Carnegie Mellon University at SfN 2026

Nov 14–18, 2026 Washington, DC ~21k attendees Website

Carnegie Mellon University brings 45 presentations to SfN 2026 in Washington. Its program at this meeting centres on decision-making and learning, motor control, and brain-computer interfaces. One thread explores how neural reorganization enables real-time, finger-level robotic control for stroke survivors new to brain-computer interfaces.

Organization	SfN 2026 Attendance
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
cmu.edu Universities and research institutes Private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.	Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR061: Systems Behavior GPe PV neurons integrate striatal inhibition with subthalamic excitation to regulate naturalistic exploration WCC Halls A-C · Board CC12 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR063: BMI Neurophysiology: Decoding, Neurophysiology, and Processing I Altering the Relative Timing of Inter-Areal Interactions using a Brain-Computer Interface WCC Halls A-C · Board DD30 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR074: The Neural Mechanisms of Adaptive and Maladaptive Choice Auditory-guided inference and belief-state updating in dynamic foraging behavior WCC Halls A-C · Board JJ14 Talk Sun Nov 15 9:15–9:30am Part of Session NANO10: Executive Control of Perception, Action, and Decision-Making Bilateral contributions of FEF neurons during saccade planning WCC Rm 143 Talk Sun Nov 15 1–1:15pm Part of Session NANO15: Behavioral and Neural Insights Into Representational Learning Attentional mechanisms in blocked category learning: Verbal evidence from rule predictions WCC Rm 145 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR099: Cortical Planning and Execution: Animal (Behavior/Physiology/Imaging) I Utility-optimized RNN models produce reward-modulated movements and recapitulate known features of motor cortex activity WCC Halls A-C · Board Z10 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR100: Neuroprosthetics: Control of Computer, Devices, and Body Parts I Adaptive Neural Reorganization Enables Real-Time Finger-Level Robotic Control in BCI-Naïve Stroke Survivors WCC Halls A-C · Board AA4 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR100: Neuroprosthetics: Control of Computer, Devices, and Body Parts I A shared dynamics representation for prediction- and control-relevant computations WCC Halls A-C · Board AA6 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR100: Neuroprosthetics: Control of Computer, Devices, and Body Parts I Why 40Hz? A Mechanistic Framework to Understand Optimal Spinal Cord Stimulation for Motor Control WCC Halls A-C · Board AA22 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR106: Circuit Motifs of Reward: Amygdala, Habenula, Hippocampus, and Beyond Uncued rewards prevent cortical plasticity during association learning through local serotonin signaling WCC Halls A-C · Board EE26 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR109: Distributed Mechanisms of Working Memory in Humans and Animals Parametric integration of working memory and sensory evidence during perceptual decisions in humans and macaques WCC Halls A-C · Board GG6 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR118: Electrical Impact of microstimulation on nearby spiking and gamma-band power in the local field potential WCC Halls A-C · Board LL7 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR118: Electrical Transnasal electrical stimulation (TnES) of the deep brain in an in vivo mouse model WCC Halls A-C · Board LL11 Talk Sun Nov 15 2:51–3:14pm Part of Session MIN12: Embodied Computation: How Does Embodiment Impact Sensorimotor and Cognitive Processing Autonomous Behavior and Whole-Brain Dynamics Emerge in Embodied Zebrafish Agents with Model-based Intrinsic Motivation WCC Rm 151 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session LBP023: D.05. Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injury and Plasticity A dynamical model for force estimation from EMG-derived motor-unit activity WCC Halls A-C · Board B46 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session LBP030: G.06. Autonomic Regulation Respiration-linked and task-evoked cardiac dynamics in non-human primates WCC Halls A-C · Board C33 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR136: Visual Cognition: Attention and Decision-Making Impact of reward on perceptual decisions and neuronal responses in visual cortex WCC Halls A-C · Board Y12 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR136: Visual Cognition: Attention and Decision-Making Eyes on the prize: a neural basis of perceptual choking under pressure WCC Halls A-C · Board Y16 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR138: BMI Neurophysiology: Implanted Electrodes and Other Direct Interactions With Neurons Uncoupled learning across motor cortical areas WCC Halls A-C · Board Z9 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR161: Data Analysis and Statistics: Human Data I Temporal Leakage in Offline Classification of EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces WCC Halls A-C · Board LL80 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR180: Somatosensation: Human Representations and Mechanisms Evaluating Directional and Spatial Perception Using Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback WCC Halls