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Nico Foley

@nicofoley.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist. Visual Attention: expectations, uncertainty, eye movements, retinotopy. Dynamical systems modeling. Networks and dimensional reduction. Circadian rhythms. Generally optimistic.

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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 9h
Does anyone know of a good biography of Matilda of Tuscany?
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Is it a food delivery requirement to put at least twice as many staples as necessary on the paper bag?
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I saw Supergirl in IMAX tonight, very fun movie, would definitely recommend.. didn’t quite hit the same balance of seriousness / humor that Superman did, plot very much like Captain Marvel (didn’t know one of SG’s aliases was Danvers) with a John Wick twist.. and we need more Lobo
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norabble.substack.com @norabble.substack.com · 26/05/2026
'Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience' is logically redundant AND AI hiring tools exploit the ambiguity against candidates. New piece on why lazy hiring is getting worse — and why the recent grad unemployment panic is based on misread data: substack.norabble.com/p/or-equival... #hiring #skills
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Or Equivalent Experience
Lazy Mistakes in Hiring and the Truth Behind Jobs Data
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The authors of a Nature paper outlining a mechanism for multisensory memories in Drosophila melongaster have retracted the work after they were unable to replicate a set of imaging experiments. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/r...
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Researchers retract multisensory learning paper
Even though one set of experiments did not hold up, the authors stand by the original conclusions of the work and plan to resubmit it as a new paper.
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Kate Nautiyal @katenautiyal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Please spread the word about a postbac position in Behavioral Neuroscience at Dartmouth with me, Shelley Warlow, and Kyle smith. The postbac will contribute to collaborative projects across the three labs aimed at studying the neuroscience of motivation and reward learning.
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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 12/03/2026
Bringing Vision Science Closer to the Real World Jody C. Culham and Eva Deligiannis 👀🧠 #neuroskyence www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Bringing Vision Science Closer to the Real World
Vision science has demonstrated considerable success in characterizing early- and mid-level visual processes through reductionism and tightly controlled experiments. However, an understanding of high-...
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Naomi Mittet @naolimit.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Sharing a little early here in Seattle for World Sleep Day 2026, which is March 13th this year. From my Blogger page: Totally Circadian (I'm a child of the 80s). #WorldSleepDay #Sleep #Circadian #Non24 totally-circadian.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-ne...
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A Neuroscientist’s Life with Non-24
Circadian, Sleep Disorders, Non-24 Sleep-Wake Disorder, DSPD, DSPS, Circadian Rhythm, Sleep
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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Beyond grateful to be selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Neuroscience! 🧠🤓 It takes a village, and this wouldn't be possible without my amazing team, mentees, mentors, collaborators and colleagues! Very excited to continue our work on the neuroscience of social learning. #SloanFellow
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My next door neighbor, Roxanne Lanquetot, died this morning at the age of 92. Her husband Guy, and son Sergei who had schizophrenia predeceased her. She spent her life teaching, in social work, and with NARSAD. She was a delightful woman who eventually pushed me towards psychiatric neuroscience. RIP
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
On a cruise (don’t cry for me) that has starlink internet.. they are blocking the Bluesky app 🤬
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Do you ever stop and think about how there used to be pterosaurs? A fun new study shows that pterosaurs used to eat plants (they'd been expected to be carnivores) & like modern birds, they had stones in their gullets called gastroliths that help break down plants 🧪 @science.org
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Pterosaur died with belly full of plants—a fossil first
New discovery confirms the long-debated hypothesis that the ancient winged reptiles ate plants
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
@loweringthebar.bsky.social
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Orit Peleg @oritpeleg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
📣 We're on the lookout for a creative postdoc with strong computational skills! Be the go-to person in the lab for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rythems: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization! More info below👇
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Please read this and share widely, especially with people outside of science. Things are BAD in American bioscience right now and everyone needs to know just how bad - and dangerous - it is. apnews.com/article/nih-...
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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
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Emily Finn @esfinn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑‍🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.
