Dani Palombo
@danipalombo.bsky.social
One of my amazing students, Khushi Sharma, has started this gofundme page for her best friend's family. Saadia, a single mother, has stage 4 cancer and her family needs help to manage expenses. Funds will give this family more precious time together.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Saadia, Pakeeza, and Zan During End Stage Cancer, organized by Khushi Sharma
Hi everyone,
My name is Khushi Sharma, and I’m fundraisin… Khushi Sharma needs your support for Support for Saadia, Pakeeza, and Zan During End Stage Cancer
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:56 AM
One of my amazing students, Khushi Sharma, has started this gofundme page for her best friend's family. Saadia, a single mother, has stage 4 cancer and her family needs help to manage expenses. Funds will give this family more precious time together.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Very pleased to see our review published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience today!
Here’s the link: trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...
Here’s the link: trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Very pleased to see our review published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience today!
Here’s the link: trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...
Here’s the link: trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...
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Our experiences have countless details, and it can be hard to know which matter.
How can we behave effectively in the future when, right now, we don't know what we'll need?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com , @marcelomattar.bsky.social and I find that people solve this by using episodic memory.
How can we behave effectively in the future when, right now, we don't know what we'll need?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com , @marcelomattar.bsky.social and I find that people solve this by using episodic memory.
Episodic memory facilitates flexible decision-making via access to detailed events - Nature Human Behaviour
Nicholas and Mattar found that people use episodic memory to make decisions when it is unclear what will be needed in the future. These findings reveal how the rich representational capacity of episod...
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Our experiences have countless details, and it can be hard to know which matter.
How can we behave effectively in the future when, right now, we don't know what we'll need?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com , @marcelomattar.bsky.social and I find that people solve this by using episodic memory.
How can we behave effectively in the future when, right now, we don't know what we'll need?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com , @marcelomattar.bsky.social and I find that people solve this by using episodic memory.
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If you're joining @cnsmtg.bsky.social in Vancouver, consider coming one day early and joining the International Sleep Replay Workshop. Even if you're only remotely interested in sleep, you're likely to find this event interesting. Check out the program and share with your friends and colleagues!
Program – International Sleep Replay Workshop
isrw.bio.uci.edu
January 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM
If you're joining @cnsmtg.bsky.social in Vancouver, consider coming one day early and joining the International Sleep Replay Workshop. Even if you're only remotely interested in sleep, you're likely to find this event interesting. Check out the program and share with your friends and colleagues!
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What does it mean to be conscious? And how can we communicate with people who can’t easily communicate with us?
Meet Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, whose research bridges engineering, neuroscience and rehab to better understand consciousness, personhood and recovery after brain injury.
Meet Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, whose research bridges engineering, neuroscience and rehab to better understand consciousness, personhood and recovery after brain injury.
Exploring consciousness: How Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes’s innovative research bridges engineering, neuroscience and rehab - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH
For Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, joining the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) is the next step in a career devoted to bridging
www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
What does it mean to be conscious? And how can we communicate with people who can’t easily communicate with us?
Meet Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, whose research bridges engineering, neuroscience and rehab to better understand consciousness, personhood and recovery after brain injury.
Meet Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, whose research bridges engineering, neuroscience and rehab to better understand consciousness, personhood and recovery after brain injury.
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Why do some experiences stay with us for years, while others disappear almost instantly? Join us and Dr. Lila Davachi at the 2026 Quinn Memorial Lecture on March 10 to find out!
RSVP: quinn.psych.ubc.ca/quinn-memori...
RSVP: quinn.psych.ubc.ca/quinn-memori...
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Why do some experiences stay with us for years, while others disappear almost instantly? Join us and Dr. Lila Davachi at the 2026 Quinn Memorial Lecture on March 10 to find out!
RSVP: quinn.psych.ubc.ca/quinn-memori...
RSVP: quinn.psych.ubc.ca/quinn-memori...
