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James Antony

@jameswardantony.bsky.social
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asst prof of cog neuro at cal poly | dad | formerly uc davis, princeton, northwestern, lawrence | graying child | he/him | blm | dm for papers

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Rochelle Kaper @rochellekaper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
PREPRINT UPDATE🥳👇: 🧠learning under uncertainty & metacognitive processes are not as generalizable as previously thought! both evolve differently depending on structure & stimulus set osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Zihan Bai @zihanbai.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Excited to share the first first-author preprint of my PhD at NYU with @s-michelmann.bsky.social andDaryl Fougnie. Using eye-tracking in a novel behavioral paradigm, we reveal the mechanisms by which episodic memory (EM) and working memory (WM) interact. 🧠 doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Manoj Doss not exist @manojdoss.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Finally out in @JOCN_Journal. We had hoped to inhibit the amygdala using transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) as a proof-of-concept that the amygdala is causally involved in emotional episodic memory encoding, but this backfired…1/10 direct.mit.edu/jocn/article...
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Enhanced Episodic Memory Encoding Following Modulation of the Amygdala via Transcranial Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound
Abstract. The amygdala is considered crucial to the formation of emotional episodic memories, yet causal evidence in humans is limited due to challenges in noninvasive neuromodulation of deep brain st...
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Sam Nastase @samnastase.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We’re recruiting a full-time lab manager to join the Shared Minds Lab at USC! This will be a great opportunity for someone who wants to get hands-on experience with research before starting a PhD program in psychology or neuroscience. More below:
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am *extremely insistently* tapping the sign to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free news how and where you are able to
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Lauren Homann @laurenhomann.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New preprint w/ @barense.bsky.social! How does revisiting real-world memories reshape them, and their links to each other? Here, we examined how retrieval/restudy/no review shape more-naturalistic event memory strength (do we observe a testing effect?) and integration between related memories. 🧵
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🚨 The Department of Energy admitted that Russell Vought cancelled hundreds of grants in October 2025 "based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient's state." It is long overdue—Democrats MUST move to impeach Vought, and Blue State Republicans need to answer for their complicity.
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Sophia Wilhelm @sophiawilhelm.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
🔔 Our new preprint is out! Here we asked whether sleep spindles - a hallmark NREM rhythm linked to plasticity and memory - changes how well latent working memory representations can be accessed after a nap.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Great piece from @gregggonsalves.bsky.social on how destructive the proposed OMB rule will be to science and to Americans across the country. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You
A proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. Good news does not get shared as much as bad news. Thank you to all who worked to shut this monstrosity down. abcnews.com/Politics/flo...
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Florida 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is closing less than 1 year after it opened, DeSantis says
The facility has faced lawsuits from immigrant advocates since it opened.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 08/06/2026
I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...
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Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump
Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including eff...
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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
After noticing another (significant!) drop in data quality this morning, I saw that Prolific is now recommending that participants be paid $48/hr
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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 10/04/2026
Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.
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RFK Jr. Lied His Way Into Office and American Health Is the Victim
He is pushing quackery as science as health secretary
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
So... I got more information about this plan. The most important points follow on the next posts. 1/3
A slide with recommendations about peer review scores.
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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Which factors are more vs. less important in predicting memory? We systematically investigated the contributions of image memorability, valence, arousal, attention, and test delay. Image memorability was the strongest predictor of memory. Proud of this work led by @hartwakeland.bsky.social!
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Gus Hennings @gushennings.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at CU Boulder in January 2027, where I'll be starting the Affective Learning and Translational Memory (AltMem) Lab. I am also recruiting PhD students in the upcoming cycle (starting fall 2027)! altmemlab.org
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AltMem Lab
