computing library: syntropy.
Syntropy is a comprehensive package for information theory, aimed at both theoreticians and data analysts working on discrete, continuous, and mixed data.
1/N
github.com/thosvarley/s...
Syntropy is a comprehensive package for information theory, aimed at both theoreticians and data analysts working on discrete, continuous, and mixed data.
1/N
github.com/thosvarley/s...
GitHub - thosvarley/syntropy: A python package for information-theoretic analysis of discrete and continuous data.
A python package for information-theoretic analysis of discrete and continuous data. - thosvarley/syntropy
github.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Introducing a new scientific computing library: syntropy.
Syntropy is a comprehensive package for information theory, aimed at both theoreticians and data analysts working on discrete, continuous, and mixed data.
1/N
github.com/thosvarley/s...
Syntropy is a comprehensive package for information theory, aimed at both theoreticians and data analysts working on discrete, continuous, and mixed data.
1/N
github.com/thosvarley/s...
Reposted by Anton Tokariev
Preprint time:
A Brain-like Synergistic Core in LLMs Drives Behaviour and Learning
arxiv.org/abs/2601.06851
LLMs are clearly different from actual brains… but could they share a similar functional architecture related to how they process information?
A Brain-like Synergistic Core in LLMs Drives Behaviour and Learning
arxiv.org/abs/2601.06851
LLMs are clearly different from actual brains… but could they share a similar functional architecture related to how they process information?
A Brain-like Synergistic Core in LLMs Drives Behaviour and Learning
The independent evolution of intelligence in biological and artificial systems offers a unique opportunity to identify its fundamental computational principles. Here we show that large language models...
arxiv.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Preprint time:
A Brain-like Synergistic Core in LLMs Drives Behaviour and Learning
arxiv.org/abs/2601.06851
LLMs are clearly different from actual brains… but could they share a similar functional architecture related to how they process information?
A Brain-like Synergistic Core in LLMs Drives Behaviour and Learning
arxiv.org/abs/2601.06851
LLMs are clearly different from actual brains… but could they share a similar functional architecture related to how they process information?
Reposted by Anton Tokariev
Very happy to see this great study by @skrohn.bsky.social @carstenfinke.bsky.social @engra.me @sofievalk.bsky.social on brain shape & human brain development, out in @natneuro.nature.com
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fractal analysis of brain shape formation predicts age and genetic similarity in human newborns - Nature Neuroscience
Fractal analysis of structural MRI captures the formation of brain shape in human newborns and outperforms other morphological measures in predicting infant age and genetic similarity, including the i...
www.nature.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Very happy to see this great study by @skrohn.bsky.social @carstenfinke.bsky.social @engra.me @sofievalk.bsky.social on brain shape & human brain development, out in @natneuro.nature.com
🧪🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Anton Tokariev
Just provisionally accepted -- preprint updated | The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction | www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction
Functional connectivity (FC) is frequently operationalized as a correlation. Many studies have examined changes in correlation networks across time, claiming to link time-varying fluctuations to ongoi...
www.biorxiv.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just provisionally accepted -- preprint updated | The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction | www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📢 Excited to share our new paper from Synnöve Carlson’s team! We show how prematurity impacts higher-order brain network dynamics in school-aged children and adolescents:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Neuroscience #Brain #Prematurity #BrainHealth #Neurodevelopment
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Neuroscience #Brain #Prematurity #BrainHealth #Neurodevelopment
September 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
📢 Excited to share our new paper from Synnöve Carlson’s team! We show how prematurity impacts higher-order brain network dynamics in school-aged children and adolescents:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Neuroscience #Brain #Prematurity #BrainHealth #Neurodevelopment
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Neuroscience #Brain #Prematurity #BrainHealth #Neurodevelopment
Heading to #ECCN2025 in London?
Don’t miss our symposium “New insights into premature infant EEG” on Wed Sept 10, 14:00–15:30
I’ll speak on how early cortical activity networks link to neurodevelopment. See you there!
#Brain #Neurodevelopment #Prematurity #BrainHealth
Heading to #ECCN2025 in London?
Don’t miss our symposium “New insights into premature infant EEG” on Wed Sept 10, 14:00–15:30
I’ll speak on how early cortical activity networks link to neurodevelopment. See you there!
#Brain #Neurodevelopment #Prematurity #BrainHealth
September 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Heading to #ECCN2025 in London?
