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Curious about neural networks and mechanisms for understanding self and other from infancy to adulthood? 🧠
Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann will be giving a talk on this at the DGPs Fachgruppe Bio- und Neuropsychologie!🦊📣
🗓 22 September at 12:00
More information: www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/...
Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann will be giving a talk on this at the DGPs Fachgruppe Bio- und Neuropsychologie!🦊📣
🗓 22 September at 12:00
More information: www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/...
September 18, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Curious about neural networks and mechanisms for understanding self and other from infancy to adulthood? 🧠
Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann will be giving a talk on this at the DGPs Fachgruppe Bio- und Neuropsychologie!🦊📣
🗓 22 September at 12:00
More information: www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/...
Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann will be giving a talk on this at the DGPs Fachgruppe Bio- und Neuropsychologie!🦊📣
🗓 22 September at 12:00
More information: www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/...
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After years of analyzing thousands of drawings from hundreds of adults and children, I am excited to share my first ever paper (w/ @samiyousif.bsky.social )! Using a simple drawing task, we show how topological structure is represented in the mind and its importance in spatial memory.
Topological structure in human spatial representation revealed through drawing
elifesciences.org
September 10, 2026 at 10:22 PM
After years of analyzing thousands of drawings from hundreds of adults and children, I am excited to share my first ever paper (w/ @samiyousif.bsky.social )! Using a simple drawing task, we show how topological structure is represented in the mind and its importance in spatial memory.
Happy to see our study "It's about time: Specific and unspecific effects of episodic future thinking on farsighted decisions" out in Cognition: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (Open access). With @rolandbenoit.bsky.social at @mpicbs.bsky.social. Original thread here: bsky.app/profile/heid...
September 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Happy to see our study "It's about time: Specific and unspecific effects of episodic future thinking on farsighted decisions" out in Cognition: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (Open access). With @rolandbenoit.bsky.social at @mpicbs.bsky.social. Original thread here: bsky.app/profile/heid...
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In honor of International Left-Handers Day, we have an updated preprint on scanning left-handed participants in fMRI studies. Although they're 11% of the population, we routinely screen LH people out of fMRI studies due to concerns about functional lateralization 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Left Out: The Effect of Handedness on fMRI Activation in Memory Paradigms
About 11% of the population is left-handed, a significant minority of the potential participant pool for functional MRI (fMRI) studies. However, convention in fMRI research dictates these potential pa...
www.biorxiv.org
August 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
In honor of International Left-Handers Day, we have an updated preprint on scanning left-handed participants in fMRI studies. Although they're 11% of the population, we routinely screen LH people out of fMRI studies due to concerns about functional lateralization 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
So happy to see this work out in Imaging Neuroscience! Thank you @stevengeysen.bsky.social for getting it there :)
Thanks to the comments from the reviewers, and the help of all my coauthors (Ella Brands, @heidrunschultz.bsky.social , @koeniglab.bsky.social , Marc Tittgemeyer and @peterslab.bsky.social ), this preprint turned into my first publication
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
August 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM
So happy to see this work out in Imaging Neuroscience! Thank you @stevengeysen.bsky.social for getting it there :)
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We're finally getting the tools to study replay in humans. But why bother? What can we learn from it that we don't know from rodent recordings? Our thoughts are now out in a new TICS Forum
Great fun writing this w @smfleming.bsky.social + @maritpetzka.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Great fun writing this w @smfleming.bsky.social + @maritpetzka.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
What can we learn from studying replay in humans?
Noninvasive methods are making it possible to study neural replay in humans. Although focused on alignment with rodent findings, human research often …
authors.elsevier.com
July 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
We're finally getting the tools to study replay in humans. But why bother? What can we learn from it that we don't know from rodent recordings? Our thoughts are now out in a new TICS Forum
Great fun writing this w @smfleming.bsky.social + @maritpetzka.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Great fun writing this w @smfleming.bsky.social + @maritpetzka.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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How do children remember the important things in their lives? In this article, Zoe Ngo @zoengo.bsky.social and Pedro Espinosa‑Villafranca describe their research approach to studying the development of memory processes in childhood.🧠
boldscience.org/how-do-child...
boldscience.org/how-do-child...
