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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · 22d

📰 New paper showing the importance of multimodal approaches for uncovering brain-behaviour relationships by @brainlanglab.bsky.social (co first-authors: @irenebalboni.bsky.social & Alessandra Rampinini; @olgakepinska.bsky.social, @berthele.bsky.social, @nargolestani.bsky.social)
Congratulations!

Unlocking the Brain’s Language Network: Insights from fMRI and Behavioral Studies

How do our brains process language, and what role do cognitive and linguistic skills play? The Brain and Lanugage Lab's most recent study sheds light on the neural mechanisms behind language processin...

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Aug 28

Could ultrasound stimulation and art therapy help with Parkinson's disease? Read about the "Unlocking the Muse" project in this article from @futurezone.at (in German): futurezone.at/science/ultr...

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Ultraschall-Stimulation und Kunsttherapie gegen Parkinson

Die genauen Ursachen der Nervenerkrankung sind noch nicht erforscht. Kunsttherapie ist eine vielversprechende Behandlungsmethode.

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EVAlabs Vienna @evalabs.bsky.social · May 8

JOB ALERT!

2-year post-doc available here in Vienna at the ARTIS Lab as part of a @fwf-at.bsky.social funded project on emotion communication through artistic drawing in autistic and non-autistic adults.

Find out more here: www.artislab.org/projects/asd...

Emotion communication in ASD bodies and brains through visual art — Artis Lab

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · May 14

Read more about the @fwf-at.bsky.social project here: cogsci.univie.ac.at/research/mem...

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · May 14

Anja-Xiaoxing Cui will present prior and ongoing work regarding music and memory, including a recently funded project on musical memories in participants with an AD diagnosis. Through this, she will lay out hypotheses regarding the involvement of movement in music cognition and musical memories.

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · May 14

🎶&🧠!

Sign up now for our next Brownbag Session on Music & Memory with Anja-Xiaoxing Cui, TT-Prof. of Neuromediality and Systematic Musicology @univie.ac.at!

📅⏰ Wednesday, June 11, 12:00
📍 Seminarraum 19, Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna

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Brownbag Session
Music & Memory
Anja-Xiaoxing Cui, TT-Prof. of Neuromediality and Systematic Musicology at the Department of Musicology, University of Vienna

11 June, 12:00h
Seminarraum 19, Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna

https://cogsci.univie.ac.at/activities/brownbag-sessions/registration-for-brownbag-sessions/

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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · May 12

Only 1 week left to apply for our open PhD position! 🧠

‼️ Deadline: May 18th

SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨 Come work with us!

3-year fully funded PhD position in Social and Cognitive Neuroscience @univie.ac.at @clauslamm.bsky.social to join our project investigating prosocial behavior under uncertainty.

More info: shorturl.at/1fnb2

Please share widely 🔁

3y_PhDposition_univie_ScanUnit.pdf

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · May 8

This event is part of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference: From Minds to Movements - Foresight in Cognition and Activism. mindstomovements.carrd.co

📩 Register here: www.termino.gv.at/meet/p/0673f...

Registration: Panel Discussion on 'Current Crises, Possible Futures' | TERMINO

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · May 8

From democratic backsliding to the climate crisis to AI negligence, global society faces interconnected challenges. 🌐

Panelists:
* Ali Emre Benli (University of Vienna)
* Brigitte Krenn (OFAI)
* Simon Rippon (CEU)

🍷 After the panel, stay for a reception with light refreshments and wine!

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · May 8

🌍 In Vienna today and no plans for the Evening? Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion:

Current Crises, Possible Futures

🗓️ When: Today! Thursday, May 8, 17:45–19:00
📍 Where: Aula am Campus, 1090 Wien

Explore the challenges of our time and the futures that await us. Details below! 👇

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thank you and the rest of the team for your initiative and hard work in making this happen, we look forward to the Symposium!

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Maria Fedorova @mariafedor.bsky.social · Apr 28

Join us for the graduate conference "From Minds to Movements: Foresight in Cognition and Activism" on May 8-10, at the University of Vienna. The conference's schedule, alongside other details about how to register and find the venue, can be found here: mindstomovements.carrd.co

#cogsci #philsky

From Minds to Movements

Interdisciplinary graduate conference

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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨 Come work with us!

