Ken Paller
@paller.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist at Northwestern U investigating memory, sleep, consciousness, other stuff http://kenpaller.com
I'm thrilled to announce that we are recruiting a new faculty colleague in our Northwestern University Clinical Science program this fall! Please share widely with your colleagues, students, and mentees! psychology.northwestern.edu/people/facul...
Job Opportunities: Department of Psychology - Northwestern University
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A nice opportunity for people to talk about sleep apnea in a supportive and informative group setting - August 9th
Project Sleep@projectsleep.bsky.social · 2w ago💬 Join our #SleepApnea Program Manager, Emma Cooksey, for our next Coffee with Emma on August 9, 2026 at 3 p.m. ET on Zoom. https://projectsleep.salsalabs.org/coffeewithemma/index.html #Sleep #SleepDisorders #SleepHealth This call is for connection and support, not medical advice.
Non-invasive tracking of ripple-like activity during human sleep using MEG https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.20.739563v1
☕️ Join us THIS Sunday, July 12 at 3 p.m. ET for Coffee with Emma! This FREE monthly Zoom call is a relaxed space to hear from others living with #sleepapnea, share what’s on your mind, and feel a little less alone. Register today: https://projectsleep.salsalabs.org/coffeewithemma/index.html
We are hiring an Associate or Full Professor to lead the neuroimaging research program at Northwestern's Center for Translational Imaging in the Department of Radiology careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hrnu_er/...
Tomorrow will be another day - for this 2-day workshop - and I'll present 10 minutes on applications of Targeted Memory Reactivation in the Intervention Session.
Ken Paller@paller.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday's Keynote Talk beginning soon at this fun 2-day online workshop on Sleep and Cognition events.cancer.gov/nci/sleep-co...
Today's Keynote Talk beginning soon at this fun 2-day online workshop on Sleep and Cognition events.cancer.gov/nci/sleep-co...
Sleep and Cognition: Current State of Research and Future Directions (Overview) | Events Registration
OverviewThe workshop on Sleep and Cognition: Current State of Research and Future Directions is a virtual event taking place June 25 - 26, 2026.A Trans-NIH Workshop hosted by the National Cancer Insti...
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New paper from our group: using simultaneous EEG-fMRI, we investigated the neural mechanisms underlying individual NREM sleep slow waves. Our findings suggest that slow waves are not a homogeneous phenomenon and may reflect distinct physiological processes. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Thalamic involvement defines distinct slow-wave subtypes in NREM sleep - Communications Biology
Using simultaneous EEG-fMRI, we identify two types of NREM slow waves with distinct thalamic profiles. Large, synchronized waves involve early thalamic activation and arousal markers, whereas smaller ...
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Retrouvez la conférence de Delphine Oudiette du @institutducerveau.bsky.social à la tribune de l'Académie " Au-delà de la dichotomie veille-sommeil : vers une nouvelle vision des états de conscience" #Medsky 🧪 👩🔬#neuroskyence youtu.be/9rQXSclXS0E
D Oudiette Au-delà de la dichotomie veille-sommeil: vers une nouvelle vision des états de conscience
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No they don't! Humans report being conscious half of the time when awoken from NREM sleep. The NREM/REM, conscious/unconscious dichotomy has been thoroughly debunked. It's time we stop oversimplifying the relationship between sleep and consciousness!
Nature Human Behaviour@nathumbehav.nature.com · 3mo agoThalamic oscillations distinguish natural states of consciousness in humans
My title wasn’t used :/( It was supposed to be: Why unlimited coffee isn’t enough! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Ken Paller: Sufferers often have no idea that sleep apnea is behind their poor sleep
Sleep apnea affects approximately 1 out of 8 people worldwide, and people often remain in the dark about what’s going on.
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Erika Yamazaki and I wrote about something we don’t even have (probably) — sleep apnea theconversation.com/sleep-apnea-...
Sleep apnea compromises far more than a good night’s rest – 2 neuroscientists outline the risks and the need for better diagnosis
This condition’s prevalence is rising worldwide, and it is very treatable, but disparities in access to care remain.
