Cognitive neuroscientist studying suppression of the past & construction of the future. Associate Professor @CUPsychandNeuro, PI - Adaptive Memory Lab @MPI_CBS
MPI CBS, Leipzig, Germany
Joined November 2014
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We’re proud to share that we have been ranked No. 15 among undergraduate psychology programs nationwide in the U.S. News & World Report!
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Interested in an accessible review of active intentional and intentional forgetting in the laboratory and everyday life? Check our new paper now out in Nature Reviews Psychology!
A Review in @NatRevPsych describes intentional and unintentional forgetting, highlights alignment across these traditionally siloed research areas, and explores the role of forgetting in certain clinical conditions. 🔒 go.nature.com/4cXEBQt
ALT This is figure 3, which shows testing accounts of unintentional forgetting.
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How does #episodic thinking affect #intertemporal choice? See our new @PsyArXiv preprint for a sequential sampling modeling perspective: osf.io/preprints/osf/yn4sb @bioDGPs_DGPA
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Last chance to apply - deadline tomorrow 👇
Join our ERC project "INTERACT - The interplay of neural networks enabling social interaction" as PhD student or PostDoc. DM me with questions.
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One week left to apply 👇👇👇 join us in Cologne!
🚨 Job alert 🚨 we have an opening for a PhD position in cognitive/computational neuroscience, application deadline February 29th. Please RT!
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New from @RosenbaumMemory !
Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Does Not Play a Selective Role in Pattern Separation dlvr.it/T2TkCs @mitpress @mitpress
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There are still some places left on our @ExpPsychSoc funded future thinking workshop in lovely York. 2nd Dec, Saturday, all day. Everyone welcome: yorksj.ac.uk/events/upcoming…
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A must read article
Switching the world to 100% #RenewableEnergy will cost $62 trillion, but the payback would take just 6 years, writes Professor Mark Jacobson @mzjacobson
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Now that @tinalonsdorf has become faculty at @unibielefeld and @siawooshmn at @mpib_berlin (Congrats again!) we can host new groups. If you are interested in pursuing an independent academic career with us, just contact me and attach a CV.
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It's been a busy morning. If you missed it, we're launching a big new study to find 'super memorisers' and try to understand how they achieve their remarkable feats of memory.
Anyone who believes they have an exceptional memory is invited to take part: tinyurl.com/memorysearch
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Man sieht etwas eigentlich Harmloses – und muss an ein schreckliches Erlebnis denken. Wie man dagegen ankommt, das erforschen die #Neurowissenschaftlerin Ann-Kristin Meyer und ihr Kollege @rg_benoit. #Vergessen #Gedanken
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Every year I read a lot of grad school applications from accomplished people that don't give me the info I'm looking for. It feels like a major hidden curriculum thing. So here's (my opinion on) how to write a great Statement of Purpose/Research for a PhD program. 🧵 1/
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Suppressing the flow of unwanted #thoughts is possible and can help people cope with difficult #memories. @rg_benoit and other scientists explain how blocking thoughts with different techniques may be a way out of #depression and #Trauma:
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a quick thread on our new JEP:General paper on value, memory, and cognitive offloading psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-… 1/5
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Humans spend so much time envisioning the future. A lot of our thoughts are imbued with emotion. But why? This paper by Victoria Wardell (with @mdgrilli and me) outlines the relevance of "emotional imagination" in memory, decision making, & mental health. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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The annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society typically enjoys robust attendance from individuals from institutions based in the US and Canada, Europe, and Northeast Asia. To help promote geographic diversity in our science, the Journal of ...
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Can someone induce forgetting of an unpleasant memory without knowing it? YES!! With Zijian Zhu and Yingying Wang, we developed a method to induce forgetting of unpleasant images without drugs, brain stimulation or awareness #PTSD #forgettign #memory. psyarxiv.com/rmvn9/
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Calling all brain-loving fellow global southerners!
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Interested in an MSc/PhD to study the cognitive neuroscience of memories for events? Applications are due on Dec. 1: ualberta.ca/psychology/gradu…