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Tony Cunningham
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Fiona & Cormac's dad | Assistant Professor & Director of the Center for Sleep & Cognition (CfSC) at Harvard Medical School & Beth Israel Deaconess Med Center | Licensed Clin Psychologist #BLM he/him Go Irish!☘️ https://www.centerforsleepandcognition.com/
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🚨STARTER PACK OWNERS!🚨
I did a little digging and figured out how to turn your #StarterPack into a List & Feed using a couple 3rd-party apps. I suspect this is the next evolution of #BlueSky, so here is a quick how-to and why I think it’s a good idea, plus a super secret pro-tip 🤫 near the end! 🧵
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𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗦𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀

As an EC, have you ever missed out on a conference because of costs, visa issues, or caregiving responsibilities? 🧵

Take part in our survey & share your experiences warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

⏱️ 10-15 min
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Been awhile since i bumped this. Love scrolling thru the feeds (and wouldn't be surprised if there is an easier way to do this now)
🚨STARTER PACK OWNERS!🚨
I did a little digging and figured out how to turn your #StarterPack into a List & Feed using a couple 3rd-party apps. I suspect this is the next evolution of #BlueSky, so here is a quick how-to and why I think it’s a good idea, plus a super secret pro-tip 🤫 near the end! 🧵
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On the next Call In Show Aparna Nancherla and I want to hear your NIGHTTIME WEIRDNESS stories! Tell us about the weird shit that happened to you at night. Fill out the Google Form in my bio or leave a voicemail at 855-266-2604
Any reason why Grants.gov passwords are expiring every 60 days aside from being wildly annoying, esp given the criteria to generate new ones?
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Fresh results now in bioRxiv! 🎉 We know about the function of NREM sleep for overnight memory consolidation. But what about REM sleep? We found that in aging, slow delta waves can intrude phasic REM periods, and this, is associated with worse overnight consolidation 🧠 (1/5) doi.org/10.1101/2025...
REM Sleep Misfires: Intruding Delta Waves Forecast Tau, Amyloid, and Forgetting in Aging
Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep degrades with age, and more severely in Alzheimer's disease (AD). REM sleep comprises about twenty percent of adult sleep, alternates between phasic and tonic periods, a...
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I volunteered for this.

I don't exactly have time, but... my life is enriched whenever I find new ways to productively procrastinate on bullshit that doesn't matter, using an overcommitment that DOES matter.

#psychscisky #cogsci 🧠🟦
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APA call for editorial fellowships, including for Psychological Assessment. Please checkout Psych Assessment if you have interests in clinical assessment, measure development, psychometrics, or related areas!

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🚨New Paper🚨

I spend a lot of time trying to control what people dream about.

Usually, we are looking at dreams of recent memory.

In this new paper, for the first time, we caused people to dream about a specific REMOTE memory from their distant past.

#cogsci
#psychscisky
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Experimentally Inducing Dreams of Remote Emotional Memory
Abstract. People frequently dream of recent experiences, which may reflect the consolidation of memories in the sleeping brain. Many studies demonstrate th
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Applying for graduate studies in psychology and neuroscience can be challenging and confusing. Frequently, applicants have some support from mentors at their home institutions, but sometimes applicants are looking for additional reassurance, feedback, or perspectives on the processes.
LOL the 15 forms i have to fill out just to get reimbursed for conference travel would like a word....
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One thing I learned as a father is just how ridiculous low the bar is set for us culturally. Literally just holding our child gets profuse praise while our female partners would get judged for not doing enough while doing the same thing.
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#SleepPeeps... If my students and I did a study on #dreaming, and tried to recruit participants on Bluesky, would you do it?

Would involve 30min Zoom meeting and recording your dreams + answering lengthy surveys across a week or so. Small $$ compensation.

__yes
__no

#psychscisky
#neuroskyence
My wife bought me and my daughter tickets to a movie for Father's Day and of course my daughter decided it needed to be a formal affair. Best dressed in our row at the very least!

Happy Dad's Day! 🥰🫶🌈
Even the Marriott knows we got a little more to go... Happy Wednesday #SLEEP2025!
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I made some tools for our (MANY!) dream reports. I am making them openly available for others to use! First DreamProcessor github.com/SarahSchoch/..., a simple tool to preprocess dream reports (clean, anonymize, split) that integrates semiautomatic approaches. #sleeppeeps @dresler.bsky.social
GitHub - SarahSchoch/DreamProcessor: A tool to process dream reports before rating.
A tool to process dream reports before rating. Contribute to SarahSchoch/DreamProcessor development by creating an account on GitHub.
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I still get so proud when I hear #UCSF mentioned at a conference. Listening to Dr. Sonia Ancoli-Israel talk about her career trajectory, mentees, colleagues--she trained at UCSF. Not a dry eye in the room at #SLEEP2025.
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Looking forward to sharing our recent work at #SLEEP2025! Circadian Medicine session starting in about an hour and I’ll be discussing approaches to timing cancer immunotherapy. See you there!
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So many great talks at #SLEEP2025! If you missed my poster today, you can stop by tomorrow for my next one!

10:00-10:45
Depressive and Dysregulated: Examining Personality Factors Among Bedtime Procrastinators
Poster 43
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How do astronauts sleep in space? Learning right now at #SLEEP2025 from #NASA scientist. Talking position (tethered to wall) fluid distribution (face gets puffy), noise (printer going, communications), temperature, air quality (CO2), lighting (eye masks to block light), workload/schedule issues.
He's gotta catch me first 😭
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Even though I lived in Washington for 12 years during my grad and postdoc training, it always felt temporary. But being back in Seattle feels a bit like home. 🌲🗻☕️ #SLEEP2025
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🌙✨ SHINE Science at #SLEEP2025 - featuring the CASH Lab ✨🌙

🧠💤 The Cognitive Aging in Sleep Health (CASH) Lab will be at the upcoming SLEEP 2025 Conference in Seattle, WA.

📍Check them out and learn more about their exciting work!

#SHINEscienceatSLEEP #Cognition #Sleep #HealthyAging #AASM #SRS