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James Antony @jameswardantony.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Excited to share I will be joining UC Davis as an assistant professor starting July 2027! Thank you dearly to all mentors and friends who have supported me over the years ❤️ and Cal Poly friends, I'll miss you!
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Pin-Chun Chen @pinchunc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🔔 Preprint: “Hippocampal ripples evoke a stereotyped cortical response followed by spindle-mediated network synchronization.” Combining iEEG+scalp EEG during sleep, we show that hippocampal ripples leave a decodable cortical fingerprint and are followed by brain-wide spindle synchronization!
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maybe: annie rauwerda @annierau.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"openai.com" was once the personal homepage of a guy named glenn (2001), and "tiktok.com" was the quaint shared homepage of a couple as their relationship progressed from dating to married with a baby (2000). THREAD!!!
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
By all that is holy, if and when SCOTUS decides that birthright citizenship is protected in the Constitution, don't let the 3-3-3 numpties tell you this is a moderate, centrist court. Rejecting an a-textual stupid Hail Mary doesn't cash out to a push when it comes to eviscerating the VRA today.
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Randolph Helfrich @randolph-helfrich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Two postdoc opportunities @yale.edu in human neurophysiology. One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology. Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/ Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇 #NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG Please share.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.
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Ranking Member Lofgren Reacts to Latest Trump Scheme to Undermine Science | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
this admin is an act of treason against the US constitution and that is all of how it will be remembered
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026
Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
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USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew
Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.
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Agnès Landemard @agnesland.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
How does blood flow relate to brain activity? We discovered that it reflects two neural populations affected oppositely by arousal. Together, they explain neurovascular coupling in all brain regions and brain states! Out today in Nature: rdcu.be/fdC2A @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
The supply of blood to brain tissue is thought to depend on the overall neural activity in that tissue, and this dependence is thought to differ across brain regions and across brain states. However, studies supporting these views have measured neural activity as a bulk quantity and related it to blood supply following disparate events in different regions. Here we measure fluctuations in neuronal activity and blood volume across the mouse brain, and find that their relationship is consistent across brain states and brain regions but differs in two opposing brainwide neural populations. Functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) revealed that whisking, a marker of arousal, is associated with brainwide fluctuations in blood volume. Simultaneous fUSI and Neuropixels recordings showed that neurons that increase activity with whisking have distinct haemodynamic response functions compared with those that decrease activity. Their summed contributions predicted blood volume across states.Brainwide Neuropixels recordings revealed that these opposing populations coexist in the entire brain. Their differing contributions to blood volume largely explain the apparent differences in blood volume fluctuations across regions. The mouse brain thus contains two neural populations with opposite relations to brain state and distinct relationships to blood supply, which together account for brainwide fluctuations in blood volume.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
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Athena Akrami @athenaakrami.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Academic friends, It's beyond heartbreaking to watch what's unfolding in Iran & the region. A few of us drafted an open letter calling for protection of civilians & of educational, research, medical & cultural institutions. Please read & sign if you agree: sites.google.com/view/protect... #IranWar
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Protect Academic Life in Iran
We, the undersigned academics and researchers from around the world, express our profound concern over recent military strikes on Iran, the retaliatory responses, and the reported impact on civilian l...
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
⚠️ If you are in the Pentagon today working to JUSTIFY a target list including clearly civilian infrastructure, you are complicit in war crimes. You swore an oath. You have a duty to say "no." The consequences will be rough, but obeying will be worse.
NUREMBERG, IN A NUTSHELL
FOLLOWING ORDERS IS NOT A DEFENSE.
OBEDIENCE DOES NOT ABSOLVE RESPONSIBILITY.
YOU POSSESS FREE WILL.
YOU ARE EXPECTED TO EXERCISE MORAL JUDGMENT.
IF AN ORDER IS UNLAWFUL, IMMORAL, OR CRIMINAL, YOU MUST REFUSE IT.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS PERSONAL.
RESPONSIBILITY IS INDIVIDUAL.
CULPABILITY CANNOT BE DELEGATED.
"I WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS" IS AN ADMISSION - NOT AN EXCUSE.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Imagine being a moderate Republican and getting outflanked on decency, morality, and basic humanity by these four nutters
Four headlines in which Marjorite Taylor Greene, Tucker Carolson, Piers Morgan, and Alex Jones condemn Trump for his genocidal threats to Iran.
