Brains, Data and Science Prof in Computational Neuroscience at Western University Cerebellum and Motor Controlhttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mwem6k2qpk2dNew preprint from the lab. A long-overdue fMRI study on bimanual movement direction encoding: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.18.752753v1 @alighavampour.bsky.social, @andpru.bsky.social, @jjodx.eurosky.social25 Sep 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwem6k2qpk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mo276gplmc2uI will miss #OHBM2026 this year, but if you go make sure you see these four amazing posters from current and former members of the lab !11 Jun 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo276gplmc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mnxigg3dfk26We started studying sequence learning by looking into how a fixed sequence is learned. However, in real life, the problem for the brain is to put together flexible sequences on the fly - which provides a completely new perspective: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661326001257 With @andpru.bsky.social10 Jun 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxigg3dfk26https://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mmh42hpnx223SUITPy 2.1 is here - a Python-version of our toolbox for cerebellar isolation, normalization, atlassing, and flatmap visualization. The processing pipeline now works fully automatically from birth to old age. suitpy.readthedocs.io https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.14.724397v122 May 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh42hpnx223https://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mjw57pzxb22bDouble act with @actlab.bsky.social at Cinet in Osaka. Cerebellum and Cognition. Doing paired talks is certainly good for a lively discussion…20 Apr 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjw57pzxb22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mhy3r7kxoc2tHow similar are two activity patterns? We all know that low correlations don't mean that they are necessarily dissimilar – our measurements could be noisy. So how do you correct for this? Our slightly nerdy, but hopefully useful preprint takes a deep dive: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.21.713393v226 Mar 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhy3r7kxoc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mhsqawx7bk2aAlso out today - A quick intro piece on the role of the cerebellum in cognition. What does it do? How will we find out? This is what @actlab.bsky.social and I think the critical questions are right now. It was fun to write - especially the section on evolution.... https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.300368824 Mar 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsqawx7bk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mhspwdgje22aFor nearly two decades resting-state fMRI has ruled supreme. And resting-state is suprisingly powerful. But we can do so much better by using broad batteries of tasks with the right design. Here a double-punch delivered by two papers from @carobellum.bsky.social and @basselarafat.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhspwdgje22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mh73gh3kts2vAfter nearly 11 years of learning how to be more polite and how to portage a canoe i became a proud Canadian today. In a time where some political leaders think they can threaten whole nations it seems more meaningful than ever to become part of a free, friendly and peaceful nation.16 Mar 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh73gh3kts2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mgvqattuak27Now out in Journal of Neuroscience: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2026/02/22/JNEUROSCI.1797-25.2026.long How are motor memories and sensory information combined when you are playing the piano? Congrats to Amin and Medha! I know having a paper out may seem small and insignificant against all that happens in the world right now!13 Mar 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvqattuak27https://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mgrxvmx6ec2m@carobellum.bsky.social really wanted to know how well resting-state correlations can predict which areas co-activate over a wide array of tasks. It turns out that you are better off running a short Multi-task battery, even if the tasks are completely different from the ones you want to predict! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Mar 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrxvmx6ec2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mehkuc2gl22fLanguage areas in the cerebellar mapped by @coltoncasto.bsky.social: https://www.thetransmitter.org/language/cerebellum-responds-to-language-like-cortical-areas/ Very consistent with @carobellum.bsky.social functional atlas, but providing deeper details. By now the "terra incognita" of the cerebellum isn't so "incognita" anymore!09 Feb 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehkuc2gl22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3me5gjdbo622oIncredibly hard and heroic work by @rhodricusack.bsky.social, @clionaod.bsky.social and many other just out in Nature Neuroscience: Visual categorization in the ventral stream can is present in 2-month old already. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02187-805 Feb 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3me5gjdbo622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mdsyhlqxv22gThe first Canadian paper from @sivanjo.bsky.social: when we started this work, I thought the cerebellar articulation areas would just look like the speech area in M1. Not so. Check it out! @coltoncasto.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Feb 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdsyhlqxv22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social/post/3mdq2qp3qhc2wGreat collboration from @mnlmrc.bsky.social: Multivoxel fMRI and neuropixel recordings show sensorimotor prediction errors in M1 / S1 in the input, but not in the spiking of output neurons! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.19.700321v1 With @andpru.bsky.social @jonathanamichaels.bsky.social @gribblelab.org31 Jan 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:dknsu3kpykiskpc7bwrkvwoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdq2qp3qhc2w