Maria Wimber
@marwimber.bsky.social
Prof at University of Glasgow, School of Psychology & Neuroscience. Trying to understand how the human brain reconstructs memories of past events. She/her
#Memory #Neuroscience #Cognition #LoveGlasgow
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I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
Reposted by Maria Wimber
@dotproduct.bsky.social's first first author paper is finally out in @sfnjournals.bsky.social! Her findings show that content-specific predictions fluctuate with alpha frequencies, suggesting a more specific role for alpha oscillations than we may have thought. With @jhaarsma.bsky.social. 🧠🟦 🧠🤖
Contents of visual predictions oscillate at alpha frequencies
Predictions of future events have a major impact on how we process sensory signals. However, it remains unclear how the brain keeps predictions online in anticipation of future inputs. Here, we combin...
www.jneurosci.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
@dotproduct.bsky.social's first first author paper is finally out in @sfnjournals.bsky.social! Her findings show that content-specific predictions fluctuate with alpha frequencies, suggesting a more specific role for alpha oscillations than we may have thought. With @jhaarsma.bsky.social. 🧠🟦 🧠🤖
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Monty Python understood p-hacking
October 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Monty Python understood p-hacking
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JEP: General; Psych Science; Nature Human Behaviour
October 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
JEP: General; Psych Science; Nature Human Behaviour
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Let this be a motto for all of us, when we peer review:
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
New post in @jocnforum.bsky.social by Early Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social: "Principles for proper peer review"
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
Principles for proper peer review
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Let this be a motto for all of us, when we peer review:
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
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I continue to believe sharing example materials is useful in academia, so in that spirit, my tenure statements and CV are now available on our Resources for Researchers website (bottom of the New PI page: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/resourcesfor...)
September 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I continue to believe sharing example materials is useful in academia, so in that spirit, my tenure statements and CV are now available on our Resources for Researchers website (bottom of the New PI page: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/resourcesfor...)
A very rich, comprehensive resource on multiple memory traces, covering parallel evidence in humans and other animals!
A memory can be represented at different levels of granularity, from highly specific to generalized.
Different representational formats of a memory can be used at different times or in different contexts, and draw on different neural representations.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Different representational formats of a memory can be used at different times or in different contexts, and draw on different neural representations.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A very rich, comprehensive resource on multiple memory traces, covering parallel evidence in humans and other animals!
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📣 Helpful thread about a great paper alert!
Okay - I am biased, but I am super proud of this paper and @dkvarga.bsky.social has done a truly awesome job of running this project (3 separate fMRI studies!). Thanks also to our amazing colleagues for their support.
Okay - I am biased, but I am super proud of this paper and @dkvarga.bsky.social has done a truly awesome job of running this project (3 separate fMRI studies!). Thanks also to our amazing colleagues for their support.
So happy to share our paper on the role of the hippocampus as a mismatch detector:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
We show that the hippocampus detects mismatches between ongoing experiences and episodic memories but not generalised schematic knowledge.
See 🧵for how we got here:
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
We show that the hippocampus detects mismatches between ongoing experiences and episodic memories but not generalised schematic knowledge.
See 🧵for how we got here:
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
September 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
📣 Helpful thread about a great paper alert!
Okay - I am biased, but I am super proud of this paper and @dkvarga.bsky.social has done a truly awesome job of running this project (3 separate fMRI studies!). Thanks also to our amazing colleagues for their support.
Okay - I am biased, but I am super proud of this paper and @dkvarga.bsky.social has done a truly awesome job of running this project (3 separate fMRI studies!). Thanks also to our amazing colleagues for their support.
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🚨 I am over the moon 🌓 to announce that I am joining University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor this fall to start the Uncertain Mind (UMI) lab 💫
I am looking for PhD/Postdoc candidates to join (more below 👇 ). Please RT as the deadline is pretty soon 🙏
I am looking for PhD/Postdoc candidates to join (more below 👇 ). Please RT as the deadline is pretty soon 🙏
September 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 I am over the moon 🌓 to announce that I am joining University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor this fall to start the Uncertain Mind (UMI) lab 💫
I am looking for PhD/Postdoc candidates to join (more below 👇 ). Please RT as the deadline is pretty soon 🙏
I am looking for PhD/Postdoc candidates to join (more below 👇 ). Please RT as the deadline is pretty soon 🙏
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Delighted to share that we are currently hiring for a tenure-track position (open rank) in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at McGill University. Come join a great department! Link to apply: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill....
