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We put out this preprint a couple months ago, but I really wanted to replicate our findings before we went to publication. At first, what we found was very confusing! But when we dug in, it revealed a fascinating neural strategy for how we switch between tasks doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.29.615736 🧵

Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Code: github.com/neurotuning/...

OK folks, this is a very convincing EEG artifact rejection method both theoretically and practically from my short experience. It's the only method I tried that gets rid of pervasive artifacts in a dataset I'm currently analyzing!

New preprint! Could prison be linked to changes in cognition? In this study, we investigated whether being incarcerated is associated with changes in the perception of oneself as an autonomous agent (i.e., the sense of agency) with @emiliecaspar.bsky.social : doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Two questions: (1) How not to MISS an outlier? (2) Can you tell if a poster was made by AI or by a human? (1) 🤯 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲? MAD? IQR? SD? And with which threshold: 1.5 or 2 IQR? 2 or 3 SD?🤯 Check our new🔗 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩: osf.io/preprints/ps...

First time I heard about this initiative to raise awareness among researchers about reproduction using an automated tool forrt.org/replication-.... Basically, I receive by e-mail a suggestion of study that conduct a replication of one of the study I cite, which was not in my reference 1/2

HPI, mythes et faits autour de l‘intelligence clarifiées par deux neuropsychologues, Sophie Brasseur et Catherine Cuche! ecoutez ce nouvel épisode de @milgrampodcast.bsky.social, avec une nouvelle identité sonore! open.spotify.com/episode/20RI...

Pretty proud of this one — it represents 3 years of work! Our new publication in American Psychologist uses EEG to investigate whether the brains of rescuers respond differently than former perpetrators and bystanders. @erc.europa.eu @ghentccn.bsky.social article: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

New paper, on a worrying trend in meta-science: the practice of anonymising datasets on, e.g., published articles. We argue that this is at odds with norms established in research synthesis, explore arguments for anonymisation, provide counterpoints, and demonstrate implications and epistemic costs.

Wahou, so refreshing this first day at the meta-science conference #PSE8. How did I change my mind from science is broken to yes but great minds are working on it! I also received very positive feedback on my work on outlier detection (that should be out as a preprint soonish)

Now Aurélien Allard with the second talk of #PSE8: How is it possible that there is massive scientific progress, even thought there is a lot of scientific error?

The Impact of Non-Neural Sources on Aperiodic EEG Activity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We're running a 5th edition of the always-exciting UCL Summer School on Consciousness and Metacognition this year, 8th-10th July 2026 in London. Accommodation and travel expenses are covered. For more information and how to apply, check out metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...

A hypothesis developed based on the data is often more likely to be true, than if you had not used the data. The problem is not whether the hypothesis is true. The problem is the hypothesis was not severely tested. You can't *claim* it is true until you test it on new data.

main goal for this year: find a new job! 🙂 looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible. science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv

Interesting, and good recommendations that apply broadly « Increase methodological rigour: increase sample sizes; pre-register analyses; use transparent, harmonised pipelines; validate models externally; share data and code; and publish null results.» www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It seems massive but I am not a fMRI expert. They seems to report that the relation between bold signal and neural engagement is not straightforward, and can even be reversed. So increase bold = increase vascular activity, but not necessarily increase neural activity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US

new paper in TICS officially out today. great learning from and writing with Anastasia, and super cool cover art from Prof. Pinar Yoldas. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

⛓️🔒 La prison semble être une réalité lointaine… Mais les délinquant·es y sont condamné·es en notre nom à tous·tes. Dans notre nouvel épisode 100g, @elodiekox.bsky.social explique les conséquences psychologiques et cognitives sur les déténu·es. 🧠 👉https://milgram.ulb.be/100g/episodes-100g/prison/

Great piece on the absurdity of brute force multiverse analyses. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

New preprint! Do you prefer to act rather than not to act? We investigate whether the sense of agency is valenced, with Inès Mentec; Charlotte Auger, Murielle Coulibaly, Martine Malaise, Matéo Vandeville, and @axc.bsky.social leveraging explicit and implicit methods. osf.io/preprints/ps...

New research in Rwanda has started ! We continue to try to understand what differs those who participate in a génocide, and those who instead risk their lives to save others. Here is a picture of our novel and ecological risk-taking task, inspired by the BART.

