A being that acts like it has consciousness, but does not, is called a philosophical zombie. Philosophical zombies have long been a hypothetical trope, used to make a point about consciousness. But they're not hypothetical any more. We wrote a comment exploring this issue, published on Halloween...

Researchers have validated Fabla, a secure smartphone app that lets participants record spoken diary entries in their daily lives. ✅ Higher adherence & usability ✅ 2x more language data than text diaries. #psynomBRM paper by Kaplan @deannakaplan.bsky.social and colleagues.

Honored to have my work with the Georgia CTSA AppHatchery featured as the inaugural episode of Emory's new Impact in Progress podcast. We developed Fabla, a free and open-source smartphone app, with the goal of centering patient experiences and narratives in health research.

Have you, or someone you know, experienced challenges after taking a psychedelic? We're launching a major new study to better understand these types of experiences. Our goal is to develop therapies and other types of support that can help. Please share! www.psychedelicchallenges.org?fbclid=IwY2x...

After getting off X and then moving "create bsky account" to the Next Week section of my to-do list for something like 50 consecutive weeks... here I am. 👋 Mostly here for article preprints and celebrating colleagues' accomplishments, but let's connect!