Carney Institute affiliate Carina Curto served as a presenter and panelist at the recent BRAIN NeuroAI Workshop, making a case for using the fundamental principles of neuroscience to build better deep neural networks that run artificial intelligence systems.

Visual simulation is a form of imagination, a way to predict and plan by “seeing” future events in your mind’s eye. A team led by David Sheinberg has published new work that shows, with the strongest evidence yet, that monkeys also possess the power of visual simulation, findings that challenge our current understanding of animal cognition.

Yee is a recipient of a competitive NIH Pathway to Independence Award, or K99/R00, which gives postdocs five years of financial support to help them transition into a tenure-track faculty position. Along with postdoc Darcy Diesburg, Yee this fall organized a retreat for Carney postdocs to build community and share resources.