Nora Newcombe
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
Cognitive and developmental scientist at Temple University
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The highlight of my week was the publication of "Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder" in @nature.com. It's a great paper that shows how conceptual changes in fundamental neuroscience - the discovery of SCAN - can improve treatment 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder - Nature
The substantia nigra and all Parkinson’s disease deep-brain stimulation targets are selectively connected to the somato-cognitive action network rather than to effector-specific motor regions.
www.nature.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The highlight of my week was the publication of "Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder" in @nature.com. It's a great paper that shows how conceptual changes in fundamental neuroscience - the discovery of SCAN - can improve treatment 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How the brain's 'memory replay' goes wrong in Alzheimer's disease
@ucl press release on @caswell.bsky.social lab new study:
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...
@ucl press release on @caswell.bsky.social lab new study:
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...
How the brain's 'memory replay' goes wrong in Alzheimer's disease
Memory dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease may be linked to impairment in how the brain replays our recent experiences while we are resting, according to a new study in mice by UCL scientists.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
How the brain's 'memory replay' goes wrong in Alzheimer's disease
@ucl press release on @caswell.bsky.social lab new study:
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...
@ucl press release on @caswell.bsky.social lab new study:
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...
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Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey was born #OTD in 1913.
A major figure in the uncovering of E. African prehistory, she is best known for her excavations of some of the earliest members of the human family, their footprints & artifacts. #WomenInSTEM
leakeyfoundation.org #paleoanthropology #fossils
A major figure in the uncovering of E. African prehistory, she is best known for her excavations of some of the earliest members of the human family, their footprints & artifacts. #WomenInSTEM
leakeyfoundation.org #paleoanthropology #fossils
February 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey was born #OTD in 1913.
A major figure in the uncovering of E. African prehistory, she is best known for her excavations of some of the earliest members of the human family, their footprints & artifacts. #WomenInSTEM
leakeyfoundation.org #paleoanthropology #fossils
A major figure in the uncovering of E. African prehistory, she is best known for her excavations of some of the earliest members of the human family, their footprints & artifacts. #WomenInSTEM
leakeyfoundation.org #paleoanthropology #fossils
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We’re hiring! The Suthana Lab @ Duke is looking for a Research Assistant to join our team studying human memory & real-world 🧠 dynamics using wearable tech & intracranial recordings.
Apply: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-C...
You can also email suthanalab@duke.edu with CV/questions. Please share!
Apply: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-C...
You can also email suthanalab@duke.edu with CV/questions. Please share!
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We’re hiring! The Suthana Lab @ Duke is looking for a Research Assistant to join our team studying human memory & real-world 🧠 dynamics using wearable tech & intracranial recordings.
Apply: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-C...
You can also email suthanalab@duke.edu with CV/questions. Please share!
Apply: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-C...
You can also email suthanalab@duke.edu with CV/questions. Please share!
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Early face deprivation leads to long-lasting deficits in cortical face processing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.04.703627v1
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Early face deprivation leads to long-lasting deficits in cortical face processing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.04.703627v1
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More on NSF funding data
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
ALT: a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
More on NSF funding data
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
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One of the infuriating parts of listening to @melindafrennchgate.bsky.social is realizing that even billionaire women face abuse. Wealth does not equal safety. Women have to answer for the actions of Men who harmed them. Me rarely lose power when their victims are women. #Pinks #Momsky
February 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
One of the infuriating parts of listening to @melindafrennchgate.bsky.social is realizing that even billionaire women face abuse. Wealth does not equal safety. Women have to answer for the actions of Men who harmed them. Me rarely lose power when their victims are women. #Pinks #Momsky
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Song of the Cerebellum
Is thought just motion in the mind?
radiolab.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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We are hiring a research specialist, to start this summer! This position would be a great fit for individuals looking to get more experience in computational and cognitive neuroscience research before applying to graduate school. #neurojobs Apply here: research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/21503/r...
