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Michael C. Anderson

@memorycontrol.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist at MRC Cognition an Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge, studying memory, cognitive control, and mechanisms of adaptive forgetting

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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Oh yeah, here is the actual paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Universal rhythmic architecture uncovers two modes of neural dynamics - Nature Communications
Brain oscillations are traditionally regarded as sustained rhythms. Here, the authors show that there are both high and low-rhythmicity bands, characterised by brief bursts, which can signal responses...
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Brilliant work by Golan Karvat redefines the spectral architecture of electrophysiological activity, expanding the identifiable bands and providing a clear definition of oscillatory/bursty bands. We propose rhythmicity as a dimension of oscillatory activity.Check it out @earlkmiller.bsky.social !
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Marcus Siems @marcussiems.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
„Burst-related potentials as a temporal anchor for cognition“ #preprint #neuroskyence by M.C. Schuma, @ayeletlandau.bsky.social I. Diester, @memorycontrol.bsky.social & G. Karvat osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Alessandro Crimi @alecrimi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Review paper arguing that the #brain has a built-in mental brake that stops unwanted thoughts. Via a fronto-temporal pathway, it relies on GABA to calm mental loops. Weak brakes may underlie #PTSD, #OCD, anxiety, and #depression www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jörn Alexander Quent @jaquent.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Amazing #RegisteredReport led by Sumaiyah Raza from @mrccbu.bsky.social. We (again) found evidence against a memory benefit of spatial novelty. However, this time we did find a retroactive benefit of rest, which highlights that more work is needed here. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
To my complete surprise, our Nature Reviews Neuroscience review on the Brain Mechanisms Underlying the Inhibitory Control of Thought has landed on the cover! Cover art below! For an "explainer thread", see earlier tweet. bsky.app/profile/memo... @mrccbu.bsky.social #neuroskyence #memory #ptsd
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Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
When I first started working with resting state fMRI as a postdoc, there was a lot of skepticism about what we could learn from it. 20 years later, it's hard to imagine where the field of neuroscience would be without it. Here's a summary 🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The history and future of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging - Nature
This Review provides an overview of the history of resting-state functional MRI research, which has helped to reveal the spatiotemporal organization of the brain, and discusses how it can contribute f...
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This looks shockingly useful. Thanks, on behalf of the field!!
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Nature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · 27/05/2025
Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought — a Review by Michael C. Anderson, Maite Crespo-Garcia & S. Subbulakshmi @memorycontrol.bsky.social‬ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience #neuroskyence
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Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
The capacity to prevent unwanted thoughts is important for cognitive function and mental health. Anderson et al. describe insights into the neural mechanisms of the inhibitory control of thought that ...
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
How does the brain stop thoughts? Find out in my article in @natrevneuro.nature.com with Subbu Subbulakshmi & Maite Crespo-Garcia www.nature.com/articles/s41... that integrates 25 yrs of psychology and neuroscience on this vital function.@mrccbu.bsky.social sky.social #neuroskyence #neuroscience
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Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
The capacity to prevent unwanted thoughts is important for cognitive function and mental health. Anderson et al. describe insights into the neural mechanisms of the inhibitory control of thought that ...
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Congratulations to Ken Paller, this year's recipient of the George Miller Award at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society meeeting! Superb talk on his work on sleep and memory. @cogneuronews.bsky.social @paller.bsky.social @neurosky.bsky.social
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Should the Medical Research Council end sustained funding for its internationally renowned scientific units? 600 scientists don't think so.The UK needs sustained investment in basic science and challenge-led investments. #Neuroskyence @mrccbu.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nobelis...
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Nobelists urge rethink on MRC unit funding changes
Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Suppressing memories promotes resilience! Terrorist attack survivors who recovered from PTSD showed normalised inhibitory control of the hippocampus during retrieval stopping before intrusive memory declines, mitigating hippocampal atrophy. #memory #PTSD #neuroskyence www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Plasticity of human resilience mechanisms
PTSD remission is linked to improved fronto-hippocampal inhibitory mechanisms during memory control.
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
A nice piece by @sciam.bsky.social on @harrington-mo.bsky.social's recent work showing that sleep loss impairs the control of intrusive thoughts; useful comments by @marwimber.bsky.social and @zarabergstrom.bsky.social @mrccbu.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-...
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Bad Sleep Lets Intrusive Thoughts Flood In
Findings reveal the memory-related brain processes that generate unwanted thoughts when people are sleep deprived
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Can someone forget much of their life? Yes! In Psychogenic amnesia, extreme stress leads to the loss of years of memories, including all the people the patient knows. Why? Read about what we have discovered in @laura-marsh.bsky.social‬ 's new paper or in the outstanding thread below #neuroskyence
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Sleep much? I hope so! A new fMRI study with @harrington-mo.bsky.social and @sacairney.bsky.social shows how inducing sleep loss impairs the prefrontal cortex's ability to suppress unwanted memories, and suggests that REM sleep restores this function.Congrats Marcus! @sleepdiplomat.bsky.social
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Are you a fan with the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit? If so, read this Science story and then join the 500 scientists (inc two Nobels and two former Royal Society heads), who are asking the MRC to adjust course by signing the Open Letter linked in the story. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Funding overhaul threatens historic U.K. research units
Scientists protest new “challenge-led” grants replacing funding that supported long-term basic research
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello Bluesky world. I am renewing my commitment to this platform, prompted in part by the New York Times article today on this subject!
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Akul Satish @akulsatish.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
Our paper with showing that memory control improves immediate emotions of autobiographical memories just got published. Massive thanks to @robinhellerstedt.bsky.social, @memorycontrol.bsky.social and @zarabergstrom.bsky.social 🙏😁 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Memory control immediately improves unpleasant emotions associated with autobiographical memories of past immoral actions
The ability to stop unwanted memories from coming to mind is theorised to be essential for maintaining good mental health. People can employ intentional strategies to prevent conscious intrusions o...
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Marius Boeltzig @mariusboeltzig.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
Great journal club article by my friend and colleague Linn Petersdotter about @memorycontrol.bsky.social's review paper on active forgetting. Worth reading and worth following what she's up to in the future!
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
Interested in how people control unwanted memories? Davide Nardo and I published a detailed guide to the Think/No-Think task in Behavior Research Methods with best practice advice, including a training package with videos, spreadsheets and code. rdcu.be/dzbwA
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Jan R. Wessel @janw.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
The final version of @memorycontrol.bsky.social and my article "Neural mechanisms of domain-general inhibitory control" is now featured in the current version of TiCS www.cell.com/trends/cogni... Downloadable version here: wessellab.org
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Issue: Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
Not that anyone here needs a reason to ditch twitter, BUT...I only just noticed that my twitter timeline is full of posts by people I don't follow. This is because, as of March, Musk introduced an algorithm to do this, based on what I have liked. Aggravating. I had liked my self-curated newsfeed.
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Incredibly pleased to have @janw.bsky.social as a joint Chaucer/Zangwill club speaker here at the MRC CBU, co-sponsored with Cambridge Psychology!
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Stunning. I would not have guess this would be possible.
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
This is interesting and creative! The general approach of using deep learning to independently quantify different varieties of prediction error on a continuous basis opens a lot of doors. Very cool!
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Gees..Michael Eisen, editor of Elife, just got sacked by the board due to "behaviour" (having to do with leadership and social media posting, it says). Anybody have a clue?
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
Has Mastodon gone extinct? I confess that I like the feel of BlueSky more, and it seems like people have taken to it enthusiastically. But I wonder whether people are persisting with Mastodon or not, and why?
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
Wow, that's a harsh article, but also well targeted. I don't agree with every critique the writer offers (some are weak), but in the balance, I agree. Did you see this @kevinvschie.bsky.social?
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Hello everyone. I have decided to give BlueSky a try. Any neuroscience folks out there?
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