Brad Postle

Psychology Research Experience Program (PREP) Symposium 2025, done & dusted

What questions should a comprehensive theory of consciousness consider?

fyi: doi.org/10.21428/8e6...

"We also had an exemplary experience at the journal with editors @barense.bsky.social & @bradpostle.bsky.social." 😎 @jocn.bsky.social

Evidence for dlPFC contribution to #memory suppression using #TMS! Now accepted @jocn.bsky.social. Great team effort and collaboration with Gesa Hartwigsen’s lab @mpicbs.bsky.social‬. We also had an exemplary experience at the journal with editors @barense.bsky.social‬ & @bradpostle.bsky.social‬.

NIH is shrinking the number of research projects it funds due to a new Trump policy NIH plans to shrink the share of grant applications it will award for the remainder of the fiscal year, in some cases by more than half.

By entirely funding more awards up front, the NIH is on track to fund just 1 in 25 applications

Such a payline “would chase a lot of people out of science” former NCI director Ned Sharpless told us 🧪🔬

www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/n...

Mebbe a reversal of Vought's footnote decree, at least for as long as it takes me to type this? "A Trump administration effort to block all funding that flows to outside health researchers was scrapped Tuesday evening after senior White House officials intervened, people familiar with the matter..."

🚨 Just about a week left to celebrate all our fantastic female colleagues in #workingmemory by nominating them for the #WomWoM research fairy award! 🚨

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I'm recruiting a lab manager for my soon-to-be-launched lab at Ohio State! If you know of any recent grads who may be interested both in helping to build the lab and in developing skills in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, please share!

osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar...

belated brag-post because I've been mysteriously locked out of bsky for several weeks, but now I'm evidently back in?

EEG Correlates of Active Removal from Working Memory The removal of no-longer-relevant information from visual working memory (WM) is important for the functioning of WM, given its severe capacity limitation. Previously, with an “ABC-retrocuing” WM task...

EEG Correlates of Active Removal from Working Memory
Jiangang Shan and Bradley R. Postle
Journal of Neuroscience 9 July 2025, 45 (28) e2414242025; doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...

oh. darn. that could have been fun 😅

Proactive control CAN be updated on a trial-by-trial basis

wow. that's remarkably wrong. but the fact that you presumably believe this means that there's a productive debate to be had. but not here. here: doi.org/10.21428/8e6... I await your reply :-)

you're lucky to be out of reach of a slap, Sonnyritz ;-)

Proactive control CAN be updated on a trial-by-trial basis

jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/d448vzo9...

Emotionally: This was exasperating difficult to get through, both at a prev journal and at @jocn.bsky.social, due to bizarre resistance by reviewers to the idea that the flexible control of cognition could involve trial-by-trial adjustment of proactive control. We've vented here:

EEG correlates of active removal from working memory The removal of no-longer-relevant information from visual working memory (WM) is important for the functioning of WM, given its severe capacity limitation. Previously, with an “ABC-retrocuing” WM task...

Scientifically: This, together with doi.org/10.1523/JNEU... provides neural evidence corroborating previous behavioral evidence for our 'hijacked adaptation' model of the active removal of info from WM. Additionally, provides elegant EEG correlates of the control PE and f from Flex. Control Model.

Temporal Dynamics and Representational Consequences of the Control of Processing Conflict between Visual Working Memory and Visual Perception Abstract. Visual working memory (WM) extensively interacts with visual perception. When information between the two processes is in conflict, cognitive control can be recruited to effectively mitigate...

Temporal Dynamics and Representational Consequences of the Control of Processing Conflict between Visual Working Memory and Visual Perception Available
Teng, Fulvio, Pietrelli, Jiang, Postle
(2025) 37 (8): 1328–1348. doi.org/10.1162/jocn...

super-chuffed about this sci'ly and emotion-ly

So proud of @erinmorrow.bsky.social for writing this moving piece about the importance of science funding. She’s an inspiration and powerful force for change.

Gender bias in citation practices four year later – is it working?

New post by Jacqueline Fulvio, in response to @bradpostle.bsky.social and @wmatchin.bsky.social: "Gender bias in citation practices four year later – is it working?"

doi.org/10.21428/8e6...

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

#Bradfest Symposium in honor of @bradpostle.bsky.social 60th Birthday.

it was awesome!

I used to really like it too, then it seemed like the Nth edition fell into the trap of I-need-to-name-drop-every-recent-result-by-a-friend/colleague-who-would-be-offended-if-I-didn't-do-so ... But I should probably give the N+jth edition a fresh look, so thanks much

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This is what someone recommended on the Other Place; I'm intrigued. oecs.mit.edu

Hivemind: Soliciting recommendations for a cognitive psychology textbook, thx!

Because we must build good things while we scream about the bad, I have started a "Data for Good" team @data-for-good-team.bsky.social that partners with organizations needing short-term data science help. We have three projects ongoing & will add more as our capacity grows.
data-for-good-team.org

JoCN Forum

we aspire to provide that "one place" at jocnf.pubpub.org, which is explicitly set up to host threaded discussions. It's taking rather longer than we had hoped to really catch on, but it's ready when you are!

Now out at @elife.bsky.social, a short Insight article I wrote highlighting this cool paper from Qing Yu's lab! They show how working memory representations in human frontal cortex are flexible based on task goals and rules. (elifesciences.org/articles/100..., elifesciences.org/articles/106...)

Calling all science advocates!! Carlos Brody+ are creating a searchable database of tangible science benefits, and they need you.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

They are asking for suggestions - from brief to lengthy. The database is state-searchable, so all 50 states.

Please spread the word!

Thanks @bradpostle.bsky.social & @wmatchin.bsky.social for organizing this, for giving me the opportunity to present on behalf of @imagingneurosci.bsky.social, and for this excellent write-up of the session 🙏🏻

Next up: #ISMRM2025 🏝 diffusion study group, where I'll make a cameo to talk about this!