Careers | Human Resources
research-princeton.icims.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:12 PM
We are hiring a research specialist, to start this summer! This position would be a great fit for individuals looking to get more experience in computational and cognitive neuroscience research before applying to graduate school. #neurojobs Apply here: research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/21503/r...
Amazing work!!
What drives the sequential emergence of spatial neurons in developing rats? In our ICLR 2026 paper, we show how changes in movement statistics drive spatial tuning. Our model replicates experimental timelines and predicts novel conjunctive tuning maturation.
doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.30.696864
doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.30.696864
February 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Amazing work!!
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New episode, first of 2026!! 🎉🎙️
A deep dive into metaphor with @sflusberg.bsky.social!
Metaphors delight, provoke, captivate, shock, and galvanize us. What does it say about the human mind that we simply can't escape them—and frankly don't want to?
Listen: disi.org/the-aura-of-...
A deep dive into metaphor with @sflusberg.bsky.social!
Metaphors delight, provoke, captivate, shock, and galvanize us. What does it say about the human mind that we simply can't escape them—and frankly don't want to?
Listen: disi.org/the-aura-of-...
February 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
New episode, first of 2026!! 🎉🎙️
A deep dive into metaphor with @sflusberg.bsky.social!
Metaphors delight, provoke, captivate, shock, and galvanize us. What does it say about the human mind that we simply can't escape them—and frankly don't want to?
Listen: disi.org/the-aura-of-...
A deep dive into metaphor with @sflusberg.bsky.social!
Metaphors delight, provoke, captivate, shock, and galvanize us. What does it say about the human mind that we simply can't escape them—and frankly don't want to?
Listen: disi.org/the-aura-of-...
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Fighting wins!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Fighting wins!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
It’s a rich world, an evolved infant brain and a complex interaction.
1/7 Can infants recognise the world around them? 👶🧠 As part of the FOUNDCOG project, we scanned 134 awake infants using fMRI. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, our research reveals 2-month-old infants already possess complex visual representations in VVC that align with DNNs.
February 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
It’s a rich world, an evolved infant brain and a complex interaction.
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This July, we are holding a virtual hackathon to explore LEVANTE data!
If you're interested in data analysis, development, and cross-cultural variability, please join us!
First week is open, second week is by application with mentorship on group projects.
levante-hackathon-2026.github.io
If you're interested in data analysis, development, and cross-cultural variability, please join us!
First week is open, second week is by application with mentorship on group projects.
levante-hackathon-2026.github.io
February 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
This July, we are holding a virtual hackathon to explore LEVANTE data!
If you're interested in data analysis, development, and cross-cultural variability, please join us!
First week is open, second week is by application with mentorship on group projects.
levante-hackathon-2026.github.io
If you're interested in data analysis, development, and cross-cultural variability, please join us!
First week is open, second week is by application with mentorship on group projects.
levante-hackathon-2026.github.io
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Join us for a webinar next Wednesday with Dr. Rebecca Mellema of Getting Science Write to learn how to engage non-scientists in your community about science and your research! Spoiler alert: It's all about developing those captivating communications skills.
Sign up at zurl.co/S7VlH & join on Zoom!
Sign up at zurl.co/S7VlH & join on Zoom!
February 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Join us for a webinar next Wednesday with Dr. Rebecca Mellema of Getting Science Write to learn how to engage non-scientists in your community about science and your research! Spoiler alert: It's all about developing those captivating communications skills.
Sign up at zurl.co/S7VlH & join on Zoom!
Sign up at zurl.co/S7VlH & join on Zoom!
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Does anyone know any organizers or community organizations in Springfield, Ohio? If so, please send me a message (or DM or email)
We (Ohio neighbors a couple hours away from Springfield) are trying to organize some solidarity efforts!
We (Ohio neighbors a couple hours away from Springfield) are trying to organize some solidarity efforts!
Trump's immigration human-rights nightmare isn't pulling back. It's about to get much worse
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
A not-‘toned down’ Trump regime prepares for ethnic cleansing in Ohio
A plan for immigration raids this week on thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio shows that nothing has changed.
www.inquirer.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Does anyone know any organizers or community organizations in Springfield, Ohio? If so, please send me a message (or DM or email)
We (Ohio neighbors a couple hours away from Springfield) are trying to organize some solidarity efforts!
