#h. w. perl

[weirdlookindog]

Horror Parade by R. Thurston Hopkins, Mitre Press, 1945.

cover art by H. W. Perl (Hyman Woolf Perlzweig)

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 21, 2025

Gustatory cortex neurons perform reliability-dependent integration of multisensory flavor inputs. Allar, I. B., Hua, A., Rowland, B. A., & Maier, J. X. (2025). Current Biology, 35(3), 600-611.e3.

Complex harmonics reveal low-dimensional manifolds of critical brain dynamics. Deco, G., Sanz Perl, Y., & Kringelbach, M. L. (2025). Physical Review E, 111(1), 014410.

Context-dependent decision-making in the primate hippocampal–prefrontal circuit. Elston, T. W., & Wallis, J. D. (2025). Nature Neuroscience, 28(2), 374–382.

Applied Motor Noise Affects Specific Learning Mechanisms during Short-Term Adaptation to Novel Movement Dynamics. Foray, K., Zhou, W., Fitzgerald, J., Gianferrara, P. G., & Joiner, W. M. (2025). eNeuro, 12(1), ENEURO.0100-24.2024.

Touch-evoked traveling waves establish a translaminar spacetime code. Gonzales, D. L., Khan, H. F., Keri, H. V. S., Yadav, S., Steward, C., Muller, L. E., Pluta, S. R., & Jayant, K. (2025). Science Advances, 11(5).

A distinct hypothalamus–habenula circuit governs risk preference. Groos, D., Reuss, A. M., Rupprecht, P., Stachniak, T., Lewis, C., Han, S., Roggenbach, A., Sturman, O., Sych, Y., Wieckhorst, M., Bohacek, J., Karayannis, T., Aguzzi, A., & Helmchen, F. (2025). Nature Neuroscience, 28(2), 361–373.

Sensorimotor environment but not task rule reconfigures population dynamics in rhesus monkey posterior parietal cortex. Guo, H., Kuang, S., & Gail, A. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 1116.

Dendritic growth and synaptic organization from activity-independent cues and local activity-dependent plasticity. Kirchner, J. H., Euler, L., Fritz, I., Ferreira Castro, A., & Gjorgjieva, J. (2025). eLife, 12, 87527.3.

Prediction of future input explains lateral connectivity in primary visual cortex. Klavinskis-Whiting, S., Fristed, E., Singer, Y., Iacaruso, M. F., King, A. J., & Harper, N. S. (2025). Current Biology, 35(3), 530-541.e5.

Reconstructing a new hippocampal engram for systems reconsolidation and remote memory updating. Lei, B., Kang, B., Hao, Y., Yang, H., Zhong, Z., Zhai, Z., & Zhong, Y. (2025). Neuron, 113(3), 471-485.e6.

Sensorimotor adaptation reveals systematic biases in 3D perception. Lim, C., Vishwanath, D., & Domini, F. (2025). Scientific Reports, 15, 3847.

Enhanced accuracy in first-spike coding using current-based adaptive LIF neuron. Liu, S., & Dragotti, P. L. (2025). Neural Networks, 184, 107043.

Overwriting an instinct: Visual cortex instructs learning to suppress fear responses. Mederos, S., Blakely, P., Vissers, N., Clopath, C., & Hofer, S. B. (2025). Science, 387(6734), 682–688.

Neural mechanisms of relational learning and fast knowledge reassembly in plastic neural networks. Miconi, T., & Kay, K. (2025). Nature Neuroscience, 28(2), 406–414.

Dynamical constraints on neural population activity. Oby, E. R., Degenhart, A. D., Grigsby, E. M., Motiwala, A., McClain, N. T., Marino, P. J., Yu, B. M., & Batista, A. P. (2025). Nature Neuroscience, 28(2), 383–393.

Dendritic excitations govern back-propagation via a spike-rate accelerometer. Park, P., Wong-Campos, J. D., Itkis, D. G., Lee, B. H., Qi, Y., Davis, H. C., Antin, B., Pasarkar, A., Grimm, J. B., Plutkis, S. E., Holland, K. L., Paninski, L., Lavis, L. D., & Cohen, A. E. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 1333.

The developmental emergence of reliable cortical representations. Trägenap, S., Whitney, D. E., Fitzpatrick, D., & Kaschube, M. (2025). Nature Neuroscience, 28(2), 394–405.

Opposite asymmetry in visual perception of humans and macaques. Tünçok, E., Kiorpes, L., & Carrasco, M. (2025). Current Biology, 35(3), 681-687.e4.

