Moyamoya is a rare cerebrovascular disorder where arteries at the base of the brain narrow, blocking blood flow. It can be devastating in children. Lauren Harris, Charlotte Malcolm et al find metrics from neuroimaging help identify the neurocogntiive outcomes for these children: tinyurl.com/mrx3vhy9

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

How have monsters changed over history? Do they morph with shifting cultural anxieties? Or do they mostly stay the same, sprung from primal, timeless fears? Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social & Natalie Lawrence! Listen: disi.org/monsters-and...

The Python Software Foundation was recommended for a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation. The terms of the award said PSF could not work on DEI, whether or not the grant funding was used for it. PSF therefore declined the funding. Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains

Following its fabulous premiere at #VeniceFilmFestival join us and watch the trailer of: ELVIRA NOTARI - BEYOND SILENCE by Valerio Ciriaci From the margins, Italy’s first woman film director returns to view. www.firsthandfilms.com/films/Elvira...

il regista Valerio Ciriaci presenta il suo documentario ELVIRA NOTARI oltre il silenzio (Ita/USA, 2025) al cinema da lunedì 13 ottobre 2025 tuttascena1.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/v...

Handedness is a great example of something innate to each of us (and many other animals) that is NOT genetically determined (Identical twins do not necessarily have the same handedness). It is, as they say, complicated…

Kimika Hara, contemporary embroiderer from Japan #WomensArt

I got very curious about this. You can trace Shearer's unit (21 CCS) and you can see what looks like the echo of his little blaze of fame: in Sept 1916 you get visits from various grandees including ... the editor of the BMJ, who presumably came to see for himself.

recording of Hania Rani’s new ‘Non Fiction-Piano Concerto in Four Movements’ Featuring, among others, percussionist Valentina Magaletti: "hearing Hania in the room trying to descrive a sound and what she wants evoke with that sound just brings me back to the magical that music entails" ...

Incredible vision on Alfred Nobel’s part to use the money he earned inventing dynamite to create the world’s greatest trolling opportunity

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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Alonso has a very slow stop, then soon after is told by his race engineer that there are 34 laps to go. He replies: "If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio" #F1 #SingaporeGP

In 1884, Ferrier’s map guided a groundbreaking case. A young man named Henderson suffered seizures, convulsions, and paralysis. Doctors used Ferrier’s work to pinpoint the tumour in his brain. /4

Why does this matter? Sensational stories hailing a dramatic rewrite of human origins are regularly repurposed by some as a tool to undermine the legitimacy of evolution. Take this example of Mike Pence talking to US Congress way back in 2002. Full transcript: www.congress.gov/congressiona... ...4/n

We can remember Goodall’s accomplishments and legacy while recognizing that National Geographic created a narrative that erased the local people who contributed to her research. Her African colleagues deserve to be credited, not erased (10/10).

What the narrative leaves out is the contributions of the local Tanzanians who assisted and facilitated Goodall's early research, as well as preceding and concurrent research. Nat Geo created a story about a lone white woman alone with chimpanzees, erasing the Africans that were beside her (3/10)

📚 How Do Psychology Journals Handle Postpublication Critique? A Cross-Sectional Study of Policy and Practice doi.org/10.1177/2515...

Finally officially published! "Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010" with @rhacodactylus.bsky.social (who needs a job btw) direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... 🧵 #histsci #sts #philsci #metascience

UK painter Melissa Scott-Miller, Back gardens in #autumn, Islington, 2016 #WomensArt

The obituary of Eleanor Maguire by Georgina Ferry in The Lancet “She kept emphasising that what the hippocampus was involved in was the creation of something she called scenes”, says O’Keefe. “And we now see that she was right"

I'm diving into the history of computers in cognitive experiments for next week's introduction to PsychoPy. Sadly, chronic computeritis is not a problem we give much thought to any more :)

Brunello Cucinelli shares suspended as short seller makes new Russia claims

De Niro: "I gotta go. A couple cases of Tylenol fell off a truck and now I gotta figure out how to put autism in them."

Truly honoured to have been given the chance to present my work in my first keynote talk as the 2024 winner of Best Young Researcher from the Italian Association of Cognitive Science at #AISC2025 in the wonderful IMT of Lucca

Ruth Gordon Schnapp was born 99 years ago today - she was California's first licensed woman structural engineer, and a specialist in the field of earthquake-proofing structures, working particularly on increasing the safety of schools and hospitals. tinyurl.com/39fz8jnn #WomenInSTEM #Engineering

🚨Resource Alert!🚨 Looking for resources to help you navigate the next stage in your training/career? Check out the ANST resource collection with recordings from past training events! scn40.org/anst/downloa...

Our ability to comprehend daily events has been corrupted by a toxic info environment where political & attentional dynamics distort & manipulate our “collective sensemaking” processes. Our “official” sources are now products of that same environment. Reality fractures, along with the social fabric.

If you're screenshotting a post on this site on something you agree and repost it without don't use alt-text, you're making your posts inaccessible for no reason. Just quote post.

Judith Leyster (1609-1660), Unequal love fino a novembre alla mostra Ricchezza, Dilemma perenne a Illegio, Udine

I just got to use the word “wank” on Radio 4. A proud moment. Also the bit where I suggested people could set self-driving cars on fire was definitely followed by me stating “but you shouldn’t do that”. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Born #OnThisDay in 1797 was author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, who wrote the Gothic novel 'Frankenstein' in 1818. The book is considered by some to be one of the first sci-fi novels, with protagonist Victor Frankenstein using both science and alchemy to create a living creature from dead bodies.

team meeting al pediatrico 🐾🐾

With federal workers, equity, & government statistics under attack, my latest post @plos.org is a tribute to a transformative First Nations statistician at the US Census Bureau, Edna Paisano (1948-2014): absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/08/28/e... ...1/3 #WomenInSTEM #Statistics #EpiSky

Are interoception and mental health linked? Many assume so, with interoception even described as a psychiatric “p-factor.” But in our latest preprint, we were surprised to find little evidence for such a connection. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 Thread with our reflections on the matter 👇

Amazing photo of Jasmine Paolini by Australian Italian tennis photographer Ray Giubilo #USOpen #photography

New episode out now! On this special episode, we honor the life & legacy of Dr. Eleanor Maguire. Dr. Michael Rugg, Director of the CVL, joins us for a heartfelt reflection on her pioneering work & enduring influence. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/5KLZ... #EleanorMaguire #Podcast

Paolini d. Kudermetova 6-3 6-7 6-3 Jasmine reaches her 3rd WTA 1000 final She served for the match at 5-4 in the 2nd, but got it done in 3 33 wins, 13 losses in 2025 A better win % than her breakout 2024 season ✅9th final ✅1st Cincinnati final Fighter. Believer. Winner. 🇮🇹❤️

I asked my daughter to give me a phone book. She laughed at me, called me a boomer and lent me her iPhone. So, now the spider is dead, her iPhone is broken & my daughter is furious…

Betty Acquah is a contemporary Ghanaian painter who uses the technique of pointillism for her work in oil painting and acrylic #WomensArt

Ti ricorderò con commozione e gratitudine Laura Santi, coraggiosa giornalista che ha raccontato la disabilità nella sua spietata quotidianità. Hai scritto e lottato generosamente per rendere tutte le persone più consapevoli e per dare visibilità ai diritti negati (dall'assistenza alla morte).

in una sola paginetta ci sono due peccati (autocitazione, autopromozione) e una fallacia (f. delle [contro]prove soppresse che molto ridimensionano i mirror neurons) aggiunti senza timor di smentita (principio d'autorità), approfittando del clamore sul tema del momento #specchietti anti panico

New blogpost. The shitshow that results when a publisher fails to check up on their peer reviewers, with authors caught up in a nightmare process. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/07/trou...

Modern theories of emotion (especially “interoceptive inference”) often cite William James as a key inspiration. But what did James actually say about emotion, and is it supported by the data? Here’s a brief look at the core arguments and classic evidence. 🧵

If you read my thread, make sure to read the retracted paper’s last author’s response. As I highlighted on pubpeer & my thread, authors have been very responsive, transparent & collegial all the way through. I was surprised myself seeing a retraction as I had asked for a correction.

In February 2024, I wrote Scientific Reports about a published meta-analysis claiming that mindfulness interventions affect neural plasticity, 'cementing the neuropsychological basis of mindfulness-based interventions'. The paper was retracted yesterday—here a little summary of the process.🧵

And an astounding Happy 107th birthday to neuropsychology pioneer Brenda Milner! Her studies of the hippocampus's role in memory and the frontal lobe's role in planning are absolute classics, and we wish her all possible joy on this day! tinyurl.com/3am8syhf #WomenInSTEM #Psychology #PsychSky 🧪🧠

Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social