Our lab (w/ @patrickgbissett) is hiring a full-time research coordinator to work with us on cognitive control, dense fMRI, computational modeling, and human-AI interaction. Designed for post-bacs looking to start a Ph. D in ~2 years. Please repost. phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDNLbWAG

Just wrote a new blogpost trying to summarize my thoughts on the question of how and whether to use AI for research in psychology and cognitive science: babieslearninglanguage.blogspot.com/2026/04/usin...

One of the best-written cautionary pieces I’ve read in a long time. In my time as a PhD student, I’ve often struggled with larger questions beyond my role as a truth-seeker within developmental cognitive neuroscience as I watched AI evolve, and I sympathize with large parts of this series.

Excited to share our new Nature paper: Functional hierarchy of the human neocortex across the lifespan We built a continuous normative reference for the brain’s major functional connectivity gradients from 16 days after birth to age 100.

We Keep Rolling Out Good Ideas Without the Story. That’s Why They Stall www.the74million.org/article/we-k...

Really excited to be guest editing this special issue with Dani! Abstracts are due April 15th, reach out with any questions!

I am hiring a new lab manager for the @umdleadlab.bsky.social to start this summer! Job ad and link to apply here. Please re-post and share with your seniors, and/or anyone else who would be a good fit! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Technical difficulties: new stream here youtube.com/live/2lcCqjM...

Even if the only time we look in our neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough, we can do more about our neighbor’s bowls than just look. Inequality is not inevitable, and a better world is possible.

Many parts of the world are still persistently underrepresented in neuroimaging research. I love how this article invites not just scientists and funders, but also MRI system manufacturers, to consider their role in the effort to diversify neuroimaging. doi.org/10.64898/202...

Data quality biases normative models derived from fetal brain MRI | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

My first preprint is out! Thank you to my brilliant collaborators & mentors for making this possible @vmarchman.bsky.social @arokem.org @jyeatman.bsky.social, as well as everyone behind the awesome open source software that we use @pennlinc.bsky.social @cieslakmatt.bsky.social (& many not on bsky)

Doing some soul-searching in the middle of my PhD journey, and I found this post by @yoshikohno.bsky.social extremely helpful - particularly the analogy of interdisciplinary research like strategically throwing rocks to build an island somewhere!

Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, the highest title given to competitors by the International Chess Federation, and a former Junior World Champion, has died at 29.

I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share: phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

Shameless plug that I'm on the job market! As a postdoc at Stanford's Center on Early Childhood, I study how children navigate growing up in poverty, w/ attention to both the challenges they face & the adaptive strengths they develop. To learn more & download my CV, see www.meriahdejoseph.com

“We present the first release of p-HCP (Prenatal Human Connectome Patterns), an imaging dataset of human fetal brain development covering the second half of gestation.” 🤯

A trans-Atlantic voyage to see @summerfieldlab.bsky.social after a decade! So many core memories from a most fulfilling time at @wadhamcollege.bsky.social and @oxexppsy.bsky.social that shaped who I am today.

It’s my third time at @fluxsociety.bsky.social and I’m thankful not just for the science, but also the intentional community-building and professional development of trainees. Glad to hear from @cmakowski.bsky.social that not all who wander are lost!

Happy reunion with @silk-tim.bsky.social at #flux2025! He started me on the journey down the white matter rabbit hole, and he’s recruiting for @enigmabrains.bsky.social!

Poster in an hour at T24 #flux2025. Come find out what I’ve been working on this year at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood! TLDR: there is value in neuroimaging parents for parent-mediated interventions! Also this: www.thefindprogram.org/thefindprogram

🧠 The State of the Brain Special Issue features insights from last year’s keynotes, award winners & committee leaders. 🔗 Explore major findings & themes from 2024: apertureneuro.org/issue/12560 @arokem.org @alexfornito.bsky.social @macshine.bsky.social @vcalhoun.bsky.social @misicbata.bsky.social

Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop! Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

TUNE IN: Governor Newsom delivers a formal address to California from Los Angeles. Watch live at 6:30pm. YouTube: youtube.com/live/Q69izEy... Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/14380... X: @CAgovernor Instagram: @Cagovernor

New paper examining longitudinal #brain data over 7y & relation to #reading; implications for early intervention/policy @fitngin.bsky.social Longitudinal trajectories of brain development from infancy to school age and their relationship with literacy development | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We’re hiring a clinical research coordinator to lead a neuroimaging study on brain changes across pregnancy and perinatal depression. wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui... Please RT.

