Small Brain Cognition Lab
We develop and use novel experimental and theoretical techniques and original ideas to study cognition and information processing in neural circuits: cognition.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/home
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabNew paper by our group! 🧪🐝 Confirmation of the spread of "behavioural traditions" in groups - and between groups! - of bumblebees, using the string-pulling paradigm! With @procenko.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social and @minibraincognition.bsky.social . doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
- Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬🧠 We are currently advertising a PhD project to study how the brains of #Drosophila and #zebrafish synchronise visual information processing. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
- ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal and Artificial Intelligence sites.google.com/sheffield.ac... 4-5 September 2025: Extraordinary meeting - many thanks to HaDi for organising, and to all the speakers and participants! See you all next year in Bristol!
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- Flies keep their vision razor-sharp even at top speed: we found their synapses “jump” into higher frequencies during saccades, wiping out delays and boosting acuity. This self-sharpening trick shows how brains sync perception with rapid behaviour. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabCall for Abstracts Extended! 🌟 Join us this September in Sheffield for 'Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence', an ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop. @asab.org @sheffielduni.bsky.social #ArtificialIntelligence #AnimalCognition #Neuroscience I #AcademicWorkshop #ASAB
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabOur latest paper reveals how active vision via scanning dynamically refines spatiotemporal neural representations, enabling efficient pattern recognition in minimal systems. A step forward in understanding embedded cognition & AI www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/new-stu... #bee #ActiveVision #Neuromorphic
- Exciting paper from our lab out today: New insights into how bees use flight movements—such as body, head, and eye wiggles—to actively support their brain’s pattern learning and recognition with remarkable accuracy could inspire advances in next-generation AI. elifesciences.org/articles/89929
- A new study submitted to BioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabAnnouncing the ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop: Nature of Intelligence – Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence 📍 University of Sheffield, UK 📅 4–5 September 2025 📝 Abstracts due: 1 July 🔗 Register & learn more: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac... #AnimalIntelligence #NeuroAI #BioRobotics @asab.org
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabOur new preprint is live! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🐝🧪 “Bumblebee string pulling skill spreads between colonies under open diffusion conditions”! @procenko.bsky.social @minibraincognition.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social
- Two studies submitted to BioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2023... doi.org/10.1101/2025...
- "Theory of Morphodynamic Information Processing: Linking Sensing to Behaviour" out today in Vision Research: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... #VisionResearch #Morphodynamics #InformationProcessing #NeuralCoding
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabThis is amazing: it’s incredibly windy in the UK right now, so only about 10% of the National Grid is currently being powered by fossil fuels.
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabPlot twist 😱
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabIn 1676, Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644–1710) became the first person to measure the speed of light. He did so by timing eclipses of Io by Jupiter, which occurred later when earth was farther away from Jupiter than when it was closer. www.amnh.org/learn-teach/...
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition Lab'Before there was arXiv, there was Joanne Cohn (...) She started an informal exchange of string theory manuscripts that eventually became the arXiv preprint server, which has since revolutionized the way scientists share ideas and announce findings.' pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabGenesis: high quality generative Physics engine, genesis-embodied-ai.github.io
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabIf I cite a preprint, I am doing peer review. No editor needs to be involved. We don't need the high priests of Elsevier to sanctify this relationship.
- Exciting news! Our holistic approach to neural information, "Theory of Morphodynamic Information Processing: Linking Sensing to Behaviour," has been accepted for publication in Vision Research! 🎉 Dive deeper into the work with our extended version here: preprints.org/manuscript/202308.1210/v2.
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabI wrote an article about my dad's death, and how it affected my views on assisted dying Free version of the article in the next post Views are my own, not those of the institutions or academies I'm associated with www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
- Reposted by Small Brain Cognition LabCheck out this fly boxing away a parasitic wasp who is trying to lay eggs in its abdomen. I've watched a lot of fly behavior, but never seen anything like this. Makes you wonder how much we miss by studying lab organisms in isolation from their natural threats. Vid from: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
