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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · 15d

🎓✨ So proud of my PhD student for brilliantly defending her thesis today! Years of hard work, resilience, and curiosity have paid off — welcome, Dr. Fernández-Merino! 👩‍🎓👏

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · 20d

Gave my talk at #ICON2025 today 🎤✨ Great discussions about music and speech and lots of inspiring science all around. Feeling energized by this community!

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Christian Keitel @ckeitelsci.bsky.social · 20d

... and delivered. Thanks to @manuruz.bsky.social - @eegmanylabs.bsky.social, @alinakoppold.bsky.social - @igor-dgps.bsky.social, Elena Cesnaite - @eegmanypipes.bsky.social and @lauraklatt.bsky.social - @scone-neuro.bsky.social for holding a mirror to cog #neuroskyence #ICON2025 🙌

Symposium presenters, on stage, in front of the content slide.

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · 27d

New paper out: available online the "Tracking Umbrella": ⛱️ Get some shade in the late summer time 😎 doi.org/10.1111/nyas...

NYAS Publications

This paper critically examines neural tracking from both theoretical and methodological perspectives, highlighting how its interpretation varies across studies. A central debate concerns whether neur...

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 PhD opening @bcbl_ (San Sebastián, Spain)
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3

PhD CANDIDATE POSITION – ERC ADVANCED GRANT PROJECT - CORTICAL RHYTHMS (Second Language Learning)

at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 PhD opening @bcbl_ (San Sebastián, Spain)
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3

PhD CANDIDATE POSITION – ERC ADVANCED GRANT PROJECT - CORTICAL RHYTHMS (Second Language Learning)

at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu

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Manuela Ruzzoli @manuruz.bsky.social · Jul 22

Still playing the waiting game with the publication process 🤐😪😑 … but in the meantime, here’s some fresh evidence showing that cognitive conflict might actually feel rewarding. Who knew it could be fun? osf.io/c75tj
@mlapietra.bsky.social @MarcLluisVives @nicolaml.bsky.social

OSF

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · Jul 17

Neural tracking: evoked or oscillatory? 🎧🧠 The #TrackingUmbrella paper argues it’s not either/or — both perspectives reveal how our brains align with speech, music, and more. Method matters. Let’s rethink how we measure and interpret tracking! tinyurl.com/ywbe7rrz

(PDF) The Tracking Umbrella: Diverse Interpretations Under a Common Neural Term

PDF | Neural tracking, the alignment of brain activity with the temporal dynamics of sensory input, is a crucial mechanism underlying perception,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · Jul 17

Neural tracking: evoked or oscillatory? 🎧🧠 The #TrackingUmbrella paper argues it’s not either/or — both perspectives reveal how our brains align with speech, music, and more. Method matters. Let’s rethink how we measure and interpret tracking! tinyurl.com/ywbe7rrz

(PDF) The Tracking Umbrella: Diverse Interpretations Under a Common Neural Term

PDF | Neural tracking, the alignment of brain activity with the temporal dynamics of sensory input, is a crucial mechanism underlying perception,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

tinyurl.com

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · Apr 25

To all those who believe in democracy: be ready to fight.

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · Apr 2

VdP is impressive this year. And Wout is soooo unlucky, but nobody will forget TdF 2022. Hope he will get again so spectacular. We miss him

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Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) @bcbl.bsky.social · Mar 28

✍️ #BCBLpaper in #HumanBrainMapping |Temporal structure of #music improves the cortical encoding of #speech

Fernández-Merino, L. (@laufdezlaura.bsky.social), Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N. (@nicolaml.bsky.social) and Kalashnikova, M.

+info ⬇️

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hbm.70199

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Laura Fernández-Merino @laufdezlaura.bsky.social · Mar 25

Happy to share my very first first-author paper! In this study, we show that rhythms can shape how our brains track speech (in very simple words). Work with Marina Kalashnikova, @nicolaml.bsky.social and Mikel Lizarazu.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Temporal Structure of Music Improves the Cortical Encoding of Speech

This study demonstrates that regular musical rhythms can act as a temporal guide for brain oscillations, enhancing synchronization with the speech envelope. This effect was observed across different ...

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Efthymia Kapnoula @effiekapnoula.bsky.social · Mar 14

📢Applications to our Master's Program in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language at BCBL @bcbl.bsky.social (Spain) are open!

📆Preregistration deadline: March 26th

Info: www.bcbl.eu/en/study-wit...

#neuroscience #language #psychology #linguistics #research #master

Master's in cognitive neuroscience of language

Cognitive Neuroscience arises from the concentration of efforts from such diverse areas such as cognitive psychology, neuroscience, linguistics and clinical neuropsychology, among others, as well as f...

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · Feb 19

Friulano “nini” utile per rivolgersi al bambino dando del tu, tipo: “Nini! Pase par chi! Che ti doi un scapelot!”

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Ander Izagirre @anderiza.bsky.social · Feb 15

Adivinanza. Íbamos cuatro personas en bici. Se nos ha juntado un desconocido. Subiendo un puerto, el desconocido le ha dicho a una de las cuatro personas: "Qué bien subes, ¿no?". ¿A quién se lo ha dicho, a qué persona con qué rasgo distinto de las otras tres?

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Simone Gastaldon @simonegastaldon.bsky.social · Feb 11

Extremely positive news about my #MSCA application. Can't wait to start my project FlexyRhythm at @bcbl.bsky.social with @nicolaml.bsky.social (and secondment at @dondersinst.bsky.social with @vipiai.bsky.social). So happy to have the chance to work with such wonderful people!

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Jean-Rémi King @jeanremiking.bsky.social · Feb 7

Two new studies from our team we're particularly happy about:
Study 1: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Study 2: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Blog 3: ai.meta.com/blog/brain-a...

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · Feb 1

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · Jan 28

Comprato la cuoci-riso. Spettacolo!

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Silvia Casagrande @silviacsgr.bsky.social · Jan 18

En 2024 Bolonia (Italia) introdujo el límite de 30km/h para los coches. Consecuencias: 1. reducción del 13,1% de accidentes; 2. No ha muerto ningún peatón (por primera vez en 33 años); 3. En algunos puntos, aumento del 10% de flujos de bicicletas; 4. Reducción del 5% de coches en días laborables.

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Silvia Casagrande @silviacsgr.bsky.social · Dec 17

Just a Christmas tree 💚

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Laura Gwilliams @lauragwilliams.bsky.social · Dec 13

✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz...

looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠

Google Forms: Sign-in

Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Dec 2

Now in Italian....
www.roars.it/perche-mi-so...

Perché mi sono dimessa dalla Royal Society

Dorothy Bishop, professore emerito di neuropsicologia dello sviluppo all'università di Oxford, è una delle studiose più impegnate sul fronte della lotta alla cattiva scienza. Da pochi giorni ha rasseg...

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