@annaschapiro.bsky.social
Associate Prof at U Penn. Learning, memory, sleep, neural network modeling...
@jplotkin.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.socialOpportunity: Penn MindCORE Fellowship!
MindCORE seeks postdoctoral researchers for our Research Fellowship. Housed in Arts & Sciences at Penn, MindCORE is an interdisciplinary effort to understand human intelligence and behavior.
Deadline December 1, 2026.
@jeremymberg.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.socialPlease comment on "Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review" by Tuesday (October 13th, 2026).
rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...
Here is my comment:
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@annaschapiro.bsky.socialComments due Tuesday! rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...
Here is mine.
@annaschapiro.bsky.socialWe would still have access to the written reviews, I think? Is that your understanding? (Very against this change, just want to make sure I understand before writing my comment.)
@lampinen.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.socialNew blog post! I wrote about why I think it's useful to use metaphorical (and anthropomorphic) terms to describe AI. I start by describing the role of metaphor in language and cognition, and how metaphors can help us to efficiently understand relational structure and make predictions 1/2
@blekhman.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.socialMy inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI.
My new post:
@annaschapiro.bsky.social😂
@jenna-m-norton.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.socialHope can feel in short supply these days. But I am truly hopeful for the future, in large part because of the community we've built through the Bethesda Declaration.
Proud to share these reflections on hope: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10....
May they bring you some hope.
@glupyan.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.socialEnd of an era for sure! I've collected tens of thousands of subjects through mTurk over the years and wouldn't have done a lot of my work if it didn't exist. Prolific pretends to have a handle on things, but it doesn't. I don't know what form online research takes in a post Turing-test world!
@annaschapiro.bsky.socialWow I just heard the news that Mechanical Turk is shutting down. Was there so little discussion on here about it because people haven't been using it anymore anyway? (Will Prolific not go the same way...?)
@annaschapiro.bsky.socialBeautiful summary of the "mix of grief and excitement"
@caswell.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.socialMasa's paper is out in Hippocampus. The left-right alternation of hippocampal theta sequences at T-maze choice points, much loved as a 'planning' signal, falls straight out of MEC dynamics. Well done @masahironakano.bsky.social, fun project with @clopathlab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/hipo.70131
@chrishoney.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.social1/ How do we sustain mental continuity in the face of interruption? @xianl-explorer.bsky.social found that, while people listen to a story, posterior medial cortex expresses a slowly evolving "background" representation of the story's context, which survived through silence and interfering tasks.
@jenna-m-norton.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.socialPlease join me in thanking the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd & @jddaw.bsky.social
These brave scientists are taking on risk to protect science, scientists & beneficiaries of science (all of us).
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
@spiantado.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.social@jeremymberg.bsky.socialReposted by @annaschapiro.bsky.socialLots of stories across Pennsylvania about NIH grant terminations at Pitt and Penn.
This is why speaking out matters. Even Congress critters who generally support the administration get pressured into actually supporting their constituents.
@annaschapiro.bsky.socialLab member updates! Sad but so excited for both of them that @paigesev.bsky.social is heading off to do her PhD with @maureenritchey.bsky.social at UCLA!! And SO thrilled to welcome @daniel-carstensen.bsky.social here as PhD student & @sydneybergstrom.bsky.social as RA!! schapirolab.org/people.html
@annaschapiro.bsky.socialA *super* exciting new paper from @lizsiefert.bsky.social!! Human hippocampal ripple rates track very closely with several indicators of low arousal, during both sleep and wake. This is probably the most compelling data I have ever been associated with.
@annaschapiro.bsky.socialUpdate: Thank you SO much to everyone who got in touch with advice. I will definitely be appealing. I also promise to share everything I learn along the way, as well as the text of my appeal, in case useful to others with NIH terminations.
