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Chris Benwell @chrisbenwell.bsky.social · 20h

I always wondered who first got away with calling correlations "functional connectivity". Such a shame that the terminology stuck!

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 11d

Alpha-Band Phase Modulates Perceptual Sensitivity by Changing Internal Noise and Sensory Tuning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.26.678872v1

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Gregor Thut @gregorthut.bsky.social · 12d

Open postdoc position👈
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).

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Jason da Silva Castanheira @jasondasilvac.bsky.social · 14d

Quantifying rhythmic and arrhythmic brain activity is a hot 🥵 topic. But how independent are the two components from one another? 🤔 In my latest work with @smfleming.bsky.social & @matlandry.bsky.social, I explore the relationship between the two.

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Quantifying Rhythmic and Arrhythmic Components of Brain Activity

Brain activity comprises both rhythmic (periodic) and arrhythmic (aperiodic) components. These signal elements vary across healthy aging, and disease, and may make distinct contributions to conscious ...

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Aug 27

Are interoception and mental health linked? Many assume so, with interoception even described as a psychiatric “p-factor.” But in our latest preprint, we were surprised to find little evidence for such a connection. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 Thread with our reflections on the matter 👇

Interoceptive Ability is Unrelated to Mental Health Symptoms: Evidence From a Large Scale Multi-Domain Psychophysical Investigation

Interoception-the sensing and perception of the internal viscera-is widely cast as a transdiagnostic mechanism linking brain-body interaction to mental illness. Prevailing models propose that altered ...

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Anne Keitel @annekeitel.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our oscillations consensus paper is finally out as a preprint 🤩 thanks to everyone involved
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639

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Chris Benwell @chrisbenwell.bsky.social · Jun 19

The psychoanalysts were right all along

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Chris Benwell @chrisbenwell.bsky.social · Jun 13

I'd like to try a Dietmar Hamman Gluhwein

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Matthias Guggenmos @mguggenmos.bsky.social · Jun 4

We have a PhD position for an upcoming project in metacognition research in Potsdam / Berlin. A great opportunity for those interested in cognitive modeling of confidence and EEG.

More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025

Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!

Computation and Cognition @ HMU Potsdam

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Maggie Chapman MSP (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · May 14

Another blow to staff at Dundee Uni.

They ensured security for those who let this crisis happen, but not for the staff who have been suffering months of uncertainty & the threat of job loss. (🧵1/2)

A screenshot of a digital article in The Courier. The headline reads: EXCLUSIVE: "Ex-Dundee University chief Iain Gillespie urged to hand back £150,000 pay-out", with a picture beneath of Iain Gillespie former Principal of University of Dundee in a black suit with a brown tie.

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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · May 11

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Martina Kopčanová, Christian Keitel, et al:

Characterising time-on-task effects on oscillatory and aperiodic EEG components and their co-variation with visual task performance

doi.org/10.1162/imag...

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Denis Engemann @dngman.bsky.social · Apr 1

🩺🧠 ✨Excited about our latest work published in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social! In the BioFIND dataset, we found that brain activity provided unique information about progression to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). #neuroskyence Paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...; Thread 🧶 ⤵️

Cover figure presenting main results from the paper. Left: altered spectral power and covariance difference between AD progressers and stable MCI patients. Right: multivariate analysis, highlighting the complementarity of MEG covariance spectra, MRI cortical volumes and baseline control measures.

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Chris Benwell @chrisbenwell.bsky.social · Mar 12

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History biases reveal novel dissociations between perceptual and metacognitive decision-making | JOV | ARVO Journals

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Claire Gillan @clairegillan.bsky.social · May 7

We are taking applications for a 3-year POSTDOC position on the topic of tracking cognitive dynamics using passive smartphone sensor data, in clinical and non clinical samples with the Neureka app gillanlab.com/join-the-lab/ Closing June 1st. Pls share 🔁👍 or reach out with any informal queries!

