<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are excited to announce </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">re:vision</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, 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="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The initiative is built on the new </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LAION-fMRI dataset</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: 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;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">No new data collection is required</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, all data, preprocessed betas, and annotations are provided through our Python package. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why participate?</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Be part of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">consortium paper</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> — every team that submits a valid report is given the chance to co-author the final publication.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Compete for cash prizes: a </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">$2,500 Replication Award</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, a </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">$2,500 Generalization Award</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, and a </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">$1,000 Facilitator Award</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Key dates:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sign-up & proposal:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> by September 15th 2026</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Report submission:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> by February 15th 2027</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can learn more, browse suggested studies, and sign up at</span><a href="https://re-vision-initiative.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">re-vision-initiative.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please feel free to forward this to colleagues or students who might be interested.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the re:vision team</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">re:vision team:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Luca Kämmer, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen & Max Planck Institute CBS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Josefine Zerbe, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen & Max Planck Institute CBS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Johannes Roth, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen & Max Planck Institute CBS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alessandro Gifford, Freie Universität Berlin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apurva Ratan Murty, Georgia Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Iris Groen, Amsterdam University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael Bonner, Johns Hopkins University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Margaret Henderson, Carnegie Mellon University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Radoslaw Cichy, Freie Universität Berlin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Martin Hebart, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen & Max Planck Institute CBS</span></p></div>