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Claire Lancaster @claire-lancaster.bsky.social · Jun 10

📣 New paper alert- Detrimental gene dose effect of APOE on perceptual discrimination by mid-life. Published in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association @samberens.bsky.social @chrismbird.bsky.social alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Perceptual discrimination of complex objects: Apolipoprotein E e4 gene‐dose effects in mid‐life

INTRODUCTION Complex perceptual discrimination is supported by tau-vulnerable regions of the medial temporal lobe (MTL); notably the perirhinal cortex. This research tests whether there is a gene-do...

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BRIGHTHINK @brighthink.bsky.social · Apr 17

We had a wonderful evening last night with Ciara Greene and Sam Berens discussing how reconstructive, and therefore unreliable and biased, our memories can be - as well as the dangers of coerced confessions and internalised false memories.

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Sam Berens @samberens.bsky.social · Jan 10

Interested in pursuing a PhD on how technology can aid learning and education? If so, consider applying for an EPSRC-funded studentship with Prof Kate Howland and myself at Sussex (deadline: 14th February 2025). Feel free to get in touch for more details.

www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

FindAPhD : EPSRC Science and Engineering studentships at the University of Sussex at University of Sussex

Apply for a PhD: EPSRC Science and Engineering studentships at the University of Sussex at University of Sussex

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Sam Berens @samberens.bsky.social · Nov 13

You noticed it too! I thought that I had somehow become an internet sensation. What is happening?!

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Kasia Mojescik @kasiamojescik.bsky.social · May 14

The first paper of my PhD is out! See our findings in the thread below
https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/10/1/116195/200614/The-Relationship-Between-Subjective-Memory
(co-authors @chrismbird.bsky.social @flaviadielle.bsky.social @samberens.bsky.social @maureenritchey.bsky.social) (1/9)

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Chris Bird @chrismbird.bsky.social · May 16

Great work and top-notch thread skills from @kasiamojescik.bsky.social ! Please take a look if you're a fan of memory, aging, subjective experience, or all three! #PsychSkySci #neuroskyence

Kasia Mojescik @kasiamojescik.bsky.social · May 14

The first paper of my PhD is out! See our findings in the thread below
https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/10/1/116195/200614/The-Relationship-Between-Subjective-Memory
(co-authors @chrismbird.bsky.social @flaviadielle.bsky.social @samberens.bsky.social @maureenritchey.bsky.social) (1/9)

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Oct 13

Hopefully dropping a new preprint next week by the amazing @akulsatish.bsky.social. Using MEG to reveal the oscillatory dynamics involved in spatial learning, building on our previous fMRI experiment by @samberens.bsky.social:

direct.mit.edu/jocn/article...

#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #Cognition

Tracking the Emergence of Location-based Spatial Representations in Human Scene-Selective Cortex

Abstract. Scene-selective regions of the human brain form allocentric representations of locations in our environment. These representations are independent of heading direction and allow us to know w...

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