Manuela Piazza
@manpiazza.bsky.social
Cog neuroscientist @ University of Trento (IT) 🇮🇹🇪🇺
Interested in: Brains - Cognitive maps - Maths - Structures - Concepts - Learning - Semantics - Navigation
#neuroscience #neuroskyence #psychscisci
New in Bluesky :)
Interested in: Brains - Cognitive maps - Maths - Structures - Concepts - Learning - Semantics - Navigation
#neuroscience #neuroskyence #psychscisci
New in Bluesky :)
💫 🧠💡This inspiring conference “Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain” has just ended, and I am very grateful for having been there among brilliant scientists connected by a common passion for the brain, and a common friendship with the great Stan Dehaene!
Talks (including mine) are online here 👇
Talks (including mine) are online here 👇
Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain | Collège de France
www.college-de-france.fr
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
💫 🧠💡This inspiring conference “Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain” has just ended, and I am very grateful for having been there among brilliant scientists connected by a common passion for the brain, and a common friendship with the great Stan Dehaene!
Talks (including mine) are online here 👇
Talks (including mine) are online here 👇
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New paper out in @commsbio.nature.com!
@elicastaldi.bsky.social, Evelyn Eger, @manpiazza.bsky.social
🔢 We reveal how the brain represents numerosity across the entire visual system, from early visual areas to high-level association cortices.
👇 A thread
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@elicastaldi.bsky.social, Evelyn Eger, @manpiazza.bsky.social
🔢 We reveal how the brain represents numerosity across the entire visual system, from early visual areas to high-level association cortices.
👇 A thread
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
July 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New paper out in @commsbio.nature.com!
@elicastaldi.bsky.social, Evelyn Eger, @manpiazza.bsky.social
🔢 We reveal how the brain represents numerosity across the entire visual system, from early visual areas to high-level association cortices.
👇 A thread
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@elicastaldi.bsky.social, Evelyn Eger, @manpiazza.bsky.social
🔢 We reveal how the brain represents numerosity across the entire visual system, from early visual areas to high-level association cortices.
👇 A thread
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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🎉 New Chapter Published!
🧠 Title:
Neurobiological underpinnings of developmental dyscalculia
👥 Authors:
Paula A. Maldonado Moscoso, @alirezakr.bsky.social , @manpiazza.bsky.social
#Neuroscience #CognitiveNeuroscience #LearningDisabilities #Dyscalculia
🧠 Title:
Neurobiological underpinnings of developmental dyscalculia
👥 Authors:
Paula A. Maldonado Moscoso, @alirezakr.bsky.social , @manpiazza.bsky.social
#Neuroscience #CognitiveNeuroscience #LearningDisabilities #Dyscalculia
July 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🎉 New Chapter Published!
🧠 Title:
Neurobiological underpinnings of developmental dyscalculia
👥 Authors:
Paula A. Maldonado Moscoso, @alirezakr.bsky.social , @manpiazza.bsky.social
#Neuroscience #CognitiveNeuroscience #LearningDisabilities #Dyscalculia
🧠 Title:
Neurobiological underpinnings of developmental dyscalculia
👥 Authors:
Paula A. Maldonado Moscoso, @alirezakr.bsky.social , @manpiazza.bsky.social
#Neuroscience #CognitiveNeuroscience #LearningDisabilities #Dyscalculia
Strategic omission:
knowingly leaving out relevant prior work to make findings seem more novel is academic dishonesty.
Adding citations later doesn’t undo the damage.
Citations are credit and respect, not decoration.
Call out this practice to protect integrity. #AcademicIntegrity
knowingly leaving out relevant prior work to make findings seem more novel is academic dishonesty.
Adding citations later doesn’t undo the damage.
Citations are credit and respect, not decoration.
Call out this practice to protect integrity. #AcademicIntegrity
July 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Strategic omission:
knowingly leaving out relevant prior work to make findings seem more novel is academic dishonesty.
Adding citations later doesn’t undo the damage.
Citations are credit and respect, not decoration.
Call out this practice to protect integrity. #AcademicIntegrity
knowingly leaving out relevant prior work to make findings seem more novel is academic dishonesty.
Adding citations later doesn’t undo the damage.
Citations are credit and respect, not decoration.
Call out this practice to protect integrity. #AcademicIntegrity
Reposted by Manuela Piazza
Feeling inspired following #DementiaActionWeek?
Discover how @uclqsion.bsky.social is shaping the future of dementia care and research.
Discover how @uclqsion.bsky.social is shaping the future of dementia care and research.
UCL MSc - Dementia: from Neuroscience to Clinical Practice MSc
Listen to the course co-Directors as well as current and former students talk about the MSc 'Dementia: from Neuroscience to Clinical Practice'. This MSc, off...
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June 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Feeling inspired following #DementiaActionWeek?
Discover how @uclqsion.bsky.social is shaping the future of dementia care and research.
Discover how @uclqsion.bsky.social is shaping the future of dementia care and research.
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Our lab at Carnegie Mellon is recruiting graduate students this year to study the development of the brain and cognition — come watch a brain develop, see how animals learn concepts, or take a canoe ride to see how folks learn across cultures. #PsychSciSky
September 20, 2023 at 11:32 PM
Our lab at Carnegie Mellon is recruiting graduate students this year to study the development of the brain and cognition — come watch a brain develop, see how animals learn concepts, or take a canoe ride to see how folks learn across cultures. #PsychSciSky
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the ERC has added a million euro for researchers moving to Europe.
ERC to double allowance for researchers moving to EU
The European Research Council (ERC) is doubling the relocation allowance it makes to researchers coming to the EU to take up one of its grants. At present it offers third-country researchers up to €1 ...
sciencebusiness.net
April 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
the ERC has added a million euro for researchers moving to Europe.
Reposted by Manuela Piazza
Gallileo Gallilei museum. Firenze
April 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Gallileo Gallilei museum. Firenze
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Our Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) @prereview.bsky.social club on #semantics has produced it's first review 👏🏼 prereview.org/clubs/snl-se... We're planning the next date/paper: don't hesitate to reach out!
April 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Our Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) @prereview.bsky.social club on #semantics has produced it's first review 👏🏼 prereview.org/clubs/snl-se... We're planning the next date/paper: don't hesitate to reach out!
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1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
March 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
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We have an open postdoc position with Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social and Emily Holmes, at the Emotional Cognition Lab dtalmi.wixsite.com/emotional-co..., @uniofcam.bsky.social to conduct advanced memory modelling. Details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50770/ Apply by 21.4!
Research Assistant/Research Associate in computational modelling of emotional memory (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant/Research Associate in computational modelling of emotional memory (Fixed Term) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We have an open postdoc position with Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social and Emily Holmes, at the Emotional Cognition Lab dtalmi.wixsite.com/emotional-co..., @uniofcam.bsky.social to conduct advanced memory modelling. Details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50770/ Apply by 21.4!
🧠 Are you completing a PhD in neuroscience or psychology and seek a competitive postdoc abroad?
Join my lab at CIMeC as a Marie Curie Fellow. We study abstract concept from newborns to adult using fMRI, EEG & more. Reach out for ideas!
Call opens May 8, 2025.
🔗https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/per2con
Join my lab at CIMeC as a Marie Curie Fellow. We study abstract concept from newborns to adult using fMRI, EEG & more. Reach out for ideas!
Call opens May 8, 2025.
🔗https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/per2con
April 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🧠 Are you completing a PhD in neuroscience or psychology and seek a competitive postdoc abroad?
Join my lab at CIMeC as a Marie Curie Fellow. We study abstract concept from newborns to adult using fMRI, EEG & more. Reach out for ideas!
Call opens May 8, 2025.
🔗https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/per2con
Join my lab at CIMeC as a Marie Curie Fellow. We study abstract concept from newborns to adult using fMRI, EEG & more. Reach out for ideas!
Call opens May 8, 2025.
🔗https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/per2con
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The President of the US and richest man on earth, unilaterally STOPPED children’s cancer research and clinical trials because they view them as “wasteful”.
If this doesn’t get your feet in the streets, I don’t know what will.
#standupforscience
#scienceforall
If this doesn’t get your feet in the streets, I don’t know what will.
#standupforscience
#scienceforall
March 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The President of the US and richest man on earth, unilaterally STOPPED children’s cancer research and clinical trials because they view them as “wasteful”.
If this doesn’t get your feet in the streets, I don’t know what will.
#standupforscience
#scienceforall
If this doesn’t get your feet in the streets, I don’t know what will.
#standupforscience
#scienceforall
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I feel seen (from the second article)
March 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I feel seen (from the second article)
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📢 CIMeC is now on BlueSky!
From now on, we’ll be sharing updates from our Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, including research highlights, academic activities, events, and much more!
🔗 www.cimec.unitn.it
#neuroscience #cognitivescience #unitrento #cimec_unitreno
From now on, we’ll be sharing updates from our Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, including research highlights, academic activities, events, and much more!
🔗 www.cimec.unitn.it
#neuroscience #cognitivescience #unitrento #cimec_unitreno
March 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 CIMeC is now on BlueSky!
