Caterina Gratton
@caterinagratton.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Illinois (she/her). Likes thinking about 🧠, networks, and behavior. Twin mom, 🇮🇹🇺🇸, AS Roma fan ⚽️
Pinned
The lateral prefrontal cortex 🧠— which we think of as critical for goal driven behavior + is a target for psychiatric treatments— is fundamentally different in individuals relative to the group averages we’ve often studied.
👇see preprint and thread, led by Zach Ladwig
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
👇see preprint and thread, led by Zach Ladwig
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
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#PenNLINC is recruiting a clinical coordinator / lab manager!!! Looking for someone who is good with both people + code, wants to learn to acquire + analyze imaging data. Alumni in this role have written 1st author papers + gone to top grad programs.
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
neuroimaging | Satterthwaite Lab | UPenn
www.satterthwaitelab.com
Homepage for Satterthwaite lab
neuroimaging | neurodevelopment | adolescence | psychiatry | machine learning | network science
www.pennlinc.io
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#PenNLINC is recruiting a clinical coordinator / lab manager!!! Looking for someone who is good with both people + code, wants to learn to acquire + analyze imaging data. Alumni in this role have written 1st author papers + gone to top grad programs.
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
Interested in aging brain networks? 👇happening this morning!
3) @dianacperez.bsky.social is presenting TUESDAY AM at LPB028
Diana used precision datasets of younger and older adults to individual brain network maps
▶️ she shows that variability increases across the lifespan, suggesting new models for the development of individual differences
Diana used precision datasets of younger and older adults to individual brain network maps
▶️ she shows that variability increases across the lifespan, suggesting new models for the development of individual differences
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Interested in aging brain networks? 👇happening this morning!
Happening this morning! 👇👇
2) @kianzkermani.bsky.social will be presenting on Monday AM at NN10 –
He'll discuss evidence that the DAN-a and DAN-b subnetworks show dissociations in visual vs. auditory WM & attention paradigms
He'll discuss evidence that the DAN-a and DAN-b subnetworks show dissociations in visual vs. auditory WM & attention paradigms
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happening this morning! 👇👇
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Check out the awesome group of posters at this nano poster group THIS AFTERNOON!
👇Happening this afternoon at #SfN25 #SfN2025 as part of a nano poster group on finescale organization of the PFC, including work from @rodbraga.bsky.social @derekevannee.bsky.social @abbynoyce.bsky.social @visscherlab.bsky.social @neurojacob.bsky.social and more!
Come see them all 👀👀👀
Come see them all 👀👀👀
1) @zachladwig.bsky.social will be available on SATURDAY PM at poster CC14
He’ll show his work using precision fMRI to identify new common network motifs in the PFC and investigate how network borders support executive function.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
He’ll show his work using precision fMRI to identify new common network motifs in the PFC and investigate how network borders support executive function.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Check out the awesome group of posters at this nano poster group THIS AFTERNOON!
👇Happening this afternoon at #SfN25 #SfN2025 as part of a nano poster group on finescale organization of the PFC, including work from @rodbraga.bsky.social @derekevannee.bsky.social @abbynoyce.bsky.social @visscherlab.bsky.social @neurojacob.bsky.social and more!
Come see them all 👀👀👀
Come see them all 👀👀👀
1) @zachladwig.bsky.social will be available on SATURDAY PM at poster CC14
He’ll show his work using precision fMRI to identify new common network motifs in the PFC and investigate how network borders support executive function.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
He’ll show his work using precision fMRI to identify new common network motifs in the PFC and investigate how network borders support executive function.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
👇Happening this afternoon at #SfN25 #SfN2025 as part of a nano poster group on finescale organization of the PFC, including work from @rodbraga.bsky.social @derekevannee.bsky.social @abbynoyce.bsky.social @visscherlab.bsky.social @neurojacob.bsky.social and more!
Come see them all 👀👀👀
Come see them all 👀👀👀
Interested in joining this 🌟 team 🌟? I'm recruiting a new PhD student. Check out this link for program and application (*due Dec. 1*) information:
psychology.illinois.edu/academics/ph...
And our lab webpage to learn more about our work:
www.grattonlab.org
psychology.illinois.edu/academics/ph...
And our lab webpage to learn more about our work:
www.grattonlab.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Interested in joining this 🌟 team 🌟? I'm recruiting a new PhD student. Check out this link for program and application (*due Dec. 1*) information:
psychology.illinois.edu/academics/ph...
And our lab webpage to learn more about our work:
www.grattonlab.org
psychology.illinois.edu/academics/ph...