3-year fully funded PhD position in Social and Cognitive Neuroscience @univie.ac.at @clauslamm.bsky.social to join our project investigating prosocial behavior under uncertainty.

More info: shorturl.at/1fnb2

Please share widely 🔁

3y_PhDposition_univie_ScanUnit.pdf

shorturl.at

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Mar 24

"Music for Memory" at @univie.ac.at (Anja-Xiaoxing Cui, @nargolestani.bsky.social ) is part of the "Memory for Music" project which includes researchers from Norway (Christian Gold) and Argentina (Marcela Lichtensztejn).

www.memory4music.net

Memory for music - international randomized controlled trial of musical training for people with Alzheimer’s disease

www.memory4music.net

Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Mar 24

We talked to Anja-Xiaoxing Cui's about her latest project: "Music for Memory: Exploring Music-Based Interventions for Alzheimer's Disease."

cogsci.univie.ac.at/research/mem...

Memory4Music

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Mar 23

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Mar 19

Check out the DEI Reading Circle on Sexgender Diversity by the @wobio-ubb.bsky.social !
Everyone who is interested to participate is welcome!

Gender Diversity Equity and Inclusion Reading Circle Hosted by Women in Biology a the University of Vienna

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Mar 18

We had the pleasure of talking to Blanca Spee after her Keynote Lecture at the 2025 @vdscobene.bsky.social PhD Academy! 🌟

Check out Blanca et al's @fwf-at.bsky.social funded research on Parkinson's disease - the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disorder: cogsci.univie.ac.at/news/detail/...

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Mar 11

Join the 2nd Meeting of the Vienna Network of Music & Cognition Research (ViNoMaRe)!
Connect with researchers, explore new perspectives on music, and get inspired through talks, discussions, and more!
📅 June 6, 2025 | 17:30
📍 CEU, Vienna @weareceu.bsky.social
Register: forms.office.com/e/HUUQuXSsuR

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Mar 10

Planning ahead?
Don’t miss Gerald C. Cupchik, Prof. of Psychology at the Universoty of Toronto Scarborough, giving a lecture on Landscapes of the Emotions 🧠🌄
⏰ Monday, June 2, 11:30 AM
📍 Hörsaal C, NIG, University of Vienna

Poster with the following information:

Lecture
Landscapes of the Emotions

Gerald C. Cupchik
Professor of Psychology
University of Toronto Scarborough

Monday, 2 June, 11:30h
Hörsaal C, NIG - Universitätsstraße 7 (6th Floor)

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Feb 24

New letter by me and Julia Crone in brainstimj about the implications of brain shift in model-based planning for ultrasonic brain stimulation.
doi.org/10.1016/j.br...

@viennacogscihub.bsky.social getting more and more into the TUS game

#neuroscience #brainstimulation #phdlife

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · Feb 13

Have you checked out the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science?

New(ish): Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science - Daily Nous

The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (OECS) is a free, online collection of multidisciplinary peer-reviewed articles on various topics in cognitive science. Officially launched last August by MI...

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Feb 19

We just discovered the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (@oecs-bot.bsky.social): "A new, multidisciplinary guide to understanding the mind [...] introducing key topics to a broad audience of students and scholars."
Check it out: oecs.mit.edu #CognitiveScience

Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science

The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a new, multidisciplinary guide to understanding the mind: a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics to a bro...

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margot-dehove.bsky.social @margot-dehove.bsky.social · Feb 18

📢 New Paper !

Building on Mikuni et al. (2024) and recently published, discover how our art parklet influences wellbeing in the Lab

🎨 🏙️ Spoiler alert: The effects vary significantly, but art in urban environment seems to have a distinct impact.

Find out more here: doi.org/10.1177/0276...

#WWTF

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Feb 11

Our colleagues @ds-vienna.bsky.social are hiring a Scientific Coordinator (PostDoc)!
Apply here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Scientif...

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