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Vanessa Keller
@vanessakeller.bsky.social
PhD Student in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging at the University of York.

Interested in language, memory, and sleep.
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Check out our new paper! We evaluate what we know (and don't know) about the link between memory consolidation during sleep and next-day learning 👇
😴 Sleep stabilises old memories and supports new learning. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent? Our new paper digs into this important question!

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November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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😴 Sleep stabilises old memories and supports new learning. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent? Our new paper digs into this important question!

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November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Please repost! Fully funded four-year PhD studentship opportunity on sleep deprivation and neurovascular dysfunction on the BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership, including annual stipend, research costs and home tuition fees tinyurl.com/ms7v2pcx
Disrupted Sleep: Mechanisms Linking Sleep Deprivation, Neurovascular Dysfunction, and Metabolic Pathways at Leeds Beckett University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Disrupted Sleep: Mechanisms Linking Sleep Deprivation, Neurovascular Dysfunction, and Metabolic Pathways at Leeds Beckett University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Are you thinking of starting a #PhD in 2026? 🎓 I'm keen to hear from potential applicants interested in #language, #learning, or #literacy! Visit the website to find out more about developing a proposal ahead of the January deadline sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
October 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
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July 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Interested in word-meaning priming, memory consolidation, targeted memory reactivation, all of the above? 🧠 💤
Check out our new preprint, led by the brilliant @lewis-ball.bsky.social !

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Very happy to share our new preprint revealing no evidence for a targeted memory reactivation (TMR) effect on word-meaning priming (1/8): osf.io/preprints/ps...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Out now in @pnas.org "Memory control deficits in the sleep-deprived human brain" doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Memory control deficits in the sleep-deprived human brain | PNAS
Sleep disturbances are associated with intrusive memories, but the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning this relationship are poorly understood. ...
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January 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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I think the last single author publication I had was my thesis, but in any case, here's another. An integrated framework for the learning, recognition and interpretation of words. 100% Gaskell, for better or for worse: doi.org/10.1177/1747...
November 13, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Co-supervised my first BSc project student this year, I think it went well 🥺
June 18, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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🚨Job alert (York, UK)! I’m recruiting a postdoc to join our ERC/UKRI funded project on bilingualism and ageing. Position is for three years + option to extend for another 21 months. Details here: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Please share & feel free to get in touch with any questions!
Jobs - The University of York
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May 1, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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Our paper with showing that memory control improves immediate emotions of autobiographical memories just got published. Massive thanks to @robinhellerstedt.bsky.social, @memorycontrol.bsky.social and @zarabergstrom.bsky.social 🙏😁

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Memory control immediately improves unpleasant emotions associated with autobiographical memories of past immoral actions
The ability to stop unwanted memories from coming to mind is theorised to be essential for maintaining good mental health. People can employ intentional strategies to prevent conscious intrusions o...
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April 24, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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Very excited that @akulsatish.bsky.social's MEG paper on spatial representations and theta/alpha is officially published in Hippocampus!

Theta and alpha oscillations in human hippocampus and medial parietal cortex support the formation of location-based representations

#neuroskyence #psychscisky
Theta and alpha oscillations in human hippocampus and medial parietal cortex support the formation of location‐based representations
Hippocampus is an international neuroscience journal exploring the hippocampal formation and its interactions with other brain regions.
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March 27, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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Fully funded PhD position to work with me & @jamiecockcroft.bsky.social on the Leverhulme funded project:

Boosting long-term memory via environmental structure in virtual reality

Funding covers PhD stipend and UK fees. Please email me with a cover letter and CV. #neuroskyence #psychscisky
Boosting long-term memory via environmental structure in virtual reality at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Boosting long-term memory via environmental structure in virtual reality at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
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March 14, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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So happy that this was accepted😄🎉 loved working on this and congrats to you too aidanhorner.bsky.social + Vanessa, Maya and Shona!
March 6, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Congrats to @akulsatish.bsky.social for getting his MEG project fully accepted @ Hippocampus today! Big thanks to co-authors @vanessakeller.bsky.social, Maya Raza, and Shona Fitzpatrick as well.

#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
Theta and alpha oscillations in human hippocampus and medial parietal cortex support the formation of location-based representations
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March 6, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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Postdoc alert! Come work with me on an ESRC project on the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material.

2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.

Application deadline 1st March.

#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
Jobs - The University of York
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February 3, 2024 at 12:16 PM