Maria Luiza Iennaco

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Memory traces and the (anti)causalism debate One of the most important debates in the philosophy of memory is the causalism versus post-causalism debate. On the one hand, causalists defend the thesis that remembering requires a causal link vi...

My paper 'Memory traces and the (anti)causalist debate' has been published in Philosophical Psychology.

In it, I argue that the debate between causalism and simulationism is a debate about the functional profile of the episodic memory system (1/4)

doi.org/10.1080/0951...

19h em Brasília, 23h no Porto 😵‍💫

YouTube video by Sociedade Brasileira de Filosofia Analítica - SBFA III EBFA - Filosofia da mente

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4jy...
Hoje, às 19h (horário de Brasília), falarei um pouco de minha pesquisa de doutorado. Para participar, basta entrar neste link e acompanhar! Espero vocês.

Figure from paper showing "The Brain is ..." at the top and answers in a 2D embedding space at the bottom.

Complete this sentence, "The brain is ...".
What's your favorite answer? I'm team cluster 17/18.

Taken from this delightful paper by Taylor Bolt and @lucinauddin.bsky.social; results of text in >4 million peer-reviewed articles + text analytic tools.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39798046/

Cognitive modeling of real-world behavior for understanding mental health A core strength of computational psychiatry is its focus on theory-driven research, in which cognitive processes are precisely quantified using computational models that formalize specific theoretical mechanisms. However, the data used in these studies often come from traditional laboratory-based cognitive tasks, which have unclear ecological validity. In this review we propose that the same theoretical frameworks and computational models can be applied to real-world data such as experience sampling, passive data, and digital-behavior data (e.g., online activity such as on social media). In turn, modeling real-world data can benefit from a theory-driven computational approach to move from purely predictive to explanatory power. We illustrate these points using emerging studies and discuss the challenges and opportunities of using real-world data in computational psychiatry.

Online Now: Cognitive modeling of real-world behavior for understanding mental health

You see this, post a concert pic you took

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Computational Ecology and/or Evolution @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.
Deadline to apply September 30.
Reach out if you have questions.

apply.interfolio.com/172496

Assistant Professor - Cognitive Sciences University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

Come work with us! UC Irvine Cognitive Sciences is looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09896

I'm not on the committee, but happy to talk if you're interested.

The world is so crazy right now that it was the first time I haven't seen anything about 11/09 in the USA in my social bubble.

And also got my paper accepted, yay!
Weekend starts now!!

GREATEST DAY 👍💥

Workshop (En)Active Minds was amazing! We had a good time of discussions, drinks, and Portuguese food. :)
Thank you @tobiasschlicht.bsky.social for accepting our invitation, and the others for coming to Porto! We'll see each other again soon.

1920s 🤝 2020s

- Poland about to enter war between Ukraine and Russia
- Fascism on the rise around the world
- Weirdos are trying to electrify food again

New preprint! We are pleased to share our Hierarchical Bayesian framework for Interoceptive Psychophysics! Implemented in rstan, we provide a complete suite of tools spanning model comparison, parameter recovery, multifactor designs, power analysis, and more! 🎯 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Top 3 songs&places:

1 Learning to fly (by pink floyd) in the plane heading to my first eurotrip (when I was 16yo)
2 High Hopes (by pink floyd) in Cambridge synchronized with church bells
3 Lisbon (by angra) in Lisbon

Bonus Duality (by slipknot) in a .rar bus, going to work

Every time I go somewhere, one song that reminds me the place keeps playing in loop in my mind. This time, Lisbon (by Angra) in Lisbon 😁

#satisfaction

It's a pity we have to write conclusions for papers and can't just fade them out, like musicians do.

🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | Nicolee Rust

Neuroscientist @nicolecrust.bsky.social argues here that by treating brains as complex systems, neuroscientists are finally making progress on mental health treatment, including utilising psychedelics to enhance brain plasticity as part of therapy - bit.ly/4lkS0pR #philmind #neuroskyence #NeuroSky

10 days left to submit your abstract and join us in Porto!

Timetables to share

We are very excited to share the conference schedule and book of abstracts for this year’s ISPSM! 💫

Link to schedule: tiny.cc/ISPSM2025sch...

Link to book of abstracts: tiny.cc/ISPSM2025boo...

#philmind #philsky

He will do something to lose the right to house arrest. It is a matter of time 🙏

BIG DAY 👍

The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making Author summary Breathing is more than just a vital process for survival — it influences how we perceive and interact with the world around us. Recent research suggests that the rhythm of breathing, fr...

🧠 New paper on breathing and the brain, out now
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!

A good reminder that THE BRAIN 👏🏼 IS CONNECTED 👏🏼 TO THE BODY 👏🏼 100% OF THE TIME 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

(please repeat loudly for the people in the back)
#medsky #neuroskyence 🧠🧪

Living in Europe for 6 months now has made me slightly forget how difficult things are for Latin Americans. I was so excited about ASSC being in Chile, only to realize how expensive it would be for Brazilians to go. I truly hope they consider this on the value of the "low-income countries" fees.

Hoje abrem as inscrições para nosso curso de inverno, não percam!! #consciência #fflch #usp #neurociência

Our very special call for abstracts for the (En)Active Minds and AI Workshop 🫴🪼⚙️ is now open!
We'll explore themes from the work of
@tobiasschlicht.bsky.social.
Submit by Aug 20, decision letters will be sent within 3 days!
Join us Sept 5 in Porto! ifilosofia.up.pt/activities/w...