Alex White

@alexlw.bsky.social

Cognitive neuroscientist at Barnard College, Columbia University. Interested in how we see and how we read. https://visionlab.neuroscience.barnard.edu/

Job alert: a tenure-track faculty position in Neuroscience at Barnard College! We are especially interested in candidates who conduct research on learning and memory. We are a great department with newly renovated research facilities in NYC. tinyurl.com/ypc4njwd #academicsky #psychjobs #neurojobs

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Behavior

If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Behavior The Department of Neuroscience an...

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The Neuroscience department at Barnard College is accepting applications for two Lecturer positions! Please spread the word to any neuroscientists who value teaching and would want to work at an excellent liberal arts college in NYC. barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/...

Lecturer of Neuroscience and Behavior

If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Lecturer of Neuroscience and Behavior Barnard is a premier liberal arts undergraduat...

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We’re thrilled to share that our very own Matt Cavanaugh has been chosen for the Emerging Vision Scientist Program, where he will advocate for congressional support of vision research. We’re so proud of all he has accomplished so far and for his commitment to advancing vision care!

This fall, I'll go to the capital to share my research with congressional staff and advocate for funding of scientific research on the sense of sight. Funding decisions made today determine who gets to see tomorrow. Support the National Eye Institute! www.seewhatmatters.org #seewhatmatters

See What Matters | Stand Up for Live-Saving Science

The National Eye Institute (NEI) is at risk of being consolidated into a larger Brain and Neuroscience Institute under proposed NIH reforms. This would dilute its vision research focused mission and j...

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During natural reading with eye movements, the left posterior fusiform cortex reflects both fixated and upcoming words in parallel—and distinguishes whether an upcoming word is skipped or fixated. A new preprint from Graham Flick @grahamflick.bsky.social!

Graham Flick@grahamflick.bsky.social · 2y ago

Very happy to share a preprint from the final project of my PhD with @liinapy.bsky.social! Reading ahead: localized neural signatures of parafoveal word processing and skipping decisions www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

Russell Vought & his ex-wife Mary have a daughter with cystic fibrosis, who is being treated with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor, drugs developed with the support of the National Institutes of Health. Now Russ & Mary are trying to destroy the agency. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid

Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

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