Nicola Molinaro
@nicolaml.bsky.social
PI of the Brain Rhythms and Cognition group https://www.bcbl.eu/en/research/research-groups/brain-rhythms-cognition
“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”
“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”
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Nicola Molinaro
@nicolaml.bsky.social
· Jul 17
(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 ...
tinyurl.com
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
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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
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
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
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
Solo nel ricordo il tempo smette di fuggire e diventa nostro
October 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Solo nel ricordo il tempo smette di fuggire e diventa nostro
🎓✨ So proud of my PhD student for brilliantly defending her thesis today! Years of hard work, resilience, and curiosity have paid off — welcome, Dr. Fernández-Merino! 👩🎓👏
September 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🎓✨ So proud of my PhD student for brilliantly defending her thesis today! Years of hard work, resilience, and curiosity have paid off — welcome, Dr. Fernández-Merino! 👩🎓👏
Gave my talk at #ICON2025 today 🎤✨ Great discussions about music and speech and lots of inspiring science all around. Feeling energized by this community!
September 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Gave my talk at #ICON2025 today 🎤✨ Great discussions about music and speech and lots of inspiring science all around. Feeling energized by this community!
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... and delivered. Thanks to @manuruz.bsky.social - @eegmanylabs.bsky.social, @alinakoppold.bsky.social - @igor-dgps.bsky.social, Elena Cesnaite - @eegmanypipes.bsky.social and @lauraklatt.bsky.social - @scone-neuro.bsky.social for holding a mirror to cog #neuroskyence #ICON2025 🙌
September 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
... and delivered. Thanks to @manuruz.bsky.social - @eegmanylabs.bsky.social, @alinakoppold.bsky.social - @igor-dgps.bsky.social, Elena Cesnaite - @eegmanypipes.bsky.social and @lauraklatt.bsky.social - @scone-neuro.bsky.social for holding a mirror to cog #neuroskyence #ICON2025 🙌
New paper out: available online the "Tracking Umbrella": ⛱️ Get some shade in the late summer time 😎 doi.org/10.1111/nyas...
NYAS Publications
This paper critically examines neural tracking from both theoretical and methodological perspectives, highlighting how its interpretation varies across studies. A central debate concerns whether neur...
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New paper out: available online the "Tracking Umbrella": ⛱️ Get some shade in the late summer time 😎 doi.org/10.1111/nyas...
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📢 PhD opening @bcbl_ (San Sebastián, Spain)
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3
PhD CANDIDATE POSITION – ERC ADVANCED GRANT PROJECT - CORTICAL RHYTHMS (Second Language Learning)
at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu
tinyurl.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📢 PhD opening @bcbl_ (San Sebastián, Spain)
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3
📢 PhD opening @bcbl_ (San Sebastián, Spain)
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3
PhD CANDIDATE POSITION – ERC ADVANCED GRANT PROJECT - CORTICAL RHYTHMS (Second Language Learning)
at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu
tinyurl.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📢 PhD opening @bcbl_ (San Sebastián, Spain)
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3
Join our ERC project CORTICAL RHYTHMS 🧠 to study how brain rhythms shape second language learning (spoken & signed) with MEG/MRI.
📅 Start Jan 2026 | ⏳ Apply by Sept 15, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/bdwkumn3
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Still playing the waiting game with the publication process 🤐😪😑 … but in the meantime, here’s some fresh evidence showing that cognitive conflict might actually feel rewarding. Who knew it could be fun? osf.io/c75tj
@mlapietra.bsky.social @MarcLluisVives @nicolaml.bsky.social
@mlapietra.bsky.social @MarcLluisVives @nicolaml.bsky.social
OSF
osf.io
July 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Still playing the waiting game with the publication process 🤐😪😑 … but in the meantime, here’s some fresh evidence showing that cognitive conflict might actually feel rewarding. Who knew it could be fun? osf.io/c75tj
@mlapietra.bsky.social @MarcLluisVives @nicolaml.bsky.social
@mlapietra.bsky.social @MarcLluisVives @nicolaml.bsky.social
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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 ...
tinyurl.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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
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 ...
tinyurl.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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
To all those who believe in democracy: be ready to fight.
April 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
To all those who believe in democracy: be ready to fight.
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✍️ #BCBLpaper in #HumanBrainMapping |Temporal structure of #music improves the cortical encoding of #speech
Fernández-Merino, L. (@laufdezlaura.bsky.social), Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N. (@nicolaml.bsky.social) and Kalashnikova, M.
+info ⬇️
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hbm.70199
Fernández-Merino, L. (@laufdezlaura.bsky.social), Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N. (@nicolaml.bsky.social) and Kalashnikova, M.
+info ⬇️
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hbm.70199
March 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
✍️ #BCBLpaper in #HumanBrainMapping |Temporal structure of #music improves the cortical encoding of #speech
Fernández-Merino, L. (@laufdezlaura.bsky.social), Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N. (@nicolaml.bsky.social) and Kalashnikova, M.
+info ⬇️
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hbm.70199
Fernández-Merino, L. (@laufdezlaura.bsky.social), Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N. (@nicolaml.bsky.social) and Kalashnikova, M.
