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Paul Taylor @afni-pt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Next AFNI Bootcamp: Oct 20-22, 2026! Classes cover: FMRI visualization, full subject-level processing, alignment, regression modeling, and quality control. Registration is free & open to both NIH and non-NIH researchers. Registration+details: afni.nimh.nih.gov/bootcamp Please share widely.

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AFNI Bootcamp: October 20th - 22nd, 2026 | afni.nimh.nih.gov

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our weekly seminar resumes tomorrow! Every Friday at Noon with pizza. Open to all. 111 NBS, 425 S Univ Ave @sas.upenn.edu Self-Control Conflicts Matter More than Self-Control Itself: Apathy, Socioeconomic Status, & Progress on Personal Goals Juan Pablo Bermúdez Philosophy, Univ of Southampton

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 13/08/2026

In honor of International Left-Handers Day, we have an updated preprint on scanning left-handed participants in fMRI studies. Although they're 11% of the population, we routinely screen LH people out of fMRI studies due to concerns about functional lateralization 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Left Out: The Effect of Handedness on fMRI Activation in Memory Paradigms

About 11% of the population is left-handed, a significant minority of the potential participant pool for functional MRI (fMRI) studies. However, convention in fMRI research dictates these potential pa...

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Nora Bradford @norabradford.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Hey neuroscientists, do you have a story about a time when journalism has improved your science? If so, I'd love to include it in my next op-ed. 🧠

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aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Looking to work with a postdoc. Prior experience with fMRI and computational modeling required, interest in psychiatry desired. Fellowship provides three years salary plus independent travel/equipment funds. Send CV and 2-3 manuscripts (preprints OK).

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 11/06/2026

I’ve received a request to review a tenure file. When I was chair of our P&T committee we offered a couple hundred dollars for these and I thought that was pretty standard but this request does not mention $. Is it gauche to ask if it’s paid?

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 11/06/2026

This was my experience as an assoc editor at Frontiers as well. The system sent out auto-invitations in my name to random reviewers.

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

MindCORE DivE In 2026 October 9-11, 2026 Philadelphia DivE In brings undergrads interested in grad studies in mind sciences to Penn for mentoring. First-gen, low-income & those at schools with limited research resources strongly encouraged to apply by June 8: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute @mossresearch.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Our Institute, part of Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation and Thomas Jefferson University, is hiring for a tenure track faculty position! Applicants should have experience conducting research focused on human translational neuroscience & neurorehabilitation. ow.ly/yCBA50Z2eMl

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Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute @mossresearch.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Dr. Andrew Persichetti, Director of the Memory and Perception (MAP) Lab, studies how memory & perception systems support diverse cognitive functions using a combination of advanced methods, including fMRI, behavioral testing, and eye tracking. Learn more about his research: ow.ly/cTcc50YVvy4

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 07/05/2026

Philly folks! Im giving a presentation tomorrow afternoon on study skills at the Kingsessing library. It’s targeted to students with ADHD, but all my tips are cognitive psychology based and will be helpful for anyone. @pennmindcore.bsky.social

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 05/05/2026

Really cool study of hippocampal morphology changes across the lifespan. Analyses were based on publicly available MRI datasets, which included 2 from our lab hosted on openneuro.org. Really great to see our data continuing to be useful beyond our own publications.

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 04/05/2026

New Preprint! Have you ever wondered if there's a relationship between the prestige of an author's institution and the sample size of their fMRI study? We did, so we did a systematic review of the memory fMRI literature and found the opposite of what we predicted www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute @mossresearch.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Thanks to all who attended the AFNI Bootcamp in Philly! We enjoyed hosting the 3-day intensive course that brought together clinicians & scientists to learn to process raw MRI data from start to finish w/ expert guidance from the AFNI team of the Scientific & Statistical Computing Core in the NIMH.

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 17/04/2026

Preprint day! Mnemonic discrimination is required to keep overlapping or similar experiences from interfering with each other in memory. We've done a lot of work on how this happens at short delays, but we've never examined this process at longer delays, like over a week osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 17/03/2026

New paper! Emerging adults with type 1 diabetes have been shown to have poorer executive control and working memory performance compared to controls. With Chad Jensen's lab we examined executive control in emerging adults with T1D using fMRI. 1/3

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Executive functioning-related neural processes in emerging adults with type 1 diabetes

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Mind, Brain & Society WIP Thurs, March 19 3:30-5 PM (w/snacks & swag!) 200 Goddard, 3710 Hamilton Walk @upenn.edu To Do or Not to Do: How Goal Framing Shapes Behavioral Change Maya Enisman, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center & Social Action Lab @appc.upenn.edu @asc.upenn.edu

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Penn people can stop in anytime from 3-5 PM this Weds-Fri to make a sign/poster in our 200 Goddard Suite. We will have cardstock and large markers available. You bring the smart arguments.

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 12/01/2026

There was an Op-ed in the New York Times this weekend about how the "attention" in the attention economy isn't what you're told that it is. As a cognitive neuroscientist, I'm interested in cognitive processes like attention, so I read it. I have thoughts, shared here: brockkirwan.com/uncategorize...

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Attention is not the same as attentiveness – Brock Kirwan

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 11/12/2025

I have attended/helped organize the Winter Conference on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory for 25 years. It's one of the best for advancing scientific discussion in a relaxed setting, organized by volunteers dedicated to a low-cost quality experience. Consider supporting: gofund.me/a78e7ed78

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Donate to Support 50 Years of the Park City Neurobio of L&M Meetings!, organized by Timothy Allen

For 50 years, the Winter Conference on the Neurobiology of Le… Timothy Allen needs your support for Support 50 Years of the Park City Neurobio of L&M Meetings!

