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Linda Drijvers
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cognitive neuroscientist studying brain oscillations, multimodal language comprehension & production | PI of Communicative Brain lab | assistant professor at Donders Institute & research group leader at MPI for Psycholinguistics - https://lindadrijvers.nl
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Linda Drijvers @lindadrijvers.bsky.social · Jan 31
I think this is a very powerful example of how 'the language network' comes about (or doesn't). See our paper on why we think 'the language network' is widely distributed in the brain: pure.mpg.de/rest/items/i... (same pic of simulation posted below w/ white background for those who use dark mode)
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jamestrujillo.bsky.social
Autistic adults, regardless of whether clinically dx or self-identifying, report more difficulty processing auditory information, particularly others' speech.
doi.org/10.1177/1362...

New research by Elena Silva, Linda Drivers
@lindadrijvers.bsky.social
and myself
(reposting with correct link)
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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eelkespaak.bsky.social
🚨🧠🚨 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
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arora-borealis.bsky.social
Planning on running a RIFT study? In a new manuscript, we put together the RIFT know-how accumulated over the years by multiple labs (@lindadrijvers.bsky.social, @schota.bsky.social, @eelkespaak.bsky.social, with Cecília Hustá and others).

Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
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October 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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andreaeyleen.bsky.social
OPEN PHD POSITION - Come join our group! The IMPRS at @mpi-nl.bsky.social is offering an PhD position on modelling structured meaning in the brain, supervised by me and Helen De Hoop at the Centre for Language Studies in the @dondersinst.bsky.social -
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
IMPRS PhD Fellowships 2026 | Max Planck Institute
www.mpi.nl
October 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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eelkespaak.bsky.social
🧠 Regularization, Action, and Attractors in the Dynamical “Bayesian” Brain

direct.mit.edu/jocn/article...

(still uncorrected proofs, but they should post the corrected one soon--also OA is forthcoming, for now PDF at brainandexperience.org/pdf/10.1162-...)
Regularization, Action, and Attractors in the Dynamical “Bayesian” Brain
Abstract. The idea that the brain is a probabilistic (Bayesian) inference machine, continuously trying to figure out the hidden causes of its inputs, has become very influential in cognitive (neuro)sc...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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strijkers.bsky.social
The first publication of the #ERC project ‘LaDy’ is a fact and it’s an important one I think:

We show that word processing and meaning prediction is fundamentally different during social interaction compared to using language individually!
👀 short 🧵/1

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
#OpenAccess
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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marlijnterbekke.bsky.social
Happy with this popular science article about our work (with @lindadrijvers.bsky.social and @judithholler.bsky.social), showing that listeners use co-speech hand gestures to predict upcoming meaning ✋ www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
What Using Our Hands While Speaking Reveals About Our Brains
Researchers now have fascinating insights into how our brains function while we communicate — and our hand gestures hold the key.
www.medscape.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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mpi-nl.bsky.social
We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max
October 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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susannebrouwer.bsky.social
PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing - Apply now!

Come work with Mirjam Broersma, @davidpeeters.bsky.social, and me at the Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Application deadline: 19 October 2025

For more information, see
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD: Accented Speech Processing at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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wimpouw.bsky.social
www.envisionbox.org has been shortlisted for the Leo Waaijers Open Science price: ukb.nl/en/news/shor...

@babajideowoyele.bsky.social @jamestrujillo.bsky.social @sarkadava.bsky.social @DavideAhmar @acwiek.bsky.social

Amazing Markus Küpper made an animated video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HduI...
EnvisionBOX overview2025
YouTube video by Wim Pouw
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October 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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dondersinst.bsky.social
👀 👂 How does the brain merge what we hear & see? @lindadrijvers.bsky.social got an ERC Starting Grant (≈ €1.5M) for HANDWAVE, studying how we integrate audiovisual signals.

