Phivos Phylactou
@phivph.com
MSCA Fellow | I make people play boring video games and then zap their brains with magnetic pulses to understand how memory works.
Nihilism survivor.
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Nihilism survivor.
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Phivos Phylactou
@phivph.com
· Jun 16
Here’s how I’ve been utilising the excessive amounts of coffee I’m consuming at @westernu.bsky.social lately.
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Looking forward to the first Consciousness Club of the year tomorrow!
@suryagayet.bsky.social will be talking to us about “Tracking perceptual competition with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”
Wed 14th Jan at 11am UK time
All welcome, to join please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
@suryagayet.bsky.social will be talking to us about “Tracking perceptual competition with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”
Wed 14th Jan at 11am UK time
All welcome, to join please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
January 13, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Looking forward to the first Consciousness Club of the year tomorrow!
@suryagayet.bsky.social will be talking to us about “Tracking perceptual competition with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”
Wed 14th Jan at 11am UK time
All welcome, to join please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
@suryagayet.bsky.social will be talking to us about “Tracking perceptual competition with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”
Wed 14th Jan at 11am UK time
All welcome, to join please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
I disagree with arguments that PhD training should include more industry related skills, opportunities, etc.
A thread 🧵
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#academicsky #skyence #industry
A thread 🧵
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#academicsky #skyence #industry
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I disagree with arguments that PhD training should include more industry related skills, opportunities, etc.
A thread 🧵
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#academicsky #skyence #industry
A thread 🧵
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#academicsky #skyence #industry
TIL from @thehandlab.bsky.social that there are as many TMS related acronyms (tRA) as there are papers in the field.
January 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
TIL from @thehandlab.bsky.social that there are as many TMS related acronyms (tRA) as there are papers in the field.
It’s not the new year that needs to be better. It’s us.
January 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
It’s not the new year that needs to be better. It’s us.
This is your reminder to hug your loved ones a little bit tighter and for a bit longer during the holiday season.
For those who are alone.
For those who are away from friends & family.
For those who need to work.
For those who are unhoused.
For those who need a hug but can’t get one.
For those who are alone.
For those who are away from friends & family.
For those who need to work.
For those who are unhoused.
For those who need a hug but can’t get one.
December 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is your reminder to hug your loved ones a little bit tighter and for a bit longer during the holiday season.
For those who are alone.
For those who are away from friends & family.
For those who need to work.
For those who are unhoused.
For those who need a hug but can’t get one.
For those who are alone.
For those who are away from friends & family.
For those who need to work.
For those who are unhoused.
For those who need a hug but can’t get one.
Advocating for better science is great.
Pushing for open practices, prioritising quality over quantity, revolting against the current publishing system, promoting better work-life balance.
But…
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Pushing for open practices, prioritising quality over quantity, revolting against the current publishing system, promoting better work-life balance.
But…
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December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Advocating for better science is great.
Pushing for open practices, prioritising quality over quantity, revolting against the current publishing system, promoting better work-life balance.
But…
[1/n]
Pushing for open practices, prioritising quality over quantity, revolting against the current publishing system, promoting better work-life balance.
But…
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Today at 14:00 GMT
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This month's #TMS MultiLab meeting will be given by @phivph.com Phivos Phylactou, on:
"The eyes are the window to t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ brain excitability"
Friday 28th, 14:00 GMT
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Get the meeting link from our GitHub pages or Slack channel - get in touch if you can't find it!
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
"The eyes are the window to t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ brain excitability"
Friday 28th, 14:00 GMT
👀🧠🧲⚡️
Get the meeting link from our GitHub pages or Slack channel - get in touch if you can't find it!
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
Meetings
Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab
github.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Today at 14:00 GMT
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I did an oral presentation today at St-Joseph's Hospital Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day about the pain and visual working memory study on which I have been working with @phivph.com. This was my first time presenting in a conference! Abstract can be found: heyzine.com/flip-book/ab...
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I did an oral presentation today at St-Joseph's Hospital Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day about the pain and visual working memory study on which I have been working with @phivph.com. This was my first time presenting in a conference! Abstract can be found: heyzine.com/flip-book/ab...
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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**Come work with us!!**
Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please share!!
Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please share!!
Research Associate: Neural Control of Movement in - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Research Associate: Neural control of movement in Parkinson's Disease School of Healthcare Sciences, Card
krb-sjobs.brassring.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
**Come work with us!!**
Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please share!!
Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please share!!
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Our next monthly meeting:
Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:
Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS
bignibsdata.com
Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT
Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!
#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:
Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS
bignibsdata.com
Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT
Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!
#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
bignibsdata.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our next monthly meeting:
Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:
Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS
bignibsdata.com
Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT
Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!
#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:
Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS
bignibsdata.com
Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT
Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!
#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
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Open assistant professor position in noninvasive brain stimulation in cognition at Maastricht University: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3557...
Assistant Professor in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Cognition
Welcome to the Brain Stimulation and Cognition lab at Maastricht University! Our goal: The Brain Stimulation and Cognition group at Maastricht University aims to unravel the psychological and neural m...
www.academictransfer.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Open assistant professor position in noninvasive brain stimulation in cognition at Maastricht University: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3557...
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Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.
OpenWMData
A collection of publicly available<br>working memory datasets
williamngiam.github.io
October 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.
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my department - medical biophysics - is seeking a new chair
informal inquiries welcome
please share
www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
informal inquiries welcome
please share
www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
www.uwo.ca
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
my department - medical biophysics - is seeking a new chair
informal inquiries welcome
please share
www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
informal inquiries welcome
please share
www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
Happy 10-20 day to all other nerds who celebrate.
October 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Happy 10-20 day to all other nerds who celebrate.