Attention modulates subjective time perception across eye movements. Yan, C., Wang, H., Jiang, X., & Wang, Z. (2025). Vision Research, 227, 108540.

Dissociating the roles of alpha oscillation sub-bands in visual working memory. Zhao, N., & Liu, Q. (2025). NeuroImage, 307, 121028.

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[dankusner]

Lancaster-Keist

Its a living testimony to the future growth of Oak Cliff

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Telegraphic-key script in PERL - typeFont::.FileLoader/SCR

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[oakendesk]

book cover - The Terror Catches Up 1945

H W Perl (Hyman Woolf Perlzweig)

book cover - Little Caesar - 1945 (and comic book Famous Gangsters #3 1952)

Paul Stahr

[met-africa-oceania]

Plaque: Warrior and Attendants, 16th–17th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1990 Size: H. 18 3/4 × W. 15 × D. 4 1/4 in. (47.6 × 38.1 × 10.8 cm) Medium: Brass

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316393

[monotonous-minutia]

Operablr Pride Month Week #5 (June 28-30)

I can’t believe we’ve reached the last week already! I’ve had SO MUCH fun this month! Here’s to a great last lineup (till next year!!) If people need more time after June ends feel free to keep the week up till the calendar week is over :) and of course, remember to celebrate Pride all year long!!

Les pêcheurs de perles (Bizet/Cormon/Carré) Keywords: MLM, poly, French opera, lovers to enemies

Les contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach/Barbier/Carré) Keywords: gay hijinks, genderfluid character, trouser role, tragicomic, French opera

Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss/Hofmannsthal) Keywords: sapphic, genderfluid character, trouser role, German opera

Summaries, libretti, recommended productions, and more under the line!

Les pêcheurs de perles

Libretto: French English Summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_p%C3%AAcheurs_de_perles Production recs: Met 2016 1960 French film Opera on Video search link: https://www.operaonvideo.com/?s=Les%20Pecheurs%20de%20perles%20Bizet Bonus: Podcast episode discussing the plot/history of this opera! https://www.operaplothappyhour.com/episodes/ep-32-the-pearl-fishers Bonus bonus: David Gilmour sings “Je crois entendre encore”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nHcHocQbp0

Les contes d’Hoffmann

Libretto: Oeser (long version) (French) Choudens: French English Summary: Choudens: https://www.opera-arias.com/offenbach/les-contes-d'hoffmann/synopsis/ Oeser: https://www.metopera.org/user-information/synopses-archive/les-contes-dhoffmann The four main edits: https://monotonous-minutia.tumblr.com/post/655189106171707392/brief-history-of-les-contes-dhoffmann-edits-the Production recs: Oeser edits: Met 2009 (French subs) Met 2015 (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) La Scala 1997 (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) OR (full w/Spanish subs) Brussels 1985 (French subs) Paris 2002 (Spanish subs) Kaye edits: Munich 2011 (German subs) (VK with French subs) Zürich 2021 (English subs) Choudens edits: Orange 2003 (Part 1) (Part 2) (French subs) ROH 1981  (CW for D*mingo but if you ignore him the rest is really great) ROH 2000 (English subs) ROH 2016 (Part 1) (Part 2) Met 1988 Opera on Video search link: https://www.operaonvideo.com/?s=Les%20Contes%20Hoffmann%20Offenbach Bonus: some history and analysis of the opera: https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft887008cv&chunk.id=d0e7633&toc.id=&brand=ucpress Bonus bonus: some of the real ETA Hoffmann’s stories, including a few upon which some acts of the opera are based: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31377/31377-h/31377-h.htm Extra bonus: a fun (and funny) video summarizing the opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A6_jgPjwzU and one more! the text of the play upon which the opera is based (in French): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3143407/f9.item.r=%22les%20contes%20d'hoffmann%22

Der Rosenkavalier

Libretto: German English Summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Rosenkavalier Production recs: Met 2017 (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) Met 2010 (Spanish subs) Vienna 1962 film ROH 1985 Opera on Video search link: https://www.operaonvideo.com/?s=Rosenkavalier+Strauss Bonus: yet another podcast episode discussing the plot/history of this opera! (seriously y’all need to go check out this podcast) https://www.operaplothappyhour.com/episodes/ep-39-der-rosenkavalier

[yeli-renrong]

What do you think the cursed tocharian Livonian creole would actually end up sounding like? Like, which features, grammatical rules get preserved and what does the phonology end up as?

