Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” 241084515
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveCognition & Brain Dynamics lab @brainthemind.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Our postdoc @lgrabot.bsky.social will be presenting tomorrow at @cuttingeeg.bsky.social a talk on traveling waves! 072
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveCognition & Brain Dynamics lab @brainthemind.bsky.social · 01/09/2026New article from our postdoc Alejandro Santos-Mayo, from his former lab! Concept2Brain is an AI architecture that turns text or images into predicted cortical activity, enabling researchers to simulate brain patterns and study conceptual representations. shorturl.at/bb0qxnature.comConcept2Brain: an AI model for predicting neurophysiological responses to text and pictures - Nature CommunicationsAdvancing toward human brain simulation remains a major challenge. Here, the authors introduce Concept2Brain, an AI web tool that predicts neural activity, thus generating synthetic and reproducible E... 023
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026@unicog.bsky.social @cea-joliot.bsky.social @cea.fr 000
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveQuanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 06/09/2026Quanta spoke to Sarah Demers, physics chair at Yale University, about AI in physics, and how physicists can benefit or suffer from it. Read the full interview: www.quantamagazine.org/in-an-age-of… 0266
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A very interesting coverage of the recent work from the lab www.nature.com/articles/s41... conducted by @matthewrlogie.bsky.social & @grassocamille.bsky.social @brainthemind.bsky.social @unicog.bsky.socialnature.comNested contextual change and the temporal compression of episodic memory - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Nested contextual change and the temporal compression of episodic memory 02410
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveCognition & Brain Dynamics lab @brainthemind.bsky.social · 10/07/2026New paper out! 🧠🚅 When scientists leave the lab to... take the train! A successful collaboration with @groupe-sncf.com, investigating how train travelers experience duration and distance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @cea.fr , @inserm.fr , @univparissaclay.bsky.social @unicog.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.wiley.comA Journey Into a Traveler's Mental Map: Duration, Distance, and Speed Experienced in High‐Speed TrainsOur study investigates how high-speed transport affects humans’ perception of time, space, and speed. We tested 247 passengers traveling on the French Paris-Lyon high-speed train (TGV) who estimated .... 192
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 03/07/2026@unicog.bsky.social @cea-joliot.bsky.social 🧠 ready for 🧠 030
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Quotable Dylan for fellow time and memory researchers ! @brainthemind.bsky.social 130
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 08/06/2026My deepest condolences to you and your family. She was a force of nature, an inspiration to many young women, a deeply kind and fiercely smart scientist with such a gentle smile. I am very sad to learn about her passing. 💔 111
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 07/05/2026When will "cognitive neuroscience" be covered in qed? 130
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveCognition & Brain Dynamics lab @brainthemind.bsky.social · 06/05/2026We are proposing several internships for Master’s students within our team! If you are interested in temporal cognition and cognitive maps, please feel free to reach out. Details on the projects can be found here: brainthemind.com/openings/brainthemind.comOpportunitiesWe are continuously accepting new applicants to get involved in ongoing projects or start new ideas – do get in touch for opportunities that may not be advertised yet! Permanent Positions Please in… 031
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Just because, toroidal structure in audition ca. 2014... Henry, M. J., Herrmann, B., & @jonasobleser.bsky.social (2014). Entrained neural oscillations in multiple frequency bands comodulate behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(41), 14935-14940. 0121
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The cross-sensory generalization is pretty cool! 010
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhovebioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Time perception follows Weber's law in Drosophila www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 192
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 11/04/2026A lucid and thorough analysis of audiovisual synchrony in the literature by Parise^3 ! @cesare-parise.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... Quid of longitudinal inter-individual differences?... 090
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 29/03/2026👏 Congratulations @liinapy.bsky.social ! 110
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Ty for the invite - looking forward to Mind Meeting! 0110
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 22/03/2026À l'approche de l'été, j'aurai l'honneur de partager quelques heures avec @hervedole.bsky.social @rovelli.bsky.social bien d'autres... sur ces histoires de temps! 🕑 🧠 vent-des-savoirs.org/index.php/le... Org. : Gilles Gerbier @cea.fr @inserm.fr @unicog.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social 0153
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 17/03/2026So very lucky to work with incredibly talented humans! 070
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveManuela Piazza @manpiazza.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The Per2Con group at CIMeC is actively seeking Post-Docs interested in investigating how newborns 👶 🧒 perceive 👁️👂and learn, using 🧠 HD EEG and eye-tracking. ✨You are motivated to work on neurodevelopment: we would love to hear from you to prepare a grant proposal together (Marie-Curie, Fyssen...)researchcenter.unitn.itOpen Positions | Research Center 185
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Borges on how to conquer time www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/02/a...themarginalian.orgBorges on How to Conquer Time“Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am t… 0143
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Thank you @lapate.bsky.social @matthewrlogie.bsky.social likes doorways segmentation doi.org/10.1016/j.co...doi.orgRedirecting 130
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 28/02/2026How hierarchical structures affect the when (what, where) of event memory? Hint: temporal compression 👇 A first virtual reality study by @matthewrlogie.bsky.social as part of experience-project.euexperience-project.euThe Extended-Personal Reality - Experience Project 1164
