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Chiara Caldinelli

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 10/03/2026
We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...
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Keep calm and be transparent: advice from scientists who retracted their papers
Retractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.
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Rhodri Cusack @rhodricusack.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The Transmitter writes about @clionaod.bsky.social's work with @ainedineen.bsky.social, @annatruzzi.bsky.social, Graham King, @lorinanaci.bsky.social, Keelin Harrison, Enna-Louise D'Arcy, Jessica White, @chiarac.bsky.social, Tamrin Holloway, Anna Kravchenko, @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social!
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Infant brain categorizes common objects by two months of age
Brain activity patterns in the ventral visual cortex appear to distinguish images across 12 categories, including birds and trees, fMRI scans suggest.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 04/02/2026
Intelligence is not just about having "strong" brain connections. It’s also about how efficiently the brain coordinates processing speed across regions. @lindenmp.bsky.social and @jason-z-kim.bsky.social share what their computer model is revealing about cognitive power: bit.ly/3LQuoxT
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Computer model predicts aspects of cognitive performance
The Allen Human Brain Atlas helped researchers design a model that looked at “intrinsic neural timescales”
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Cliona O'Doherty @clionaod.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
1/7 Can infants recognise the world around them? 👶🧠 As part of the FOUNDCOG project, we scanned 134 awake infants using fMRI. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, our research reveals 2-month-old infants already possess complex visual representations in VVC that align with DNNs.
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Marc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Data quality biases normative models derived from fetal brain MRI | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Aperture Neuro @apertureohbm.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Renauld et al. present scilpy, an open-source #Python library for diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and tractography: doi.org/10.52294/001... @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
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Francesco Poli @francescopoli.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Out now in Science Advances! We find that infants estimate environmental volatility to learn optimally, with early individual differences linked to temperament. This has be so much fun to work on and ended up being my favourite personal paper! So excited it's out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Volatility-driven learning in human infants
Infants estimate environmental volatility to learn optimally, with early individual differences linked to temperament.
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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Wow, very cool!
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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.
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annecollins.bsky.social @annecollins.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
#106 - Chiara Caldinelli, Jing-Jing Li, Garrett Chao, Mike Arcaro & Anne Collins. The role of the thalamus in dynamic decision-making
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Sydney Levine @sydneylevine.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🔆 I'm hiring! 🔆 There are two open positions: 1. Summer research position (best for master's or graduate student); focus on computational social cognition. 2. Postdoc (currently interviewing!); focus on computational social cognition and AI safety. sites.google.com/corp/site/sy...
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Sydney Levine - Open Positions
Summer Research Position I am seeking a part-time or full-time researcher for the summer (starting asap) to bring a project to completion. The project asks the question: do people around the world u...
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Jonathan F. Kominsky @jfkominsky.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨 We're looking for a postdoc to work on EEG and fNIRS projects with 3-18-month-old infants, looking at whether/how/when infants represent affordances: careers.ceu.edu/job-invite/8... Part of the @simonsfoundation.org SCENE project: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s...
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Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)
Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 14/05/2025
Better Code, Better Science - Introducing a new open-source book project on scientific coding using AI tools russpoldrack.substack.com/p/better-cod...
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Better Code, Better Science
Introducing a new open-source book project on scientific coding using AI tools
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 09/05/2025
Six people near Seattle. That's all researchers need to create a new human brain map that combines functional and cellular data. Thank you @callimcflurry.bsky.social for sharing the study in @thetransmitter.bsky.social! More incl. eligibility criteria: www.thetransmitter.org/brain-mappin... 🧠📈
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Exclusive: Recruitment issues jeopardize ambitious plan for human brain atlas
A lack of six new brain donors may stop the project from meeting its goal to pair molecular and cellular data with the functional organization of the cortex.
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Changing cognitive chimera states in human brain networks with age: Variations in cognitive integration and segregation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Dr. Eva Telzer @evatelzer.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
We’re hiring postdocs to join my lab at UNC. If you’re interested in adolescence, brain, and social development, DM me. Our work incorporates fMRI, social media, and longitudinal methods. We study risks and opportunities in adolescence. If you’re at #SRCD2025 and want to meet, please reach out!