The inventories are pretty similar. Livonian has /æ b d ɟ g f v z ʒ h rʲ/, vowel length, and an extensive array of diphthongs, which Tocharian didn't; Tocharian had /ts ʂ w/, which Livonian doesn't. Voiced plosives were likely present allophonically in late Tocharian B after nasals (and possibly liquids), so could be borrowed; lenition of intervocalic singleton plosives may have also existed, given variation between -p- and -w-. /f/ is readily borrowed; /h/ isn't. I think the most likely scenario is for Livonian /æ ɑ/ and Tocharian /ʂ ɕ/ to merge, Livonian voiced fricatives to devoice (except for /v/, which would merge with Tocharian /w/), and vowel length and /h/ to be lost.

Depending on the contact scenario, Livonian nouns could be borrowed either in the nominative (a trade pidgin built from citation forms?) or the genitive (more extensive contact), and Tocharian nouns could be borrowed in either the nominative or the oblique, although these are usually identical. An extensive case system seems unlikely - the Livonian and Tocharian case systems don't have that much overlap - but maybe there'd be a marked genitive-dative (from Tocharian -ntse or Livonian dative -n, maybe interpreted by Tocharians as equivalent to their locative -ne?) and an allative (matching Livonian illative -zõ [̩-zə] to TB perlative -sa [-sə] and allative -ś [-ɕ]?) and ablative (although TB -men isn't much like Livonian -ld).

The verbal systems of the respective languages are too difficult and would entirely collapse into bare citation forms plus whatever innovates.

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 24, 2024

Dissociable online integration processes in visual working memory. Balaban, H., Drew, T., & Luria, R. (2023). Cerebral Cortex, 33(23), 11420–11430.

Interactions between specialized gain control mechanisms in olfactory processing. Barth-Maron, A., D’Alessandro, I., & Wilson, R. I. (2023). Current Biology, 33(23), 5109-5120.e7.

Beyond spiking networks: The computational advantages of dendritic amplification and input segregation. Capone, C., Lupo, C., Muratore, P., & Paolucci, P. S. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(49), e2220743120.

Adaptive oscillators support Bayesian prediction in temporal processing. Doelling, K. B., Arnal, L. H., & Assaneo, M. F. (2023). PLOS Computational Biology, 19(11), e1011669.

Targeted V1 comodulation supports task-adaptive sensory decisions. Haimerl, C., Ruff, D. A., Cohen, M. R., Savin, C., & Simoncelli, E. P. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 7879.

Meta-reinforcement learning via orbitofrontal cortex. Hattori, R., Hedrick, N. G., Jain, A., Chen, S., You, H., Hattori, M., … Komiyama, T. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(12), 2182–2191.

Sensory cortical ensembles exhibit differential coupling to ripples in distinct hippocampal subregions. Jeong, H., Namboodiri, V. M. K., Jung, M. W., & Andermann, M. L. (2023). Current Biology, 33(23), 5185-5198.e4.

Corrective feedback guides human perceptual decision-making by informing about the world state rather than rewarding its choice. Lee, H.-J., Lee, H., Lim, C. Y., Rhim, I., & Lee, S.-H. (2023). PLOS Biology, 21(11), e3002373.

Alpha oscillations encode Bayesian belief updating underlying attentional allocation in dynamic environments. Li, S., Seger, C. A., Zhang, J., Liu, M., Dong, W., Liu, W., & Chen, Q. (2023). NeuroImage, 284, 120464.

Item-specific neural representations during human sleep support long-term memory. Liu, J., Xia, T., Chen, D., Yao, Z., Zhu, M., Antony, J. W., … Hu, X. (2023). PLOS Biology, 21(11), e3002399.

Behavioral read-out from population value signals in primate orbitofrontal cortex. McGinty, V. B., & Lupkin, S. M. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(12), 2203–2212.

Catecholaminergic neuromodulation and selective attention jointly shape perceptual decision-making. Nuiten, S. A., de Gee, J. W., Zantvoord, J. B., Fahrenfort, J. J., & van Gaal, S. (2023). eLife, 12, e87022.3.

Neural patterns differentiate traumatic from sad autobiographical memories in PTSD. Perl, O., Duek, O., Kulkarni, K. R., Gordon, C., Krystal, J. H., Levy, I., … Schiller, D. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(12), 2226–2236.

Neural substrates of parallel devaluation-sensitive and devaluation-insensitive Pavlovian learning in humans. Pool, E. R., Pauli, W. M., Cross, L., & O’Doherty, J. P. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 8057.

