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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to see this paper out! It's the culmination of a project begun in the depths of the pandemic with Sabrina Karjack and @zoengo.bsky.social . We continue our exploration of how children generalize when their episodic memory is not yet mature.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The dependence of children’s generalization on episodic memory varies with age and level of abstraction - Nature Communications

Children’s ability to generalize from episodic memories varies by both age and the level of abstraction. Here, the authors show that lower level generalization increasingly depends on episodic memory with age, whereas higher level generalization shows no such relationship.

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Alexa Tompary @alexatompary.bsky.social · 13d

The MAC lab at Drexel is looking for a new post-doc to work on NIH-funded projects investigating the intersection of prior knowledge and long-term memory consolidation. Please pass along to any interested lab members! careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Careers at Drexel - Human Resources

careers.drexel.edu

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · Aug 27

Happy international dog day 🐕

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Monika Schönauer @mschoenauer.bsky.social · Aug 15

Interested in how emotions surface in dreams across the night? In this new paper, Jessica Palmieri, @valentinaelce.bsky.social and I report about the “Nightly dynamics of emotional content in dreams.”

doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · Aug 10

Stand up against extortion, oligarchs, and the destruction of this country. Stand up not only for UC, but also for all Americans and our universities. 💪

www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...

Stand Up for UC

We must stand together to protect our students, staff, faculty and our mission.

www.universityofcalifornia.edu

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Elizabeth Goldfarb @evgoldfarb.bsky.social · Aug 6

How do brain networks tracking past trauma react to stress in the future? Thrilled to share new work from the lab led by rockstar postdoc @felhardi.bsky.social with wonderful collab @dylanggee.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#psychscisky #neuroskyence

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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · Jul 29

This is unfortunate:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
I wrote to the president of Harvard. I hope other faculty will speak their conscience, even if it means more struggle ahead.

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Jeff Zacks @jzacks.bsky.social · Jul 25

New review paper with Maverick Smith on improving memory for stuff people actually want to remember:
doi.org/10.1177/0963...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hey DJT and GOP:

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · Jul 16

New press on our study linking the locus coeruleus to memory formation 🔵: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/bra... .

“…at a time when legislation promises ‘big and beautiful change,’ it turns out one of the brain’s smallest players may have the biggest impact on how we understand and remember our lives.”

Scientists unravel how a tiny region of the brain helps us form distinct memories, opening new avenues for PTSD, Alzheimer’s research

The locus coeruleus works like a “reset” button that separates the memory of one meaningful event from the next.

newsroom.ucla.edu

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · Jul 10

Switch to Animal Dreams or Prodigal Summer! :-)

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · Jul 2

Super interesting!

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Jul 2

These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.

Call these U.S. Representatives and tell them to vote NO on the “Big Beautiful Bill”:

AZ-06, Juan Ciscomani
CA-22, David Valadao
CA-40, Young Kim
CA-41, Ken Calvert
CO-08, Gabe Evans
FL-07, Cory Mills
FL-13, Anna Paulina Luna
FL-27, Maria Elvira Salazar
IA-01, Mariannette Miller-Meeks
IA-02, Ashley Hinson
IA-03, Zach Nunn
MI-07, Tom Barrett
MO-02, Ann Wagner
NJ-07, Tom Kean Jr.
NY-17, Mike Lawler
OH-07, Max Miller
OH-10, Mike Turner
OH-15, Mike Carey
PA-01, Brian Fitzpatrick
PA-07, Ryan Mackenzie
PA-08, Rob Bresnahan
PA-10, Scott Perry
TN-05, Andy Ogles
TX-15, Monica De La Cruz
VA-01, Rob Wittman
VA-02, Jen Kiggans
WI-01, Bryan Steil
WI-03, Derrick Van Orden

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · Jun 28

Amazing opportunity! Bridget is the best 🌟

Bridget Callaghan @drbcallaghan.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Brain & Body Lab at UCLA is hiring a Staff Research Associate to work on a productive and dedicated team under the NIMH funded Teen Bugs study - investigating brain-gut communication in teens. Send your best and brightest! jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8072

Staff Research Associate in Los Angeles, California | The Regents of the University of California on behalf of their Los Angeles Campus

UCLA is hiring a Staff Research Associate in Los Angeles, California. Review all of the job details and apply today!

jobs.ucla.edu

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congrats, Brynn! That’s awesome news 🎉

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · Jun 17

So proud of @erinmorrow.bsky.social for writing this moving piece about the importance of science funding. She’s an inspiration and powerful force for change.

Erin Morrow @erinmorrow.bsky.social · Jun 16

So grateful to be one of the 500+ early-career scientists returning to their roots this month. The SNAP team behind this campaign has been such a blast to work with! @snapcoalition.bsky.social

Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · May 30

I’m so sorry, Zach :-( losing a pet feels like losing a part of yourself. I’m so glad you had 16 great years together - she looks like such a sweet girl!

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · May 29

Very excited about this work led by the amazing @baileybh.bsky.social !

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · May 29

Emotions create vivid and lasting memories - but how are those memories organized? We find that negative emotions fragment experience, disrupting the flow of memory. Reframing negative feelings also carves up experiences, but in a way that supports integration and wellbeing.

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · May 20

How does the brain stop thoughts? Find out in my article in @natrevneuro.nature.com with Subbu Subbulakshmi & Maite Crespo-Garcia www.nature.com/articles/s41... that integrates 25 yrs of psychology and neuroscience on this vital [email protected] sky.social #neuroskyence #neuroscience

Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

The capacity to prevent unwanted thoughts is important for cognitive function and mental health. Anderson et al. describe insights into the neural mechanisms of the inhibitory control of thought that ...

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · May 19

Led by the amazing and fearless @erinmorrow.bsky.social and Ringo Huang. 🧠 👀

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David Clewett @davidclewett.bsky.social · May 19

New from our lab: your brain doesn’t just remember time - it bends it.

We show that the dopamine system responds to natural breakpoints in experience, and this relates to more stretched memories of time. Blinking also increases, signaling encoding of new memories.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Dopaminergic processes predict temporal distortions in event memory

Our memories do not simply keep time - they warp it, bending the past to fit the structure of our experiences. For example, people tend to remember items as occurring farther apart in time if they spa...

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ckerren.bsky.social @ckerren.bsky.social · Apr 29

🔎 In sum: Hippocampal ripples trigger a transition from compressed hippocampal codes to expanded cortical states that reconstruct past experiences.

Great collaboration with @s-michelmann.bsky.social and @doellerlab.bsky.social!

Read the full paper here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hippocampal ripples initiate cortical dimensionality expansion for memory retrieval

How are past experiences reconstructed from memory? Learning is thought to compress external inputs into low-dimensional hippocampal representations, later expanded into high-dimensional cortical acti...

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Mara Mather @maramather.bsky.social · Apr 10

My paper reviewing how different neurodegenerative diseases affect autonomic function was just published.

Nature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · Apr 9

Autonomic dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease — a Review by Mara Mather

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Autonomic dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Neurodegenerative disorders are commonly associated with autonomic dysfunction as well as the more well-known cognitive and motor effects. In this Review, Mather describes how properties of neurons in...

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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · Apr 8

I'm looking for a new full-time research assistant ("junior specialist"). It's not quite "lab manager" because I have someone who takes care of the administrative tasks, and here I'm looking for someone to help us get research done! Info is below, please pass on to any talented candidates, thanks!

Dynamic Memory Lab_Jr Specialist_Ranganath

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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