Junior Leader Fellow @upf.edu, Barcelona || former MSCA Fellow || social cognition, autism, the brain🧠 || crocheting 🧶 || PL, EN, ES || she/her || lenamatyjek.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3mqr2mmeet22fOur article is now published in Autism Research! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aur.70314 Aperiodic EEG slopes suggest that atypicality in autism is not about what the brain is like, but how it responds under demanding conditions. #autism #EEG [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr2mmeet22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3mqa2tocmb22tWe’re looking for a motivated PhD candidate (Spanish nationality) to apply for funding and join a project on inter-brain synchrony in #autism at @upf.edu Barcelona🧠 Deadline coming up soon! W/ @mrgbcn.bsky.social Please see the flyer for details and send your CV + motivation letter asap!09 Jul 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqa2tocmb22thttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3mofusqs6uc23A bit late (social media aren't my thing), but... It was a pleasure to co-chair a symposium on Multimodal Coordination in Naturalistic Social Interactions with @antoniahamilton.bsky.social , @judithholler.bsky.social and Simon Wehrle @ifl-phonetik.bsky.social at #ESCAN2026 @escaneu.bsky.social!16 Jun 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofusqs6uc23https://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3mofunbjr5223Slightly late (social media are not my thing) but... It was a pleasure to co-chair a symposium on Multimodal Coordination in Naturalistic Social Interactions with @antoniahamilton.bsky.social, @judithholler.bsky.social and Simon Wehrle @ifl-phonetik.bsky.social at ‪#ESCAN2026 @escaneu.bsky.social!16 Jun 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofunbjr5223https://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3mhuqayygh22x[Castellano abajo] Thrilled to be featured in La Vanguardia! 🧠 We discuss why research must be done with and for society— especially in cognitive neuroscience on #autism. Proud to do this research at @upf.edu @cbc-upf.bsky.social @mrgbcn.bsky.social! 🔗 [https://lnkd.in/duhKDuuX]25 Mar 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuqayygh22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3mdxoga5zm22wOur review on social interaction style in autism is finally published! https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25739581251375249 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxoga5zm22whttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3m3pm3gx2i22q📢New preprint: 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗘𝗚 (1/𝗳) 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 #𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗺 https://medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.16.25338172v1 w/ @mrgbcn.bsky.social, @mireiatorralba.bsky.social, and Claudia Alvarez Martin 🎵🎙️Listen to a notebookLM overview of this paper in simple words: https://lenamatyjek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/aperiodic_paper_audio_overview_small.mp3 #EEG #Neuroscience21 Oct 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pm3gx2i22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3m2bxbapa7k2lI just read this post by @autistica.org.uk helping people make sense of the Trump administration's claims regarding the link between #Tylenol / #paracetamol and #autism: shorturl.at/LYe6Q It's a great, easy-to-follow, and accurate summary of the claims vis-a-vis evidence. Definitely recommended! https://www.autistica.org.uk/blog/trump-claims-the-real-research?utm_campaign=1824141_Trump%20and%20Autism%20-%20Autistica%20Newsletter%20-%20Sept%202025&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Autistica&dm_i=4U0R,133IL,6JVV72,5423B,1@autistica.org.uk03 Oct 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2bxbapa7k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3lyzghzboec2tI'm so excited to finally share work that’s been a couple of years in the making! See our new paper on *social interactions in #autism*, co-authored with Isabel Dziobek, @antoniahamilton.bsky.social & @thaliawheatley.bsky.social in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social 🎉 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/2573958125137524917 Sep 2025 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzghzboec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3lq5w76fdus26We're looking for a PhD candidate for a project investigating neural synchrony in #autism at @upf.edu ! 🎓 📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain 📅 Duration: 3–4 years, starting Winter term 2025/26 🔍 About the project & application: See attachment 👇 Please share with anyone interested! @mrgbcn.bsky.social27 May 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5w76fdus26https://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3lpo4qxsnu22dI'm excited to be joining Reading Emotions in a month! I hope to see many of you there :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpo4qxsnu22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3loo25amx4k2dHere's a question to #Autistic friends: What do you think about "a person *in* the spectrum" instead of "*on* the spectrum"? This "in" is supposed to reflect better the multidimensionality of autism characteristics and reject the idea of linearity. PS. I don't know who to credit for the image...🫣08 May 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3loo25amx4k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3lnzl5dmx4c23Autistic and neurotypical adults use different neural mechanisms to integrate AV speech, but benefit equally in word recognition 🧠 📜New paper in Autism Research (OA):📜 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aur.70042 w/ @mrgbcn.bsky.social, @sotarokita.bsky.social, & @mireiatorralba.bsky.social 🙏30 Apr 2025 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzl5dmx4c23https://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3lmyqu27gr22mI'm happy to share that our paper on social motion preference in autistic adults with Salva Soto Farco @mrgbcn.bsky.social and Nico Bast is now published in Psychophysiology: https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70053 🎉 Find a summary of the study below 👇 @upf.edu @humboldtuni.bsky.social #autism #research17 Apr 2025 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyqu27gr22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3llqqd2p5qs2gYesterday ended a life changing chapter of my career: a DAAD PRIME Fellowship spanning stages at Dartmouth College, UCL, & Humboldt Uni 🙏to @antoniahamilton.bsky.social, @thaliawheatley.bsky.social and Isabel Dziobek for hosting my project, and to all my amazing colleagues for making it so great!01 Apr 2025 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqqd2p5qs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3lkqxke4chc2fSo excited for this new chapter! And very grateful for the opportunity :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Mar 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqxke4chc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3lk4o6uhpgs2tReactivating my bsky after a while with a great excuse: What a treat to present my first preliminary results from a big study on autistic and neurotypical interactions at the 12th #MindBrainBody Symposium! 🙏 Take-home: Smile synchronisation is important for establishing rapport, autistic or not!🙃🙂11 Mar 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4o6uhpgs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lmatyjek.bsky.social/post/3kcm75g2yxo2uInterested in an autistic perspective on what it is like to participate in an EEG study? 🧠 Check this article by one of our participants explaining her experiences from a study at UPF in Barcelona: shorturl.at/ktF09 ! (in Spanish, but try automatic browser translations) https://shorturl.at/ktF0925 Oct 2023 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:fzziifou2q6oa5hxowcqsxml/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcm75g2yxo2u