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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

RAs, Ana and Jessica, have joined the 2026 @wmsymposium.bsky.social! This one of the best online conferences around: lots of great discussion, thoughtful approaches to networking, and centering of early career scientists. Hope to see Ana present in the future as she starts grad school in the fall!

Three white women, all wearing glasses, site around a conference table. The projector screen displays the “WMS” in blue, green, and red squares

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Walking to the polling place where I am serving as an election worker really makes government/politics feel local and personal. Knowing that my personal polling place is yet a .5 mile further makes government/politics feel completely illogical and confusing.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

If John Cavanaugh is elected to Congress, then MAGA republican Gov Pillan chooses Cavanaugh’s replacement in the Nebraska state unicameral. That seems like an ineffective way to “defend the 🔵” especially when we have other great congressional options in (my pick) Denise Powell and Crystal Rhoades

Yard sign I passed walking to work this morning that reads “John Cavanaugh for Congress. Stand up to Trump, defend the blue dot”

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The afternoon session of the 2026 BTNRH Post Doc Symposium was just as strong!

Attakias Mertens presents “Brain mechanisms behind prospective thinking of socio-emotional scenarios during typical development”

Owais Khan presents “Distinct sensorimotor cortical oscillatory signatures across youth with unilateral and bilateral Cerebral Palsy”

Sara Momtaz presents “Spectral weighting functions for localization in simulated and chronic unilateral hearing loss”

Lee Evans presents “Ned likes sheds and Kate likes keys: early phonological judgment skills in DHH and TH children”

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Today is the 2026 BTNRH Post Doc Research Symposium! This morning’s speakers shared their research with translational impacts on how we best support children with atypical hearing or language. These scholars are shining examples of why NIH’s T32 training grants are so important.

Dr Erica Lescht presents her talk “Visuospatial working memory skills in children who stutter”

Dr Julia Nikolaeva presents “Hidden in plain sight: Gender differences in the clinical presentation of developmental language disorder “

Dr Melissa Hazen presents “Effects of childhood vestibular loss on physical activity, gait, falls, and cognition”

Dr Devon Major presents “Effects of atypical auditory experiences on emotional and social communication”

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

One of our research SLPs is practicing a guest lecture on critically evaluating science (and pseudoscience) for a speech and hearing program. Looks like we are going to do an activity inspired by @lewan.bsky.social. It’s fun to have my two worlds collide.

The foreground is a worksheet titled “Debunking Script” with the citation Lewandowsky et al (2020) while Emma Kate is in the background next to her PowerPoint slides.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Since you seem to like the Traitors, Stephan Fishbach of US Survivor just published this fictionalized account of a reality strategy game contestant. My copy of Escape came in the mail yesterday so no personal review. But I’ve heard that it is simultaneously quite realistic but quite unserious.

Cover of the book Escape by Stephan Fishbach. The background is a distorted, disturbing view through island greenery. A boom mic can be seen just entering the scene

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Omaha showed up for today’s protest against the paramilitary occupation of Minneapolis and ICE’s executions of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. I’ve been to dozens of protests at 72nd and Dodge. I have never seen this many protesters and this level of overwhelming support from passing cars.

Protest sign that reads “Kristi Noem is lying”

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Ten years ago, he told us what he expected from his supporters. His as he predicted, he has committed crimes and they still voted for him. He continues to lead members at every level of his administration in criminal acts. When will we hold him accountable?

A picture of Donald Trump at a lecture along with a quote from his speech: “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” —Donald Trump, January 23, 2016

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

It’s tuna time! (We’ve operantly conditioned them to come to the kitchen when we whistle. It’s how we get Hal (L) to come home when his outdoor adventure is going longer than our schedules allow.)

Four cats are lined up in the kitchen eating tuna. From left to right there is an orange and white long-hair, a tortie, a grey American short hair, and a grey part Maine coon.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

My yard just made the local news’ list of Halloween yard haunts. Can I add this to my CV? www.ketv.com/article/omah...

Screenshot from KETV reads “October 18: Omaha, near 42 and William St. this Omaha yard haunted takes visitors through the horrors of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous pieces of work. The Scottish Graveyard features the three witches, who told Macbeth that he would be king, as well as the tombstones of those who were murdered.” It is accompanied by an image of a screaming witch lit with red lights.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Had the urge to remind Apple of the correct name for the Gulf of Mexico, but it won’t let me send the issue.

