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John J. Foxe PhD

@johnfoxe.bsky.social
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AKA Johnny Foxe & Sean Mac an tSionnaigh Editor-in-Chief, European Journal of Neuroscience Director, The Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester, New York.

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European Journal of Neuroscience @ejneuroscience.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Editor-in-Chief John Foxe appears on this week's Science Friday on "How Is Screen Time Affecting My Kid?" @johnfoxe.bsky.social @npr.org @urneuroscience.bsky.social @fens.org @wileybrainpsych.bsky.social
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Curious about the possible impact screen time has on kids? Tune into @wxxirochester.bsky.social or your local NPR station on Friday at 2:20 pm EST for Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social @johnfoxe.bsky.social joins host Flora Lichtman and Dr. Jenny Radesky of @umichmedicalschool.bsky.social
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Parents, caregivers, etc - don't miss this conversation about kids and screen time on @scifri.bsky.social featuring our director @johnfoxe.bsky.social Tune into @wxxirochester.bsky.social or your local NPR station TODAY at 2:20 pm EST for Science Friday @urmed.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Screen time 📱 & the developing brain 🧠 - it's a relationship that parents wonder about, and one that some lawmakers across the globe are taking action on 👇️ LISTEN NOW as @johnfoxe.bsky.social weighs in on this on @scifri.bsky.social
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How Is Screen Time Affecting My Kid?
Researchers have correlated brain and behavioral changes in kids to increased time on phones and other screen devices.
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
How are memories made? On the latest Neuroscience Perspectives, learn how single-neuron recordings show how the hippocampus and other brain regions encode episodic memory and cognition Follow us & catch a NEW episode w/ @johnfoxe.bsky.social this Thursday!
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Neurons Don't Work Alone: What Neuroscientists Know About Memory Formation
🧠How do memories form in the brain? How do individual neurons create memories? In this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives, Ueli Rutishauser, PhD, professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology & Biomedical…
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
New paper from @johnfoxe.bsky.social in JAMA Pediatrics shows that U.S. children with long COVID were more likely to face poverty, food insecurity, and poor social support, showing social conditions affect long COVID risk. doi.org/10.1001/jama... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
ICYMI: @johnfoxe.bsky.social weighs in on what neuroscience research is telling us about screen time and the brain on the latest episode of @scifri.bsky.social 🎧️ Listen now👇️
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How Is Screen Time Affecting My Kid?
Researchers have correlated brain and behavioral changes in kids to increased time on phones and other screen devices.
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
⬇️Don't miss an ALL NEW episode of Neuroscience Perspectives out tomorrow! 🎙️Guest: @shafalijeste.bsky.social 🎙️Host: @johnfoxe.bsky.social Subscribe today 👉 www.youtube.com/@URNeuroscie...
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The broader implications of studying a rare disease, and how the discovery of early biomarkers could improve interventions for neurodevelopmental disorders, like autism 🎙️ Dr. @shafalijeste.bsky.social of @dgsomucla.bsky.social is on Neuroscience Perspectives with @johnfoxe.bsky.social WATCH NOW👇
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What the Developing Brain Could Reveal About Autism
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Could early intervention for neurodevelopmental diseases start before symptoms appear? Dr. @shafalijeste.bsky.social joins @johnfoxe.bsky.social on Neuroscience Perspectives Full conversation👉 buff.ly/FKMUirQ
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
OUT NOW from @johnfoxe.bsky.social A symphony of functioning: exploring the interplay of cognition, movement, and visual demands in adolescents on the autism spectrum using mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI). doi.org/10.1186/s116... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
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A symphony of functioning: exploring the interplay of cognition, movement, and visual demands in adolescents on the autism spectrum using mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI) - Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by differences across multiple intertwined functional domains, including cognitive, sensory, and motor...
