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@SWC_Neuro

The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre aims to discover the fundamental principles of how the brain drives behaviour. Based at @ucl, funded by Gatsby and @wellcometrust

London, England sainsburywellcome.org Joined June 2016

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SWC @SWC_Neuro Nov 29, 2024

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SWC @SWC_Neuro Mar 13

Why do we sleep?

We asked leading neuroscientists for their thoughts on what happens in the brain as we snooze.

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#WorldSleepDay #Neuroscience #WorldSleepDay2026

'Six reasons your brain needs sleep. Insights from neuroscientists, SWC Speaker Series,' and a photo of a sleeping koala (koalas sleep for 18-22 hours per day).

SWC @SWC_Neuro Mar 11

Heading for #Cosyne2026?

Check out SWC researchers’ posters and talks!

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Thursday's posters ⤵️

List of posters from Sainsbury Wellcome Centre researchers being presented on 12 March at the COSYNE 2026 conference.

SWC @SWC_Neuro Mar 11

A new review maps the convergence and divergence of statistical and reinforcement learning, from origins to neural implementation.

From Athena Akrami, Ambra Ferrari and Floris P. de Lange.

Blog: sainsburywellcome.org/blog/two-engin…

Paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

www.sainsburywellcome.org Two engines of learning: how the brain builds a model of the world | Sainsbury Wellcome Centre A new review from Dr Athena Akrami, Group Leader at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, explores the differences and similarities between reinforcement learning and statistical learning, and future...

SWC @SWC_Neuro Mar 10

New research has reconstructed movies from the activity of neurons in the mouse visual cortex.

Out now in @eLife from Joel Bauer, Troy Margrie and Claudia Clopath.

Paper: elifesciences.org/articles/105081

Blog: sainsburywellcome.org/blog/lights-ne…

Movies alongside their reconstructions generated directly from neural activity