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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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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Jan 10

Thank you so much!

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Jan 9

Excited to share a big milestone in my #PhD journey: my first-ever preregistration is officially published! 🚀
It’s been a challenging but rewarding process and marks the start of my project I conduct at @viennacogscihub.bsky.social and @vdscobene.bsky.social . Onward! 🧠 #OpenScience #Academia

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Nov 28

Doing data analysis with only limited prior data analysis training and an approaching, crucial deadline hits differently.

So, this is what it feels like to do a #phd… 😅🫠

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Nov 20

Congrats!

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Apr 29

Looking forward to the TUS Fundmentals Workshop by
Brainbox Initiative. What a great opportunity to learn from the best in the field and to bring home knowledge and skills for my project at
@viennacogscihub.bsky.social @vdscobene.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

#neuroscience #neurostimulation #cogsci

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Mar 7

danke an die Wiener VHS für das Science Programm. Hatte gestern wie immer viel Spaß, einen Teil meiner Forschung am @viennacogscihub.bsky.social der @univie.ac.at zu präsentieren!

#sciencecommunication #wissenschaftskommunikation #neuroscience #Philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #phdlife

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Mar 4

In 2 Tagen halte ich wieder einen Vortrag an der VHS Wien Urania wo ich einen Teil meiner Forschung an der @univie.ac.at und am @viennacogscihub.bsky.social vorstelle: "Was ist Kreativität - von der Philosophie bis zur Neurobiologie"

www.vhs.at/de/k/287674264

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Feb 23

Looking forward to next term, consisting mostly of classes in neurobiology and neuroanatomy. Thx to @vdscobene.bsky.social and @univie.ac.at for enabling their PhDs to take all sorts of classes from all programs! This really helps to gain expertise tailored to one's project! 🧠

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Feb 14

Being for my first time ever a reviewer for a journal.
To my horror, I discovered that I am a Reviewer 2!... 😱😭

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Feb 9

Last day(s) of my visit to UCLA's Monti Lab. Big thanks to you and your team!
Special thanks to Amber R. Hopkins for the ultrasound stimulation (+EEG TMS) training and to my supervisor, Julia S. Crone, and @viennacogscihub.bsky.social for enabling the trip. It was a great contribution to my work!

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Jan 29

Shoutout to this year's Winter Workshop on Complex Systems organizers! And to all the participants as well! Such a fun and inspiring mix of researchers I got to meet there. 🤓

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Jan 19

One thing I do in my literature reading behavior is adopt a Reviewer #2 mindset and try my best to destroy whatever paper I read.

helps me a lot in understanding. But also brings out some very dark parts of my personality I wish weren't there... 🫠😅

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Jan 13

Being aware that I will never be able to fully grasp all the stunning stuff that is out there feels very exhausting and humbling for me.

Yet, at the same time, it is exactly this that gives science and philosophy this bitter-sweet taste that I adore so much!

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Jan 11

happy to announce that after days of almost ridiculous energy and motivation for drafting a new paper, I have finally reached a stagnating plateau and my brain is just fried 🧠🍟

let's see how it goes today ...

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Jan 11

Excellent question I am completely unqualified to answer. I am unfamiliar with current trends in experimental philosophy... but Bickle's arguments in the paper sounded very convincing, and his observations and analysis appear very sound and thoroughly thought through!

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Jan 8

Read of the day: "Lessons for experimental philosophy from the rise and “fall” of neurophilosophy" (Bickle, 2017). I'm no experimental philosopher. I read it more or less by coincidence, as it sparked my NeuroSci interest. Very insightful and entertaining paper!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Dec 18

Finally online: "Explanatory power by vagueness. Challenges to the strong prior hypothesis on hallucinations exemplified by the Charles-Bonnet-Syndrome"

was quite a journey to develop it... and I'm super excited that it's finally published 🙌

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Dec 15

Giving another talk at VHS Urania this evening. Some residuals from my time in linguistics: "Psycholinguistik 101"

My next talk there will be about my current research on the neuroscience of creativity and cognitive flexibility I conduct with the @viennacogscihub.bsky.social at @univie.ac.at.

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Dec 7

And on another note: the video of the VHS Science Contest is online:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBFI...

@viennacogscihub.bsky.social I hope I represented you adequately😀

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Dec 7

happy to announce that my first first-author paper got accepted yesterday! A great collaboration with @mokriegleder.bsky.social 🙌

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Nov 22

The discrepancy between how smart I feel when writing vs when reading reviewer comments (esp rev 2 ofc) is savage 😅🙈

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Nov 22

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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

To celebrate 25 years of Science at the VHS (die Wiener Volkshochschulen) there will be a Science Contest on 29. November, 18:00, at the Planetarium Wien! (Oswald-Thomas-Platz 1, 1020 Vienna) and the audience will choose the winner!
Good luck to @franzroman.bsky.social, one of the five finalists!

25 Jahre Wissenschaftsprogramm der VHS | Bildungsblog | Science

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Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Nov 22

Thanks so much! 😊

Franz Roman @franzroman.bsky.social · Nov 22

Well, yes, that talk will happen too. But before that, I will present my current work at the 25 years anniversary of the VHS Wien Science program. There, I will partake in the Science Contest as one of the finalists 🤓

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