Nora Newcombe
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
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Cognitive and developmental scientist at Temple University
Charmingly personal AND informative
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(Remembering) Vector Coding of Boundaries and Objects in the Subiculum
This review offers a personal and historical perspective on spatial representations of the local environment in hippocampal regions CA1 and subiculum, as derived from extracellular electrophysiologic...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hipo.70074
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Cuts to science funding will create a flood of challenges in our coastal communities
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Cuts to science funding will create a flood of challenges in our coastal communities | Opinion
Progress toward supporting safer, more affordable coastal communities in the face of climate change is at risk from a storm of cuts to U.S. scientific funding.
https://share.inquirer.com/s7YEnQ
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I already commented but WAY more briefly and less specifically than is suggested here. Please read, and THEN comment.
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Exciting news! And two lessons everyone needs to know. One, science is amazing. Two, science is international .
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Groundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapy
Trial suggests patients with a low test score could be treated with hormone therapy alone with near-identical outcomes
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/29/groundbreaking-genomic-test-spare-breast-cancer-patients-chemotherapy-hormone-therapy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Josh Fessel MD PhD
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I was talking to a dear friend whoās a Program Officer at NIH. They said, āI just learned that [XYZ] is likely to fund a follow-up to a study in my portfolio. Iāve been advocating for this for a year. Iām so happy, the BS of this week has faded away!ā POs care so, so much!! š„¹ā¤ļø Never doubt this.
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One of 4 lab posters ā very excited about what Naoya Tani found
#CEMS2026
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Neuroskeptic
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Monosynaptic connections link functionally similar regions in human cortex
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
This seems very important! Full of surprises, but here's one: " resting-state fMRI connectivity of a site was only weakly correlated with the stimulation-evoked fMRI connectivity"
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Here is the new PSPI issue. Only two more to come that I was editor forā¦.
www.psychologicalscience.org/news/2026-ma...
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Why Is Economic Inequality the Status Quo?
The latest PSPI issue examines the political psychology of economic inequality and highlights the cognitive processes that sustain high levels of inequality across nations.
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/2026-may-pspi-economic-inequality.html
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Colette Delawalla, PhD
3 days ago
Of course,
@standupforscience.net
is taking action. MARK YOU CALENDAR for our EMERGENCY SCIENCE MEETING June 2nd at 4pm et. We will be giving an overview of the rule and assigning EVERY SCIENTIST IN AMERICA their marching orders. Register here:
events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...
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Emergency Science Meeting by Stand Up for Science
[discussing OMB-2026-0034?]
https://events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for-science/emergency-science-meeting
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New review of non-maternal care shows no effects. So much for all the heat and ink spilled on this topic, or will it never go away?
www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...
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"According to the most recent analysis available, 30% of papers produced with NIH funding in 2017 had both U.S. and non-U.S. authors."
www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...
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Science Magazine - NIH, NASA place limits on foreign co-authors
Grants managers at two of the U.S. governmentās largest funders of scientific research have recently placed unprecedented limitations on the ability of U.S. scientists to publish with co-authors...
https://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/library/item/28_may_2026/4345431/?Cust_No=01595563
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Part of a dialogueā
@psychscience.bsky.social
#PSPI
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aaron bornstein
6 days ago
Now out in Developmental Science!
@noraharhen.bsky.social
, Rheza Budiono &
@catehartley.bsky.social
@hartleylabnyu.bsky.social
use multi-patch foraging to identify a specific computational role for structure learning underlying developmental differences in exploration.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/desc...
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Noam Ross
5 days ago
The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! š§Ŗ We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report!
grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...
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New Grant Disruptions at NSF - We Need Your Help to Report! ā Grant Witness
https://grant-witness.us/posts/2026-05-27_new-nsf-terminations/#NSF
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I am quoted here but not for any fancy psychological insights!
www.kuow.org/stories/it-s...
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It's hard to imagine great wealth. But Seattle's 'Wealth Walk' makes you feel it
To start "The Wealth Walk," an interactive theater performance and history tour, I met creator Ryan Guzzo Purcell in Mount Baker Park, by the tennis courts full of pickleball players, in Seattle. Purc...
https://www.kuow.org/stories/it-s-hard-to-imagine-great-wealth-but-seattle-s-wealth-walk-makes-you-feel-it
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Stand Up for Science!
