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Olivia Larson

@olivialarson.bsky.social
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clinical psychology phd candidate @ penn studying sleep + emotional memory // library patron, muay thai fighter, plant appreciator, cruciverbalist

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
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Your Brain’s Memory of a Story Depends on How It Was Told
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
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Anna Schapiro @annaschapiro.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Members of the Penn community: please sign this actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...
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Just Say No to Trump's Compact for Academic Extortion
Yesterday, the University of Pennsylvania was one of nine targets of the Trump Administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Through it, Trump asks once again for universitie...
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Olivia Larson @olivialarson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I defended my dissertation! 🥹 I am incredibly grateful to Phil Gehrman, @annaschapiro.bsky.social, and Martha Farah for their mentorship over these six wonderful, whirlwind years! There are not enough !!!s in the world to convey my gratitude for all of the many others who supported me along the way!
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Olivia Larson @olivialarson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The first chapter of my dissertation is officially published! 🎆🌺💤 We found that folks with depression show similar impairments in cognitive functioning after total sleep deprivation as non-depressed folks (and bounce back similarly after recovery sleep): 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Incredibly excited and grateful to share that I’ll be starting a lab at The Ohio State University this(!) fall! My lab will study human learning and memory, with related interests in sleep, stress, and time perception. More info soon, but do get in touch if you’re interested in joining!
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Olivia Larson @olivialarson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Me editing a draft of a "methods" section that I myself wrote
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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
New preprint! How do we integrate new information into prior knowledge? We find that existing knowledge enables rapid new learning but that interleaved replay during sleep promotes integration of new and old information. Modeling suggests a sleep context suppression mechanism. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Olivia Larson @olivialarson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I'm in Seattle at #SLEEP2025! Come see me at poster 52 on Tuesday 6/10 at 11am! It's called "No Added Benefit of Targeted Memory Reactivation During Naps on Negative Memory Rescripting" because that is what we found!
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Ryan Dahn @ryandahn.com · 22/04/2025
pedestrianize the Italian Market! it's one of the biggest no-brainers out there—who wants to drive up 9th Street anyway?! www.inquirer.com/food/angelos...
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Has Angelo’s become too big for Bella Vista?
No Ninth Street institution commands the crowds that Angelo's Pizzeria does. Some neighbors say they are taking an outsize toll on Bella Vista.
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Nora Bradford @norabradford.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I just learned that there's a national graduate student crisis line - gradresources.org. Might be worth spreading the word as I'm pretty sure exactly *checks notes* zero grad students are doing well emotionally right now.
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Grad Resources
Encouraging and equipping graduate students for impact.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
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Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/03/2025
In Veterans Affairs facilities across the U.S., therapy and other mental health services have been thrown into turmoil amid the dramatic changes ordered by President Trump and pushed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
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Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil
A chaotic restructuring order threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Don't mess with our clocks!
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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We had a great crew this morning working on signs before they headed out to @standupforscience.bsky.social in Philly! STEM-related activities account for 40% of the US GDP and are a main economic driver for Philadelphia. Science makes America great.
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Anna Schapiro @annaschapiro.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Let’s goooo
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Anna Schapiro @annaschapiro.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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#standupforscience
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David Baranger @davidbaranger.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Are there any lists of which labs are hiring postbacs this year? With the IRTA program down, there are many more undergrads looking for positions! 🧪 🧠 #science #neuroscience #psychology
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/01/2025
remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
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Geoff Lorenz @geofflorenz.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hi! I'm a political scientist who studies what makes advocacy effective (sent here by my psychologist spouse @tierneylorenz.bsky.social ). A phone call with the staffer dealing with the issue > letter you compose on your own >>>>> a form letter. Key: be unique + courteous + make effort.
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Scott Cairney @sacairney.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Why do we suffer from more intrusive thoughts when we're sleep deprived? Find out in this SciAm article on our latest work by @rachelnuwer.bsky.social, featuring @zarabergstrom.bsky.social and @marwimber.bsky.social 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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Bradley Love @profdata.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results" w @ken-lxl.bsky.social and braingpt.org. LLMs integrate a noisy yet interrelated scientific literature to forecast outcomes. nature.com/articles/s41... 1/8
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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
So excited! A donor has made The Portable Mentor totally and completely FREE for anyone!!!!!! No royalties, no sign up, just download any/all of the 30 chapters of professional development advice!!! HOORAY!!!!! Equal access for everyone!!!! Check out the ToC! www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
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The Portable Mentor
Cambridge Core - Psychiatry - The Portable Mentor
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CogCompNeuro @cogcompneuro.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We are extremely excited to announce Anna Schapiro from the University of Pennsylvania as the first keynote speaker of CCN2025! Join us next August for the 8th CCN conference, on cognitive science, neuroscience, and AI. Details on paper submissions (both short & full) below!
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Marlie Tandoc @marlietandoc.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
New paper out! Memory for object features is warped according to their role in a category, w/ features shared across category-mates misremembered as more similar. We explored the phenomenon in our NN model of the hipp. w/ @annaschapiro.bsky.social & @codydong.bsky.social doi.org/10.1162/opmi...
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Object Feature Memory Is Distorted by Category Structure
Abstract. Memory systems constantly confront the challenge of capturing both the shared features that connect experiences together and the unique features that distinguish them. Across two experiments...
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Eitan Schechtman @eitans.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Are you #QueerinSTEM in the fields of #neuroscience or #psychology? Please fill out our survey if you haven't already. We're close to 300 responders, but I know we can get an even better (and hopefully diverse) sample! Also, please share and/or tag others (but don't out anyone). #PrideInSTEM
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
"continuing to do and teach science vociferously in the face of political attacks is doubly necessary now" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Scientists as political advocates
Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...
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Martin Dresler @dresler.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Do dreams serve a biological function? If so, why do we forget most of them? Here we propose a solution for this apparent paradox: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Sleeping person with clouded dreams.
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Olivia Larson @olivialarson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
How is it possible that AI can do so many things for me on my computer but every time I try to put a figure into a Word document it acts like I'm asking it to format my paper in 4D
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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Olivia Larson @olivialarson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I am also very amused by this
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Olivia Larson @olivialarson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Is it really social media if this hasn't circulated yet
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Olivia Larson @olivialarson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Me: "I have two cats but I'm not really a cat person" Also me when the cats fell in love with a cardboard box:
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Ken Paller @paller.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Dream Science 2.0 — AKA New Strategies for the Cognitive Science of Dreaming - Online ahead of print in Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2024 doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.10.004. by Remington Mallett, Karen R Konkoly, Tore Nielsen, Michelle Carr, and Ken A Paller
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
go.bsky.app/SsNPcGP Here is the Starter pack!!! We have over 100 spots available (and if we hit the limit of 150, I'll make a part two). PLEASE share, ask to be added, and let me know if you'd like to see anyone added.
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Lauryn Bhavnani @wishkhh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
once again reminder to go support your local libraries and your local libraries
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Olivia Larson @olivialarson.bsky.social · 14/03/2023
Excited to use my 1st-ever tweet to share my 1st-ever 1st-author paper! We did a meta-analysis and found that sleep protects against intrusive memories after analogue trauma exposure. Huge thanks to co-authors Phil Gehrman (@sleepmh) and @AnnaSchapiro:
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