Vital for understanding language disorders & improving diagnostics.👇

www.ru.nl/en/research/...
ERC Starting Grants for research into language, money circulation and medieval songs | Radboud University
Three researchers at Radboud University will receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). They will receive a grant of rougly 1.5 million euros.
www.ru.nl
September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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mpi-nl.bsky.social
We are seeking a #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join our Multimodal Language Department for the NWO funded project:
𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭:
𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞
Start: ideally February 1, 2026 but negotiable. www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
September 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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olaf.dimigen.de
🚨 New preprint: Invisible neural frequency tagging (RIFT) for the underfunded researcher:
👉 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

RIFT uses high-frequency flicker to probe attention in M/EEG with minimal stimulus visibility and little distraction. Until now, it required a costly high-speed projector.
Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) with a consumer monitor: A proof-of-concept
Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) enables neural frequency tagging at rates above the flicker fusion threshold, eliciting steady-state responses to flicker that is almost imperceptible. While R...
www.biorxiv.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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mpi-nl.bsky.social
Using Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) to probe the neural interaction between representations of speech planning and comprehension. New paper by Cecília Hustá, Antje Meyer & @lindadrijvers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00171
Using Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) to Probe the Neural Interaction Between Representations of Speech Planning and Comprehension
Abstract. Interlocutors often use the semantics of comprehended speech to inform the semantics of planned speech. Do representations of the comprehension and planning stimuli interact? In this EEG stu...
doi.org
August 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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thelablab.bsky.social
Call for papers @jneurolang.bsky.social: Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Relationship Between the Neurobiology of Language and Consciousness. 🧠🗨️

direct.mit.edu/DocumentLibr...

☎️ DM me for more details.
July 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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nicolaml.bsky.social
Neural tracking: evoked or oscillatory? 🎧🧠 The #TrackingUmbrella paper argues it’s not either/or — both perspectives reveal how our brains align with speech, music, and more. Method matters. Let’s rethink how we measure and interpret tracking! tinyurl.com/ywbe7rrz
(PDF) The Tracking Umbrella: Diverse Interpretations Under a Common Neural Term
PDF | Neural tracking, the alignment of brain activity with the temporal dynamics of sensory input, is a crucial mechanism underlying perception,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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andreaeyleen.bsky.social
deadline 23 June!! Please re-bleat(??) widely!
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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isgs2025.bsky.social
📢 We are thrilled to announce that the full program for #ISGS2025 is now available on our website: isgs10.nl

✨Explore the detailed schedule featuring latest advancements in multimodal language research ✨
isgs10.nl
June 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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mvugt.bsky.social
Don't forget to submit your symposia and panels for the Dutch brain and cognition conference happening in December! www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl/calls/
Calls – Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition
www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl
June 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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katduecker.bsky.social
Finally out in @commsbio.nature.com !
Using MEG and Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) in a classic visual search paradigm we show that neuronal excitability in V1 is modulated in line with a priority-map-based mechanism to boost targets and suppress distractors!
June 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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olejensen.bsky.social
Our latest study on reading using MEG, eyetracking and Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging headed by Yali Pan from @thechbh.bsky.social : Parallel and dynamic attention allocation during natural reading
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Parallel and dynamic attention allocation during natural reading
During natural reading, attention constantly shifts across words, yet how linguistic properties (e.g., lexical frequency) impact the allocation of attention remains unclear. In this study, we co-regis...
www.biorxiv.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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cairosofie.bsky.social
📉 Key findings: Mothers suffer penalties of 25 percentage points on their annual output of scientific publications compared to fathers in the first seven years after childbirth, and participation in research publishing is 16% lower among mothers relative to fathers.
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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cdelawalla.bsky.social
*scream laughs in toddler mom*
cairosofie.bsky.social Sofie Cairo @cairosofie.bsky.social · May 22
🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
May 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
lindadrijvers.bsky.social
Great opportunity on a very exciting project!
May 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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pessoabrain.bsky.social
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸?
Don't expect simple mappings between mind and brain.
Check out this piece I wrote for Aeon.
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
How the human brain is like a murmuration of starlings | Aeon Essays
The brain is much less like a machine than it is like the murmurations of a flock of starlings or an orchestral symphony
aeon.co
May 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM