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Brian Levine

@brianlevine.bsky.social
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Neuropsychologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist www.levinelab.ca

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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I was pleased to collaborate on this study led by Dr. Eun Young Choi with Dr. Nicholas D. Schiff that showed improved autobiographical memory with central thalamic deep brain stimulation in traumatic brain injury academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
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Improved autobiographical memory with central thalamic deep brain stimulation in traumatic brain injury
Impaired autobiographical memory (AM) (memory of personal events) is a debilitating consequence of traumatic brain injury), affecting daily life. There is
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Check out this work by Pulitzer-prize winning science writer Jonathan Weiner about individual diffs in autobio memory, namely between him and his accomplished brother, Eric, and about their engagement in our science. theamericanscholar.org/you-must-rem...
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You Must Remember This - The American Scholar
On the nature of autobiographical memory
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#TAMEG2026 photo gallery now live! tameg.weebly.com/gallery9.html (With thanks to Tolu Faromika)
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2026 TAMeG Conference Photos ​Photo Credits: Tolu Faromika
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I enjoyed the cheerful reunions & new connections made at #TAMeG2026 Congrats award winners @catalinayang.bsky.social @michellehirsch.bsky.social & Bailey Agard! Grateful to keynote @aliprestonphd.bsky.social & panelists Ike Ikafor, @efriskouw.bsky.social & @barense.bsky.social & the org committee
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Barbara Ledezma @barbaraled.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Finishing off our last talk session at #TAMeG2026 with an exciting lineup of research exploring spatial knowledge, spontaneous narratives, motor memory, and cognitive influences for learning! Please visit tameg.weebly.com/schedule.html for the full schedule! 🧠Talk Session 3 | 2:05-3:05 PM
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Millie Bhaskara @milliebhaskara.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The second #TAMeG2026 data blitz has begun, including quick and engaging presentations on memory phenomenology, subjective memory, learning, attention, cortical feature representations, large language models, and difficulty processing! ⚡️ Data Blitz 2 | 1:20 - 2:05 PM
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Millie Bhaskara @milliebhaskara.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We are jumping into our second talk session at #TAMeG2026! This session features research on memory strength, motor memory retrieval, category learning, and generative AI use. Please visit tameg.weebly.com/schedule.html for the full schedule! 🕚 Talk Session 2 | 11:10 - 12:10 PM
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Shikang Peng @speng.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The first #TAMeG2026 Data Blitz is now alive, with rapid-fire talks spanning episodic future thinking, curiosity, autobiographical boundaries, memory for time, environmental influences, and hippocampal-hormonal links to memory. ⚡ Data Blitz 1 | 10:00 - 10:45 AM
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Shikang Peng @speng.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The first #TAMeG2026 Talk Session is underway, spotlighting trainees across Southern Ontario as they share new work on memory related topics! Please visit tameg.weebly.com/schedule.html to check the full schedule of the talks! 🕘 Talk Session 1 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Excited for #TAMeG2026 on Tues, May 26, 2026! 30 talks & data blitzes, @aliprestonphd.bsky.social keynote, Mentorship & Leadership Panel feat Mr. Ike Okafor and @efriskouw.bsky.social! This event is sold out! Arrive early for swag (supplies limited) and good seating. www.TAMeG.ca
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Bidding farewell to the multitalented Dr. @kmitchnick.bsky.social, neuroscientist (human and rodent!) and now Clinical Neuropsychologist at London Children's Hospital!
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Registration is open for #TAMeG2026! Space is limited! Southern Ontario researchers are encouraged to register asap. Hotel rooms (Toronto Delta Chelsea) available at discounted rate till May 4. Check www.tameg.ca for details.
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ex-labbies' labs mingle #CNS2026! @danipalombo.bsky.social @signysheldon.bsky.social @pstjacques.bsky.social
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Alison Preston @aliprestonphd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Excited to join the Toronto Area Memory Group (TAMeG) for #TAMeG2026 in May as keynote speaker! I’m especially looking forward to the panel discussion on scientific mentorship and how we support the next generation of scientists.