Join the Lab

We're hiring! Postdoctoral Fellowship: Predictive Models for Cognitive Fluctuations Closing date: 12 noon (IST), June 1st 2024 We are seeking a Research Fellow to pioneer the development of passive s...

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Dec 17

Longitudinal assessment of the conversion of mild cognitive impairment into Alzheimer's dementia: Observations and mechanisms from neuropsychological testing and electrophysiology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.16.628666v1

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Maëlan Menétrey @maelanmenetrey.bsky.social · Nov 22

Interested in the rhythms of the brain? 🧠 Join us on December 11th for an exciting symposium! Accessible online—don’t miss out! #neuroscience

David_Pascucci @davidpascucci.bsky.social · Nov 22

📣Symposium :
Join us on Dec 11 for “Oscillatory Brain Waves: Mechanisms, Functions, & Clinical Perspectives”!
A @unil.bsky.social x @unipd.bsky.social partnership, 8 international young researchers will present findings on EEG rhythms #100YearsEEG #EEG 🌐
Details: brain-waves-workshop.github.io/2024/

Oscillatory Brain Waves

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Tom Donoghue @tomdonoghue.bsky.social · Nov 21

I just preprinted a little perspective piece / mini review on the history of the study of aperiodic neural activity - arguing there is more out there in literature than one might expect!

📜 A historical overview of the study of aperiodic neural activity:
osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Chris Benwell @chrisbenwell.bsky.social · Sep 3

Reduced confidence associated with aging increases information seeking under uncertainty, whereas confidence alterations associated with symptoms of psychopathology do not. Out now w/ Greta Mohr & @robince.bsky.social. #neuroskyence #compneuro #PsychSciSky: rdcu.be/dSPdz

Information search under uncertainty across transdiagnostic psychopathology and healthy ageing

Translational Psychiatry - Information search under uncertainty across transdiagnostic psychopathology and healthy ageing

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Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social · Nov 20

🌟PhD Opportunity🌟
Investigate the links between opioids, other analgesics, and cognitive decline/dementia. Supervisors include researchers at Edinburgh and Glasgow University and the Karolinska Institute! Learn more about this Precision Medicine PhD and apply below!⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...

Chronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive decline

Precision Medicine Project - Chronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive decline

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Tom Donoghue @tomdonoghue.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hello again Bluesky - very glad to see people moving over here!

If anyone works on / wants to connect on work related to analyzing / interpreting neuro-ephys signals - specparam / aperiodic / oscillation stuff, etc - drop a comment or msg and I'll follow back!

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Maëlan Menétrey @maelanmenetrey.bsky.social · Nov 12

Following the trend, here's a starter pack of EEG researchers: go.bsky.app/H2URVjv. Let me know if you'd like to be added or removed. The list is very partial and still needs to be expanded, but I hope you find it helpful! 🧠 #EEG #neuroscience #neuroskyence

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Chris Benwell @chrisbenwell.bsky.social · Sep 3

Research funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social & EPSRC

Chris Benwell @chrisbenwell.bsky.social · Sep 3

Reduced confidence associated with aging increases information seeking under uncertainty, whereas confidence alterations associated with symptoms of psychopathology do not. Out now w/ Greta Mohr & @robince.bsky.social. #neuroskyence #compneuro #PsychSciSky: rdcu.be/dSPdz

Information search under uncertainty across transdiagnostic psychopathology and healthy ageing

Translational Psychiatry - Information search under uncertainty across transdiagnostic psychopathology and healthy ageing

rdcu.be

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Claire Gillan @clairegillan.bsky.social · Aug 1

Interested in the structure of psychopathology? We have a new preprint for you osf.io/preprints/ps... led by @celinef.bsky.social "Mechanistic arbitration between candidate dimensions of psychopathology"

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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Jul 18

Mechanistic arbitration between candidate dimensions of psychopathology: http://osf.io/7waey/

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