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Moataz Assem

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Neuroscientist - Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow (Assistant Research Professor) at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/mimma2/

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · May 24

Now out with a really cool additional finding:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Jan 17

New preprint!

Category-biased patches encircle domain-general brain regions in the human lateral prefrontal cortex

t.co/Zx56W6wobj

#neuroscience #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

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Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 1d

📣 New preprint from the Braga Lab! 📣

The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network

Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results

Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning?

Thread 🧵 ⬇️

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 2d

If you're interested in the cognitive neuroscience of memory feel free to email me!

I do experimental psychology, brain imaging (fMRI and MEG) and a bit of modelling. Lab is doing stuff on forgetting, aging, schemas, and event boundaries, but we're not limited to that.

#psychscisky #neuroskyence

Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 2d

It's that time of year when many start thinking about applying for PhDs. If you're applying for a UK PhD position, here is a blog post I wrote a while back that might be helpful

#cognition #psychscisky #neuroskyence #psychjobs

How to get PhD funding in the UK

It is that time of year again. The leaves are turning golden, red, and orange (or just brown), the nights are drawing in, and there is a chi...

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 7d

@mrccbu.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social

Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 7d

If you are interested in a postdoc fellowship working on concurrent brain stimulation and imaging (e.g. TMS-fMRI doi.org/10.1101/2025...), then check out this unique opportunity and get in touch (deadline for expressions of interest is 13 Oct).

cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/f...

Fellowship Programme - Cambridge NeuroWorks

Fellowship programme Cambridge NeuroWorks is proud to introduce the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship Programme, offering two transformative fellowship streams …

cambridgeneuroworks.org

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sfn late breaking abstract?

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Aug 22

This is hilarious 😂 and true

Roberto Toro @r3rt0.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Arabs In Neuroscience (AiN) @arabsinneuro.bsky.social · Aug 18

Support a student to attend #ISNeurotech25
We are looking to support ten more students to attend the Ibn Sina Neurotech school to learn all about fMRI and brain science
www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Aug 14

Love seeing strong evidence that network borders matter. Matches our weird 2024 finding (doi.org/10.1093/cerc...). Boundaries aren’t just lines. They may be where the action is!

Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · Aug 14

(8) - Cognitive control tasks activated a set of regions, but rather than matching a single network, these sat near the borders of individual control networks (FP, DAN, CO).
This echoes recent work by @moatazassem.bsky.social and suggests borders could be sites of cross-network communication
(16/X)

Cognitive control related activations often happen near borders of the FP/CO/DAN network.

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Aug 14

Excellent work!

Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · Aug 14

The lateral prefrontal cortex 🧠— which we think of as critical for goal driven behavior + is a target for psychiatric treatments— is fundamentally different in individuals relative to the group averages we’ve often studied.

👇see preprint and thread, led by Zach Ladwig
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

Image of brain networks in a group average and individual LPFC. Individuals show:
1) smaller FP network
2) more interdigitation
3) conserved motifs
4) idiosyncratic features
This was validated with task and rest fMRI

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Caroline Nettekoven @carobellum.bsky.social · Aug 10

Heading to Amsterdam for #CCN2025? Come by our posters on Tuesday and Wednesday! 🧠🏘️🧀

Tuesday🗓️
Bassel Arafat & @DiedrichsenJorn 's posters on the Multi-task framework

Wednesday🗓️
My poster on task vs. rest fMRI

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Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢

🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.

Please RT

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Aug 5

I can't wait!

Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Aug 5

State-of-the-art of using implanted electrodes to stimulate cortical networks

Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨 New Preprint 🚨

Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects

By Cyr et al.

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Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?

A: Yes!

🧵:

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Hope Kean @hopekean.bsky.social · Aug 3

Is the Language of Thought == Language? A Thread 🧵
New Preprint (link: tinyurl.com/LangLOT) with @alexanderfung.bsky.social, Paris Jaggers, Jason Chen, Josh Rule, Yael Benn, @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social, ‪@spiantado.bsky.social‬, Rosemary Varley, @evfedorenko.bsky.social
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Evidence from Formal Logical Reasoning Reveals that the Language of Thought is not Natural Language

Humans are endowed with a powerful capacity for both inductive and deductive logical thought: we easily form generalizations based on a few examples and draw conclusions from known premises. Humans al...

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Aug 4

Fantastic opportunity for mid-career researchers who would like to relocate their lab to the UK

Faraday Discovery fellowships

royalsociety.org/grants/farad...

Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route | Royal Society

The Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m ov...

royalsociety.org

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Jul 27

Wowza!

katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · Jul 27

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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!

🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Jul 24

Join us for lots of cool science and fun!

Eva Feredoes @evalab.bsky.social · Jul 23

What is the best way to advance a challenging-yet-inferentially-powerful combination of neurostimulation and neuroimaging? Come to Cancun to find out! Join us for the 3rd International Concurrent TMS-fMRI Workshop September 15-17 *literally* by the beach: www.tmsfmriworkshop.org

www.tmsfmriworkshop.org

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Jul 21

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!

#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

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Maria Molina-Sanchez @mariamolinasan.bsky.social · Jul 7

Can humans use artificial limbs for body augmentation as flexibly as their own hands?
🚨 Our new interdisciplinary study put this question to the test with the Third Thumb (@daniclode.bsky.social), a robotic extra digit you control with your toes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵1/10

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Jul 6

lol

Anders Eklund @wandedob.bsky.social · Jul 6

Apparently becoming common to add prompts in white text to your paper, such that a review by a language model will be positive

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Deniz Vatansever @neurodenizen.bsky.social · Jun 25

Big year for our lab at #OHBM2025!

Thrilled to present an exciting mix of posters, talks, and lots of brainy fun 🧠🤓

Come check us out! We’d love to connect!

@cognizelab.bsky.social
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social
#OHBM #OHBM2025 #Neuroimaging

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Jun 22

Very cool tips that any conference can easily implement

Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · Jun 22

It's a summer conference season, so I thought I'd tell you about the tremendous efforts our conservation biology colleagues have been making to make conferences more INCLUSIVE & friendly to early career researchers (ECRs) not fluent in English. I find their accomplishments truly inspiring. 🧵(1/10)

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Duncan Astle @duncanastle.bsky.social · May 27

Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁).
drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...

Funded PhD opportunity.pdf

drive.google.com

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Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · May 24

We found place-biases to also be visually biased. But face biases to be sandwiched between visual and auditory biased patches (data from individual subjs that did both category and sensory tasks). Adds to the complex interdigitations in the frontal lobe.

Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · May 24

Now out with a really cool additional finding:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Moataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · Jan 17

New preprint!

Category-biased patches encircle domain-general brain regions in the human lateral prefrontal cortex

t.co/Zx56W6wobj

#neuroscience #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

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