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
OUT NOW from @johnfoxe.bsky.social Associations between symptom severity in autism and functional neuroimaging measures of audiovisual speech perception, published in NeuroImage: Clinical. #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1016/j.ni... @urneuroscience.bsky.social
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Associations between symptom severity in autism and functional neuroimaging measures of audiovisual speech perception
Individuals on the Autism Spectrum do not benefit as much from visual articulatory cues when compared to neurotypicals, especially under noisy environ…
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Edinburgh Neuroscience @edinunineuro.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
New paper from the Spires-Jones lab: being close to an astrocyte process protects synapses from amyloid beta induced degeneration in an ex vivo slice model onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Astrocyte Proximity Protects Synapses From Human Amyloid‐Beta Induced Degeneration in a Mouse Ex Vivo Model of Early Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, affecting over 35 million people worldwide. A key feature of AD is the loss of synapses—the connections between brain cells—which strong....
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John J. Foxe PhD @johnfoxe.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
OUT NOW🧠🐭 New work shows that secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) is essential for learning a whisker-based tactile discrimination—but not for executing it once learned. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Secondary Somatosensory Cortex Is Required for Learning but Not Execution of a Tactile Discrimination
The relationship between primary somatosensory cortex (S1) and secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) during learning is not clear. Here, we show that when confronted with a texture discrimination using...
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
How do we form memories? In this Neuroscience Perspectives, Dr. Ueli Rutishauser explores the fundamental mechanisms behind memory formation and why this work matters Watch the full episode with @johnfoxe.bsky.social 👉 t.co/ziclyCvM4S
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Ken Foxe @kenfoxe.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A man travelling with a ferret perched on his shoulder and repeated complaints about unmuzzled dangerous dogs were among a stream of reports sent about animals on public transport. Latest set of records from Right to Know: www.thestory.ie/2026/01/27/f...
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John J. Foxe PhD @johnfoxe.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
New in @ejneuroscience.bsky.social 🧠 Electrical synapses matter for memory: blocking gap junctions selectively disrupts sleep-dependent declarative memory, while reshaping spindle–slow-oscillation coupling during NREM sleep. @wileybrainpsych.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Electrical Synapses Contribute to Sleep‐Dependent Declarative Memory Retention
Blocking electrical synapses (gap junctions) in healthy humans by mefloquine impaired the sleep-dependent retention of verbal declarative memory and improved sensorimotor memory consolidation irrespe...
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"...memories are not like movies..." Dr. Ueli Rutishauser of @cedarssinaihsu.bsky.social gives insight into how memories are formed in the brain on the latest episode of Neuroscience Perspectives with @johnfoxe.bsky.social 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2t1...
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
💡Yes, there is a “Jennifer Aniston neuron” and Dr. Itzhak Fried discovered it 👇Watch this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives with @johnfoxe.bsky.social to learn what it means for understanding how the brain encodes memory
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The Future of Memory: Single Neurons, Consciousness & Cognitive Decline
Join this conversation with the world-renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, Dr. Itzhak Fried. In this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives, Dr. Fried, professor of neurosurgery, psychiatry, and…
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
👀 Take a peek at some of the #URochesterResearch advancements that are transforming intellectual and developmental disabilities research at the @UofR #IDDRC #Research #RareDisease @johnfoxe.bsky.social @madativ.bsky.social
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Elevating Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research at the University of Rochester
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Don't miss this conversation with @annechurchland.bsky.social and @johnfoxe.bsky.social - they dive into the impact our senses have on the decisions we make, and what led Dr. Churchland to neuroscience
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The Role of Neurons in Our Decisions & Behavior
In this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives, Dr. Anne Churchland, professor of Neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine and the Brain Research Institute at the University of California,…
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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
How do brains make decisions and why does this matter for human health? @johnfoxe.bsky.social and I discuss this here on the latest episode of his "Neuroscience Perspectives" podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UeC...
