Banned from travel to #ACNP2026 at the last minute, the NIH Institute Directors will join the meeting via remote. Koob, Volkow and Acting Director Beckel-Mitchener for NIAAA, NIDA and NIMH.

Want to learn about FMRI visualization, processing and group analysis? Join us for the next AFNI Bootcamp (Jan. 27-29, 2026) for a fun few days of theory and interactive practicals. Details+registration for this virtual course: afni.nimh.nih.gov/bootcamp

7/ Fig 5 🔬 Ensemble properties explain why the regions differ Timing, response size, synchrony, and contribution to population dimensions Bottom line: ACC emphasizes ongoing nociceptive processing, RSC transforms aversion into predictive codes 🔮🧠

✨New Corder Lab preprint 🧠⚡️ - from Dr Sophie Rogers ! Differential modulation of aversive signaling by expectation across the cingulate cortex We image the same ACC + RSC neurons over time during noxious fear learning to ask: who encodes aversion vs who predicts it 🔮 biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

In case you need a last minute gift for a sciency colleague or yourself, the pink and purple action potentials / HRFs are somehow still in the shop! On sale too! These colors are usually first to be snagged! www.brainedglass.com

End of an era. Major loss for NIH and our tiny pain program at NCCIH. wishing you all the best in your next steps, @alexchesler.bsky.social

#JNeurosci: @yilizhao.bsky.social, Lee, @laurenatlas.bsky.social et al. found that associative learning across contexts triggered overlapping brain pathways, suggesting that the brain may use the same network for learning in different contexts. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1103-25.2025

I am so excited to share our newest preprint, inspired by @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social, “A multiverse approach to heat-evoked skin conductance analysis: Evaluating the influence of analytic pipeline on associations between skin conductance and pain osf.io/preprints/ps...

I am so excited to share our newest preprint, inspired by @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social, “A multiverse approach to heat-evoked skin conductance analysis: Evaluating the influence of analytic pipeline on associations between skin conductance and pain osf.io/preprints/ps...

Overall, these findings suggest that shared neural circuits mediate the effects of learned expectations on perception, linking pain with other areas of affective processing and perception across domains.

Pain specificity was evident when we measured variations in stimulus intensity, whether we used univariate or multivariate approaches, but there was minimal evidence of specificity by modality or aversiveness when we examined cue effects on medium trials.

Notably, the left anterior insula mediated domain-general cue effects on subjective intensity and the thalamus mediated cue effects on subjective valence, which two regions were nearly identical to those previously implicated in mediating cue effects on pain (Atlas et al., 2010).

Results showed learned cues modulated expectations and subjective outcomes similarly across domains. Consistent with this, the orbitofrontal cortex exhibited domain-general anticipatory activation.

Delighted to share our latest article on brain mechanisms of pain, appetitive & aversive learning, led by @yilizhao.bsky.social & In-seon Lee, out now in @sfnjournals.bsky.social! We show that brain mechanisms of expectancy are domain general, not unique to pain! www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...

Dear journals, collaborators, potential trainees, & colleagues: Please be patient with your nih friends. Those of us who are still around are doing everything in our power to focus on science & keep the long view in mind. But life is very much one day at a time, & catch up from shutdown is a beast 🫠

In case you missed it yesterday - black Friday sale at www.brainedglass.com! Last chance for action potentials or custom brains in time for the holidays.

In case you missed it yesterday - black Friday sale at www.brainedglass.com! Last chance for action potentials or custom brains in time for the holidays.

Thanksgiving / early Black Friday flash sale on action potentials at www.brainedglass.com! Also last chance to order custom brains in time for holidays. I’m very grateful to all who supported my side gig during the recent govt shutdown: Thx for helping me not lose my mind during a very hard time 💕🧠

Excited to share that the main work of my PhD has been published! We found that having control over pain makes expectations more precise, and changes pain perception. This is accompanied by activation changes in the PAG, SMA and ACC. You can read the full version of the paper here: rdcu.be/eQy6X

But the truth will always out. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Here is the full article from Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser. This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.

