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NAC Lab

@nac_lab

Neuroscience and Animal Cognition Lab at Providence College. Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying memory systems in nonhumans. See also @vtempler

 Providence, RI
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Joined June 2017
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Wohoo! Thanks STEM colleagues for letting the NAC lab be a trend setter. Now the building is a bit more inviting, or at least academic?! – at Providence, RI
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We’re hiring two tenure-track professors! – The Department of Biology at Providence College biology.providence.edu/news/…
We’re hiring two tenure-track professors! – Department of Biology at Providence College

We’re hiring two tenure-track professors! – Department of Biology at Providence College

https://twitter.com/FriarBiology/status/1442827683726036993 Neuroscientist The Department of Biology at Providence College in Providence, RI invites application

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Nice piece on our work! Thanks @Psychonomic_Soc and Heather Hill! #sociality @RIINBRE – at Providence, RI
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@Psychonomic_Soc22 Oct 2020
You may want to find a roommate after reading about cognitive benefits of social housing in Heather Hill’s latest post on #psynomLB paper by @vtempler @nac_lab @SpringerPsych featuredcontent.psychonomic.…
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Leave it to the animal cognition giants to explain it all well... nbcnews.com/think/opinion/su…
Opinion | How neuroscience explains the people who don't take COVID-19 seriously

Opinion | How neuroscience explains the people who don't take COVID-19 seriously

Our brains are unique in that they can balance both long and short-term perspectives. But they aren't designed to do so perfectly.

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This paper is the reason I stayed a 6th year in grad school and thus how I ended up landing such a great gig at @providencecol !.. 6 years later but very proud of our work! – at Providence, RI
Victoria Templer 🐒🐭👩🏻‍🔬🧠 (@vtempler) profile pictureVictoria Templer 🐒🐭👩🏻‍🔬🧠@vtempler17 Jul 2020
Preserved visual memory and relational cognition performance in monkeys with selective hippocampal lesions advances.sciencemag.org/cont…
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When you can’t be in the lab, kayak w the lab! #quaranteenactivities
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Informal #naclab alumni panel for my current awesome students looking to apply to #neurosciencephd and #psychologyphd programs #proudmentor #byob #incrediblepcalumni #pcpsych
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These fluoresent pictures of virus injections in the brain never get old #labmeeting #thanksdevon @RIINBRE – at Providence, RI
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In honor of #womeninstemday check out my friend/colleague talk about the evolution of empathy! @zannaclay 👏 ❤️ iai.tv/video/zanna-clay-in-d… – at Providence, RI
Zanna Clay | In-depth Interview

Zanna Clay | In-depth Interview

Humans are not just evolved from apes; we are a great ape species. Our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, share much of our behaviour and cognition, such as the capacity for language,...

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Pretty exited about this NAC lab paper! Social housing enhances acquisition of task set independently of environmental enrichment: A longitudinal study in the Barnes maze ⁦ link.springer.com/article/10…
Social housing enhances acquisition of task set independently of environmental enrichment: A...

Social housing enhances acquisition of task set independently of environmental enrichment: A...

Learning & Behavior - Human studies suggest that healthy social relationships benefit cognition, yet little is known about the underlying neural mechanisms of this protective effect. In...

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Lab meeting —> dinner 🥣 🥖
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A cozy lab meeting on this snowy evening....with Spider girl taking serious ❄️ 📝! – at Providence, RI
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And perhaps address #normalizingdepression more, especially in #academia? Why is that 3 well-respected scientists I have admired have taken their own lives? Is it time to be more vocal about this issue?!#SuicideAwareness
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But I also wonder how much science lives on and therefore affects all of us forever... And if I should be writing this my next grant on #anxiety or #depression?! davebuccimemorial.com/ Maybe we should post here how he influenced us as scientists as well? @ThaliaWheatley
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Writing my first external @NIMHgov award as a PI (yes 🍷 🍦 required!) and I can’t help but think about Dave Buccis scientific legacy as I cite him more than anyone. Most importantly I try to imagine how his family, close friends, and colleagues are grieving...
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Honored to have had this superstar as a postdoc in our lab!! Go DR V!
Society for Neuroscience Events (@SfN_Events) profile pictureSociety for Neuroscience Events@SfN_Events22 Oct 2019
Congratulations to Victoria Heimer-McGinn from @myrwu on winning the junior faculty Next Generation Award on Tuesday at #SfN19!
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What he said! This is our new lab space!! 🧪 🔬 📓 👍❤️👌
Providence Affective Neuroscience Lab. (@fear_lab) profile pictureProvidence Affective Neuroscience Lab.@fear_lab20 Sep 2019
I’m not sure who has to hear this but working at a PUI is really great. #blackandSTEM #STEM #Neurosciences #SACNAS
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First lab meeting of semester and in the new lab space!!!
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Please spread the word- @providencecol is hiring a TT position in psychology w a neuro focus! careers.providence.edu/posti…
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#Naclab dinner!
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