Elkan Akyurek
@elkanakyurek.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscience. Professor, University of Groningen @rug.nl
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🚨🧠🚨 POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🧠🚨 in my lab: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Connectivity in Working Memory. Deadline 12 Nov! Apply via website; please repost.
Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨🧠🚨 POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🧠🚨 in my lab: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Connectivity in Working Memory. Deadline 12 Nov! Apply via website; please repost.
New preprint!
Working memory contents can be decoded from alpha band power. But does working memory maintenance really depend on these oscillations?
We say no, because we found that alpha power decoding only works for prioritized items, not deprioritized ones. 1/3
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Working memory contents can be decoded from alpha band power. But does working memory maintenance really depend on these oscillations?
We say no, because we found that alpha power decoding only works for prioritized items, not deprioritized ones. 1/3
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Sustained alpha oscillations serve attentional prioritization in working memory, not maintenance
Recent theory on the neural basis of working memory (WM) has attributed an important role to "activity-silent" mechanisms, suggesting that sustained neural activity might not be essential in the reten...
www.biorxiv.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New preprint!
Working memory contents can be decoded from alpha band power. But does working memory maintenance really depend on these oscillations?
We say no, because we found that alpha power decoding only works for prioritized items, not deprioritized ones. 1/3
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Working memory contents can be decoded from alpha band power. But does working memory maintenance really depend on these oscillations?
We say no, because we found that alpha power decoding only works for prioritized items, not deprioritized ones. 1/3
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Job alert!🚨
Join us @uab.cat to investigate human memory representations with intracranial recordings, eye-tracking, immersive VR and deep learning. This is a fully funded, four-year PhD position at the Prediction and Memory Lab.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
Join us @uab.cat to investigate human memory representations with intracranial recordings, eye-tracking, immersive VR and deep learning. This is a fully funded, four-year PhD position at the Prediction and Memory Lab.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
October 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Job alert!🚨
Join us @uab.cat to investigate human memory representations with intracranial recordings, eye-tracking, immersive VR and deep learning. This is a fully funded, four-year PhD position at the Prediction and Memory Lab.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
Join us @uab.cat to investigate human memory representations with intracranial recordings, eye-tracking, immersive VR and deep learning. This is a fully funded, four-year PhD position at the Prediction and Memory Lab.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
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We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.
September 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.
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Open postdoc position👈
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).
September 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Open postdoc position👈
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).
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Komende maandag (22 sep) geven @irisgroen.bsky.social, @theodanes.bsky.social, Jackie Higgins, Yaïr Pinto en ik een lezing bij @sggroningen.bsky.social. Een spannende avond vol mooie verhalen en wetenschap! 🌿🦇🤖🌍 Kom ook! @rug-gmw.bsky.social #groningen #wetenschap 👇
Een wereld vol denkers: een avond vol #psychologie, #neurowetenschap 🧠, #biologie 🪴 en #AI 🤖! Met bijdragen van @irisgroen.bsky.social, Jackie Higgins en Yaïr Pinto. Ma 22 september 🗓️ bij @sggroningen.bsky.social in het academiegebouw van @rug.nl. Kaartjes 👉 sggroningen.nl/nl/evenement... 1/2
Een wereld vol denkers
We zijn continu aan het denken en voelen. In hoeverre zijn mensen hierin uniek?
sggroningen.nl
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Komende maandag (22 sep) geven @irisgroen.bsky.social, @theodanes.bsky.social, Jackie Higgins, Yaïr Pinto en ik een lezing bij @sggroningen.bsky.social. Een spannende avond vol mooie verhalen en wetenschap! 🌿🦇🤖🌍 Kom ook! @rug-gmw.bsky.social #groningen #wetenschap 👇
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Registration for the 20th NVP Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition Winter Conference is open! ✅ You can register and submit your abstract here: www.conftool.pro/nvp2025/. 📅 Early bird registration until Oct 1. ✨For more information: www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl/conference-nvp
Conference – Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition
www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl
September 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Registration for the 20th NVP Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition Winter Conference is open! ✅ You can register and submit your abstract here: www.conftool.pro/nvp2025/. 📅 Early bird registration until Oct 1. ✨For more information: www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl/conference-nvp
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🚨WHOHOO!! I am happy to share that I received the #ERCStG for my project PRECHRON: The Prefrontal Chronometer for Organizing Working Memory.
I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG
I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG
September 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🚨WHOHOO!! I am happy to share that I received the #ERCStG for my project PRECHRON: The Prefrontal Chronometer for Organizing Working Memory.
I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG
I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG
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Postdoc position open in our #workingmemory lab! See here for more info: www.unige.ch/fapse/womcog...
June 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Postdoc position open in our #workingmemory lab! See here for more info: www.unige.ch/fapse/womcog...
Jelmer Borst and I are looking for a PhD candidate to build an EEG-based model of human working memory! This is a really cool project that I've wanted to kick off for a while, and I can't wait to see it happen. Please share and I'm happy to answer any Qs about the project!
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Vacatures bij de RUG
www.rug.nl
July 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Jelmer Borst and I are looking for a PhD candidate to build an EEG-based model of human working memory! This is a really cool project that I've wanted to kick off for a while, and I can't wait to see it happen. Please share and I'm happy to answer any Qs about the project!
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
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Totally agree: What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat (although I am biased, because I was one of those...) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat
International students enrich university communities and strengthen civic life. We must defend their place in global education.
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Totally agree: What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat (although I am biased, because I was one of those...) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Curious about the visual human brain, a vibrant and collaborative lab, and pursuing a PhD in the heart of Europe? My lab is recruiting for a 3-year PhD position. More details: www.rademakerlab.com/job-add
PhD position — Rademaker lab
www.rademakerlab.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Curious about the visual human brain, a vibrant and collaborative lab, and pursuing a PhD in the heart of Europe? My lab is recruiting for a 3-year PhD position. More details: www.rademakerlab.com/job-add
I certainly had a blast! Thanks David, Maelan, and Michael for organizing this great workshop!
Three great days on neural feedback @unil.bsky.social La Grange—15 top talks, a great panel, and discussions! Huge thanks to @snsf.ch, @fbm-unil.bsky.social, @icepfl.bsky.social & TheSense. Co-organized with @maelanmenetrey.bsky.social & Michael Herzog.
These should happen more often!
These should happen more often!
June 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I certainly had a blast! Thanks David, Maelan, and Michael for organizing this great workshop!
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🚨PhD position alert!🚨
Joint PhD position with @fedemar.bsky.social @predictivebrain.bsky.social and Sonja Kotz, to investigate the neurobiological underpinnings of perceptual decisions
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message!
Joint PhD position with @fedemar.bsky.social @predictivebrain.bsky.social and Sonja Kotz, to investigate the neurobiological underpinnings of perceptual decisions
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message!
PhD position in biological foundations of neural control
PhD position in biological foundations of neural control
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
June 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🚨PhD position alert!🚨
Joint PhD position with @fedemar.bsky.social @predictivebrain.bsky.social and Sonja Kotz, to investigate the neurobiological underpinnings of perceptual decisions
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message!
Joint PhD position with @fedemar.bsky.social @predictivebrain.bsky.social and Sonja Kotz, to investigate the neurobiological underpinnings of perceptual decisions
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message!
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Check out our new paper in j.neuroscience using ssvep’s in eeg to track early attentional capture by distracting stimuli!!
Through experience, humans can learn to suppress locations that frequently contain distracting stimuli. Using SSVEPs and ERPs, this study shows that such learned suppression modulates early neural responses, indicating it occurs during initial visual processing.
www.jneurosci.org/content/jneu...
www.jneurosci.org/content/jneu...
www.jneurosci.org
May 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Check out our new paper in j.neuroscience using ssvep’s in eeg to track early attentional capture by distracting stimuli!!
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Looking forward to this one...Join us for a workshop on feedback in perception & neural processing — with top international speakers.