“Memories of real-world experiences are shaped by personal meaning, emotion, a child’s own sense of agency, and social interaction.”
Zoe Ngo and Pedro Espinosa-Villafranca ask how children remember experiences. #ChildDevelopment
boldscience.org/how-do-child...
Zoe Ngo and Pedro Espinosa-Villafranca ask how children remember experiences. #ChildDevelopment
boldscience.org/how-do-child...
How do children remember experiences?
Children’s memory growth is shaped by foundational cognitive abilities and the environment
boldscience.org
July 7, 2026 at 7:41 AM
How do children remember the important things in their lives? In this article, Zoe Ngo @zoengo.bsky.social and Pedro Espinosa‑Villafranca describe their research approach to studying the development of memory processes in childhood.🧠
boldscience.org/how-do-child...
boldscience.org/how-do-child...
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New #preprint by @francescopoli.bsky.social, @duncanastle.bsky.social and colleagues. Infant-like curiosity and brain-like organisation drive the complexity of human #cognition. Exciting finding for #AI! Thanks for including Charlotte and me in the project!
Curiosity shapes brain-like architectures and functions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.02.735826v1
July 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM
New #preprint by @francescopoli.bsky.social, @duncanastle.bsky.social and colleagues. Infant-like curiosity and brain-like organisation drive the complexity of human #cognition. Exciting finding for #AI! Thanks for including Charlotte and me in the project!
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Lunch LecturesEntwicklungspsychologie
🗓 Datum: 07. Juli 2026
🕛 Zeit: 12:00–13:00 Uhr
💻 Ort: Zoom
Wir freuen uns auf den Vortrag von Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (Technische Universität Nürnberg):
"How young children come to understand others"
Details:
drive.google.com/file/d/1eHx5...
🗓 Datum: 07. Juli 2026
🕛 Zeit: 12:00–13:00 Uhr
💻 Ort: Zoom
Wir freuen uns auf den Vortrag von Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (Technische Universität Nürnberg):
"How young children come to understand others"
Details:
drive.google.com/file/d/1eHx5...
July 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Lunch LecturesEntwicklungspsychologie
🗓 Datum: 07. Juli 2026
🕛 Zeit: 12:00–13:00 Uhr
💻 Ort: Zoom
Wir freuen uns auf den Vortrag von Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (Technische Universität Nürnberg):
"How young children come to understand others"
Details:
drive.google.com/file/d/1eHx5...
🗓 Datum: 07. Juli 2026
🕛 Zeit: 12:00–13:00 Uhr
💻 Ort: Zoom
Wir freuen uns auf den Vortrag von Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (Technische Universität Nürnberg):
"How young children come to understand others"
Details:
drive.google.com/file/d/1eHx5...
Reposted by Heidrun Schultz
Amazing memories from #PuG2026! 🧠
Wonderful seeing the team: Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (3rd from left), @heidrunschultz.bsky.social @tobiashopf.bsky.social & Anna-Lena Tebbe. Great conference featuring Charlotte & Heidrun's symposium and posters by Tobias Hopf & Lea Haerms. Thanks for stopping by! 🙌
Wonderful seeing the team: Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (3rd from left), @heidrunschultz.bsky.social @tobiashopf.bsky.social & Anna-Lena Tebbe. Great conference featuring Charlotte & Heidrun's symposium and posters by Tobias Hopf & Lea Haerms. Thanks for stopping by! 🙌
June 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Amazing memories from #PuG2026! 🧠
Wonderful seeing the team: Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (3rd from left), @heidrunschultz.bsky.social @tobiashopf.bsky.social & Anna-Lena Tebbe. Great conference featuring Charlotte & Heidrun's symposium and posters by Tobias Hopf & Lea Haerms. Thanks for stopping by! 🙌
Wonderful seeing the team: Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (3rd from left), @heidrunschultz.bsky.social @tobiashopf.bsky.social & Anna-Lena Tebbe. Great conference featuring Charlotte & Heidrun's symposium and posters by Tobias Hopf & Lea Haerms. Thanks for stopping by! 🙌
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Excited for #OHBM2026 in Bordeaux!