Is the “standard workflow” holding back fMRI analysis? Mass-univariate analysis is still the bread-and-butter: intuitive, fast… and chronically overfitted. Add harsh multiple-comparison penalties, and we patch the workflow with statistical band-aids. No wonder the stringency debates never die.

Our lab has 2 new papers in the current issue of @painthejournal.bsky.social: The first study, by Georgia Hadjis, shows that motivational conflict, rather than resource competition, determines priority assignment when pain is concurrent to competing demands. journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...

Going to #SFN2025. Check out the Costa Lab posters on Sunday and Monday afternoon!

While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.

Looks like we may finally be going back to work tomorrow (but still no SFN 😢), so this is your last chance to order a custom brain, an action potential, or the USE YOUR BRAIN - FUND SCIENCE / SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH stickers available at my website. Www.brainedglass.com

Looks like we may finally be going back to work tomorrow (but still no SFN 😢), so this is your last chance to order a custom brain, an action potential, or the USE YOUR BRAIN - FUND SCIENCE / SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH stickers available at my website. Www.brainedglass.com

I realize that these timelines are absurd and wanting to take on one of these important positions under the present circumstances is problematic, but NIH needs qualified applicants to apply. Please consider applying, even if you are not sure you would accept the position if offered. 3/3

the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), Fogarty International Center (FIC), and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Applications for NIMH are due by Friday. The remaining 5 (NIGMS, NICHD, NICDR, NHGRI, and NLM are due by 11/21 2/3

More new NIH institute and center director positions posted with a closing date of 11/26/25. hr.nih.gov/careers/open... These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ... 1/3

Limited slots for custom brains now available at www.brainedglass.com/product/cust...

Limited slots for custom brains now available at www.brainedglass.com/product/cust...

All the artists showing work at #SfN25, now with pictures! #sciart

Looks like the shutdown is nearing an end, but I might squeeze in one more batch of brains. I’m thinking of offering a limited number of custom orders where you pick the color scheme. DM if you’d be interested.

Call for Poster Abstracts Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community! Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST

Join us for this talk by @janhaaker.bsky.social on "A functional view on how we respond to others’ pain: Empathy, threat learning and neuropeptides" 11 November, 1pm CET tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...

tell any interested in UCSD neuro/cogsci/psych to email [email protected] and I'll link them up as best I can!

The real bummer about no one from NIH being able to attend SfN is all the postbacs that would be applying to graduate school this year won’t have the opportunity to network with potential faculty mentors at their posters or attend the graduate school fair.

Beautiful “action potential” stained glass made by @laurenatlas.bsky.social Picked 🔵 because it reminds me of our #ChR2 optotagging experiments 🤓🧪

It’s so nice to see pieces in their final homes. Just six of these left in the shop! www.brainedglass.com

Really delighted to share our new article in Current Biology showing that the cingulate-to-dorsolateral prefrontal pathway is not involved in trial-to-trial short-term adaptation but rather in sustained motivational control. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Thanks to everyone who snagged a stained glass action potential yesterday! Will drop them at the post office today. One of each color still left in the shop! www.brainedglass.com

Eleven stained glass action potentials available now! (One rainbow brain still in the shop too). www.brainedglass.com

Will be posting stained glass action potentials on my website at 1pm EST today! Www.brainedglass.com

Sadly, looks like I’ll definitely be missing SFN. Too late to get travel approved even if the government reopens, and too late to attend in my Brained Glass capacity as part of Art of Neuro. What a year this has been….

A new season of OHBM Neurosalience has started. Here's our kickoff episode where I talk with Lead Producer, Michelle Li about highlights from the past season, reaching our 100th episode, the controversial DIANA paper from last year, and what to expect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcq...

If you’re interested in knowing when the next set of brained glass is available, the best thing to do is follow Brained Glass on instagram. Stay tuned for action potentials.

I will be reviewing graduate student applications in the Social Psychology Area at Miami University for the 2025–2026 application cycle (Ph.D. start date: Fall 2026). Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com

The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad. I made a video explainer about why. Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social 1/4 🧪