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Charan Ranganath

@charan-neuro.bsky.social
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Professor, Author of WHY WE REMEMBER out 2-20-24, Doubleday Books Director, UC Davis Memory and Plasticity Program, Professor, Center for #Neuroscience & Dept. of #Psychology #Memory #fMRI #EEG #Computational #Punk #indie #Music: ch-ra.bandcamp.com

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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just wanted to say sorry I haven't been active on bsky for a while--it has been difficult balancing writing, research, lab management, and having some personal life, so I'm limiting social media time.
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Alison Preston @aliprestonphd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Every time you experience something new, your brain faces a decision: Should it update an existing memory or create a new one? In our new paper in @sfnjournals.bsky.social #JNeurosci, we isolate that exact decision, moment-by-moment during learning 🧵
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Hannah Tarder-Stoll @hannahtarder-stoll.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
New work out today w/ @mariamaly.bsky.social & @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social! When learning a new link between two sequences (like a new transfer point on the subway), the hippocampus rapidly integrates representations to support flexible predictions. royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
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The hippocampus rapidly integrates sequence representations during novel multistep predictions
Abstract. Memories for temporally extended sequences can be used adaptively to predict future events on multiple timescales, a function that relies on the
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Alex Barnett @alexbarnett.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
And of course big shoutout to the authors June-Kyo Kim for her first 1st author paper, Joshua Koh for stepping in to stats guru, and big dog @charan-neuro.bsky.social
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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · 11/06/2026
New research Article in the journal by June-Kyo Kim and colleagues: www.nature.com/articles/s44... (in Press) @alexbarnett.bsky.social @charan-neuro.bsky.social
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 10/04/2026
"Jacobs doesn’t consider himself obsessive or, as many call him, an archivist. He says he’s just a music fan. He figured if he was going to attend a few concerts a week anyway, why not document them?" Volunteers turn a fan’s recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove:
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Volunteers turn a fan's recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove
In 1989, an up-and-coming rock band from Washington called Nirvana played in Chicago for the first time at a club called Dreamerz.
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Jakub Kuchař @jakubkuchar.cz · 16/05/2026
The always great @awaisaftab.bsky.social on the nature of psychiatric diagnosis.
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Opinion | Here’s What Psychiatrists Mean When They Say You Have A.D.H.D.
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Star Trek The Original Series scene. Close up on Spock, aboard the Enterprise. He's doing a half full double eyebrow raise and looking dreamy with some nice light blue eye shadow. Closed caption reads, "Those mathematically perfect brain waves of yours."
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Chris Bird @chrismbird.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Nice study looking at memory cuing when recalling information about a movie (Sherlock - obvs). Within-event cuing little better than between-event cuing. In fact, gist recall is better following a cue from the preceding event which may help "maintain contiguity". www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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Frontiers | Separating the details while maintaining the story: within event episodic integration and across event semantic contiguity in memory
The within > across effect refers to improved memory for information cued from within the same event compared to across events. Although this effect has been...
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Explore “Brainstorming,” @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s new LinkedIn newsletter that looks at how neuroscientists are solving research challenges. The first edition features nontraditional model organisms that are well suited for studying certain behaviors or neurological conditions. bit.ly/4v6x506
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The nontraditional model organism renaissance
Each month, The Transmitter explores creative approaches neuroscientists are taking to solve problems that arise in their research. In this installment, we see how researchers work backward from speci...
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This sounds so cool.
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
One of those small highlights to my day was popping on @npr.org and hearing @paller.bsky.social interviewed about his lucid dreaming research!
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It's really hard to think about anything else right now, this situation is heartbreaking.
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Bernhard Staresina @bstaresina.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Last week to apply! Cognitive Neuroscience Research Laboratory Manager at @oxexppsy.bsky.social (with links to @oxcin.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ833/c...
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Cognitive Neuroscience Research Laboratory Manager at University of Oxford
Check out jobs.ac.uk for opportunities in professional services, including Cognitive Neuroscience Research Laboratory Manager. Apply today and learn more about the role.
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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I share your frustration and I’m sorry you’re going through this. UCPath AI is a nightmare and I recently went through similar issues with lapses in UC-related insurance (with an injured ankle that requires care and doctor’s appointments, no less)
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
This looks awesome.
