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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 1d

To find out about how #TMS #BrainStim users collect, analyse & share their data, we've made a very brief TMS survey:

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It should take you less than 5 minutes & does not ask for any personal information.

We'll use the answers to plan our future work.

Please share!

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TMSMultiLab survey

TMSMultiLab is a community of ~70 researchers using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We aim to share methods code and data, to reach consensus & encourage best practice in TMS research methods...

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 10d

If you are interested in a postdoc fellowship working on concurrent brain stimulation and imaging (e.g. TMS-fMRI doi.org/10.1101/2025...), then check out this unique opportunity and get in touch (deadline for expressions of interest is 13 Oct).

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Fellowship Programme - Cambridge NeuroWorks

Fellowship programme Cambridge NeuroWorks is proud to introduce the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship Programme, offering two transformative fellowship streams …

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Heejung Jung @jungheejung.bsky.social · Sep 4

New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!

N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · Sep 1

With RESTORE, we aim to combine TMS & EEG to study the neural underpinnings of working memory. We plan to advance the use of TMS & EEG aiming to provide innovative approaches to the study of cognition. For a sneak peek, check out our recent perspective: www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum...

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Frontiers | Advancing working memory research through cortico-cortical transcranial magnetic stimulation

The neural underpinnings of working memory (WM) have been of continuous scientific interest for decades. As the understanding of WM progresses and new theori...

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · Sep 1

A couple of years ago, myself, Eddie & Nikos got together and discussed some ideas, which led to the birth of project RESTORE. RESTORE was well received and was awarded an MSCA-PF. More about the project here: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

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Visual working memory (VWM) is the cognitive process responsible for temporarily maintaining in mind visual information that is no longer in view. The neural architecture of VWM has been of continuous...

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · Sep 1

It is with immense honour that I share that as of today, I’m officially an MSCA fellow @unevadareno.bsky.social benefitting from the minds of @eester.bsky.social & @nkonstantinou.bsky.social

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · Aug 23

Today, I had my final walk around campus, remembering the very first visit. I joined Western in hopes of becoming a better scientist, and on top of that, I like to think that I became a better person.

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · Aug 23

But most importantly I was privileged enough to meet and collaborate with lots of amazing folks, for whom there are not enough words in this world to thank. Every single one of them taught me something that I will cherish for life.

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · Aug 23

Over the past couple of years I was lucky enough to call @westernu.ca my academic home.

During my time here I:
☕️ Drunk 849L of coffee.
💩 Stepped on geese poop 56 times.
🧻 Consumed ~1.5km of institutional toilet paper.
🪒 Grew 37 gray hairs.
⚡️ Delivered hundreds of thousands of TMS pulses.

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kNOw PAIN @westernknowpain.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our Meet the Team talks are back on September 17th! Our next speakers are kNOw-PAIN collaborators Dr. Anna Zajacova and Dr. Naveen Poonai! To join, click the zoom link on our website: knowpain.ca/meettheteam

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Eddie Ester @eester.bsky.social · Aug 11

New paper day! Whereas earlier studies have shown that human eye movement patterns are influenced by the physical properties of remembered stimuli, we show that they are also influenced by stimulus meaning. h/t to Ali Pexsa (not on bluesky) who led this work.

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Human eye movements track stimulus meaning

Working memory (WM) is a capacity- and duration-limited system that enables the representation and processing of fleeting sensory phenomena. Human fMRI studies indicate that brain areas associated wit...

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