🏰 New preprint! 🏰

(w/ the excellent @neuronomist.bsky.social & Prof. Jason Mattingley)

For my PhD I've been using EEG, psychophysics and modelling to explore how the brain uses uncertainty to balance sensory information against expectations about what's out there.

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📢 Rare academic 💎 alert 📢

We’re hiring a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Level B/C) in Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience @ Swinburne (Melbourne).

Teach a brand‑new degree + access MRI, MEG, EEG & TMS/tDCS.

⏰ Apply by 17 May 2026, 11 pm
🔗 swinjobs.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...

Reach out for more info.

If you're attending the amazing #ICON2025, and if you are interested in how humans make risky choices, come to my poster (6.37) today from 10:45 am. I'd love to chat with you about how the precision of the neural representation of value drives choice biases.

PhD opportunity! Get in touch if you are interested in this, or related, project(s). study.uq.edu.au/study-option...

ACNS Webinar - Chris Baker Thank you for your interest in this ACNS Webinar! This is the first of a series of educational talks we have planned for ACNS members throughout 2025. Please complete this form to register for the eve...

🎉 New for 2025! 🎉 The ACNS International Webinar Series kicks off with Dr. Chris Baker, expert in learning & plasticity

📅 Feb 20 | 🖥️ Zoom | 🎟️ ACNS members only
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#Neuroscience #BrainPlasticity #ACNS

📢 Department of Psychological Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology is hiring! 📢

There is an ongoing, full-time, level B position available in the domain of Clinical Psychology. Applications close 23/02/2025.

Learn more here: swinjobs.nga.net.au?jati=14B144C...

Prefrontal dimension change-related activation differs for visual search in sparse and dense displays Changes of the target-defining feature dimension have previously been shown to elicit anterior prefrontal activation increases. In the majority of stu…

🖨️ Fresh off the press! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We have shown that the brain processes visual input differently as a function of display density, violating predictions of dominant cognitive control theories.

Great second day at #ACNS2024! Dr Anthony Harris presenting great work on cognitive effects of neural oscillations

BCI workshop with g.tec showcasing their recoveriX neurorehabilitation interface - very cool! Training motor imagery activation through gameified feedback with simultaneous EEG recording #ACNS2024 @acnsau.bsky.social

Are you an Australian cognitive neuroscientist 🧠 affiliated with the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society?

This Starter Pack is a fast way to connect with your ACNS colleagues - reply here to be added! And don't forget to follow @acnsau.bsky.social Only 5 more sleeps! 🤩 #ACNS2024

#ACNS2024 kicked off today with a host of interesting events. Prof. Karen Caeyenberghs delivered a fascinating keynote on promising rehabilitation of chronic TBI patients

Hello world! Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society is on bsky! #ACNSnews

#ACNS2024 is only a few days away! There is still time, however, to register and submit a late-breaking poster (Friday, November 22).
In the spirit of promoting sustainability, please consider bringing along your own water bottle, coffee cup and lanyard.