#NeuralPlasticity & #learning are distinct but interrelated processes. #Plasticity denotes biological change in #NeuralSystems, while learning is its functional expression in #NetworkDynamics & #behavior. Learning arises from coordinated plastic processes, reshaping #NeuralStateSpace & #attractors to support stable yet flexible representations. Here's a new post on these concepts & their implications for #ComputationalNeuroscience:

🌍https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2026-02-02-neural_plasticity_and_learning/

#CompNeuro #Neuroscience

🧠 New paper by Huang et al.: By using #pharmacological #fMRI and dynamic #connectome-based #PredictiveModeling, they show how #cortisol reshapes whole-brain #NetworkDynamics during emotional memory encoding. Trial-level analyses reveal distinct but increasingly integrated #arousal and #memory networks under #stress, supporting a hormonally driven "memory formation mode".

🌍 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz4143

#Neuroscience #CognitiveNeuroscience #BrainNetworks #CogSci

My postdoc work at Isaac Bianco's lab is finally out on @eLife !
https://elifesciences.org/articles/78381

Combining #lightsheet volumetric functional imaging and a spiking network simulation, we were able to show that a simple connectivity motif in the #zebrafish #optictectum explains multiple features in ongoing population dynamics, their impact on trial-to-trial variability, and trends in experience dependent behavior.

It is a neat example of how #networkdynamics can explain why neuronal and behavioural responses vary, or how past activity sets the ever-changing background for new input (that, in turn, will make its own long-lasting splash)

#ornithology #birds #informationtheory #network #dawnchorus #networkdynamics #gotojournal #complexsystems

Found this from NPR “Hidden Brain.” Foundational paper on weak ties

Granovetter, Mark S. “The Strength of Weak Ties.” American Journal of Sociology, vol. 78, no. 6, 1973, pp. 1360–1380. SNAP: Stanford.

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/225469

#ornithology #birds #informationtheory #network #dawnchorus #networkdynamics #gotojournal #complexsystems

Hye my next article will be about the Dawn Chorus. Does anyone study this?

Short #introduction :
I'm a first year PhD student at #NetSI. Broadly interested in #ComplexSystems and #NetworkScience . Currently, I'm looking into #NetworkDynamics, #Emergence and #CollectiveBahavior from the perspective of #InformationTheory and #BayesianInference .

Eventhough it's not my main area of expertise, I love to read and learn about #EvolutionaryBiology, #DevelopmentalBiology and #SystemsBiology .