I'm presenting at an oral session on arcuate fascicle maturation in 1-year-olds (Monday, June 15 at 4:45 pm) and a poster (Monday, June 15 at 12:30 & Tuesday, June 16 at 12:30).
Come say hi, happy to chat about infant brain development!
#OHBM #HumanBrainMapping
I'm presenting at an oral session on arcuate fascicle maturation in 1-year-olds (Monday, June 15 at 4:45 pm) and a poster (Monday, June 15 at 12:30 & Tuesday, June 16 at 12:30).
Come say hi, happy to chat about infant brain development!
#OHBM #HumanBrainMapping
June 11, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Excited for #OHBM2026 in Bordeaux!
I'm presenting at an oral session on arcuate fascicle maturation in 1-year-olds (Monday, June 15 at 4:45 pm) and a poster (Monday, June 15 at 12:30 & Tuesday, June 16 at 12:30).
Come say hi, happy to chat about infant brain development!
#OHBM #HumanBrainMapping
I'm presenting at an oral session on arcuate fascicle maturation in 1-year-olds (Monday, June 15 at 4:45 pm) and a poster (Monday, June 15 at 12:30 & Tuesday, June 16 at 12:30).
Come say hi, happy to chat about infant brain development!
#OHBM #HumanBrainMapping
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New preprint out 🌿
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With Qingyue Bi, Michelle Moller, Julian Koenig, @peterslab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With Qingyue Bi, Michelle Moller, Julian Koenig, @peterslab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org
June 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
New preprint out 🌿
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With Qingyue Bi, Michelle Moller, Julian Koenig, @peterslab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With Qingyue Bi, Michelle Moller, Julian Koenig, @peterslab.bsky.social
Come see us at #PuG2026! Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (@milestoneslab.bsky.social) and I will be presenting the symposium on "Memory, Space, and Perspective: Internally Constructed Neural Representations in the Developing Mind", today 4pm in HS 14!
June 5, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Come see us at #PuG2026! Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann (@milestoneslab.bsky.social) and I will be presenting the symposium on "Memory, Space, and Perspective: Internally Constructed Neural Representations in the Developing Mind", today 4pm in HS 14!
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Now out in Nature Neuroscience: "Fixation duration on natural scenes is explained by memory encoding not processing demand".
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our eyes don't linger because recognition is hard; they linger to remember. Let me take you on a quick tour. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our eyes don't linger because recognition is hard; they linger to remember. Let me take you on a quick tour. 🧵
Fixation duration on natural scenes is explained by memory encoding not processing demand - Nature Neuroscience
By combining magnetoencephalography and eye tracking, this study sheds light on why people fixate on some parts of natural scenes longer than others. Rather than visual complexity, fixation durations ...
www.nature.com
May 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Now out in Nature Neuroscience: "Fixation duration on natural scenes is explained by memory encoding not processing demand".
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our eyes don't linger because recognition is hard; they linger to remember. Let me take you on a quick tour. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our eyes don't linger because recognition is hard; they linger to remember. Let me take you on a quick tour. 🧵
Reposted by Heidrun Schultz
Which factors are more vs. less important in predicting memory?
We systematically investigated the contributions of image memorability, valence, arousal, attention, and test delay.
Image memorability was the strongest predictor of memory.
Proud of this work led by @hartwakeland.bsky.social!
We systematically investigated the contributions of image memorability, valence, arousal, attention, and test delay.
Image memorability was the strongest predictor of memory.