Our (@eester.bsky.social, @nkonstantinou.bsky.social) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project RESTORE now has an online home, where you can follow news & updates:
www.phivph.com/projects/res...
www.phivph.com/projects/res...
phivph.com - RESTORE
Project RESTORE is a HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Postdoctoral Fellowship (see it on CORDIS).
The overarching aim of RESTORE is to employ state-of-the-art and innovative approaches to...
www.phivph.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Our (@eester.bsky.social, @nkonstantinou.bsky.social) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project RESTORE now has an online home, where you can follow news & updates:
www.phivph.com/projects/res...
www.phivph.com/projects/res...
2025: “I’ve got this innovative idea to study pupil responses as a measure of brain stimulation”
Meanwhile in 1875:
Meanwhile in 1875:
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
2025: “I’ve got this innovative idea to study pupil responses as a measure of brain stimulation”
Meanwhile in 1875:
Meanwhile in 1875:
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To find out about how #TMS #BrainStim users collect, analyse & share their data, we've made a very brief TMS survey:
forms.gle/83Abpj5F8qzd...
It should take you less than 5 minutes & does not ask for any personal information.
We'll use the answers to plan our future work.
Please share!
🙏🙏🙏
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forms.gle/83Abpj5F8qzd...
It should take you less than 5 minutes & does not ask for any personal information.
We'll use the answers to plan our future work.
Please share!
🙏🙏🙏
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TMSMultiLab survey
TMSMultiLab is a community of ~70 researchers using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We aim to share methods code and data, to reach consensus & encourage best practice in TMS research methods...
forms.gle
October 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
To find out about how #TMS #BrainStim users collect, analyse & share their data, we've made a very brief TMS survey:
forms.gle/83Abpj5F8qzd...
It should take you less than 5 minutes & does not ask for any personal information.
We'll use the answers to plan our future work.
Please share!
🙏🙏🙏
⚡
forms.gle/83Abpj5F8qzd...
It should take you less than 5 minutes & does not ask for any personal information.
We'll use the answers to plan our future work.
Please share!
🙏🙏🙏
⚡
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If you are interested in a postdoc fellowship working on concurrent brain stimulation and imaging (e.g. TMS-fMRI doi.org/10.1101/2025...), then check out this unique opportunity and get in touch (deadline for expressions of interest is 13 Oct).
cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/f...
cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/f...
Fellowship Programme - Cambridge NeuroWorks
Fellowship programme Cambridge NeuroWorks is proud to introduce the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship Programme, offering two transformative fellowship streams …
cambridgeneuroworks.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you are interested in a postdoc fellowship working on concurrent brain stimulation and imaging (e.g. TMS-fMRI doi.org/10.1101/2025...), then check out this unique opportunity and get in touch (deadline for expressions of interest is 13 Oct).
cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/f...
cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/f...
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New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
September 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
It is with immense honour that I share that as of today, I’m officially an MSCA fellow @unevadareno.bsky.social benefitting from the minds of @eester.bsky.social & @nkonstantinou.bsky.social
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September 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It is with immense honour that I share that as of today, I’m officially an MSCA fellow @unevadareno.bsky.social benefitting from the minds of @eester.bsky.social & @nkonstantinou.bsky.social
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Over the past couple of years I was lucky enough to call @westernu.ca my academic home.
During my time here I:
☕️ Drunk 849L of coffee.
💩 Stepped on geese poop 56 times.
🧻 Consumed ~1.5km of institutional toilet paper.
🪒 Grew 37 gray hairs.
⚡️ Delivered hundreds of thousands of TMS pulses.
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During my time here I:
☕️ Drunk 849L of coffee.
💩 Stepped on geese poop 56 times.
🧻 Consumed ~1.5km of institutional toilet paper.
🪒 Grew 37 gray hairs.
⚡️ Delivered hundreds of thousands of TMS pulses.
1/3
August 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Over the past couple of years I was lucky enough to call @westernu.ca my academic home.
During my time here I:
☕️ Drunk 849L of coffee.
💩 Stepped on geese poop 56 times.
🧻 Consumed ~1.5km of institutional toilet paper.
🪒 Grew 37 gray hairs.
⚡️ Delivered hundreds of thousands of TMS pulses.
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During my time here I:
☕️ Drunk 849L of coffee.
💩 Stepped on geese poop 56 times.
🧻 Consumed ~1.5km of institutional toilet paper.
🪒 Grew 37 gray hairs.
⚡️ Delivered hundreds of thousands of TMS pulses.
1/3
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Our Meet the Team talks are back on September 17th! Our next speakers are kNOw-PAIN collaborators Dr. Anna Zajacova and Dr. Naveen Poonai! To join, click the zoom link on our website: knowpain.ca/meettheteam
August 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Our Meet the Team talks are back on September 17th! Our next speakers are kNOw-PAIN collaborators Dr. Anna Zajacova and Dr. Naveen Poonai! To join, click the zoom link on our website: knowpain.ca/meettheteam
Reposted by Phivos Phylactou
New paper day! Whereas earlier studies have shown that human eye movement patterns are influenced by the physical properties of remembered stimuli, we show that they are also influenced by stimulus meaning. h/t to Ali Pexsa (not on bluesky) who led this work.
tinyurl.com/4y4aev3a
tinyurl.com/4y4aev3a
Human eye movements track stimulus meaning
Working memory (WM) is a capacity- and duration-limited system that enables the representation and processing of fleeting sensory phenomena. Human fMRI studies indicate that brain areas associated wit...
www.biorxiv.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
New paper day! Whereas earlier studies have shown that human eye movement patterns are influenced by the physical properties of remembered stimuli, we show that they are also influenced by stimulus meaning. h/t to Ali Pexsa (not on bluesky) who led this work.
tinyurl.com/4y4aev3a
tinyurl.com/4y4aev3a