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Writing is thinking
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Writing is thinking
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
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🚨New Paper Alert!🚨 Now out in Emotion!
The Memory Palace Architect: Effect of Valence on Loci-Dependent Recall Performance.
We ask a simple question: does the emotional tone of a memory palace matter for recall?
Turns out: yes—and negative palaces work best.
The Memory Palace Architect: Effect of Valence on Loci-Dependent Recall Performance.
We ask a simple question: does the emotional tone of a memory palace matter for recall?
Turns out: yes—and negative palaces work best.
APA PsycNet
doi.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨 Now out in Emotion!
The Memory Palace Architect: Effect of Valence on Loci-Dependent Recall Performance.
We ask a simple question: does the emotional tone of a memory palace matter for recall?
Turns out: yes—and negative palaces work best.
The Memory Palace Architect: Effect of Valence on Loci-Dependent Recall Performance.
We ask a simple question: does the emotional tone of a memory palace matter for recall?
Turns out: yes—and negative palaces work best.
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Research shows that emotional memories are more vivid & long-lasting than non-emotional ones. @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social researcher Dr. Daniela Palombo shares the scientific insights behind the Inside Out movies:
Neuroscience in Film: Inside Out with Dr. Daniela Palombo - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH
When Dr. Daniela Palombo, an Associate Professor in UBC’s Department of Psychology and a member of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, isn’t
ow.ly
January 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Research shows that emotional memories are more vivid & long-lasting than non-emotional ones. @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social researcher Dr. Daniela Palombo shares the scientific insights behind the Inside Out movies:
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Can reward improve memory for what came before it? 🌟
In a registered report with @duncanlabuoft.bsky.social & @megschlichting.bsky.social, we reconcile mixed findings from past studies: reward retroactively boosts associative—but not item—memory, and only in reward-sensitive individuals!
In a registered report with @duncanlabuoft.bsky.social & @megschlichting.bsky.social, we reconcile mixed findings from past studies: reward retroactively boosts associative—but not item—memory, and only in reward-sensitive individuals!
OSF
osf.io
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Can reward improve memory for what came before it? 🌟
In a registered report with @duncanlabuoft.bsky.social & @megschlichting.bsky.social, we reconcile mixed findings from past studies: reward retroactively boosts associative—but not item—memory, and only in reward-sensitive individuals!
In a registered report with @duncanlabuoft.bsky.social & @megschlichting.bsky.social, we reconcile mixed findings from past studies: reward retroactively boosts associative—but not item—memory, and only in reward-sensitive individuals!
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Fresh off the press from all-star post-doc Blake Elliott: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We show that the HPC supports coincidence detection across VTA and lPFC in service of novelty-evoked invigoration. Stay-tuned for how these circuits are altered in psychosis risk.
We show that the HPC supports coincidence detection across VTA and lPFC in service of novelty-evoked invigoration. Stay-tuned for how these circuits are altered in psychosis risk.
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Fresh off the press from all-star post-doc Blake Elliott: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We show that the HPC supports coincidence detection across VTA and lPFC in service of novelty-evoked invigoration. Stay-tuned for how these circuits are altered in psychosis risk.
We show that the HPC supports coincidence detection across VTA and lPFC in service of novelty-evoked invigoration. Stay-tuned for how these circuits are altered in psychosis risk.
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Is one of your New Year's Resolutions to become calmer and more mindful? Join us on Jan 23 at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and meditate beneath the stars. This wellness-focused evening combines a visually soothing planetarium experience with a meaningful discussion on mindfulness and resilience.
Sunset Meditation - Mindfulness Under the Stars
Meditate under the stars in our Planetarium with a soothing journey from the Grand Canyon to the North Pole.
go.spacecentre.ca
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Is one of your New Year's Resolutions to become calmer and more mindful? Join us on Jan 23 at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and meditate beneath the stars. This wellness-focused evening combines a visually soothing planetarium experience with a meaningful discussion on mindfulness and resilience.
