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Jonathan Najenson

@jonathannajenson.bsky.social
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Philosophy of neuroscience and memory. Engrams, synapses, mechanisms, and cognitive maps. Minerva postdoc at Bochum. sites.google.com/view/jonathan-naje…

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David Colaço @davidcolaco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
As a final reminder, the deadline for commentary proposals for our BBS target article, "Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling," is next Tuesday, February 3. For details, follow the link. Please share if you can @phaueis.bsky.social #philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience
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Call for Commentary Proposals - Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling
Call for Commentary Proposals - Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Join us for the PLM Workshop: Traces and Engrams – Philosophical and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Memory Ruhr University Bochum (and Online) 18–20 Feb 2026 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/e4mW9MT3o2q8... #philsky #philsci #cogsky #neuroskyence
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
We extended the deadline for submission! Submit to PLM Workshop: Traces and Engrams by 15 December Submit here 👉 forms.gle/Gkjbvmb8Q8v9... #philsky #philsci #cogsky #neuroskyence
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PLM Workshop Traces and Engrams: Philosophical and Neuroscientific Perspectives
This is the submission form for PLM Workshop Traces and Engrams: Philosophical and Neuroscientific Perspectives. Abstracts must be anonymized and no longer than 250 words.
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Last chance to submit! 📢 Submit to PLM Workshop: Traces and Engrams by 30 November #philsky #philsci #cogsky #neuroskyence
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nirfresco.bsky.social @nirfresco.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I'm very pleased to announce the CfA for the PLM Workshop on philosophy (and neuroscience) of memory, which is organised by my friend, bsky.app/profile/jona...: www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/phil-lang/tr... Deadline for submissions: 30-11-25. It will be hosted by Ruhr University Bochum in mid Feb.
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PLM Workshop Traces and Engrams: Philosophical and Neuroscientific Perspectives
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🚨 Call for Papers! Join us for the PLM Workshop: Traces and Engrams – Philosophical and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Memory RUB, 18–20 Feb 2026 Apply by 30 November! Submit here 👉https://forms.gle/Gkjbvmb8Q8v9KRyS9 #philsky
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David Colaço @davidcolaco.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Some of the scholars mentioned in this article have presented at The International Memory Reading Group that @jonathannajenson.bsky.social and I run: sites.google.com/view/memoryr...
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The International Memory Reading Group
The International Memory Reading Group is an all-virtual group that addresses controversies in memory from philosophical, historical, and scientific perspectives. Our mission is to promote dialogues...
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
IPM 4.5 starting now!
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
IPM 4.5 starts Thursday!
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Don't forget IPM4.5 is coming up next week!
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🚨Coming up soon on May 22–23: the Philosophy of Memory Early Career Online Conference (IPM 4.5)! Amazing lineup of speakers, with each early-career talk followed by commentary. Program and connection details here: phomo.org/events/ipm4-5
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Join us online on May 22–23 for the Philosophy of Memory Early Career Online Conference (IPM 4.5)
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I regret to information the Bluesky philosophy community that Michael Friedman, noted philosopher of science and ground-breaking historian of Kant, neo-Kantianism, and logical positivism has died. May his memory be a blessing. #philsci
Michael Friedman, Suppes Professor of Philosophy of Science, Stanford University (1947-2025)
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
'Engrams and causal specificity' has now been published in Philosophical Psychology
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Engrams and causal specificity
The identification of memory engrams remains a methodological obstacle in neuroscience if they are to play the explanatory role ascribed to them by engram theory. I tackle the problem of specificit...
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Deadline extended! Submit to #IPM4.5 by March 15th
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🚨 Final call for #IPM4.5! Join us on 22–23 May for a new format: an early-career researcher's talk followed by a commentary from an established researcher. We invite early career researchers to submit abstracts by 1 March. Submit here: 👉 forms.gle/J6RdzD3qdvdP...
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Philosophy of Memory Early Career Online Conference (IPM4.5)
This is the submission form for Philosophy of Memory Early Career Conference (IPM 4.5). Abstracts must be anonymized and no longer than 500 words. Contact: IPM4.5 organizing committee (issuesinphilom...
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Excited to share my first experimental paper! We tackle how practice shapes cognitive control by running a month-long Stroop task. Here’s a 🧵: (1/n) doi.org/10.3758/s134...
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Practice makes better? The influence of increased practice on task conflict in the Stroop task - Memory & Cognition
The Stroop task is widely used to study attentional control and cognitive flexibility. However, questions about its sensitivity to training and the impact of task conflict on attentional control remai...
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Felipe De Brigard @felipedebrigard.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
If your work explores the connections between memory, emotion and forgiveness, and if it does so from a philosophical and/or psychological perspective, please consider submitting a manuscript to this special issue: link.springer.com/collections/... #philosophy #psychology #emotion #forgiveness
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Memory, Emotion, and Forgiveness: Exploring the Connections
People wrong each other with remarkable frequency. Yet, they often manage to repair their relationships by forgiving each other. A prominent view in the moral ...
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David Colaço @davidcolaco.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
We will feature this article in the January session of the International Memory Reading Group:
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The #IPM4.5 call for papers is open! Taking place on 22–23 May, this year's conference introduces a new format. We invite early career researchers to submit abstracts by 1 March. Submit here:
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Philosophy of Memory Early Career Online Conference (IPM4.5)
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David Colaço @davidcolaco.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
@jonathannajenson.bsky.social and I will discuss @thehessam.bsky.social's work in the next session of our International Memory Reading Group
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Could the brain’s computational abilities extend beyond neural networks to molecular mechanisms? Listen to Paul Middlebrooks's latest "Brain Inspired" podcast, in which he talks with @thehessam.bsky.social about how universal computation may have evolved via RNA mechanisms: bit.ly/4eQ4Idc
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Hessameddin Akhlaghpour outlines how RNA may implement universal computation
Could the brain’s computational abilities extend beyond neural networks to molecular mechanisms? Akhlaghpour describes how natural universal computation may have evolved via RNA mechanisms.
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Sarah Robins @sarahrobins.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The sense(s) of touch provides a boundary through which we can understand ourselves. How is this sense of bounded self retained in memory? Iva Apostolova is at The Memory Palace today, exploring the connections between memory and touch. Check it out! #philsky #philscisky
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David Colaço @davidcolaco.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
TL;DR: This is a request for historical pieces where the idea of a memory trace is implicated.
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David Colaço @davidcolaco.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our article "Where memory resides: Is there a rivalry between molecular and synaptic models of memory?" is now properly published and out (open access).
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Where memory resides: Is there a rivalry between molecular and synaptic models of memory? | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Where memory resides: Is there a rivalry between molecular and synaptic models of memory? - Volume 91 Issue 5
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