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Francesco Poli @francescopoli.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"How infants learn and explore: From behavior to computations" 👶⚙️ This review outlines my take on early development, mostly driven by frustration that infancy research focuses on what infants can do, not how. Still a Preprint! Missing-literature suggestions welcome :) osf.io/preprints/ps...
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Tiny brains, big strategy. Bumblebees scan the world with purpose, using active vision to lock onto just the info they need. Precision flight, selective focus, and fast pattern recognition all in a split second. buff.ly/SLoGXQ0
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Erin Campbell @erinecampbell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
New paper out at @openmindjournal.bsky.social!! We studied early vocab in deaf, hearing, blind, and sighted children in order to learn how sensory access (vision 👀, hearing 👂) and linguistic experiences shape how children learn words... Read on for a quick summary! 1/N
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Jeff Zacks @jzacks.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Excited that we are recruiting for a new postdoctoral program in Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience at #WashU! Get in touch if you have questions! sites.wustl.edu/systemsneuro...
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CCSN Postdoctoral program | McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience | Washington University in St. LouisWashU Medicine
CCSN Postdoctoral Funding Now OpenFace Page & Mentor FormApplications Due by 5:00 pm Friday, May 2, 2025.Funding expected to start July 1, 2025....
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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 16/04/2025
We are accepting applications for funding of courses or conferences in autism research, healthy cognitive aging, and systems and computational #neuroscience. Deadline is 5/22/2025: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... #science #autismresearch
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Simons Foundation Autism & Neuroscience Conferences and Courses Awards
The Simons Foundation’s Autism and Neuroscience division is accepting applications for funding of courses or conferences that align with our mission.
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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Excited to get started on this @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project led by @karlaholmboe.bsky.social together with Mara Cercignani - examining how the building blocks of cognition unfold over time. www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...
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Grant for study in children's thinking skills  - Study alongside brain development during first 5 years of life
14 April 2025
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
THIS IS ONE NEURON! Jaw dropping. It distributes a particular neurotransmitter (norepinephrine) across the mouse brain; it’s a locus coeruleus neuron. @jeremiahycohen.bsky.social and colleagues at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social are using new biotech to see things never seen before.
Jeremiah Cohen standing in front of a giant green neuron.
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Kari Hoffman @karihoffman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
How does the brain integrate information from new experiences while preserving established memories? Have a look at our latest preprint, "Experience reorganizes content-specific memory traces in macaques" 🧵 🧪🧠🤖👩‍🔬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Experience reorganizes content-specific memory traces in macaques
Memory formation requires neural activity reorganization during experience that persists in sleep. How these processes promote learning while preserving established memories remains unclear. We record...
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Polyglot brains: A new imaging study reveals how speaking multiple languages reshapes the anatomy of a brain area that processes speech sounds.
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Polyglot brains
A new imaging study reveals how speaking multiple languages reshapes the anatomy of a brain area that processes speech sounds.
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OHBM Trainees @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We hope to see you there!
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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 11/04/2025
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle (new from Adriano Tort and colleagues) #neuroskyence 🧠🫁 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Synchrony between neuronal activity and the respiratory cycle has been observed in numerous brain regions and across many species. Tort et al. discuss the mechanisms by which brain activity is modulat...
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Growth charts of infant visual neurodevelopment generalize across global contexts www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Tim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
TL;DR- CBGT-driven evidence accumulation is not static during a deliberation, but highly pliable on a moment-by-moment basis. This raises interesting questions about current assumptions of how decision policies arise. Paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Code: github.com/zhuojunyu-ap... 9/9
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How the dynamic interplay of cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic pathways shapes the time course of deliberation and commitment
Although the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic (CBGT) network is identified as a central circuit for decision-making, the dynamic interplay of multiple control pathways within this network in shaping dec...
