Maybe our capacity for attentions spans isn't changing but if our motivation to span attention is changing the problem is still there. Food overabundance brought us eating disorders. Information overabundance brought us dysfunctional attentional habits? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The fascinating mystery of the Arousal+ neurons. Who are they? What do they do?

Fucking wow! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Quite nice to read this paper after my last lecture on the psychology of AI discussing similar predictions about the detrimental role of AI sycophancy in social interactions. Important policy implications in terms of regulation recognising sycophancy as harmful

10 years on, still no justice for Giulio. Join us next Sunday to demand answers and mourn a defender of human rights and a seeker of truth. Giulio disappeared while researching independent trade unions in Egypt in 2016. His body was later found, but the world has had no answers.

Social media use predicted later inattentiveness among 8324 US children in the later 2010s. Looking forward to see replications across social media types, usage (scrolling I suspect much more important than interacting with comments) and cultures. theconversation.com/social-media...

The world is watching @cop30brazil.bsky.social. Show leadership and add the fossil fuel phase-out roadmap to the #COP30 agreement. Listen to @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social and follow the 80+ countries that want justice! Make fossil history!

The debate on evidence accumulation in decisions continues, well done to @laurencf.bsky.social and @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social for this inspiring preprint validating our earlier work on neural correlates of evidence accumulation in value-based decisions.

A recent report of a brain injury during a clinical trial using transcranial ultrasound (TUS) has prompted the case reviewers Kim Butts Pauly and @efouragnan.bsky.social to make their concerns public. If you are interested in TUS read their letter here: www.elsa-fouragnan.com/blog shorturl.at/SUmix

Very nice new framework for social games flexibly combining continuous social interactions with their sensorimotor implementation. A wonderful work of @violapriesemann.bsky.social and colleagues. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

www.thetransmitter.org/human-neurot... fascinating reading

Congratulations @mkwittmann.bsky.social and all the authors, quite a brilliant paradigm and fascinating set of studies about how humans may simplify in their brain the complex world of social interactions

3.5 year PhD studentship in cognitive computational neuroscience open in my MSN lab, @thechbh.bsky.social, co-supervised with @selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social & @simonlittle.bsky.social. Deadline 23rd March. Only open to UK candidates. More details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Pls repost

I did my phd with @andrea-benucci.bsky.social and I can only recommend working with him if you are interested in perception and want to gain experience with optogenetics and imaging methods. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🧵 Addio Facebook e Instagram: è ora di ricostruire le nostre case digitali | @ariannaciccone.bsky.social www.valigiablu.it/facebook-ins... via @valigiablu.it

"There is a sadness in this world, for we are ignorant of many things. Yes, we are ignorant of many beautiful things — things like the truth." - Log Lady www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

www.science.org/content/arti... Boring is interesting (and so is boredom for that matter)

@andreapisauro.bsky.social www.questionegiustizia.it/articolo/sul...

BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce: We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky! We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct. Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions. Let's get into it!

The fall of the Syrian regime might end a long civil war, but war continues in Gaza with fragile ceasefire in Lebanon. This open letter by more than 1000 psycho/neuroscientists calls for peace & pressure on Israel including stopping provision of arms. To read&sign: sites.google.com/view/psychne...

Dilly Ding Dilly Dong 💛❤️

Might be relevant for people leaving #twitter/x one thing I did before closing my account was downloading its archive which is useful if you want to keep track of your former twitter life. And it may also be safer in your hard drive than on a public account! help.x.com/en/managing-...

A million a day is quite significant

Today at a news conference in Rome Keir Starmer commended the “remarkable progress” the far right Italian government has made on immigration. Here’s Amnesty International’s highly critical statement on the human rights violations the Italian govt has been accused of. A model to follow? No thanks.