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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join us throughout the month as we celebrate the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community!
#ASDC #SupportDeafAwareness #IHNCommunity #BTNRH #neuroscience #DeafAwarenessMonth

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Sep 1

September is #NationalDeafAwarenessMonth & #IHN is celebrating by highlighting:
✨️Local organizations serving the Deaf & Hard of Hearing community
✨️Research from our very own #CASILab in collaboration w/ researchers at #BTNRH
✨️Facts to help bring understanding & awareness

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's poster time!
We have 24 outstanding posters today. Ranging from outstanding invited undergraduate students from across the region, #IHN research assistants, and a lab director, Dr. Max Kurz!
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Cutting-edge research from Dr. Paul's laboratory has recently helped to shape the field's current understanding of sophisticated interplay between pubertal timing, sex hormones, and social-emotional development during adolescence.
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

The #IHNSummerSymposium is thrilled to host Dr. Matthew Paul as our keynote speaker. Dr. Paul is an associate professor of Psychology at the University of Buffalo, SUNY.
His talk is titled, "The Role of Pubertal Hormones in Adolescent Neural and Behavioral Development.”
#IHN #neuroscience

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Our final flash talk presentation comes from #DiconLab research assistant Lauren Webert. Her talk is titled, "Gamma Neuronal Activity is Altered in Adults Who Regularly Use Cannabis."
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHN

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

The next presentation is a postdoctoral fellow in the #PoWERLab, Dr. Owais Khan. Presenting "Reaching Kinematics and their Relationship with Prefrontal Cortex Activity Patterns During Moving Target Interception in Children with Cerebral Palsy."
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Up next is Creighton PhD student in the #DiconLab, Jenny Huang. Her presentation is titled, "Cue Induced Neural Alteration Underlying Sensory Gaiting in Chronic Methamphetamine Users."
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHN

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Check out all our #IHNSummerSymposium flash talk speakers!
From top left to bottom right, Kellen McDonald, Dr. Attakias Mertens, Zhiying Shen, Jenny Huang, Dr. Owais Khan, and Lauren Webert.
To learn more about our presenters, check out our website www.instituteforhumanneuroscience.org/team

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

The 3rd flash talk is Creighton PhD student in the #CASILab, Zhiying (Mike) Shen. His presentation is titled, "Neural Dynamics Underlying the Development of Semantic Processing Support Language-Specific and Domain-General Cognition."
#IHNSummerSymposium #Neuroscience #CASILab

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Next up is postdoctoral fellow in the #BRAICLab Dr. Attakias Mertens. His presentation is titled, "Assessing Subcortical Iron Levels Across the Lifespan Using fMRI."
#IHNSummerSymposium #IHN #neuroscience #neuroimaging

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Opening the flash talks is Creighton PhD student in the #DICoNLab, Kellen McDonald. Her presentation titled, "Elevated Inflammation in People with HIV is Associated with Aberrant Neural Oscillations Serving Selective Attention".
#IHNSummerSymposium #IHN #neuroscience #neuroimaging

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

This morning, there will be a combination of a keynote speaker, Dr. Matthew Paul, flash talks from 6 senior IHN trainees, and a poster session including 6 invited undergraduate students from around the US, alongside dozens of trainees from IHN!
#IHNSummerSymposium

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Kicking it off to a FULL house is our fearless leader, director of #IHN, the #DICoNLab, and the Patrick E. Brookhouser Endowed Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Dr. Tony Wilson.
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Good morning, and welcome to the IHN Summer Research Symposium 2025!
Today is going to be an incredible day full of some serious science! So stay tuned for updates all day!
#IHN #neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHNSummerSymposium

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 8

Megan is at it again at #apa2025 at 4pm, presenting her poster "The Interaction of Hippocampal Subregion Volume and Age on Cognitive Functioning in Healthy Adults" in the Clinical Neuropsychology, Division 40, poster session.
@apadivision6.bsky.social #IHN #IHNconference #neuroscience

Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 7

Megan is an RA in the @DiconLab at #IHN. To learn more about Megan, check out her bio on our website 👉 www.instituteforhumanneuroscience.org/dicon-lab-te...

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 7

Be sure to check out Megan tomorrow morning at 8am (Friday the 8th) at the #APA2025, presenting in the Transformative Teaching about Social Justice Issues: Examples and Reflections symposium in room 702.
#IHN #IHNconferences #neuroscience #neuroimaging #DICoNLab
@apadivision6.bsky.social

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Aug 6

#IHN's Megan Hall, an #RA in the #DICoNLab presenting a the #APA2025 conference this week!
She will be in full swing on Friday the 8th, presenting at 8am in a symposium and sharing her poster at 4pm!
#IHN #neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHNconferences

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Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham @heinrichs-graham.bsky.social · Jul 17

Really excited to share the latest #CASILab publication that is my grad student Mike's first, first-authored publication! 🥳 We show how hearing loss relates to alterations in auditory entrainment, and how these changes are impacted by hearing aid use. Check it out!
tinyurl.com/ymjbpnye

Alterations in cortical 40-Hz auditory steady-state response dynamics in children with mild-to-severe hearing loss are related to hearing aid use

Abstract. Children who are hard-of-hearing (CHH) show greater variability in language and academic outcomes than children with normal hearing (CNH) through

tinyurl.com

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Karla McGregor @karlamcgregor.bsky.social · Jul 4

Congrats to my friend and colleague. Her work will advance understanding of developmental language disorder! #DLD #DevLandDis

Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Jul 3

*New Blog Post*
Learn more about #IHN's #BRAICLab director, Dr. Gaelle Doucet's, recently awarded #NIH R01 grant, alongside @karlamcgregor.bsky.social and Dr. Tony Wilson
instituteforhumanneuroscience.org/news/breakthro…#DLDL#IHNGrantst#IHNAwardsd#neurosciencec#neuroimagingn#MRIRI

https://instituteforhumanneuroscience.org/news/breakthro…

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Jul 3

*New Blog Post*
Learn more about #IHN's #BRAICLab director, Dr. Gaelle Doucet's, recently awarded #NIH R01 grant, alongside @karlamcgregor.bsky.social and Dr. Tony Wilson
instituteforhumanneuroscience.org/news/breakthro…#DLDL#IHNGrantst#IHNAwardsd#neurosciencec#neuroimagingn#MRIRI

https://instituteforhumanneuroscience.org/news/breakthro…

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Jun 17

#IHN seeks to continue to be a resource and support for individuals living with #Alzheimers throughout the year. In addition to sponsoring this year's walk, we are also hosting @alzassociation.bsky.social community classes at Boys Town. Keep your eyes peeled for upcoming classes!

Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Jun 17

Continuing to commemorate Alzheimer's & #BrainAwarenessMonth, we want to highlight our community partners.
#IHN is incredibly proud to partner alongside the @alzassociation.bsky.social and sponsor this year's Omaha chapter of Walk to End Alzheimers.
#ENDALZ #Neuroscience

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Institute for Human Neuroscience @boystown-ihn.bsky.social · Jun 16

Check out @giorgia-picci.bsky.social recent interview alongside one of our new community partners, Golden Steps ABA.
Dr. Picci recently launched a new study looking at how #puberty impacts individuals with #autism.

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#neuroscience #autismresearch #IHNcommunity

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