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CogBooster is an ERA CHAIR action that aims to implement a strong line of research in Cognitive Neuroscience at @ucoimbra.bsky.social 🧠 @ec.europa.eu

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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to Prof. Joana Carvalho for being one of the winners of the 2025 Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) National Fellowship! 👏
More info here:
www.gwis.org/page/current...

Current Fellowship Awardees - Graduate Women In Science

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 6d

This week, we welcomed Joshua Hartshorne from the MGH Institute of Health Professions for a talk entitled “Why don’t adults learn grammar as easily as children?”. 🧠

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 7d

Such inspiring days at #SAW2025!

Thank you to our amazing speakers, scientific committee, staff, sponsors Hospital da Luz Coimbra and ANT Neuro,
and all the attendees who joined us at the Universidade de Coimbra for an exciting event in cognitive neuroscience! 🧠👀
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 11d

Last talk of the #SAW2025 with Cristina Becchio! @proactionlab.bsky.social

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 11d

François Osiurak on the social brain is now on! Come to the auditorium, we’re waiting for you! #SAW2025 @proactionlab.bsky.social

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 11d

Go, go poster presenters!
#SAW2025 @proactionlab.bsky.social

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 11d

Starting the day with Marco Tamietto's talk on vision without awareness!
#SAW2025

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 12d

Wim Vanduffel is on. What a fantastic end to a fantastic first day. Looking forward to more cognitive neuroscience tomorrow!
#SAW2025
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 12d

Share your pictures with us by tagging us!
#SAW2025
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 12d

Talk session with Russell Epstein is running now! Come down to the auditorium!
#SAW2025 @proactionlab.bsky.social

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 12d

The second keynote of #SAW2025 is on now!
Katja Doerschner on exploring and perceiving material qualities.
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 12d

Time for the #SAW2025 coffee break and poster session at the cloisters. Please join us!
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 12d

Great start to #SAW2025 with Marlene Behrmann!
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 13d

🧠👀Dear #SAW2025 community, we’re excited to welcome you today at 17:00 at FPCEUC for the Welcome Reception!
Can’t wait to see you all! 🙌
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 14d

We welcomed Freek van Ede from the Proactive Brain Lab, VU Amsterdam, for a talk on "Working memory: seeing now and acting later. Insights from EEG and Eye-Tracking".
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Save the Date!
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations to Oualid Ramdani on completing his Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering with the work “Unravelling the Neural Bases of Material and Object Perception”.

Wishing you all the best for the future, Oualid!
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 16d

SAW2025 is in the news!
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Futuro da investigação em neurociência cognitiva em debate esta semana na Universidade de Coimbra

A terceira edição do “Seeing and Acting Workshop: Functional and Neural Perspectives” vai decorrer esta semana, de 25 a 27 de setembro, na Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação.

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Proaction Lab @proactionlab.bsky.social · 19d

🔍 🧠 How do we look inside the brain?

Discover how MRI creates detailed images of our brain, test your spatial perception, and explore the science behind fun visual illusions!

Join us at European Researchers’ Night in Coimbra!

📆 Sept 26, 17h–00h
📍Research Point 21 (Portagem)
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Proaction Lab @proactionlab.bsky.social · 20d

Joana Sayal is using EEG to study how brain waves synchronize with auditory rhythms — and how this affects states like focused attention and mind-wandering. 🧠👂
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 22d

Luca Serrière, José Gomes, and Xingnan Zhao are at the University of Cambridge for #COGNESTIC 2025, an immersive training at the @mrccbu.bsky.social to boost skills in cognitive neuroimaging!🧠

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 23d

🧠👀 Seeing and Acting Workshop

📆September 26-27, 2025

Join us at the @ucoimbra.bsky.social for two days of inspiring talks and discussions on the brain, mind, perception, and action!

🔗 uc.pt/cogbooster/saw/2025/program/

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 26d

Final Call: September 15 Deadline Approaching!

Want to be part of SAW – the Seeing and Acting Workshop?

This is your moment: don’t miss out on being part of it! 🎯

www.uc.pt/cogbooster/s...

CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 27d

Today, we welcomed Dr. David Whitney (UC Berkeley) for a talk on emotion perception. 🧠

His lecture, “The aperture problem of emotion perception”, highlighted recent work from the Whitney Lab for Perception and Action. 💡
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CogBooster @cogbooster.bsky.social · 29d

Meet the CogBooster Team! 🧠🌍

Azizeh Akbari, Research Assistant

Main academic interests: Cognitive Neuroscience • Neuroimaging • Machine Learning

👉http://uc.pt/cogbooster/people
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