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Excited to share our new publication on fMRI-derived anatomical and functional patterns linked to attentional control deficits in individuals with schizophrenia: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
Huge thanks Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social, Paul Metzak, Madeleine Evora, Aida Momeni, and Helen Hsiao!
Huge thanks Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social, Paul Metzak, Madeleine Evora, Aida Momeni, and Helen Hsiao!
Redirecting
doi.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Excited to share our new publication on fMRI-derived anatomical and functional patterns linked to attentional control deficits in individuals with schizophrenia: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
Huge thanks Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social, Paul Metzak, Madeleine Evora, Aida Momeni, and Helen Hsiao!
Huge thanks Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social, Paul Metzak, Madeleine Evora, Aida Momeni, and Helen Hsiao!
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New paper from the IMC lab! I am very excited about this one. For years, I have been arguing that one of the main claims of the so-called "simulation heuristic" is likely not true for episodic counterfactual thinking, namely that the harder it is to mentally simulate it, the less plausible (1/n)
January 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
New paper from the IMC lab! I am very excited about this one. For years, I have been arguing that one of the main claims of the so-called "simulation heuristic" is likely not true for episodic counterfactual thinking, namely that the harder it is to mentally simulate it, the less plausible (1/n)
Yes!
Getting the word out about sleep apnea
One of the things I love about being a sleep researcher is the spontaneous conversations that arise. I'm at an airport bar now and another customer (a CPAP user for 10 years who talked about how life-changing it is) & I just got our fantastic (and sleepy) barkeep signed up for a sleep apnea test.
January 2, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Yes!
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Welcome to Vancouver and UBC! We’re excited to have you @milanium.bsky.social!
en route to Vancouver. thrilled to start my lab @psych.ubc.ca @arts.ubc.ca and join the @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social - doors open Jan 2026. it's great to be back, 🇨🇦.
December 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Welcome to Vancouver and UBC! We’re excited to have you @milanium.bsky.social!
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Sleep colleagues, please submit tonight to be considered for a short talk.
Announcing the 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop (ISRW): March 6, 2026, Vancouver, prior to CNS.
Program: poster session, discussion groups, 2 symposia, 7 short talks, & many opportunities to interact.
Register by Dec 19 at isrw.bio.uci.edu
All researchers focused on sleep/cognition welcome.
Program: poster session, discussion groups, 2 symposia, 7 short talks, & many opportunities to interact.
Register by Dec 19 at isrw.bio.uci.edu
All researchers focused on sleep/cognition welcome.
The 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop
urldefense.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Sleep colleagues, please submit tonight to be considered for a short talk.
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New lab paper: "Emotional learning selectively distorts the temporal organization of memory: A quantitative synthesis." Across 17 different studies, fear conditioning consistently distorted temporal source memory for information encoded before and after. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Emotional learning selectively distorts the temporal organization of memory: A quantitative synthesis
Episodic memory allows us to remember when an event occurred by situating it within a coherent temporal context. Pavlovian fear conditioning, a widely…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New lab paper: "Emotional learning selectively distorts the temporal organization of memory: A quantitative synthesis." Across 17 different studies, fear conditioning consistently distorted temporal source memory for information encoded before and after. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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We're thrilled to announce the publication of our newest paper in @plosone.org 🎉
"Aging and episodic memory specificity: Evidence challenging a domain-general pattern separation decline"
Read Dr. Youm's full paper here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@melaniecohn.bsky.social
#Memory #Psychology #Aging
"Aging and episodic memory specificity: Evidence challenging a domain-general pattern separation decline"
Read Dr. Youm's full paper here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@melaniecohn.bsky.social
#Memory #Psychology #Aging
Aging and episodic memory specificity: Evidence challenging a domain-general pattern separation decline
Aging is associated with a decline in episodic memory specificity. This phenomenon has been observed across various memory tasks, such as the Mnemonic Similarity Task (MST), where older adults show a ...
dx.plos.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We're thrilled to announce the publication of our newest paper in @plosone.org 🎉
"Aging and episodic memory specificity: Evidence challenging a domain-general pattern separation decline"
Read Dr. Youm's full paper here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@melaniecohn.bsky.social
#Memory #Psychology #Aging
"Aging and episodic memory specificity: Evidence challenging a domain-general pattern separation decline"
Read Dr. Youm's full paper here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@melaniecohn.bsky.social
#Memory #Psychology #Aging
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Aligning eye tracking and free recall time series, we found that increased saccades predict episodic (vs. non-episodic) by 0.5 s.
