Dr Jen Ryan
Cognitive Neuroscientist. Excited to talk about memory, eyetracking, leadership, sports, Peloton, and 90s R&B. Views are my own.
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- Reposted by Dr Jen RyanAligning eye tracking and free recall time series, we found that increased saccades predict episodic (vs. non-episodic) by 0.5 s. Just out in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social, led by Ryan Barker with the inimitable @drjenryan.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Dr Jen RyanMemory might depend on when you look, not just what you see Happy to share a new preprint from my postdoctoral work with Jed Meltzer, @drjenryan.bsky.social, and @rosannaolsen.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
- Memory problems will change how you see the world...literally 👀 Across two new papers, we examined the eye movement patterns of younger adults, older adults, individuals with mild cognitive impairment, and amnesic cases. 1/5
- People with memory problems have altered patterns of eye movements, even when they're looking at something new and we're not asking them to remember anything. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... This change in how the eyes move has consequences. 2/5
- Well this brought tears to my eyes 😭 thank you so much @mariamaly.bsky.social ❤️ funny thing is, we had a really hard time getting this published. Rejected from other journals. Reviewers who said “everyone knows the hippocampus does conscious/explicit memory, so the data must be wrong”….1/n
- I was given the opportunity to write a brief highlight of a paper that is important to the field & personally meaningful, and I chose to write about @drjenryan.bsky.social's elegant work linking the hippocampus to eye movement markers of relational memory. Read more about it here! 👇🏼 rdcu.be/eyaXA
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- Writing sucks. It sucks so much for everyone at every stage that I wrote a blog post about it, and I discuss some strategies to make it more enjoyable. 1/3 drjenryan.com/the-keys-blo...
- “…justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.” This is reprehensible. Stay on your representatives, everyone. Tagging mine in here; reminding you that these are allies AND you have constituents- like me- living in these countries: @duckworth.senate.gov @budzinski.house.gov @durbin.senate.gov
- It is so disheartening that it has come to this. For those who are still going to the US, particularly for CNS in Boston, please make sure you have a plan. Share your flight itinerary with someone, and check in with them when you get through arrivals. Other tips?? Please share 👇
- “…hope is the consequence of action, rather than its cause.” Inspiring vision, message, and playbook that I think we, as scientists, can adopt as well to counteract the cruel cuts being made to science and education in the US.
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- From a friend: DOGE threw out every living plant in NASA’s HQ, even the ones on people’s desks, because ‘watering plants is a waste of taxpayers’ money’. So that’s how this is going.
- A lot still to do… Academia can be a challenging place, and it’s one of many reasons why I am committing to writing a weekly blog this year to try to do *something/anything* to help out. Blog is here: drjenryan.com/the-keys-blog And if you have feedback, questions or topics in mind, let me know!
- Gains made, but still underrepresented: Women in Canadian universities from 1970 to 2022 universityaffairs.ca/features/wom...
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- Reposted by Dr Jen RyanDear fellow scientists, Go talk to the press about what is going on. Talk to local news about how it will impact jobs. Be specific, but don't pity yourself. Instead focus on how your own situation affects local jobs, the national economy, beating the growing scientific race with China. Suggestions:
- Reposted by Dr Jen RyanTo our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
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- Congratulations @rachaelelward.bsky.social @lauren-ford.bsky.social 🎉 great conversation on a great show! 🤩
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- Can you predict the future? Your brain and your eyes can. 🧵 I had the honour of writing a @currentbiology.bsky.social Dispatch in which I discuss exciting new findings from @philippbuchel.bsky.social, Klingspohr, Kehl & Staresina (2024). Read the Dispatch here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 1/3
- Büchel et al.’s combined EEG-eyetracking study shows that as learning progresses, brain patterns and eye movements shift from remembering the past to anticipating the future. 2/3
- Early commute = beauty sunrises from subway platforms 🌞
- Excited to be a part of this! Check out our talks and discussions starting tomorrow and let us know what you think! 🤩
- Come see Anisha talk about how amnesic cases BL and DA fare on an eye movement analogue of path integration. Happening now at B129!🥳
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