After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data. If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition. eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...

This paper had a pretty shocking headline result (40% of voxels!), so I dug into it, and I think it is wrong. Essentially: they compare two noisy measures and find that about 40% of voxels have different sign between the two. I think this is just noise!

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...

I'm sure someone will want to throw eggs at me, but yes: "we turn the spotlight on what we as academics can still do within our current external constraints rather than seeing our environment as fully deterministic of our ability to act."

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.

Finally got around to incorporating all Github feedback on my open access textbook, making around 20 minor improvements, and updating some references. 17 chapters of state of the art stats and methods education, freely available for any course you teach. lakens.github.io/statistical_...

Since we are still talking about interactions, I worked with some ecologists a couple of years ago on measurement scale, interactions and interpretation issues. I think some problems arise from failure to distinguish prediction from inference, a chronic problem in ecology imo doi.org/10.1111/brv....

How does this magic work? bsky.app/profile/did:... - like this is some great magic!

Neural manifolds: more than the sum of their neurons — a Journal Club article by Juan Alvaro Gallego www.nature.com/articles/s41... @juangallego.bsky.social #neuroscience #neuroskyence

How long do neural alterations last after a human-related trauma, such as a genocide? And can they be transmitted across generations? → New in Biological Psychology on survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... with @guillaumepech.bsky.social & P. Ros

What a journey to finish this work with @emiliecaspar.bsky.social ! Finally out here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔬 A pre-registered EEG study on the effect of trauma and PTSD across generations within the context of the aftermath of the Genocide of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale: "directly controlling the human eye’s photoreceptor activity via cell-by-cell light delivery ... we confirm a partial expansion of colorspace towards [a] theoretical ideal" 🧠📈 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Abstract Decisions Sent- Check Your Inbox! The abstract decisions for BAPS 2025 have been sent out! Make sure to check your email for your notification. Early bird registration is open until April 11, 2025—register now for the best rates! www.bapsannualmeeting.com/conference.h...

And don't forget to check out the python package www.github.com/gweindel/hmp

We’re building a #PeoplesMovement. Today, over 3 million people across the country stood up to say HANDS OFF our democracy. 
And history shows that when just 3.5% of the population engages in sustained, peaceful resistance—transformative change is inevitable. #50501movement #HandsOff #April5

How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🧟 Frankenstein, Milgram, Zimbardo…les scientifiques n’ont pas toujours eu des conduites irréprochables ! Un nouvel épisode 100g écrit par @guillaumepech.bsky.social et Inès Mentec sur les pratiques éthiques actuelles en psychologie milgram.ulb.be/100g/episode...

As a foreign traveler, you may be denied entrance in the US if you have expressed anti-Trump views (French researcher couldn’t enter). www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

There are days in life that shake you. I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University & academic career... 1/🧵