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Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky. Attention & Mind Wandering | Mindfulness & Meditation | EEG Brain Dynamics

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BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex - Nature Neuroscience Using quantitative brain imaging, the authors show opposite fMRI BOLD signal to metabolic activity due to variable oxygen extraction across the human cortex. This questions the canonical interpretatio...

This paper seems like a big deal: BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex. Curious to hear what others think.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

21.01.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood

Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...

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Resolving Whole-Brain Alpha Traveling Waves Across Brain States Spontaneously emerging traveling waves are present within the spatiotemporal patterns of alpha-band EEG oscillations, but current analysis methods are…

I wanted to share some exciting new papers: Li et al (sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) demonstrated traveling alpha waves explain the transitions between EEG microstates, and van Es et al. (nature.com/articles/s41...) showed cyclical patterns in transitions between brain networks.

22.10.2025 12:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Prospective Students | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Please consider applying to the PhD program in the Psychology Department at University of Kentucky to join my lab as a trainee for Fall 2026 admission. Come study attention, mind wandering, mindfulness. Find more information about the PhD program here: psychology.as.uky.edu/grad-prospec...

29.09.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The position is open to the Associate Professor level as well!

29.09.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant or Associate Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience The Department of Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY seeks to fill a tenure-eligible faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor l...

Join us at the University of Kentucky! We are looking to hire an Assistant Professor of Psychology, whose research program in cognitive neuroscience investigates interactions between cellular and behavioral outcomes in the context of health-related issues.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...

29.09.2025 12:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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OUR Podcast Podcast Β· OUR Podcast Β· Sharing the research stories of University of Kentucky undergraduates.

Fantastic to listen to Abdallah Sher, a student in my lab this year, discuss their research experience here at UK!
tinyurl.com/TheOURPodcast

20.12.2024 15:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0