2003 saw the birth of the retro-cue task. 23 years later, we adapt this logic to LTM and ask how attention shapes LTM retrieval. Check out our paper in Communications Psychology: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
w/ @william-nm.bsky.social, Kia, and lab alumni Nahid and @norarouast.bsky.social 1/n
w/ @william-nm.bsky.social, Kia, and lab alumni Nahid and @norarouast.bsky.social 1/n
Orienting selective attention within long-term contextual memories - Communications Psychology
We show that valid spatial cues directing internal attention during long-term memory retrieval boost recall, while invalid cues incur costs. Our work offers a flexible experimental framework to study ...
www.nature.com
October 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
2003 saw the birth of the retro-cue task. 23 years later, we adapt this logic to LTM and ask how attention shapes LTM retrieval. Check out our paper in Communications Psychology: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
w/ @william-nm.bsky.social, Kia, and lab alumni Nahid and @norarouast.bsky.social 1/n
w/ @william-nm.bsky.social, Kia, and lab alumni Nahid and @norarouast.bsky.social 1/n
Our latest paper is now online at Advanced Science. Li et al,
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer’s disease model.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer’s disease model.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Early Spatial and Contextual Coding Deficits in Hippocampal CA1 Precede Performance Decline in an Alzheimer's Disease Model
Two-photon calcium imaging in behaving 5xFAD mice reveals early CA1 coding deficits before behavioral decline. Task-related place cell activity and splitter cell trajectory coding are impaired, with ....
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 10, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Our latest paper is now online at Advanced Science. Li et al,
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer’s disease model.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer’s disease model.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New paper out in JEP:HPP!
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Can we learn from things we're not paying attention to?
We used a contextual cueing paradigm to pit selective attention against spatial prediction during visual search in 2 high-powered (N=104) experiments — and found they actively compete.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Can we learn from things we're not paying attention to?
We used a contextual cueing paradigm to pit selective attention against spatial prediction during visual search in 2 high-powered (N=104) experiments — and found they actively compete.
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
June 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
New paper out in JEP:HPP!
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Can we learn from things we're not paying attention to?
We used a contextual cueing paradigm to pit selective attention against spatial prediction during visual search in 2 high-powered (N=104) experiments — and found they actively compete.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Can we learn from things we're not paying attention to?
We used a contextual cueing paradigm to pit selective attention against spatial prediction during visual search in 2 high-powered (N=104) experiments — and found they actively compete.
New preprint from the lab:
Disrupted spatial and contextual memory encoding in the hippocampus of 5xFAD mice precedes cognitive impairment.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Disrupted spatial and contextual memory encoding in the hippocampus of 5xFAD mice precedes cognitive impairment.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Disrupted spatial and contextual memory encoding in the hippocampus of 5xFAD mice precedes cognitive impairment
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is marked by progressive cognitive decline, yet the underlying neural mechanisms are not fully understood. To address this, we investigated hippocampal activity in 5xFAD model...
www.biorxiv.org
February 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
New preprint from the lab:
Disrupted spatial and contextual memory encoding in the hippocampus of 5xFAD mice precedes cognitive impairment.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Disrupted spatial and contextual memory encoding in the hippocampus of 5xFAD mice precedes cognitive impairment.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Spatial context non-uniformly modulates inter-laminar information flow in the primary visual cortex
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
#neuroscience
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
#neuroscience
Spatial context non-uniformly modulates inter-laminar information flow in the primary visual cortex
Using simultaneous, layer-specific population recordings from primate primary visual
area V1, Xu, Morton, et al. show that the spatial configuration of contextual stimuli
differentially modulates inte...
www.cell.com
October 29, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Spatial context non-uniformly modulates inter-laminar information flow in the primary visual cortex
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
#neuroscience
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
#neuroscience
Pyramidal cells in the cortex send a long apical dendrite to layer 1. What is its role? What happens when it's gone? ✂️
A causal spatial role for apical dendrites in the cortex
Out today with @kenneth-harris.bsky.social, @carandinilab.net and @fedrossi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A causal spatial role for apical dendrites in the cortex
Out today with @kenneth-harris.bsky.social, @carandinilab.net and @fedrossi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A causal spatial role for apical dendrites in the cortex
Cortical pyramidal neurons project a long apical dendrite to layer 1 (L1), to receive synaptic inputs that are thought to provide contextual and possibly suppressive modulation. In visual cortex, thes...
