Enya Weidner
@eweidner1.bsky.social
PhD || neuroscience of emotions in Bielefeld || artist in Dortmund || birds
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Enya Weidner
@eweidner1.bsky.social
· Jul 25
Fear perception as a function of hemisphere- and time-specific dynamics in the medial temporal lobes
Communications Biology - Electrophysiology from resection patients reveals lateralized, temporally specific functions of the medial temporal lobes in fear perception: the right enhances early fear...
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This took a WHILE but here it is!! The last part of my PhD work is now published @commsbio.nature.com 🕊 We uncovered the temporal and spatial context that define the mTL's role in fear processing. Huge thank you to my co-authors, reviewers, editors, and participants 💖
rdcu.be/exQKb
rdcu.be/exQKb
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New lab paper drop, this one has been a long time coming! Driven by Rob Aukema (now a postdoc with Kerry Ressler) this paper in Science Advances answered the lingering question of what role the amygdala plays in stress-induced neuroendocrine responses.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A network of basolateral amygdala projection neurons contributes to stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
A network of basolateral amygdala neurons, but not singular projections, contributes to the neuroendocrine response to stress.
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
New lab paper drop, this one has been a long time coming! Driven by Rob Aukema (now a postdoc with Kerry Ressler) this paper in Science Advances answered the lingering question of what role the amygdala plays in stress-induced neuroendocrine responses.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🍁🍂 (or: if you are interested in amygdalar contributions to verbal emotion processing come to my poster 44-3 on Friday #SPR2025 @therealspr.bsky.social)
October 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🍁🍂 (or: if you are interested in amygdalar contributions to verbal emotion processing come to my poster 44-3 on Friday #SPR2025 @therealspr.bsky.social)
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How does human amygdala circuitry develop through adolescence to support affective and cognitive control processes? Excited to share recent work from my dissertation, now out in Cell Reports, that uses longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging at 7 Tesla to answer this question! A 🧵 tinyurl.com/5aaf9fpv
Human amygdala nuclei show distinct developmental trajectories from adolescence to adulthood in functional integration with prefrontal circuitry
Ojha et al. use longitudinal 7 T neuroimaging to characterize distinct developmental
trajectories of fronto-amygdala connectivity across nuclei through adolescence. They
identify how age-related conne...
www.cell.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
How does human amygdala circuitry develop through adolescence to support affective and cognitive control processes? Excited to share recent work from my dissertation, now out in Cell Reports, that uses longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging at 7 Tesla to answer this question! A 🧵 tinyurl.com/5aaf9fpv
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Rethinking women’s brain health — a Comment article by Julia Sacher & Ingo Bechmann
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rethinking women’s brain health - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Far from being a niche concern, women’s brain health is a global issue, affecting more than half of the world’s population. Despite this, the unique aspects of how the female brain adapts, reorganizes...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Rethinking women’s brain health — a Comment article by Julia Sacher & Ingo Bechmann
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Very happy to share my first preprint from @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social ! We (me + co-first authors @lilweb.bsky.social @mirunarascu.bsky.social + PI @mkflugge.bsky.social + many others) used transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (TUS/tFUS/LIFU) of the human amygdala ... (1/15)
August 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Very happy to share my first preprint from @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social ! We (me + co-first authors @lilweb.bsky.social @mirunarascu.bsky.social + PI @mkflugge.bsky.social + many others) used transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (TUS/tFUS/LIFU) of the human amygdala ... (1/15)
g-thomson.github.io/Manu/ this is wonderful
Manu - NZ native bird palettes
A collection of colour palettes for data visualisation derived from photos of birds native to New Zealand.
g-thomson.github.io
August 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
g-thomson.github.io/Manu/ this is wonderful
Looking forward to our SciComm and Art-Sci workshop tomorrow at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social with @edgeneuro.bsky.social 🌈💖 www.neurocamp-munich.com together with @prask.bsky.social
NeuroCamp | Munich | Neuroscience summer school
NeuroCamp is a summer school for high school students in Munich that is organized by LMU students as well as young researchers. We want to get students enthusiastic about the fascinating and exciting ...
www.neurocamp-munich.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Looking forward to our SciComm and Art-Sci workshop tomorrow at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social with @edgeneuro.bsky.social 🌈💖 www.neurocamp-munich.com together with @prask.bsky.social
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Electrophysiology from resection patients reveals lateralized, temporally specific functions of the medial temporal lobes in fear perception: the right enhances early fear perception, while the left down-regulates it continuously.
@eweidner1.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@eweidner1.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Fear perception as a function of hemisphere- and time-specific dynamics in the medial temporal lobes - Communications Biology
Electrophysiology from resection patients reveals lateralized, temporally specific functions of the medial temporal lobes in fear perception: the right enhances early fear perception, while the left d...
www.nature.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Electrophysiology from resection patients reveals lateralized, temporally specific functions of the medial temporal lobes in fear perception: the right enhances early fear perception, while the left down-regulates it continuously.
@eweidner1.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@eweidner1.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
This took a WHILE but here it is!! The last part of my PhD work is now published @commsbio.nature.com 🕊 We uncovered the temporal and spatial context that define the mTL's role in fear processing. Huge thank you to my co-authors, reviewers, editors, and participants 💖
rdcu.be/exQKb
rdcu.be/exQKb
Fear perception as a function of hemisphere- and time-specific dynamics in the medial temporal lobes
Communications Biology - Electrophysiology from resection patients reveals lateralized, temporally specific functions of the medial temporal lobes in fear perception: the right enhances early fear...
rdcu.be
July 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This took a WHILE but here it is!! The last part of my PhD work is now published @commsbio.nature.com 🕊 We uncovered the temporal and spatial context that define the mTL's role in fear processing. Huge thank you to my co-authors, reviewers, editors, and participants 💖
rdcu.be/exQKb
rdcu.be/exQKb
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If you're gonna assign ontological properties to a fucking AI bro I'm gonna walk out of here right now.