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Timo B. Roettger @timoroettger.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
In our new tutorial, @meanwhileina.bsky.social and I walk you through meaningful hypothesis testing using a less known form of calculating Bayes Factor. osf.io/preprints/ps... People transitioning to Bayes often wonder how to decide if an effect is meaningful or not. Here you go... 1/🧵
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Renil Mathew @renilmathew.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Excited to share my first first-author paper in Nature Methods!🤩 A quest to solve fMRI–EEG interference revealed a hidden strength in the usually discarded “dummy” scans. That spark became SASS-fMRI — boosting sensitivity and enabling silent, flexible experiments. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Stimulus-modulated approach to steady state (SASS): a flexible paradigm for event-related fMRI - Nature Methods
Stimulus-modulated approach to steady state (SASS) is an acquisition scheme for event-related fMRI that generates data with high temporal signal-to-noise ratios interspaced with acquisition-free perio...
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Charlie Ferris @charlesferris.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
This week a study of ours was (briefly) covered on NPR's All Things Considered during their bi-weekly science roundup. It's a short listen, covered third in this section (starting around 5m30s) featuring comments from @charan-neuro.bsky.social . www.npr.org/2025/10/30/n...
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This week's Short Wave news roundup
Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave talk about spider web architecture, storytelling and memory, and why more TV pixels may not translate to a better viewing experience.
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UC Davis Psychology @ucdavispsych.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Our very own Rick Robins received the prestigious @spspnews.bsky.social 2025 Block Award in recognition of the many accomplishments throughout his career. Several other members of our Social-Personality Area also received honors and awards from SPSP. lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/news-notewor...
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Career Award for Richard Robins Among Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2025 Honors
Richard Robins is among the 2025 honorees of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), the world’s largest association of social and personality psychologists.
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Jacinda Taggett @jacindataggett.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
You learn better when you test yourself on an answer before you study it? Even more counterintuitive, our findings showcase that there is not one direct mechanism to this effect. Thank you @charan-neuro.bsky.social , @xiaonanl.bsky.social , and @jameswardantony.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1037/xlm0...
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 04/10/2025
New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft: Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf... 🧵 1/
Cover page of Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1Table 1 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1Table 2 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Last month, I launched my lab at Ohio State. Our lab website is now live, and we're recruiting graduate students this cycle! If you're interested in the cognitive (neuro)science of learning & memory, please reach out! www.momentslab.org
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Moments Lab
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Word. "General" intelligence will involve inherent compromises. More data or layers is not the answer. Metacognition is what helps humans calibrate confidence.
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Very cool new results from @alexbarnett.bsky.social !
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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! We're thrilled to spotlight 💫Dr. Qianqian Wan💫, a postdoctoral scholar in @charan-neuro.bsky.social's Dynamic Memory Lab and Dr. Joy Geng's Attention Lab @ucdavis.bsky.social. Learn more: dml.ucdavis.edu #PostdocAppreciationWeek2025 #NPAW2025 #LabsToLives
UC Davis Center for Neuroscience postdoc spotlight: Dr. Qianqian Wan, studying human perception, learning and memory.
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
We are looking for our next colleague. Feel free to reach out to me if you have questions!
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 08/09/2025
😏 ...Next? www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Apple Sued by Authors for Copyright Infringement
On Friday, authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Apple accusing the company of illegally using their books to train its AI.
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I really enjoyed talking to Meryl Horn about memory, & the Science Vs. team put it together w/interviews from Jan Born & Loren Frank and made an episode that's clear, true to the science, and fun!
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
So my book, "Why We Remember" (English and Italian versions) plus a ton of my papers are in this database. Sad but unsurprising given that ChatGPT can tell me all sorts of things about my book. Sharing this for anyone else who might be affected.
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
New study examining predictive eye movements during naturalistic events. These effects can occur without awareness and show sleep-mediated consolidation effects. Cool stuff! (I only made a small contribution to the study but it was fun to be involved)
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 13/08/2025
Breaking: A federal judge ordered the Trump admin. to restore a portion of the 800 federal science research grants that it suspended at UCLA, delivering a major setback to efforts to force the university into a $1 billion settlement buff.ly/cJKbdTY 📝 @mzinshteyn.bsky.social 📸 Jules Hotz
Participants in the “Kill the Cuts” rally march against the Trump administration’s proposed research funding cuts in Los Angeles on April 8, 2025. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters.

