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Psychology at the University of Iowa @psychiowa.bsky.social · Jul 14

Heads up! We are doing two searches this year—for an assistant prof in Clinical Science, and an associate/full prof in any domain of psychology. Want to learn more? Contact the dept chair, Mark Blumberg, at [email protected].
Ads will be posted soon on our homepage: psychology.uiowa.edu

Psychological and Brain Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | The University of Iowa

Study the science behind behavior and cognition, learning and memory, and personality and emotion while developing research skills and preparing for success.

psychology.uiowa.edu

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Jul 9

#neuroskyence

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Jul 9

The job posting for the RA position described below is live: uiowa.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/researc...

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Last but not least, see this post for my pitch on why Iowa City is a great place to live! See here for more on that since I can't fit that into a single post: thinkiowacity.com

Experience The Charm Of Iowa City And Surrounding Areas

Discover the beauty and unique experiences of Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty and uncover what makes these places unforgettable.

thinkiowacity.com

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Current topics of interest to me include general cognitive ability, working memory, and personality. If studying any of these topics from the perspective of focal brain damage and/or intracranial electrical stimulation/recordings sounds exciting to you, please reach out!

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Jun 17

May lab will benefit from access to existing data sets that make it easy to hit the ground running on projects. E.g.: The Iowa Neurological Patient Registry (our brain lesion registry, brain-registry.lab.uiowa.edu) & data from the Human Brain Research Lab (hbrl-neurosurgery.lab.uiowa.edu)

Iowa Neurological Patient Registry | The University of Iowa

Information about the Iowa Neurological Patient Registry (nicknamed the Iowa Lesion Registry) and its neuroscience, psychology, and neuropsychology research on patients with strokes, tumors, epilepsy,...

brain-registry.lab.uiowa.edu

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Depending on the project, these roles will be mentored by established "heavy hitters" of our Iowa neuroscience/neuropsych community, e.g., Matt Howard (neurosurgery chair), Chris Petkov, Aaron Boes (@boeslab), and/or Dan Tranel. I can personally vouch for them all as mentors.

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Jun 17

In ~2 weeks I'll begin launching my lab, the Brain Lesion and Neuromodulation Lab! I'm looking to fill 2 roles: 1 RA & 1 postdoc. If you're interested in intracranial electrical stimulation, lesion-deficit mapping, and/or neuropsychology, reach out! Official postings to come.

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Apr 8

What a ride - Go Gators!! 🐊🐊🐊

The Athletic @theathletic.com · Apr 6

The Gators are back in the final! 🐊

Florida will make its fourth appearance in the National Championship and its first since 2007.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Mar 27

It's a personal goal of mine to see that Iowa remains home to one of the best, if not the best, neuropsychology research groups in world, so you can expect me to relentlessly recruit others to join us here in our never-ending pursuit of discovery, teaching, & clinical service. I can't wait to start!

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Mar 27

Where else can you find one of the world's largest brain lesion registries, intracranial electrical stimulation/neuromodulation, and human single neuron recording capabilities all under one roof? Add in the historic importance of neuropsychology at Iowa, and you have a truly uniquely environment.

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Mar 27

My research will continue to feature lesion-deficit mapping and intracranial electrical stimulation. Iowa is one of the few places in the world where I can combine these two lines of research thanks to unwavering support (despite notably trying times) from all those involved in my recruitment.

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Mar 27

My position will be 80% research, with a primary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and joint appointments in Neurology & Neurosurgery. I'm lucky to receive an offer from an institution that values the clinician-scientist model as much as I do, and I'll be recruiting soon to launch my lab!

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Mar 27

A dream of mine has come true: I've accepted an offer to become a tenure-track assistant professor & clinical neuropsychologist at the University of Iowa starting this summer! I'm honored to help carry on the legacy of neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience that has been established here.

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Joel I Berger @joelberger.bsky.social · Mar 14

Our new preprint is up now, wherein we directly record from a relatively large population of single neurons in human insula, as well as primary auditory cortex, while intracranial participants passively listen to simple sounds (tones/clicks). doi.org/10.1101/2025... (1/5) 🧠📈🧵👇

Human insula neurons respond to simple sounds during passive listening

The insula is critical for integrating sensory information from the body with that arising from the environment. Although previous studies suggest that posterior insula is sensitive to sounds, auditor...

doi.org

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Feb 5

You were among the first I thought to add!

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Feb 5

Hopefully this is helpful with INS right around the corner!

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Feb 5

My manual list of neuropsychology accounts is part of the input into the feed. Let me know if anyone would like to be added! If you would like your posts to not show up on the feed, let me know that as well. You can also find this feed by simply searching for "neuropsychology" in the Bluesky feeds.

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Feb 5

I created a custom Bluesky feed for anyone interested in neuropsychology! Link is below. To post to the feed, just include #neuropsych in your post (replies and reposts won't count) or ask me to add you to my neuropsychology list. Please share with anyone I missed!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Jan 14

As a neuropsychologist in training, this is a topic I've been wondering about for years! I'm looking forward to reading this in more detail. Thanks for sharing!

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Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · Jan 14

New preprint from the lab!
Frontoparietal activity related to neuropsychological assessment of working memory (1/10)

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

Frontoparietal activity related to neuropsychological assessment of working memory

Executive functions, including working memory, are typically assessed clinically with neuropsychological instruments. In contrast, computerized tasks are used to test these cognitive functions in labo...

www.biorxiv.org

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Dawn Bowers @dawnbowers.bsky.social · Nov 30

Just jumped on - looks amazing for science. Looking for neuropsychology or cognitive neuroscience or behavioral neurology or movement disorders or dementia folks.. or anyone interested in aging for that matter…

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Dec 2

#NeuroJobs

Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Nov 26

#neuroscience #psychology #neuropsychology

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Mark Bowren @markbowrenjr.bsky.social · Nov 26

A shameless plug now that science Twitter has migrated to Bluesky: I'm on the (clinical academic) job market! If anyone is looking for an early career clinical neuropsychologist with expertise in lesion-deficit mapping, neuroimaging/tractography, and estim+behavior, please let me know!

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