Institute for Human Neuroscience
boystown-ihn.bsky.social
Institute for Human Neuroscience
@boystown-ihn.bsky.social
Conducting cutting-edge neuroscience research in one of the top facilities in the nation specializing in MEG, fMRI, and now OPM systems.
September is #NationalDeafAwarenessMonth & #IHN is celebrating by highlighting:
✨️Local organizations serving the Deaf & Hard of Hearing community
✨️Research from our very own #CASILab in collaboration w/ researchers at #BTNRH
✨️Facts to help bring understanding & awareness
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's poster time!
We have 24 outstanding posters today. Ranging from outstanding invited undergraduate students from across the region, #IHN research assistants, and a lab director, Dr. Max Kurz!
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging
August 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Cutting-edge research from Dr. Paul's laboratory has recently helped to shape the field's current understanding of sophisticated interplay between pubertal timing, sex hormones, and social-emotional development during adolescence.
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging
August 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The #IHNSummerSymposium is thrilled to host Dr. Matthew Paul as our keynote speaker. Dr. Paul is an associate professor of Psychology at the University of Buffalo, SUNY.
His talk is titled, "The Role of Pubertal Hormones in Adolescent Neural and Behavioral Development.”
#IHN #neuroscience
August 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Our final flash talk presentation comes from #DiconLab research assistant Lauren Webert. Her talk is titled, "Gamma Neuronal Activity is Altered in Adults Who Regularly Use Cannabis."
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHN
August 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The next presentation is a postdoctoral fellow in the #PoWERLab, Dr. Owais Khan. Presenting "Reaching Kinematics and their Relationship with Prefrontal Cortex Activity Patterns During Moving Target Interception in Children with Cerebral Palsy."
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience
August 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Up next is Creighton PhD student in the #DiconLab, Jenny Huang. Her presentation is titled, "Cue Induced Neural Alteration Underlying Sensory Gaiting in Chronic Methamphetamine Users."
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHN
August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Check out all our #IHNSummerSymposium flash talk speakers!
From top left to bottom right, Kellen McDonald, Dr. Attakias Mertens, Zhiying Shen, Jenny Huang, Dr. Owais Khan, and Lauren Webert.
To learn more about our presenters, check out our website www.instituteforhumanneuroscience.org/team
August 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The 3rd flash talk is Creighton PhD student in the #CASILab, Zhiying (Mike) Shen. His presentation is titled, "Neural Dynamics Underlying the Development of Semantic Processing Support Language-Specific and Domain-General Cognition."
#IHNSummerSymposium #Neuroscience #CASILab
August 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Next up is postdoctoral fellow in the #BRAICLab Dr. Attakias Mertens. His presentation is titled, "Assessing Subcortical Iron Levels Across the Lifespan Using fMRI."
#IHNSummerSymposium #IHN #neuroscience #neuroimaging
August 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Opening the flash talks is Creighton PhD student in the #DICoNLab, Kellen McDonald. Her presentation titled, "Elevated Inflammation in People with HIV is Associated with Aberrant Neural Oscillations Serving Selective Attention".
#IHNSummerSymposium #IHN #neuroscience #neuroimaging
August 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This morning, there will be a combination of a keynote speaker, Dr. Matthew Paul, flash talks from 6 senior IHN trainees, and a poster session including 6 invited undergraduate students from around the US, alongside dozens of trainees from IHN!
#IHNSummerSymposium
August 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Kicking it off to a FULL house is our fearless leader, director of #IHN, the #DICoNLab, and the Patrick E. Brookhouser Endowed Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Dr. Tony Wilson.
#IHNSummerSymposium #neuroscience #neuroimaging
August 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Good morning, and welcome to the IHN Summer Research Symposium 2025!
Today is going to be an incredible day full of some serious science! So stay tuned for updates all day!
#IHN #neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHNSummerSymposium
August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Megan is at it again at #apa2025 at 4pm, presenting her poster "The Interaction of Hippocampal Subregion Volume and Age on Cognitive Functioning in Healthy Adults" in the Clinical Neuropsychology, Division 40, poster session.
@apadivision6.bsky.social #IHN #IHNconference #neuroscience
August 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Be sure to check out Megan tomorrow morning at 8am (Friday the 8th) at the #APA2025, presenting in the Transformative Teaching about Social Justice Issues: Examples and Reflections symposium in room 702.
#IHN #IHNconferences #neuroscience #neuroimaging #DICoNLab
@apadivision6.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#IHN seeks to continue to be a resource and support for individuals living with #Alzheimers throughout the year. In addition to sponsoring this year's walk, we are also hosting @alzassociation.bsky.social community classes at Boys Town. Keep your eyes peeled for upcoming classes!
June 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The @tmi-lab.bsky.social had a BLAST at Werner Park on Sunday with the #Move4PD event!

If you missed us on Sunday and want to learn more about Dr.Spooner's research with #Parkinson's, check out the #IHN website!
instituteforhumanneuroscience.org/translational-…#neurosciencec#researchc#PDresearchch
June 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#IHN is one of the leading #neuroscience research institutes using #MEG technology in the world!
Today, we kicked off our 3-day #MEGbootcamp to train new #gradstudents #RA & staff on this powerful instrument.#neuroimaging @heinrichs-graham.bsky.social @giorgia-picci.bsky.social @tmi-lab.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The #TMIlab & #IHN are proud to sponsor the Parkinson’s Foundation Moving Day!
Join us this Sunday, June 8th at 11 AM at Werner Park in Omaha!
Stop by our tent to say hi and learn more about our research!
#Move4PD #neuroscience #IHNcommunity #parkinsons #parkinsonsresearch
June 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In honor of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, we want to kick things off with a resource right here, right now at #IHN!
If you are diagnosed with AD or an MCI and want to participate in paid #AlzheimersResearch check out the flyer below!
#neuroscience #Neuroimaging
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#IHN's #POWERlab visits Rose Cat Coffee in Lincoln, NE (www.rosecatcoffee.com) for their special collab drink, the Power Lemonade!
Available today!
#IHN #IHNcommunity #neuroscience
May 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's that time of year again!!!
May brings the joy of #M4K (m4komaha.com) an organization near and dear to the hearts of many at #IHN.
This year, we have 4 growers: the long-standing pride of #M4KOmaha, Ron (Boz) Bosworth, alongside new growers Drake Reinke, Logan White, and Jack Carroll!
May 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Who's heading to #INSAR2025?
#IHN's Dr. Giorgia Picci is and you won't want to miss her talk on Friday titled, "Pubertal timing effects on anterior pituitary volume and symptomology in autistic adolescents from the ABCD study."
#neuroscience #Autism #neuroimaging #IHNconferences
May 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Don't forget to mark your calendars for Tues, the 22nd, 7pm at The Slowdown for a Science Cafe in partnership with the Nebraska Science Festival! #IHN's very own Dr. Giorgia Picci will be presenting, and you WON'T want to miss this free event!
#neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHNcommunity #teenagebrain
April 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM