Marian Boor
@marianboor.bsky.social
PhD student of @rtg2271 at Marburg University, interested in aversive expectations shaping affective experience, EEG, fear conditioning
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Ever wonder how you read so fast? Your brain gets a head start—processing the next word before your eyes move. Our MEG + eye tracking study out in Nature Communications study from @thechbh.bsky.social reveals orthographic & semantic previews predicting reading speed www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fast hierarchical processing of orthographic and semantic parafoveal information during natural reading - Nature Communications
Combining MEG, eye-tracking, and representational similarity analysis, this study shows that readers rapidly and sequentially extract orthographic and semantic information from upcoming words before fixation, supporting efficient reading.
www.nature.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ever wonder how you read so fast? Your brain gets a head start—processing the next word before your eyes move. Our MEG + eye tracking study out in Nature Communications study from @thechbh.bsky.social reveals orthographic & semantic previews predicting reading speed www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 PhD/Postdoc alert 👇
If you are interested in doing a PhD/Postdoc in computational psychiatry (starting Sept 2026), do get in touch by October 4th at [email protected] :)
Any inquiries are welcome. To apply, please attach your CV, half page motivation and half page research statements.
If you are interested in doing a PhD/Postdoc in computational psychiatry (starting Sept 2026), do get in touch by October 4th at [email protected] :)
Any inquiries are welcome. To apply, please attach your CV, half page motivation and half page research statements.
🚨 I am over the moon 🌓 to announce that I am joining University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor this fall to start the Uncertain Mind (UMI) lab 💫
I am looking for PhD/Postdoc candidates to join (more below 👇 ). Please RT as the deadline is pretty soon 🙏
I am looking for PhD/Postdoc candidates to join (more below 👇 ). Please RT as the deadline is pretty soon 🙏
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🚨 PhD/Postdoc alert 👇
If you are interested in doing a PhD/Postdoc in computational psychiatry (starting Sept 2026), do get in touch by October 4th at [email protected] :)
Any inquiries are welcome. To apply, please attach your CV, half page motivation and half page research statements.
If you are interested in doing a PhD/Postdoc in computational psychiatry (starting Sept 2026), do get in touch by October 4th at [email protected] :)
Any inquiries are welcome. To apply, please attach your CV, half page motivation and half page research statements.
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How is valence computed in the brain? Check out our new preprint about a single cell that integrates excitatory and inhibitory input across modalities according to valence and impacts behavioral decisions. An exciting collaboration across many labs. Enjoy reading!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A multisensory, bidirectional, valence encoder guides behavioral decisions
A key function of the brain is to categorize sensory cues as repulsive or attractive and respond accordingly. While we have some understanding of how sensory information is processed in the sensory pe...
www.biorxiv.org
September 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
How is valence computed in the brain? Check out our new preprint about a single cell that integrates excitatory and inhibitory input across modalities according to valence and impacts behavioral decisions. An exciting collaboration across many labs. Enjoy reading!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
September 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
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This is an exquisite demonstration of using intracranial recordings in humans to validate our findings that amygdala neurons encode the value of exploring in NHPs.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rate and noise in human amygdala drive increased exploration in aversive learning - Nature
Human exploration is driven by two distinct neural mechanisms, a valence-independent rate signal and a valence-dependent global noise signal.
www.nature.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is an exquisite demonstration of using intracranial recordings in humans to validate our findings that amygdala neurons encode the value of exploring in NHPs.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to share a new article published in the J of Affective Disorders:
In four experiments, we systematically examined the relationship between the strength of an expectation violation and the extent of expectation change/updating, for pos vs neg information
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In four experiments, we systematically examined the relationship between the strength of an expectation violation and the extent of expectation change/updating, for pos vs neg information
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How the discrepancy between expectation and outcome influences expectation change in relation to depressive symptoms – Results from four experimental studies
Traditional associative learning models and their clinical applications suggest that the greater the discrepancy between expectations and outcome, the…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Excited to share a new article published in the J of Affective Disorders:
In four experiments, we systematically examined the relationship between the strength of an expectation violation and the extent of expectation change/updating, for pos vs neg information
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In four experiments, we systematically examined the relationship between the strength of an expectation violation and the extent of expectation change/updating, for pos vs neg information
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Prior knowledge changes sensory processing in the spinal cord?! 🤯 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #neuroskyence
Prior knowledge changes initial sensory processing in the human spinal cord
High-frequency signals at a neuronal population level reveal a cognitive influence on sensory processing in the human spinal cord.
www.science.org
January 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Prior knowledge changes sensory processing in the spinal cord?! 🤯 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #neuroskyence
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🚨💫Check out our new work on perceptual and value-based mechanisms of aversive generalisation 👇
Project led by the truly outstanding @luiantaverra.bsky.social. #veryveryveryproudsupervisor Together with @nicoschuck.bsky.social and @bernhardspitzer.bsky.social
Project led by the truly outstanding @luiantaverra.bsky.social. #veryveryveryproudsupervisor Together with @nicoschuck.bsky.social and @bernhardspitzer.bsky.social
It’s a Preprint! 👋
We show how we can dissociate perceptual from value-based mechanisms of generalisation + that stronger gen. in anxiety is associated with value rather than perception.
