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Michael Shadlen

@shadlen
interested in ideas and the neuroscience of ideation. . . and jazz (he/him)
New York
shadlenlab.columbia.edu
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    Michael Shadlen
    @shadlen
    Nov 6, 2024
    This will be my last post on Twitter. I will miss Twitter, but I have to find space orthogonal (or antithetical) to Elon Musk. See this Instagram post by @drdanacrawford
    instagram.com
    Dr. Dana E. Crawford (@cbrtforeveryone) • Instagram reel
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    Michael Shadlen
    @shadlen
    Oct 21, 2024
    Thank you, Chandra Talluri and @Nienborg for your insightful Insight Essay! Decisions: Tracking the evolution of a single choice
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    elifesciences.org
    Decisions: Tracking the evolution of a single choice
    Measuring the activity of hundreds of neurons in macaque brains simultaneously provides further evidence that drift-diffusion dynamics underlie how decisions are made in the brain.
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    Michael Shadlen
    @shadlen
    Oct 18, 2024
    Finally! This is the version of record; it's also the version to read, thanks to the review process at eLife. The finding was out of reach before macaque Neuropixels. @eLife: Direct observation of the neural computations underlying a single decision
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    Direct observation of the neural computations underlying a single decision
    Simultaneous recording from many neurons in macaque lateral intraparietal area reveals the elusive drift-diffusion signal, long suspected to underlie individual perceptual decisions and response...
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    Michael Shadlen
    @shadlen
    Sep 29, 2024
    This photo on the National Mall captivated the country decades ago. The real story behind it remained a mystery — until now.
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    This photo on the National Mall captivated the country decades ago. The real story behind it...
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Michael Shadlen
    @shadlen
    Sep 29, 2024
    This article made me so sad and furious. The graphics, the writing, the family tensions, magic (moth), and Sisyphean struggle made me feel this family's grief as my own. A Grieving Mother. A Famous Uncle. An Unlikely Crusade.
    Nadia Milleron is trying to unseat one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress.
    A Grieving Mother. A Famous Uncle. An Unlikely Crusade. (Published 2024)
    From nytimes.com

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