+info ⬇️
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hbm.70199
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Happy to share my very first first-author paper! In this study, we show that rhythms can shape how our brains track speech (in very simple words). Work with Marina Kalashnikova, @nicolaml.bsky.social and Mikel Lizarazu.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Temporal Structure of Music Improves the Cortical Encoding of Speech
This study demonstrates that regular musical rhythms can act as a temporal guide for brain oscillations, enhancing synchronization with the speech envelope. This effect was observed across different ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy to share my very first first-author paper! In this study, we show that rhythms can shape how our brains track speech (in very simple words). Work with Marina Kalashnikova, @nicolaml.bsky.social and Mikel Lizarazu.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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📢Applications to our Master's Program in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language at BCBL @bcbl.bsky.social (Spain) are open!
📆Preregistration deadline: March 26th
Info: www.bcbl.eu/en/study-wit...
#neuroscience #language #psychology #linguistics #research #master
📆Preregistration deadline: March 26th
Info: www.bcbl.eu/en/study-wit...
#neuroscience #language #psychology #linguistics #research #master
Master's in cognitive neuroscience of language
Cognitive Neuroscience arises from the concentration of efforts from such diverse areas such as cognitive psychology, neuroscience, linguistics and clinical neuropsychology, among others, as well as f...
www.bcbl.eu
March 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
📢Applications to our Master's Program in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language at BCBL @bcbl.bsky.social (Spain) are open!
📆Preregistration deadline: March 26th
Info: www.bcbl.eu/en/study-wit...
#neuroscience #language #psychology #linguistics #research #master
📆Preregistration deadline: March 26th
Info: www.bcbl.eu/en/study-wit...
#neuroscience #language #psychology #linguistics #research #master
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Adivinanza. Íbamos cuatro personas en bici. Se nos ha juntado un desconocido. Subiendo un puerto, el desconocido le ha dicho a una de las cuatro personas: "Qué bien subes, ¿no?". ¿A quién se lo ha dicho, a qué persona con qué rasgo distinto de las otras tres?
February 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Adivinanza. Íbamos cuatro personas en bici. Se nos ha juntado un desconocido. Subiendo un puerto, el desconocido le ha dicho a una de las cuatro personas: "Qué bien subes, ¿no?". ¿A quién se lo ha dicho, a qué persona con qué rasgo distinto de las otras tres?
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Extremely positive news about my #MSCA application. Can't wait to start my project FlexyRhythm at @bcbl.bsky.social with @nicolaml.bsky.social (and secondment at @dondersinst.bsky.social with @vipiai.bsky.social). So happy to have the chance to work with such wonderful people!
February 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Extremely positive news about my #MSCA application. Can't wait to start my project FlexyRhythm at @bcbl.bsky.social with @nicolaml.bsky.social (and secondment at @dondersinst.bsky.social with @vipiai.bsky.social). So happy to have the chance to work with such wonderful people!
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Two new studies from our team we're particularly happy about:
Study 1: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Study 2: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Blog 3: ai.meta.com/blog/brain-a...
Study 1: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Study 2: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Blog 3: ai.meta.com/blog/brain-a...
February 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Two new studies from our team we're particularly happy about:
Study 1: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Study 2: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Blog 3: ai.meta.com/blog/brain-a...
Study 1: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Study 2: ai.meta.com/research/pub...
Blog 3: ai.meta.com/blog/brain-a...
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En 2024 Bolonia (Italia) introdujo el límite de 30km/h para los coches. Consecuencias: 1. reducción del 13,1% de accidentes; 2. No ha muerto ningún peatón (por primera vez en 33 años); 3. En algunos puntos, aumento del 10% de flujos de bicicletas; 4. Reducción del 5% de coches en días laborables.
January 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
En 2024 Bolonia (Italia) introdujo el límite de 30km/h para los coches. Consecuencias: 1. reducción del 13,1% de accidentes; 2. No ha muerto ningún peatón (por primera vez en 33 años); 3. En algunos puntos, aumento del 10% de flujos de bicicletas; 4. Reducción del 5% de coches en días laborables.
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Just a Christmas tree 💚
December 17, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Just a Christmas tree 💚
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✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz...
looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
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December 13, 2024 at 1:13 AM
✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz...
looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
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Now in Italian....
www.roars.it/perche-mi-so...
www.roars.it/perche-mi-so...
Perché mi sono dimessa dalla Royal Society
Dorothy Bishop, professore emerito di neuropsicologia dello sviluppo all'università di Oxford, è una delle studiose più impegnate sul fronte della lotta alla cattiva scienza. Da pochi giorni ha rasseg...
www.roars.it
December 2, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Now in Italian....
www.roars.it/perche-mi-so...
www.roars.it/perche-mi-so...
😊 Spent a few pleasant days in Lisbon discussing cognition, the brain, and protein structures. Wondering if there’s potential to connect these neuro-related fields. 🧐
November 26, 2024 at 7:17 PM
😊 Spent a few pleasant days in Lisbon discussing cognition, the brain, and protein structures. Wondering if there’s potential to connect these neuro-related fields. 🧐