Pierre Mégevand
@vanmedge.bsky.social
Physician-scientist @ uni Geneva & hospital, Switzerland. Bridging the gap between neurons and neurology. #iEEG, #epilepsy, multisensory integration. Unique cornflake.
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Pierre Mégevand
@vanmedge.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Dear #eeg #neuroskyence #neurosky people: we've just set up a feed that focuses on intracranial EEG research.
Please check it out: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:j3iraqfrxtckpozvwlzbtihc/feed/aaabu2nq26lhy
Use the tags #iEEG, #ECoG, #sEEG or #stereo-EEG to post.
(this time with the correct link 😅)
Please check it out: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:j3iraqfrxtckpozvwlzbtihc/feed/aaabu2nq26lhy
Use the tags #iEEG, #ECoG, #sEEG or #stereo-EEG to post.
(this time with the correct link 😅)
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OUT NOW🧠🐭
New work shows that secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) is essential for learning a whisker-based tactile discrimination—but not for executing it once learned.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New work shows that secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) is essential for learning a whisker-based tactile discrimination—but not for executing it once learned.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Secondary Somatosensory Cortex Is Required for Learning but Not Execution of a Tactile Discrimination
The relationship between primary somatosensory cortex (S1) and secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) during learning is not clear. Here, we show that when confronted with a texture discrimination using...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:51 AM
OUT NOW🧠🐭
New work shows that secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) is essential for learning a whisker-based tactile discrimination—but not for executing it once learned.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New work shows that secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) is essential for learning a whisker-based tactile discrimination—but not for executing it once learned.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New PhD and post-doc job openings!
Join me and Prof. Nina Kazanina @ Uni Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in an exciting project on relations and binding in language and vision, explored with cutting-edge neurophysiology (#iEEG and MEG).
Full details in the job offer below.
Join me and Prof. Nina Kazanina @ Uni Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in an exciting project on relations and binding in language and vision, explored with cutting-edge neurophysiology (#iEEG and MEG).
Full details in the job offer below.
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 AM
New PhD and post-doc job openings!
Join me and Prof. Nina Kazanina @ Uni Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in an exciting project on relations and binding in language and vision, explored with cutting-edge neurophysiology (#iEEG and MEG).
Full details in the job offer below.
Join me and Prof. Nina Kazanina @ Uni Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in an exciting project on relations and binding in language and vision, explored with cutting-edge neurophysiology (#iEEG and MEG).
Full details in the job offer below.
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it's easy to create custom feeds for bluesky based on regular expressions, here's an attempt for rhythms in the brain:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
feeds with a curated user list amplify often the same high-profile posters, I feel this maybe has a better chance of catching more obscure content.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
feeds with a curated user list amplify often the same high-profile posters, I feel this maybe has a better chance of catching more obscure content.
January 29, 2026 at 9:28 AM
it's easy to create custom feeds for bluesky based on regular expressions, here's an attempt for rhythms in the brain:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
feeds with a curated user list amplify often the same high-profile posters, I feel this maybe has a better chance of catching more obscure content.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
feeds with a curated user list amplify often the same high-profile posters, I feel this maybe has a better chance of catching more obscure content.
"The Human Insula Reimagined: Single Neurons Respond to Simple Sounds during Passive Listening"
Single neuron activity in the insula
#iEEG
in #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social
www.jneurosci.org/content/46/4...
Single neuron activity in the insula
#iEEG
in #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social
www.jneurosci.org/content/46/4...
The Human Insula Reimagined: Single Neurons Respond to Simple Sounds during Passive Listening
The insula is critical for integrating sensory information from the body with that arising from the environment. Although previous studies suggested that posterior insula is sensitive to sounds, these...
www.jneurosci.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:58 AM
"The Human Insula Reimagined: Single Neurons Respond to Simple Sounds during Passive Listening"
Single neuron activity in the insula
#iEEG
in #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social
www.jneurosci.org/content/46/4...
Single neuron activity in the insula
#iEEG
in #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social
www.jneurosci.org/content/46/4...
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[Abstract deadline approaching!] Submit your work to #ICCN2026 by Feb 1, 2026.
Join us in Cartagena for the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sept 8–12, 2026. https://iccn.ifcn.info/
Join us in Cartagena for the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sept 8–12, 2026. https://iccn.ifcn.info/
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
[Abstract deadline approaching!] Submit your work to #ICCN2026 by Feb 1, 2026.
Join us in Cartagena for the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sept 8–12, 2026. https://iccn.ifcn.info/
Join us in Cartagena for the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sept 8–12, 2026. https://iccn.ifcn.info/
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January 28, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Les réac' masculinistes de 2026 : "ouais, une femme chevalier dans un jeu vidéo qui se passe au Moyen Âge, pff, n'importe quoi, c'est pas réaliste, wokisme, scandale, indignation"
Les chansons de geste et romans chevaleresques du Moyen Âge : hold my beer.
Les chansons de geste et romans chevaleresques du Moyen Âge : hold my beer.
Connaissez-vous Yde ?
Héroïne d'une chanson de geste de la fin du XIIIe siècle, c'est une princesse-chevaleresse qui épouse une autre femme... Un fil ! #histoire #medievalists #medievalsky
Héroïne d'une chanson de geste de la fin du XIIIe siècle, c'est une princesse-chevaleresse qui épouse une autre femme... Un fil ! #histoire #medievalists #medievalsky
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Les réac' masculinistes de 2026 : "ouais, une femme chevalier dans un jeu vidéo qui se passe au Moyen Âge, pff, n'importe quoi, c'est pas réaliste, wokisme, scandale, indignation"
Les chansons de geste et romans chevaleresques du Moyen Âge : hold my beer.
Les chansons de geste et romans chevaleresques du Moyen Âge : hold my beer.
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How many versions of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) exist? And how much does this affect research using the IGT? More than you might think. 🧵
Methodological Flexibility in the Iowa Gambling Task Undermines Interpretability: A Meta-method Review: https://osf.io/4g3vr
January 25, 2026 at 11:16 AM
How many versions of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) exist? And how much does this affect research using the IGT? More than you might think. 🧵
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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What about neuropsychological syndromes? Digital agnosia, apraxia, prosopagnosia, alexia, semantic dementia, … how cannot these selettive diseases prove modularity?
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
What about neuropsychological syndromes? Digital agnosia, apraxia, prosopagnosia, alexia, semantic dementia, … how cannot these selettive diseases prove modularity?
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It’s 2032. PhD applications include several pubs as first and senior author evidencing a successful research program and supervision. Consideration for tenure track positions requires a Nobel prize in your area. For promotion to Full Professor, your obituary should reflect positively on your career.
January 17, 2026 at 8:54 AM
It’s 2032. PhD applications include several pubs as first and senior author evidencing a successful research program and supervision. Consideration for tenure track positions requires a Nobel prize in your area. For promotion to Full Professor, your obituary should reflect positively on your career.
Today's autocorrect pearl (in a medical report):
"EEG monitoring disclosed an ictal intrarectal continuum"
#neurology #EEG #damnyouautocorrect #ictalinterictalcontinuum
"EEG monitoring disclosed an ictal intrarectal continuum"
#neurology #EEG #damnyouautocorrect #ictalinterictalcontinuum
January 16, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Today's autocorrect pearl (in a medical report):
"EEG monitoring disclosed an ictal intrarectal continuum"
#neurology #EEG #damnyouautocorrect #ictalinterictalcontinuum
"EEG monitoring disclosed an ictal intrarectal continuum"
#neurology #EEG #damnyouautocorrect #ictalinterictalcontinuum
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New results! Faster parietal alpha frequency tightens, and slower alpha widens, the temporal window for vision–touch integration for the sense of one’s own body. Causal and computational evidence. Nature Communications
news.ki.se/how-brain-wa...
news.ki.se/how-brain-wa...
How brain waves shape our sense of self
A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals how rhythmic brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between our own body and the external world...
news.ki.se
January 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
New results! Faster parietal alpha frequency tightens, and slower alpha widens, the temporal window for vision–touch integration for the sense of one’s own body. Causal and computational evidence. Nature Communications
news.ki.se/how-brain-wa...
news.ki.se/how-brain-wa...
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I am happy to share that our preprint “𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮: 𝗔 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵” is now out.
Huge thanks to @bayslab.org, Julie de Falco, Zahara, @cjungerius.bsky.social, @ivntmc.bsky.social, Adam, and Xiaolu for the lovely collaboration.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Huge thanks to @bayslab.org, Julie de Falco, Zahara, @cjungerius.bsky.social, @ivntmc.bsky.social, Adam, and Xiaolu for the lovely collaboration.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I am happy to share that our preprint “𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮: 𝗔 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵” is now out.
Huge thanks to @bayslab.org, Julie de Falco, Zahara, @cjungerius.bsky.social, @ivntmc.bsky.social, Adam, and Xiaolu for the lovely collaboration.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Huge thanks to @bayslab.org, Julie de Falco, Zahara, @cjungerius.bsky.social, @ivntmc.bsky.social, Adam, and Xiaolu for the lovely collaboration.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
"Human cortical dynamics of auditory word form encoding"
by the Chang lab @changlabucsf.bsky.social, published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
#iEEG #ECOG
by the Chang lab @changlabucsf.bsky.social, published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
#iEEG #ECOG
Human cortical dynamics of auditory word form encoding
Zhang, Leonard, et al. use high-density direct human brain recordings to reveal how
the superior temporal gyrus (STG) detects word boundaries in natural speech and encodes
whole auditory word forms. N...
www.cell.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"Human cortical dynamics of auditory word form encoding"
by the Chang lab @changlabucsf.bsky.social, published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
#iEEG #ECOG
by the Chang lab @changlabucsf.bsky.social, published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
#iEEG #ECOG
Really cool stuff!
"Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms"
by the @earlkmiller.bsky.social lab, published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
"Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms"
by the @earlkmiller.bsky.social lab, published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms
Han et al. show that frontal theta oscillations rhythmically control access to working
memory. The theta rhythm sweeps across the mental image, shaping behavior by coordinating
spikes and beta oscilla...
www.cell.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Really cool stuff!
"Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms"
by the @earlkmiller.bsky.social lab, published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
"Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms"
by the @earlkmiller.bsky.social lab, published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
The prize of the best reviewer comment for 2025:
"You should change the abbreviation for acute symptomatic seizures. Anything but ASS."
"You should change the abbreviation for acute symptomatic seizures. Anything but ASS."
January 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The prize of the best reviewer comment for 2025:
"You should change the abbreviation for acute symptomatic seizures. Anything but ASS."
"You should change the abbreviation for acute symptomatic seizures. Anything but ASS."
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It feels to me as if this is missing something about getting out of projects that are floundering with *something* to show for the effort and investment of funds.
Blog post: Just quit
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com/pub/arjunraj...
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com/pub/arjunraj...
Just quit
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It feels to me as if this is missing something about getting out of projects that are floundering with *something* to show for the effort and investment of funds.
Reposted by Pierre Mégevand
No Difference in Face Scanning Patterns Between Monolingual & Bilingual Infants at 5 Months of Age onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Do bilinguals use visual speech cues more than monolinguals? Study checked gaze of 474 monolingual & 101 bilingual 5 month old infants to mouths of moving faces
No Difference in Face Scanning Patterns Between Monolingual and Bilingual Infants at 5 Months of Age
It has been suggested that bilinguals take greater advantage of visual speech cues than monolinguals. Therefore, in a sample of 474 (47.3% females) monolingual and 101 (48.5% females) bilingual infa...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
No Difference in Face Scanning Patterns Between Monolingual & Bilingual Infants at 5 Months of Age onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Do bilinguals use visual speech cues more than monolinguals? Study checked gaze of 474 monolingual & 101 bilingual 5 month old infants to mouths of moving faces
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DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website https://theonion.com/doj-removes-all-mentions-of-justice-from-website/
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website https://theonion.com/doj-removes-all-mentions-of-justice-from-website/
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[Call for Abstracts - Now Open!] We’re excited to announce that Abstract submissions are now open for the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (#ICCN2026), taking place September 8-12, 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia. ICCN2026 is waiting for your abstract. iccn.ifcn.info/progr...
December 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
[Call for Abstracts - Now Open!] We’re excited to announce that Abstract submissions are now open for the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (#ICCN2026), taking place September 8-12, 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia. ICCN2026 is waiting for your abstract. iccn.ifcn.info/progr...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Why organ donation is a national resource that cannot be left to a private entity.
Why organ donation is a national resource that cannot be left to a private entity.
How One Father Created an Organ Empire
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Why organ donation is a national resource that cannot be left to a private entity.
Why organ donation is a national resource that cannot be left to a private entity.
Wait, you mean there's an alternate lyric sheet?
“Ola fum, Batista ribe, a wumpa soapa say” - 3 year olds singing Jingle Bells
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Wait, you mean there's an alternate lyric sheet?
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"Anti-antifa"
Les mathématiques m'ont appris qu'on réduit toujours au plus simple (ici au plus fasciste).
Il reste donc juste Fa. De rien l'extrême droite, vous êtes des fachos.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-an...
Les mathématiques m'ont appris qu'on réduit toujours au plus simple (ici au plus fasciste).
Il reste donc juste Fa. De rien l'extrême droite, vous êtes des fachos.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-an...
Anti-antifa — Wikipédia
fr.wikipedia.org
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Anti-antifa"
Les mathématiques m'ont appris qu'on réduit toujours au plus simple (ici au plus fasciste).
Il reste donc juste Fa. De rien l'extrême droite, vous êtes des fachos.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-an...
Les mathématiques m'ont appris qu'on réduit toujours au plus simple (ici au plus fasciste).
Il reste donc juste Fa. De rien l'extrême droite, vous êtes des fachos.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-an...
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Salient auditory stimuli evoke spatially segregated phasic and sustained neural responses in the human brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.18.695315v1
December 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Salient auditory stimuli evoke spatially segregated phasic and sustained neural responses in the human brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.18.695315v1