Colleen
@colleenhughes.bsky.social
Assistant research scientist @ IU Bloomington | Social cognitive neuroscience of aging | she/her | Montreal Neurological Institute Postdoc | IU Bloomington PhD | St. Mary's College of Maryland BA
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Colleen
@colleenhughes.bsky.social
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Functional reconfiguration between rest and movie watching relates to theory-of-mind performance among young and older adults
Abstract. Functional connectivity among macroscale brain networks is minimally modified across rest and task states, suggesting a shared functional archite
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Recently I (& @richardfbetzel.bsky.social et al.) asked how much does functional connectivity change (i.e., reconfigure) between rest and narrative movie-watching in young and older adults? And does that relate to how well people understood those narratives? Answers here: doi.org/10.1093/cerc...
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Now in press one of my last PhD projects! We traced the neurobiological profile of fMRI BOLD signal variability, a measure that has been related to age, behaviour, disease status, but had not yet been fully contextualised within the brain's multiscale architecture. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The biological role of local and global fMRI BOLD signal variability in multiscale human brain organization - Nature Communications
Baracchini et al. reveal that temporal variability in fMRI brain signals encodes biologically meaningful information across spatial and temporal scales, highlighting its role in healthy brain function...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Now in press one of my last PhD projects! We traced the neurobiological profile of fMRI BOLD signal variability, a measure that has been related to age, behaviour, disease status, but had not yet been fully contextualised within the brain's multiscale architecture. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. Denise C. Park, founder of CVL, passed away on Sunday, Feb 1. A pioneering cognitive neuroscientist, mentor, & leader, Dr. Park shaped the study of memory, aging, & the brain. Read the full remembrance here: cvl.utdallas.edu/in-memory-of-dr-denise-c-park/
In Memory of Dr. Denise C. Park
In Memory of Dr. Denise C. Park Dr. Denise C. Park passed away on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at age 74. She was a beloved cognitive neuroscientist and colleague whose remarkable career spanned over 50…
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February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. Denise C. Park, founder of CVL, passed away on Sunday, Feb 1. A pioneering cognitive neuroscientist, mentor, & leader, Dr. Park shaped the study of memory, aging, & the brain. Read the full remembrance here: cvl.utdallas.edu/in-memory-of-dr-denise-c-park/
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Individualized Mapping of Functional Brain Networks in Older Adulthood https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.30.702883v1
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Individualized Mapping of Functional Brain Networks in Older Adulthood https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.30.702883v1
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Social “envirotyping” the ABCD study contextualizes dissociable brain organization and diverging outcomes
New paper from former BNBL-er and current postdoc at Northeastern University, London @h-merritt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/scan...
New paper from former BNBL-er and current postdoc at Northeastern University, London @h-merritt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/scan...
Social “envirotyping” the ABCD study contextualizes dissociable brain organization and diverging outcomes
Abstract. The environment, especially social features, plays a key role in shaping the development of the brain, notably during adolescence. To better unde
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February 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Social “envirotyping” the ABCD study contextualizes dissociable brain organization and diverging outcomes
New paper from former BNBL-er and current postdoc at Northeastern University, London @h-merritt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/scan...
New paper from former BNBL-er and current postdoc at Northeastern University, London @h-merritt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/scan...
Precisely what Rick said! (pun intended)
Excited to share a new preprint, led by the inimitable @colleenhughes.bsky.social!
Individualized Mapping of Functional Brain Networks in Older Adulthood
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A short 🧵 1/
Individualized Mapping of Functional Brain Networks in Older Adulthood
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A short 🧵 1/
www.biorxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Precisely what Rick said! (pun intended)
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🚨 I'm searching for a full-time research coordinator to join my group & work on precision brain 🧠 network and cognitive control projects at both 3T and 7T. Please rt 🙌
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
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#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🚨 I'm searching for a full-time research coordinator to join my group & work on precision brain 🧠 network and cognitive control projects at both 3T and 7T. Please rt 🙌
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
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🧠🪰 The adult Drosophila brain connectome now gives us a complete wiring diagram of ~140k neurons. But a wiring diagram alone isn’t understanding.
How is this massive network organized?
Our paper tackles that question by mapping community structure across the entire fly brain. 1/
How is this massive network organized?
Our paper tackles that question by mapping community structure across the entire fly brain. 1/
New lab paper - will say more about this in a little while
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🧠🪰 The adult Drosophila brain connectome now gives us a complete wiring diagram of ~140k neurons. But a wiring diagram alone isn’t understanding.
How is this massive network organized?
Our paper tackles that question by mapping community structure across the entire fly brain. 1/
How is this massive network organized?
Our paper tackles that question by mapping community structure across the entire fly brain. 1/
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Just provisionally accepted -- preprint updated | The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction | www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction
Functional connectivity (FC) is frequently operationalized as a correlation. Many studies have examined changes in correlation networks across time, claiming to link time-varying fluctuations to ongoi...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just provisionally accepted -- preprint updated | The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction | www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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In case you missed it yesterday - black Friday sale at www.brainedglass.com! Last chance for action potentials or custom brains in time for the holidays.
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In case you missed it yesterday - black Friday sale at www.brainedglass.com! Last chance for action potentials or custom brains in time for the holidays.
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Exciting news! The CNS 2026 Schedule of Events is now available. Check out sessions, symposia, workshops, and more → cogneurosociety.org/schedule-of-...
#CNS2026 #CognitiveNeuroscience @cogneuronews.bsky.social
#CNS2026 #CognitiveNeuroscience @cogneuronews.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Exciting news! The CNS 2026 Schedule of Events is now available. Check out sessions, symposia, workshops, and more → cogneurosociety.org/schedule-of-...
