Maya Yablonski
@mayayablonski.bsky.social
Postdoc @Stanford. Brain Development and Education Lab. Tired mom. Bookworm. Language and brain development, developmental neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience.
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Anatomically Distinct Regions in the Inferior Frontal Cortex Are Modulated by Task and Reading Skill
The inferior frontal cortex (IFC) is a critical region for reading and language. This part of the cortex is highly heterogeneous in its structural and functional organization and shows high variabilit...
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First senior author paper! Excited to share this work led by Hannah Stone with the dream team @jamielmitchell.bsky.social, Mia Fuentes-Jimenez, Jasmine Tran, and of course the mentorship and guidance of @jyeatman.bsky.social . Now out in the Journal of Neuroscience- www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
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I am guest editing a special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon" in @qjep.bsky.social with @kathyrastle.bsky.social and Jo Taylor. Expression of interest until 20th Dec. Get in touch!
Call for papers now published for an upcoming special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon"—at QJEP (@qjep.bsky.social): journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am guest editing a special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon" in @qjep.bsky.social with @kathyrastle.bsky.social and Jo Taylor. Expression of interest until 20th Dec. Get in touch!
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Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is publishing a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” Send in your research about reading, perceptual learning, sign language, dyslexia, etc! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is publishing a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” Send in your research about reading, perceptual learning, sign language, dyslexia, etc! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
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I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
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Research Coordinator, Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States
The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks a full-time Research Coordinator (acting lab manager) to help launch and coordinate the Minds,.....
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September 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
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Check out our new opinion paper where @jyeatman.bsky.social and I lay out how education settings provide a unique window into learning and plasticity in humans, and why we think that intervention studies - as difficult as they are - are worth the effort. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Check out our new opinion paper where @jyeatman.bsky.social and I lay out how education settings provide a unique window into learning and plasticity in humans, and why we think that intervention studies - as difficult as they are - are worth the effort. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology
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August 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
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We’re hiring! 🥳fully funded PhD and postdoc positions in human cognitive neuroscience @mpicybernetics.bsky.social
M/EEG and brain stimulation methods to study timing/ prediction/ attention/ oscillations
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@timingresforum.bsky.social @gtc-tuebingen.bsky.social
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M/EEG and brain stimulation methods to study timing/ prediction/ attention/ oscillations
tinyurl.com/5dku4du9
@timingresforum.bsky.social @gtc-tuebingen.bsky.social
please repost 🙏
PhD and Postdoc Positions (m/f/d) in Human Cognitive Neuroscience of Dynamic Cognition – M/EEG, brain stimulation
Job Offer from August 11, 2025
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August 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We’re hiring! 🥳fully funded PhD and postdoc positions in human cognitive neuroscience @mpicybernetics.bsky.social
M/EEG and brain stimulation methods to study timing/ prediction/ attention/ oscillations
tinyurl.com/5dku4du9
@timingresforum.bsky.social @gtc-tuebingen.bsky.social
please repost 🙏
M/EEG and brain stimulation methods to study timing/ prediction/ attention/ oscillations
tinyurl.com/5dku4du9
@timingresforum.bsky.social @gtc-tuebingen.bsky.social
please repost 🙏
For VWFA geeks out there (you know who you are) - check out our new investigation into individual variability in VWFA spatial configuration in children and adults
next preprint is out - ever wonder why findings about VWFA differ so much? @jyeatman.bsky.social @mayayablonski.bsky.social , Mia Fuentes-Jimenez, Hannah Stone, and I might have the answer...
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Visual Word Form Area demonstrates individual and task-agnostic consistency but inter-individual variability
Ventral Occipital Temporal Cortex (VOTC) is home to a mosaic of categorically-selective functional regions that respond to visual stimuli. Within left VOTC lies the Visual Word Form Area (VWFA) - a te...
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August 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
For VWFA geeks out there (you know who you are) - check out our new investigation into individual variability in VWFA spatial configuration in children and adults
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If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, specially targeting conscious vs. unconscious processing, contact me. We are recruiting 🙏🧠 please RT
July 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, specially targeting conscious vs. unconscious processing, contact me. We are recruiting 🙏🧠 please RT
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#JNeurosci: Stone, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2b53cdpjs6m533hljyczkcm3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@mayayablonski.bsky.social, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kd4p5fcrwwdeagwuem6p5ijj" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jyeatman.bsky.social, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7ej2ki2sejfwarfwdgt4vzud" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jamielmitchell.bsky.social, et al. found that text-selective regions in the inferior frontal cortex are linked to reading proficiency in children, showing sensitivity to both stimulus and task responses.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#JNeurosci: Stone, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2b53cdpjs6m533hljyczkcm3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@mayayablonski.bsky.social, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kd4p5fcrwwdeagwuem6p5ijj" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jyeatman.bsky.social, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7ej2ki2sejfwarfwdgt4vzud" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jamielmitchell.bsky.social, et al. found that text-selective regions in the inferior frontal cortex are linked to reading proficiency in children, showing sensitivity to both stimulus and task responses.
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We're looking for #StudyParticipants for an online experiment which takes less than half an hour. Please help us out by participating or spreading the word!
We're comparing #word #learning across #languages. If you are a native speaker of one of the following languages, please participate:
We're comparing #word #learning across #languages. If you are a native speaker of one of the following languages, please participate:
June 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We're looking for #StudyParticipants for an online experiment which takes less than half an hour. Please help us out by participating or spreading the word!
We're comparing #word #learning across #languages. If you are a native speaker of one of the following languages, please participate:
We're comparing #word #learning across #languages. If you are a native speaker of one of the following languages, please participate:
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Our 12th CO-AIR webinar on audiovisual integration and reading is coming soon!
Join us Thu. May 22th, 6-8 pm (CEST, GMT+2)!
Inspiring talks by: Anastasiya Lopukhina, Ola Ozernov-Palchik, and Maha Ramamurthy
Program | Register: coairwebinar.wordpress.com/upcoming-eve...
Join us Thu. May 22th, 6-8 pm (CEST, GMT+2)!
Inspiring talks by: Anastasiya Lopukhina, Ola Ozernov-Palchik, and Maha Ramamurthy
Program | Register: coairwebinar.wordpress.com/upcoming-eve...
May 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our 12th CO-AIR webinar on audiovisual integration and reading is coming soon!
Join us Thu. May 22th, 6-8 pm (CEST, GMT+2)!
Inspiring talks by: Anastasiya Lopukhina, Ola Ozernov-Palchik, and Maha Ramamurthy
Program | Register: coairwebinar.wordpress.com/upcoming-eve...
Join us Thu. May 22th, 6-8 pm (CEST, GMT+2)!
Inspiring talks by: Anastasiya Lopukhina, Ola Ozernov-Palchik, and Maha Ramamurthy
Program | Register: coairwebinar.wordpress.com/upcoming-eve...
First senior author paper! Excited to share this work led by Hannah Stone with the dream team @jamielmitchell.bsky.social, Mia Fuentes-Jimenez, Jasmine Tran, and of course the mentorship and guidance of @jyeatman.bsky.social . Now out in the Journal of Neuroscience- www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
Anatomically Distinct Regions in the Inferior Frontal Cortex Are Modulated by Task and Reading Skill
The inferior frontal cortex (IFC) is a critical region for reading and language. This part of the cortex is highly heterogeneous in its structural and functional organization and shows high variabilit...
www.jneurosci.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
First senior author paper! Excited to share this work led by Hannah Stone with the dream team @jamielmitchell.bsky.social, Mia Fuentes-Jimenez, Jasmine Tran, and of course the mentorship and guidance of @jyeatman.bsky.social . Now out in the Journal of Neuroscience- www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
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On 15 May, we're organizing a very special hybrid event at the FIL: a Symposium on Setbacks in Science!
In a series of talks and discussions with a wonderful set of speakers, we will address the disappointments that are entirely common in research, but that we all hesitate to talk about. (1/3)
In a series of talks and discussions with a wonderful set of speakers, we will address the disappointments that are entirely common in research, but that we all hesitate to talk about. (1/3)
April 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
On 15 May, we're organizing a very special hybrid event at the FIL: a Symposium on Setbacks in Science!
In a series of talks and discussions with a wonderful set of speakers, we will address the disappointments that are entirely common in research, but that we all hesitate to talk about. (1/3)
In a series of talks and discussions with a wonderful set of speakers, we will address the disappointments that are entirely common in research, but that we all hesitate to talk about. (1/3)
Out in Imaging Neuroscience - out of our need to cut down scan time for fidgety children came out a cool collaboration with the Setsompop lab, where we examined the reliability of their novel fingerprinting approach to quantitative MRI. If you ever wanted to try a new protocol but weren’t sure 1/n→
I think magnetic resonance fingerprinting is one of the biggest innovations in quantitative MRI this decade and new work led by @mayayablonski.bsky.social convinced my that this methodology will drive new research directions in developmental cognitive neuroscience doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Fast and reliable quantitative measures of white matter development with magnetic resonance fingerprinting
Abstract. Developmental cognitive neuroscience aims to shed light on evolving relationships between brain structure and cognitive development. To this end, quantitative methods that reliably measure i...
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January 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Out in Imaging Neuroscience - out of our need to cut down scan time for fidgety children came out a cool collaboration with the Setsompop lab, where we examined the reliability of their novel fingerprinting approach to quantitative MRI. If you ever wanted to try a new protocol but weren’t sure 1/n→
1st preprint of 2025! @jamielmitchell.bsky.social found that as children with dyslexia improve their reading ability, their reading area in the brain grows, yet remains markedly different from their peers. So excited to see this after years of data collection with this great team! Feedback welcome!
Happy to announce that my first preprint with @jyeatman.bsky.social and @mayayablonski.bsky.social is live! After 4 yrs of collecting data, we've learned a lot about the potential for and constraints of learning-induced plasticity from this longitudinal reading intervention study shorturl.at/W2UMO
Small or absent Visual Word Form Area is a trait of dyslexia
Understanding the balance between plastic and persistent traits in the dyslexic brain is critical for developing effective interventions. This longitudinal intervention study examines the Visual Word ...
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January 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
1st preprint of 2025! @jamielmitchell.bsky.social found that as children with dyslexia improve their reading ability, their reading area in the brain grows, yet remains markedly different from their peers. So excited to see this after years of data collection with this great team! Feedback welcome!
No more science left in the other place, hope to find more here.
December 10, 2024 at 2:28 AM
No more science left in the other place, hope to find more here.