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Laelle Novotny 🧠

@cogneurd

neuroscience & behavior doctoral student @unlincoln.bsky.social studying memory & emotion. coloradan, foodie, ocd guru, memory palace architect, occasional comedian, aquarist, & dog lover. i’m curious + insightful w/ a touch of reconsideration.

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Hiring 1-2 post-bacc researchers! Another great opportunity for those interested in neuroscience research related to adolescent health and wellness!

To apply, please fill out the application form at the following link:
unlpsychology.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

See ad below

04.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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finally old enough to have the UV on. Some beautiful GFP babies beginning to express fluorescence!!

05.03.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Husband Lived With Lewy Body Dementia. Before He Died, He Left Me This Poem After her husband’s LBD diagnosis, one sentence became her anchor. Months after his death, she found a poem he wrote.

My Husband Lived With Lewy Body Dementia. Before He Died, He Left Me This Poem beingpatient.com/my-husband-l... by @beingpatient.bsky.social

#dementia #LBD #poetry

19.02.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thankful for some new OCD research coming out!

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

15.02.2026 03:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Long COVID Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Mechanisms Patients with long COVID have higher levels of blood markers linked to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study led by researchers at NYU Langone.

Long COVID Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Mechanisms nyulangone.org/news/long-co...

#LongCovid #COVID #Alzheimers #dementia

14.02.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4
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The baby lotls are thriving!

11.02.2026 07:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Adobe Acrobat I do not want to know What’s New. I do not want to turn my PDF into a podcast with my team. I want to look at the PDF. Please stop

05.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 1845 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! I was pleasantly surprised with the success rate. We’ll see how they hold up the next couple of days

05.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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All the larvae have left their eggs, 82.5% hatch rate! Currently feeding 33 new friends some harvested brine shrimp.

04.02.2026 08:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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First three little dudes have hatched & are exploring their new home.

02.02.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First signs of gill development and becoming a bit less alien!

28.01.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First signs of development! Right on track.

24.01.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so excited!

22.01.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coolest thing ever happened! My two GFP axolotls have fertile eggs! Aquatics has been a side passion since undergrad. If you have no clue what I’m on about, check out this:

axolotlplanet.com/blogs/all-ab...

+ awesome axolotl research stuff: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

21.01.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The effect of state negative affect on post-error performance recovery Previous studies demonstrate that individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibit difficulties responding accurately on trials directly after committing an error (Elliot et al., 1996; 1997...

So excited about this new publication that I joined a whole other social media site to talk about it!

Working with @skyenapolitano.bsky.social and @danfoti.bsky.social, we examined how state NA impacted the ability to recover accuracy after an error.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UNPUI...

16.01.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Merry Christmas!!

25.12.2025 22:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This aged well!!! 😊

19.12.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nature’s 10: Ten people who shaped science in 2025 A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10.

A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the people who shaped science this year and were chosen for Nature’s 10. πŸ§ͺ

18.12.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nebraska folks and people near the Lincoln area, we are recruiting for a very interesting study! Contact memorylab@unl.edu for more info!

05.12.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sky was more than blue today 🀩

12.11.2025 02:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œTop-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Small contribution in this piece by @frosas.bsky.social and colleagues on how we need both types of research culture in neuroscience.
#neuroskyence

22.07.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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colorado thrift store dub: $8

18.07.2025 19:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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anatomically or methodologically accurate in the slightest? no. cool? absolutely. update on build when i get a chance 😝

16.06.2025 03:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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recent digital brain art I created: β€œneuropapillian”

31.05.2025 08:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Introduction – Amortized Bayesian Cognitive Modeling

🧠 Check out the classic examples from Bayesian Cognitive Modeling: A Practical Course (Lee & Wagenmakers, 2013), translated into step-by-step tutorials with BayesFlow!

Interactive version: kucharssim.github.io/bayesflow-co...

PDF: osf.io/preprints/ps...

30.05.2025 14:28 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Terrible! Our lab is conducting a study on how fluctuations in hormones & menstrual cycle impacts social rejection sensitivity. I am not sure how this is even going to be written up without using many β€œtrigger words”. So infuriating

31.05.2025 07:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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STL Aquarium teams up with HSMO for adoption event HSMO is caring for 65 animals.

STL Aquarium teams up with HSMO for adoption event

31.05.2025 03:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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train work how?

[Anthropic CRO Dario Amodei]

31.05.2025 04:07 πŸ‘ 567 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 17