Global Brain
The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) aims to expand our understanding of the role of internal brain processes in the arc from sensation to action, thereby discovering the nature, role and mechanisms of the neural activity that produces cognition.
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SCPAB Simons Foundation Autism and Neuroscience SfN Social
The Simons Foundation welcomes all SfN 2025 attendees to join us for an evening of light refreshments, socializing and updates. Scientific staff from the Simons Foundation’s grantmaking programs in autism (SFARI) and the neuroscience collaborations on the Global Brain, Plasticity and the Aging Brain and Ecological Neuroscience will be available to answer questions about research supported by the foundation, the resources they have created for the scientific community and funding opportunities.
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Research Highlights
Abstract representations emerge naturally in neural networks trained to perform multiple tasks
WJ Johnston, S. Fusi
Nat Commun Mice and primates use distinct strategies for visual segmentation
FJ Luongo, L Liu, CLA Ho, JK Hesse, JB Wekselblatt, F Lanfranchi, D Huber, D. Tsao
Elife Encoding of dynamic facial information in the middle dorsal face area
Z Yang, W. Freiwald
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 