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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Our new paper looking at potential arousal signals to the IGL that underlie how nonphotic signals reset our #circadian clock. doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
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Redirecting
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Have you checked out RQI? rightquestion.org
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Home - Right Question Institute
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
As of today both the RAs I work with who were applying to PhD programs this cycle are admitted and accepted to programs they’re excited about.. and my overall emotional state is immense relief rather than elation 🥹🥳
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Michelle Greene @mgreenephd.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🚨New job alert! My lab is hiring a lab manager. Perfect position for a graduating senior who is interested in full-time research before applying to graduate school. #Neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #VisionScience #MLSky Apply here: www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
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Full-time Research Assistant / Lab Manager - HigherEdJobs
Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.
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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Carl R. Olson (1944–2024) www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... #neuroscience
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Carl R. Olson (1944–2024)
Carl Olson, Professor of the Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, passed away on November 23, 2024. Carl was an internationally renowned neuroscientist who provided important insights...
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Ate at Razza pizza in Jersey City today.. absolutely amazing, definitely in the top 3 thin crusts I’ve ever had.. just a few blocks from the Grove street PATH stop, super easy to get to from Manhattan razzanj.com
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Razza | Pizza
Artisanal pizza in Jersey City.
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New Paper! We use bioluminescent markers in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus on Per2 protein in slice data to model the relationship between phase and brightness, use that model to assess phase in intact SCN, and then use that data to model the damage of tissue slicing: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus-wide estimation of oscillatory temporal dynamics
Author summary A mammal’s internal circadian clock, critical to its function and survival, is created and maintained by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The SCN comprises about 20,000 oscillatory ne...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/03/2025
Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88
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Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88
James Harrison rolled up his sleeve more than 1,100 times to give his plasma, which was used in life-saving anti-D medication James Harrison, the Australian known as “the man with the golden arm” because of his prolific baby-saving blood donations, has…
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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
With the spring forward clock change just around the corner, here's a great resource for those wanting to understand the how to maximize sleep health and to understand the consequences of the various clocks we follow www.researchsleep.ca/time-change
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Time Change — CSRC
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102 www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
The French army neurosurgeon and pilot known as “Mademoiselle Helicopter" flew more than 160 wounded men from the battlefields of Indochina to hospitals in Hanoi.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Luiz Pessoa discusses the paper that led him to a doctoral program in the department headed by its authors. Read more in the latest "This paper changed my life": www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
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This paper changed my life: ‘A massively parallel architecture for a self-organizing neural pattern recognition machine,’ by Carpenter and Grossberg
This paper taught me that we can use mathematical modeling to understand how neural networks are organized—and led me to a doctoral program in the department led by its authors.
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Yohan J John @dryohanjohn.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Very nice! I agree, the ideas have still not really percolated. I'll leave a link to my video discussion here for anyone who wants a gentle intro to Adaptive Resonance Theory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG4Z...
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Grossbergian Neuroscience 05: Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART)
YouTube video by NeuroLogos
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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Carpenter and Grossberg paper that changed things for me:
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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Very sad to hear about the passing of Eileen Kowler, a true giant in the field of eye movements & their interaction with vision & cognitive processes. She helped me as a grad student & it was always wonderful to talk to her. Her body of work is foundational to our field. Thank you, Eileen.
Photo of Eileen from her Rutgers-New Brunswick faculty page
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Do you organize your thought around people or topics? My PI, Gaurav Patel, is people and remembers every name.. I do the latter and so am, for example, in continual confusion about whether @nicolecrust.bsky.social or Leslie Osborne showed that max motion info in MT happens at the response shoulder
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
When the scrolling has a sense of humor
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #382,517!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #382,517, Nico Foley ‪@nicofoley.bsky.social‬, joined on Jul 26, 2023"
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Nico Foley @nicofoley.bsky.social · 04/08/2023
So I still have the bird, haven’t updated apps since the rebrand.. thinking I’ll delete at X point but we’re only up to a quarter of the network here.. suggestions?
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