From now on, we’ll be sharing updates from our Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, including research highlights, academic activities, events, and much more!
🔗 www.cimec.unitn.it
#neuroscience #cognitivescience #unitrento #cimec_unitreno
From now on, we’ll be sharing updates from our Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, including research highlights, academic activities, events, and much more!
🔗 www.cimec.unitn.it
#neuroscience #cognitivescience #unitrento #cimec_unitreno
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#ICYMI New review from @uclpals.bsky.social finds that measures of cognition during menopause are often inadequate.
Beyond brain fog: Urgent need to address the unmet cognitive needs of women going through menopause
Researchers at the UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences find that measures used to assess cognition during menopause are often inadequate and highlight the need for an outcome measure of…
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March 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#ICYMI New review from @uclpals.bsky.social finds that measures of cognition during menopause are often inadequate.
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Chris Murphy is very good here. Disappearances for political speech violate our core principles. Of course they test the waters with pro-Palestinian speech on the hope that people won’t protest, and then they can move on to everyone else. Call your congresspeople to demand that Khalil be released.
March 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Chris Murphy is very good here. Disappearances for political speech violate our core principles. Of course they test the waters with pro-Palestinian speech on the hope that people won’t protest, and then they can move on to everyone else. Call your congresspeople to demand that Khalil be released.
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Just a few more days left to apply! Deadline is this Friday, 7 March. #neuroskyence #Neuroimaging
We have an opening for a 12 month Research Assistant post, funded by an ERC grant. The postholder would help with several neuroimaging projects, including MEG and 7T fMRI. Please repost and share with anyone who may be interested. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #neuroskyence #Neuroimaging
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Just a few more days left to apply! Deadline is this Friday, 7 March. #neuroskyence #Neuroimaging
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POSTDOC POSITION at @kingsioppn.bsky.social
The postdoc will work on an @ukri.org funded project on disadvantage, the pace of neurodevelopment, and cognitive outcomes using openly available infant and adolescent data. See the job ad here: fluxsociety.org/postdoctoral...
Please share and repost 🙏
The postdoc will work on an @ukri.org funded project on disadvantage, the pace of neurodevelopment, and cognitive outcomes using openly available infant and adolescent data. See the job ad here: fluxsociety.org/postdoctoral...
Please share and repost 🙏
Postdoctoral Researcher in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - Flux Society
fluxsociety.org
February 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
POSTDOC POSITION at @kingsioppn.bsky.social
The postdoc will work on an @ukri.org funded project on disadvantage, the pace of neurodevelopment, and cognitive outcomes using openly available infant and adolescent data. See the job ad here: fluxsociety.org/postdoctoral...
Please share and repost 🙏
The postdoc will work on an @ukri.org funded project on disadvantage, the pace of neurodevelopment, and cognitive outcomes using openly available infant and adolescent data. See the job ad here: fluxsociety.org/postdoctoral...
Please share and repost 🙏
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The Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience is the most wonderful place to work. Supportive, bright colleagues doing incredible research in beautiful Queen Square. Do get in touch if you have any questions. Come join us!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience is the most wonderful place to work. Supportive, bright colleagues doing incredible research in beautiful Queen Square. Do get in touch if you have any questions. Come join us!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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This is the text of the bullshit email all federal government employees just received from the Office of Personnel Management (or are about to receive).
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is the text of the bullshit email all federal government employees just received from the Office of Personnel Management (or are about to receive).
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Once again, @cantlonlab.bsky.social shows us just how amazing she is at rallying the rest of us.
(If you missed it, she was once a Time Person of the Year.)
So inspired by you, Jessica. I’m in!
time.com/time-person-...
(If you missed it, she was once a Time Person of the Year.)
So inspired by you, Jessica. I’m in!
time.com/time-person-...
February 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Once again, @cantlonlab.bsky.social shows us just how amazing she is at rallying the rest of us.
(If you missed it, she was once a Time Person of the Year.)
So inspired by you, Jessica. I’m in!
time.com/time-person-...
(If you missed it, she was once a Time Person of the Year.)
So inspired by you, Jessica. I’m in!
time.com/time-person-...
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
Reposted by Manuela Piazza
Attorney General, Kris Mayes of Arizona is a badass, speaking important truths to power:
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From the law community on Reddit: Attorney General, Kris Mayes (Arizona)- Say Trump Administrations actions are an ongoing coup, says they are ignoring the judicial branch, undoing 260 years of U.S of...
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February 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Attorney General, Kris Mayes of Arizona is a badass, speaking important truths to power:
www.reddit.com/r/law/commen...
www.reddit.com/r/law/commen...