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Moataz Assem

@moatazassem.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist - Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow, Assistant Research Professor, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge (Currently visiting Northwestern University) neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/mimma2

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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨Job Search announcement 🚨 @psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏 Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
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Assistant Professor- Psychology - College of LAS
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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
1/ New paper out today from my group, in @natneuro.nature.com, in which we review the anatomical & functional data on insula structure across species. This was a "whole lab" project led by @joeycharbonneau.bsky.social. It's been a 5 year in the making (a full 3 years in review)! rdcu.be/fyd7T
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Comparative insights into insula structure and function
Nature Neuroscience - Charbonneau et al. compare how the insula is structured and functions in humans, monkeys and rodents, revealing similarities and differences across species that are likely to...
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A bunch of neuroscientists in Bordeaux, what could go wrong? See y'all there!
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Rui strikes again. A. M. A. Z. I. N. G.
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Zach Ladwig @zachladwig.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
(1/5) Our paper is out now in Neuron! bsky.app/profile/cp-n... The LPFC has fine-scale organization that gets missed in group-averaged data because of inter-individual variability. It is visible in individuals in both resting-state and task data.
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MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge @mrccbu.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The University approves plans for the Cambridge Mind and Brain Institute (CMBi). An evolution of the renowned CBU, bridging across Schools and Departments, the new Institute will integrate discovery science with clinical innovation to transform brain health. #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
In excel???
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Dr Francesca Branzi @fbranzi84.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
📣 📣 📣 The Department of Psychology is offering 8 funded, part-time PhD training posts. If you are interested in doing a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience in a supportive and friendly environment, with training in fMRI, EEG and TMS/tDCS methods, please get in touch at francesca.branzi@liverpool.ac.uk!
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NeuroecologyLab @neuroecologylab.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Out in the UK today! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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The Fox, the Shrew, and You
A leading neuroscientist describes the long evolutionary process that led to the human brain
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
When your last phd paper is finally accepted for publication #metgala #badbunny #neuroscience #academia
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Arabs In Neuroscience (AiN) @arabsinneuro.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
DEADLINE EXTENDED Apply before 26-April-2026
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Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Our new paper on brain networks engaged during imagining is out now in Neuron! Here is a download link (free for 50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1msNE3BtfH... Congratulations to Nate Anderson for leading this work @rementurus.bsky.social 🧵
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I am going to call this the fMRI dead salmon moment for computational modelling
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Joao Barbosa @jbarbosa.org · 25/03/2026
What an abstract! "The resulting digital sphinx produces highly realistic fly walking - yet it is biologically meaningless. This exercise teaches us nothing about either animal"
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Caroline Nettekoven @carobellum.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Check out our new preprint! We directly tested a common assumption in neuroimaging: Is resting-state the best estimate of intrinsic organization? Spoiler: Across datasets and brain systems, multi-task fMRI did better. 👇
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Mohith M. Varma (Mo) @mohithvarma.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
At Invited Symposium 2 on precision mapping of prefrontal cortex (PFC), @moatazassem.bsky.social shares striking evidence of functionally distinct multiple-demand patches in PFC track category-selective images of objects vs faces vs letters vs other types of visual stimuli! #CNS2026
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
If you are attending #CNS2026, see you at our frontal lobe focused symposium this sunday morning. www.cogneurosociety.org/invited-symp... @cogneuronews.bsky.social
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Mathias Sablé-Meyer @mathiassablemeyer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Excited to see this Version Of Record of my work out in @elife.bsky.social! elifesciences.org/articles/106... We investigate the mental representation of geometric shapes in adults and children using fMRI and MEG. Each figure has a video of me explaining the figure: go and read it, or read below.
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David Barner @drbarner.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Bots have made their way to Prolific experiments. Our lab has stopped online testing of adults entirely now for this reason - we want to know if what we study is real. Probably data collected 2-3 years ago are ok, but moving forward we just can't know. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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SfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
#JNeurosci: Kuo et al. show that computational models of neural population responses can reconcile findings between mouse and primate, demonstrating how common computational principles allow for direct translation between their visual systems. doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1133-25.2…
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
After a long visa delay, I’ve finally arrived in Chicago 🎉 I’ll be here for the year as a visiting fellow hosted by Rodrigo Braga, working on intracranial EEG + precision fMRI to study working memory and cognitive control! Stay tuned! @rodbraga.bsky.social US folks: happy to connect & give talks.
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Hmmmm.... interesting!
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Ev Fedorenko @evfedorenko.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I may be a *little* biased but this 📘 is GREAT! If you ever found language structure interesting, but were turned off by implausible and overly complicated accounts, this book is 4U: a simple and empirically grounded account of the syntax of natural lgs. A must-read for lang researchers+aficionados!
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languagemit.bsky.social @languagemit.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
New book! I have written a book, called Syntax: A cognitive approach, published by MIT Press. This is open access; MIT Press will post a link soon, but until then, the book is available on my website: tedlab.mit.edu/tedlab_websi...
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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
In the 2020 Election Project, Meta collaborated w/ academics to study how FB impacts elections. ⬇️ @aanixel.bsky.social, @fassiluisa.bsky.social & I argue that such research collaborations, w/ clear conflicts of interest, should be regulated. Would love to hear thoughts!💬 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies | PNAS
We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Woooooooo!!!! Yeaaaaaaaa!!!
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Deniz Vatansever @neurodenizen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🧠 New paper alert (the 1st one from our new lab)! Led by 1st author & VR wizard @jaquent.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com How do our brains distinguish novel from familiar places as we explore our environments, e.g., a new city? 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🧵 Thread below with key findings ⬇️
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The special issue celebrating John Duncan's retirement is now out! Check out all the gem articles here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10QN6R7VQSM and the editorial (see next figure in the thread for an entertaining analysis) doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
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MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge @mrccbu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Researchers from MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the adolescent phase until our early thirties. Find out more in the BBC article 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl6kle…
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Join us next tuesdsy for this not to be missed free event!
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Runhao Lu | 陆润豪 @runhaolu.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🚨New Results! Really excited to share this work - Feedback doesn’t just signal right or wrong, it reorganizes population geometry of learning targets in vlPFC, moving representations toward future retrieval states. Notably, oscillations (TG-PAC & beta) gate when this transformation occurs. 🧵👇
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MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge @mrccbu.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
We are excited to announce #COGNESTIC 2026 @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge, between 14-25 Sep 2026. Our 2-week summer school provides training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
It was a pleasure to help build neuroscience capacity in the middle east. I had so much fun!
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Come listen to John Duncan and myself discussing his new book on 25 Nov. So much insight into the human condition. Definitely not an event to miss!
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Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
📣 New preprint from the Braga Lab! 📣 The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning? Thread 🧵 ⬇️
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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
If you're interested in the cognitive neuroscience of memory feel free to email me! I do experimental psychology, brain imaging (fMRI and MEG) and a bit of modelling. Lab is doing stuff on forgetting, aging, schemas, and event boundaries, but we're not limited to that. #psychscisky #neuroskyence
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
If you are interested in a postdoc fellowship working on concurrent brain stimulation and imaging (e.g. TMS-fMRI doi.org/10.1101/2025...), then check out this unique opportunity and get in touch (deadline for expressions of interest is 13 Oct). cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/f...
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Fellowship Programme - Cambridge NeuroWorks
Fellowship programme Cambridge NeuroWorks is proud to introduce the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship Programme, offering two transformative fellowship streams …
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
This is hilarious 😂 and true
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Arabs In Neuroscience (AiN) @arabsinneuro.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Support a student to attend #ISNeurotech25 We are looking to support ten more students to attend the Ibn Sina Neurotech school to learn all about fMRI and brain science www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Love seeing strong evidence that network borders matter. Matches our weird 2024 finding (doi.org/10.1093/cerc...). Boundaries aren’t just lines. They may be where the action is!
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Excellent work!
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Caroline Nettekoven @carobellum.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Heading to Amsterdam for #CCN2025? Come by our posters on Tuesday and Wednesday! 🧠🏘️🧀 Tuesday🗓️ Bassel Arafat & @DiedrichsenJorn 's posters on the Multi-task framework Wednesday🗓️ My poster on task vs. rest fMRI
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Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢 🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method. Please RT www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
State-of-the-art of using implanted electrodes to stimulate cortical networks
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Hope Kean @hopekean.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Is the Language of Thought == Language? A Thread 🧵 New Preprint (link: tinyurl.com/LangLOT) with @alexanderfung.bsky.social, Paris Jaggers, Jason Chen, Josh Rule, Yael Benn, @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social, ‪@spiantado.bsky.social‬, Rosemary Varley, @evfedorenko.bsky.social 1/8
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Evidence from Formal Logical Reasoning Reveals that the Language of Thought is not Natural Language
Humans are endowed with a powerful capacity for both inductive and deductive logical thought: we easily form generalizations based on a few examples and draw conclusions from known premises. Humans al...
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Wowza!
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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Join us for lots of cool science and fun!
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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department! #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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Jobs - The University of York
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Maria Molina-Sanchez @mariamolinasan.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Can humans use artificial limbs for body augmentation as flexibly as their own hands? 🚨 Our new interdisciplinary study put this question to the test with the Third Thumb (@daniclode.bsky.social), a robotic extra digit you control with your toes! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵1/10
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