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Neuroscience graduate student at McGill University
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Julia M. Rohrer
21 days ago
Researchers writing about their work frequently rely on clichés. Yet, little is known about how such clichés affect
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Steven Meisler
26 days ago
Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is a powerful tool to study white matter maturation. In our new preprint, we process and distribute a new resource of >24,000 ABCD dMRI scans using open source tools! We then evaluate how methods shape inferences about development. 🔗
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Imaging Neuroscience
27 days ago
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Diana C. Pacyga, Kyle S. Burger, et al: Sex-specific associations of gestational age at birth and birth size with early life within-network brain connectivity: An exploratory study
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Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives
about 2 months ago
Researchers + trainees: level up your neuroimaging work! HBHL is hosting a Knowledge Exchange event on integrating SDoH into imaging pipelines with real examples and new tools you can use immediately.
@mcgill.ca
📅 May 18,
@canacn.bsky.social
Meeting | 🍽️ Lunch included Register:
mcgill.ca/x/5xG
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG
about 2 months ago
📢 Late-breaking poster submissions for FIT’NG 2026 are open. 👉 If you’re going to ICIS (
@infantstudies.bsky.social
), why not submit to FIT’NG, which begins the day after! 📝 Work presented at FIT’NG will reach our rich community of neuroscientists studying early brain development.
#FITNG26
#ICIS26
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International Society for Tractography
about 2 months ago
🏔️ Announcing IST 2026 in the Canadian Rockies! The 2nd annual meeting of the International Society for Tractography is happening this fall. Following Bordeaux, we’re gathering researchers, clinicians & developers pushing tractography, diffusion MRI & brain connectivity forward.
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Eric Ceballos
about 2 months ago
Curious about how brain and body communicate, or how circuit states are regulated over seconds to hours? Read our paper about neuropeptide systems and how they contribute to neural architecture and function
#neuroskyence
#compneuro
#neuroscience
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EL PAÍS
2 months ago
¿Qué es exactamente el envejecimiento? La pregunta parece remitir a una obviedad, pero quizá no lo sea. Una encuesta entre 103 expertos muestra que no hay un consenso
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¿Qué es el envejecimiento? ¿Es una enfermedad? ¿Cuándo empieza? Un centenar de expertos no se pone de acuerdo
Una encuesta a 103 investigadores demuestra que no existe un consenso acerca de qué causa el factor de riesgo más importante para la mortalidad
https://social.elpais.com/clshws
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Kathryn Manning
2 months ago
Congratulations to Madeson Todd on leading this paper through to the finish line!
@catherinealebel.bsky.social
@ucalgarymed.bsky.social
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Frontiers | Hypothalamus volumes and mental health in children and adolescents
IntroductionThe hypothalamus-pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis plays an important role in regulating behavior, neuroplastic responses to the environment during ch...
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1757229/full
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Julia M. Rohrer
2 months ago
The idea of the need for a control group may have been radical at the time, but trust me it's now generally accepted. This is not some fringe believe by methodological hardliners; it's established practice.
www.clinicaltrialsabundance.blog/p/clinical-t...
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Clinical trial reforms that once seemed radical
How randomized controlled trials, preregistration, and results reporting became standard practice.
https://www.clinicaltrialsabundance.blog/p/clinical-trial-reforms-that-once
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Julia M. Rohrer
2 months ago
P.S. Pre-post differences are *not* valid treatment effect estimates. Why? Here's a post by
@statsepi.bsky.social
:
statsepi.substack.com/p/one-simple...