A screenshot of the Apple Maps report form. The “name is wrong” option is selected but the send button is disabled

Screen shot from the Apple report function. The “something else” option is selected and the “send” button on the upper right is activated

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Waking up at 5:30 am to a severe thunderstorm with 80+ mph winds and was not exactly the most relaxing way to start the weekend. But @ketv7.bsky.social’s (all women) weather team, lead by @caitlinharveywx.bsky.social made for good company.

Caitlin stands in front of a weather map showing an extreme thunderstorm

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

When your entire office can be seen from the hallway, you need a way to let your colleagues know that you are okay… the faraway look on your is because you are connecting with scientists all over the world at the @wmsymposium.bsky.social. Oh! And please do not disturb

A Hand drawn sign which reads “online working memory symposium. Tuesday thru Friday. Please wait for breaks if you need me! Thanks, Angela” is taped to a glass wall. On the other side of the glass is a very messy office with lots of plants

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Ha! Winnifred (one of my longtime kitty friends) approves of Hal’s handiwork.

A Grey tabby sits atop the same sweatshirt in the same box

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Hal and his sister Hero came to live with us about a year ago after being with the same human for over a decade. Hal just dragged my sweatshirt to a box and made himself a little bed. I think this cat finally feels at home.

A white cat is curled up with a grey sweatshirt in a box.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Poster session for the 2025 Boys Town National Research Hospital Pediatric Audiology Translational Research (PAT) Conference

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Drs. Tiana Cowan, Ryan McCreery, and Lori Leibold present a new tool, the Children’s English and Spanish Speech Recognition (ChEgSS) test which will soon be available to facilitate speech perception testing with bilingual children.

Dr. Cowan stands behind a lectern while wearing a black blazer. A collection of water bottles from previous speakers has accumulated on top of the lectern (does that make the lectern a podium as well?)

Dr. McCreery has on a plaid grey suit. He’s gesturing a classic Dr. McCreery gesture.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Dr. Dawna Lewis reviews evidence for remote microphone (RM) use with children whose hearing is audio-metrically typical but who have other special listening needs.

Dr. Lewis has curly white hair. Her final slide with take home messages listed is on the screen behind her.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

In our final talk before lunch, Dr. Karen Muñoz from @utahstate.bsky.social reviews strategies audiologists can use to support parents as they learn about their child’s hearing aid (One communication strategy capitalizes on CHUNKING which makes my working memory heart so very happy)

Dr. Muñoz has chin length grey hair. She is dressed in all black.

A slide list six barriers parents report for why children do not consistently wear their hearing aids. One barrier is not enough information or training.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Our next speaker, Dr. Kathryn Wiseman, tackled the challenging question of when to transition a pediatric hearing aid user into cochlear implant candidate.

Dr Wisman, in a navy blue top and khaki pants, stands behind a lectern. Her hands are crossed over her heart as she explains the challenges facing audiologists as the advise families who children are audio-metrically borderline for CI candidacy.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

PAT Conference keynote speaker Dr. Susan Scollie from @westernuwin.bsky.social presents a historical review of the major advances in pediatric hearing aid fitting and highlights gaps that need to be addressed for future research.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We open with a tribute to the conference’s namesake, the late Dr. Pat Stelmachowicz, who was a pioneer in conducting pediatric hearing research specifically to inform clinical practice.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The PAT Conference from Boys Town National Research Hospital brings the leading Pediatric Audiology Translational Research to clinicians and scientists. Follow along Friday (May 30) and Saturday (May 31) for live updates.

The dark pink and sky blue PAT conference schedules lays on the table next to a glass of orange juice and a cup of yogurt. A blurry PowerPoint slide with the speakers’s headshots is in the background.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

When I make vegetable broth, I freeze half-cup servings in my skull molds so that I can add them to recipes like this:

Two iced veggie broth skulls floating in a cream sauce

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

POV: research assistant has the day off so the PI will be running kiddos all day means post-it notes all over the lab with little reminders.

RA had left Post it notes on the laptops identifying which laptop has each task (and which version of each task is most up-to-date)

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

As a side note, Lee is a brilliant scientist and phenomenal speaker. If I was still on X, I’d show receipts. If you are looking for Dev Psych or Comm Sci faculty, let me know and I’ll pass that position along. Photos of Lee gesticulating for extra traction:

Lee Evens making a claw with his right hand.

