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Cognitive neuroscience. Professor, University of Groningen
@rug.nl
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โค๏ธโ๐ฅ Exciting new preprint โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
#Pupil
constriction causes, by itself and independently of visual stimulation, activity in the human
#retina
and
#visual
system. w/
@anavili.bsky.social
@veerahelmisofia.bsky.social
@hakankarsilar.bsky.social
@olaf.dimigen.de
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PLOS Biology
5 days ago
How do experiences reshape our internal representations of the world?
@bstaresina.bsky.social
&co show that learning sequential experiences reshapes how the
#brain
represents what we see; a post-learning nap strengthens these predictive changes
@plosbiology.org
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Yuanyuan did a great job on this one! If you're interested in working memory & EEG, stay tuned for a couple more projects from her, coming out soon.
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Ingmar de Vries
14 days ago
JOB ALERT: PhD opening in my lab!
@cimecunitrento.bsky.social
in Italy, as part of an Italian FIS3 starting grant. The project will use advanced analysis methods of MEG data to investigate how our world's naturalistic hierarchical structure facilitates predictive neural processing.
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Zurich Cognition Lab
18 days ago
We have a new PhD position at the University of Zurich to work on visual working memory. For more info see here:
www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/nec...
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Open Positions
https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/nec/allgpsy/Jobs.html
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Faculteit GMW - University of Groningen
17 days ago
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ - We are proud to announce the upcoming promotion at BSS! ๐๐ป Sophia Wilhelm - Working memory undercover: Searching for traces of synaptic states in neuronal activity across wake and sleep ๐ Read more:
edu.nl/xwf39
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Pascal Mamassian
about 1 month ago
A new Department of Cognitive Science is being created at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Here is the call for a cluster hire (for around 10 faculty) in all areas of cognitive science, at both junior and senior levels:
www.unibocconi.it/en/faculty-a...
Deadline: May 4th, 2026
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Open Rank Faculty Cluster Hire Search for the New Department of Cognitive Science at Bocconi - Bocconi University
https://www.unibocconi.it/en/faculty-and-research/faculty/faculty-recruiting/open-rank-faculty-cluster-hire-search-new-department-cognitive-science-bocconi
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Aidan Horner
about 1 month ago
Exciting news! The
@yorkpsychology.bsky.social
are recruiting 3 new ART (research and teaching) lecturers! One role will be prioritised for cognitive, affective and/or social neuroscience.
#neuroskyence
#cognition
#psychscisky
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Jobs - The University of York
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lecturer-in-psychology-605280.html
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We have a new preprint out, in which
@zehan-camilla.bsky.social
, me, and Mark Nieuwenstein studied retrieval in episodic memory! Full read here:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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OSF
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ruxmb_v1
about 1 month ago
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Nursena Ataseven
about 1 month ago
I am happy to be attending
#CNS2026
with the Yale Wu Tsai Institute travel award to present this paper๐๐ป as a poster - itโll be on Monday from 2:30-4:30pm (session E), come check it out!
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ลahcan รzdemir
about 1 month ago
I am glad to attend
#CNS2026
in beautiful Vancouver๐จ๐ฆ! I will present my work on action planning in visual working memory. In this project, we focus on the factors leading motor planning such as selective attention, affordances and task requirements. Meet me at the Poster Session B (B38)!
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Working Memory, Cognition, & Development Lab
about 2 months ago
We are looking for a new colleague!๐ง ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆฉ A new post doc position is available in our lab - check the link for more details!
www.unige.ch/fapse/womcog...
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Job Opening
Annonce d'ouverture de poste
https://www.unige.ch/fapse/womcogdev/https-www-unige-ch-fapse-womcogdev-accueil/equipe/recrutement/recrutement
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Some cool work by the indomitable
@nursenaataseven.bsky.social
Check it out๐
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about 2 months ago
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Miles Wischnewski
about 2 months ago
Are you interested in psychological experiments, but feel a little unsure about programming. Try OpenSesame. Not only has it a user-friendly GUI, it is also connected to SigmundAI, an AI assistant that can basically make the experiment for you! Super cool stuff by @cogsci.nl
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Melinda Sabo
3 months ago
๐จ Job alert๐จ My former lab in Germany led by Daniel Schneider is recruiting a postdoc. Danielโs research sits at the intersection of memory and attention, and the ideal candidate will have expertise in EEG and/or fMRI. ๐Job ad in English:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/br2vg...