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Get ready for the #TAMeG2026 feat @aliprestonphd.bsky.social, mentorship & leadership panel: Mr. Ike Okafor, @efriskouw.bsky.social, spectacular trainee talks, lunch 🥪, and reception🥂! www.tameg.ca @barense.bsky.social @jennyrabin.bsky.social @baycrest.bsky.social @uoftpsychology.bsky.social
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Check out our posters at #CNS2026 in Vancouver! @speng.bsky.social @rcyeung.bsky.social @kmitchnick.bsky.social
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Thrilled to see this review by the spectacular @hannahtarder-stoll.bsky.social et al. published.
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Congrats to @hmsokolowski.bsky.social on seeing this 3-study paper on imagery, occupation, and gender through!
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Aligning eye tracking and free recall time series, we found that increased saccades predict episodic (vs. non-episodic) by 0.5 s. Just out in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social, led by Ryan Barker with the inimitable @drjenryan.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Honoured to add my name to the ledger book of the @src-rsc.bsky.social last week in Montreal, joining those of my mentors With thanks to my trainees, colleagues, @baycrest.bsky.social and my family #rscBRAVOsrc video: lnkd.in/gXvwR2e4 @baycrestfoundation.bsky.social @uoftpsychology.bsky.social
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Pleased to see this @newyorker.com piece featuring our work on imagery and autobiographical memory. @baycrest.bsky.social @baycrestfoundation.bsky.social @uoftpsychology.bsky.social
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I was delighted to receive the Edith Kaplan Award from the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society and to reunite with my postdoctoral companions maxine krengel, Susan McGlynn and former supervisors Nancy Hebben and Bill Milberg!
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Thrilled to see this award to the outstanding Dr. Ryan Yeung for his work on subjectivity and the brain!
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I was honoured to be elected to the 2025 class of Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. I am grateful to my trainees, research assistants, funders, and donors who have made our research possible.
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Saying "so long" to our outstanding summer students Jennifer Zhavoronkova & Rivka Van Klei. We will miss you!
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Thx for #TAMeG2025! 🎸 @charan-neuro.bsky.social's keynote 🎤+ SciComm panel C Boyce & J Schall 🧑🏻‍🎓Alum panel S Pishdadian @diamondn.bsky.social @ivabrunec.bsky.social S Parimoo 🏆Awardees V Cramm G Mariotti & T Ignatius 💪🏼Vltrs led by @msorlando.bsky.social & M Varizi 🙌🏼And the 28 trainees who presented!
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Just coming back after an exhilarating meeting at #TAMeG2025. Thank you to @brianlevine.bsky.social & the amazing student organizing committee for putting together a stellar day of science. Coming back inspired for organizing the Bay Area Memory Meeting! #BAMM
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The Data Blitz session wrapped up with Khalil Husein from the Fernandes and Stastna Labs on “Can computational sentiment analysis classify autobiographical memories? Comparing VADER and TextBlob” 🧠 #TAMeG2025
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Melisa Gumus from the Mack Lab on “Emergence of attentional templates in concept learning and the underlying neural mechanisms” ⚙️🧠 #TAMeG2025
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Veronica Cramm from the J. Anderson Lab on “Distinguishing true effect from the confound of scan quality” #TAMeG2025
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Audrey Li-Chay-Chung from the Addis and Rosenbaum Labs on “Using tDCS to investigate cerebellar contributions to autobiographical memory” 🧠 #TAMeG2025
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Samantha Corion from the Sokolowski Lab on “Neural correlates of mental arithmetic strategies: An fMRI meta-analysis” 🔢🧠 #TAMeG2025
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Samantha Gauvreau from the Szpunar Lab on “The impact of repeated cumulative testing on the organization of recall” 📝🧠 #TAMeG2025
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🌟 Data Blitz Session 2 also featured: Tasha Ignatius from the Wammes Lab on “Precision and feature selection during drawing influences memory” 🎯🧠 #TAMeG2025
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
#TAMeG2025 Data Blitz 2 kicked off with a talk by Gahyun Kim from the LEEMTL Lab & Cirelli Lab titled “Investigating the development of temporal distance memory”🧠
