Assistant professor at NYU.https://bsky.app/profile/marcelomattar.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelomattar.bsky.social/post/3ms4w52c2kk2uVery excited to attend #CCN2026 this week and to present various projects from my lab! Here's a list of our posters and talks in case you'd like to see what we've been up to.02 Aug 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:ffemnz2s7e6mx7mrxkncomqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4w52c2kk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelomattar.bsky.social/post/3monlnt7j4c2eCheck out @jonathannicholas.bsky.social 's new preprint measuring eye movements to infer individual memory retrievals during decision making, plus a cool RNN modelof that process. Can't express how excited I am about this new technique! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:ffemnz2s7e6mx7mrxkncomqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3monlnt7j4c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelomattar.bsky.social/post/3mllegs3sfc26Super proud to have contributed to this amazing team effort, led by @sreejan.bsky.social and @botoscsabi.bsky.social! We asked: Which AI models learn to play video games like humans, comparing both behavior and internal representations. The answer surprised us! Check out our paper and post below [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:ffemnz2s7e6mx7mrxkncomqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllegs3sfc26https://bsky.app/profile/marcelomattar.bsky.social/post/3mjzcamgwwk2aNew Annual Review with @nathanieldaw.bsky.social: “Planning in the Brain: It's Not What You Think It Is.” We argue that the brain's 'planning' machinery is mostly used for learning from simulated experience, and that thinking prospectively at decision time is just one special case of this process. https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-neuro-102124-01584721 Apr 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:ffemnz2s7e6mx7mrxkncomqy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzcamgwwk2a