Matthias Nau

@NauMatt

Cognitive Neuroscientist | Assistant Prof @VUamsterdam | Active vision, Memory | fMRI, Eye tracking, ML | bsky: bsky.app/profile/matthi…

Amsterdam, NL matthiasnau.com Joined January 2017

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Matthias Nau @NauMatt Jul 29, 2024

#CogNeuro seeks unified theories of behavioral, physiological, and mental states. To this aim, our @NatureNeuro Perspective proposes a new framework centered on #TaskDemands & across-task generalization. nature.com/articles/s4159…

w/@Alex_C_Schmid @smkaps @Chris_I_Baker D.Kravitz🧵

Matthias Nau @NauMatt Jul 16

Thrilled to share our new #preprint, and super proud of @ZachNudels and our work on eye–brain dynamics during eyes-closed rest and sleep!

Also excited to share that Zach started his PhD with me recently! 🎉 Lots of ideas and cool work ahead. Check out his thread below! 🧵

Zach Nudelman @ZachNudels Jul 16

Excited for my first #preprint with @NauMatt!
Gaze behavior shapes brain activity during eyes-closed rest and sleep!
Gaze-dependent activity was widespread even during sleep, in many visual cortices, and altered brain-wide functional connectivity! 🧵 1/8
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Matthias Nau @NauMatt Aug 25, 2025

Excited to share our paper w/ @Chris_I_Baker in @NatureComms linking active vision & memory!

We provide evidence that gaze reinstatement & neural reactivation are deeply related phenomena that jointly reflect the experiences constructed during recall. doi.org/10.1038/s41467… 1/9

www.nature.com Neural and behavioral reinstatement jointly reflect retrieval of narrative events Nature Communications - When people recall a movie, their eye movements and brain activity resemble those observed during the viewing. These behavioral and neural reactivations are linked through a...

Matthias Nau @NauMatt Dec 2, 2024

#Neuroimaging crowd, hear me out! 👀
Did you ever want to add #EyeTracking to your #fMRI study but found it too much hassle? Got existing data you’d love to add eye tracking to?

Try out *MR-based eye tracking* (i.e. inferring gaze from eye voxels)!

A few options below!🧵👇 1/9

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Matthias Nau @NauMatt Oct 31, 2024

Great new review on the coupling of gaze behavior to visual imagery! doi.org/10.1016/j.neub…

By Korda, Walcher, Körner, and Benedek out in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews!