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Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Congratulations Donnisa Edmonds! @donnisa.bsky.social

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Nathan Anderson @rementurus.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our paper is out! This has been years in the making. We found that mental imagery and perception do share a neural substrate, but we see it in in higher-order transmodal networks rather than earlier sensory systems. Check it out! doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

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Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Our new paper on brain networks engaged during imagining is out now in Neuron! Here is a download link (free for 50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1msNE3BtfH... Congratulations to Nate Anderson for leading this work @rementurus.bsky.social 🧵

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Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

My review with @caterinagratton.bsky.social is (apparently) open access for those who couldn't see it before: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... We discuss individual differences in brain network organization and how to home in on and talk about commonalities in the face of such differences

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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI

The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...

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Donnisa (she/her) @donnisa.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

going through months of figure edits feels worth it when one ends up on a text book cover! thanks to @bradpostle.bsky.social and @rodbraga.bsky.social

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Lauren DiNicola @laurendinicola.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

** Recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher! ** We are seeking a postdoc to help examine how brain networks might change within individuals across transitional times, such as adolescence & pregnancy! Please share widely and apply at the link! #NeuroJobs uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...

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Research Associate in Psychology

The Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate position to work in the DiNicola Lab. The DiNicola lab uses a precision neuroscien...

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Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

As a high-school student learning about science, I never even dreamed that my research would ever be on the cover of a textbook 🥹 Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social ! And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social ! www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...

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Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience

Amazon.com: Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience: 9781394380145: Postle, Bradley R.: Books

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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

3) @dianacperez.bsky.social is presenting TUESDAY AM at LPB028 Diana used precision datasets of younger and older adults to individual brain network maps ▶️ she shows that variability increases across the lifespan, suggesting new models for the development of individual differences

Poster from D. C. Perez entitled "increased inter-individual variability in functional network organization of older adults compared to younger adults"

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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

1) @zachladwig.bsky.social will be available on SATURDAY PM at poster CC14 He’ll show his work using precision fMRI to identify new common network motifs in the PFC and investigate how network borders support executive function. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Image of Z. Ladwig poster entitled "Precision fMRI reveals densely interdigitated network patches with conserved motifs in the individual lateral prefrontal cortex"

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Katie Insel @katieinsel.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I'm recruiting PhD students for my lab at Northwestern! I'm reviewing applications for the Department of Psychology for the Cognitive Affective Neuroscience and Clinical areas, due 12/1. 🧠 Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...

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Child & Adolescent Translational Science Lab at Northwestern University

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Congrats @josephsalvo.bsky.social! 🧠🎓 Happy to have helped collect this dataset.

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Jingnan Du @jingnandu.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Our new paper is out now in Neuron! 🎉 With @vaibhavtripathi.bsky.social @maxwellelliott.bsky.social Joanna Ladopoulou, Wendy Sun, Mark Eldaief, and Randy Buckner Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Marek Pedziwiatr @marekpedziwi.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

End of August means ECVP! This year, I am here (in beautiful Mainz) with a special mission - to find postdocs who will join us in (equally beautiful) Krakow, PL! Drop me a DM if you are interested! @ecvp.bsky.social

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Are there good neuro/neuroimaging journals that still accept brief communications, i.e., short papers focused on 1-2 results? Interesting results but not "major impact". #neuroskyence

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

High frequency broadband activity detected noninvasively in infants distinguishes wake from sleep states www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Overall, we found that noninvasive HFB detection is not only possible at sites where the skull hasn’t fully developed, but sufficiently robust to enable systematic investigation of early cognitive development! Thanks to my co-authors, as well as to the Dynamic Brain Lab for their support! 🙂

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

At the single-baby level, the same wake > sleep effects were detected with 60% reliability using as few as 50 seconds of data per state. Although this reliability is lower than the 90% group-level reliability, 60% is higher than reliabilities seen in other developmental scalp EEG studies.

Plot of how the reliability of the wake > sleep effect at the single-baby level relates to the number of trials used in analyses. Shading represents the standard error of the mean.

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

We found that when varying both the number of trials and babies included in group analyses, the reliability of the wake > sleep effect stabilized at ~90% at around 25 seconds of data per state, with as few as 10 babies (see panels A and C) and even fewer babies for occipital channels (see panel D)!

Subject-by-trial reliability plots for midline (Fz, Cz, Pz), frontal (F3, F4), central (C3, C4), and occipital (O1, O2) channels. Darker red colors represent greater reliability (>50%), and darker grayscale colors represent lower reliability (<50%). White on the right portions of plots represents missing data resulting from channel exclusion within individual babies due to low data quality.

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

At the group level, we found that HFB power was greater in wake versus sleep states in midline and central channels near fontanelles, as well as occipital channels over thin skull. This was replicated 9/10 times (90% reliability) using as little as 25 seconds of data per state!

Topographic plots comparing HFB power between 25 seconds of wake data versus 25 seconds of sleep data per baby, across 18 babies. More red regions represent greater HFB power during wake states, and darker grayscale regions represent greater HFB power during sleep states. Significant channels are marked with larger black dots. There are 10 topographic plots because analyses were done 10 times for reliability analyses.

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

We analyzed scalp EEG data from 18 babies during wake and sleep states (5-second trials). Past intracranial work has shown that HFB is greater in wake vs. sleep states, so to see whether we could detect this signal in babies, we compared HFB power between these two states. 😴👶

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

iEEG electrode implantation is extremely rare in babies because they have fontanelles (see pink regions in image) and thin skull. However, scalp EEG channels over these regions may be able to detect HFB since they are closer to brain tissue, allowing for less signal drop off!

Schematic of estimated fontanelle and suture locations (in pink), overlaid with scalp EEG channels arranged according to the international 10-20 system.

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

HFB indexes local brain activity and is predominantly studied invasively using iEEG. This signal is tricky to detect with scalp EEG because it is attenuated as it passes through skull. HFB has been studied across development, but to our knowledge, not in babies - why not?

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I’m very excited to share my FIRST first-author preprint - the result of my Northwestern graduate school lab rotation with Lisa Johnson! We detected HFB in babies (1-4 months) noninvasively using scalp EEG, distinguishing wake from sleep states. 👶 Link: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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High frequency broadband activity detected noninvasively in infants distinguishes wake from sleep states

High frequency broadband activity (HFB; 70-150 Hz) indexes local brain activity. It is predominantly studied using invasive measures due to signal drop off from skull attenuation. We hypothesized that...

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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I still get chills Meet Mike *30+ years severe depression *first hospitalized @ 13y *20 meds *3 rounds of ECT *2 near-fatal suicide attempts Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE see videos, read paper, follow thread doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

SO exciting to see the first results from this project, which we started when the lab first opened! Collecting this dataset was my main focus during my RCship, and we’re very grateful to the epilepsy patients who gave much of their time to make this happen. Congratulations, Chris! 🧠

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I’m hiring a full-time lab tech for two years starting May/June. Strong coding skills required, ML a plus. Our research on the human brain uses fMRI, ANNs, intracranial recording, and behavior. A great stepping stone to grad school. Apply here: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl... ......

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Technical Associate I, Kanwisher Lab

MIT - Technical Associate I, Kanwisher Lab - Cambridge MA 02139

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Congratulations Nate! BYU is lucky to have you. :)

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MIT Kids Brains @kidsbrains.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The Saxe Lab @ MIT is hiring! We seek one lab manager to start in summer 2025. Research in our lab focuses on social cognition (learn more on saxelab.mit.edu). Please apply at: tinyurl.com/saxe2025 (Job ID 31993). Review of applications starts on March 24, 2025. Sharing appreciated. Thank you!

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

“Imagine publishing a preprint” :) Congrats @rementurus.bsky.social!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 26/02/2025

📣 Want to DONATE to help us Stand Up for Science on March 7th? *NEW LINK!* Make a tax-deductible donation using the QR code below! Direct link: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/... #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence #standupforscience2025

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Jingnan Du @jingnandu.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

[PREPRINT❗️❗️] Very excited to share our latest work on precision mapping of brain networks exclusively using task data!🧠 With @maxwellelliott.bsky.social Joanna Ladopoulou, Mark Eldaief, and Randy Buckner www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/6)

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Within-Individual Precision Mapping of Brain Networks Exclusively Using Task Data

Precision mapping of brain networks within individuals has become a widely used tool that prevailingly relies on functional connectivity analysis of resting-state data. Here we explored whether networ...

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Anna Vlasits @annaintegrated.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Hey #Chicago! It's time to take a stand for #science. We are rallying on March 7 at noon at the Federal Plaza. Start making your signs! Info standupforscience2025.org/chicago-il/ RSVP (optional) www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... #standupforscience #scienceforall @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Chicago, IL

Location: Federal Plaza 211 S Clark St, Chicago, IL, United States Address: 211 S Clark St, Chicago, IL 60604 Time: 12-3 PM

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 20/02/2025

☀️📣 Looking for a STATE LEAD and VOLUNTEERS to help us #standupforscience2025 in Illinois! Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

photo of illinois with text looking for illinois volunteers

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

If you are a neuroscientist, please use SFN's site to write to your reps about the importance of funding for science (they have letters ready to go, you can just use theirs or write/edit as you see fit): www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...

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Ev Fedorenko @evfedorenko.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Our language neuroscience lab (evlab.mit.edu) is looking for a new lab manager/FT RA to start in the summer. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3r346k66 We'll start reviewing apps in early Mar. (Unfortunately, MIT does not sponsor visas for these positions, but OPT works.)

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EvLab

Our research aims to understand how the language system works and how it fits into the broader landscape of the human mind and brain.

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christine liu / two photon art @christineliu.art · 05/02/2025

I feel like pointing out the “legitimate scientific use” of words like ‘bias’ and ‘systemic’ in basic science is missing the point. Culture, activism, and race are also scientific topics of interest. An assault on ANY of these terms is an assault on science as a whole.

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Colin Tucker Smith @colinsmithpsych.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Slightly annoying how many of the comments are like, "This is written so broadly it's going to even affect ME over here in chemistry" or whatever. We need to (always) stand together as scientists whether you're the target or the collateral damage.

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Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Excited to share that our symposium "Mapping of amygdala circuits in humans" was accepted for OHBM 2025 in Brisbane! 🇦🇺🦘 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Featuring: @coryshain.bsky.social @donnisa.bsky.social @peterkaskan.bsky.social Austin Brotman & Christina Zelano

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Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

As if there wasn’t enough to worry about… It turns out the Salience (SAL) and Parietal Memory Networks (PMN) are the same thing! 😩😩😩 🧵

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Arjen Stolk @stolkarjen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Planning to apply to PhD programs? Join our dynamic department at @dartmouthpbs.bsky.social 🧠🌲 Our lab has an opening this cycle for someone with an interest in understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms of human interaction How to apply (deadline Dec 1): pbs.dartmouth.edu/menufeature/...

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Donnisa (she/her) @donnisa.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hi bluesky folks! As a quick intro, I'm Donnisa (she/her) and I'm a 4th year Ph.D Candidate @ Northwestern! I'm currently studying the organization of functional networks involved in social cognition and I'm also interested in science communication & accessibility ✨ 🧠👩‍🎓

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Ania Holubecki @aniaholubecki.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

My lab got me a 3D model of my brain for my birthday! 🧠

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