Check out our new preprint! Dual task during reinforcement learning in humans does not only impair the strategic, high level components of learning, but also the RL components. Further evidence of strong interaction between executive and non-executive processes in human learning.

Looking forward to our #CNS2024 symposium: Hippocampal predictions link memory and perception! Covering the latest evidence from neuroimaging, psychophyics, and computational modeling. With talks by Morgan Barense, Dhairyya Singh, Oliver Warrington, Mariam Aly, and Oded Bein 🏳️‍🌈.

If you love trivia, you might have wondered why some people are better at it than others.

Monica Thieu, PhD and Mariam Aly
join us to talk about the latest in the science of trivia and memory.

sciencefriday.com/segments/jeopa…

Prioritizing replay when future goals are unknown biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics

Long-term memory and working memory compete and cooperate to guide attention
link.springer.com/article/10.375…

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EVERY MN Inclusive Neuroscience Development Scholars who applied for #GradSchool this year has been ACCEPTED into a program 🙌🏾

I’m BEAMING with pride 💖

If you know a student who wants to get a PhD in neuro & needs PAID experience, our applicants close Friday 😉 z.umn.edu/minds

How can some people recall random facts so easily?

In today's episode, Monica Thieu, PhD and Mariam Aly join us to talk about the science of memory and remembering facts.

Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284

As you may have already seen, Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl has passed away. I am sad beyond words. Flaco defied the odds and made quite a life for himself in the city over the past year. Along the way he came to mean so much to so many, including me. ❤️🦉

How can some people recall random facts so easily?

Rachel Cohen and Mariam Aly
join us to discuss the psychology of trivia, how to get better at it, and why some people seem to be much more adept at recalling fun trivia facts than others.

sciencefriday.com/segments/jeopa…

A former Jeopardy! winner led a new study that probes how linked memory systems may give trivia buffs an edge in their game trib.al/wimWdaj

A new study led by a Jeopardy! champion, with other Jeopardy! contestants and trivia experts, suggests that trivia knowledge is strengthened by links between two memory systems scientificamerican.com/article/jeopar… on Scientific American

thank you to Hannah Seo 서한나 for the write-up! we're excited to share our work turning the vibes of trivia expertise into controlled lab research (now peer-reviewed and improved 😎) pls share with your friends, enemies, pub quiz teammates!