September 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Delighted to share that we are currently hiring for a tenure-track position (open rank) in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at McGill University. Come join a great department! Link to apply: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill....
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Join us - hybrid event - 135 registrants - 10 speakers over two days
Day 1 of Amnesia and Identity workshop is tomorrow (24 Sept) at @stir.ac.uk (Pathfoot C22 + online).
Talks: aphantasia & amnesia, memory development, identity in amnesia, lesions & persons.
⏰ 14:00–18:00 (UK)
🔗 Full schedule + online link: placememory.net/events-2/#am...
Talks: aphantasia & amnesia, memory development, identity in amnesia, lesions & persons.
⏰ 14:00–18:00 (UK)
🔗 Full schedule + online link: placememory.net/events-2/#am...
September 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Join us - hybrid event - 135 registrants - 10 speakers over two days
Stratos’ poster on now!
Gutted to miss #ICON2025! Judging by the flood of posts rolling in, it’s clearly THE place to be right now.
Stratos is there to represent the lab though! Swing by at poster P6.66 (😈?) to say hi & hear about our latest work, trying to measure directional plasticity in behaviour. Input very welcome!
Stratos is there to represent the lab though! Swing by at poster P6.66 (😈?) to say hi & hear about our latest work, trying to measure directional plasticity in behaviour. Input very welcome!
September 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Stratos’ poster on now!
Weirdly satisfying experience to use a hedge trimmer for the first time. Cut it all down. Highly recommend for anger management. #chainsawTherapy
September 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Weirdly satisfying experience to use a hedge trimmer for the first time. Cut it all down. Highly recommend for anger management. #chainsawTherapy
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Looking forward to #ICON2025 next week! We will have several presentations on mental imagery, reality monitoring and expectations:
To kick us off, on Tuesday at 15:30, Martha Cottam will present:
P2.12 | Presence Expectations Modulate the Neural Signatures of Content Prediction Errors
To kick us off, on Tuesday at 15:30, Martha Cottam will present:
P2.12 | Presence Expectations Modulate the Neural Signatures of Content Prediction Errors
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Looking forward to #ICON2025 next week! We will have several presentations on mental imagery, reality monitoring and expectations:
To kick us off, on Tuesday at 15:30, Martha Cottam will present:
P2.12 | Presence Expectations Modulate the Neural Signatures of Content Prediction Errors
To kick us off, on Tuesday at 15:30, Martha Cottam will present:
P2.12 | Presence Expectations Modulate the Neural Signatures of Content Prediction Errors
Gutted to miss #ICON2025! Judging by the flood of posts rolling in, it’s clearly THE place to be right now.
Stratos is there to represent the lab though! Swing by at poster P6.66 (😈?) to say hi & hear about our latest work, trying to measure directional plasticity in behaviour. Input very welcome!
Stratos is there to represent the lab though! Swing by at poster P6.66 (😈?) to say hi & hear about our latest work, trying to measure directional plasticity in behaviour. Input very welcome!
September 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Gutted to miss #ICON2025! Judging by the flood of posts rolling in, it’s clearly THE place to be right now.
Stratos is there to represent the lab though! Swing by at poster P6.66 (😈?) to say hi & hear about our latest work, trying to measure directional plasticity in behaviour. Input very welcome!
Stratos is there to represent the lab though! Swing by at poster P6.66 (😈?) to say hi & hear about our latest work, trying to measure directional plasticity in behaviour. Input very welcome!
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Looking forward to #ICON2025!
Apart from posters (updates coming), we’ll be at the “Sudden Learning Across Systems” symposium talking about factors behind solving visual disambiguation 👀, memory traces of one-shot perceptual learning and more.
Excited to share and get inspired by your work! 🚀
Apart from posters (updates coming), we’ll be at the “Sudden Learning Across Systems” symposium talking about factors behind solving visual disambiguation 👀, memory traces of one-shot perceptual learning and more.
Excited to share and get inspired by your work! 🚀
September 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Looking forward to #ICON2025!
Apart from posters (updates coming), we’ll be at the “Sudden Learning Across Systems” symposium talking about factors behind solving visual disambiguation 👀, memory traces of one-shot perceptual learning and more.
Excited to share and get inspired by your work! 🚀
Apart from posters (updates coming), we’ll be at the “Sudden Learning Across Systems” symposium talking about factors behind solving visual disambiguation 👀, memory traces of one-shot perceptual learning and more.
Excited to share and get inspired by your work! 🚀
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Also on the way to #ICON2025 in beautiful Porto?
