University of Massachusetts|Cognitive Neuroscientist🧠|Sleep Scientist 😴|Athletic Rep|Ultra Runner 🏃🏻♀️ |Proud Mama to 👭+🐕🐕|Made in MI ✋🏼
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A great podcast for kids and this Halloween episode, where I talk about the science of dreams and nightmares, is a great place to start! @TumbleCast
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I had many opinions about this study and was happy to share with ScienceBlog!
"Sharing a bed with a dog showed no difference in owners’ sleep." scienceblog.com/dog-bed-shar…
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The AASM and AASM Foundation are proud to support the 2026 NIH Research Conference on Sleep and the Health of Women (SHOW 2026).
🔗 Learn more here: hubs.la/Q04B0ZY30
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⌛Submit your poster abstract for ASCS 2027 by October 28, 2026!
Sleep and circadian science researchers are invited to submit their abstracts for a chance to present during our dedicated poster sessions. 🌙🕒
Trainees and early-stage investigators, this is your opportunity to shine! Opt to have your abstract considered for an oral presentation and/or apply for our Trainee Travel Awards. 🚀🏅
ASCS 2027 will be held from February 19-22 in Austin, TX – we hope you will join us.
🎵 Austin Brings the Beat. You Bring the Science.
Review the abstract submission guidelines and apply here: sleepresearchsociety.org/adv…
#ASCS2027 #ResearchSleep #SleepScience #CircadianScience #CallForAbstracts #Research #ScienceConference #TraineeOpportunities #awards #travel
#sleeppeeps - Spread the word, we're looking for a post-doc to add to our team! careers.umass.edu/jobs/post-…
New preprint! Huge data collection feat from Morgan Barnes and analytic prowess from Thea Ng!
Perturbations of aperiodic activity following learning are reversed in nREM resetting the brain by morning. This reset predicts consolidation!
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Check out our new paper helping more labs include PSG in their developmental cogneuro toolbox! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
#devcogneuro #sleeppeeps #cogdevsoc
#sleeppeeps check out this new meta-analysis which provides great guidance on spindle-slow oscillation measurement which has been highly variable across papers! This work was done in my lab @umass by Thea Ng, an undergraduate @MountHolyoke ! tinyurl.com/SPSOcoup
50 mile ride around beautiful western Mass to support our neighbors. It’s not too late to give!
This group killed it today for 50 miles! All for Western Mass Food Bank. Here is the link to donate:
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Who wants to join me? We're hiring in developmental science! We have a great program on a beautiful campus in the best place to live! (Please share) 🤰👶👩👧👩👩👦👦 For more information or to apply please go to: careers.massachusetts.edu/cw…
It was great to be part of this. There is very cool and important work being done to benefit college athletes and really smart grad students behind these proposals!
Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of NCAA Graduate Student Research Grants! See the details on.ncaa.com/gradgrant2024.
Come be my academic neighbor in the five colleges! Smith neuro faculty are part of umass neuro grad program. We’re happy to support and collaborate with Smith faculty. We look forward to more neuroscience in the Pioneer Valley!
We are hiring! Join the Neuroscience program @smithcollege and enjoy working with our talented students! We balance teaching with research and we enjoy the beauty of Western Massachusetts. apply.interfolio.com/152435 I am happy to answer questions about this tenure track position!
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We recently had a blast at #SLEEP2024 (with our very own @rebicca acting as chair)! Here's some pics of our grad students with their posters--it was really exciting to meet our fellow #sleeppeeps. Yay for #sleepscience 🎉
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The #Neuroscience of #Naps: @rebicca has contributed to the scientific understanding of children’s need for naps—and their links to #brain maturation, #memory, and #learning. #sleep #eeg
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Want to know what we do in @somneurolab ? Here’s a great piece on our developmental line of work, hot off the presses in @SleepReview. With @TracyRigginsPhD
tinyurl.com/NapTimeSR
#sleeppeeps #scienceofsleep
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Perspective by Kelly Coyne: How and why couples decide to sleep separately can make a huge difference in whether the arrangement is good or bad for a relationship. wapo.st/3yj5M9K
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Permanent Daylight Saving Time is the antiscience, antihealth, anticlimate, antiworker, antistudent position. Learn about the long term negative effects of being permanently misaligned from the sun youtu.be/zdoNP635Z7s?si=ucHB… @SaveStandard #DitchDST – at Springfield, MA
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It’s incredibly sad what @PhilipsResp has done to #Respironics and the legacy of the incredible company that Gerry McGinnis had built. It’s unfortunately ironic that Gerry passed away on the same day as this announcement.
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#sleeppeeps check out these recs. We discuss here how to increase the quality of these findings and interpretations. I appreciate that costs and low funding get in the way. Hopefully this piece can be cited as evidence for a greater investment from founders!
In a new Perspective, Németh et al. review methodological challenges in studying the effects of sleep on learning & memory, and make recommendations for improving reliability of research in this field.
🚨FREE🚨 to access until January 22!
go.nature.com/3GSjfpZ
The submission site is open for #SLEEP2024, the 38th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). Contribute to the premier meeting in the sleep field by submitting your research abstracts and session proposals by Dec. 20! ow.ly/x0qZ50QfGJJ