Proud of this work led by @hartwakeland.bsky.social!
OSF
osf.io
May 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Which factors are more vs. less important in predicting memory?
We systematically investigated the contributions of image memorability, valence, arousal, attention, and test delay.
Image memorability was the strongest predictor of memory.
Proud of this work led by @hartwakeland.bsky.social!
We systematically investigated the contributions of image memorability, valence, arousal, attention, and test delay.
Image memorability was the strongest predictor of memory.
Proud of this work led by @hartwakeland.bsky.social!
Reposted by Heidrun Schultz
I am beyond excited to share our new preprint ‘Building world models by learning to distinguish imagination from reality: why childhood imagination feels so real’ with Nora Petrova, @tessamdekker.bsky.social and @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
May 7, 2026 at 10:06 AM
I am beyond excited to share our new preprint ‘Building world models by learning to distinguish imagination from reality: why childhood imagination feels so real’ with Nora Petrova, @tessamdekker.bsky.social and @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
It is back!
🧠 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
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
April 29, 2026 at 7:25 AM
It is back!
The Milestones of Neurocognitive Development Lab, led by Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann, is now on Bluesky - follow us for exciting insights into the development of human cognition!
🦊🧠 Hello Bluesky!
We are the Milestones of Neurocognitive Development Lab, a joint research group at @mpicbs.bsky.social and the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN).
Led by Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann, we explore the neural and cognitive milestones of the developing mind!
We are the Milestones of Neurocognitive Development Lab, a joint research group at @mpicbs.bsky.social and the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN).
Led by Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann, we explore the neural and cognitive milestones of the developing mind!
April 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The Milestones of Neurocognitive Development Lab, led by Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann, is now on Bluesky - follow us for exciting insights into the development of human cognition!
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Have you ever heard a #child proudly say “Schau mal, zwei Hünde!” What sounds amusing to us shows how hard forming plurals is for a 3yo. Cheslie Klein, Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann & Angela Friederici show how maturation of #neural pathways in 🧠 is linked to form plural of #words.
tinyurl.com/2mm5y5sy
tinyurl.com/2mm5y5sy
How “Highways” in the Brain Help Young Children Form Plurals
How “Highways” in the Brain Help Young Children Form Plurals
www.cbs.mpg.de
April 21, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Have you ever heard a #child proudly say “Schau mal, zwei Hünde!” What sounds amusing to us shows how hard forming plurals is for a 3yo. Cheslie Klein, Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann & Angela Friederici show how maturation of #neural pathways in 🧠 is linked to form plural of #words.
tinyurl.com/2mm5y5sy
tinyurl.com/2mm5y5sy
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Postdocstelle in der Biopsychologie in Köln zu besetzen:
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
Spannende Forschung, nettes Team und 4 SWS Lehre im Bachelor/Master Psychologie. Bewerbungsfrist endet am 17.04. - gerne Teilen.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
Spannende Forschung, nettes Team und 4 SWS Lehre im Bachelor/Master Psychologie. Bewerbungsfrist endet am 17.04. - gerne Teilen.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de
April 15, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Postdocstelle in der Biopsychologie in Köln zu besetzen:
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
Spannende Forschung, nettes Team und 4 SWS Lehre im Bachelor/Master Psychologie. Bewerbungsfrist endet am 17.04. - gerne Teilen.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
Spannende Forschung, nettes Team und 4 SWS Lehre im Bachelor/Master Psychologie. Bewerbungsfrist endet am 17.04. - gerne Teilen.
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1/ 🚨 New preprint
Key Moments Scaffold the Semantic Structure of Narratives
Using spoken recall and annotations from three naturalistic datasets with topic modeling, we ask: which parts of a narrative contribute most to its semantic structure and subsequently memory?
Preprint: osf.io/dcfvw
Key Moments Scaffold the Semantic Structure of Narratives
Using spoken recall and annotations from three naturalistic datasets with topic modeling, we ask: which parts of a narrative contribute most to its semantic structure and subsequently memory?
Preprint: osf.io/dcfvw
OSF
osf.io
March 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
1/ 🚨 New preprint
Key Moments Scaffold the Semantic Structure of Narratives
Using spoken recall and annotations from three naturalistic datasets with topic modeling, we ask: which parts of a narrative contribute most to its semantic structure and subsequently memory?
Preprint: osf.io/dcfvw
Key Moments Scaffold the Semantic Structure of Narratives
Using spoken recall and annotations from three naturalistic datasets with topic modeling, we ask: which parts of a narrative contribute most to its semantic structure and subsequently memory?
Preprint: osf.io/dcfvw
Reposted by Heidrun Schultz
Are episodic and semantic memory really that different? Using closely matched tasks, we found no substantial neural differences between recalling personal experiences and general knowledge: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02390-4
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Are episodic and semantic memory really that different? Using closely matched tasks, we found no substantial neural differences between recalling personal experiences and general knowledge: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02390-4
Reposted by Heidrun Schultz
Save the date for the 1st MEEP – Heidelberg Summer School on Memory and Sleep: May 31st to June 3rd
Keynote speakers: @marwimber.bsky.social @mgarvert.bsky.social & Dan Bendor
Sessions on:
memory processes
sleep & replay
analysis and stimulation techniques
www.zi-mannheim.de/forschung/ab...
plz rp
Keynote speakers: @marwimber.bsky.social @mgarvert.bsky.social & Dan Bendor
Sessions on:
memory processes
sleep & replay
analysis and stimulation techniques
www.zi-mannheim.de/forschung/ab...
plz rp
MEEP – Heidelberg Summer School on Memory and Sleep
Join our 4-day summer school on memory consolidation, neural replay, and sleep. May 31–June 3, 2026 in Heidelberg. For Master, PhD students & postdocs.
www.zi-mannheim.de
February 12, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Save the date for the 1st MEEP – Heidelberg Summer School on Memory and Sleep: May 31st to June 3rd
Keynote speakers: @marwimber.bsky.social @mgarvert.bsky.social & Dan Bendor
Sessions on:
memory processes
sleep & replay
analysis and stimulation techniques
www.zi-mannheim.de/forschung/ab...
plz rp
Keynote speakers: @marwimber.bsky.social @mgarvert.bsky.social & Dan Bendor
Sessions on:
memory processes
sleep & replay
analysis and stimulation techniques
www.zi-mannheim.de/forschung/ab...
plz rp
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Really cool new project from @urvi.bsky.social that finds that kids are much better at temporal reasoning than previously reported, if we test them with REAL passing time, rather than hypothetical past or future events and differentiate past and future at 3 years old.
New w/ @drbarner.bsky.social! We argue that children's struggle to represent the past and future in common tests of knowledge may stem from difficulties in hypothetical reasoning about imaginary timelines, rather than a lack of knowledge about time. 1/n
academic.oup.com/chidev/advan...
academic.oup.com/chidev/advan...
Back to reality: Children's early temporal reasoning applies to real but not hypothetical events
Abstract. Time words like “yesterday” and “tomorrow” are hard for children to learn, and for researchers to study, because their referents change from day
academic.oup.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Really cool new project from @urvi.bsky.social that finds that kids are much better at temporal reasoning than previously reported, if we test them with REAL passing time, rather than hypothetical past or future events and differentiate past and future at 3 years old.
Reposted by Heidrun Schultz
1/7 Can infants recognise the world around them? 👶🧠 As part of the FOUNDCOG project, we scanned 134 awake infants using fMRI. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, our research reveals 2-month-old infants already possess complex visual representations in VVC that align with DNNs.
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
1/7 Can infants recognise the world around them? 👶🧠 As part of the FOUNDCOG project, we scanned 134 awake infants using fMRI. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, our research reveals 2-month-old infants already possess complex visual representations in VVC that align with DNNs.