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Isaac Fradkin@fradkinisaac.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 We’re hiring! We are looking for a postdoc for a funded inter-lab project on the computational mechanisms of creativity and humor, and their role in communication and neurodivergence. 🧠✨ Questions? DM me @amirtal.bsky.social or @yoedkenett.bsky.social Please RT to help us spread the word!

@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that the literature on awake reactivation is mixed because the extent of processing is rarely measured or manipulated. Elaboration and rehearsal, memory suppression, and nonconscious processing all have different consequences and should be evaluated separately 7/12

Awake reactivation is not a uniform process

Memories are consolidated during restful wakefulness, but the mechanisms underlying this process are poorly understood. We argue that wakeful reactiva…

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The call for commentaries on our BBS paper is out now (deadline October 15): shorturl.at/Hu3Yu. In the paper (shorturl.at/4Rbk6), we provide recommendations and outstanding issues about designing experimental paradigms, analyzing data, and reporting the results of studies on unconscious processing 👇

Maor Schreiber@maorschreiber.bsky.social · last yr.

📢Excited to share our paper, "Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus", published in BBS. The paper is the result of a collaborative effort of 32 leading researchers in the field, from 10 different countries🌏 Check out the full ms👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

For >5 years, the International Sleep Replay Workshops (ISRW) have brought together scientists studying sleep & memory. The next ISRW will be on March 6th in Vancouver (before @cogneuronews.bsky.social). Follow the link for details and to join the mailing list. isrw.bio.uci.edu Pls repost! #sleep

"wake reactivation: I do not think it means what you think it means" tell us what you think!

Eitan Schechtman@eitans.bsky.social · last yr.

New opinion piece! @amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ

📢Excited to share our paper, "Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus", published in BBS. The paper is the result of a collaborative effort of 32 leading researchers in the field, from 10 different countries🌏 Check out the full ms👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Coming to #ASSC28? Check out our stuff! Examining theories of consciousness, testing the scope of unconscious processing, exploring intuitions about consciousness - and more! Looking forward to interacting with you there, and showcasing the great work of: >>

So, is perception cognitively penetrable? Can we use semantic priming to make you see a Kanizsa shape - or not see it?… we think we can! See this great work by Nataly Davidson Litvak and @amirtal.bsky.social that just came out!

Amir Tal@amirtal.bsky.social · last yr.

Hi Bluesky! I want to let you know about a cool new paper I had the honor of being a part of: Semantic priming modulates the strength and direction of the Kanizsa illusion rdcu.be/en0JZ

Semantic priming can either increase or decrease perception of the Kanizsa illusion. This result supports cognitive penetrability, demonstrating top-down influences on illusory perceptual experience. @liadmudrik.bsky.social @amirtal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Semantic priming modulates the strength and direction of the Kanizsa illusion - Communications Psychology

This study demonstrates that semantic priming can either increase or decrease perception of the Kanizsa illusion. The results support cognitive penetrability, demonstrating top-down influences on illu...

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Hi Bluesky! I want to let you know about a cool new paper I had the honor of being a part of: Semantic priming modulates the strength and direction of the Kanizsa illusion rdcu.be/en0JZ

Semantic priming modulates the strength and direction of the Kanizsa illusion

Communications Psychology - This study demonstrates that semantic priming can either increase or decrease perception of the Kanizsa illusion. The results support cognitive penetrability,...

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