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Right on target: theconversation.com/photographic...
Photographic memory is a myth – here’s what research really says about remembering
Hollywood loves a character who has the perfect total recall of a photographic memory. But this idea is a fantasy. It’s not how memory works – for good reason.
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Thanks for this great article @shaylalove.bsky.social putting a bunch of memory-sleep-dreaming research and related history together in a fun way
Shayla Love@shaylalove.bsky.social · 4mo agoI wrote about the fantasy— and reality— of learning while you are sleeping 😴 www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
Sleep Learning Gets Real — and I helped with the background for this article. www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
It’s Possible to Learn in Our Sleep. Should We?
Learning while sleeping had long been relegated to the realm of quackery, but new studies suggest that we may be able to problem-solve and practice skills in our dreams.
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🧠 ICOM is back! The International Conference on Memory (ICOM7) returns 26–30 July 2027 in Glasgow, bringing together researchers from neuroscience, psychology, and beyond. 🔗 Learn more and sign-up for the newsletter here: icom-memory.org #ICOM7 #MemoryResearch #Neuroscience #Psychology
Two postdoc opportunities @yale.edu in human neurophysiology. One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology. Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/ Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇 #NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG Please share.
‼️ An estimated 80 million Americans are living with sleep apnea, yet 80% are undiagnosed. Our #SleepApneaLetsFaceIt campaign is working to change that by breaking stereotypes, reducing delays in diagnosis, and helping more people feel seen and supported. ➡️ Get involved: https://ow.ly/QQmm50YJ2Ut
Here’s some research just like what we do in my lab at Northwestern, almost theonion.com/poor-sleep-l...
Poor Sleep Linked To Gong
CHICAGO—Concluding that the costs of keeping such a device in the bedroom far exceeded the benefits, a study released Monday by the University of Chicago’s sleep lab found a strong link between poor s...
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I'm excited to share our preprint: "Selfing without a self: The missing dimension of identification in computational accounts of selfhood" The puzzle: How can meditators claim persistent selfless experience without dysfunction when computational accounts claim it's maladaptive? 🧵 t.ly/vDv4n
My first paper with @jkragel.bsky.social and Joel Voss came out yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences! It’s real! :D www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Spatial and semantic memory reorganize a hippocampal long-axis gradient | PNAS
The hippocampus supports episodic memory by binding spatial and semantic information, yet how this information is simultaneously organized along it...
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Saturday was a good day for a fun chat about dreams and stuff with Katherine Bell on her podcast "the Dream Journal" (on ksqd.org/the-dream-jo...) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ4H...
Inside the Sleeping Mind: Memory, Dream Yoga, & the Neuroscience of Sleep with Ken Paller, PhD
YouTube video by Experiential Dreamwork
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Check out this wonderful and amazing set of brief lectures from David Linden, perspectives from biological science on a bunch of fascinating topics
David J. Linden@davidlinden.bsky.social · 4mo agoIf you'd like to hear me rattle on about mind/body medicine, voodoo death, GLP-1 drugs and even my Dad, check out this interview I did for Big Think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu1P...
Saving SBE starts before the bill is written. SBE needs a distinct FY27 appropriation. If your sch. is on the list, get a group of colleagues to meet w your House/Sen. offices. Esp. for Republican seats, direct constituent comms matter. Timeline/templates/updates: www.paigeamormino.com/pages/9337
Paige Amormino - Saving SBE starts before the bill is written.
Right now, NSF SBE does not have its own separate line of funding in the FY2027 budget structure. This matters because if SBE is not specifically protected ...
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💙 Bryan Chaney passed away at 25 to a sleep apnea–related cardiac event. His family created the Bryan Louis Chaney Memorial Fund to raise awareness and emphasize consistent treatment. Project Sleep is grateful to be a beneficiary of this meaningful effort. ➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/Qn9I50YBgXb
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Benefits of mindfulness meditation go far beyond relaxation – here’s what it is and how to practice it
Facing your own thoughts and sensations, without trying to suppress them, is harder than it may seem. But learning to do it can boost your mental health.
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