PI: Brennan Payne. #UofU research lab. Dedicated to understanding language and memory functioning across the adult lifespan.

Joined September 2019
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Looking inside and beyond eye fixations in reading Opinion by Elizabeth R. Schotter & Brennan R. Payne Free access before May 17: tinyurl.com/bde7p834
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How do we read faster than our brains process each word? Out now in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Liz Schotter and I explore how co-registering eye-tracking and EEG helps solve this paradox by looking "beyond" the individual fixation to probe coupling between the brain and eye
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🚨Pre-print alert!🚨 osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/7t… The first paper from our NIDCD-funded study examining the effects of aging, acoustic challenge, and hearing loss on language-related ERPs. w/ Jack Silcox, David Strayer, Sarah Ferguson, and Karen Bennett. Check it out!
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It's clear that many do not understand what @NIH-funded research does to improve health. It's time to revive a study published 10 years ago that provides incredible information about this. link in the comment Every single new drug approved by the FDA from 2010–2016 was built on NIH-funded research—that’s all 210 drugs. But what the public sees is just the tip of the iceberg. Pharma takes credit for the final product, but beneath each drug developed, there are ~20 years of basic research, and 90% of the cost is from basic research funded by the NIH, which discovers drug targets, understands disease mechanisms, and creates life-saving treatments. Figuring out how cancer evades the immune system, how addiction rewires the brain, and how heart disease develops is the role of the NIH, creating the foundation for the breakthrough drugs that come 20 years later, and the NIH does all that with only 0.8% of the US budget. Without NIH, there would be no cancer immunotherapy, no anti-overdose medication, no anti-heart attack or stroke medication, no cutting-edge treatments. If NIH funding is cut, the iceberg will melt. That means fewer cures, more suffering, and more lives lost. The science beneath the surface keeps us afloat. Invest in NIH. Invest in life
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Welcome to the U, Jenna! We are thrilled that you'll be joining the team!!
This year, I received the best Christmas present I could have asked for. I have accepted a position as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Psychology at the @UUtah starting summer 2025. 🎉🥳🍾
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🚨Pre-print alert! 🚨 New paper lead by Sara LoTemplio & Jack Silcox -- We examine single-trial relationships between error-related brain and pupil responses and their prediction of post-error behavior via simultaneous EEG-pupillometry. authorea.com/users/869767/ar…
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My lab (Language, Aging, and Knowledge Electrophysiology--LAKELab) @UNLVPsychology is accepting applications for PhD students for Fall 2025! Apps due Dec. 1. Students can email me with questions. #AcademicTwitter @cogsci_soc @Psychonomic_Soc @CogNeuroNews @TheRealSPR
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If you're in NYC for pnom, come check out what the LaMA lab has been up to on Friday and Saturday!
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The vocabulary of systems neuroscience may appear daunting to many. Here's a short dictionary of common terms. BTW if you use them in your papers and grants you will have greater success
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I'm looking to recruit a PhD student (maybe even two!) to work in my lab in the Psychology Department here at SUNY Albany! The application deadline for the Cognitive Psychology PhD program for Fall 2025 is January 15th. Read more here: albany.edu/psychology/progra…

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Gear up for the #FreedomToReadDay of Action & take the #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreedomToRead vote pledge: uniteagainstbookbans.org/vot… Already taken the pledge? Contact your members of Congress & urge them to stand against book bans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/vot… #NationalVoterEducationWeek
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As the semester begins, we are increasingly alarmed at the ramifications of the wave of new campus restrictions on speech & peaceful protest. ➡️indianapublicmedia.org/news/…
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Immortal quote from the amazing geneticist Gerry Fink… “Just because it’s in Nature… … doesn’t necessarily mean it’s wrong!”
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Controversial opinion: while it’s popular to say we don’t need the glam journals, scientists aspire for recognition, like an actor aspires for an Oscar and a musician aspires for a Grammy. If Nature/Science/Cell is taken away, we would need some other way to recognise good work.
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New paper by Akira Miyake, Shannon McKnight and myself. Our field has lacked systematic studies of the measurement properties of the N400 and P600 ERPs. We hope our results will provide valuable guidance for designing stronger (adequately powered) studies and interpreting data.
The classic language-related N400/P600 ERPs are well-known, but how robust are they? Our new resampling analysis results (w/ @albertkimtw & @smck_psycholing) may surprise you (esp. regarding the P600). (1/10) sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Please share! We are hiring in cog neuro at Utah! 1 Asst Prof & 1 open. Specialization is open but we are particularly interested in folks in visual cognition. Please dm me if you have any questions. Asst: utah.peopleadmin.com/posting… Open rank: utah.peopleadmin.com/posting…
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