Joey Dunsmoor
@joeydunsmoor.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist who studies emotion and learning and memory and fear of ducks.
New paper alert. 🚨 Lock your doors. 🔐 Hug your dog 🐕
Neural Reinstatement of Encoding Context Mediates the Switch between Fear and Extinction Recall.
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Neural Reinstatement of Encoding Context Mediates the Switch between Fear and Extinction Recall.
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Neural Reinstatement of Encoding Context Mediates the Switch between Fear and Extinction Recall
Abstract. Fear conditioning and extinction generate conflicting memory representations for a conditioned stimulus (CS). Retrieval of either memory is largely determined by the context where the CS is ...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
New paper alert. 🚨 Lock your doors. 🔐 Hug your dog 🐕
Neural Reinstatement of Encoding Context Mediates the Switch between Fear and Extinction Recall.
direct.mit.edu/jocn/article...
Neural Reinstatement of Encoding Context Mediates the Switch between Fear and Extinction Recall.
direct.mit.edu/jocn/article...
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Today we open-sourced a new project for developing behavioral experiments online. It is called Smile. Announcement of v0.1.0: todd.gureckislab.org/2025/07/22/s... Smile has been used internally in my lab for several years and has substantially increased our productivity.
July 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Today we open-sourced a new project for developing behavioral experiments online. It is called Smile. Announcement of v0.1.0: todd.gureckislab.org/2025/07/22/s... Smile has been used internally in my lab for several years and has substantially increased our productivity.
I haven't posted on here much, but this new paper from the lab seems like as good reason as any:
How the nature of weak learning and retention interval affects behavioral tagging of episodic memory.
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How the nature of weak learning and retention interval affects behavioral tagging of episodic memory.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
APA PsycNet
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July 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I haven't posted on here much, but this new paper from the lab seems like as good reason as any:
How the nature of weak learning and retention interval affects behavioral tagging of episodic memory.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
How the nature of weak learning and retention interval affects behavioral tagging of episodic memory.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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What happens if you inhibit the amygdala during the formation of emotional episodic memories? Simple answer, right? We thought so too but ended up finding memory enhancements after inhibiting the amygdala via transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS). 1/2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Enhanced Episodic Memory Following Putative Inhibition of the Amygdala via Transcranial Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound
The amygdala is considered crucial to the formation of emotional episodic memories, but causal evidence in humans is limited due to challenges in non-invasive neuromodulation of deep brain structures....
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April 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What happens if you inhibit the amygdala during the formation of emotional episodic memories? Simple answer, right? We thought so too but ended up finding memory enhancements after inhibiting the amygdala via transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS). 1/2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Where does TrumpElon think innovation for all their favorite biotech corporations comes from? PCR only exists because somebody was looking for bacteria in hot springs at Yellowstone. I’m just a private practice ophthalmologist who barely understands p values but even I know this shit is important.
This is my institution. These are the people I work with making these decisions. The situation is heartbreaking. Public medical schools have no other choice; there is no other source of funding, and everyone in academia is at extreme risk right now.
March 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Where does TrumpElon think innovation for all their favorite biotech corporations comes from? PCR only exists because somebody was looking for bacteria in hot springs at Yellowstone. I’m just a private practice ophthalmologist who barely understands p values but even I know this shit is important.
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ICYMI: Sen. Ted Cruz flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude method for identifying research he calls “woke.”
A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
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March 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
ICYMI: Sen. Ted Cruz flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude method for identifying research he calls “woke.”
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📢 JOB ALERT: Postdoc & PhD position in computational neuroimaging/computational psychiatry, to work with existing fMRI & behavioural (big) data. Apply by March 31 and reach out any time for more information.
www.caian.uni-bonn.de/en/team/oppo...
Image: K. Ojala, A. Tzovara 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
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Image: K. Ojala, A. Tzovara 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
February 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📢 JOB ALERT: Postdoc & PhD position in computational neuroimaging/computational psychiatry, to work with existing fMRI & behavioural (big) data. Apply by March 31 and reach out any time for more information.
www.caian.uni-bonn.de/en/team/oppo...
Image: K. Ojala, A. Tzovara 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
www.caian.uni-bonn.de/en/team/oppo...
Image: K. Ojala, A. Tzovara 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
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#HiSciSky! I'm a clinical psy sci postdoc at UT w/ master of fear @joeydunsmoor.bsky.social. I study threat generalization + psychopathology using fMRI + quant modeling + HiTOP + psychometrics. On the faculty job market! Most importantly, have a dog named Frank. #psychscisky #clinpsy #neuroskyence
September 26, 2023 at 3:28 PM
#HiSciSky! I'm a clinical psy sci postdoc at UT w/ master of fear @joeydunsmoor.bsky.social. I study threat generalization + psychopathology using fMRI + quant modeling + HiTOP + psychometrics. On the faculty job market! Most importantly, have a dog named Frank. #psychscisky #clinpsy #neuroskyence
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I’m excited to announce the Adaptive Memory Lab is moving to Univ. of Oregon summer 2024. I’ve been a lucky duck to forge such great relationships at Temple and am looking forward to developing new ones. I’ll be recruiting grad students next year so feel free to reach out. #OMG/OregonMemoryGroup
September 26, 2023 at 2:46 PM
I’m excited to announce the Adaptive Memory Lab is moving to Univ. of Oregon summer 2024. I’ve been a lucky duck to forge such great relationships at Temple and am looking forward to developing new ones. I’ll be recruiting grad students next year so feel free to reach out. #OMG/OregonMemoryGroup
Hi. I'm joining this now. First post, a job ad for TT neuroscience faculty position at UT Austin. Join Austin. A city on the groooOOW. apply.interfolio.com/131347
September 25, 2023 at 5:09 PM
Hi. I'm joining this now. First post, a job ad for TT neuroscience faculty position at UT Austin. Join Austin. A city on the groooOOW. apply.interfolio.com/131347