Maggie Szymanska

Really delighted to announce that our paper is now out! We fMRI scanned patients both before amputation and after - allowing us to make direct comparisons.

We found that the cortical maps are extremely stable, almost unchanged - even 5 years after amputation!

22.08.2025 06:06 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Presenting my poster on pain learning and Phantom Limb Pain today at #IMRF2025 at 3.30pm. Come find me at #21 to chat about how amputees learn painful cues across different environments and in active/passive conditions 🧠

17.07.2025 11:39 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Great start to #IMRF2025 with Symposium 2 all about body representation and some amazing talks! Really enjoyed hearing about how sounds can affect it, e.g. with the auditory pinocchio illusion 🔊, something quite different than what I work on but so fun!

15.07.2025 14:42 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Really inspiring to work with these 2 amazing women rocking it at the UN AI For Good summit! 😍

10.07.2025 12:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sad to say goodbye to #BRNet2025. Lovely community where I learnt so much!! Looking forward to next year 👀

04.07.2025 16:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Having a great time in Utrecht at #BRNet2025! Today, our very talented postdoc @celiafoster.bsky.social and amazing PhD student Ema Jugovic presented their posters. Really great work showcasing our new Third Thumb studies 🧠

03.07.2025 12:20 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Great talk by Matej Hoffman starting off Day 2 of #BRNet2025. Really exciting to see our BOLDkids research on congenital limb difference mentioned as well! Also - what an amazing venue 😊

03.07.2025 12:15 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Really cool work from Lucy Dowdall!

19.06.2025 13:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Had a blast working on this amazing project and the pre-print is now out 🎉! Interested in sensory remapping? We tested congenital limb difference children and adults to investigate how their brains differ and what role compensatory behaviour in childhood has on remapping 🧠 Read more in the thread!

09.12.2024 17:36 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Really excited for this!

02.12.2024 14:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great talk by our amazing postdoc @celiafoster.bsky.social at the #CBUMethodsDay! She introduced motion tracking methods available in neuroscience 🧠 and showed how she is setting up a real-time 3D motion tracking using a portable stereo camera! 🎥 It's a great way of tracking the third thumb!

02.12.2024 13:59 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Introduction post! Hi 👋! I'm a 2nd year PhD working on phantom limb pain, using behavioural and neuroimaging techniques. Currently piloting my new TMS experiment where we try and elicit phantom sensations, measuring MEPs and decision making 🧠! Love to travel, read and crochet when I find the time! 💛

02.12.2024 14:09 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0