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The Role of Neurons in Our Decisions & Behavior
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Klaus Gramann @mobilebrainimaging.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
💥 End-of-the-year reminder to submit your research for the MoBI2026 in Berlin! Join us in Berlin, Germany, from August 25–28, 2026 —abstract submissions are officially open. lnkd.in/d-5SKVtU 🧠 3 fantastic keynotes: @suthanalab.bsky.social, @johnfoxe.bsky.social, and @brittawestner.bsky.social
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Economic instability is linked to long COVID in kids #URochesterResearch @johnfoxe.bsky.social, & et al, contributed to this study out in @jamapediatrics.com 👇 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🎧Listen to why Dr. Churchland says picking a mentor in grad school is more important than the scientific problem you're initially interested in Full episode of Neuroscience Perspectives with @johnfoxe.bsky.social 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UeC... #PhD #GradStudent @urochestersmd.bsky.social
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John J. Foxe PhD @johnfoxe.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
OUT NOW @ejneuroscience.bsky.social Expanding Therapeutic Horizons in Parkinson's Disease Through MicroRNA‐Based Interventions: A Comprehensive Review @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social @parkinsons.org.uk @parkinsonseurope.bsky.social @wileybrainpsych.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Expanding Therapeutic Horizons in Parkinson's Disease Through MicroRNA‐Based Interventions: A Comprehensive Review
This review mainly describes the current evidence linking miRNA dysregulation to PD pathogenesis and explores therapeutic strategies aimed at restoring homeostatic gene regulation.
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
What role do neurons play in decision making? Dr. Itzhak Fried of UCLA joins @johnfoxe.bsky.social on Neuroscience Perspectives & discusses breakthroughs born from epilepsy surgery, the famous “Jennifer Aniston neuron,” and more... Watch & subscribe➡️ bit.ly/4ofKM88
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John J. Foxe PhD @johnfoxe.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
AN @ejneuroscience.bsky.social MOST READ PAPER The circadian system: A neglected player in neurodevelopmental disorders Bouteldja and colleagues (2024) @nicodetr.bsky.social #sleep #IDDRC #AUCD onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The circadian system: A neglected player in neurodevelopmental disorders
Patients with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) display circadian dysregulation in a heterogeneous manner, including altered daily activity rhythms. Circadian disruption at the environmental and mo...
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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Coming to the Society for Neuroscience meeting? Come to my lecture and say hi. I'm going to be talking about some crazy stuff. #neuroscience #SFN2025
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John J. Foxe PhD @johnfoxe.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Another Preprint from our team! “The School Cafeteria Problem”: Disrupted Visuospatial Attention During Multisensory Speech-in-Noise Perception in Children with ADHD @urneuroscience.bsky.social #AudioVisual #ADHD #URochesterResearch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Where in the world 🌎is Neuroscience Perspectives streaming? 📍Download locations in the last 90 days 🙌Thank you to our listeners Follow us & never miss an episode 👉 bit.ly/4nGAwFR @johnfoxe.bsky.social #science #podcast #neuroscience
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Using EEG #URochesterResearch discovered male mice with Batten disease showed early auditory problems that improved with age, while female mice had persistent difficulties #IDDRC #RareDisease #neuroscience Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s116... @johnfoxe.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
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Sex and Age Shape Progression of Batten Disease, Brainwave Study Finds
Researchers from the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester have found that male and female brains show different responses as Batten disease progresses and have found a m...
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Processing of Emotional Faces Has Unique Functional and Cytoarchitectural Associations in those with an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Disrupted Top-Down Modulation as a Mechanism of Impaired Multisensory Processing in Children with an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The impact that the bird brain has on human health and disease 🐦 Full episode of Neuroscience Perspectives with @johnfoxe.bsky.social ➡️ bit.ly/3KvBgiZ #podcast #neuroscience #URochesterResearch
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
New article from @johnfoxe.bsky.social in Autism Research: A Comparative Trial of Occupational Therapy Using Ayres Sensory Integration and Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autistic Children doi.org/10.1002/aur.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
What happens when science meets storytelling? Neuroscientist and best-selling author Lisa Genova joins host @johnfoxe.bsky.social to discuss how stories can change how we understand Alzheimer’s, ALS, and other brain diseases #podcast #neuroscience #research 🎧 Listen now: youtu.be/60SjhpYTZOQ
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What Happens When Science Meets Storytelling? With Best-Selling Author & Neuroscientist Lisa Genova
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Klaus Gramann @mobilebrainimaging.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Join us for four inspiring days of cutting-edge research, discussions, and community around MoBI. 🎤 Confirmed Keynotes: @suthanalab.bsky.social @johnfoxe.bsky.social @brittawestner.bsky.social #MoBI2026 #MoBI #mobileEEG #mobileNIRS
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John J. Foxe PhD @johnfoxe.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Can't wait!