New study up on ROAR@Home BETA. We’re developing a phonics screener particularly for early elementary school. Please report bugs if you encounter any! roar.stanford.edu/signup/

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

Two weeks to do our homework fellow Singaporeans. The system is imperfect but it still works. Make your vote count or hold your peace till 2030.

An astute reviewer 2 would probably have noted: methods matter. “[We] should spend less time criticizing the content of the administration’s executive actions […] than focusing on its suspect methods. […] Don’t give up on the levers of political power prematurely. Use them, or they will disappear.”

Programming is essential for research in neuroscience and psychology. This Primer introduces ten principles guiding researchers toward writing clear, adaptable, and easily shareable code, supporting reproducible science. @martinhebart.bsky.social @tsawallis.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

There is no silver bullet - scaffolding the environment, medication, and other tools only facilitate but cannot replace skillbuilding through educational supports.

• In the short-run, tariffs pinch bottom income households 2.5x more rel. to income than at the top. • Families at the bottom lose $2,100. In the middle, $3,700. At the top, $10,000. • Consumers face +64% higher apparel prices in the short-run, +27% in long-run. 6/7

Thanks to Mario Cardona from EducationCounsel for sharing an extremely comprehensive summary of federal actions on the present state of education in the US here at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood’s RAPID Survey Project 5th Anniversary.

Not just big data, but beautiful visualizations! Raj Chetty also makes the poignant point at the recent @stanforddata.bsky.social lecture that beyond changes in the GDP, what matters even more is how that growth is distributed (especially in the US). youtu.be/UCn5Bm0VEbw?...

Explore the newly launched Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center, designed to help you navigate the field with news, expert insights and practical tools. The page also highlights job openings, seminars, and more: #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

🤯 WM development is not uniform! 1. there’s a deep-to-superficial axis, superficial tract regions near cortical surface exhibit greater age-related change. 2. this aligns with cortical hierarchy defined by sensorimotor-association axis; tract ends adjacent to sensorimotor cortices mature earlier.

One of the first sites that piqued my interest in data visualisation, not to mention the numerous R datasets for many students. Rest in statistical significance.

The landscape of diversity and inclusion in science funding has shifted. David Barker explains how neuroscientists must adapt and take action or risk losing ground on all of the progress made. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/adap...

Programs focused on increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce are imperiled. Ten trainees funded by these programs spoke with The Transmitter about what the uncertainty of the past few weeks has meant for them, their research and their futures. www.thetransmitter.org/funding/a-gu...

I scribbled this quote down during Bill’s Festschrift last September - “If I don’t get into something I’m really interested in, I won’t finish grad school.” This Paper Changed My Life has been such a fascinating series, lending a personal touch to the history of neuroscience.

I am a bit bashful about sharing this profile www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... of me in @thetimes.com, but will do so because it kindly refers to my new book which is coming out in early March. www.penguin.co.uk/books/460891.... The tech titans pictured seem to be decoration (and not my co-authors)

I often think about the participants that fail preprocessing (especially when working with infants and children), but thankfully pipelines are continuously improving such that the number of participants that fail preprocessing should continue to decrease for the same degree of motion.

Four areas that increase uncertainty & unpredictability: persistence of poverty & inequality, time spent in non-familial settings, global climate change, & rise of digital technology. Five recommendations, including elevating parent & provider voices, community & multigenerational programming.

Now hiring for two lab manager positions at Stanford! Hyo Gweon and I are coordinating joint searches since our labs collaborate frequently. Please join us! careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/researc... and careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/lab-coo...

States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Just attended a wonderful guest lecture from @lisapatel.bsky.social about effects of climate change on early childhood. Facts were depressing, but my main takeaway was for adults to model taking climate action collectively, and also to help our children build a personal connection to nature.

"While reading intervention improved reading skills and increased VWFA size, disparities persisted, suggesting that VWFA abnormalities are an enduring trait of dyslexia.” “[E]ven with sufficient intervention to close the reading skill gap, dyslexic readers are still expected to have smaller VWFAs."