Lee Evans hunched over with both hands raised.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Dr Jessica Mattingly described a pilot study to combat listening fatigue in children with hearing loss. Some children reported benefits after a single session of yoga. The hope is that restoring cognitive energy will benefit academic outcomes.

Dr Jessica Mattingly earned a PhD in Health Science from Texas Christian University. Her mentor is Dr Krystal Werfel.

Dr Jessica Mattingly has long dark hair. The bar graph behind her shows children’s self report of fatigue.

Infographic illustrates that children with hearing loss use more cognitive effort to understand spoken language. This increased effort leads to tiredness or mental exhaustion.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Dr. Lee Evans presents data that many early numeracy skills develop with support from language. Unfortunately, for children who are deaf and hard of hearing, language delays appear to lead to delays in numeracy.

Dr Lee Evans, who earned a PhD in Developmental Psychology from University of Connecticut, is mentored by Dr Krystal Werfel.

Dr Lee Evans uncharacteristically grips the lectern (not podium) while showing data on numeracy skills in children with typical hearing and children who use cochlear implants. Dr Evans typically gestures emphatically when speaking.

Infographic illustrating basic numeracy skills. Numeracy is the ability to work with and understand numbers. For example, the ability to quickly assess that the barrel has twice as many green apples as red apples.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Patients with long-term unilateral hearing loss (UHL) make errors when deciding where a sound is coming from. However, they make fewer errors than listeners using an earplug to mimic UHL. Thus, overtime patients learn new ways to use cues that typically require two ears.

Dr. Sara Momtaz earned her PhD in Auditory Neuroscience from the University of Memphis. Her mentor is Dr G Chris Stecker

Dr Sara Momtaz has long dark hair. She presents data on Interest-aural time differences and inter-aural level differences in patients and typically-hearing listeners with one ear plugged.

Did you know that 5% of adults have some degree of Unilateral Hearing Loss

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

In teenagers, testosterone levels do not predict actual cognitive performance but it is related to brain activation during the cognitive tasks. This work is a first step in understanding how hormone changes during adolescence lead to changes in brain activation and neural organization.

Dr. Attakias Mertens earned his PhD in Psychology/Neuroscience from University of Nebraska-Omaha. His mentor is Dr. Gaelle Doucet.

Dr Attikias Mertens wears a grey dress shirt and tie. He has a big beard. His slides illustrate development of brain systems involved in working memory.

Illustration depicts how functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures brain activity by aligning the magnetic fields of oxygen molecules that are necessary for fueling brain activity.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The human body naturally produces endocannabinoids- molecules that help regulate functions from hunger to attention. Chronic cannabis use, beyond what is made by the body, is related to cortical thinning, poor communication between cortical brain regions, and changes in other brain molecules.

Dr. Ilenia Salsano earned her PhD in Behavioral Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience from Saprnzia University. Her mentor is Dr. To y Wilson.

Dr. Ilenia Salsano has long, thick red hair. The title of her talk is in the screen behind her.

An infographic define the cortex as the outer layer of the brain allowing humans to problem solve and form complex thoughts.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Dr. Brittany Williams describes a new project examining whether working memory and attention influence if people capitalize on spatial release from masking (SRM). SRM is important for people with hearing loss for whom separating speech from noise is particularly challenging. @brittwilli.bksy.social

Dr. Brittany Williams earned her PhD in Communication Science and Disorders from The Pennsylvania State University. Her mentor is Dr G. Chris Stecker.

Dr. Brittany Williams is a short woman with long locs. She is showing her predicted correlations between cognitive measures and spatial release from masking.

An infographic illustrating spatial release from masking. Noise from the side arrives to the nearer ear faster and louder than it arrives to the far ear. Speech from the front sounds the same to both ears. Our brains calculate these differences to separate sounds.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Children w/ language problems struggle to coordinate speech movements when saying new sentences. Their sentences often have incorrect syntax but not semantics. Motor coordination & syntax require sequencing (either muscles or words) suggesting a broad sequencing problem. @erica-lescht.bsky.social

Erica Lescht earned her PhD in Communication Science and Disorders from the University of Pittsburgh. Her mentors are Drs Lisa Goffman and Angela AuBuchon

Erica, a slight, brunette woman wearing glass, stands presents a bar chart illustrating that children with DLD have more syntactic errors than their typically hearing peers.