Check the lab’s latest work:
@xiongbowu.bsky.social: Talk in SY16, Tuesday 9.00, room Boavista;
Aditya Chowdhury: Poster P1.11, Tuesday 10.45
@julia-sc.bsky.social: Poster P3.18, Wednesday 10.45
@tafgmcb.bsky.social: Poster 4.32, Wednesday 15.30
Check the lab’s latest work:
@xiongbowu.bsky.social: Talk in SY16, Tuesday 9.00, room Boavista;
Aditya Chowdhury: Poster P1.11, Tuesday 10.45
@julia-sc.bsky.social: Poster P3.18, Wednesday 10.45
@tafgmcb.bsky.social: Poster 4.32, Wednesday 15.30
September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Also on the way to #ICON2025 in beautiful Porto?
Check the lab’s latest work:
@xiongbowu.bsky.social: Talk in SY16, Tuesday 9.00, room Boavista;
Aditya Chowdhury: Poster P1.11, Tuesday 10.45
@julia-sc.bsky.social: Poster P3.18, Wednesday 10.45
@tafgmcb.bsky.social: Poster 4.32, Wednesday 15.30
Check the lab’s latest work:
@xiongbowu.bsky.social: Talk in SY16, Tuesday 9.00, room Boavista;
Aditya Chowdhury: Poster P1.11, Tuesday 10.45
@julia-sc.bsky.social: Poster P3.18, Wednesday 10.45
@tafgmcb.bsky.social: Poster 4.32, Wednesday 15.30
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New preprint! 🚨We discuss the long-term memory consequences of fast visual perceptual learning: "From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective"
It's so great to work with @jvoeller.bsky.social and the team! Congrats for your first author manuscript, Johannah!
It's so great to work with @jvoeller.bsky.social and the team! Congrats for your first author manuscript, Johannah!
👩💻 New preprint out (FIRST one of my PhD journey) with the incredible @lindedomingo.bsky.social @ortiztudela.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
September 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New preprint! 🚨We discuss the long-term memory consequences of fast visual perceptual learning: "From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective"
It's so great to work with @jvoeller.bsky.social and the team! Congrats for your first author manuscript, Johannah!
It's so great to work with @jvoeller.bsky.social and the team! Congrats for your first author manuscript, Johannah!
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👩💻 New preprint out (FIRST one of my PhD journey) with the incredible @lindedomingo.bsky.social @ortiztudela.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
September 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
👩💻 New preprint out (FIRST one of my PhD journey) with the incredible @lindedomingo.bsky.social @ortiztudela.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
"From sudden perceptual learning to enduring engrams: A representational perspective" 🧠
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Traveling on from beautiful Switzerland to beautiful Edinburgh for #BACN25. Hope to see many of you tomorrow morning, for our symposium on neural re-use of resources for external & internal processing! With @rademaker.bsky.social @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social @larsmuckli.bsky.social & Ed Silson
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Traveling on from beautiful Switzerland to beautiful Edinburgh for #BACN25. Hope to see many of you tomorrow morning, for our symposium on neural re-use of resources for external & internal processing! With @rademaker.bsky.social @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social @larsmuckli.bsky.social & Ed Silson
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Very much looking forward to #BACN25 in Edinburgh this week. We'll have five posters from the lab on the first day of conference, so come check them all out!
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition
September 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Very much looking forward to #BACN25 in Edinburgh this week. We'll have five posters from the lab on the first day of conference, so come check them all out!
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition
In Crans-Montana for the SPS conference, and will wake up to this view for the next 4 days… joie de vivre, I say.
September 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In Crans-Montana for the SPS conference, and will wake up to this view for the next 4 days… joie de vivre, I say.
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New opinion piece!
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
authors.elsevier.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New opinion piece!
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
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For >5 years, the International Sleep Replay Workshops (ISRW) have brought together scientists studying sleep & memory. The next ISRW will be on March 6th in Vancouver (before @cogneuronews.bsky.social). Follow the link for details and to join the mailing list.
isrw.bio.uci.edu
Pls repost! #sleep
isrw.bio.uci.edu
Pls repost! #sleep
August 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For >5 years, the International Sleep Replay Workshops (ISRW) have brought together scientists studying sleep & memory. The next ISRW will be on March 6th in Vancouver (before @cogneuronews.bsky.social). Follow the link for details and to join the mailing list.
isrw.bio.uci.edu
Pls repost! #sleep
isrw.bio.uci.edu
Pls repost! #sleep