How does the brain decide? 🧠 Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc. After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up. rdcu.be/eGUrv

Happy to share a new preprint in which @paulbuerkner.com and I introduce a novel model-based approach for precisely estimating the onset and offset of M/EEG effects! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

[email protected] @onemorebrown.bsky.social and @axc.bsky.social have published a theoretical paper titled “Computational higher-order theories of consciousness” as a book chapter. See the preprint here. philarchive.org/archive/FLECHT

🚨 New article in #NCONSC A multi-measurement study of the relation between deliberation and volition academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪

In this new study academic.oup.com/nc/article-a... we investigated how adding consequence to one's decision, and increasing the degree of deliberation, impacted different markers of voluntary action. /N

New paper on the neural mechanisms associated with resistance to immoral orders in civilian and military populations @leslie-tricoche.bsky.social, Antonin Rovai & Salvatore Lo Bue Open Access: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @moralsocialbrain.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu BIAL @ghentccn.bsky.social

If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, specially targeting conscious vs. unconscious processing, contact me. We are recruiting 🙏🧠 please RT

Is it time to bring back natural philosophy? For ABC (Australia)'s "The Philosopher's Zone", I spoke with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social , @sandradmitchell.bsky.social @melaniemitchell.bsky.social , @anilseth.bsky.social , David Albert, and Alan Guth: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... #science #philosophy

But in this commentary, we argue that does Centaur does *not* provide a better account of any psychological findings compared to previous models. Centaur is model without a theory. osf.io/preprints/ps...

Very pleased to say that we are (almost) ready for the 1.0.0 of our HMP #Python package to decompose #EEG into single-trial task related events: github.com/GWeindel/hmp There's now a nice documentation: hmp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/we... We just need some beta testers, thus RT appreciated!

What is the most compelling book providing an overview of the successes and worthwhile contributions that psychology has made over the last century? Has it even been written? As just one example, in my Human Factors course I would discuss the 3rd break light. stanley-r-harris.co.uk/blog/why-do-...

"Defining deliberation for dual-process models of reasoning" is now published. Free online access to the published Nat Rev Psy version: rdcu.be/erM5T

NEW: Statement from the PCI RR Managing Board on the withdrawal of Infant and Child Development as a PCI RR-friendly journal, and the decision by Wiley to refuse preprints that have been peer-reviewed by @peercommunityin.bsky.social / @pci-regreports.bsky.social Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh

I wrote a review of a recent paper on false discovery and multiple testing correction. liorpachter.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/r...

“It is essential to enable scientists to continue delivering their groundbreaking contributions to societal progress. The best way for them to do so is to enhance the autonomy and the funding of the ERC” AERG warns about the dangers for EU research www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

From @eurekalert.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Once upon a time I couldn't replicate a published finding...and decided to do something about it. Little did I know how long it would take to finish 😭...but here we are. I'm super proud of this paper and grateful to the other 68 (!) authors. ❤️ royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

On behalf of everyone working on improving psychological methods over the last decade: You are welcome. Now lets hope we see a similar noticeable improvement in theory building and measurement a decade from today. To the people working on that challenge: it is good to see change is possible!

Always good to see a work crystallised into a publication academic.oup.com/scan/article.... In this work with @emiliecaspar.bsky.social we investigate cross cultural differences of obedience and confirmity on reconciliation intentions. Are we more influenced by an authority or a group?

New publication in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) with @guillaumepech.bsky.social ! We investigated the influence of conformity and obedience on intentions to help a child whose relative had caused harm to the participant’s family. academic.oup.com/scan/article...

Academic freedom seems to have almost systematically decreases over the last decade. This is scary, especially as a PhD student. The data indicate the rise of more anti-pluralist parties is related to this decrease. So, there is one thing to act upon. academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

If you work in psychology in a research area without Registered Reports, you will see that the main hypotheses in papers are almost always supported. If your peers publish Registered Reports, you will also have access to null results, which should be very common. doi.org/10.1177/2515...

☕💬 Let's Talk Science at BAPS 2025! Looking to connect, reflect, and exchange ideas beyond the sessions? Join us during lunch or coffee breaks for “Let’s Talk Science!”, a relaxed and informal space to chat with fellow researchers about the topics that really matter.