An infographic illustrating the differences between phonology which is how words sound, versus semantics which is what words mean, versus syntax which references word order.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Our trainees have come from all over the world for advanced training in communication science and disorders as well as training in human neuroscience. They come with prior experience working with a variety of clinical populations.

A map of the United States showing some of the places our trainees have come from.

Our trainees have experience with children who stutter, adults and children with hearing loss, children with Autism, stroke patients, and patients with Parkinson’s disease.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Today is the Boys Town National Research Hospital 2025 Post Doc Symposium! Follow along to learn about our Post Docs and how the research program at Boys Town cares for children, families, and communities!

Boys Town has been training postdoctoral researchers in communication sciences and disorders since 1985. This is the oldest grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that is still training new scientists.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Hal and I decided that today was a ‘no TV let’s do a puzzle” kind of day.

A white and orange longhair cat lounges amid piles of puzzle pieces.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

And finally, the Cowan Academic Family Tree!

A visual depiction of Nelson’s mentees and their mentees in the colors of their respective lab logos or degree awarding institutions

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Speakers included Randy Engle, Andrew Conway, @evievergauwe.bsky.social, Shelley Gray, and Klaus Oberauer.

Dr. Andrew Conway wears a black polo shirt and stands at a podium. His slide reads “Listen, Focus, Chunk”

Dr. Evie Vergauwe, a blonde woman with glasses, stands at a podium. Her pink title slide reads “Working memory functioning and development with its windfalls and pitfalls.”

Dr. Shelley Gray is wearing a pink suit as she stands behind a podium. Her slide is titled “Why Care about Working Memory?” And has a stock photo of children in front of a chalkboard with graduation caps drawn above their heads.

Dr Klaus Oberauer, a slender man with glasses, stands behind a wooden podium. His title slide reads “the Role of Long-Term Memory in Working Memory.”

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Thank you to all the CowanFest presenters for sharing your research and celebrating Dr. Nelson Cowan. Nelson’s unwavering dedication to the field—to the work and to its people—inspires so many. @ncowan51.bsky.social @candicemorey.bsky.social @lsuemily.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social

Nelson receives a plaque from Dr Stephan Lewandowsky after the Psychonomics keynote address. The background is lit in purple and green.

Nelson stands with CowanFest organizers Candice Morey, Angela AuBuchon, and Emily Elliott. They all look excited but a bit ragged from the long day!

Group photo of approximately 75 of the CowanFest attendees taken from above.

Dr. Randy Engle stands at a podium. His slide has a map of New Zealand.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It’s happening! 🍳CowanFest Thurs, Nov 21, 9am-4pm Lyceum Complex (next to registration) Nelson Cowan’s keynote at 6:30pm @ncowan51.bsky.social @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

POV: I (a psychologist) am usually two steps behind my #HearingSciences colleagues at journal club (Band importance functions? Auditory dosage?) But I open tomorrow’s paper and not only do I know of the authors, they are my friends @juliafstrand.bsky.social @violetsarebrown.bsky.social 😊 💚 👂 🧠

Manuscript titled “About Face: Seeing the Talker Improves Spoken Word Recognition but Increases Listening Effort”

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

SAVE THE DATE: CowanFest - Nov 21, 2024 - NYC – celebrating @ncowan51.bsky.social! Schedule includes invited speakers, Pre-data posters from ECR (Sept submission), and stories from guest contributors. Registration (coming Aug) will include catered lunch.

Flyer advertising CowanFest to take place in New York City on November 21, 2024. Flyer is is black and gold as a nod to Dr Cowan’s tenure at the University of Missouri and features a fried egg icon resembling he Embedded Processes Model. Sponsor logos include Mizzou, ESCOP, LSU, Psychonomic Society, and Sona Systems.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

President Biden swung through Psychonomics on his way home from APEC. I’m sure he was most fascinated by the decision making research.

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Angela AuBuchon @memoryangela.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

@cvonbastian.bsky.social gives the opening talk at the inaugural Symposium for Individual Differences in Cognition at #psynom23

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