6 days ago
American science is under siege & the firing of the NSB is the latest iteration of a continuous line of attacks under Trump. Visit the link in our bio to sign your support for the restoration of the NSB, and to email your Members of Congress! Sign:
zurl.co/Ug4ZZ
Email:
zurl.co/2uoFm
#NSB
#NSF
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Fascinating work! Sad that the current regime terminated funding in 2025. Lives saved by sociologistās fix for skin tone bias
current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/live...
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Lives saved by sociologistās fix for skin tone bias
A two-dollar badge is saving lives in hospitals around the world. The product, groundbreaking but simple, is a scale of colors that reflects a more complete range of human skin tones. Developed by Pro...
https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/lives-saved-sociologists-fix-skin-tone-bias
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Earl K. Miller
8 days ago
Sensorimotor transformation of number in the primate parietal cortex
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sensorimotor transformation of number in the primate parietal cortex - Nature Communications
How the brain transforms perceived number into corresponding numbers of self-generated actions is unknown. Here, the authors show that neurons in primate ventral intraparietal area are tuned to the nu...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73037-9
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Admirable Women
8 days ago
Cardiologist Dr. Helen Taussig founded the field of pediatric cardiology. Co-developed the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt in 1944. This groundbreaking surgical procedure treated "blue baby syndrome" saving thousands of infants who previously had no treatment option. Born
#OTD
in 1898.
#WomenInSTEM
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Rare feat of being funny, indignant and informative all at once.
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Th CRaNE conference was fun! Thanks
@crane-navsci.bsky.social
for hosting! I loved getting to know GA Tech and its buzzy mascot, eco toilets and welcoming computing center.
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Iām among folks who wish NASEM would be bolder. But on this front, they have stood firm against the forces of climate change deniers.
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Fascinating finding re length of history used in stable vs unstable environments. But Iām used to thinking about RSC in terms of navigation?
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Nicole Rust
10 days ago
Brilliant! In part b/c it holds up happiness as an illustration of whatās what š. But more seriously: IF YOUR SO CALLED THEORY DOESNāT MAKE TESTABLE PREDICTIONS ITāS A FRAMEWORK.
#TheoriesAreTheGoal
Excellent example of an influential framework-not-a-theory here:
experimentology.io/002-theories...
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Dr Rachael Elward
10 days ago
Join the ICOM mailing list to get updates on submissions, registration etc. š§
#ICOM2027
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Will Bunch
10 days ago
This column (yes, I'm shameless to beg for 3-4 more pageviews, because this is how it goes in the age of 280 characters and now AI)
www.inquirer.com/opinion/demo...
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Chris Rabb and the Democratsā ādouble waveā could change America for good | Will Bunch
Progressive Chris Rabbās Philly primary win reveals a Democratic Party moving left and back into power at the same time.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/democratic-party-left-wing-drift-rabb-platner-aoc-20260521.html
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Alison Preston
11 days ago
Spatial cognition has been the theme at CRaNE 2026
@crane-navsci.bsky.social
today. Loved
@russellepstein.bsky.social
's keynote on how the brain builds cognitive maps. Looking forward to my panel tomorrow with Danny Dilks &
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
on how spatial cognition develops!
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Liz Chrastil
11 days ago
My lab is hiring two full-time research assistants! One position is for a project on spatial navigation across the lifespan, with a focus on midlife aging and menopause. The other is for functional imaging and spatial reference frames.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10136
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10137
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Junior/Assistant Specialist (Reference Frames) - Chrastil Lab
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10136
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Riveting thread
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Using books to improve mental rotation skills with 4- and 5-year-old children
Mental rotation skills predict later achievement in STEM, and prior research shows that children's mental rotation skills improve after training. Howeā¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397326000523
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Gift link to the human cost of science chaos: babies will die. How a Funding Pause Derailed an Artificial Heart for Babies
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...
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How a Funding Pause Derailed an Artificial Heart for Babies
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/well/federal-cuts-artificial-baby-heart-cornell.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.QGPo.7-h5Q-wbcdNr&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Deon T. Benton
12 days ago
was fun to wax poetic about the virtues of "small" models, among other things
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Aaron Fisher
12 days ago
We just got approved to hire a teaching professor in Quantitative Methods! This is the *very* rare tenure track teaching position at Berkeley. I'll be chairing the search committee. Official job ad coming later this summer!
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow
12 days ago
Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Nora Newcombe!
icom-memory.org
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
#psychscisky
#cognition
#ICOM2027
#philosophysky
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Nigel Goldenfeld
20 days ago
democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-r...
Today, Democrats in the House are speaking up directly about the firings of the NSB! āFiring the Board was essentially a middle finger to Congressional intent .... We still await your outreach on this matter.ā š§Ŗ
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House Democrats Condemn Termination of National Science Board Members | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
https://democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-democrats-condemn-termination-of-national-science-board-members
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow
14 days ago
We're back with another keynote speaker highlight - Prof Lawrence Barsalou!
icom-memory.org
#neuroskyence
#psychscisky
#cognition
#ICOM2027
#philosophysky
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Jeffrey Mervis
18 days ago
Here's what the US National Science Board wanted to say about competing with China before its members were fired
www.science.org/content/arti...
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In unreleased document, fired U.S. science board issues stark warning about keeping pace with China
The National Science Board urges robust response to Chinaās rise in cover letter to its biennial report on the global research enterprise
https://www.science.org/content/article/unreleased-document-fired-u-s-science-board-issues-stark-warning-about-keeping-pace
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Hugo Spiers
15 days ago
Article about how humans should stop using AI to navigate (but could also be thinking, remembering etc ) written byā¦an AI (With human checking)
spacedaily.com/d-psychology...
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Psychology suggests people who still navigate by memory instead of relying on GPS usually aren't being stubborn ā they've kept a relationship with the physical world that the rest of us quietly outsou...
There is a particular kind of adult who, in 2026, still navigates by memory and feel rather than by GPS. They are now a minority. They are easy to identify in conversation, because when you ask them h...
https://spacedaily.com/d-psychology-suggests-the-people-who-still-navigate-by-memory-nstead-of-relying-on-gps-usually-arent-being-stubborn-theyve-kept-a-relationship-with-the-physical-world-that-the-rest-of-us-quietly-outso/
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Helena Gellersen
20 days ago
How does the brain rapidly distinguish similar memories? We use 7T fMRI to show dynamic shifts between pattern separation and reinstatement signals in hippocampal CA3 and DG with changing task demands:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Association for Psychological Science
17 days ago
We've been engaging in active efforts to protect the integrity & independence of
#NSF
& an intact Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. We are not alone: organizations across the full breadth of STEM research have joined in making the case for SBE's value
cra.org/govaffairs/b...
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Colette Delawalla, PhD
17 days ago
Well, would ya look at that! NSF is going to send >10% of its current budget to industry (read: tech start ups) instead of universitiesā¦itās as if the admin is trying to dismantle our basic science mechanism and use it as a start up fund for private companies šš»āāļø
www.nsf.gov/tip/updates/...
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NSF announces $1.5B NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science efforts
https://www.nsf.gov/tip/updates/nsf-announces-15b-nsf-x-labs-initiative-pursue-generational
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow
17 days ago
Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Dorthe Bernsten!
icom-memory.org
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#psychscisky
#cognition
#ICOM2027
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow
18 days ago
Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Paul Frankland!
icom-memory.org
@franklandlab.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
#psychscisky
#cognition
#ICOM2027
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Alexis Brieant
19 days ago
New publication in DCN, co-led with Natasha Chaku! š§ Combining our expertise in brain and pubertal development, we sought to clarify how adversity shapes timing and pace of adolescent development across multiple levels of analysis:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Timing and tempo of puberty and neurodevelopment following adversity: A registered report
Stress exposure may influence the pace of pubertal and brain development; however, empirical findings are mixed, with evidence for both acceleration aā¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929326000757
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Great thread but sadāgiven RFK and his insane ideas, the road to saving lives is rocky
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19 days ago
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Talia Lerner
19 days ago
The Lerner Lab is excited for
#Dopamine2026
next week! Make sure to check out these sessions and say hello š
@dopaminesociety.bsky.social
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Jeff Zacks
19 days ago
New preprint from Ashwin Srinivasan! TL;DR: Giving people control over transitions in a TikTok-like interface improved subsequent memory; predictability of transitions did not. Segmentation and control: Control over transitions differentially impacts within-event memory
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rv9ks_v1
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Stand Up for Science!
19 days ago
The Trump admin continues to dismantle science in our nation, but the scientists are fighting back. Join NASEM and other scientists in signing our open letter to Congress at the link in our bio, or go here:
zurl.co/NuC1g
#NSB
#StandUpForScience
#Science
#SaveScience
#Sign
#NASEM
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I got a question about ASL and spatial thinking last weekā great to see this new paper on benefits of signing!
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