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
#TAMeG2025 wrapped up with a panel discussion on “Science communication and combating disinformation” featuring: 🌟 Jeffery Schall, PhD 🌟 Carrie Boyce, MA 🌟 Charan Ranganath, PhD Chaired by Morgan Barense, PhD Thank you to everyone who attended, and see you next year at #TAMeG2026!🧠
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The keynote presentation of #TAMeG2025 10th Anniversary 🌟 was by Dr. Charan Ranganath on “Why (and how) we remember🧠 Thank you Dr. Ranganath for an *incredible* presentation on the organization of narrative recall @charan-neuro.bsky.social @brianlevine.bsky.social 🔑 takeaways below⬇️
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Harleen Rai @harleenrai.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Wrapping up with our final talk session of #TAMeG2025, some incredible talks on memory using non-behavioural methods 🧠🔬
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Harleen Rai @harleenrai.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The second talk session of #TAMeG2025 is underway featuring talks on memory across development and cultural considerations for memory disorders 👶🏽🧠
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The second half of Data Blitz 1 #TAMeG2025 featured talks on childhood neural synchrony driving broader attention, cardiac modulation of familiarity in aging, vascular risk impacting midlife female brain connectivity, and lastly how semantic congruence steers episodic recall in children & adults🧠
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🌟 Rohina Kumar, RA at CBH Lab presenting at the #TAMeG2025 on “Cross-Cultural Considerations in Screening for Memory Disorders” - findings from the Canadian Multi-Ethnic Research on Aging (CAMERA) study led by Dr. Jenny Rabin @jennyrabin.bsky.social @sunnybrookhsc.bsky.social
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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The first #TAMeG2025 Data Blitz of the year is underway featuring talks ranging from neural signatures of semantic vs. perceptual memory across development, how event segmentation shapes recall, age differences in associative/source memory in #VR, and hippocampal engagement via multimodal imaging🧠
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Harleen Rai @harleenrai.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Kicking off the first TAMeG talk session of the conference with a deep dive into memory, from retrieval and reactivation to the complexities of false memory and cognitive offloading 🧠🤔 #TAMeG2025
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
#TAMeG2025 is coming and it's gonna be good!
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Thrilled to see the incomparable Dr. @cesopenko.bsky.social today who shared her research and advocacy work for the millions affected by intimate partner violence. Such naches!
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
GTA researchers register NOW #TAMeG2025 feat @charan-neuro.bsky.social w SciComm panel C Boyce @schalllab.bsky.social & @barense.bsky.social Don't miss our 10th Anniv Gala 🎊 feat alumni panel @diamondn.bsky.social @ivabrunec.bsky.social, S Pishdadian, S Parimoo & S Rosenbaum tameg.weebly.com
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Why (and How) We Remember
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Check out this coverage of our work on trauma, imagery, and PTSD led by @rcyeung.bsky.social.
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Check out our posters on on eye tracking (from fMRI BOLD signal!), VERY remote memory, and cortical thickness in SDAM at #CNS2025 on Sun. (...and Pavlov's Dogz right after)! @kmitchnick.bsky.social @ryanyeung.bsky.social
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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Pleased that our review on space and memory by C. Fan, @hmsokolowski.bsky.social, S. Rosenbaum, and me was a top-cited article in WIREs Cog Sci in 2023. (Feat cover by Sadie Levine). wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19395086...
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Autobiographical Memory: WIREs Cognitive Science: Vol 14, No 3
Click on the title to browse this issue
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Stephanie Simpson @stefsimpson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thrilled to see our study -- @diamondn.bsky.social @brianlevine.bsky.social and many others -- published in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social We find that sleep enhances memory for the order of events from an art tour, but not the details of the events; and this advantage persisted for over a year! 😴
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