<div style="font-size:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear colleagues,</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are excited to announce </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">re:vision</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">, a community-driven initiative for replicating and generalizing findings in image-related neuroscience and we'd love for you to take part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Condition-rich fMRI datasets have transformed how we study visual representations, but they rest on two assumptions: that their stimuli sample natural images broadly, and that findings generalize across that distribution. These assumptions are rarely tested directly. re:vision sets out to change that.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">The initiative is built on the new </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">LAION-fMRI dataset</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">: densely-sampled 7T fMRI responses to 25,000+ natural images, designed to cover the space of natural images at exceptional scale and diversity. Participants pick a published finding, replicate it using LAION-fMRI, and test whether it holds and generalizes. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">No new data collection is required</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">, all data, preprocessed betas, and annotations are provided through our Python package.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Anyone with an interest in neuroscience can participate in teams of 1 - 3 researchers. From the PI that wants to get their hands dirty again to the master's student looking for a thesis project. We advise that at least one member of your replication team has experience with fMRI analysis.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Why participate?</span></p><ul style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Be part of the </span><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">consortium paper</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"> — every team that submits a valid report is given the chance to co-author the final publication.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Compete for cash prizes: a </span><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">$2,500 Replication Award</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">, a </span><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">$2,500 Generalization Award</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">, and a </span><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">$1,000 Facilitator Award</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Key dates:</span></p><ul style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sign-up & proposal:</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"> by September 15th 2026</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Report submission:</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"> by February 15th 2027</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">You can learn more, browse suggested studies, and sign up at</span><a href="https://re-vision-initiative.org/" style="text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(66,133,244);color:rgb(66,133,244)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(66,133,244);color:rgb(66,133,244)">re-vision-initiative.org</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please feel free to forward this to colleagues or students who might be interested.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Kind regards</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">the re:vision team</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">re:vision team:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Luca Kämmer, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen & Max Planck Institute CBS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Josefine Zerbe, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen & Max Planck Institute CBS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Johannes Roth, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen & Max Planck Institute CBS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Alessandro Gifford, Freie Universität Berlin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Apurva Ratan Murty, Georgia Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)"><br></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Iris Groen, Amsterdam University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Michael Bonner, Johns Hopkins University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Margaret Henderson, Carnegie Mellon University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Radoslaw Cichy, Free University Berlin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(102,102,102);color:rgb(102,102,102)">Martin Hebart, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen & Max Planck Institute CBS</span></p></div>