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Sophia Wilhelm
3 months ago
๐ My first first-author paper was just accepted in JEP:HPP! We asked what โactiveโ vs โpassiveโ WM states do - do they protect against interference? Across 4 behavioural experiments we find no reliable protection. Updated preprint here:
doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.05.578913
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Feature and space-based interference with functionally active and passive items in working memory
Functionally active and passive states in working memory have been related to different neural mechanisms. Memoranda in active states might be maintained by persistent neural firing, whereas memoranda in passive states might be maintained through short-term synaptic plasticity. We reasoned that this might make these items differentially susceptible to interference during maintenance, in particular that passively maintained items might be more robust. To test this hypothesis, we gave our participants a working memory task in which one item was prioritised (active) by always probing it first, while the other item was deprioritised (passive) by always probing it second. In two experiments, on half the trials, we presented an interfering task during memory maintenance, in which the stimuli matched either the feature dimension of the memory items (colour or orientation), or their spatial location. Whether the interfering task appeared on a given trial was unpredictable. In a third experiment where participants were given prior knowledge of the interference condition, and finally in a fourth experiment we used a reward-based prioritisation cue. Across experiments, we found that both active and passive memory items were affected by interference to a similar extent, with overall performance being closely matched in all experiments. We further investigated precision and probability of target response parameters from the standard mixture model, which also showed no differences between states. We conclude that active and passive items, although potentially stored in different neuronal states, do not show differential susceptibility to interference. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.05.578913
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Alon Zivony
3 months ago
Have you ever wanted to study individual differences in attention only to be frustrated by prohibitive low reliability? If so, what a coincidence! Let me introduce you to the first study from the newly formed Sheffield PandA lab: Using RSVPs to measure the speed of attention:
rdcu.be/e0t0A
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Eren Gรผnseli
3 months ago
New preprint on how working memory (WM) supports event segmentation. Using load-sensitive EEG markers, we test whether WM accumulates information within events or instead reactivates prior event information at boundaries.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Eren Gรผnseli
4 months ago
Our new preprint is out! Using a continuous-report paradigm, we show that divided attention reliably disrupts long-term memory retrieval by reducing accessibilityโnot precision. Two experiments + mixture modeling + TCC. Link:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rf42w_v2
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WOinActie.bsky.social
5 months ago
9 december! Zegt het voort!
ukrant.nl/hoger-onderw...
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Hoger onderwijs hoopt met nieuwe staking druk te leggen op de formatie
Het hoger onderwijs staakt op 9 december opnieuw tegen de bezuinigingen. Onder andere WOinActie, studentenvakbonden, FNV en de Algemene Onderwijsbond (AOb) hopen zo druk te leggen op de formatie.
https://ukrant.nl/hoger-onderwijs-hoopt-met-nieuwe-staking-druk-te-leggen-op-de-formatie/
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Eelke Spaak
5 months ago
๐จ๐ง ๐จ POSTDOC POSITION ๐จ๐ง ๐จ in my lab:
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Connectivity in Working Memory. Deadline 12 Nov! Apply via website; please repost.
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Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!
https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/postdoc-position-neural-circuitry-underlying-working-memory
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New preprint! Working memory contents can be decoded from alpha band power. But does working memory maintenance really depend on these oscillations? We say no, because we found that alpha power decoding only works for prioritized items, not deprioritized ones. 1/3
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Sustained alpha oscillations serve attentional prioritization in working memory, not maintenance
Recent theory on the neural basis of working memory (WM) has attributed an important role to "activity-silent" mechanisms, suggesting that sustained neural activity might not be essential in the reten...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.16.682668v1
6 months ago
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Daniel Pacheco Estefan
6 months ago
Job alert!๐จ Join us
@uab.cat
to investigate human memory representations with intracranial recordings, eye-tracking, immersive VR and deep learning. This is a fully funded, four-year PhD position at the Prediction and Memory Lab. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
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Rosanne Rademaker
7 months ago
Weโre looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! Iโll also be happy to chat at the
#Bernsteinconference
this week.
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Gregor Thut
7 months ago
Open postdoc position๐ We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).
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Sebastiaan Mathรดt
7 months ago
Komende maandag (22 sep) geven
@irisgroen.bsky.social
,
@theodanes.bsky.social
, Jackie Higgins, Yaรฏr Pinto en ik een lezing bij
@sggroningen.bsky.social
. Een spannende avond vol mooie verhalen en wetenschap! ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ค๐ Kom ook!
@rug-gmw.bsky.social
#groningen
#wetenschap
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Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition
7 months ago
Registration for the 20th NVP Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition Winter Conference is open! โ You can register and submit your abstract here:
www.conftool.pro/nvp2025/
. ๐ Early bird registration until Oct 1. โจFor more information:
www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl/conference-nvp
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Conference โ Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition
https://www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl/conference-nvp
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Miles Wischnewski
8 months ago
๐จWHOHOO!! I am happy to share that I received the
#ERCStG
for my project PRECHRON: The Prefrontal Chronometer for Organizing Working Memory. I am going to study
#neuraloscillations
during
#workingmemory
at the
@rug.nl
@rug-gmw.bsky.social
#brainstimulation
#TMS
#EEG
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Evie Vergauwe
10 months ago
Postdoc position open in our
#workingmemory
lab! See here for more info:
www.unige.ch/fapse/womcog...
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Jelmer Borst and I are looking for a PhD candidate to build an EEG-based model of human working memory! This is a really cool project that I've wanted to kick off for a while, and I can't wait to see it happen. Please share and I'm happy to answer any Qs about the project!
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
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Vacatures bij de RUG
https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000BEAP&cat=wp
10 months ago
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Marieke van Vugt
10 months ago
Totally agree: What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat (although I am biased, because I was one of those...)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat
International students enrich university communities and strengthen civic life. We must defend their place in global education.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02032-9
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Rosanne Rademaker
10 months ago
Curious about the visual human brain, a vibrant and collaborative lab, and pursuing a PhD in the heart of Europe? My lab is recruiting for a 3-year PhD position. More details:
www.rademakerlab.com/job-add
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PhD position โ Rademaker lab
https://www.rademakerlab.com/job-add
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I certainly had a blast! Thanks David, Maelan, and Michael for organizing this great workshop!
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Floris de Lange
11 months ago
๐จPhD position alert!๐จ Joint PhD position with
@fedemar.bsky.social
@predictivebrain.bsky.social
and Sonja Kotz, to investigate the neurobiological underpinnings of perceptual decisions
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message!
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PhD position in biological foundations of neural control
PhD position in biological foundations of neural control
https://vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-PhD-position-in-biological-foundations-of-neural-control/821898502/
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Dock H Duncan
11 months ago
Check out our new paper in j.neuroscience using ssvepโs in eeg to track early attentional capture by distracting stimuli!!
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David_Pascucci
11 months ago
Looking forward to this one...Join us for a workshop on feedback in perception & neural processing โ with top international speakers. Hosted by
@fbm-unil.bsky.social
&
@icepfl.bsky.social
๐ LNDS & EDNE PhDs: credits via poster Register:
tinyurl.com/3snapbcp
@snf-fns.ch
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David_Pascucci
11 months ago
Happy to share a funded PhD opportunity in our collaborative project with รrni Kristjรกnsson
@icevislab.bsky.social
& and David Whitney (UC Berkeley). Applications are now open, feel free to reach out.
@fbm-unil.bsky.social
#PhD
#perception
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Nursena Ataseven
11 months ago
Tomorrow afternoon at
#vss2025
I will be presenting a poster on how expectations about future target stimuli shapes its WM encoding. Happy to hear your thougths on the project! (Itโs at Pavillion, we have better AC!)
www.visionsciences.org/view_pdf.php...