A-C · Board Y3 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR208: Computational Modeling of Synaptic Networks Volumetric Mesoscopic Electrophysiology Reveals Pressure-Dependent Modulation of Visual Cortex by Transcranial Focused Ultrasound in A Nonhuman Primate Model WCC Halls A-C · Board MM32 Talk Mon Nov 16 2:15–2:30pm Part of Session NANO21: Network Interaction A Basal Ganglia Pathway for Persistent Motor Recovery WCC Rm 144 Talk Mon Nov 16 3:30–3:45pm Part of Session NANO24: Neuroprosthetics: Motor Control Restoring Motor Function After Stroke Through Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation WCC Rm 145 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR229: Neural Coding in the Auditory System Noise-modulated cortical subnetworks form a circuit for noise-invariant hearing WCC Halls A-C · Board BB7 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR229: Neural Coding in the Auditory System Distributed top-down control of auditory cortex WCC Halls A-C · Board BB15 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR235: BMI Neurophysiology: Decoding, Neurophysiology and Processing II fMRI-guided contrastive learning improves EEG-only individual-finger BCI decoding WCC Halls A-C · Board EE28 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR235: BMI Neurophysiology: Decoding, Neurophysiology and Processing II Sensory-guided human-machine joint learning accelerates the acquisition of motor imagery brain computer interface control WCC Halls A-C · Board EE30 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR235: BMI Neurophysiology: Decoding, Neurophysiology and Processing II EEG Foundation Model Improves Online Directional Motor Imagery Brain-computer Interface Control WCC Halls A-C · Board EE31 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session LBP065: F.04. Voluntary Movements Relative timing between value and target information shapes motor cortical dynamics and behavior WCC Halls A-C · Board C15 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session LBP066: F.05. Brain-Machine Interface Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Noninvasive Closed-Loop Bidirectional Brain-Computer Interfaces - A pilot study WCC Halls A-C · Board C29 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR256: G-Protein Coupled and Other Receptors Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors generate spike-independent calcium transients in neocortical somatostatin-expressing interneurons WCC Halls A-C · Board O2 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR275: Auditory Perception and Cognition in Humans and Animals From sound to action: cell-type-specific corticostriatal coding during auditory learning WCC Halls A-C · Board EE5 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation Cell-Type-Specific Bidirectional Modulation of the Cortico-Thalamo-Cortical Sensory Pathway by Transcranial Focused Ultrasound WCC Halls A-C · Board MM39 Poster Tue Nov 17 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation Modulation of reward cue-related neural activity and behavior in freely moving rats using low-intensity wearable transcranial focused ultrasound WCC Halls A-C · Board MM40 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session LBP074: J.04. Physiological Methods Geometry-based optimization of a compact four-camera workspace for markerless three-dimensional hand kinematics WCC Halls A-C · Board B36 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR312: Brain Injury: Human Studies A Multi-task Learning Graph Attention Network for Noninvasive Detection and Characterization of Cortical Spread Depression WCC Halls A-C · Board AA32 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR316: Sensorimotor Transformation: Behavior and Neuroprocessing Neural Correlates of Ketamine-induced Dilation in Time Perception WCC Halls A-C · Board CC24 Poster Wed Nov 18 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR330: Decision Making: Neural Mechanisms of Adaptive and Maladaptive Choice Dissociable parietal subnetworks for stability and flexibility support adaptive decisions WCC Halls A-C · Board KK42 Talk Wed Nov 18 10:30–10:45am Part of Session NANO44: Imaging and Recording Neural Activity Label-free electro-optic transduction of neurophysiological signals using ion-gated graphene photonics for massive scaling of neural recording WCC Rm 201 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR364: Eye Movements Serial dependence of spatial working memory in a mixed eye movement task WCC Halls A-C · Board DD15 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR364: Eye Movements Mixed oculomotor signals in the primate frontal eye fields WCC Halls A-C · Board DD16 Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR383: Data Analysis: Software Tools I The Brain Image Library: Designing Features for Spatial Transcriptomics Discovery, Search, and Visualization WCC Halls A-C · Board LL94 Talk Wed Nov 18 2–4:30pm Part of Session SYM15: Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Biophysical Mechanisms, Neural Effects, and Clinical Translation Co Chair WCC Rm 146AB Talk Wed Nov 18 3:15–3:50pm Part of Session SYM15: Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Biophysical Mechanisms, Neural Effects, and Clinical Translation Neuromodulatory effects of transcranial focused ultrasound in humans, as measured by EEG source imaging WCC Rm 146AB

Organization

SfN 2026 Attendance

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

cmu.edu

Universities and research institutes

Private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR061: Systems Behavior

GPe PV neurons integrate striatal inhibition with subthalamic excitation to regulate naturalistic exploration

WCC Halls A-C · Board CC12

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR063: BMI Neurophysiology: Decoding, Neurophysiology, and Processing I

Altering the Relative Timing of Inter-Areal Interactions using a Brain-Computer Interface

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD30

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR074: The Neural Mechanisms of Adaptive and Maladaptive Choice

Auditory-guided inference and belief-state updating in dynamic foraging behavior

WCC Halls A-C · Board JJ14

Talk

Sun Nov 15
9:15–9:30am

Part of Session NANO10: Executive Control of Perception, Action, and Decision-Making

Bilateral contributions of FEF neurons during saccade planning

WCC Rm 143

Talk

Sun Nov 15
1–1:15pm

Part of Session NANO15: Behavioral and Neural Insights Into Representational Learning

Attentional mechanisms in blocked category learning: Verbal evidence from rule predictions

WCC Rm 145

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR099: Cortical Planning and Execution: Animal (Behavior/Physiology/Imaging) I

Utility-optimized RNN models produce reward-modulated movements and recapitulate known features of motor cortex activity

WCC Halls A-C · Board Z10

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR100: Neuroprosthetics: Control of Computer, Devices, and Body Parts I

Adaptive Neural Reorganization Enables Real-Time Finger-Level Robotic Control in BCI-Naïve Stroke Survivors

WCC Halls A-C · Board AA4

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR100: Neuroprosthetics: Control of Computer, Devices, and Body Parts I

A shared dynamics representation for prediction- and control-relevant computations

WCC Halls A-C · Board AA6

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR100: Neuroprosthetics: Control of Computer, Devices, and Body Parts I

Why 40Hz? A Mechanistic Framework to Understand Optimal Spinal Cord Stimulation for Motor Control

WCC Halls A-C · Board AA22

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR106: Circuit Motifs of Reward: Amygdala, Habenula, Hippocampus, and Beyond

Uncued rewards prevent cortical plasticity during association learning through local serotonin signaling

WCC Halls A-C · Board EE26

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR109: Distributed Mechanisms of Working Memory in Humans and Animals

Parametric integration of working memory and sensory evidence during perceptual decisions in humans and macaques

WCC Halls A-C · Board GG6

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR118: Electrical

Impact of microstimulation on nearby spiking and gamma-band power in the local field potential

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL7

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR118: Electrical

Transnasal electrical stimulation (TnES) of the deep brain in an in vivo mouse model

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL11

Talk

Sun Nov 15
2:51–3:14pm

Part of Session MIN12: Embodied Computation: How Does Embodiment Impact Sensorimotor and Cognitive Processing

Autonomous Behavior and Whole-Brain Dynamics Emerge in Embodied Zebrafish Agents with Model-based Intrinsic Motivation

WCC Rm 151

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session LBP023: D.05. Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injury and Plasticity

A dynamical model for force estimation from EMG-derived motor-unit activity

WCC Halls A-C · Board B46

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session LBP030: G.06. Autonomic Regulation

Respiration-linked and task-evoked cardiac dynamics in non-human primates

WCC Halls A-C · Board C33

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR136: Visual Cognition: Attention and Decision-Making

Impact of reward on perceptual decisions and neuronal responses in visual cortex

WCC Halls A-C · Board Y12

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR136: Visual Cognition: Attention and Decision-Making

Eyes on the prize: a neural basis of perceptual choking under pressure

WCC Halls A-C · Board Y16

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR138: BMI Neurophysiology: Implanted Electrodes and Other Direct Interactions With Neurons

Uncoupled learning across motor cortical areas

WCC Halls A-C · Board Z9

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR161: Data Analysis and Statistics: Human Data I

Temporal Leakage in Offline Classification of EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL80

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR180: Somatosensation: Human Representations and Mechanisms

Evaluating Directional and Spatial Perception Using Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback

WCC Halls A-C · Board Y3

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR208: Computational Modeling of Synaptic Networks

Volumetric Mesoscopic Electrophysiology Reveals Pressure-Dependent Modulation of Visual Cortex by Transcranial Focused Ultrasound in A Nonhuman Primate Model

