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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · 5d

Postdoc opening!!

We’re looking for a postdoc to support our DoD funded study, using noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation and EEG to study speech in noise perception in veterans with TBI.

Please share and reach out to start the conversation if interested!

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Classification Title: Postdoctoral Associate Job Description: The Genetics of Auditory and visual Perception and Plasticity (GAPP Lab) Lab in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences...

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats to @drsrishtin.bsky.social and team!!!

Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 13d

New paper alert! Systematic epidemiological analyses of up to 39,000 people illuminate biological/clinical links between impaired musical rhythm abilities & disorders affecting speech-language development. International collaboration led by @drsrishtin.bsky.social, out in @natcomms.nature.com. 👇🧪

Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations - Nature Communications

Impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language related disorders are biologically and clinically intertwined. Here, the authors explore the correlation between the two traits, finding evidence of epidemiological associations and genetic overlap.

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · 27d

The world continues to make my heart hurt.

To fill my cup and bring back some optimism, I’m excited to attend my favorite conference @snlmtg.bsky.social

Search my last name to find the lab’s two EEG + dyslexia posters, one on musical training and one on inverted text processing.

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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · Sep 4

Delighted that PINE Lab will be accepting applications for PhD students to start Fall 2026! Please share with applicants looking for developmental & neuroscience programs? Our website is updated with current studies, questions, and guidance about fit: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us

Contact 3 — Plasticity in Neurodevelopment Lab

www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Aug 25

Say it again.

PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading."

Isaac Asimov

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Aug 21

In typical fashion, I couldn’t help myself and looked at the data from the first three participants in our new taVNS optimization study. The data fall exactly as I expected.

I know, I know, WAY. TOO. SOON…but still kinda nice to have some validation of the hypothesis, right?

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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · Aug 6

We now have a Society for the Neurobiology of Language Bluesky account @snlmtg.bsky.social! Follow for updates on the meeting. I'm really excited for our fantastic lineup of speakers!

#SNL2025

SNL Annual Meeting @snlmtg.bsky.social · Aug 4

Explore the #SNL2025 Keynote Speakers lineup! Find full details at: 2025.neurolang.org

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Aug 5

The danger of the “at first I said nothing because they came for someone else…” policy.

Eventually, they will come for everyone.

Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · Aug 5

Trump Administration Freezes Research Grants to UCLA chroni.cl/4lVkVC4

Trump Administration Freezes Research Grants to UCLA

<i>The Chronicle</i> is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. Here’s the latest.

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Aug 5

Another reason open science is important!

Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · Aug 5

38 research teams analyzed the same fNIRS data...Really nice visualization of the variety of processing pipelines people use from Meryem Yücel, Rob Luke, et al.:

"fNIRS reproducibility varies with data quality, analysis pipelines, and researcher experience"

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Sankey diagram showing analysis steps for fNIRS. Snakes flow from left to right showing different design choices that many teams made during data analysis. Overall it looks like sort of a mess.

Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Jul 31

Me too please!

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Jul 23

Grant funding still exists!

After many weeks of delays, I’m so relieved and excited to share that we just received NOA on a 2-year DoD project to investigate speech in noise deficits in veterans with TBI, and explore non-invasive vagus nerve stim as an intervention. 🍾🎉

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Jul 18

Officially feel like faculty. My #SSSR2025 talk is tomorrow morning and it’s still not done.

Come see me present about rat models of dyslexia genes in the 10:30 symposium!

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Jul 15

It’s been a rainy but beautiful welcome in Calgary!

Attending SSSR? Come see my talk on Saturday in the 10:30 panel on white matter structure and reading development!!

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Jun 16

Great to see our work on taVNS highlighted in this new article! Some exciting projects ongoing - can’t wait to share findings!

UF McKnight Brain Institute @ufmbi.bsky.social · Jun 16

Vagus nerve stimulation is touted as a potential treatment for a wide range of conditions from inflammatory bowel disease to autism spectrum disorder. But does it really work? MBI researchers weigh in. @tmcentanni.bsky.social

Learn more: bit.ly/3FTsEkm

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Jun 10

Never thought I’d see the day where I regularly watch c-span…yet here we are.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚨 NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya is testifying before the US Senate Appropriations Committee today.

The hearing is bound to be spicy, after more than 300 agency staff wrote him a letter decrying his leadership and actions as director. 🔥

I'll be live-posting the hearing, so follow along here.

Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Jun 4

Trying a flipped classroom in the fall where they watch lectures on their own time and complete assignments in class, so I can verify sources. 🤷‍♀️ I don’t know what else to try.

Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Jun 4

Had to know that one was going to happen.

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Jun 4

Reminds me of Boulder Field in Hickory Run state park- used to go there all the time as a kid!!

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · May 20

#JobPosting for a full-time OPS Laboratory Technician. This position will mainly support two projects, both of which evaluate the effect of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on speech in noise perception. Please share!

For more details, please see bit.ly/4jdiEjs

GAPPLab_LabTech_2025

The GAPP Lab is looking for a full-time research technician for 1-year to assist with two new projects. This OPS position reports to Professor Tracy Centanni. Please contact her with questions and/or ...

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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · May 15

#Pitch perception deficits may interfere w/ complex #acoustic categorization & persist in some individuals w/ #dyslexia despite prior music experiences. on.asha.org/4moYaay

@tmcentanni.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #AUDPeeps

Complex Pitch Perception Deficits in Dyslexia Persist Regardless of Previous Musical Experiences

Purpose: Pitch perception is important for speech sound learning, and reading acquisition requires integration of speech sounds and written lette...

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · May 15

Interestingly, musical experiences were linked to improved performance. Her findings suggest that deficits in simple pitch discrimination may interfere with complex auditory category learning, contributing to speech sound categorization challenges in dyslexia. See the full paper here:

Complex Pitch Perception Deficits in Dyslexia Persist Regardless of Previous Musical Experiences

Purpose: Pitch perception is important for speech sound learning, and reading acquisition requires integration of speech sounds and written lette...

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulations to lab PhD student, Delaney Kelemen, on the publication of her first first-author paper in JSLHR! She found that young adults with dyslexia performed worse than their typically developing peers on both simple and complex pitch perception tasks. 1/n

Complex Pitch Perception Deficits in Dyslexia Persist Regardless of Previous Musical Experiences

Purpose: Pitch perception is important for speech sound learning, and reading acquisition requires integration of speech sounds and written lette...

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · May 7

It always brightens my day when I get to pilot new things. Testing out our combined taVNS + EEG setup during a task so I can validate the artifact removal process.

Now we just need the NOA for this project to officially come though….🤞🤞🤞

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · May 5

Applications for the MBI Gator Neuroscholars postdoc fellowship are due 7/13!

I’d love to work with someone interested in non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for communication or cognition.

Please reach out if you’re interested in applying to work with me!

Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · Apr 28

Neurons are so cool 🤓

Lisa S. Scott 🧠 @lisascottbcd.bsky.social · Apr 28

“Apical plasticity drives the formation of functional clusters of learning-related synapses for nonlinear integration, whereas basal plasticity favors the formation of Hebbian ensembles for reliable pattern completion” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...