Olivia Bizimungu

Good morning #CNS2026 ! 👋🏾
I’m at poster F55 this morning - come say hi and learn about neural articulatory encoding in naturalistic speech perception 👂🧠🗣️

The headline doesn't tell the whole story. The short version is that Poilievre has mentioned controlling funds to unis similar to what is happening in the US. Scientists were muzzled under Harper. We cannot allow this to happen again.

The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist "I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

just gave my first ever university lecture! 🤯 full circle moment: got to talk about the topic that first sparked my interest in cognitive/computational neuroscience AND about the focus of my current PhD research 🧠🗣️🦾 #speech #neuroscience #BCI

A Black history month flyer with a black background and brown fists in the air. Behind the fists are red, yellow, and green stripes with the Black In Neuro logo at the top center.

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! ✨

They’ll never be able to take away the impact and contributions of Black scientists, no matter how hard they try.

So each week this month, I’ll be highlighting a few #BlackInNeuro scientists for you to learn about, celebrate their work, & follow 👩🏾‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬

Congruent brain signatures specific to phonology in fronto-temporal cortex during language production and understanding. In this fMRI study we investigated whether language production and understanding recruit the same phoneme-specific networks. We did so by comparing the brain responses to different phoneme categories ...

🚨📝New preprint‼️

In this fMRI study (N=37) we compare the production and comprehension of words, and observe that the same phoneme-specific sensorimotor networks are activated when speaking and listening to language!

A short 🧵:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...

"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

My lab is looking for 🚨grad students🚨 for fall of 2025! If you're a student interested in how the brain forms long-term memories, and how this process is disrupted in patients with memory issues, consider joining me through the IPN at McGill! Looking to run some high resolution fMRI studies at 7T 👀

The Lifespan Evolution of Individualized Neurophysiological Traits How do neurophysiological traits that characterize individuals evolve across the lifespan? To address this question, we analyzed brief, task-free magnetoencephalographic recordings from over 1,000 ind...

How do neurophysiological traits that characterize individuals evolve across the lifespan? Check it out: 👶🧒🧑🧓🧠

with the amazing @sylvainbaillet.bsky.social @alexwiesman.bsky.social & Margot Taylor

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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