www.biorxiv.org
July 29, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Pyramidal cells in the cortex send a long apical dendrite to layer 1. What is its role? What happens when it's gone? ✂️
A causal spatial role for apical dendrites in the cortex
Out today with @kenneth-harris.bsky.social, @carandinilab.net and @fedrossi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A causal spatial role for apical dendrites in the cortex
Out today with @kenneth-harris.bsky.social, @carandinilab.net and @fedrossi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
📣 New paper #2: The SASSI open dataset is a comprehensive spatial, chronological and contextual database of southern African ESA, MSA and LSA sites, providing a FAIR data resource for comparison and synthesis
@icarehb.bsky.social
openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
@icarehb.bsky.social
openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
The Southern African Stone Age Site Index (SASSI): A Spatial, Chronological and Contextual Resource for Archaeological Research | Journal of Open Archaeology Data
openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com
March 23, 2026 at 8:32 AM
📣 New paper #2: The SASSI open dataset is a comprehensive spatial, chronological and contextual database of southern African ESA, MSA and LSA sites, providing a FAIR data resource for comparison and synthesis
@icarehb.bsky.social
openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
@icarehb.bsky.social
openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
new paper out today with Serge, Clio and Zak in Networks and Spatial Economics. We develop a bipartite spatial weights matrix extending spatial econometric models to account for multi-contextual spillovers with a focus on neighborhood/school effects
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 5, 2024 at 4:10 PM
new paper out today with Serge, Clio and Zak in Networks and Spatial Economics. We develop a bipartite spatial weights matrix extending spatial econometric models to account for multi-contextual spillovers with a focus on neighborhood/school effects
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
An updated version of the following paper is now available on bioRxiv:
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer's disease model.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon R Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer's disease model.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon R Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 AM
An updated version of the following paper is now available on bioRxiv:
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer's disease model.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon R Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer's disease model.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon R Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This has evolved a bit, and the same person I made fun of pitched a plan for subscriptions on Tuesday. It took me a few days to clean it up, but I just open sourced this shit at warp nine 🤣
Anyone is welcome to contribute, or not. You do you. I admit I find it useful, but bros ain’t selling it
Anyone is welcome to contribute, or not. You do you. I admit I find it useful, but bros ain’t selling it
March 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This has evolved a bit, and the same person I made fun of pitched a plan for subscriptions on Tuesday. It took me a few days to clean it up, but I just open sourced this shit at warp nine 🤣
Anyone is welcome to contribute, or not. You do you. I admit I find it useful, but bros ain’t selling it
Anyone is welcome to contribute, or not. You do you. I admit I find it useful, but bros ain’t selling it
I remember being endlessly fascinated as a kid by the way these maps presented spatial and contextual information about the spaces in the pavilions. I would want to put eyes on each attraction & go into each shop to see the listed item categories. And don’t get me started on the Kodak Photo Spots 📸
April 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I remember being endlessly fascinated as a kid by the way these maps presented spatial and contextual information about the spaces in the pavilions. I would want to put eyes on each attraction & go into each shop to see the listed item categories. And don’t get me started on the Kodak Photo Spots 📸
An updated version of one of our AD papers is available on biorxiv. Hopefully the last update :-).
Li et al, Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer’s disease model.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Li et al, Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer’s disease model.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer's disease model.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by progressive memory decline, yet how hippocampal representations change at early AD stages remains largely unknown. In this study, we utilized a real-world ...
www.biorxiv.org
July 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
An updated version of one of our AD papers is available on biorxiv. Hopefully the last update :-).
Li et al, Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer’s disease model.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Li et al, Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer’s disease model.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very happy to see our work finally in print!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
TLDR: Tilt illusion is not a bug, but a feature of a well-designed visual system that maximizes information capacity adaptively based on spatial context. (1/6)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
TLDR: Tilt illusion is not a bug, but a feature of a well-designed visual system that maximizes information capacity adaptively based on spatial context. (1/6)
The tilt illusion arises from an efficient reallocation of neural coding resources at the contextual boundary | PNAS
The tilt illusion—a bias in the perceived orientation of a center stimulus induced
by an oriented surround—illustrates how context shapes visual pe...
www.pnas.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Very happy to see our work finally in print!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
TLDR: Tilt illusion is not a bug, but a feature of a well-designed visual system that maximizes information capacity adaptively based on spatial context. (1/6)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
TLDR: Tilt illusion is not a bug, but a feature of a well-designed visual system that maximizes information capacity adaptively based on spatial context. (1/6)
Remember: Spatial documentation is read documentation! rystorm.com/blog/the-pow...
Keeping information as contextual as possible, in the game and with the content it is about, will make everyone actually read it.
Saving it on Confluence, a Miro board, or in a Slack thread will make folks forget!
Keeping information as contextual as possible, in the game and with the content it is about, will make everyone actually read it.
Saving it on Confluence, a Miro board, or in a Slack thread will make folks forget!
May 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Remember: Spatial documentation is read documentation! rystorm.com/blog/the-pow...
Keeping information as contextual as possible, in the game and with the content it is about, will make everyone actually read it.
Saving it on Confluence, a Miro board, or in a Slack thread will make folks forget!
