PhD Student at MRC CBU, University of Cambridge | Research Interests: Affective Blunting, Trauma Memories, Active Forgetting
Mohith M. Varma (Mo)
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Next up Andy Lee asking: do our emotions in terms of how intense they are and whether they are positive or negative may distort how we remember the time between past events?
As usual with emotions… it’s complicated!
#CNS2026
Mohith M. Varma (Mo)
It was a real pleasure working with @lisampmunoz.bsky.social over four days of science, laughs, new friendships, and catching up with old ones!
Hope to see you again in Boston or perhaps sooner in Cambridge!
Happy to contribute my reflections on some of the cutting edge research presented in a symposium #CNS2026 on the topic of mapping our emotional experiences in the brain. It was fun working on this blog post with @lisampmunoz.bsky.social ☺️
Kicking off the symposium on how emotion shapes our memory @danipalombo.bsky.social and her PhD student Chantelle Cocquyt by asking: does a reminder cue affect how you recall an emotional event differently if it comes before vs after it?
Turns out this research reveals order matters!
#CNS2026
Day 4: the final day of #CNS2026~
Join us this morning for the final poster session, 8-10 AM. One last chance to see lots of great posters and lively chats~ all the ingredients you need to start a chilly day in Vancouver with that dopamine spike!
Coffee and breakfast available ☕️
Third speaker Joseph Dunsmoor~ with at least 4 fans in the audience (count me in too 🤣) asks:
What happens when you look at pictures while getting mildly electrocuted⚡️
Turns out shocks can shift when you think you saw the picture.
Great science but rough day for participant in that study! #CNS2026
To close the symposium, Regina Lapate extends the story past shock+picture lab pairings and into real life events: how our emotions influence the way we remember the timeline of our autobiographical memories.
Fascinating and very carefully conducted work into emotion-memory-time dynamics!
#CNS2026
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Mohith M. Varma (Mo)
Mohith M. Varma (Mo)
Mohith M. Varma (Mo)
Mohith M. Varma (Mo)
Mohith M. Varma (Mo)
Mohith M. Varma (Mo)
Congratulations @monicarosenb.bsky.social on your Young Investigator Award! Join us now for her #CNS2026 award talk, about neural signatures of sustained attention, with intro by @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social
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Read how a symposium about emotions at #CNS2026 was like watching the scientific equivalent of "Rashomon," Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 masterpiece where four witnesses give different accounts of the same pivotal event. A new guest post by @mohithvarma.bsky.social
www.cogneurosociety.org/down-the-ras...
A reflection on different views of where emotions sit in the brain, based on talks from CNS 2026 in Vancouver
Thank you for a wonderful conference in Vancouver #CNS2026! Special shout-out to volunteer @mohithvarma.bsky.social who helped us cover sessions. Here we are bidding you farewell and safe travels! Look forward to seeing everyone again in Boston next year for #CNS2027!!