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VSS Poster PDF
https://www.visionsciences.org/view_pdf.php?f=Ataseven_Nursena_7119_56.43_X742txBZvjIHM8nhybWYSkEw.pdf&a=2625
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Sebastiaan Mathรดt
11 months ago
Interested in pupillometry, eye movements, visual attention, visual working memory, or related topics? Apply with our group in in beautiful, livable, and friendly Groningen! Reach out to
@elkanakyurek.bsky.social
,
@van-rijn.org
,
@olaf.dimigen.de
,
@miles2708.bsky.social
or myself to explore options!
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Serge Dumoulin
12 months ago
As a scientist I have experimented with LLMs, such as ChatGPT, for literature searches. LLMs find real papers but miss some, and worse: invent fake papers with convincing details, for example with real authors who work in that field. Beware of these convincing confabulations!
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Michelle Moerel
about 1 year ago
๐จJob alert๐จ Weโre recruiting for another PhD position at MaCSBio
@macsbio.bsky.social
, focused on computational neuroscience. Come work on brain, sound, and computational models, co-supervised by myself and Ryszard Auksztulewicz
@auksz.bsky.social
๐๏ธ Apply by 18 May ๐
tinyurl.com/bdhtwuzs
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PhD candidate in Auditory Computational Neuroscience
PhD candidate in Auditory Computational Neuroscience
https://tinyurl.com/bdhtwuzs
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Sebastiaan Mathรดt
about 1 year ago
๐๐โ๏ธ Trotse aankondiging! โ๏ธ๐๐ Het afgelopen jaar heb ik gewerkt aan het boek "Een wereld vol denkers". In dit boek ga ik op onderzoek naar de gedachten, de
#gevoelens
en het
#bewustzijn
van
#mensen
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#dieren
,
#planten
en kunstmatige intelligentie (#AI).
#psychologie
#wetenschap
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University of Groningen | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
about 1 year ago
Op 25 maart behandelt de Eerste Kamer de OCW-begroting, inclusief de ongekende bezuinigingen op universiteiten. De gevolgen voor de maatschappij zijn enorm! Daarom roepen we op: DOE HET NIET! Stop de bezuinigingen op universiteiten! Help jij mee om onze boodschap te verspreiden?
#DoeHetNiet
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University of Groningen | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
about 1 year ago
Today, UG staff members strike in protest against the cuts to higher education. Staff members will put their work on hold to draw attention to the disastrous consequences. The Board supports the message; they will wear red squares as a sign of protest. Will you join? ๐ฅ
www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
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ลahcan รzdemir
about 1 year ago
Preprint Alert!! In our latest study, we describe a novel relationship between action planning and working memory. Our results show that action-item associations affect how working memory maintains the fidelity of sensory information during a task. Check it out:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Motor control processes moderate visual working memory gating
Gating processes that regulate sensory input into visual working memory (WM) and the execution of planned actions share neural mechanisms, suggesting a mutual interaction. In a preregistered study (OS...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.05.641641v1.full.pdf+html
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Aytac Karabay
about 1 year ago
The paper is just published at Psychophysiology. If you are interested in visual impulse perturbation method to reveal memories, don't miss this paper.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Candice Morey
about 1 year ago
We're recruiting PhD students to begin in autumn 2025 at the School of Psychology at Cardiff University. Come investigate working memory with us:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Gone in seconds? De-activating and re-activating information in working memory at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Gone in seconds? De-activating and re-activating information in working memory at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/gone-in-seconds-de-activating-and-re-activating-information-in-working-memory/?p181954
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Joao Barbosa
about 1 year ago
please retweet this ad for a tenured-research position in fMRI at ultra-high. Join us!
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Michelle Moerel
about 1 year ago
๐จ PhD opportunity alert! ๐จ Passionate about neuroscience? Want to work with cutting-edge tech like ultra-high field MRI and intracranial EEG to study the human brain? Join us and push the boundaries of neuroscience ๐ง โจ ๐
@macsbio.bsky.social
๐ 2 March ๐
tinyurl.com/bfjwpmt9
#neurojobs
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PhD candidate in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
PhD candidate in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
https://tinyurl.com/bfjwpmt9
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