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@ondrejzika.bsky.social @nicoschuck.bsky.social @bernhardspitzer.bsky.social
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We show how we can dissociate perceptual from value-based mechanisms of generalisation + that stronger gen. in anxiety is associated with value rather than perception.
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@ondrejzika.bsky.social @nicoschuck.bsky.social @bernhardspitzer.bsky.social
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January 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🚨💫Check out our new work on perceptual and value-based mechanisms of aversive generalisation 👇
Project led by the truly outstanding @luiantaverra.bsky.social. #veryveryveryproudsupervisor Together with @nicoschuck.bsky.social and @bernhardspitzer.bsky.social
Project led by the truly outstanding @luiantaverra.bsky.social. #veryveryveryproudsupervisor Together with @nicoschuck.bsky.social and @bernhardspitzer.bsky.social
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Come join us! www.emotionalmemory.de
December 18, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Come join us! www.emotionalmemory.de
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Social expectations in depression
Review by Lukas Kirchner, Tobias Kube, Max Berg, Anna-Lena Eckert, Benjamin Straube, Dominik Endres & Winfried Rief
Web: go.nature.com/41kXLO1
PDF: rdcu.be/d2yHr
#psychology #psychscisky #clinpsy
Review by Lukas Kirchner, Tobias Kube, Max Berg, Anna-Lena Eckert, Benjamin Straube, Dominik Endres & Winfried Rief
Web: go.nature.com/41kXLO1
PDF: rdcu.be/d2yHr
#psychology #psychscisky #clinpsy
December 5, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Social expectations in depression
Review by Lukas Kirchner, Tobias Kube, Max Berg, Anna-Lena Eckert, Benjamin Straube, Dominik Endres & Winfried Rief
Web: go.nature.com/41kXLO1
PDF: rdcu.be/d2yHr
#psychology #psychscisky #clinpsy
Review by Lukas Kirchner, Tobias Kube, Max Berg, Anna-Lena Eckert, Benjamin Straube, Dominik Endres & Winfried Rief
Web: go.nature.com/41kXLO1
PDF: rdcu.be/d2yHr
#psychology #psychscisky #clinpsy
I highly recommend this position. Jan is a great scientist and an amazing supervisor! + Hamburg is an excellent city to live in
I am thrilled to announce that my lab will have an open 👩🎓👨🎓PhD-position on observational learning 👀, interception 🫁 and neuropharmacology 💊🧠.
If you interested, please contact me for more information.
Preferably starting this year.
If you interested, please contact me for more information.
Preferably starting this year.
June 1, 2024 at 1:13 PM
I highly recommend this position. Jan is a great scientist and an amazing supervisor! + Hamburg is an excellent city to live in
Absorbing all the inspiration I got at the #EMHFC2024
Also, a huge thanks to everyone who offered their comments and ideas at my poster presentation!
Also, a huge thanks to everyone who offered their comments and ideas at my poster presentation!
May 9, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Absorbing all the inspiration I got at the #EMHFC2024
Also, a huge thanks to everyone who offered their comments and ideas at my poster presentation!
Also, a huge thanks to everyone who offered their comments and ideas at my poster presentation!
In 2023 I:
- moved to Hamburg where I had an amazing time learning to work with fMRI data
- finished my MSc in Neuroscience and Cognition
- moved to Marburg for my PhD (currently designing the first study of my PhD - exciting!)
- presented a poster at a conference (NVP 2023) for the first time
- moved to Hamburg where I had an amazing time learning to work with fMRI data
- finished my MSc in Neuroscience and Cognition
- moved to Marburg for my PhD (currently designing the first study of my PhD - exciting!)
- presented a poster at a conference (NVP 2023) for the first time
I used to like it when people did year end roundups of their work on Twitter. I’d love it if we could do it here, even if the dorks who run this place don’t know how to thread tweets
December 22, 2023 at 10:01 AM
In 2023 I:
- moved to Hamburg where I had an amazing time learning to work with fMRI data
- finished my MSc in Neuroscience and Cognition
- moved to Marburg for my PhD (currently designing the first study of my PhD - exciting!)
- presented a poster at a conference (NVP 2023) for the first time
- moved to Hamburg where I had an amazing time learning to work with fMRI data
- finished my MSc in Neuroscience and Cognition
- moved to Marburg for my PhD (currently designing the first study of my PhD - exciting!)
- presented a poster at a conference (NVP 2023) for the first time
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An awesome keynote by @eikofried.bsky.social about the importance of using complex systems rather than a single cause description to understand depression
December 15, 2023 at 10:07 AM
An awesome keynote by @eikofried.bsky.social about the importance of using complex systems rather than a single cause description to understand depression