And our lab webpage to learn more about our work:
www.grattonlab.org
Headed to #SfN25? Come by and see the posters from our lab:
more in 🧵👇
#neuroskyence #SfN2025 @sfn.org @neuronline.sfn.org
more in 🧵👇
#neuroskyence #SfN2025 @sfn.org @neuronline.sfn.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Headed to #SfN25? Come by and see the posters from our lab:
more in 🧵👇
#neuroskyence #SfN2025 @sfn.org @neuronline.sfn.org
more in 🧵👇
#neuroskyence #SfN2025 @sfn.org @neuronline.sfn.org
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Presenting on contingency representations in PFC during WM on Saturday at SfN! Featuring fMRI and multi-area RNN modeling from my time with John Murray 🤓
And, recruiting a PhD student for Fall ‘26 in my new lab at U-Miami! Check us out here, and feel free to reach out: jam-lab.org (apps due 12/1)
And, recruiting a PhD student for Fall ‘26 in my new lab at U-Miami! Check us out here, and feel free to reach out: jam-lab.org (apps due 12/1)
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Presenting on contingency representations in PFC during WM on Saturday at SfN! Featuring fMRI and multi-area RNN modeling from my time with John Murray 🤓
And, recruiting a PhD student for Fall ‘26 in my new lab at U-Miami! Check us out here, and feel free to reach out: jam-lab.org (apps due 12/1)
And, recruiting a PhD student for Fall ‘26 in my new lab at U-Miami! Check us out here, and feel free to reach out: jam-lab.org (apps due 12/1)
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
#neuroskyence New paper on 'A neuroecological perspective of prefrontal cortex' by Rogier Mars and Dick Passingham
Click on the link below and you have free access before Dec 7th. OH THE GENEROSITY OF ELSEVIER! And they are so poor.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyf5Y3M3l...
Click on the link below and you have free access before Dec 7th. OH THE GENEROSITY OF ELSEVIER! And they are so poor.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyf5Y3M3l...
authors.elsevier.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#neuroskyence New paper on 'A neuroecological perspective of prefrontal cortex' by Rogier Mars and Dick Passingham
Click on the link below and you have free access before Dec 7th. OH THE GENEROSITY OF ELSEVIER! And they are so poor.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyf5Y3M3l...
Click on the link below and you have free access before Dec 7th. OH THE GENEROSITY OF ELSEVIER! And they are so poor.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyf5Y3M3l...
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
Thank you @caterinagratton.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this! Fascinating to dive into the causes and consequences of individual differences in brain organization.
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
go.illinois.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thank you @caterinagratton.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this! Fascinating to dive into the causes and consequences of individual differences in brain organization.
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
go.illinois.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
Really compelling evidence in humans for network propagation hypothesis of tau spread: individualized connectivity helps resolve individualized tau patterns.
#MedSky #neuroskyence #neurosky #alzsky #compneuro #ai #datascience #bioinformatics #neurology
#MedSky #neuroskyence #neurosky #alzsky #compneuro #ai #datascience #bioinformatics #neurology
does brain connectivity drive spread of pathological proteins in Alzheimer’s disease?
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Really compelling evidence in humans for network propagation hypothesis of tau spread: individualized connectivity helps resolve individualized tau patterns.
#MedSky #neuroskyence #neurosky #alzsky #compneuro #ai #datascience #bioinformatics #neurology
#MedSky #neuroskyence #neurosky #alzsky #compneuro #ai #datascience #bioinformatics #neurology
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
does brain connectivity drive spread of pathological proteins in Alzheimer’s disease?
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
October 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
does brain connectivity drive spread of pathological proteins in Alzheimer’s disease?
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
When @laurapritschet.bsky.social & Pavel Shapturenka set out to build the 28&Me + 28&He datasets, I don't think any of us could've predicted the spectacularly creative ways the datasets would be used years later. That's the power of open science. 👇🏼
October 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When @laurapritschet.bsky.social & Pavel Shapturenka set out to build the 28&Me + 28&He datasets, I don't think any of us could've predicted the spectacularly creative ways the datasets would be used years later. That's the power of open science. 👇🏼
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
Your brain is unique! 🧠 If you're curious to see more individual-level fMRI at #CNS2026, please consider voting for our symposium "Not Your Average Brain" by end of day today! 🍁
#neuroskyence #cogpsyc #cogsci #PsychSciSky #neuroimaging @cogneuronews.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogpsyc #cogsci #PsychSciSky #neuroimaging @cogneuronews.bsky.social
Are you a @cogneuronews.bsky.social member?