Hosted by @fbm-unil.bsky.social & @icepfl.bsky.social
🎓 LNDS & EDNE PhDs: credits via poster
Register: tinyurl.com/3snapbcp
@snf-fns.ch
Hosted by @fbm-unil.bsky.social & @icepfl.bsky.social
🎓 LNDS & EDNE PhDs: credits via poster
Register: tinyurl.com/3snapbcp
@snf-fns.ch
May 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Looking forward to this one...Join us for a workshop on feedback in perception & neural processing — with top international speakers.
Hosted by @fbm-unil.bsky.social & @icepfl.bsky.social
🎓 LNDS & EDNE PhDs: credits via poster
Register: tinyurl.com/3snapbcp
@snf-fns.ch
Hosted by @fbm-unil.bsky.social & @icepfl.bsky.social
🎓 LNDS & EDNE PhDs: credits via poster
Register: tinyurl.com/3snapbcp
@snf-fns.ch
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Happy to share a funded PhD opportunity in our collaborative project with Árni Kristjánsson @icevislab.bsky.social & and David Whitney (UC Berkeley).
Applications are now open, feel free to reach out.
@fbm-unil.bsky.social #PhD #perception
Applications are now open, feel free to reach out.
@fbm-unil.bsky.social #PhD #perception
May 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Happy to share a funded PhD opportunity in our collaborative project with Árni Kristjánsson @icevislab.bsky.social & and David Whitney (UC Berkeley).
Applications are now open, feel free to reach out.
@fbm-unil.bsky.social #PhD #perception
Applications are now open, feel free to reach out.
@fbm-unil.bsky.social #PhD #perception
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Tomorrow afternoon at #vss2025 I will be presenting a poster on how expectations about future target stimuli shapes its WM encoding. Happy to hear your thougths on the project! (It’s at Pavillion, we have better AC!)
www.visionsciences.org/view_pdf.php...
www.visionsciences.org/view_pdf.php...
VSS Poster PDF
www.visionsciences.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Tomorrow afternoon at #vss2025 I will be presenting a poster on how expectations about future target stimuli shapes its WM encoding. Happy to hear your thougths on the project! (It’s at Pavillion, we have better AC!)
www.visionsciences.org/view_pdf.php...
www.visionsciences.org/view_pdf.php...
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Interested in pupillometry, eye movements, visual attention, visual working memory, or related topics? Apply with our group in in beautiful, livable, and friendly Groningen! Reach out to @elkanakyurek.bsky.social, @van-rijn.org, @olaf.dimigen.de, @miles2708.bsky.social or myself to explore options!
Choose Science. Choose Europe.
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
May 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Interested in pupillometry, eye movements, visual attention, visual working memory, or related topics? Apply with our group in in beautiful, livable, and friendly Groningen! Reach out to @elkanakyurek.bsky.social, @van-rijn.org, @olaf.dimigen.de, @miles2708.bsky.social or myself to explore options!
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As a scientist I have experimented with LLMs, such as ChatGPT, for literature searches. LLMs find real papers but miss some, and worse: invent fake papers with convincing details, for example with real authors who work in that field. Beware of these convincing confabulations!
May 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
As a scientist I have experimented with LLMs, such as ChatGPT, for literature searches. LLMs find real papers but miss some, and worse: invent fake papers with convincing details, for example with real authors who work in that field. Beware of these convincing confabulations!
