Ever wonder about Spatiotemporal Brain Patterns Elicited during Pain Perception in fMRI? Here you go! osf.io/preprints/ps... The *stars of the show* are the *Pain Matrix* (increased activation with high pain level) and *Re-Evaluation* (increased activation for down-regulation of high pain).

When we have very specific and detailed hypotheses that can't be preregistered in the regular way, we pre-publish them before downloading the data: osf.io/preprints/ps... This is an fMRI study of somatic pain stimulation versus vicarious pain observation . Stay tuned!

I’m pleased with our findings reported here showing that brain networks involved in “Multiple Demand” and “Re-evaluation” support reappraisal. Let us know your thoughts! with @evalab.bsky.social @twoodward.bsky.social #neuroskyence #affectsci #fMRI-CPCA

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Cognitive modes involved in emotion regulation identified using Constrained Principal Component Analysis for fMRI (fMRI-CPCA) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684758v1

Anyone interested in task-based fMRI I'd love to meet you at poster #1808 today! Cognitive Modes Detectable with Task-Based fMRI Or, just read the book 😀: osf.io/preprints/ps... #OHBM2025 #fMRI

After many (many) years of work with Dr. Chantal Percival we have open-science published an "edited book" Cognitive Modes Detectable with Task-Based fMRI. Results on a total of 28 tasks are reported. Percival C. M., & Woodward, T. S. (Eds.) (2025). osf.io/preprints/ps...

we aspire to provide that "one place" at jocnf.pubpub.org, which is explicitly set up to host threaded discussions. It's taking rather longer than we had hoped to really catch on, but it's ready when you are!

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Western University is seeking applications for Canada Excellence Research Chairs. Please reach out if you are interested in Theme 2: Neuroscience. Western has extraordinary strengths in cognitive, molecular and systems neuroscience across species (rodents, NHPs, humans) uwo.ca/research/cer...

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Since the founding of our august institution, we have awarded promotion and tenure based on how many pages of your research we could read before fa...

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When you get booted out of your lab space .. U-Haul is there for you. They can take away the space but they can't take away the science! Thanks to UBC Psychiatry for accommodating our EEG/tACS neuromod equipment that was downsized(?) out of our hospital site.

Another cognitive mode uploaded! This time, focus on Visual Feature (FoVF). Chantal Percival the lead author. Meet the Stay Puff and Old Blue Eyes pattern. osf.io/preprints/ps...

Default Mode A vs B! Delighted to pre-publish a detailed anatomical and functional description of DMA in tasks with incoming grad student Solana Redway leading the way. DMA appears to be reciprocally related to the language mode. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/y8oc1w2v... “Indeed, for most of these companies, the science is an afterthought - get the product to market first and worry about the science later. Compounding the problem is the fact that public trust in science - and that includes cognitive neuroscience - is at “

The Stakes Are High: Scientific Responsibility in the Age of Digital Diagnostics

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Highly recommended reading for those conducting fMRI to investigate behaviour, if I do say so myself :) We are ready to take your calls (via the JoCN Forum) for any feedback, ideas, debate, praise, and so on.

JoCNForum@jocnforum.bsky.social · 2y ago

New post by @abhijitchinchani.bsky.social, @evalab.bsky.social, and @twoodward.bsky.social: "Don’t hide the good stuff: Scientific advancement in task-based fMRI is slowed by not showing event-related BOLD (erBOLD) changes alongside anatomical patterns" doi.org/10.21428/8e6...

Thank you so much!! I'm very honored

Using tACS? So many decisions to make (stimulation frequency/montage), but the task matters too, and could help direct tACS effects to specific brain areas. Trainee Dr. Abhijit Chinchani's excellent work is now available in pre-print form: osf.io/preprints/ps... @abhijitchinchani.bsky.social

Cognitive Modes Detectable by fMRI: A series of manuscripts from the Woodward Lab at the University of British Columbia, which detail the anatomy and function of cognitive modes detectable by fMRI. www.theurlist.com/woodward-lab...

Oh and look at this: 4(!) clinical psych positions at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon (where I did undergrad): universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

Gordon Pennycook@gordpennycook.bsky.social · 2y ago

Apropos of everything: My old position at the U of Regina (Canada) is open for applications (asst prof in organizational behaviour)! universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?... They pay really well and the cost of living is low. In a few years, I was able to pay off my student loans and even buy a house!

Don't hide the good stuff! We welcome comments on our JoCN Forum post on how focus on spatial information in task-based fMRI has slowed cognitive neuroscience, and that advancement would have been accelerated by including task-induced BOLD signal changes. jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/wck63qhg...

Don’t hide the good stuff: Scientific advancement in task-based fMRI is slowed by not showing event-related BOLD (erBOLD) changes alongside anatomical patterns

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New post by @abhijitchinchani.bsky.social, @evalab.bsky.social, and @twoodward.bsky.social: "Don’t hide the good stuff: Scientific advancement in task-based fMRI is slowed by not showing event-related BOLD (erBOLD) changes alongside anatomical patterns" doi.org/10.21428/8e6...

Don’t hide the good stuff: Scientific advancement in task-based fMRI is slowed by not showing event-related BOLD (erBOLD) changes alongside anatomical patterns

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Delighted to share another cognitive mode detectable by task-based fMRI: Initiation (INIT). Anatomical patterns and how its BOLD changes are affected by 5 experiments: osf.io/preprints/ps... #fMRI @danjlurie.bsky.social @hritz.bsky.social @evalab.bsky.social

Dr. Seiji Ogawa discovered and coined "Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent" BOLD contrast - used in almost all fMRI today. It was my great honor to interview him over two days on the very beginnings of fMRI, and so much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gBK...

Neurosalience #S5E7 with Seiji Ogawa - The discoverer of the BOLD contrast and fMRI

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What with the new regime taking over today it's a confusing time. #revolution #make_academia_great_again But the #good_news is I have a new release coming out Friday with the Natural Philosophers with Attitude. If you are on Spotify you can pre-save the tracks here 👇 distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

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If you use BOLD based fMRI in your research, take a moment to wish Seiji Ogawa a happy 91st birthday on Sunday, Jan 19th. His research launched thousands of careers and provided an invaluable to look inside our brains.

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Our thoughts are with our @ohbmofficial.bsky.social colleagues in Los Angeles facing devastating fires. As for all members suffering around the globe, #OHBM stands with you, offering support and solidarity. Wishing everyone safety and strength in the New Year. humanbrainmapping.org/files/ChairL...

I had a great discussion with Vesa Kiviniemi, from Oulu University. He described his latest work using high speed whole brain acquisition (MREG) to characterize brain pulsations - and perhaps hints of the glymphatic system. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Neurosalience #S5E6 with Vesa Kiviniemi - Pulsations Matter: Imaging Glymphatic System using MREG

Podcast Episode · OHBM Neurosalience · 01/08/2025 · 1h 31m

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Unintended bias in the pursuit of collinearity solutions in fMRI analysis - Amazing work by @jeanette-mumford.bsky.social and @demidenko.bsky.social and many thanks to all of our collaborators! If you are using the monetary incentive delay (MID) task you should definitely read this.

Unintended bias in the pursuit of collinearity solutions in fMRI analysis

In task functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), collinearity between task regressors in a design matrix may impact power. Researchers often optimize task designs by assessing collinearity betwee...

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in press 💫 Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Perturbs the Brain‐Wide Excitation‐Inhibition Balance: Associations w/ Microcircuits, Clinical Parameters, and Cognitive Dysfunction ↙️ paper ↙️ advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... multisite & multiscale ↙️ by @kexie.bsky.social & a dream team 💫

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Perturbs the Brain‐Wide Excitation‐Inhibition Balance: Associations with Microcircuit Organization, Clinical Parameters, and Cognitive Dysfunction

Xie and colleagues apply advanced signal modeling and biophysical simulations to multimodal neuroimaging data in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and healthy controls. They demonstrate robust inc...

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