We (Ohio neighbors a couple hours away from Springfield) are trying to organize some solidarity efforts!
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So happy to finally see this out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We found that disrupted replay structure in an AD model was linked to reduced place cell stability and more repetitive behaviour on a radial maze 🧠 @abrate.bsky.social @caswell.bsky.social #neurosky
tinyurl.com/yx52vzjd
tinyurl.com/yx52vzjd
Disrupted hippocampal replay is associated with reduced offline map stabilization in an Alzheimer’s mouse model
Shipley et al. show that spatial memory deficits in an Alzheimer’s mouse model are
associated with place cell instability and degraded reactivations in rest. Although
reactivation rates are preserved,...
tinyurl.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
So happy to finally see this out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We found that disrupted replay structure in an AD model was linked to reduced place cell stability and more repetitive behaviour on a radial maze 🧠 @abrate.bsky.social @caswell.bsky.social #neurosky
tinyurl.com/yx52vzjd
tinyurl.com/yx52vzjd
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Ireland has dismantled its first commercial wind farm to make way for a step-change in scale. Each new turbine generates more power than the entire 1992 Bellacorick site, illustrating how 3 decades of innovation have compressed land use while multiplying output. buff.ly/goiabIO
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Last turbine on first commercial wind farm dismantled
The last wind turbine of what was Ireland's first commercial wind farm at Bellacorick in Co Mayo has been dismantled.
buff.ly
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Ireland has dismantled its first commercial wind farm to make way for a step-change in scale. Each new turbine generates more power than the entire 1992 Bellacorick site, illustrating how 3 decades of innovation have compressed land use while multiplying output. buff.ly/goiabIO
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Hats off to the great Anne "I don't do fancy" Treisman!
I was curious about the fact that there were seemingly no women scientists mentioned, even of equivalent caliber, and came across what is, seemingly, beef between Epstein and Brockman debating whether "the women are all weak" or not
February 1, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Hats off to the great Anne "I don't do fancy" Treisman!
One piece of good news. Bravo @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
One piece of good news. Bravo @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
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A year ago this week, an Executive Order came out on a Friday afternoon/evening that reduced all indirect costs rate recovery to 15% the following Monday. In this article I discuss what would have happened across the U.S. if this had not been halted. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Cutting Indirect Costs for Universities Impacts More Than Research
Incoming APS President Pamela Davis-Kean describes the role indirect costs play in the U.S. research landscape and the economies of university communities.
www.psychologicalscience.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A year ago this week, an Executive Order came out on a Friday afternoon/evening that reduced all indirect costs rate recovery to 15% the following Monday. In this article I discuss what would have happened across the U.S. if this had not been halted. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Haiti accepted Jewish refugees during WWII before the US would.
February 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Haiti accepted Jewish refugees during WWII before the US would.
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📣 Opportunity for early-career researchers: Mentorship Program Associate position with the Cognitive Science Society.
💵 Paid role
⏲️ March–August 2026
🗓️ Deadline for application: February 20, 2026
See the website for details and application info.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/get-involved/
💵 Paid role
⏲️ March–August 2026
🗓️ Deadline for application: February 20, 2026
See the website for details and application info.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/get-involved/
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM
📣 Opportunity for early-career researchers: Mentorship Program Associate position with the Cognitive Science Society.
💵 Paid role
⏲️ March–August 2026
🗓️ Deadline for application: February 20, 2026
See the website for details and application info.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/get-involved/
💵 Paid role
⏲️ March–August 2026
🗓️ Deadline for application: February 20, 2026
See the website for details and application info.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/get-involved/
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Let’s step through the moon gate into another realm. Leith Hall, Aberdeenshire. #StaircaseSaturday
January 31, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Let’s step through the moon gate into another realm. Leith Hall, Aberdeenshire. #StaircaseSaturday