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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 "theoretical framework to analyse individual variability in biological and artificial systems that perform flexible decision-making tasks" Looks like must read! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience
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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Parenting behaviours can influence adolescents’ aggressive behaviors - a short review of the evidence childandfamilyblog.com/aspects-of-p...
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Parenting Predicts Adolescents’ Aggressive Behavior | Article
In this research-backed guide, discover how aspects of parenting predicts adolescents' aggressive behavior.
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Marc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
👏👏👏 The developing Human Connectome Project fetal functional MRI release: Methods and data structures | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Audrey Luo @audreycluo.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We think of white matter as the brain's highways—uniform conduits between cortices. But what if we study development along tracts? Turns out the journey matters as much as the cortical destination! We're thrilled to share “Two Axes of White Matter Development” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n
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Tristan Yates @tristansyates.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Why do we not remember being a baby? One idea is that the hippocampus, which is essential for episodic memory in adults, is too immature to form individual memories in infancy. We tested this using awake infant fMRI, new in @science.org #ScienceResearch www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants
Humans lack memories for specific events from the first few years of life. We investigated the mechanistic basis of this infantile amnesia by scanning the brains of awake infants with functional magne...
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
March 21, 2-3 pm ET: What to do when your federal grant has been stopped or terminated
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Marc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Time trends and area-level socioeconomic inequalities in early childhood development at 2 to 2.5 years old in England between 2019 and 2024 | medRxiv www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Mathematical modelling supports the idea that the brain’s nerve networks are designed to transmit information as efficiently as possible.
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Brain efficiency
Mathematical modeling supports the idea that the brain’s nerve networks are designed to transmit information as efficiently as possible.
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Humberto Basilio @humbertobasilio.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US. "It hurts," they told me. My story for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts
The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.
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Francesco Poli @francescopoli.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A map of all the Starlink satellites orbiting around Earth one year ago. They have now almost doubled. The plan is to add 30k more. How is this allowed?
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Big opportunity! 🎉 🏅The best abstracts & posters from the FIT’NG Annual Conference will be invited to submit a paper to a special issue in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Showcase your best research—submit your abstracts to #FITNG2025! 📄✨ 🌐https://fitng.org/submissions/
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Gaia Molinaro @gaiamolinaro.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Have you ever gotten lost in fantasies and thought to yourself, "What a waste of time"? Well, think again! In our new piece in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Moshe Bar and I explain one reason why spontaneous thoughts, even when seemingly useless, may be key to human intelligence.
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Jamie Daw @jamiedaw.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
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Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says
The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🤔 How do individual differences in fetal, infant, and toddler (FIT) neurodevelopment shape long-term #brain and #behavioral outcomes? 💡 A new paper from the FIT’NG community explores this question and the challenges of measuring early brain #development. 🌐 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Our memories are not encoded with timestamps. How do we reconstruct the passage of time from our memories? In a new paper (accepted at Psych Science) @samiyousif.bsky.social and I demonstrate a powerful illusion of time that results from repeated experience osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Lillian Behm @lillianbehm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
What factors impact the success of an awake infant fMRI scan? What can be done to maximize the data we collect from each infant? In our new preprint, the Turk-Browne Lab and Saxe Lab combine our data from over 750 attempted scans to try to answer these questions: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Data retention in awake infant fMRI: Lessons from more than 750 scanning sessions
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in awake infants has the potential to reveal how the early developing brain gives rise to cognition and behavior. However, awake infant fMRI poses signific...
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Jayson Jeganathan @jaysonjeg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Do you work on surface MRI such as HCP data? Our paper is finally out in Imaging Neuroscience, showing biases in surface fMRI. The revised ms has many new insights! TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
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Marc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Reliability of structural brain change in cognitively healthy adult samples. | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Averaging brain responses is not a great idea... #neuroscience #neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Marc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Distinct White Matter Fiber Density Patterns in Bipolar and Depressive Disorders: Insights from Fixel-Based Analysis | medRxiv www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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