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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · 16h

screaming this is so great

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · 6d

Wonderful work from my new labmates: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Flexible Working Memory in the Peripheral Nervous System

Working memory (WM) representations that are distributed across the brain can be flexibly recruited to best guide behavior[1][1]–[4][2]. For instance, information may be represented relatively more st...

www.biorxiv.org

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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 13d

This is arbitrary and seems intentionally cruel to announce this late in the cycle, especially without grandfathering in last year's cohort.

Maybe they will change it back?

In the meantime, spread the word.

Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 13d

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible:

Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program
Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed)
Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed
First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar)
Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded.
Not be a current NSF employee.

Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · 13d

Highly recommend Sweet Home (we stayed there during our honeymoon and had such a great time—the staff are absolutely lovely, and the breakfasts are delicious!!) www.sweethomehotel.gr

Boutique Hotel in Athens center | Sweet Home Boutique Hotel

In the heart of Athens,between the Acropolis & Monastiraki raises with its distinct color the Sweet Home Boutique Hotel, combining beauty & district luxury.

www.sweethomehotel.gr

Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · 18d

Even better!!!!

Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · 19d

I would like to become an investor (with my postdoc salary)

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · 21d

I’ve been using it for the past year and love it (helpful for self-care and reminders to do things like water the plants)! My bird just finished exploring NYC too 🤩

Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · 26d

McClain looks so smooth and comfortable!

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Julia Strand @juliafstrand.bsky.social · 26d

What does it mean for objects to be a color? Turns out it’s a super hard question to answer!

In my TEDx talk, I discuss the science (and wonder!!) of color perception, including bird vision, #TheDress, and how there aren’t “right” answers about what we perceive.

youtu.be/gc9ydhNgt6U?...

Color is in the mind of the beholder | Julia Strand | TEDxStOlafCollege

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · Sep 3

I had a preprint approved recently* AND I am happy to have joined the moderation team!

*I did not approve my own preprint

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Aug 30

PsyArXiv is now down to only ~40% of the backlog we started with, thanks to our amazing moderators 🎉 To all mods: thank you so much for your hard work!

Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)

#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · Aug 24

Yay!!

Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · Aug 20

I love that!!!

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · Aug 20

Checked off the ESSENTIAL first step before wading back into some fMRI data analysis

A notebook with “DistNotDefeated” (a project title) at the top. Underneath is a checklist with only one item: Get a little treat. This item has been checked off.

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serences.bsky.social @serences.bsky.social · Aug 13

I gave a talk in 2009 about feature-based attention and a famous vision scientist asked how top down signals from PFC could possibly target the right sensory neurons. The best I could do was "uh, dunno". sunyoungp.bsky.social has a much more thoughtful answer journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Near-random connections support top-down feature-based attentional modulations in early sensory cortex

Author summary In everyday life, we focus on what matters—like finding our car keys on a messy desk—by sending signals from higher control brain areas to earlier sensory brain areas. These “top-down” ...

journals.plos.org

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · Aug 8

Congratulations on both pieces of excellent news!!! So well-deserved.

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · Aug 7

I am pleased to report that my first day as a postdoc (yesterday) STILL had excellent "first day of school energy."

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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm recruiting a lab manager for my soon-to-be-launched lab at Ohio State! If you know of any recent grads who may be interested both in helping to build the lab and in developing skills in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, please share!

osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar...

Research Associate

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osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · Jul 16

Oh man, I feel that!! The Moosewood Cookbook is a classic for a reason. But I’m also following this thread for recs!

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jul 6

Why are folks mad at the working mom with kids on Medicaid and SNAP rather than companies like Walmart that refuse to pay her a living wage and provide health insurance?

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Janna Wennberg @jannawennberg.bsky.social · Jul 1

I got to use this book as the teaching assistant for grad stats (while working for @brialong.bsky.social !!). SUCH an awesome resource.

Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Jul 1

Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.

Experimentology cover: title and curves for distributions.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jul 1

Nazi Germany did literally ban Nature:

"Articles are often published in the London weekly scientific journal Nature containing outrageous and vile attacks on German science and the national socialist state.

The journal must therefore be excluded from general use in the scientific libraries."

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Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · Jul 1

#workingmemory researchers! It's time to nominate all of our brilliant and wonderful female colleagues for the 2025 #WomWoM research fairy award! 🧚‍♀️🪄 Please share widely -- deadline 2nd August! bit.ly/2025womwomfa...