Marcela Ovando-Tellez
movandot.bsky.social
Marcela Ovando-Tellez
@movandot.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institut des maladies neurodégénératives in Bordeaux, France.
🎉 Happy to see our paper is finally out! Huge thanks to Lucie and all co-authors for their contribution 🙌
We show that deviations from optimal semantic search are predicted by brain connectivity and help explain creative performance. @emmavolle.bsky.social @mbene.bsky.social @yoedkenett.bsky.social
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Marcela Ovando-Tellez, Lucie Vigreux, Yoed N. Kenett, Mathias Benedek, et al:

Switching, fast and slow: Deciphering the dynamics of memory search, its brain connectivity patterns, and its role in creativity

direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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We’re thrilled to announce SfNC2026: Liberty to Create

The 11th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) will take place June 1–3, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year, we're letting the arts take center stage.

Learn more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-lib...
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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ICYMI: SfNC. 2026. Philly. See you there 😎
May 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today !! Looking forward to seeing you 😌
See you all tomorrow in Auditorium D (NOT E!) for more creativity science. Bonne nuit 😴
May 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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So begins our first symposium of the day on Paradoxical Creative Thinking and the Changing Brain! Victor Altmayer discusses how the DMN influences goal oriented associative thinking
May 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Last session for today: an expert panel on future trends in AI and creativity led by @roger-beaty.bsky.social, with Janet Rafner, Claire Stevenson & Todd Lubart
May 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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WE'RE STARTING!!! Our special symposium on AI & Creativity starts now in Paris and on Zoom #SfNC2025
May 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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SfNC 2025 is NEXT WEEK in Paris! 🧠

Check our FAQ for full schedule, maps, poster printing info & more: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-faq.

Register by Thursday 5/15 to join our biggest and best meeting yet (and 10th anniversary péniche party)!
May 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Join us on May 21 for AI, Creativity & a Changing World, a special symposium on the latest in Creativity & AI research:
🔹 AI & Human Co-Creativity
🔹 Advances in Automated Creativity Scoring
🔹 Expert panel on future trends led by @roger-beaty.bsky.social

Registration opens next week!
#SfNC2025
February 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Registration is OPEN for SfNC 2025 in Paris on our member site! tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-creativity-changing-brains

Please note the following additions to our program when you register:
📅 May 21 | AI, Creativity & a Changing World symposium
🎉 May 23 | 10th Anniversary Soirée on the Seine (ticketed)
March 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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What brain regions are involved in causing psychotic symptoms?

Take a moment away from the existential dread about the future of science, and join me in this summary of some incredibly cool stuff that could help patients!
1/n🧵
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Excited to share our latest publication: Do Individual Differences in Creativity Predict AI-Assisted Art Quality? Findings suggest that highly creative people generate more semantically distant prompts, which inspire more creative AI-generated images.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Using AI to Generate Visual Art: Do Individual Differences in Creativity Predict AI-Assisted Art Quality?
As artificial intelligence (AI) advances in the realm of generative art, a critical question emerges: does human creativity matter? That is, do more-creative people produce more-creative AI-assiste...
www.tandfonline.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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SfNC is pleased to offer up to 10 travel awards (up to $500 each) for our conference in Paris. Open to all members, presenting or not. Apply through the member portal here: www.tsfnc.org/member-sign-on
Member Site — The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity
www.tsfnc.org
January 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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🚨 Abstract deadline extended! 🚨 Please consider joining us in Paris and submit abstracts and award nominations by February 1.
The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity is coming to Europe (Paris) for the first time! Abstracts are due Feb. 1. We welcome neuroscience, behavioral, and computational work.

@tsfnc.bsky.social

www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-cre...
January 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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We are so thrilled that our 10th annual meeting of SfNC will be taking place in Paris! Our theme, "Creativity and Changing Brains", is an exploration of how creativity influences and is shaped by changes in the brain. Abstracts are open until Jan 17th: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-cre...
December 18, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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SfNC is on Bluesky now! Connect with our society to see all the latest news on creativity research, updates from our community, and information about our upcoming conference in Paris! #SfNC25

And as always, you can join our member list at tsfnc.org to receive our newsletters straight to your inbox.
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December 5, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Speaking of Paris... Our abstract submissions are now open! SfNC members are welcome to submit for our May 2025 conference on our new member website: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-cre...
December 5, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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We are also accepting nominations for our 2025 awards! Find out more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc-awards
December 5, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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Very much looking forward - don’t miss this! What can DBS evoked potentials tell us / how can they guide us in Depression & PD?
The final (& an amazing!) installment of the 2024 talk series is here! Join us on Thursday, Dec 19 to hear @bahnebahners.bsky.social and @allisonwatersphd.bsky.social discuss bridging the gap between electrophysiology and neuromodulation! Register for free here: stimulatingbrains.org/talk-series/
December 13, 2024 at 2:44 AM