Age-related dysregulation of homeostatic control in neuronal microcircuits. Radulescu, C. I., Doostdar, N., Zabouri, N., Melgosa-Ecenarro, L., Wang, X., Sadeh, S., … Barnes, S. J. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(12), 2158–2170.

Topological analysis of sharp-wave ripple waveforms reveals input mechanisms behind feature variations. Sebastian, E. R., Quintanilla, J. P., Sánchez-Aguilera, A., Esparza, J., Cid, E., & de la Prida, L. M. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(12), 2171–2181.

Parietal cortical alpha/beta suppression during prospective memory retrieval. Villafane Barraza, V., Voegtle, A., de Matos Mansur, B., Reichert, C., Nasuto, S. J., & Sweeney-Reed, C. M. (2023). Cerebral Cortex, 33(23), 11235–11246.

Modeling the diverse effects of divisive normalization on noise correlations. Weiss, O., Bounds, H. A., Adesnik, H., & Coen-Cagli, R. (2023). PLOS Computational Biology, 19(11), e1011667.

Melanopsin enhances image persistence. Woelders, T., Allen, A. E., & Lucas, R. J. (2023). Current Biology, 33(23), 5048-5056.e4.

A corticoamygdalar pathway controls reward devaluation and depression using dynamic inhibition code. Yuan, Z., Qi, Z., Wang, R., Cui, Y., An, S., Wu, G., … Luo, M. (2023). Neuron, 111(23), 3837-3853.e5.

[evergreenfern]

↠ Hi, I have been writing uncommun names in a small handbook for quite a few years now. I thought it would be a good idea to alphabetize them and share them with you. A lot of them are french inspired and nature inspired. ❀

Right here under the cut⤵

↠ A

Abby

Abel

Abigail

Ada

Adeline

Agathe

Albertine

Alice

Alma

Amalia

Amandine

Amara

Amarine

Ambroise

Améthyste

Andy

Annie

Antoinette

Appoline

Arabella

Arwen

Asther

Astrid

Aurora

Aurore

Aurélia

Ava

Aveline

Avery

Avril

↠ B

Beatrix

Bethany

Betty

Blanche

Bleue

Burgundy

Béatrice

↠ C

Calico

Camomille

Caprice

Capucine

Caroline

Cerise

Charlotte

Cherry

Cheryl

Chloé

Claire

Clara

Claudie

Clover

Clémentine

Collette

Constance

Cora

Coraline

Corinne

Corinth

Cybele

↠ D

Dariela

Delphine

Dorothée

↠ E

Eden

Edwige

Eglantine

Eisley

Eleanor

Elena

Elianne

Elinore

Elizabeth

Elowen

Emeraude

Emmeline

Emmy

Endora

Esther

Ethel

Ettie

Eulalie

Evelyne

Ève

Élise

Éloïse

Étoile

↠ F

Fabiola

Flavie

Fleur

Flora

Florence

Francine

Freya

Février

↠ G

Gaëlle

Geneviève

Genève

Grace

Greta

↠ H

Harriet

Heather

Hermione

Hortence

Hortensia

Hélène

↠ I

Isaline

Ivory

↠ J

Janine

Janvier

Jeanne

Josephine

Judith

Juillet

Juliette

June

Juniper

Juno

↠ L

Laurel

Lavende

Laverne

Leah

Lesther

Libby

Lily

Linnea

Liv

Lola

Lorraine

Lottie

Lucie

Lucine

Luella

Luna

↠ M

Madeleine

Madelyn

Maisie

Marceline

Margaret

Margot

Marguerite

Marie

Maribel

Marigold

Marina

Marine

Marion

Marjolaine

Marla

Marlie

Marline

Martine

Mathilde

Maurelle

Mavis

Mercredi

Merry

Mildred

Millie

Minerva

Minoux

Molly

Morgan

Morwenna

Mélissandre

↠ N

Nadia

Nadine

Nadège

Nanon

Nanou

Narcisse

Noelle

Nora

↠ O

Octavia

Octavie

Odette

Odile

Olivia

Olive

Oliviane

Ophélia

Ophélie

Orphée

↠ P 

Paisley

Paloma

Peregrine

Perle

Perline

Phoebe

Poe

Pomeline

Poppy

Portia

Posie

Prairie

Primrose

Provence

Prudence

Prune

↠ R

Rachel

Ramona

Rebecca

Rhiannon

Ripley

Romie

Rose

Rosie

↠ S

Sabrine

Saison

Sandrine

Satine

Silvie

Simone

Sixtine

Solange

Solemne

Sophie

Sybille

Sylvie

Sézane

↠ T

Tabita

Talie

Tallulah

Tanaisie

Thomasin

↠ V

Valentine

Valériane

Valérie

Victoria

Victorine

Violette

Vivienne

↠ W

Wendy

Willow

Winifred

Winnie

Winnona

Winter

↠ Z

Zerline

Zélie

Zénïade

Zéphyrine

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Mahakala omnogovae

By Ripley Cook

Etymology: Named for Mahakala, one of the eight protector deities of Tibetan Buddhism