Consider voting for our symposium at #CNS2026:
Not Your Average Brain: Individual-Level fMRI as a Paradigm Shift for Cognitive Neuroscience
Led by @jingnandu.bsky.social & A Zamani w/ C Lynch
Vote: www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
By: 11:59pm Oct. 1
Consider voting for our symposium at #CNS2026:
Not Your Average Brain: Individual-Level fMRI as a Paradigm Shift for Cognitive Neuroscience
Led by @jingnandu.bsky.social & A Zamani w/ C Lynch
Vote: www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
By: 11:59pm Oct. 1
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March 7 – 10, 2026 Submit a Symposium Submit a Poster Latest from Twitter
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October 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Your brain is unique! 🧠 If you're curious to see more individual-level fMRI at #CNS2026, please consider voting for our symposium "Not Your Average Brain" by end of day today! 🍁
#neuroskyence #cogpsyc #cogsci #PsychSciSky #neuroimaging @cogneuronews.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogpsyc #cogsci #PsychSciSky #neuroimaging @cogneuronews.bsky.social
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
Kudos to everyone who shares their materials! I aspire to do this but have not done as well as I'd like. @laurelgd.bsky.social is inspirational in this regard. 👏
I continue to believe sharing example materials is useful in academia, so in that spirit, my tenure statements and CV are now available on our Resources for Researchers website (bottom of the New PI page: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/resourcesfor...)
September 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Kudos to everyone who shares their materials! I aspire to do this but have not done as well as I'd like. @laurelgd.bsky.social is inspirational in this regard. 👏
Are you a @cogneuronews.bsky.social member?
Consider voting for our symposium at #CNS2026:
Not Your Average Brain: Individual-Level fMRI as a Paradigm Shift for Cognitive Neuroscience
Led by @jingnandu.bsky.social & A Zamani w/ C Lynch
Vote: www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
By: 11:59pm Oct. 1
Consider voting for our symposium at #CNS2026:
Not Your Average Brain: Individual-Level fMRI as a Paradigm Shift for Cognitive Neuroscience
Led by @jingnandu.bsky.social & A Zamani w/ C Lynch
Vote: www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
By: 11:59pm Oct. 1
CNS Account Login - Cognitive Neuroscience Society
March 7 – 10, 2026 Submit a Symposium Submit a Poster Latest from Twitter
www.cogneurosociety.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Are you a @cogneuronews.bsky.social member?
Consider voting for our symposium at #CNS2026:
Not Your Average Brain: Individual-Level fMRI as a Paradigm Shift for Cognitive Neuroscience
Led by @jingnandu.bsky.social & A Zamani w/ C Lynch
Vote: www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
By: 11:59pm Oct. 1
Consider voting for our symposium at #CNS2026:
Not Your Average Brain: Individual-Level fMRI as a Paradigm Shift for Cognitive Neuroscience
Led by @jingnandu.bsky.social & A Zamani w/ C Lynch
Vote: www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
By: 11:59pm Oct. 1
CNS Account Login - Cognitive Neuroscience Society
March 7 – 10, 2026 Submit a Symposium Submit a Poster Latest from Twitter
www.cogneurosociety.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Are you a @cogneuronews.bsky.social member?
Consider voting for our symposium at #CNS2026:
Not Your Average Brain: Individual-Level fMRI as a Paradigm Shift for Cognitive Neuroscience
Led by @jingnandu.bsky.social & A Zamani w/ C Lynch
Vote: www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
By: 11:59pm Oct. 1
Consider voting for our symposium at #CNS2026:
Not Your Average Brain: Individual-Level fMRI as a Paradigm Shift for Cognitive Neuroscience
Led by @jingnandu.bsky.social & A Zamani w/ C Lynch
Vote: www.cogneurosociety.org/account-login/
By: 11:59pm Oct. 1
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
Our new paper is out now in Neuron! 🎉 With @vaibhavtripathi.bsky.social @maxwellelliott.bsky.social Joanna Ladopoulou, Wendy Sun, Mark Eldaief, and Randy Buckner
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our new paper is out now in Neuron! 🎉 With @vaibhavtripathi.bsky.social @maxwellelliott.bsky.social Joanna Ladopoulou, Wendy Sun, Mark Eldaief, and Randy Buckner
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Caterina Gratton
I’m scheduled for surgery today on my Achilles tendon, followed by 2 weeks of no weight bearing.😵💫
So, like any good scientist, I got together 7 colleagues to study consequences of limb disuse.
Introducing the HEALING study
with @laurelgd.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @briemreid.bsky.social
So, like any good scientist, I got together 7 colleagues to study consequences of limb disuse.
Introducing the HEALING study
with @laurelgd.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @briemreid.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I’m scheduled for surgery today on my Achilles tendon, followed by 2 weeks of no weight bearing.😵💫
So, like any good scientist, I got together 7 colleagues to study consequences of limb disuse.
Introducing the HEALING study
with @laurelgd.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @briemreid.bsky.social
So, like any good scientist, I got together 7 colleagues to study consequences of limb disuse.
Introducing the HEALING study
with @laurelgd.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @briemreid.bsky.social