Hed: Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore hundreds of UCLA research grants
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Denis Lan @denislan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
My first PhD paper - with @lhuntneuro.bsky.social and @summerfieldlab.bsky.social - is now out in @plosbiology.org! We ask: how do humans (and deep neural networks) navigate flexibly even in unfamiliar environments, such as a new city? Link: plos.io/45uSwNm 🧵 (1/6)
Cartoon image of me looking at a map, with a stadium behind me and a hotel and ferris wheel across the river in the background. I am thinking about going to the ferris wheel
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Bradley Love @profdata.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results" w @ken-lxl.bsky.social and braingpt.org. LLMs integrate a noisy yet interrelated scientific literature to forecast outcomes. nature.com/articles/s41... 1/8
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 30/07/2025
I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
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Stomach–brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health - Nature Mental Health
Using a relatively large and diverse sample of mostly young adults, this study by Banellis, Rebollo and colleagues examines associations between regional stomach–brain coupling and mental health and i...
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Norman Lab @ptoncompmemlab.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
New paper led by @codydong.bsky.social now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, exploring the relationship between memory-augmented LLMs and human episodic memory – see Cody’s post below for a short thread and a non-paywalled paper link! #NeuroAI doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
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Redirecting
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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I was given the opportunity to write a brief highlight of a paper that is important to the field & personally meaningful, and I chose to write about @drjenryan.bsky.social's elegant work linking the hippocampus to eye movement markers of relational memory. Read more about it here! 👇🏼 rdcu.be/eyaXA
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Eye movements provide insight into amnesia
Nature Reviews Neuroscience - In this Journal Club, Mariam Aly discusses a 2000 study that attempted to settle the debate about whether implicit memories are lost or retained in amnesia.
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Neil Cohn @neilcohn.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
This is a terrible take, starting with the assumption that models based on *text* accurately reflect Language, snd that Language itself is an amodal, arbitrary, symbolic system, which it’s not. Language is inherently multimodal and polysemiotic, and text is not natural language production
Endorsements for the book A Multimodal Language Faculty
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Being a scientist is my day job, but I also write and perform music. I've finally posted some live vids by my band, theNULL: youtu.be/Zdu6Z2XpqeM?... We also have an Instagram @thenull_davis and it would really help us to get some follows for getting gigs. Speaking of which, merch is coming soon!
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"Automaton" by theNULL
YouTube video by Charan Ranganath
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Ida Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I've been building a model of how intrusive thoughts can warp cognitive maps (world model) in PTSD & derail goal-directed behavior. It combines successor representation & prioritized replay. I started off with a grid world, then embeddings. Today in a story recall task, reading the text was moving:
At the market I bought bread and carried it home.
I am back at the crash.
I am back at the crash.
I am back at the tail-lights.
I am back at the crash.
I am back at the tail-lights.
I am back at the crash.
I am back at the crash.
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Marta Silva @martamasilva.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🧠 Paper out! We investigated how hippocampal and cortical ripples support memory during movie watching. We found that: 🎬 Hippocampal ripples mark event boundaries 🧩 Cortical ripples predict later recall Ripples may help transform real-life experiences into lasting memories! rdcu.be/eui9l
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Movie-watching evokes ripple-like activity within events and at event boundaries
Nature Communications - The neural processes involved in memory formation for realistic experiences remain poorly understood. Here, the authors found that ripple-like activity in the human...
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Sabina Srokova @sabina-srokova.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A very cool follow-up on one of the first studies I did with @fnim-lab.bsky.social. Older adults do not gate task-irrelevant information during episodic retrieval. New data reveal that this is not due to age differences in memory strength, but may instead reflect a decline in inhibitory control.
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Super cool to see this replayed! @nprfreshair.bsky.social
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I am recruiting a postgraduate research assistant to work in the Cambridge Memory Lab, administering cognitive tasks and helping with lab administration. Would suit someone who's just finished their degree and wants to gain research experience before further study. Please apply!
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Research Assistant (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
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Lilaweisser @lilaweisser.eurosky.social · 05/06/2025
Trump vs Musk
i just hope both teams lose meme
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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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neurologicpodcast.bsky.social @neurologicpodcast.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🎙️New Episode Out Now! We spoke with Dr. Charan Ranganath (@charan-neuro.bsky.social) about the science behind memory. He explained why our brains are built to forget, how stress and aging shape memory, and shared strategies to strengthen it. 🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5llQ...
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neurologicpodcast.bsky.social @neurologicpodcast.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
👀 Sneak peek alert! We sat down and chatted with Dr. Charan Ranganath (@charan-neuro.bsky.social‬), author of Why We Remember and leading memory researcher. 🧠✨ Full episode drops next week —you won’t want to miss this! #Neuroscience #Memory #WhyWeRemember #Podcast
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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Can't wait!
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