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveCognition & Brain Dynamics lab @brainthemind.bsky.social · 03/02/2026📣New paper out! We successfully replicated our previous work (Azizi et al., 2023), demonstrating that alpha activity is a marker of contextual changes during resting-state. w/ R. Bordas and @virginievanw.bsky.social shorturl.at/bKAFpshorturl.atSpontaneous Oscillatory Activity in Episodic Timing: An EEG Replication Study and Its LimitationsEpisodic timing refers to the one-shot, automatic encoding of temporal information in the brain, in the absence of attention to time. A previous magnetoencephalography (MEG) study showed that the rela... 1123
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Passage of time in the brain, in the mind, both? Commentary on @lapate.bsky.social recent work #drift #fmri #human #time Please,👇 if we missed relevant observations in the field! w/ @vigano.bsky.social @beneuroscience.bsky.social & R. Bordas @sfnjournals.bsky.social @brainthemind.bsky.social 11811
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveCognition & Brain Dynamics lab @brainthemind.bsky.social · 29/01/2026New paper from the team and collaborators, showing that alpha power indexes working memory load for durations. www.cell.com/iscience/ful... #time #workingMemory #brainRhythmscell.comAlpha power indexes working memory load for durationsBiological sciences; Neuroscience; Cognitive neuroscience 081
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveJean-Baptiste André @jbaptistandre.bsky.social · 19/01/20261/ 📢 Come study cognitive science in Paris! The Master’s program in Cognitive Science at @ENS_ULM, @psl_univ, and @EHESS_fr is now accepting applications for the next academic year. 🗓 Deadline: February 24, 2026 💻 Apply here: master-cognitive-science.ens.psl.eu/en/applicati... 11919
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 17/12/2025A very warm (albeit wintery) welcome to @vigano.bsky.social in the Cognition & Brain Dynamics team 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 ! We're very excited and will follow w/ team science updates of @brainthemind.bsky.social! @cea-joliot.bsky.social #NeuroSpin @unicog.bsky.social 040
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveMatthew Logie @matthewrlogie.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Looking forward to talking about using VR and EEG to study the 'when' of memory with @grassocamille.bsky.social and @virginievanw.bsky.social. Thursday the 8th of January at 11.45am. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPUB...youtube.comElectroencephalography (EEG), Virtual Reality @ NeurospinYouTube video by Virginie van Wassenhove 272
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveSze Chai Kwok @kwokszechai.bsky.social · 19/11/2025with @johnsakon.bsky.social @virginievanw.bsky.social @lapate.bsky.social and others #sfn25 093
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveElisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · 12/11/20251/n We have discovered that bees can keep track of time duration! Bees can discriminate long 🟡🟡 vs short🟡 flashes, a bit like the "dash" and "dot" of the Morse code. Check our new paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... and videoclip youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk?... @preparedmindslab.bsky.social 68626
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Congrats @davidpoeppel.bsky.social it is very well deserved! 000
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Time is relative and brains define simultaneity (TWS) and meaning (TWI) through temporal windows. 051
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveEdvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · 25/09/20251/5 How does the brain turn the low-dimensional, universal grid cell metric into the rich, diverse codes needed for memory in hippocampal place cells? 🧵 Preprint link 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgFunctional independence of entorhinal grid cell modules enables remapping in hippocampal place cellsA systems-level understanding of cortical computation requires insight into how neural codes are transformed across distinct brain circuits. In the mammalian cortex, one of the few systems where such ... 27517
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 02/10/2025RIP remarkable Jane Goodall www.bbc.com/news/live/c9... 051
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Evenement à diffuser pour la fête de la science en @iledefrance.bsky.social @poncerlab.bsky.social @bathellierlab.bsky.social @clairewyart.bsky.social 035
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 02/08/2025A substantial number of female physicists in the first half of the 20th century contributed to quantum physics. For the history of physics to properly recognize their work, new approaches are needed, argues Andrea Reichenberger in Nature Reviews Physics. go.nature.com/41mjQuJ #WomeninSTEM ⚛️ 🧪 26418
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveAidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 21/07/20252 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department! #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...jobs.york.ac.ukJobs - The University of York 58186
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveScience Magazine @science.org · 22/07/2025Octopuses fall for the “rubber arm” illusion, just like us. Learn more: scim.ag/40xyT4y 05619
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveDIM C-BRAINS @c-brains.bsky.social · 21/07/2025La recherche en #neurosciences en @iledefrance.bsky.social Une nouvelle série vidéo pour apprendre et comprendre: youtu.be/RjXOhBqfOLM?... #epilepsie @ap-hp.bsky.social @pitiesalpetriere.bsky.social @poncerlab.bsky.social @virginievanw.bsky.socialyoutu.beÉpilepsie : une maladie du cerveau aux multiples facettes (Épisode 1/3)YouTube video by C-BRAINS 042
Reposted by Virginie van WassenhoveMelanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 05/07/2025This essay by Nisheeth Vishnoi is a thoughtful meditation on the nature of science and a rebuttal to the notion that AI systems are going replace human scientists anytime soon. Worth reading. nisheethvishnoi.substack.com/p/what-count...nisheethvishnoi.substack.comWhat Counts as Discovery?Rethinking AI’s Place in Science 47312
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Fab time in Italy for TEX Sissa hosted by @dbueti.bsky.social & co, then lovely sciencing w/ @bottinilab.bsky.social. Grazie mille for your hospitality and inspiring discussions! 020
Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Thank you for a didactic and information-rich talk @aidanhorner.bsky.social !🧠 020