First Described By: Turner et al., 2007

Classification: Dinosauromorpha, Dinosauriformes, Dracohors, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoromorpha, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Dromaeosauridae, Halszkaraptorinae

Status: Extinct

Time and Place: 80 million years ago, in the Campanian of the Late Cretaceous

Mahakala is known from the Tögrögiin Shiree of the Djadokhta Formation in Ömnögovi, Mongolia 

Physical Description: Mahakala was a small raptor, about 70 centimeters in length, and it was very similar to the earliest members of the Eumaniraptoran group in general, sharing characteristics with other Eumaniraptorans like Troodontids and Avialans. Mahakala was also a Halszkaraptorine, a group of weird little raptors with a semiaquatic lifestyle. It is uncertain if Mahakala was semiaquatic, but it seems at least possible at this time. Like other raptors, it had a sickle claw on its second toe, and like Troodontids and Avialans, it had an extended third foot bone. It also had very short forelimbs compared to other raptors, but similar in size to those of Halszkaraptor. In Halszkaraptor, the forelimbs are adapted to form flippers, like that of a cormorant. While the wings of Mahakala aren’t quite to that extent, it’s possible that it was a transitional form, or had partly aquatically adapted forelimbs. As a raptor, Mahakala would have been covered in feathers, with wings on its arms and a tail fan on its tail.

By Ashley Patch

Diet: If Mahakala was like its close relative Halszkaraptor and associated with the water found in its environment, it would have most likely been a piscivore.

Behavior: Mahakala probably spent most of its time in or near sources of water, which were a tad hard to come by in its very arid environment. As such, it probably didn’t move about much, but spent its time at the oases and temporary rivers to find food in the water. It probably also swam about in the water, using its wings and legs to help propel it forward. It would have been a secretive sort of animal, being surrounded by many kinds of predators and threats, and wouldn’t have strayed far from its home. Given its rarity, and the uncommon nature of its probable preferred habitat, Mahakala would have probably not lived in social groups. However, it most likely took care of its young in some form.

Ecosystem: The Djadochta Formation was an arid desert environment, with red sand and dirt for miles and very little water for Mahakala to associate with. That being said, there were a decent number of oases in the environment, and temporary rivers called arroyos that would pop up during the wet season. Thus, Mahakala would have been mostly associated with the oases. Because of the red coloration of the ground (giving this area today the name of the Flaming Cliffs), most of the animals in the area would have actually been quite red or reddish, in order to blend in. In the oasis areas where Mahakala would have been found, there were probably horsetails and other water plants, rather than the dry shrubs and arid foliage found elsewhere in the environment. The Tögrögiin environment was not as diverse as the later Ukhaa Tolgod, but was still filled with a variety of animals. Here there were mammals such as Zalambdalestes, Kryptobaatar, and Barunlestes; lizards like Cherminotus, Adamisaurus, Temujinia, Zapsosaurus, Mimeosaurus, Flaviagama, Gurvansaurus, Dzhadochtosaurus, and Isodontosaurus; and other small animals. As for other dinosaurs, there was the Ankylosaur Pinacosaurus, the ceratopsian Protoceratops, the alvarezsaur Parvicursor (and possibly Shuvuuia), the ornithomimosaur Aepyornithomimus, and the raptor Velociraptor. In short, this was an exceptionally fluffy land indeed!

By Scott Reid

Other: It is interesting to note that Mahakala and Halszkaraptor not only are shown as closely related in phylogenetic analyses since the latter was described, but that Mahakala actually comes from the same, but earlier environment, as Halszkaraptor. It is entirely possible, therefore, that Mahakala is actually the ancestor of Halszkaraptor, with other members of this weird raptor group splitting off at around the same time as Mahakala began that transition. This is not directly found in studies yet, however, so take that hypothesis with a grain of salt. Regardless, Mahakala was a very basal raptor, and even though it lived late in the fossil record in the group - at a time when many later-derived forms were very common - it still had many similarities to the Troodontids and the Avialans in addition to the raptors.

~ By Meig Dickson

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