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Virginie van Wassenhove

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscientist . Temporal cognition Dir. https://brainthemind.com/ Co-Dir https://dim-cbrains.fr/fr/home Assoc. Ed. https://direct.mit.edu/jocn Views are mine

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Jan 5

... and so it is, I will now quote @claude-ai.bsky.social

Neurons firing fast
Through labyrinths of time’s flow
Minds map their own minds

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Edvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · 14d

1/5 How does the brain turn the low-dimensional, universal grid cell metric into the rich, diverse codes needed for memory in hippocampal place cells? 🧵
Preprint link 👇

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Functional independence of entorhinal grid cell modules enables remapping in hippocampal place cells

A systems-level understanding of cortical computation requires insight into how neural codes are transformed across distinct brain circuits. In the mammalian cortex, one of the few systems where such ...

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 7d

RIP remarkable Jane Goodall
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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 9d

Evenement à diffuser pour la fête de la science en @iledefrance.bsky.social @poncerlab.bsky.social
@bathellierlab.bsky.social @clairewyart.bsky.social

DIM C-BRAINS @c-brains.bsky.social · 9d

Fête de la Science 🧠

Lundi 6 octobre 17h-19h Hôtel de ville de Paris

Comprendre le cerveau et ses maladies : dialogue sur les enjeux éthiques, scientifiques et médicaux.

Avec @clairewyart.bsky.social , @bathellierlab.bsky.social ,...

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Plongée au cœur des neurosciences : un débat inédit entre chercheurs et représentants de la société civile pour questionner l’avenir de la recherche. Dates de l’événement : 6 octobre 2025, de 17h à 19...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Aug 2

A substantial number of female physicists in the first half of the 20th century contributed to quantum physics. For the history of physics to properly recognize their work, new approaches are needed, argues Andrea Reichenberger in Nature Reviews Physics. go.nature.com/41mjQuJ #WomeninSTEM ⚛️ 🧪

Hertha Sponer in the lab. Credit: Science History Images/Alamy Stock Photo.

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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

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Jobs - The University of York

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jul 22

Octopuses fall for the “rubber arm” illusion, just like us.

Learn more: scim.ag/40xyT4y

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DIM C-BRAINS @c-brains.bsky.social · Jul 21

La recherche en #neurosciences en @iledefrance.bsky.social

Une nouvelle série vidéo pour apprendre et comprendre:
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#epilepsie

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Épilepsie : une maladie du cerveau aux multiples facettes (Épisode 1/3)

YouTube video by C-BRAINS

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · Jul 5

This essay by Nisheeth Vishnoi is a thoughtful meditation on the nature of science and a rebuttal to the notion that AI systems are going replace human scientists anytime soon. Worth reading.

nisheethvishnoi.substack.com/p/what-count...

What Counts as Discovery?

Rethinking AI’s Place in Science

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Jul 1

Fab time in Italy for TEX Sissa hosted by @dbueti.bsky.social & co, then lovely sciencing w/ @bottinilab.bsky.social.

Grazie mille for your hospitality and inspiring discussions!

Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thank you for a didactic and information-rich talk @aidanhorner.bsky.social !🧠

Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Jun 21

RIP Master Brendel
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Alfred Brendel - Schubert - Four Impromptus, D 899

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Brice Bathellier @bathellierlab.bsky.social · Jun 15

Two postdoc positions in the lab within the ERC Synergy project "Chronology" in collaboration with S. Ostojic, M. Jazayeri and V. van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social . Two focuses: sound sequences representations across the brain & novel all-optical technology. Contact: [email protected]

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Sophie Herbst @herbstso.bsky.social · May 15

Episode II of how are durations stored in working memory:
Besides replicating our previous findings, we find that
alpha power reflects a universal signature of WM load and mediates recall precision, even for abstract information like duration
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Alpha power indexes working memory load for durations

Timing, that is estimating, comparing, or remembering how long events last, requires the temporary storage of durations. How durations are stored in working memory is unknown, despite the widely held ...

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · May 6

Our study is out!

The number of durations in a sequence, not the duration of the sequence, affects its recall precision in working memory.

psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

APA PsycNet

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · May 6

Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists Shunned by the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...

Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists Shunned by the U.S.

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Welcome initiatives for American researchers

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Apr 20

Let's hope rationality will prevail...

Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Apr 9

Postdoctoral opening in my lab thanks to @erc.europa.eu SyG Chronology w/ wonderful @bathellierlab.bsky.social S. Ostojic & M. Jazayeri

Interested in characterizing temporal cognitive maps in the human brain? 👇
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@unicog.bsky.social @cea-joliot.bsky.social

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Mar 29

Looking forward to another great edition #CNS2025
Come chat with us!

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Mar 18

Wanna be a neighbor?

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Patrick Pla @patrickpla.bsky.social · Mar 17

@neuropsi.bsky.social has a call for new group leaders. You can apply there : dao-neuropsi.cnrs.fr Deadline : May, 30

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Virginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thanks for choosing the decency camp
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David Poeppel @davidpoeppel.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Important and painful

How Germany's elite research institution fails young scientists | DW Documentary

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Masud Husain @masudhusain.bsky.social · Mar 6

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · Mar 10

Rachel Carson on wonder as an antidote to self-destruction

The Poetry of Science and Wonder as an Antidote to Self-Destruction: Rachel Carson’s Magnificent 1952 National Book Award Acceptance Speech

“The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that… is the aim of literature, whether biography or history or fiction… There can be no separate literature of scienc…

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Mar 7

Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation.

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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing

How regime change happens in America

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Thérèse Collins @theresecollins.bsky.social · Mar 7

#standupforscience Paris

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