Just out in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social, led by Ryan Barker with the inimitable @drjenryan.bsky.social.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Just out in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social, led by Ryan Barker with the inimitable @drjenryan.bsky.social.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Aligning eye tracking and free recall time series, we found that increased saccades predict episodic (vs. non-episodic) by 0.5 s.
Just out in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social, led by Ryan Barker with the inimitable @drjenryan.bsky.social.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Just out in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social, led by Ryan Barker with the inimitable @drjenryan.bsky.social.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Suparna Rajaram from Stony Brook University, USA, inspired attendees with her Keynote Address, “The Cognition of Social Remembering: Implications for Individual and Collective Memory,” during last night's Opening Session. #psynom25
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Suparna Rajaram from Stony Brook University, USA, inspired attendees with her Keynote Address, “The Cognition of Social Remembering: Implications for Individual and Collective Memory,” during last night's Opening Session. #psynom25
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How do changes in context influence how we organize our memories in time?
Faster contextual changes are associated with faster drift in hippocampal activity and reduced temporal clustering in recalled memories.
Elegant work led by @lindsayrait.bsky.social!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Faster contextual changes are associated with faster drift in hippocampal activity and reduced temporal clustering in recalled memories.
Elegant work led by @lindsayrait.bsky.social!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Hippocampal Drift Rate Reflects the Temporal Organization of Memories
When freely recalling past events, individuals tend to successively remember stimuli that were studied close together in time—a phenomenon known as temporal clustering. Temporal clustering is thought ...
www.jneurosci.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
How do changes in context influence how we organize our memories in time?
Faster contextual changes are associated with faster drift in hippocampal activity and reduced temporal clustering in recalled memories.
Elegant work led by @lindsayrait.bsky.social!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Faster contextual changes are associated with faster drift in hippocampal activity and reduced temporal clustering in recalled memories.
Elegant work led by @lindsayrait.bsky.social!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
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We’re hiring a Research Assistant!
Join the Brain Resilience Study team and support a major INN project on brain health and aging. If you're passionate about collaborative team science and multimodal data collection, submit your application to inn@sfu.ca by Nov 28th. Learn more: shorturl.at/QMFV0
Join the Brain Resilience Study team and support a major INN project on brain health and aging. If you're passionate about collaborative team science and multimodal data collection, submit your application to inn@sfu.ca by Nov 28th. Learn more: shorturl.at/QMFV0
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We’re hiring a Research Assistant!
Join the Brain Resilience Study team and support a major INN project on brain health and aging. If you're passionate about collaborative team science and multimodal data collection, submit your application to inn@sfu.ca by Nov 28th. Learn more: shorturl.at/QMFV0
Join the Brain Resilience Study team and support a major INN project on brain health and aging. If you're passionate about collaborative team science and multimodal data collection, submit your application to inn@sfu.ca by Nov 28th. Learn more: shorturl.at/QMFV0
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How do hormones affect the brain and our behaviours, and what does that mean for Canadians? 🧠
Hear from @kiransoma.bsky.social, who was recently elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. @psych.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social
Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...
Hear from @kiransoma.bsky.social, who was recently elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. @psych.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social
Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How do hormones affect the brain and our behaviours, and what does that mean for Canadians? 🧠
Hear from @kiransoma.bsky.social, who was recently elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. @psych.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social
Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...
Hear from @kiransoma.bsky.social, who was recently elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. @psych.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social
Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...