#CNS2026 #CognitiveNeuroscience @cogneuronews.bsky.social
#CNS2026 #CognitiveNeuroscience @cogneuronews.bsky.social
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🎤 Calling Multi-Echo fMRI Researchers 🎤
Preparing for OHBM? Get expert feedback before the deadline! 🌟
Tedana devs will possibly host a multi-echo meeting on Dec 8th to make sure your abstract is perfect for submission.
Interested? DM me or other tedana devs!
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
Preparing for OHBM? Get expert feedback before the deadline! 🌟
Tedana devs will possibly host a multi-echo meeting on Dec 8th to make sure your abstract is perfect for submission.
Interested? DM me or other tedana devs!
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
October 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🎤 Calling Multi-Echo fMRI Researchers 🎤
Preparing for OHBM? Get expert feedback before the deadline! 🌟
Tedana devs will possibly host a multi-echo meeting on Dec 8th to make sure your abstract is perfect for submission.
Interested? DM me or other tedana devs!
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
Preparing for OHBM? Get expert feedback before the deadline! 🌟
Tedana devs will possibly host a multi-echo meeting on Dec 8th to make sure your abstract is perfect for submission.
Interested? DM me or other tedana devs!
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
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Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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October 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Hi! Official job ad posted here - for full consideration, please apply: apply.interfolio.com/175152
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hi! Official job ad posted here - for full consideration, please apply: apply.interfolio.com/175152
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Our new paper is out now in Neuron! 🎉 With @vaibhavtripathi.bsky.social @maxwellelliott.bsky.social Joanna Ladopoulou, Wendy Sun, Mark Eldaief, and Randy Buckner
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our new paper is out now in Neuron! 🎉 With @vaibhavtripathi.bsky.social @maxwellelliott.bsky.social Joanna Ladopoulou, Wendy Sun, Mark Eldaief, and Randy Buckner
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New work with @natalieebner.bsky.social @didemphlvngl.bsky.social et al. supported by the @srndna.bsky.social collaboration award: Dissociable brain activity for high-stakes deception detection in young and older adults: doi.org/10.1093/scan...
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September 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New work with @natalieebner.bsky.social @didemphlvngl.bsky.social et al. supported by the @srndna.bsky.social collaboration award: Dissociable brain activity for high-stakes deception detection in young and older adults: doi.org/10.1093/scan...
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📢 My lab at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is considering graduate student applications this fall
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
📢 My lab at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is considering graduate student applications this fall
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
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‼️Academic job alert‼️ Our dept at Queen's University (Canada!) is looking to hire a TT assistant prof in clinical psychology... Applications due end of Sept! Re-posts very much appreciated www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...
Employment Opportunities | Department of Psychology
Available Positions Position Title Position Details Posting Date Closing Date Assistant Professor - Tenure-Track Appointment in Psychology
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August 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
‼️Academic job alert‼️ Our dept at Queen's University (Canada!) is looking to hire a TT assistant prof in clinical psychology... Applications due end of Sept! Re-posts very much appreciated www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...
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Looking for @theabcdstudy.bsky.social fMRI timeseries data?It's all in the 6.0 data release, thanks to @drdamienfair.bsky.social and team at ABCC 🧠: docs.abcdstudy.org/latest/docum...
ABCD-BIDS community collection
docs.abcdstudy.org
July 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Looking for @theabcdstudy.bsky.social fMRI timeseries data?It's all in the 6.0 data release, thanks to @drdamienfair.bsky.social and team at ABCC 🧠: docs.abcdstudy.org/latest/docum...
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🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Opening the calculator app to do 'basic' math so MATLAB and R (already open) don't judge me. 😅
August 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Opening the calculator app to do 'basic' math so MATLAB and R (already open) don't judge me. 😅
10 years ago I started this project with a talented group of social and clinical psychologists (in training). A new co-author, multiple degrees, internships, jobs, children, moves, reviews, revisions, and re-analysis later we get to see this project in the wild: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Perseverative Negative Thinking, Self-Control, and Executive Functioning in Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Competing Models - Janet M. Lopez, Sophie Lohmann, Yara...
In this meta-analysis, we synthesized existing research on perseverative negative thinking, self-control, and executive functioning to better define their etiol...
journals.sagepub.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
10 years ago I started this project with a talented group of social and clinical psychologists (in training). A new co-author, multiple degrees, internships, jobs, children, moves, reviews, revisions, and re-analysis later we get to see this project in the wild: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Excited to share my first preprint investigating the feasibility and reliability of using precision RSFC in people with Parkinson’s disease! 🧠👇
📄: go.illinois.edu/PDfeasibility
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📄: go.illinois.edu/PDfeasibility
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July 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excited to share my first preprint investigating the feasibility and reliability of using precision RSFC in people with Parkinson’s disease! 🧠👇
📄: go.illinois.edu/PDfeasibility
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📄: go.illinois.edu/PDfeasibility
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Hundreds of employees at the EPA released a “Declaration of Dissent” today, accusing EPA officials of politicizing the agency and undermining its core mission to “protect human health and the environment.” scim.ag/4lB937S
EPA employees accuse Trump officials of undermining the agency’s mission
“Declaration of Dissent” denounces partisan messaging, rollback of environmental regulations, and dismantling of science office, among other concerns
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June 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Hundreds of employees at the EPA released a “Declaration of Dissent” today, accusing EPA officials of politicizing the agency and undermining its core mission to “protect human health and the environment.” scim.ag/4lB937S