Oliver Boxell (also @oliverboxell.bsky.social)

Assistant Professor of Counseling and Human Development @UofR | Mental Health Counselor | Cognitive (Neuro-)scientist | He/Him

[Oliver Boxell (also @oliverboxell.bsky.social) @OliBox1]

New Paper! Deep Structure Theory: An introduction to a unifying theoretical framework for the analysis of human neuropsychology @ResearchGate: https://t.co/0V4D3EFJNZ

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"Before making art, I was mentally tied to a narrower perspective: the idea that 'this is my scientific training, and this is how I am supposed to use that training to solve scientific problems'—a box I was not even aware of being inside. By breaking out of that box, I found a new joy in research." #ScienceWorkingLife https://t.co/JT034QUj6G

[Micah G. Allen @micahgallen]

A new atlas reveals that functional connectivity patterns in the human neocortex shift dramatically from birth through old age, organizing brain regions along three dominant axes: sensory-to-association, visual-to-somatosensory, and modulation-to-representation.
https://t.co/A4XyHA9Jpv

[Warner School of Education & Human Development @UofR_Warner]

🎓 Congrats to all of our 2026 graduates — welcome to the Warner alumni family 💛💙

Explore highlights from the weekend, including photos, distinguished graduates, and our inspiring graduate student speaker.

➡️ https://t.co/qUHZ0ka2DD

#URochester2026 #URochesterWarner2026

[Oliver Boxell (also @oliverboxell.bsky.social) @OliBox1]

Consistent with the wellness model

[PsyPost.org @PsyPost]

New research reveals that the brain stores competing memories of alcohol addiction and recovery within the same type of cell. This discovery suggests that preventing relapse requires strengthening recovery circuits, not just weakening addiction pathways. https://t.co/3zFPGDcdZM

[This Is Rochester! @rochester]

Have a seat in Highland Park 🌷🐿️🏙️🌸 #thisisroc 📷: Elisabeth #roc

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

“I will miss the creativity of teaching.”

During #TeacherAppreciationWeek, check out this #ScienceWorkingLife essay from a retired professor emeritus on how she challenged students to think beyond facts—and how she learned to teach like a scientist. https://t.co/1RvNo1g5pc

[Warner School of Education & Human Development @UofR_Warner]

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁! 🎉🎓

She successfully defended her PhD dissertation, “LGBQ+ Mental Health: The Implications of Minority Stress and Social Support,” marking the completion of her doctoral journey in Human Development.

[Warner School of Education & Human Development @UofR_Warner]

🎉 Celebrating leadership! The Warner community recently gathered to honor Melissa Sturge-Apple as she steps into her role as dean—marked by the presentation of the Dean’s Medal in recognition of her leadership and contributions to the field.

Read more: https://t.co/ktg4NPWB1V

[CLaE @leafs_s]

Neuron

Risk reshapes amygdala representation of choice

https://t.co/kGMEjrzdwZ

[Nature Neuroscience @NatureNeuro]

Our April issue is now live!

https://t.co/7J6vHUzxyS

[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

Have I mentioned that cognition is rhythmic?
Planar, spiral, and concentric traveling waves distinguish behavioral states in human memory
https://t.co/CFuGPUugGs
#neuroscience

[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

Cortex is rhythmic: Brain rhythms coordinate over large distances. The strongest phase organization spans up to 8–16 cm of cortex.
The dominance of large-scale phase dynamics in human cortex, from delta to gamma
https://t.co/JLHYnsTgzw
#neuroscience

[NASA @NASA]

These four astronauts are currently on a mission to fly around the Moon—and soon they'll break the record for how far humans have traveled from Earth!

Meet our Artemis II crew 👇

[John J. Foxe @JohnnyFoxe]

🔬 Ketamine disrupts how the brain detects the unexpected.

New work reveals that sub-anesthetic ketamine dampens mismatch negativity (MMN) across cellular, population, and network levels—blunting novelty responses and breaking A1–PPC connectivity. A powerful mechanistic window into NMDA-dependent predictive coding.
@EJNeuroscience @FENSorg
👉 Read more: https://t.co/MTj5VkIGCX

[NASA @NASA]

It’s not a straight shot to the far side of the Moon! 🌕

Over approximately 10 days, the Artemis II astronauts will orbit Earth twice before looping around the far side of the Moon in a figure eight and returning home.

[Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @URNeuroscience]

How do different parts of the brain work together to support complex behavior? New research offers a more precise way to study how brain regions communicate.

DOI: https://t.co/Pwsuz80p6r
@CellRepMethods

[Warner School of Education & Human Development @UofR_Warner]

👏 With over 120 participants & 50 presenters, Warner students and faculty showcased their work through poster sessions & flash talks at the Annual Warner Research Days.

Take a look at the event gallery: https://t.co/GxgOU4j2nZ

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

People rarely fit neatly into one mental health diagnosis. A sweeping genetic study suggests that’s not surprising, as many psychiatric conditions appear to share underlying biological pathways, writes @WmHaseltine https://t.co/3pALKGp2Ga

[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

Brain function emerges from how the brain’s many networks communicate & coordinate efficiently & flexibly with each other, not specialized modules.
The network architecture of general intelligence in the human connectome
https://t.co/c6LDp3O2N6

[Luiz Pessoa @PessoaBrain]

𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
Another mega paper that deserves close attention.
Lots of implications, including emergence and evolution
https://t.co/i7Jn8Tz2T1