Don’t miss our symposium “New insights into premature infant EEG” on Wed Sept 10, 14:00–15:30
I’ll speak on how early cortical activity networks link to neurodevelopment. See you there!
#Brain #Neurodevelopment #Prematurity #BrainHealth
Heading to #ECCN2025 in London?
Don’t miss our symposium “New insights into premature infant EEG” on Wed Sept 10, 14:00–15:30
I’ll speak on how early cortical activity networks link to neurodevelopment. See you there!
#Brain #Neurodevelopment #Prematurity #BrainHealth
Interested in fetal and infant brain development?
Join our symposium at #OHBM2025 in Brisbane!
🎙️ Speakers:
Joel Frohlich
Sahar Moghimi
Francesca Garbarini
James Roberts
🗓️ Friday, June 27
🕒 3:45–5:00 PM
📍 Room P2 (Plaza Level)
Join our symposium at #OHBM2025 in Brisbane!
🎙️ Speakers:
Joel Frohlich
Sahar Moghimi
Francesca Garbarini
James Roberts
🗓️ Friday, June 27
🕒 3:45–5:00 PM
📍 Room P2 (Plaza Level)
June 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Interested in fetal and infant brain development?
Join our symposium at #OHBM2025 in Brisbane!
🎙️ Speakers:
Joel Frohlich
Sahar Moghimi
Francesca Garbarini
James Roberts
🗓️ Friday, June 27
🕒 3:45–5:00 PM
📍 Room P2 (Plaza Level)
Join our symposium at #OHBM2025 in Brisbane!
🎙️ Speakers:
Joel Frohlich
Sahar Moghimi
Francesca Garbarini
James Roberts
🗓️ Friday, June 27
🕒 3:45–5:00 PM
📍 Room P2 (Plaza Level)
Reposted by Anton Tokariev
A new study shows that during early maturation, the human brain self-organizes into a unified system capable of supporting synergistic processing and cognitive functions. @antontokariev.bsky.social; @thosvarley.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Emergence of a synergistic scaffold in the brains of human infants - Communications Biology
During early maturation, the human brain self-organizes into a unified system capable of supporting synergistic processing and cognitive functions. Environmental enrichment can modulate the developmen...
www.nature.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A new study shows that during early maturation, the human brain self-organizes into a unified system capable of supporting synergistic processing and cognitive functions. @antontokariev.bsky.social; @thosvarley.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
I’m really happy to see that our synergistic collaboration has resulted in a paper characterizing emerging synergies in the human infant brain!
🚨New paper🚨
Here, we show that the peri-natal period is associated with a global transition of brain activity from a redundancy dominated framework to a synergy-dominated one. 1/N
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Here, we show that the peri-natal period is associated with a global transition of brain activity from a redundancy dominated framework to a synergy-dominated one. 1/N
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Emergence of a synergistic scaffold in the brains of human infants - Communications Biology
During early maturation, the human brain self-organizes into a unified system capable of supporting synergistic processing and cognitive functions. Environmental enrichment can modulate the developmen...
www.nature.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’m really happy to see that our synergistic collaboration has resulted in a paper characterizing emerging synergies in the human infant brain!
Great opportunity for postdocs! I would be happy to support projects aiming to study developing (human) brain.
Choose Science. Choose Europe.
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
May 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Great opportunity for postdocs! I would be happy to support projects aiming to study developing (human) brain.
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Very pleased to share the fMRI pipeline paper from the fetal release or the developing human connectome project, a true labour of love and incredible work from Slava Karolis #dhcp #connectome #fmri direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
The developing Human Connectome Project fetal functional MRI release: Methods and data structures
Abstract. Recent advances in fetal fMRI present a new opportunity for neuroscience to study functional human brain connectivity at the time of its emergence. Progress in the field, however, has been h...
direct.mit.edu
March 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Very pleased to share the fMRI pipeline paper from the fetal release or the developing human connectome project, a true labour of love and incredible work from Slava Karolis #dhcp #connectome #fmri direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
Reposted by Anton Tokariev
Our work applying the local O-information to BOLD data was just accepted to a focus issue on Higher Order Brain Networks in JPhys Complexity!
doi.org/10.1088/2632...
Here’s a quick thread, which boils down to… timescale really matters when you’re talking about synergy and redundancy in the brain!
doi.org/10.1088/2632...