Keeping information as contextual as possible, in the game and with the content it is about, will make everyone actually read it.
Saving it on Confluence, a Miro board, or in a Slack thread will make folks forget!
1/13 Heavily updated preprint! arxiv.org/abs/2209.11737
We show that the contextual information encoded in Large Language Models (LLMs) is beneficial for modelling the complex visual information extracted by the brain from natural scenes. 🧵
We show that the contextual information encoded in Large Language Models (LLMs) is beneficial for modelling the complex visual information extracted by the brain from natural scenes. 🧵
Visual representations in the human brain are aligned with large...
The human brain extracts complex information from visual inputs, including objects, their spatial and semantic interrelations, and their interactions with the environment. However, a quantitative...
arxiv.org
July 9, 2024 at 12:23 PM
1/13 Heavily updated preprint! arxiv.org/abs/2209.11737
We show that the contextual information encoded in Large Language Models (LLMs) is beneficial for modelling the complex visual information extracted by the brain from natural scenes. 🧵
We show that the contextual information encoded in Large Language Models (LLMs) is beneficial for modelling the complex visual information extracted by the brain from natural scenes. 🧵
First foray into characterizing hippocampal-mesolimbic contributions to substance use. Props to awesome former post-doc Blake Elliott for steering the charge. A few more substance-use related papers are in the pipeline!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Hippocampus–Ventral Striatum Connectivity Is Associated With Binge Drinking Frequency in Adults
Contextual information, such as spatial locations and social groups, are known to propagate reward-seeking behavior including binge drinking. Animal models suggest that context-evoked drug and alcoho....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 1, 2026 at 1:17 AM
First foray into characterizing hippocampal-mesolimbic contributions to substance use. Props to awesome former post-doc Blake Elliott for steering the charge. A few more substance-use related papers are in the pipeline!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Intratumoral heterogeneity spatial-contextual modeling facilitates prediction of breast cancer response to neoadjuvant therapy https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.250760 #OHBM2026 #NeuroRad #brain #radiology
June 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Intratumoral heterogeneity spatial-contextual modeling facilitates prediction of breast cancer response to neoadjuvant therapy https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.250760 #OHBM2026 #NeuroRad #brain #radiology
🚨 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁: 🚨 the 𝗺𝗯𝗴 package streamlines model-based geostatistics, with applications ranging from spatial ecology and epidemiology to regional planning.
If you want to predict spatial outcomes based on contextual factors, this package is for you! henryspatialanalysis.github.io/mbg/
If you want to predict spatial outcomes based on contextual factors, this package is for you! henryspatialanalysis.github.io/mbg/
Model-Based Geostatistics
Modern model-based geostatistics for point-referenced data. This package provides a simple interface to run spatial machine learning models and geostatistical models that estimate a continuous (raster...
henryspatialanalysis.github.io
April 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🚨 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁: 🚨 the 𝗺𝗯𝗴 package streamlines model-based geostatistics, with applications ranging from spatial ecology and epidemiology to regional planning.
If you want to predict spatial outcomes based on contextual factors, this package is for you! henryspatialanalysis.github.io/mbg/
If you want to predict spatial outcomes based on contextual factors, this package is for you! henryspatialanalysis.github.io/mbg/
I think it’s ’spatial contextual awareness’
Boys are supposed to be better at it.
Hah!
Boys are supposed to be better at it.
Hah!
September 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I think it’s ’spatial contextual awareness’
Boys are supposed to be better at it.
Hah!
Boys are supposed to be better at it.
Hah!
🧠🍽️ Separate neuronal populations in the hippocampus drive fat vs. sugar cravings. Sugar-responsive neurons encoded spatial memory for sugar location, whereas fat-responsive neurons selectively enhanced the preference and motivation for fat intake.
🧪 #neuroskyence #ObesityResearch #IngestiveBehavior
🧪 #neuroskyence #ObesityResearch #IngestiveBehavior
Separate orexigenic hippocampal ensembles shape dietary choice by enhancing contextual memory and motivation - Nature Metabolism
Yang et al. identify and characterize distinct sugar- and fat-responsive neuronal populations in the dorsal hippocampus and their contribution to the development of obesity.
www.nature.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🧠🍽️ Separate neuronal populations in the hippocampus drive fat vs. sugar cravings. Sugar-responsive neurons encoded spatial memory for sugar location, whereas fat-responsive neurons selectively enhanced the preference and motivation for fat intake.
🧪 #neuroskyence #ObesityResearch #IngestiveBehavior
🧪 #neuroskyence #ObesityResearch #IngestiveBehavior
Aging amplifies the influence of spatial contextual information on visual scene processing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.20.706940v1
February 21, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Aging amplifies the influence of spatial contextual information on visual scene processing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.20.706940v1