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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I'm getting nauseous from pingponging between joy and wonder at the Artemis mission and rage and horror at the threats of a leader who is clearly too unhinged and unstable to be in a position of power, but whose party continues propping him up because they love power more than reason or humanity
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Being an American is absolutely mortifying. I am so sorry we live in a country of morons, racists, misogynists and bigots who voted for this man. I don’t know what to do. We screamed for a decade about Trump being an unhinged psychopath and they did not listen.
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Arson: “At an internal all-hands meeting on Friday, NSF leaders announced that they would dissolve the agency’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate based on the budget request, according to two NSF staff members who shared information anonymously in order to speak freely”
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Alison Preston @aliprestonphd.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We’re hiring a full-time Research Coordinator in the Preston Lab at UT Austin (start May/June 2026). Work on behavioral + fMRI studies of how memory & decision-making develop from childhood to adulthood. Learn more & apply: preston.clm.utexas.edu/news/join-th... Please repost!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today. You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov
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Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab
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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Congratulations to Judith Ellen Fan @judithfan.bsky.social, recipient of the 2026 Lila R. Gleitman Prize. Dr. Fan's research reflects the broad scope of modern #CogSci, bridging #psychology, #neuroscience, vision science, and #education. Learn more at cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-prize/
Portrait of Judith Ellen Fan, a woman with straight dark hair and short bangs, smiling at the camera and wearing a dark green blouse and a delicate geometric necklace. Set against a teal background, the graphic reads: “Congratulations to Judith Ellen Fan (Stanford University), winner of the 2026 Lila R. Gleitman Prize for Early-Career Contributions to Cognitive Science.”
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/02/2026
Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives
The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.
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tafazolisina.bsky.social @tafazolisina.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Thrilled that my paper is out in the @nature.com. We explored how the brain builds complex tasks by compositionally combining simpler sub-task representations. The brain flexibly performs multiple tasks by dynamically reusing neural subspaces for sensory inputs and motor actions rdcu.be/eRVUk
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Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces
Nature - The brain can flexibly perform multiple tasks by compositionally combining task-relevant neural representations.
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Aya Ben-Yakov @ayab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Excited to share a new paper spearheaded by the wonderful @baror-shira.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/bd8xdcum @erc.europa.eu @nathumbehav.nature.com We test the link between serial dependence (as an index of continuity) and event boundaries (indexing segmentation). A few key findings in the thread:
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02403-w
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Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This is Minneapolis. Literally every corner along Lake St. packed with people holding candles, many singing, honoring a person who by all accounts was an absolute gem of a human, whose life was tragically stolen by a fascist, paramilitary occupation force.
A group, one of many, holding candles in honor of a community member executed by an unaccountable paramilitary invasion force
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This is Alex Pretti.
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."

John Mitnick
@JohnMitnick
I helped to establish DHS in 2002 and 2003 and later had the homeland security portfolio as a White House Counsel and served as General Counsel of the Department.

I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty.

Impeach and remove Trump—now.


George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
@gtconway3d
The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts. 

The thugs wrestled him to the ground.  They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times.  They murdered him.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This is a five alarm fire. If you dont think this impacts you, think again. Public health is in grave danger www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots
The U.S. no longer broadly recommends vaccines for flu, hepatitis A and B, and RSV. Health officials say the guidance aligns with that of peer countries.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR. I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol. They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
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Cameron Ellis @camerontellis.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We are recruiting a lab manager/research assistant to start in early 2026! The successful candidate will conduct awake infant fMRI, meet cute babies, and join a fun team! More details (e.g. responsibilities): soc.stanford.edu/people/#join... Apply here: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/social-...
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People – Scaffolding of Cognition Team
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Nina Rouhani @ninarouhani.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.com
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Interactive Cognition Lab | USC
Interactive Cognition Lab at USC, led by principal investigator, Dr. Nina Rouhani.
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