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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · 2d

This was the weekend of science in Groningen (aka #ZpannendZernike). It was my privilege to talk to kids, moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, and more about the #brain, #neuroscience and #brainstimulation.

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · 8d

Kom naar de wetenschapsopendag in Groningen en leer meer over de hersenen en neurowetenschap. 4 Okt, 12-17u, Academiegebouw

Come to the science open day in Groningen and learn about brains and neuroscience. 4 Oct, 12-17h, Academy building #ZpannendZernike

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Het brein wakker schudden met hersenstimulatie? - Zpannend Zernike

Je hersenen van buitenaf besturen, dat is science fiction, toch? Nee hoor, neurowetenschappers doen dit door middel van magnetische impulsen. Zo kunnen ze bijvoorbeeld je vinger laten bewegen of je sp...

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REACT ENLIGHT @react-enlight.bsky.social · 13d

Also check out the channels:
🌐 mileswischnewski.com
📺 YouTube: youtube.com/@real.psyched
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/real.psyched

Miles Wischnewski | Neuroscience for Everyone

Neurostimulation Lab. Miles Wischnewski. My research aims to understand the causal link between brain activity and human cognition and behavior. How do brain signals relate to remembering the location...

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REACT ENLIGHT @react-enlight.bsky.social · 13d

Brain oscillations (mu & beta rhythms) shape how the motor cortex responds to TMS.

🎥 Watch the summary of Dr Wischnewski 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUeb...

To learn more: DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2022.08.005
#Neuroscience #BrainHealth #TMS

Real-Time EEG Analysis And Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

YouTube video by Psyched!

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Sep 5

I agree with Danai, and will add that in the Netherlands for a PhD a 2-year master (so called "research master") is preferred. Not a requirement, you can do a PhD with a 1 year master, but it can be more difficult to be accepted.

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks!

Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks Surya! 😁

Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨WHOHOO!! I am happy to share that I received the #ERCStG for my project PRECHRON: The Prefrontal Chronometer for Organizing Working Memory.

I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social

#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG

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Olaf Dimigen @olaf.dimigen.de · Aug 22

🚨 New preprint: Invisible neural frequency tagging (RIFT) for the underfunded researcher:
👉 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

RIFT uses high-frequency flicker to probe attention in M/EEG with minimal stimulus visibility and little distraction. Until now, it required a costly high-speed projector.

Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) with a consumer monitor: A proof-of-concept

Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) enables neural frequency tagging at rates above the flicker fusion threshold, eliciting steady-state responses to flicker that is almost imperceptible. While R...

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Sep 2

Had a great time with Gonzalo Rivera and @crimoral.bsky.social and many others at the SimNIBS workshop. A lot of discussion on #TMS, #tDCS, and #tACS!

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨New Publication!🚨 Sybren van Hoornweder and I wrote a piece on personalization of transcranial electrical stimulation, focusing on sources of variability and how to optimize parameters to reduce this variability. Out now in TINS!

doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

#brain #brainstimulation #neuroscience

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Jul 22

This would have been my answer as well. Other reviews are mostly focused on particular conditions or populations.

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Jul 22

Congratulations!! 🎉

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Xiaojuan Wang @xiaojuanwang.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨New paper alert🚨We found the theta oscillation at left temporo-parietal junction maybe a key factor of refractory positive symptoms.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Enhanced theta oscillations in the left temporoparietal region associated with refractory positive symptoms in schizophrenia - Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia - Enhanced theta oscillations in the left temporoparietal region associated with refractory positive symptoms in schizophrenia

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨New Publication🚨 From the Opitz Lab (w/ @alekseichuk.bsky.social). A new closed-loop TMS-EEG algorithm that targets specific neural oscillation phases and is flexible across different brain regions and frequency bands.

doi.org/10.1109/TBME...

#brain #brainstimulation #neuroscience

Bayesian Temporal Prediction: A Robust Algorithm for Real-time EEG Phase-dependent Brain Stimulation

Objective: Real-time estimation of brain state is essential for efficient brain stimulation. Specifically, the electroencephalography (EEG) oscillation phase arose as a promising biomarker for instant...

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Jul 14

Would also love to join the Slack channel! :)

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Jun 24

Summer time!

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Jun 20

In a sense showering different sources with phase delays is what a traveling wave is.

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨 New paper: Motor cortex excitability is shaped by traveling alpha & beta waves 🧠🌊

Using EEG-triggered TMS & ECoG in humans + a non-human primate, we show excitability depends on phase and direction of neural rhythms.

w/ Zach Haigh & Alex Opitz
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#Neuroscience

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tobergmann.bsky.social @tobergmann.bsky.social · Jun 17

Open PhD position starting in Oct 2025 at the Neuroimaging Center Mainz, using transcranial ultrasonic stimulation (TUS) with AI-driven phased-array and crossbeam technology for deep brain neuromodulation and fMRI/EEG for proof of neural target engagement. shorturl.bz/tdB

PhD Position IMPETUS_2025.pdf

Shared with Dropbox

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · May 19

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · May 14

Research funders at all levels must get past this fascination with unicorns and superstars. Invest broadly, and in enabling research infrastructures.

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 14

Now, it's time to up the ante.

We are committed to enshrining scientific freedom in EU law, creating a 7-year ‘super grant’ to attract top researchers, and expanding support for the most promising scientists.

More → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ

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Sebastiaan Mathôt @sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social · May 9

Interested in pupillometry, eye movements, visual attention, visual working memory, or related topics? Apply with our group in in beautiful, livable, and friendly Groningen! Reach out to @elkanakyurek.bsky.social, @van-rijn.org, @olaf.dimigen.de, @miles2708.bsky.social or myself to explore options!

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · May 4

🚨New Publication!!🚨 Transcranial alternating current stimulation (#tACS) can be used to modulate inter-regional synchronization, cross-frequency coupling, traveling waves and more. Here we reviewed the current methods and evidence on how effective tACS is.

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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · Apr 23

Oscillatory control over representational geometry of sequence working memory in macaque frontal cortex
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#neuroscience

Oscillatory control over representational geometry of sequence working memory in macaque frontal cortex

Fang et al. found that frontal cortical theta-range spike-field coherence is rank-selectively associated with unit spiking-based memory subspaces, supporting the binding of incoming sequential working...

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