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Nick Diamond @diamondn.bsky.social · Mar 12

Excited to see this big collaborative project out in the world @naturehumbehav.bsky.social !

Sleep actively enhances memory for the temporal sequence - but not sensory details - of our real-life experiences, even months-to-years later. 🧠 oscillations matter.

Original 🧵: bsky.app/profile/diam...

Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thrilled to see this paper out in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social after years of work by Drs. @diamondn.bsky.social and @stefsimpson.bsky.social, with Drs. Stuart Fogel, Daniel Baena, and Brian J Murray!

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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · Mar 11

@diamondn.bsky.social et al. find that sleep enhances memory for the order of events from an art tour, but not the details of the events. The sleep-related advantage for sequences persists for over a year. @brianlevine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brian Levine @brianlevine.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thrilled to see this paper out in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social after years of work by Drs. @diamondn.bsky.social and @stefsimpson.bsky.social, with Drs. Stuart Fogel, Daniel Baena, and Brian J Murray!

@baycrestfoundation.bsky.social

Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · Mar 11

@diamondn.bsky.social et al. find that sleep enhances memory for the order of events from an art tour, but not the details of the events. The sleep-related advantage for sequences persists for over a year. @brianlevine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sleep selectively and durably enhances memory for the sequence of real-world experiences - Nature Human Behaviour

How does sleep transform the way we remember our experiences? This study finds that sleep enhances memory for the order of events from an art tour, but not the details of the events. The sleep-related...

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Oded Bein @odedbein.bsky.social · Mar 2

I'll be in DC. Please join there or locally!

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 2

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025

Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 2

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025

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Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · Feb 18

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation

Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.

www.insidehighered.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 19

☀️☀️☀️ NEW WEBSITE IS UP! ☀️☀️☀️

www.standupforscience2025.org

Read about us, our policy goals, and ways to get involved. This website will also continue to grow as we do, so keep an eye on it!

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Norman Lab @ptoncompmemlab.bsky.social · Feb 17

Our paper on how neural codes track prior events in a narrative and predict subsequent memory for details, led by @collinsilvy.bsky.social, is now out in Communications Psychology! rdcu.be/d93Vc #neuroskyence #psychscisky

Neural codes track prior events in a narrative and predict subsequent memory for details

Communications Psychology - Context-dependent temporal structures are represented in multiple ways in parallel in the human brain during processing of temporally extended events. The neural...

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Autumn Kujawa @akujawa.bsky.social · Feb 15

I wrote an op-ed for voters in a red state about how devastating NIH indirect cuts are. This type of writing isn’t my comfort zone, but I think we as scientists need to get the word out. Happy to chat with others looking to do the same in their communities!
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

National Insitutes of Health funding cuts by Trump administration benefit no one | Opinion

Indirect funds are essential for supporting the research infrastructure needed to develop innovative solutions to the most pressing health challenges.

www.tennessean.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 31

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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James Antony @jameswardantony.bsky.social · Jan 24

I want to highlight a special issue in honor of Sarah DuBrow, a brilliant scientist and dear friend who passed away in 2022.

We contributed a paper in which we disentangled the importance of temporal and causal relationships while participants recalled the non-linear narrative, Memento. 🧵 ⬇️ 1/9

Deepu Murty @vpmurty.bsky.social · Nov 23

I want to draw attention to a special issue that Lila Davachi and I put together to memorialize our friend and colleague Sarah DuBrow. It’s full of papers inspired by her work and her being from a group of collaborators, friends, and fans! Thanks @bradpostle.bsky.social for helping make this happen.

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Deepu Murty @vpmurty.bsky.social · Nov 23

I want to draw attention to a special issue that Lila Davachi and I put together to memorialize our friend and colleague Sarah DuBrow. It’s full of papers inspired by her work and her being from a group of collaborators, friends, and fans! Thanks @bradpostle.bsky.social for helping make this happen.

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Nature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · Jan 21

Schemas, reinforcement learning and the medial prefrontal cortex — a Perspective by Oded Bein & Yael Niv
@odedbein.bsky.social @yaelniv.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Schemas, reinforcement learning and the medial prefrontal cortex - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

A computational account of how schemas are learned through experience is lacking. In this Perspective, Bein and Niv synthesize schema theory and reinforcement learning research to derive computational...

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Ali Cohen @aliocohen.bsky.social · Jan 15

We are seeking a full-time Research Specialist to join our team & become a LUMeNary @EmoryPsychology in Summer 2025! ✨

Applications accepted here:
staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/141227/...
And feel free to reach out to me!

The Learning, Understanding, Memory, & Neurodevelopment Lab (LUMeN Lab, PI: Dr. Alexandra Cohen) in the Department of Psychology at Emory University (Atlanta, GA) is seeking a full-time Research Assistant (RA) to work on studies examining how motivation and emotion influence learning, memory, and brain function across development.

The RA will gain experience with all components of the research process, providing excellent preparation for graduate studies.

The preferred start date for the position is Summer 2025. A two-year commitment is requested. Application review will take place on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

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Oded Bein @odedbein.bsky.social · Jan 9

Thank you!!

Oded Bein @odedbein.bsky.social · Jan 9

Thank you!

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Princeton Neuroscience Institute @princetonneuro.bsky.social · Jan 8

Ready to gain hands-on neuroscience research opportunity this summer? The Princeton Neuroscience Institute's Summer Internship Program (SIP) via Leadership Alliance welcomes non-Princeton undergrads eager to gain research experience.

Apply by Feb 3!

Learn more: pni.princeton.edu/apply/underg...

Undergraduate Summer Interns

PNI offers a summer internship program for highly motivated visiting undergraduates who are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in neuroscience or a related field. PNI provides education and hand...

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Oded Bein @odedbein.bsky.social · Jan 8

thank you so much! looking forward to any thoughts and feedback if you might have!

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Oded Bein @odedbein.bsky.social · Jan 8

thank you! looking forward to thoughts and feedback if you have any!

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Oded Bein @odedbein.bsky.social · Jan 7

here is a view-only free link: rdcu.be/d5ud9 (and the pretty up-to-date version on psychRxiv: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Schemas, reinforcement learning and the medial prefrontal cortex

Nature Reviews Neuroscience - A computational account of how schemas are learned through experience is lacking. In this Perspective, Bein and Niv synthesize schema theory and reinforcement learning...

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Oded Bein @odedbein.bsky.social · Jan 7

Excited to share this perspective with @yaelniv.bsky.social about how schemas might be learned and instantiated via reinforcement learning, latent cause inference, and dimensionality reduction, and what's the medial prefrontal cortex might be doing for all of these www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Schemas, reinforcement learning and the medial prefrontal cortex - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

A computational account of how schemas are learned through experience is lacking. In this Perspective, Bein and Niv synthesize schema theory and reinforcement learning research to derive computational...

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Alexa Tompary @alexatompary.bsky.social · Nov 19

So happy to see this published! Lila and I looked at how memory representations of sequences became integrated over time through their shared predictive cues. We had fun thinking about the different aspects of systems consolidation that may play a role in this transformation

Gareth Gaskell @mggaskell.bsky.social · Nov 19

Exciting new study from @alexatompary.bsky.social and Lila Davachi: consolidation-related restructuring and integration doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Integration of overlapping sequences emerges with consolidation through medial prefrontal cortex neural ensembles and hippocampal–cortical connectivity

Changes in cortical neural ensembles and heightened coupling between the hippocampus and cortex enable the eventual behavioral integration of memories with overlapping sequential information.

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