Sam O’Connell
@thesamuraisci.bsky.social
Music neuroscientist turned scientific consultant that moonlights as a violinist and educator
samantharoconnell.com
samantharoconnell.com
Miss us Day 1? We missed you, too!
Come see us Day 2 at @sfn.org where we’ll zap some brains while reading minds using #TMS and #fNIRS with @brainbox-neuro.bsky.social at 11am! Come say hi!
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Come see us Day 2 at @sfn.org where we’ll zap some brains while reading minds using #TMS and #fNIRS with @brainbox-neuro.bsky.social at 11am! Come say hi!
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November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Miss us Day 1? We missed you, too!
Come see us Day 2 at @sfn.org where we’ll zap some brains while reading minds using #TMS and #fNIRS with @brainbox-neuro.bsky.social at 11am! Come say hi!
🧠⚡️🔦
Come see us Day 2 at @sfn.org where we’ll zap some brains while reading minds using #TMS and #fNIRS with @brainbox-neuro.bsky.social at 11am! Come say hi!
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Come by Booth 1616 at @sfn.org to learn about #fNIRS from @nirx-nirs.bsky.social - we’d love to meet you and chat about research!
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Come by Booth 1616 at @sfn.org to learn about #fNIRS from @nirx-nirs.bsky.social - we’d love to meet you and chat about research!
Cheers to a successful CI #fNIRS workshop! Thank you to our speakers Heather Bortfeld, René Gifford, @jpeelle.bsky.social, Yi Yuan, Yingying Wang, Yunjie Tong, Ben Richardson, Eric Rodriguez, and Abbie Mollison. A very special thanks to @maureenshader.bsky.social and Michael Heinz for hosting us!
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Cheers to a successful CI #fNIRS workshop! Thank you to our speakers Heather Bortfeld, René Gifford, @jpeelle.bsky.social, Yi Yuan, Yingying Wang, Yunjie Tong, Ben Richardson, Eric Rodriguez, and Abbie Mollison. A very special thanks to @maureenshader.bsky.social and Michael Heinz for hosting us!
Reposted by Sam O’Connell
What does stress do to working memory? 😰😵💫
Geissler et al. (2025) show that while task performance stayed stable, prefrontal activation dropped after acute stress, hinting at subtle cortisol-linked neural changes not visible in behavior.
📖 doi.org/10.1080/1025...
Geissler et al. (2025) show that while task performance stayed stable, prefrontal activation dropped after acute stress, hinting at subtle cortisol-linked neural changes not visible in behavior.
📖 doi.org/10.1080/1025...
August 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
What does stress do to working memory? 😰😵💫
Geissler et al. (2025) show that while task performance stayed stable, prefrontal activation dropped after acute stress, hinting at subtle cortisol-linked neural changes not visible in behavior.
📖 doi.org/10.1080/1025...
Geissler et al. (2025) show that while task performance stayed stable, prefrontal activation dropped after acute stress, hinting at subtle cortisol-linked neural changes not visible in behavior.
📖 doi.org/10.1080/1025...
Thrilled to be organizing this event with @paulinemaes.bsky.social and @htagerf.bsky.social at @bostonu.bsky.social. If you're interested in learning more about how to use #fNIRS in #ASD #Autism populations, please register and come hang out with us! September 19-20th, 2025
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Helen @htagerf.bsky.social and I teamed up with NIRx @nirx-nirs.bsky.social to host a very special application-focused workshop on the use of fNIRS in autism research! Join us on September 19 & 20 2025 at Boston University!
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/fnirs-in-a...
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/fnirs-in-a...
August 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thrilled to be organizing this event with @paulinemaes.bsky.social and @htagerf.bsky.social at @bostonu.bsky.social. If you're interested in learning more about how to use #fNIRS in #ASD #Autism populations, please register and come hang out with us! September 19-20th, 2025
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📢 New paper alert! 📜
journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/...
2/3 articles from my time as a postdoc at the Bionic Ear Lab at Keck School of Medicine of USC where I studied music appreciation after cochlear implantation 🎶🔉🎷🎹
journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/...
2/3 articles from my time as a postdoc at the Bionic Ear Lab at Keck School of Medicine of USC where I studied music appreciation after cochlear implantation 🎶🔉🎷🎹
May 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
📢 New paper alert! 📜
journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/...
2/3 articles from my time as a postdoc at the Bionic Ear Lab at Keck School of Medicine of USC where I studied music appreciation after cochlear implantation 🎶🔉🎷🎹
journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/...
2/3 articles from my time as a postdoc at the Bionic Ear Lab at Keck School of Medicine of USC where I studied music appreciation after cochlear implantation 🎶🔉🎷🎹
We love seeing #fNIRS friends come visit the @nirx-nirs.bsky.social booth! Thanks to stopping by, @elliektaylor.bsky.social and @gavkhar-a.bsky.social! We love seeing the @umdleadlab.bsky.social representing at @srcdorg.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We love seeing #fNIRS friends come visit the @nirx-nirs.bsky.social booth! Thanks to stopping by, @elliektaylor.bsky.social and @gavkhar-a.bsky.social! We love seeing the @umdleadlab.bsky.social representing at @srcdorg.bsky.social
Thank you for having me and the @nirx-nirs.bsky.social team at SANS this year! It was so inspiring to see how fNIRS and other neuroimaging is used to study how we communicate and feel. Looking forward to the next one!
Stop by the NIRx exhibit table at #SANS2025 to learn more about their cutting-edge fNIRS systems! And thank you so much to NIRx for being a Silver Sponsor of this year's meeting!
April 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thank you for having me and the @nirx-nirs.bsky.social team at SANS this year! It was so inspiring to see how fNIRS and other neuroimaging is used to study how we communicate and feel. Looking forward to the next one!