@brocku.ca #Neuroscience is an amazing progam.. and in St. Catharines--top 10 coolest neighbourhoods in the world www.timeout.com/montreal/new...

It’s official: this under-the-radar Canadian neighbourhood just made the world’s coolest in 2026

Discover the world’s coolest neighbourhoods in 2026, including two Canadian picks: Downtown St. Catharines and Mount Pleasant in Vancouver

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🧠SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT🧠 A roadmap for conducting more inclusive research on brain resilience in aging and dementia Authors: @mnrajah.bsky.social , Dixon, R. A., Einstein, G., Stern, Y., & Brain Resilience & Diversity in Aging & Dementia Collaboratory (1/2)

An excellent read on AI. Do check this out.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 3mo ago

New preprint! So honoured to have worked with Ishani Ray on providing vital critique on "AI literacy" & correctives for those interested in understanding why "just use the newest version of an LLM" is nonsense Contra Literacy-Laundering: Mechanistic Critical AI Literacy doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 1/

This insightful piece by the Globe's @dougsaunders.bsky.social is one of the weekend's "must reads." #Canada #education www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: It’s time to recognize higher education as a matter of national security for Canada

Decades-long efforts to turn higher education into a majority privilege also serve to bolster our physical, economic and social security

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Bori @borido.bsky.social killed it presenting her EEG data on sentence processing at #CSBBCS. Too much fun. So proud.

Abstract submission for #SfN26 is now open! Share your findings, spark new conversations, and connect with researchers who care about the same questions you do. Avoid the last-minute rush. Submit your abstract today! 🔗 vist.ly/55m24

@brocku.ca Spring Open house lab tours rocked with EEG! Thank you Brock #Neuroscience club exec team.

Congratulations to @brocku.ca #Neuroscience club president Faith Martin and her exec team for organizing NEUR Hons. thesis defence practice sesh last week! Well done.

We're watching the LeBron of politics of his generation.

Jacob Kornbluh@jacobkornbluh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Raul Rivera yelling outside Mamdani presser. Mamdani: “I want that man to be able to afford to keep living in NYC, because the day that I don't hear him yelling at me, it means he got priced out of this place.” “We need to make this a city where it's affordable enough to yell at your politicians.”

After #CNS2026 presentation, parathas and catching up with @mcgill.ca colleague. Can't beat it.

During my travels in India, I met with students from Bengaluru who are considering making #UBuffalo their academic home. I was delighted to showcase UB’s academic and research excellence and share the exciting opportunities that await them!

#BrockU Professor of Psychology Karen Campbell, Canada Research Chair in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging, says #research suggests early treatment of age-related hearing loss can reduce an individual’s risk of developing dementia. Learn more ➡️ https://loom.ly/O0fp2uA

I am looking forward to presenting my talk "A cognitive neuroscientist asks: Can artificial intelligence 'understand' language?" at Concordia University on Friday December 5 at 3 pm. If you would like to attend, please register via link on poster attached. @brocku.ca #neuroscience #AI

RFK Jr's campaign against public heath is all about ideology. The desire to be free of any regulations you don't like. The freedom to choose what you believe, even if it's dangerously wrong. The supremacy of the individual, regardless of the cost to the collective. bsky.app/profile/pica...

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty. RFK Jr. seems determined to replace evidence-based science with quackery and use the CDC as his mouthpiece, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com

‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...

‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media

Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.

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We (I and @willenjoy.bsky.social) created a toolbox for simulations of EEG/MEG because we needed to simulate data. Our initial aim was to simulate connectivity. For this short clip, I simulated two sources with phase connectivity using our toolbox. #brainmovie meegsim.readthedocs.io/en/stable/in...

Trump’s General Assembly speech endorsed the very things the UN was created to oppose — my column www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Trump’s General Assembly speech endorsed the very things the UN was created to oppose

The U.S. President devoted much of his address to trumpeting the concepts of racial nationalism and ethnic expulsion

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brocku.ca/brock-news/2... @brocku.ca #neuroscience research rocks!

Birth control’s impact on the brain the focus of student research

Psychology master’s student Alison Randell wants to better understand the effects of hormonal birth control on the adolescent brain. “We know how different hormonal contraceptives will affect physical...

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Why and how academic medicine must champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com @ritamc.bsky.social

I'm honoured and delighted that Linguaphile was chosen as the winner of this year's W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize. Many thanks to the jury, who read through a big pile of books, and warm congrats to my fellow finalists, David Martin and Teresa Wong.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PnO... Check out this 1 min clip where I describe why it's impossible for AI to 'understand' language. based on @theconversation.com article lnkd.in/gh97_cbW #Neuroscience @brocku.ca

Veena Dwivedi discusses limits to AI’s ability to ‘understand’ like a human brain

YouTube video by Brock University

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Congratulations to @brocku.ca #neuroscience alum Ryan Hallam (BSc '18) on prestigious Alzheimer's Society post-doc grant. Congrats to NEUR supervisor, Dr Necakov, too :)

PhD researcher sheds light on molecular mechanics of Alzheimer’s

Ryan Hallam (BSc '18) had a lot in common with his current PhD supervisor, Aleksandar Necakov, during his days as an undergraduate Neuroscience student. Hallam and the Associate Professor of Biologica...

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Check out my new article in The Conversation Canada, based on my research in #Neuroscience at @brocku.ca theconversation.com/a-neuroscien...

A neuroscientist explains why it’s impossible for AI to ‘understand’ language

Describing artificial intelligence as having neural networks and understanding language has implications for how we understand both AI and the human brain.

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Excited for my colloquium, "The cognitive neuroscience of language and context" at University at Buffalo's Center for Cognitive Science this upcoming Wednesday April 16.

Does menopause affect brain health? Learn how by signing up for The Brain Health at Midlife and Menopause (BHAMM) Study, now recruiting participants: bit.ly/4hJyMcE #BrainAwarenessWeek @mnrajah.bsky.social @bheamlab.bsky.social @douglasresearch.bsky.social @torontomet.bsky.social

Happy #internationalwomensday! Here's (my daughter) Maya introducing a panel she organized at #McGill University on Decarbonization as part of Women in Renewable Energy. It was a delightful, hopeful evening.