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🚨Job alert🚨
We’re recruiting for another PhD position at MaCSBio @macsbio.bsky.social, focused on computational neuroscience. Come work on brain, sound, and computational models, co-supervised by myself and Ryszard Auksztulewicz @auksz.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 18 May
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdhtwuzs
We’re recruiting for another PhD position at MaCSBio @macsbio.bsky.social, focused on computational neuroscience. Come work on brain, sound, and computational models, co-supervised by myself and Ryszard Auksztulewicz @auksz.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 18 May
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdhtwuzs
PhD candidate in Auditory Computational Neuroscience
PhD candidate in Auditory Computational Neuroscience
tinyurl.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🚨Job alert🚨
We’re recruiting for another PhD position at MaCSBio @macsbio.bsky.social, focused on computational neuroscience. Come work on brain, sound, and computational models, co-supervised by myself and Ryszard Auksztulewicz @auksz.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 18 May
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdhtwuzs
We’re recruiting for another PhD position at MaCSBio @macsbio.bsky.social, focused on computational neuroscience. Come work on brain, sound, and computational models, co-supervised by myself and Ryszard Auksztulewicz @auksz.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 18 May
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdhtwuzs
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😊🌟✒️ Trotse aankondiging! ✒️🌟😊 Het afgelopen jaar heb ik gewerkt aan het boek "Een wereld vol denkers". In dit boek ga ik op onderzoek naar de gedachten, de #gevoelens en het #bewustzijn van #mensen, #dieren, #planten en kunstmatige intelligentie (#AI). #psychologie #wetenschap 1/5
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
😊🌟✒️ Trotse aankondiging! ✒️🌟😊 Het afgelopen jaar heb ik gewerkt aan het boek "Een wereld vol denkers". In dit boek ga ik op onderzoek naar de gedachten, de #gevoelens en het #bewustzijn van #mensen, #dieren, #planten en kunstmatige intelligentie (#AI). #psychologie #wetenschap 1/5
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Op 25 maart behandelt de Eerste Kamer de OCW-begroting, inclusief de ongekende bezuinigingen op universiteiten. De gevolgen voor de maatschappij zijn enorm!
Daarom roepen we op: DOE HET NIET! Stop de bezuinigingen op universiteiten! Help jij mee om onze boodschap te verspreiden? #DoeHetNiet ✋⛔
Daarom roepen we op: DOE HET NIET! Stop de bezuinigingen op universiteiten! Help jij mee om onze boodschap te verspreiden? #DoeHetNiet ✋⛔
March 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Op 25 maart behandelt de Eerste Kamer de OCW-begroting, inclusief de ongekende bezuinigingen op universiteiten. De gevolgen voor de maatschappij zijn enorm!
Daarom roepen we op: DOE HET NIET! Stop de bezuinigingen op universiteiten! Help jij mee om onze boodschap te verspreiden? #DoeHetNiet ✋⛔
Daarom roepen we op: DOE HET NIET! Stop de bezuinigingen op universiteiten! Help jij mee om onze boodschap te verspreiden? #DoeHetNiet ✋⛔
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Today, UG staff members strike in protest against the cuts to higher education. Staff members will put their work on hold to draw attention to the disastrous consequences.
The Board supports the message; they will wear red squares as a sign of protest. Will you join? 🟥
www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
The Board supports the message; they will wear red squares as a sign of protest. Will you join? 🟥
www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
March 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Today, UG staff members strike in protest against the cuts to higher education. Staff members will put their work on hold to draw attention to the disastrous consequences.
The Board supports the message; they will wear red squares as a sign of protest. Will you join? 🟥
www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
The Board supports the message; they will wear red squares as a sign of protest. Will you join? 🟥
www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
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Preprint Alert!!
In our latest study, we describe a novel relationship between action planning and working memory. Our results show that action-item associations affect how working memory maintains the fidelity of sensory information during a task.
Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In our latest study, we describe a novel relationship between action planning and working memory. Our results show that action-item associations affect how working memory maintains the fidelity of sensory information during a task.
Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Motor control processes moderate visual working memory gating
Gating processes that regulate sensory input into visual working memory (WM) and the execution of planned actions share neural mechanisms, suggesting a mutual interaction. In a preregistered study (OS...
www.biorxiv.org
March 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Preprint Alert!!
In our latest study, we describe a novel relationship between action planning and working memory. Our results show that action-item associations affect how working memory maintains the fidelity of sensory information during a task.
Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In our latest study, we describe a novel relationship between action planning and working memory. Our results show that action-item associations affect how working memory maintains the fidelity of sensory information during a task.
Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...