Here’s a quick thread, which boils down to… timescale really matters when you’re talking about synergy and redundancy in the brain!
Time-varying synergy/redundancy dominance in the human cerebral cortex - IOPscienceSearch
Time-varying synergy/redundancy dominance in the human cerebral cortex, Pope, Maria, Varley, Thomas F, Puxeddu, Maria Grazia, Faskowitz, Joshua, Sporns, Olaf
doi.org
February 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Our work applying the local O-information to BOLD data was just accepted to a focus issue on Higher Order Brain Networks in JPhys Complexity!
doi.org/10.1088/2632...
Here’s a quick thread, which boils down to… timescale really matters when you’re talking about synergy and redundancy in the brain!
doi.org/10.1088/2632...
Here’s a quick thread, which boils down to… timescale really matters when you’re talking about synergy and redundancy in the brain!
Reposted by Anton Tokariev
For my first-ever bluesky post, I'm really excited to share our new preprint "Geometric influences on the regional organization of the mammalian brain" with @alexfornito.bsky.social and a superstar 17-person team! (1/n)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Geometric influences on the regional organization of the mammalian brain
The mammalian brain is comprised of anatomically and functionally distinct regions. Substantial work over the past century has pursued the generation of ever-more accurate maps of regional boundaries,...
www.biorxiv.org
February 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
For my first-ever bluesky post, I'm really excited to share our new preprint "Geometric influences on the regional organization of the mammalian brain" with @alexfornito.bsky.social and a superstar 17-person team! (1/n)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Finally published:
“Metastability demystified — the foundational past, the pragmatic present and the promising future”
rdcu.be/d3bh9
All about metastability: what the heck it is, how to measure it in models and data, and how to interpret it in neuroscience!
“Metastability demystified — the foundational past, the pragmatic present and the promising future”
rdcu.be/d3bh9
All about metastability: what the heck it is, how to measure it in models and data, and how to interpret it in neuroscience!
Metastability demystified — the foundational past, the pragmatic present and the promising future
Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Metastability is a concept from dynamical systems. In the brain, it is thought to reflect the balance between the cooperative and independent functioning of brain...
rdcu.be
December 11, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Finally published:
“Metastability demystified — the foundational past, the pragmatic present and the promising future”
rdcu.be/d3bh9
All about metastability: what the heck it is, how to measure it in models and data, and how to interpret it in neuroscience!
“Metastability demystified — the foundational past, the pragmatic present and the promising future”
rdcu.be/d3bh9
All about metastability: what the heck it is, how to measure it in models and data, and how to interpret it in neuroscience!
📄 In our new study by Sebastian König and Co, we followed up on children who were exposed to #antiepileptics in utero and compared their cortical #EEG networks and neurophysiological outcomes assessed at six years of age to those of their peers:
doi.org/10.1111/epi....
doi.org/10.1111/epi....
Effect of in utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs on cortical networks and neurophysiological outcomes at 6 years
Objective
The human brain undergoes an activity-dependent organization during late gestation, making it very sensitive to all effects on the spontaneous neuronal activity. Pregnant mothers with epil.....
doi.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:41 AM
📄 In our new study by Sebastian König and Co, we followed up on children who were exposed to #antiepileptics in utero and compared their cortical #EEG networks and neurophysiological outcomes assessed at six years of age to those of their peers:
doi.org/10.1111/epi....
doi.org/10.1111/epi....
📄 Our new paper examines the impact of #EEG density on the resolution and fidelity of cortical network mapping in infants. More electrodes are better in theory, but less convenient in practice. What is the compromise?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of EEG electrode density on the mapping of cortical activity networks in infants
Electroencephalography (EEG) is widely used for assessing infant's brain activity, and multi-channel recordings support studies on functional cortical…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:57 AM
📄 Our new paper examines the impact of #EEG density on the resolution and fidelity of cortical network mapping in infants. More electrodes are better in theory, but less convenient in practice. What is the compromise?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hello, Bluesky🦋! I am a researcher studying the development of the human newborn brain. My work focuses on understanding normal brain development as well as the impact of various risk factors and environmental influence on these processes. Also, I develop methods for analyzing biomedical signals.
November 18, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Hello, Bluesky🦋! I am a researcher studying the development of the human newborn brain. My work focuses on understanding normal brain development as well as the impact of various risk factors and environmental influence on these processes. Also, I develop methods for analyzing biomedical signals.