, here's a post by me:
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Reviewer notes: In a randomized experiment, the pre-post differences are not effect estimates
Reviewer notes are a new short format with brief explanations of basic ideas that might come in handy during (for example) the peer-review process. They are a great way to keep Julia from writing 10,0...
https://www.the100.ci/2025/01/22/reviewer-notes-in-a-randomized-experiment-the-pre-post-differences-are-not-effect-estimates/
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Audrey Luo
2 months ago
We think of white matter as the highways of the brain. But when we followed development along those highways, we were surprised. The journey is more complex than we thought. My final PhD paper, “Two Axes of White Matter Development”, is now out in
@natcomms.nature.com
! 🛣️🧠✨ 🔗
bit.ly/wm2axes
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Marc L Seal
2 months ago
The emergence of the language system in the toddler brain | bioRxiv
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Marc L Seal
3 months ago
Leveraging Longitudinal Data to Improve BrainChart Calibration for Small Study Sample Sizes
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Leveraging Longitudinal Data to Improve BrainChart Calibration for Small Study Sample Sizes
Longitudinal neuroimaging studies require calibration of measurements between time points, but calibration of small population sample sizes can be unstable. We propose a method that leverages longitu...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hbm.70476?campaign=woletoc
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Marc L Seal
3 months ago
👀 A precise atlas of the human subcortex | bioRxiv
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Nature Portfolio
3 months ago
Human babies may be able to visually categorize different objects earlier than previously thought, even at two months of age, according to research in Nature #Neuroscience.
go.nature.com/4tcQOu3
#Neuroscience
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Annika Külpmann
4 months ago
How many versions of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) exist? And how much does this affect research using the IGT? More than you might think. 🧵
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG
4 months ago
📢 FIT'NG is seeking volunteers to serve as abstract reviewers for the 2026 conference. Reviewers will be selected based on expertise and career stage and will review 5–7 abstracts during a two-week period in early March. Sign Up Now 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#FITNG2026
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FIT'NG 2026 Reviewer Sign-Up
Thank you for volunteering to be an abstract reviewer for FIT'NG 2026. Reviewers will be selected based on area of expertise and career stage. Reviewers will be asked to be available to review 5 - 7 a...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPSRZALkr6BmjgIA_ZJiccvokUTv7rlM422-3GwPyBTPPsTQ/viewform
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Douglas Research Centre
5 months ago
📣 2025 Leo and Rachel Hendlisz Award competition Congratulations to the recipients! Learn more here :
douglas.research.mcgill.ca/news/2025-le...
*** 📣 Concours du prix Leo et Rachel Hendlisz 2025 Félicitations aux récipiendaires! Plus d'informations:
douglas.research.mcgill.ca/fr/news/conc...
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One of my favourite places. So happy and proud to have the opportunity to work in this research hospital.
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Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives
6 months ago
Don't miss next week's Neurogenesis faculty lecture! Join
@tasmiahai.bsky.social
& Delphine Raucher-Chéné to learn about their groundbreaking research and the latest advances in neuroscience at
@mcgill.ca
. 🧠 📅 Nov. 26, 2025 📍
@theneuro.bsky.social
🤝 Reception afterwards! Register:
mcgill.ca/x/iHe
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Douglas Research Centre
6 months ago
📣 Don't miss this special event! We are waiting for you! More informations :
douglas.research.mcgill.ca/calendar/ent...
*** 📣 Ne manquez pas cet évènement spécial! Nous vous attendons nombreux.ses! Plus d'informations sur notre site internet :
douglas.research.mcgill.ca/fr/calendrie...
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Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives
6 months ago
You won't want to miss this: Exciting talks by Roger Zemek, Benjamin Goldstein (
@camhnews.bsky.social
), Kris Noakes,
@piawintermark.bsky.social
(
@rimuhc.bsky.social
), Lesley Fellows (
@healthsciences.mcgill.ca
), Philip Jai Johnson & Georg Northoff (
@uottawa.ca
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Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives
6 months ago
Pssst... The Amazing Brain Science Talks are back tomorrow & it's going to be a full house! Join HBHL,
@braincanada.bsky.social
&
@bhi-icc.bsky.social
at
@banq-officiel.bsky.social
to hear from experts + learn about the brain, the heart & everything in between. See you soon 🧪🧠
www.amazingbrain.ca
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Kathryn Manning
6 months ago
Ecstatic about my science AND art being featured in
@biologicalpsych.bsky.social
CNNI's current issue with
@northernthrux.bsky.social
painting on the cover and our exciting
@theabcdstudy.bsky.social
article completed with
@catherinealebel.bsky.social
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/current
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Dan Lewer
7 months ago
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research.
bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
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Miri Forbes
7 months ago
We’ve just published another video on HiTOP that tries to flesh out a bit more how the framework can be helpful in research:
youtu.be/q0jOi_Nl1yo
We hope it’s useful, and are keen to hear any feedback Thanks again so much to
@tashtc.bsky.social
for all of her hard work creating this video series ✨
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Using HiTOP in Research
YouTube video by HiTOP
https://youtu.be/q0jOi_Nl1yo
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Marc L Seal
8 months ago
👀 Lifespan Trajectories of Asymmetry in White Matter Tracts | bioRxiv
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The Transmitter
8 months ago
A method for capturing neuronal activity using fMRI excited the neuroimaging field but couldn’t be replicated. Today, the authors of the original paper retracted their work. By
@callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/a...
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Authors retract Science paper on controversial fMRI method
Several MRI artifacts contribute to the neuronal activity signal picked up by the method, according to a preprint the authors posted this month.
https://www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/authors-retract-science-paper-on-controversial-fmri-method/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20250925-news-authors-retract-science-paper-on-fMRI-method
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Ravi Menon
8 months ago
Science is self correcting. Finally!
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Authors retract Science paper on controversial fMRI method
Several MRI artifacts contribute to the neuronal activity signal picked up by the method, according to a preprint the authors posted this month.
https://www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/authors-retract-science-paper-on-controversial-fmri-method/
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Golia Shafiei
8 months ago
Excited to share that our work introducing the Reproducible Brain Charts (RBC) data resource is now published in Neuron!! 🎉 📚 Read the paper:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset:
reprobrainchart.github.io
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Armin Raznahan
8 months ago
Check out this great thread on a fresh preprint by
@hyolee.bsky.social
! 🤩 Hyo led a new study where we & our fab collaborators take a closer look at sex differences in human cortical volume …
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medRxivpreprint
8 months ago
Brain Size: To Adjust or Not Adjust? It's Not a Matter of If, but How
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.21.25336298v1
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samuel mehr
8 months ago
this is wild - i was aware of Mary-Claire King's absurdly important discoveries on BRCA / inherited breast cancer but I had no idea that her first PhD paper (King & Wilson 1975, Science, not bad lol) is the "99% of protein coding shared btwn chimps and humans" result
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Ravi Menon
8 months ago
💔 It is with great sadness that I report the passing of my Ph.D. supervisor, Dr. Peter Allen from Alzheimer’s. His trainees (and their trainees and their trainees and their trainees) are still making a mark in the world of in-vivo magnetic resonance. 🇨🇦
www.remembering.ca/obituary/pet...
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Dr. Peter S. Allen Obituary | 1939 - 2025 | Edmonton Journal Remembering
View Dr. Peter S. Allen's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.
https://www.remembering.ca/obituary/peter-allen-1093078775
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG
8 months ago
Join us next July in Panama!!
#FITNG2025
--> 2026 🌴🤓
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Ted Satterthwaite
8 months ago
New preprint from stellar IRTG PhD student Amelie Rauland + team on white matter bundle reconstruction! Shows that WM bundles can be reliably extracted from simple 32-direction dMRI & features predict cognition - huge potential for legacy and clinical data. Thread 👇
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Quanta Magazine
8 months ago
The Fourier transform is everywhere you look. It has helped scientists to study tides, detect gravitational waves, and develop radar and MRI technology. Here’s how it works.
