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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra

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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 15h
If you're @snlmtg.bsky.social in Geneva, come check out Cameron Grier's poster on the relative contributions of semantic and acoustic-phonetic information in perceptual clarification of degraded speech signals. Poster B100 Wednesday afternoon.
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Decision, Action, and Neural Computation (DANC) lab @danclab.bsky.social · 17h
Our multilayer MEG paper is out today in Nature Communications: depth-resolved laminar inference in humans 🧠#neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Multilayer MEG source modelling enables depth-resolved laminar inference in humans - Nature Communications
Researchers developed a multilayer MEG framework that estimates activity across cortical depth non-invasively. Simulations and three human datasets show when reliable laminar inference is possible, en...
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Buenaventura Lakes, I’m coming your way. 🩷 I’ll be out knocking doors with our very special guest, Congressman Maxwell Frost 👀 Come walk with us, talk to your neighbors, and help us keep building this thing from the ground up. Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 2:15 PM. RSVP for the location.
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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 05/09/2026
The money, “owed to Florida’s taxpayers,” was never paid, the grand jury’s report says.
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In Hope Florida scandal, Florida shorted $800,000, grand jury says
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My postdoc sent this to me today. Apart from thinking I'd like it, which I do, she said it was ... apropos ... 🤨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHY7...
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Professor Nohair
YouTube video by Medeski Martin & Wood - Topic
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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We are hiring a new director for our brain imaging center at Northeastern University (Boston) in the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health! Please spread the word. I'm on the search committee happy to speak with anyone who is interested. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Associate Professor/Professor and Director, Northeastern University Biomedical Imaging Center
About the Opportunity About Northeastern: Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experientia...
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Call your reps. 5calls.org/issue/state-...
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Fight the Trump Administration's Election Interference ⭑ 5 Calls
In an attempt to exert control over our elections, Trump called on Republicans to “nationalize the voting." While the federal government lacks …
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Because legalized cheating via gerrymandering alone isn't enough, now they're illegally trying to steal elections. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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New system for screening mail-in ballots risks denying entire batches, says whistleblower
US senator says that project, a key part of Trump’s voting restrictions, is ‘perilously rushed and potentially unlawful’
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Check out @thetransmitter.bsky.social's directory of new labs in Latin America to learn about the work of more than 20 early-career neuroscientists who have opened labs or established independent lines of research in the region over the past five years. www.thetransmitter.org/community/th...
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The Transmitter’s directory of new labs in Latin America
Learn about neuroscientists who have started new labs or independent lines of research in Latin America over the past five years.
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 31/08/2026
NIH's Aug 2026 proposal would scrap exact scores and percentiles for three broad bins (top = top 25%). With funding rates at 5% or lower, too much then rides on administrative discretion. It devalues peer review and is a deterrent to engage. Tell NIH before Oct 13. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/08/2026
Nazi Germany also pillaged the natural resources of countries it conquered
BREAKING NEWS: The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY! At my direction, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, working closely with Highly Respected Interim President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, and, through a partnership with private business, have secured majority U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela, at no cost to the American Taxpayer. This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans, long into the future, while helping to continue to set Venezuela on a course toward Tremendous Success and Great Prosperity. This Transaction will greatly strengthen the already growing relationship between Venezuela and the United States! Thank you for your attention to this groundbreaking matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Hearing Health Foundation @hearinghealthfn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Beyond captioning, the Ambient AI Life Log operates in a low-power background mode to capture conversation context, extract action items following meetings, and prompt calendar updates that users can confirm hands-free with a head nod." hearingreview.com/hearing-prod... #keeplistening
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RayNeo Launches AI Smart Glasses With Real-Time Captioning and Live Translation Across 55 Languages
The RayNeo iO Smart Glasses feature a heads-up waveguide display, a 4-mic array with bone conduction sensor, and real-time streaming text translation.
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
youtu.be/hNaFvzAZiHw?...
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Watch: Jon Batiste plays beautiful musical tribute to Dolly Parton
YouTube video by CBS News
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
soundcloud.com/dollyparton/...
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Purple Rain
Dolly Parton's official, historical, audio archive - Discography
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/08/2026
Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal. The Proposal implements Vought’s science destroying OMB Policies ahead of time, and we cannot let this sneaky proposal scoot by quietly. Leave your public comment today by visiting the link: zurl.co/ZGP3i
The graphic contains a photo of Russell Vought, the red Stand Up for Science logo, and the NSF logo. The graphic reads: "Today is the last day to leave your public comment on the science endangering NSF Proposal".
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Decision, Action, and Neural Computation (DANC) lab @danclab.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Two posters and a symposium on laminar MEG at #BIOMAG2026! Matteo Maspoli and @jan-sch.bsky.social present their posters today, and tomorrow at 1pm they will give talks along with myself and @studenova.bsky.social at the symposium: Inferring laminar dynamics of human neurocog processes with MEG
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We did it ya'll. Thank you to every person that put their heart into this campaign. I'll be going live soon on Instagram and Facebook. Join me to celebrate how far we have come, and get ready, the fight has just begun.
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David Soto @dsotob.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
RA position open at @BCBL_eu (San Sebastian, Spain)! Work on decoded neurofeedback to study how subjective experience can be shaped. Deadline: Sept 5th. Apply here shorturl.at/ehOhf Please RT! @theassc.bsky.social
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Zefan Zheng @zefanzheng.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🚨 new paper alert Most consciousness theories are just a specific type of recurrent theory, from the implementation perspective. Out in Physics of Life Reviews: doi.org/10.1016/j.pl... Email me for interests in contributing commentaries (zefan.zheng@rub.de)!!! A 🧵
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Redirecting
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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Meme of a young person assisting an old lady. The old person said “I remember when you could store data on osf.” The young person said “sure professor. Let’s get you to bed”
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Joel Snyder @auditoryjoel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is what I was planning to tell my students at the beginning of the coming semester. "The problem with writing with A.I. is that it’s mentally enfeebling — an escalator toward a result when you really need to make a daily habit of taking the stairs." #psychology #ai #neuroscience #highered
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Opinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I.
It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.
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Joel Snyder @auditoryjoel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Birdsong acoustics! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The global biogeography of passerine songs
Although bird songs are classic models for understanding the evolution of vocal communication, their global diversity has long made the development of a unifying framework challenging. By analyzing th...
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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Cognition Group in the Psychology dept at Exeter are at risk of redundancy because "basic cognitive psychology research does not align with the current priorities of funding bodies" If you think this is overtly wrong and misguided, please sign this open letter docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter in Support of the Cognition Group, University of Exeter
To Executive members of the University of Exeter, including Vice Chancellor Prof. Lisa Roberts, Senior Vice-President and Provost Prof. Dan Charman, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean Prof. Sallie...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/07/2026
Monday, July 13th is the LAST DAY that you can leave a public comment on Russell Vought's science-destroying OMB Grant Proposal. Join us from 2 - 3PM ET to learn what comes next, hear from experts, and learn how the proposal will affect you. Register at the link in our bio or go here:zurl.co/tH8hn
The graphic displays an image of Russell Vought and the logos of Stand Up for Science, teh American Association of University Professors, and the American Federation of Teachers. The graphic reads: "VIRTUAL & ACCESSIBLE, REGISTRATION LINK IN BIO! OMB DEADLINE DAY, Monday, July 13th, 2 - 3PM ET, The Fight is Just Beginnig, Learn what comes next in the fight, Hear from scientists, experts, and MoCs, Learn how the proposal will effect you".
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
¡Vamos México!
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
youtu.be/XQ78uDio_ao?...
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "This Land Is Your Land"
YouTube video by DaptoneRecords
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François Stockart @francoisstock.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The final version of our review on intracranial EEG and consciousness is now out in @elife.bsky.social! 🥳🧠🔌@nfaivre.bsky.social @meaperei.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social
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hakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
for undergrads getting their degrees this Fall: if u're computationally savvy & wants to get into cog neuro -- instead of taking up lab manager / RA positions, why not come to Korea & get a master's degree instead? it will be all paid for w/ stipend, of coz. why would u pay for a master's degree??
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David Soto @dsotob.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
RA position open at @BCBL_eu (San Sebastian, Spain)! Work on decoded neurofeedback, fMRI/fNIRS/EEG, and ML to study how subjective experience can be shaped. 2-yr contract, starts Sept. 2026. Deadline: June 30. Apply here shorturl.at/Xw4pn Please RT! @hakwan.bsky.social @meganakpeters.bsky.social
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JOB OFFER RESEARCH ASSISTANT - CONSCIOUSNESS Research group (D.S.)
at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian (Basque Country,...
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
"Grumpy, angry, stupid ... How long since last sleep, question." (Your new default response to R2)
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Had the privilege of attending my first @ucf.bsky.social commencement ceremonies today where I got to watch my first two UG RAs here walk across the stage! Wishing them both nothing the best as they pursue graduate work.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 25/04/2026
Can’t make it to a bookstore but still want to celebrate Indie Bookstore Day? You know we’ve got you covered with free shipping all weekend long 🥳📚
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Nick Gaspelin @ngaspelin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Want to learn R? 📊 Join our NSF-funded "R Programming for Psychology and Neuroscience Workshop"! This virtual workshop is completely free and teaches junior scientists the basics of coding for data analysis. Apply by May 15th! rworkshop.missouri.edu #RStats #Psychology #Neuroscience
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This virtual workshop teaches students basic principles of computer programming for psychology and neuroscience. Specific emphasis is given on the skills needed to analyze data from cognitive tasks us...
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 20/04/2026
Independent Bookstore Day is THIS Saturday! How will you be celebrating? 📚✨
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
People forget that Amazon Prime has broadcast some of the greatest moments in NBA history.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 03/04/2026
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the thinking behind the 2027 budget request to Congress that President Donald Trump unveiled today. scim.ag/4sRnw3x
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Slasher sequel: Trump again proposes major cuts to U.S. science spending
Science advocates urge Congress to reject 2027 budget plan
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained. That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.social
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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
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hakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... "mental imagery reactivates the same sensory codes used during visual stimuli, suggesting the existence of a generative model capable of synthesizing detailed sensory contents from an abstract, semantic representation."
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A shared code for perceiving and imagining objects in human ventral temporal cortex
Mental imagery allows us to remember previous experiences and imagine new ones. Animal studies have yielded rich insight into mechanisms for visual perception, but the neural mechanisms for visual imagery remain poorly understood. We determined that ...
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic Directorate has awarded only 16 grants since October. No big budget cuts went through. No freeze. The courts have acted to keep funds flowing at every turn. The money just isn't going out. Why...? 1/x source: grant-witness.us/funding_curv... 🟦🧠 #academicsky
A line graph showing awards over time at NSF's SBE. The line for this year, 2026, is extremely FLAT compared to prior years. By this time in 2025, 179 grants had been awarded. In 2021, it was 243. This year... 16.
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Consciousness Commons @consc-commons.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Something is emerging in Santiago this July. A new kind of scientific gathering. Open data. Interdisciplinary teams. A shared question that's been challenging researchers for decades. Introducing Consciousness Commons: A satellite workshop for early-career researchers @assc2026.bsky.social #ASSC29
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇
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White House stalls release of approved US science budgets
The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Happy #PiDay! Here's the first 1,000 digits of pi encoded as colours 🎨 made with #RStats
Digits of pi encoded as colours, arranged as a spiral with the symbol pi in the middle
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This year Pi day falls on Saturday so offices all around the country are observing today, Pi-day the 13th.
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Andrew (Andy) Dykstra @adykstra.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Just reaching out to all the newly minted Heat haters out there ... you're not alone.
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a man in a suit and tie stands in a crowd
ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in a crowd
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Nic Wray @nicwray.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🔉 Do everyday sounds feel too loud or painful? We’re looking for UK adults with hyperacusis (sound sensitivity) to share their experience of talking to a GP. Your answers can help improve understanding and support. 👉 Scan the QR code to take part. #hyperacusis #volunteersneeded
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Maria Geffen @geffenlab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our protocol for a multi-laboratory adversarial collaboration to test multiple theories of consciousness is published! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... with @alleninstitute.org @fanispa.bsky.social
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Protocol for testing global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness in non-human primates and mice
Identifying the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) is widely regarded as imperative to our understanding of consciousness. Although several scientific theories of consciousness make predictions ...
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Michael Pereira @meaperei.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
#hiring Come work with us to better understand the neuronal mechanism underlying perceptual consciousness! 18 months postdoctoral position at INSERM in Grenoble, France. ⌛Application deadline 10 March 2026. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/408445
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Postdoctoral researcher on single neuron recordings for consciousness
Contract period: 18 monthsExpected date of employment: June 2026Proportion of work: Full timeSalary: according to INSERM scales (~2900 – 3300 € gross / month based on experience)Desired level of educa...
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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📢 PhD position in Computational Neuroscience 🧠 Join the Deco-B project to decode bilingual speech (Spanish–Basque) using MEG/fMRI + multilingual AI models. Work at the intersection of neuroscience & machine learning at BCBL. More: tinyurl.com/2rnur82n
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JOB OFFER PhD RESEARCHER - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - BRAIN RHYTHMS AND COGNITION RESEARCH GROUP
at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian (Basque Country,...
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