Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferMarc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026📢 To everyone on the job market who has a vision for neuroscience applied to biomedical applications & technological innovation: The Duke Department of Biomedical Engineering announces a tenure-track faculty job search in neural engineering, broadly defined! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32784 03218
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferJieyu Zheng @jieyusz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026How fast can mice learn complex mazes? With @mameister4.bsky.social we reveal memory, generalization, latent learning, and remote credit assignment of mice in the Manhattan Maze. Do mice born without a cortex or hippocampus have them too? Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgRapid spatial cognition in mice, with and without neocortex and hippocampusRapid learning, memory, and generalization are often attributed to circuits of the neocortex and hippocampus, but their specific role remains unclear. To examine these cognitive abilities together in ... 512748
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferBen Hayden @benhayden.bsky.social · 13/08/2026New paper from the BCM Neurosurgery research team! "Neural basis of compositional control" led by @assiachericoni.bsky.social and @justfineneuro.bsky.social ! 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comNeural basis of compositional control - NatureBehaviour of human participants in a prey-pursuit task reflects dynamic blending of goal-specific control policies, with hippocampus estimating latent states, anterior cingulate cortex orchestrating p... 39546
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferLorenzo Posani @lorenzoposani.com · 06/08/2026Fin/ check out the paper at www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to Pia O'Neill (new assistant prof at Dartmouth sites.dartmouth.edu/oneill-lab/) for leading this project, and to @stefanofusi.bsky.social & Daniel Salzman for the fantastic collaboration! Cover artwork matteofarinella.com/nature.comThe representational geometry of emotional states in basolateral amygdala - Nature NeuroscienceO’Neill, Posani and colleagues show that while single amygdala neurons encode multiple emotional state-related variables (for example, valence, fear and safety), population-level geometry can enable o... 0177
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferThe Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026#MSNseminars APPLICATIONS is now OPEN! Senior #Postdocs in all fields of #Neuroscience are encouraged to apply for this INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY to share your research, visit @mountsinainyc.bsky.social & meet w/ faculty/trainees! the deadline is September 1 👉 APPLY NOW using the QR code in the flyer! 01410
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferPhil Corlett @philcorlett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A key challenge for computational psychiatry is to distinguish state from trait markers and go beyond cross-sectional studies. Here we show that as paranoia waxes and wanes in patients with schizophrenia, so too do volatility priors 14315
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferUSER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I know you are but what am I? 18425188
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026check out this cool paper by my lab mate @phillip-witkowski.bsky.social on how identity-specific representations lead to actions 😎 000
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferUser with this avatar just got blocked @avijustgotblocked.bsky.social · 16/07/2026An account with this avatar was just blocked. 0148
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferŞahcan Özdemir @sahcan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Preprint alert! 🚀 Spontaneous eye blinks are often treated as EEG artefacts. We show they can serve as temporal markers of internal attention, aligning with moments of attentional focusing in working memory. Check it out:biorxiv.orgSpontaneous eye blinks as temporal markers of internal attentionEye blinks are among the largest physiological artefacts in electroencephalography and are typically removed from the recordings. Yet their timing may carry information about cognition. Here, we asked... 1469
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026postdoccing with a 5 year old and infant 000
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferNed Hartley @nedhartley.com · 29/06/2026RIDDLER: Solve my puzzle or Gotham DIES! BLUESKY BATMAN: ok well first this doesn’t have alt text 24613
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026And I think this is a good reason why you should contribute bsky.app/profile/lind... 000
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I made a spreadsheet to track these changes. Please take a few minutes to add what you know about your department and circulate it to others. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.com2026-2027 PhD Psych/Neuro GRE Requirements 110
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026if you could add what you know to that spreadsheet, that would be great! 000
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026And I know you know what’s up. It’s a shame your point didn’t get traction, but it’s clearly not stopping you from doing what you can ;) btw would you be able to circulate and check if what I put in this spreadsheet is accurate? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.com2026-2027 PhD Psych/Neuro GRE Requirements 110
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Makes sense. I know it predates your time, but I wonder if there’s more nuance to your dept’s observations. Eg things that could influence bias & preparedness such as internal vs external recruitment, applicant is straight from undergrad vs several yrs of FT research exp, etc. 1/2 110
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I understand there’s a process before making this information official. I mentor some of our postbacs and the morale for this upcoming cycle is very low, so I think we should be as proactive as we can be to support them during this time. 030
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026thanks! I made a spreadsheet to get this going: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.com2026-2027 PhD Psych/Neuro GRE Requirements 243
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Dan, this might give all the NIDA postbacs a heart attack lol bsky.app/profile/lind... 120
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026@jayvanbavel.bsky.social this is what’s currently listed for psych PhD admission reqs for Northwestern, Yale, NYU, and UChicago despite the comments in this thread saying otherwise lol 110
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Is there a spreadsheet of all the psych and neuro PhD programs reinstating the GRE for this upcoming cycle? This change should be advertised as much as possible and a lot of dept websites are not updated 100
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026who adhere to an organized timeline on getting their applications submitted on time. Again, theres still time to do extra reqs but Im not sure if this is well advertised rn. I might ask our admin to notify all NIDA IRTA postbacs about this. 100
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Did Penn recently vote on this? I’m a little surprised these decisions are made over the summer. GRE prep, IIRC, was 2-3 months, so the ideal time to take the test was the spring & summer. Sure the counter arg is that there’s still plenty of time but I feel like this can be jarring for applicants 100
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026That’s super interesting. Why did students without GRE scores perform worse in the program? If they were admitted “holistically”, then I would think other vars (research experience, LORs, networking) would be emphasized (ie characteristics that would make someone a successful PhD student) 100
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026the holistic approach too time consuming? 🥴 110
Reposted by Lindsay S. Shafferhakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026the ppl we thank in acknowledgement sections are "a more relevant predictor of publication success than formal collaborations (i.e., coauthorship), even after matching for gender, seniority, methodological orientation, geographical location, and institutional prestige." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgInformal connections outweigh coauthorship ties in academic impact | PNASPast work has documented the importance of formal collaboration, particularly coauthorship, in increasing research productivity and innovation. How... 07426
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferMartin Wiener @martinwiener.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Timing, movement, and reward contributions to prefrontal and striatal ramping activity www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...jneurosci.orgTiming, movement, and reward contributions to prefrontal and striatal ramping activityAcross species, prefrontal and striatal neurons exhibit time-dependent ramping activity, defined as a consistent monotonic change in firing rate across temporal intervals. However, it is unclear if ra... 0102
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferJack A Brand @jack-brand.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Super happy to see our new paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social today! We found that cocaine pollution affects salmon movement and space use in the wild! Big congrats to the team for this huge effort! @michaelgbertram.bsky.social Find the paper here: tinyurl.com/cocaine-fish 0369
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Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferRudebeck Lab @rudebecklab.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Want a dataset to test ideas on neural basis of decision making or how areas interact as we make choices? Check out our data published today @rudebecklab.bsky.social. >16,000 single neurons from 22 anatomically confirmed areas in macaques performing a decision task. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDataset of cortical and subcortical single neuron activity during value-based tasks in macaque monkey - Scientific DataScientific Data - Dataset of cortical and subcortical single neuron activity during value-based tasks in macaque monkey 210534
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferDenver is too damn high 🚲 @yodelinghippie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026 Meanwhile bike fuel prices have not changed at Costco. 12371501232
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferAkram Bakkour @akrambakkour.bsky.social · 28/02/2026📢New paper out today in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social! Does the value of an unchosen option — inferred through counterfactual reasoning — spread to related items in memory, similar to how the value of a chosen option — acquired through direct experience — does? In short, yes!sciencedirect.comThe inferred value of unchosen options spreads to related items in memoryCounterfactual thinking — considering what could have come of choosing the other path — can facilitate inference. Previous studies have demonstrated t… 16025
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026surely i'm not the only one who does this 010
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferPessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 29/01/2026𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 More hidden markov models for cool behaviors and brain data #neuroskyence doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... 04810
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Current Biology continuing to be my favorite journal 110
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 31/12/20252025: - 1st 1st & corresponding author paper out - interviews x expts x 1st trimester hell - invited talk to NIH IC director’s lab - defended PhD at 30 weeks to zoom party - began dream postdoc at 35 weeks - gave birth at 38 weeks - 3 months paid leave thank you for the great year, everyone. 030
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 30/12/2025remembering the time I titled my odor research protocol “Assessing Reward and Olfactory decision-Making in Adults” aka AROMA 010
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 26/12/2025of course I turned it off because I want all my Rude Boys and Girls to roam free on this earth 000
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 26/12/2025it’s hard to take this platform seriously when you have this kind of filter 100
Lindsay S. Shaffer @lindsayshaffer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025started my first day back from maternity leave with my infant vomiting all over my work clothes, let’s goooooooo 000
Reposted by Lindsay S. ShafferSteph @stephy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) will open on 12/8 to accept applications from students studying biology, engineering, epidemiology, psychology, math, chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, nursing, physics, computer science, bioinformatics, and health-related fields #chemsummertraining.nih.gov 1813