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Nora Bradford @norabradford.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Excited to be part of this event next month with @pennmindcore.bsky.social! If you're at Penn, come learn about some possible career paths in behavioral & brain sciences outside of academia 🧠 mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/calendar_eve...

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Beyond Academia 2026 | MindCORE

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 30/11/2025

Overheard while boarding the red eye flight last night: Toddler: what does “red eye mean”? Dad: it means this is a flight in the middle of the night. We’re all going to sleep on the flight—mommy, daddy, you. We’ll all sleep. Toddler: will the pilot sleep? 😂

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 17/11/2025

Super interesting article in today's Philadelphia Inquirer about regular MRI screenings for brain tumors & other injuries. In my experience, we see an incidental finding in maybe 1/1000 cases, but I scan healthy young adults at low risk for these things. What do you think? share.inquirer.com/kHZkTn

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A charity offered free MRIs to screen for brain cancer. Doctors worry they’re not worth the risks.

The Brain Tumor Foundation has been holding free screening events for more than a decade in hopes of promoting early detection of brain tumors. Doctors worry the risks outweigh the benefits.

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Seeking Works in Progress Presenters MindCORE invites @upenn.edu grad students, postdocs & RAs to give short presentations on a current project followed by an informal discussion with students and fellow researchers. We’ll provide a location, promotion, & snacks. You provide the science. DM us.

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 08/10/2025

This is rad. Eye tracking could be an early, low-cost tool for dementia detection

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 26/09/2025

Update: for printing 1/4-scale brain models this is pretty good.

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 24/09/2025

This is awesome. Drag and drop a brain MRI scan into the window and it does tissue segmentation in the browser (in about 8 seconds), then creates a 3D mesh suitable for 3D printing. This has been an hours-to-days long process for us in the past, all in a couple minutes. 🤯 brain2print.org

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 21/09/2025

I clicked "accept invitation to review" for a paper and got this message. What a delightful surprise! You could make a fortune bottling and selling that feeling.

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 04/09/2025

It's really cool living in a city that is so into it's teams. So much Eagles pride on the bus this morning. #gobirds

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 01/09/2025

I don’t think I’ve shared my stained glass hobby on bluesky before. Rainbow brain sun catchers for the holiday weekend, restocked now on my Etsy.

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 21/08/2025

This is tonight! It'll be great. I even got a haircut for it. Registration required, so DM if you're interested in joining us.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 20/08/2025

🧠PHILLY: Join @brockkirwan.com, Joseph Kable, Mikaela Belle Martin and special guest Councilmember Nina Ahmad for a Teach-In TOMORROW! Info below, spots are still available! Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-... #StandUpForScience #Philly #TeachIn #Neuroscience

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

We're hosting a community teach-in at Pennovation in Grey's Ferry on Friday, August 15 from 5:30-7 PM. Philly neighbors who are curious about brain science and what a brain looks like in an fMRI machine are invited to join us for this free event. RSVP required. @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 03/07/2025

For the last 6 years I've been giving continuing medical education (CME) seminars. This has been a great opportunity to engage with the public and talk science with interested and engaged audiences. Unfortunately, the company I contracted with has stopped operations as of end of June. Some thoughts🧵

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Btw if you live in Philadelphia and own a building (like your house for example) with a big wall like this and want a science mural, get at me. Especially if your street has high foot traffic. Philadelphians feel free to repost this one.

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 02/07/2025

Do you ever get tired of cables getting caught as you're putting a research subject into the MRI scanner? Do you wish you had a 3D-printable model of clips that slide into the slot on the side of your Siemens MRI scanner bed? Well look no further! github.com/Kirwanlab/MR...

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GitHub - Kirwanlab/MR-compatible-clips: STL files for 3D printing MR-compatible clips for a Siemens scanner

STL files for 3D printing MR-compatible clips for a Siemens scanner - Kirwanlab/MR-compatible-clips

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 28/05/2025

I just re-reviewed a paper that I thought had a few minor, fixable problems. R2 had a much lower evaluation, based on misreading some of key info. I was tempted to say something abt the other reviewer in my message to the editor (but I didn't). Have you ever commented to the editor on the other Rs?

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 16/05/2025

The CRISPR technology was invented when I was in grad school and it is now saving babies' lives. This is why we fund basic science.

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 14/05/2025

I unreasonably excited about this

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 13/05/2025

I'm going to have to miss this (doing #scicomm in Ohio that day) but you should totally go if you're in Philly and let me know how it goes.

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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I'm looking for a new full-time research assistant ("junior specialist"). It's not quite "lab manager" because I have someone who takes care of the administrative tasks, and here I'm looking for someone to help us get research done! Info is below, please pass on to any talented candidates, thanks!

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Dynamic Memory Lab_Jr Specialist_Ranganath

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Post-bacc RA job posting is now live! Great fit for applicants interested in graduate degrees clinical psychology and/or precision medicine. Please repost + share with potentially interested candidates. So excited to find a new team member to work closely with wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...

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Research Specialist, The Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry (PPDI) Lab

University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 28/03/2025

I grew up in rural Idaho where there obviously wasn't fluoridated water, so to make sure kids got fluoride we did "swish and spit" once a week in school where we'd all get a tiny cup of fluoride solution, swish it around for a minute and spit it back in the cup. Did anyone else do this?

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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 25/03/2025

If you’re in Philly this’ll be a great opportunity to come see our cool new facility.

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