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What Is the Fourier Transform? | Quanta Magazine
Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform,…
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-fourier-transform-20250903/
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CosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
8 months ago
Love Fourier Transforms! We use them a lot in our work. They are already such a huge part of our everyday lives. Our brains do Fourier Transforms! Nice piece here on some of the history of where they came from, how they work and applications. 🧪
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Julia Moser
9 months ago
Is precision functional brain imaging in babies possible? YES! We show this in not one but two new preprints out of WashU and
@umn-midb.bsky.social
! 1️⃣:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
2️⃣:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Julia M. Rohrer
9 months ago
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life? Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w
@vincentab.bsky.social
) Preprint:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website:
j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
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Ariel Rokem
9 months ago
New paper alert! This paper describes the work that we have been doing in the last few years to create a software ecosystem for tractometry that is extensible, interoperable, and generally useful.
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Science X / Phys.org
9 months ago
New evidence indicates the thalamus actively influences the timing and pattern of brain development, shaping plasticity in cortical regions throughout childhood and adolescence.
doi.org/g9vd4x
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More than a simple relay station: Thalamus may guide timing of brain development and plasticity
The brain is known to develop gradually throughout the human lifespan, following a hierarchical pattern. First, it adapts to support basic functions, such as movement and sensory perception, then it moves onto more advanced human abilities, such as decision-making.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-simple-relay-station-thalamus-brain.html?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=v2
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Arielle Keller
9 months ago
Absolutely thrilled to share the 🌟 FIRST PAPER 🌟 from ACORN Lab! 🐿️ I’m beyond proud of all-star grad student
@heatherarobinson.bsky.social
for this review of “exposome” effects on neurodevelopment & cognition! Paper here
rdcu.be/ezUqx
& thread below 👇 /1
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
#devsky
#cogdev
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The effect of the “exposome” on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes
Neuropsychopharmacology - The effect of the “exposome” on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes
https://rdcu.be/ezUqx
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Jamie Hanson
9 months ago
Mapping cerebral blood perfusion and its links to multi-scale brain organization across the human lifespan
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Mapping cerebral blood perfusion and its links to multi-scale brain organization across the human lifespan
How does cerebral blood perfusion map onto micro-, meso- and macro-scale brain structure? Using arterial spin labeling data from the Human Connectome Project, this study provides a detailed characteri...
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003277
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Jonathan Peelle
9 months ago
38 research teams analyzed the same fNIRS data...Really nice visualization of the variety of processing pipelines people use from Meryem Yücel, Rob Luke, et al.: "fNIRS reproducibility varies with data quality, analysis pipelines, and researcher experience"
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Bratislav Misic
9 months ago
Integrating and interpreting brain maps |
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
Imaging and recording technologies make it possible to map multiple biological features of the brain. How can these features be conceptually integrated into a coherent understanding of brain structure and function? ⤵️
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Aliza Brzezinski-Rittner
10 months ago
Hey
#AAIC25
! Today I'll be sharing our research on the mediating effect of WMH on spontaneous brain activity during aging! 🧠 Join me on poster 430!
@ameliemetz.bsky.social
@dadarmahsa.bsky.social
@yasharneuro.bsky.social
@roqamoqa.bsky.social
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Douglas Research Centre
11 months ago
Dr. Mahsa Dadar receives the 2025 Principal’s Prize for Outstanding early-career Researchers! Learn more :
douglas.research.mcgill.ca/dadar-2025-p...
*** Dre Mahsa Dadar reçoit le Prix du recteur pour nouveaux chercheurs 2025! En savoir plus :
douglas.research.mcgill.ca/fr/news/dre-...
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Rapid 1 mm isotropic diffusion tensor imaging with denoising and improved parameter estimation for detecting focal hippocampal lesions in temporal lobe epilepsy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Rapid 1 mm isotropic diffusion tensor imaging with denoising and improved parameter estimation for detecting focal hippocampal lesions in temporal lobe epilepsy
While high resolution diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at 1 mm isotropic can detect focal lesions of the hippocampus in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), fa…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0730725X25001274#f0005
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