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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🚀 #ALBADiversityWeek 2025 starts today! We celebrate diversity & intersectionality by highlighting key activities and sharing valuable resources. 👀 Stay tuned all week as we revisit achievements and launch new initiatives. Share our posts to join the #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth celebration. 🧵
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John J. Foxe PhD @johnfoxe.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
JUST OUT Differences in Performance in the Trail Making Test Part B Between Adoptees With High and Low Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: The Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia - Myllyaho - 2025 @ejneuroscience.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Differences in Performance in the Trail Making Test Part B Between Adoptees With High and Low Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: The Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia
Genetic risk alone did not predict impaired TMT-B performance, challenging the view that cognitive abnormalities represent an endophenotype of schizophrenia. Psychiatric morbidity was strongly as...
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Elaine @liielaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Such an important discussion! Environmental chemicals and their role in brain health definitely deserve more awareness. Thank you for sharing this insightful conversation 🙌🧠
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
NEW from Manuel Gomez-Ramirez & @johnfoxe.bsky.social Distinct audio and visual accumulators co-activate motor preparation for multisensory detection. doi.org/10.1038/s415... #URochesterResearch @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
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Distinct audio and visual accumulators co-activate motor preparation for multisensory detection - Nature Human Behaviour
Egan et al. examine multisensory evidence accumulation and show that auditory and visual evidence is accumulated in distinct processes during multisensory detection, and cumulative evidence in the…
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Over 50M Americans suffer from chronic pain, but we still rely on a 0–10 scale @urmed.bsky.social & Eastman Dental researchers are changing that by studying brain structure, pain modulation, & biomarkers #URochesterResearch 👇 @paulgeha.bsky.social
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Neuroscience | Volume 26 | 2025
Researchers at the University of Rochester are advancing transdisciplinary approaches to better understand, predict, and treat chronic pain. Paul Geha, MD, who was a recent guest on the Neuroscience P...
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
👇Register today Inside the Brain: Mapping Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities symposium IDD experts from across the country will come together to share the latest advancements & research 📅 Oct 28-29 📍Memorial Art Gallery ➡️ web.cvent.com/event/54d968... 🎨 @charmainela.bsky.social
original art by Charmaine Wheatley - watercolor of kids some wearing EEG caps
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
“This was surprising. It turns out that when you slow down a word, the auditory cortex doesn't change the time window it is processing. It's like the auditory cortex is integrating across this fixed time scale.” #URochesterResearch
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Millisecond Windows of Time May Be Key to How We Hear, Study Finds
What happens when you listen to speech at a different speed? Neuroscientists thought that your brain may turn up its processing speed as well. But it turns out that at least the auditory part of the b...
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
What happens when you listen to speech a different speeds? Does your brain change its processing speed too? It turns out, no @samnorman-haignere.bsky.social & researchers at @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social found the auditory part of the brain keeps clocking in at a fixed time via @natneuro.nature.com
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Temporal integration in human auditory cortex is predominantly yoked to absolute time - Nature Neuroscience
Temporal integration throughout the human auditory cortex is predominantly locked to absolute time and does not vary with the duration of speech structures such as phonemes or words.
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samnorman-haignere.bsky.social @samnorman-haignere.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Human auditory cortex integrates information in speech across absolute time (e.g., 200 ms), not phonemes, syllables, words, or any other time-varying speech structure: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We're convening intellectual and developmental disabilities research experts from across the country for a two day symposium Have you registered yet? Deadline: Sept 26 🔗 bit.ly/46xlBXL 📅 Oct 28 & 29 📍 Rochester, NY - a top place to visit in the fall via @usatoday.com 🍂 🎨 @charmainela.bsky.social
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🐶🐱¿Cómo distingue el cerebro entre un perro y un gato? El estudiante de posgrado en neurología Jay Gonzalez-Amoretti estudia cómo el cerebro construye representaciones mentales a partir de información visual, lo que nos ayuda a comprender cómo organiza el mundo que nos rodea. #URochesterResearch
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