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM32

Talk

Mon Nov 16
2:15–2:30pm

Part of Session NANO21: Network Interaction

A Basal Ganglia Pathway for Persistent Motor Recovery

WCC Rm 144

Talk

Mon Nov 16
3:30–3:45pm

Part of Session NANO24: Neuroprosthetics: Motor Control

Restoring Motor Function After Stroke Through Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation

WCC Rm 145

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR229: Neural Coding in the Auditory System

Noise-modulated cortical subnetworks form a circuit for noise-invariant hearing

WCC Halls A-C · Board BB7

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR229: Neural Coding in the Auditory System

Distributed top-down control of auditory cortex

WCC Halls A-C · Board BB15

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR235: BMI Neurophysiology: Decoding, Neurophysiology and Processing II

fMRI-guided contrastive learning improves EEG-only individual-finger BCI decoding

WCC Halls A-C · Board EE28

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR235: BMI Neurophysiology: Decoding, Neurophysiology and Processing II

Sensory-guided human-machine joint learning accelerates the acquisition of motor imagery brain computer interface control

WCC Halls A-C · Board EE30

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR235: BMI Neurophysiology: Decoding, Neurophysiology and Processing II

EEG Foundation Model Improves Online Directional Motor Imagery Brain-computer Interface Control

WCC Halls A-C · Board EE31

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session LBP065: F.04. Voluntary Movements

Relative timing between value and target information shapes motor cortical dynamics and behavior

WCC Halls A-C · Board C15

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session LBP066: F.05. Brain-Machine Interface

Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Noninvasive Closed-Loop Bidirectional Brain-Computer Interfaces - A pilot study

WCC Halls A-C · Board C29

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR256: G-Protein Coupled and Other Receptors

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors generate spike-independent calcium transients in neocortical somatostatin-expressing interneurons

WCC Halls A-C · Board O2

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR275: Auditory Perception and Cognition in Humans and Animals

From sound to action: cell-type-specific corticostriatal coding during auditory learning

WCC Halls A-C · Board EE5

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation

Cell-Type-Specific Bidirectional Modulation of the Cortico-Thalamo-Cortical Sensory Pathway by Transcranial Focused Ultrasound

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM39

Poster

Tue Nov 17
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR295: Ultrasound Neuromodulation

Modulation of reward cue-related neural activity and behavior in freely moving rats using low-intensity wearable transcranial focused ultrasound

WCC Halls A-C · Board MM40

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session LBP074: J.04. Physiological Methods

Geometry-based optimization of a compact four-camera workspace for markerless three-dimensional hand kinematics

WCC Halls A-C · Board B36

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR312: Brain Injury: Human Studies

A Multi-task Learning Graph Attention Network for Noninvasive Detection and Characterization of Cortical Spread Depression

WCC Halls A-C · Board AA32

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR316: Sensorimotor Transformation: Behavior and Neuroprocessing

Neural Correlates of Ketamine-induced Dilation in Time Perception

WCC Halls A-C · Board CC24

Poster

Wed Nov 18
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR330: Decision Making: Neural Mechanisms of Adaptive and Maladaptive Choice

Dissociable parietal subnetworks for stability and flexibility support adaptive decisions

WCC Halls A-C · Board KK42

Talk

Wed Nov 18
10:30–10:45am

Part of Session NANO44: Imaging and Recording Neural Activity

Label-free electro-optic transduction of neurophysiological signals using ion-gated graphene photonics for massive scaling of neural recording

WCC Rm 201

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR364: Eye Movements

Serial dependence of spatial working memory in a mixed eye movement task

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD15

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR364: Eye Movements

Mixed oculomotor signals in the primate frontal eye fields

WCC Halls A-C · Board DD16

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR383: Data Analysis: Software Tools I

The Brain Image Library: Designing Features for Spatial Transcriptomics Discovery, Search, and Visualization

WCC Halls A-C · Board LL94

Talk

Wed Nov 18
2–4:30pm

Part of Session SYM15: Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Biophysical Mechanisms, Neural Effects, and Clinical Translation

Co Chair

WCC Rm 146AB

Talk

Wed Nov 18
3:15–3:50pm

Part of Session SYM15: Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Biophysical Mechanisms, Neural Effects, and Clinical Translation

Neuromodulatory effects of transcranial focused ultrasound in humans, as measured by EEG source imaging

WCC Rm 146AB

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