July 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If you're gonna assign ontological properties to a fucking AI bro I'm gonna walk out of here right now.
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There’s a reason Peter Thiel hesitated when asked in a recent interview if he “would prefer the human race to endure”:
Within certain tech circles, pro-extinctionism is a mainstream ideology—and some are trying to realize it.
A must-read by @xriskology.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/digital-euge...
Within certain tech circles, pro-extinctionism is a mainstream ideology—and some are trying to realize it.
A must-read by @xriskology.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/digital-euge...
Digital Eugenics and the Extinction of Humanity | TechPolicy.Press
If we are to combat the AI industry’s push to build digital gods, we have to understand the ideology of the antihumanist project, writes Dr. Émile P. Torres.
techpolicy.press
July 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
There’s a reason Peter Thiel hesitated when asked in a recent interview if he “would prefer the human race to endure”:
Within certain tech circles, pro-extinctionism is a mainstream ideology—and some are trying to realize it.
A must-read by @xriskology.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/digital-euge...
Within certain tech circles, pro-extinctionism is a mainstream ideology—and some are trying to realize it.
A must-read by @xriskology.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/digital-euge...
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We are looking for a Postdoc who loves fMRI, psychophysiology and data analysis 🎉. We run studies on social cognition and related processes with a focus on schizophrenia. German skills could be beneficial, bc the position involves teaching, but not mandatory.
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d)
Bewerberfrist: 06.07.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
July 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We are looking for a Postdoc who loves fMRI, psychophysiology and data analysis 🎉. We run studies on social cognition and related processes with a focus on schizophrenia. German skills could be beneficial, bc the position involves teaching, but not mandatory.
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
No neuroscience but my favorite compilation of pictures of myself
July 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
No neuroscience but my favorite compilation of pictures of myself
June 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Hellooooo Würzburg! @pug2025.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social I have to admit I am here since Monday but all I have got to know is the inside of the university library and the stunning view from up here. Looking forward to talk to somebody besides my computer soon! 🌸
June 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hellooooo Würzburg! @pug2025.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social I have to admit I am here since Monday but all I have got to know is the inside of the university library and the stunning view from up here. Looking forward to talk to somebody besides my computer soon! 🌸
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𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻-𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲
Looks like an interesting paper about brain-wide processes.
Sure to generate discussion.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
Looks like an interesting paper about brain-wide processes.
Sure to generate discussion.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
May 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻-𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲
Looks like an interesting paper about brain-wide processes.
Sure to generate discussion.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
Looks like an interesting paper about brain-wide processes.
Sure to generate discussion.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
Lange Autofahren sind halb so wild wenn man denken darf: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...
Andreas Weber: Plädoyer für ökologische Lebenskunst
Durch den Klimawandel und das Artensterben steckt die Menschheit in einer existentiellen Krise. Diese Krise ist auch eine des Denkens, sagt der Philosoph und Biologe Andreas Weber im Gespräch mit Mode...
www1.wdr.de
June 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Lange Autofahren sind halb so wild wenn man denken darf: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...
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"Der Wettbewerb ist spannender denn je" - ich habe mir Wissenschaft ja irgendwie anders vorgestellt als ich damals angefangen habe zu studieren.
‼️Ebenso wissen wir jetzt, dass sich 15 Unis Hoffnung machen dürfen, im Neuantragsverfahren als Exzellenzuniversität ausgewählt zu werden. Der Wettbewerb um Spitzenforschung und internationale Sichtbarkeit ist spannender denn je!
Alles zum Neuantragsverfahren: www.wissenschaftsrat.de/DE/Aufgabenf...
Alles zum Neuantragsverfahren: www.wissenschaftsrat.de/DE/Aufgabenf...
May 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"Der Wettbewerb ist spannender denn je" - ich habe mir Wissenschaft ja irgendwie anders vorgestellt als ich damals angefangen habe zu studieren.
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In a recent podcast @dyamins.bsky.social argues: "We want to be able to use the model of the digital brain as a neurobiomedical discovery and diagnostic design platform." neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/buildin... - That view is popular and I believe that there is a fundamental logical error. Thread
Building AI simulations of the human brain
In which Wu Tsai Neuro faculty scholar Dan Yamins explores how foundation models of the human brain could
neuroscience.stanford.edu
May 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In a recent podcast @dyamins.bsky.social argues: "We want to be able to use the model of the digital brain as a neurobiomedical discovery and diagnostic design platform." neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/buildin... - That view is popular and I believe that there is a fundamental logical error. Thread
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Our lab now also moved to the cool kids' twitter! @sanlabbielefeld.bsky.social 🫶
April 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Our lab now also moved to the cool kids' twitter! @sanlabbielefeld.bsky.social 🫶
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Die Fachgruppe Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) e.V. und die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung (DGPA) schreiben drei Förderpreise für #Wisskomm in der Biologischen Psychologie aus!
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Die Fachgruppe Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) e.V. und die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung (DGPA) schreiben drei Förderpreise für #Wisskomm in der Biologischen Psychologie aus!
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
Damn I did it... I successfully completed my PhD. More than anything I am grateful for every bit of help I got along the way. I do not have an academic background and I always felt like I was a little behind. Thanks to my family, colleague, and friends, I did it 😭❤️ I am so excited for what's next!!
February 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Damn I did it... I successfully completed my PhD. More than anything I am grateful for every bit of help I got along the way. I do not have an academic background and I always felt like I was a little behind. Thanks to my family, colleague, and friends, I did it 😭❤️ I am so excited for what's next!!