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Josh Olivier
@josholivier.bsky.social
BYU Psych Alum 🧠
Lab manager at @fnim-lab.bsky.social
I love memory research, traveling, 3D printing, and tereré 🧉
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I'm thrilled that my first first-author paper in @fnim-lab.bsky.social is now out!

We found that whole-brain cortical volume predicted the strength of neural reinstatement of scene information in the parahippocampal and medial place areas (PPA & MPA in the figure below). (1/2)
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See fNIM lab posters at SFN 2025, San Diego, CA!
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Headed to SfN? My group will be presenting new work on aging, memory, and immersive VR, including early Alzheimer’s markers, aphantasia, and a new VR tool for spatial behavior. Come check us out.
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm thrilled that my first first-author paper in @fnim-lab.bsky.social is now out!

We found that whole-brain cortical volume predicted the strength of neural reinstatement of scene information in the parahippocampal and medial place areas (PPA & MPA in the figure below). (1/2)
August 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Looking forward to representing @fnim-lab.bsky.social and presenting a poster at #SfN25, alongside several of my lab mates! Can't wait 😬
August 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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We had a fascinating conversation with Dr. Louis Renoult (@renoultlouis.bsky.social) about all things memory! Here’s a preview of what we discussed and stay tuned for the full release of the episode later this week!
July 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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New Paper Alert! de Chastelaine et al found that young adults are able to employ 'retrieval gating' to allow mnemonic content to be aligned with a retrieval goal, but older adults failed to do this even when their memory was boosted to match young adults! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes.

This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .
AI, peer review and the human activity of science
When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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New episode alert! 🎙️ We're kicking things off on our new Neuro Logic podcast account by sharing that we have a new episode featuring Dr. Marson on Declining Financial Capacity in Cognitive Aging and Dementia.

Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/5I2v...

#NeuroLogic #podcast #CVL #UTD
April 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New blog post 📣!

I built a simple widget that fetches any Chess.com user's stats. It can be easily embedded on a personal site or blog.

Check it out! josholivier.com/posts/post-5/
May 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I designed and 3D printed a storage box for my triathlon bike! And it actually seems to work 😎

It’s orange, stretchy, and hopefully aerodynamic.
May 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I made a personal portfolio/CV website! 👇

josholivier.com

This is something I've wanted to do for a while now, both for fun and to get better at coding. But mostly for fun 😄
josholivier.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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It is a great pleasure to share this new collaborative work on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Representations with @fnim-lab.bsky.social @cvlneuro.bsky.social @psychologyuea.bsky.social

osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Excited to be presenting a poster this weekend at #CNS2025!
Going to Boston #CNS2025 ?! See fNIM lab posters there!
March 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
New preprint! We found that age differences in the neural reinstatement of scene information are fully mediated by whole-brain cortical volume. We also found that reinstatement strength in the parahippocampal place area was associated with memory performance independently of volume and age.
Moderating effects of cortical thickness, volume, and memory performance on age differences in neural reinstatement of scene information https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.06.636759v1
February 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Excited to share our new paper in Neurobiology of Aging! Kidwai et al found that recollection-related fMRI effects in the entorhinal cortex were predictive of memory change over 3 years in healthy older adults, when controlling for age and entorhinal volume. doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
January 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM