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AJ Simon

@ayejaysimon.bsky.social

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Neuroscience PhD candidate at Yale Brain networks, cognition, psychiatry Constable Lab NSF GRFP fellow Formerly @Neuroscapeucsf Twitter: @ayejaysimon

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AJ Simon @ayejaysimon.bsky.social · 11h

Well put! Thank’s for the shoutout dr smith

AJ Simon @ayejaysimon.bsky.social · 2d

New preprint alert!

We used connectome-based predictive modeling in a transdiagnostic sample to identify brain network correlates of wide array of behavioral measures. We also identify where networks supporting cognition overlap with those linked to diagnostically related clinical symptomatology.

Transdiagnostic connectome-based predictive modeling of many behavioral phenotypes reveals brain network mediators of clinical-cognitive relationships

Connectome-based predictive modeling (CPM) applied to functional MRI connectivity data can identify brain networks that vary with behavioral measures across subjects. The prediction strength also prov...

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AJ Simon @ayejaysimon.bsky.social · 15d

If only these jobs were posted 2-3 years from now… my partner and I would love to apply!

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Sydney E. Smith @syd-smith.bsky.social · Jul 23

Theo Kertesz, a brilliant intern here in the B&C lab, wrote a fantastic piece about my PhD research. Read it on Medium! medium.com/p/listening-...

Listening to the Brain’s Hidden Rhythms: How Aperiodic Activity is Changing EEG and Depression…

Rates of depression have been rising steadily over the past few decades, affecting more than 280 million people worldwide (World Health…

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Sydney E. Smith @syd-smith.bsky.social · Jul 7

Started a new postdoc at Yale in @brognition.bsky.social Lab with Kia Nobre! Studying adaptive cognition in humans using brain recordings—both on and in the head. New lab, new city, new chapter!

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AJ Simon @ayejaysimon.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you’re at OHBM this year, come check out my poster titled “Brain networks that mediate clinical-cognitive relationships” on Friday and Saturday at location number 1150

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AJ Simon @ayejaysimon.bsky.social · Mar 19

Excited to get this collaborative paper out from my rotation with @dscheinost.bsky.social

Yale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience @kavliatyale.bsky.social · Mar 19

In a new @jama.com study, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social's @zivbenzion.bsky.social + Alexander Simon used fMRI 🧠📷 to train machine learning models 💻 which could predict the severity of #PTSD symptoms 📈--offering a way to improve how we detect & care for the disease!

Machine learning model predicts PTSD symptom severity over time

Using functional brain imaging and machine learning, Yale researchers were able to predict PTSD symptoms 14 months after the initial traumatic event.

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AJ Simon @ayejaysimon.bsky.social · Mar 2

Had a great time discussing network neuroscience (and skiing) at #whistlerbrain2025! Thanks for organizing @toddc.bsky.social and @anjasamardzija.bsky.social!

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Todd Constable @toddc.bsky.social · Jan 21

Last week to register! (registration closes Jan 26) #whistlerbrain
Register here: web.cvent.com/event/34b0c2...

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Michael W. Cole @mwcole.bsky.social · Dec 3

“Cognitive flexibility as the shifting of brain network flows by flexible neural representations”, a solo paper by yours truly, making the case that brain activity flow shifts are essential to mental flexibility (and quite interesting too!)

Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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