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Dr Jen Ryan

@drjenryan.bsky.social
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Cognitive Neuroscientist. Excited to talk about memory, eyetracking, leadership, sports, Peloton, and 90s R&B. Views are my own. www.drjenryan.com

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Graham Flick @grahamflick.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Pleased to share that our MEG and eye-tracking study of visual memory formation, saccades, & alpha oscillations is now published (as a Featured Article!) in the Journal of Neuroscience! Full paper here: doi.org/10.1523/JNEU... w/ Jed Meltzer @drjenryan.bsky.social @rosannaolsen.bsky.social
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Phase-Locking Saccades to Posterior Alpha Oscillations Improves the Neural Representation of Visual Objects during Memory Formation
Visual memory formation relies on the intake and neural processing of discrete samples provided by gaze fixations and saccades. Past research has highlighted a functional relationship between the timi...
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Hi Colleagues who use eyetracking! 👋 👀 @shen4brains.bsky.social , @jordwynn.bsky.social, Zhong Xu Liu and I are guest editing a Special Issue for Neuropsychologia on Contributions of eyetracking to cognitive neuroscience.
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Asaf Gilboa @agilboa.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
New paper from our team led by the incredibly talented Dr. Erik Wing (with Jordan Chad, Geneva Mariotti and @drjenryan.bsky.social). www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
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The tuned cortex: Convergent expertise-related structural and functional remodeling across the adult lifespan
Neuroplasticity is a defining property of the brain. Structural and functional brain changes arise soon after learning and are particularly evident following years of practice that underpin expert per...
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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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Graham Flick @grahamflick.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Memory might depend on when you look, not just what you see Happy to share a new preprint from my postdoctoral work with Jed Meltzer, @drjenryan.bsky.social, and @rosannaolsen.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Phase-locking saccades to posterior alpha oscillations improves the neural representation of visual objects during memory formation
Visual memory formation begins with the intake and neural processing of discrete samples provided by gaze fixations and saccades. Past research has highlighted a functional relationship between the ti...
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Memory problems will change how you see the world...literally 👀 Across two new papers, we examined the eye movement patterns of younger adults, older adults, individuals with mild cognitive impairment, and amnesic cases. 1/5
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Well this brought tears to my eyes 😭 thank you so much @mariamaly.bsky.social ❤️ funny thing is, we had a really hard time getting this published. Rejected from other journals. Reviewers who said “everyone knows the hippocampus does conscious/explicit memory, so the data must be wrong”….1/n
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Rhydhimma @rhydhimma.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Pete Buttigieg explains why basic science research matters. Source: Flagrant Podcast @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Writing sucks. It sucks so much for everyone at every stage that I wrote a blog post about it, and I discuss some strategies to make it more enjoyable. 1/3 drjenryan.com/the-keys-blo...
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Writing sucks for everyone — DR JEN RYAN
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash .
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“…justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.” This is reprehensible. Stay on your representatives, everyone. Tagging mine in here; reminding you that these are allies AND you have constituents- like me- living in these countries: @duckworth.senate.gov @budzinski.house.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
It is so disheartening that it has come to this. For those who are still going to the US, particularly for CNS in Boston, please make sure you have a plan. Share your flight itinerary with someone, and check in with them when you get through arrivals. Other tips?? Please share 👇
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
“…hope is the consequence of action, rather than its cause.” Inspiring vision, message, and playbook that I think we, as scientists, can adopt as well to counteract the cruel cuts being made to science and education in the US.
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Dr. Natasha Rajah, Ph.D. @mnrajah.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🇨🇦Hey ON voters‼️ Today is our provincial election 🗳️ Find your electoral district & #vote!! #onpoli voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
From a friend: DOGE threw out every living plant in NASA’s HQ, even the ones on people’s desks, because ‘watering plants is a waste of taxpayers’ money’. So that’s how this is going.
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A lot still to do… Academia can be a challenging place, and it’s one of many reasons why I am committing to writing a weekly blog this year to try to do *something/anything* to help out. Blog is here: drjenryan.com/the-keys-blog And if you have feedback, questions or topics in mind, let me know!
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The Keys — DR JEN RYAN
Unlocking success in academia
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Many are asking what should we do now? “We use our power, organize, mobilize, educate…the American story will not be written by who occupies the White House or by the wealthiest among us…it will be written by you, by ‘we the people.’” -fmr VP Kamala Harris receiving the NAACP Chairman’s Award.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
@itsafronomics.bsky.social put together a list of starter packs with Black academics, scientists, and more. This #BlackHistoryMonth follow Black people, center & raise their voices, don't ask them to do work for you, but listen. (This entire thread is 🔥) bsky.app/profile/itsa... #BlackHisyoryMonth
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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 31/01/2025
So. You’re realizing federal funding for your research is not as stable as you thought. Let’s talk crowdfunding. 🧵
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a man in a superhero costume is standing in a hallway next to a chair .
Alt: Captain America turning a chair around and spitting down.
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Ari B Friedman @abfriedman.com · 28/01/2025
Dear fellow scientists, Go talk to the press about what is going on. Talk to local news about how it will impact jobs. Be specific, but don't pity yourself. Instead focus on how your own situation affects local jobs, the national economy, beating the growing scientific race with China. Suggestions:
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
To our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Congratulations @rachaelelward.bsky.social @lauren-ford.bsky.social 🎉 great conversation on a great show! 🤩
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Philipp Büchel @philippbuchel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Honored that Dr.Jennifer Ryan took the time to write a dispatch on our recent paper "Brain and eye movement dynamics track the transition from learning to memory-guided action". Its a truly excellent summary of the study: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Memory: Using the past to anticipate the future
Memories can be decoded from brain responses and eye movements. A combined electroencephalogram–eyetracking study now shows that learning is marked by dynamic shifts in brain patterns and eye movements that go from remembering the past to anticipating the future.
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Philipp Büchel @philippbuchel.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Proud of my first contribution to memory research: “Brain and eye movement dynamics track the transition from learning to memory-guided action” out in @currentbiology.bsky.social, great team effort together with Janina Klingspohr, Marcel Kehl & Bernhard Staresina. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Brain and eye movement dynamics track the transition from learning to memory-guided action
This study reveals how the brain dynamically shifts from learning to memory-guided behavior. Büchel et al. use electroencephalography (EEG) and eye tracking in a spatiotemporal learning task to show a...
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Can you predict the future? Your brain and your eyes can. 🧵 I had the honour of writing a @currentbiology.bsky.social Dispatch in which I discuss exciting new findings from @philippbuchel.bsky.social, Klingspohr, Kehl & Staresina (2024). Read the Dispatch here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 1/3
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Redirecting
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Early commute = beauty sunrises from subway platforms 🌞
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
Excited to be a part of this! Check out our talks and discussions starting tomorrow and let us know what you think! 🤩
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 14/04/2024
Come see Anisha talk about how amnesic cases BL and DA fare on an eye movement analogue of path integration. Happening now at B129!🥳
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Nick Diamond @diamondn.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Excited to share a preprint on sleep + memory transformation with co-first author Stephanie Simpson & @brianlevine.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵
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Sleep selectively and durably enhances real-world sequence memory
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Rosanna Olsen @rosannaolsen.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
Happy New Year, peeps! I am happy to announce our lab's first paper of 2024 led by graduate student Lydia Jiang! doi.org/10.1002/hipo...
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http://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23598
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