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I'll start replying to my emails like this. #science #academia #academic #philosophy #philsky

Christmas is over and you start wondering what 2026 may bring? 🎁 Perhaps this #PhD position in Tübingen on the Neural Mechanisms of #Body #Memories in #women & #men is for you 👇 Starting date 01.03.2026 or earlier #fMRI #mentalhealth #sexdifferences

I honestly believe that, if this was implemented and they got a large exclusive plaque that reads “Achievement unlocked: Finished capitalism. Only 0.00001% of players achieve this goal,” many if not most current billionaires would be happy with it. For some of them it’s mostly about ego anyway.

Transcribing interview with a great Parkinson’s scientist - love his advice to young researchers: “Pick your area, stick with it, and accept that at some point in your life it will be flavour of the month, and at some point in your career, it will be ’I can't believe you're still working on that’”

You should be able to respond to reviewer comments with memes to liven up the peer review process.

This week is ideal to draft your submission for the #MindBrainBody Symposium 2026 so that you can let it rest over the (potential) holidays and finalise it first thing in 2026 (deadline: January 8, 2026). 😉 Looking forward to seeing you there and - in case - happy holidays! 🎄🧠🫀🫁

Mind blown! Did you know about EMERGE, this amazing resource on self-report scales? All items listed and psychometric properties assessed, in ONE place & user friendly to boot emerge.ucsd.edu/emerge-searc...

A Norwegian on sabbatical in Madrid, I return to this paper on diffs in long-term orientation between regions in Iran- it's so resonant of North/South stereotypes! In brief: Needing to survive winters/droughts 👉predictability (& boring); abundance enables fun journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Thorough & important from Atlas lab, yet again 🙏 (@laurenatlas.bsky.social I keep coming back to your reliability paper, if we use SCR I’ll be sure to use this new resource too 🤩)

I will feel better about this from now on, knowing I’m not alone helps somehow 😆

In talks, PIs love to brag about trainees still in academia, e.g. 'this study was led by X, who is now faculty at Y institution' My impression is that successful seniors very often had a brilliant first PhD student - did you (or were you), and how much do you think it matters? (I certainly did 🤩)

I maintain that this is an excellent benchmark for d-type effect sizes: Sleep satisfaction & duration declined with childbirth & reached a nadir during the first 3 months postpartum, with women more strongly affected (satisfaction d = -0.79, duration minus 62 min, d = -0.90)>

Join us for a PhD in affective neuroscience at the Donders Institute (Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging) www.radboudumc.nl/en/vacancies...

Both paper and thread are worth a read 👇

Dear journals, collaborators, potential trainees, & colleagues: Please be patient with your nih friends. Those of us who are still around are doing everything in our power to focus on science & keep the long view in mind. But life is very much one day at a time, & catch up from shutdown is a beast 🫠

Passionate about women's mental health? Interested in brain stimulation? Excited by cutting edge neurotech? Come do a PhD with me! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (thread)

We are already looking ahead to our #S4SN2026 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Montreal, Canada, next fall. Please keep an eye out for the exact dates in the coming weeks. See you in Montreal! 👋

*PhD funding through the @mrcaimdtp.bsky.social* interested in doing a PhD aimed at understanding the brain mechanisms underlying how sleep impacts on motivation in health and Parkinsons Disease? Want to learn computational modelling & brain imaging? Get in touch. more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-...

Well written personal story that is unique in part because it is not unique at all It outlines exactly why we need for medicine to become more human centred This is why after almost 2 decades in a psychology department, I am still in a neuroscientist We need to change the system from within

🎄 ANNOUNCEMENT: R Package Development Advent Calendar 2025! 🎄 Starting December 1st, I'm launching a 25-day journey through modern R package development. here's why you should follow along 🧵 #rstats #RPackageAdvent2025 #OpenSource

@natrevpsychol.nature.com perspective argues superiority of self-report over implicit measures, challenging beliefs that behaviour is less ‘biased’ than ratings Do you know of papers addressing this for ratings vs physiological measures? Or do we need to write that one? Eg for emotion

Good thread

Cool new study from my host lab in Madrid @anatajadura.bsky.social More malleable body image in people with less social connections, as measured using their super cool footstep sounds illusion erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

This raises what I like to call the "AI test for tasks". If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise. Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.

⬆️avoidance learning / negative reinforcement in opioid-treated patients (26 chronic pain, 24 OUD) Cool project 🤔 Are opioids the common factor, or another vulnerability? Chronic pain, depression, anxiety, fatigue, addiction ... All comorbid & w/ same predictors jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Another key aspect of stopping the new information tech (radio) from ruining democracy 100 years ago was gov’t regulation. Amongst many other regulatory tools, we regulated radio ownership. We also created public media to serve the public interest. The BBC came from the same motivation.

Citation impact and actual impact are not the same thing. What is the prototypical paper from the social-behavioral sciences that had both a huge citation impact and a huge actual (by your definition) impact? Vote by naming a paper or liking someone else's nomination. One box filled per day.

This is great, keep on adding suggestions everyone 😆

Funding wise, this seems to be my year 💪🤩 Now setting up an interdisciplinary convergence environment to figure out mechanisms of OPRM1 mutation & importance for addiction Co-PIs @koenvervaeke @deopandey @osmangani www.uio.no/english/rese...

The hard problem is solved - Thanks @naddenmark.bsky.social !

Great thread

Hi early career researchers I know job interviews can feel a bit like exams But having done six in the last week, let me tell you Chances are you’ve blown the minds of the interviewing panel 🤩🤩🤩

Valladolid pain conference crowd pretending to master social media (pouting) garden 😁 😂😂😂

Here are two "I can't believe these are free" online stats texts books that cover both underlying principles and practical applications in R that I regularly refer to. Learning Statistics with R learningstatisticswithr.com Doing Meta-Analysis with R bookdown.org/MathiasHarre...

Seriously word?

Been working a lot on own & colleagues’ grants recently Many great proposals define the problem so narrowly that it leads directly to the solution the project offers Eg 1/

When I was an undergrad, I saw a talk by Oliver Sacks about music. During the Q&A, someone asked Sacks if he thought science would reveal the deepest mysteries of art. Sacks (a rare humanist among scientists) said that he doubted it, at which Eric Kandel (the host) leaped up and grabbed the mic.

Our systematic review and meta-analysis is now published in Neurobiology of Stress 🍾 Main takeaway: glucose increases cortisol stress reactivity (robust, small effect), but effects of progesterone and estradiol are weak and rather inconsistent. Read more about it here 👇🏻

Great advice on universities at risk of accepting the Compact: "Really all you need to do is get your campus to hand this issue over to a very, very slow committee!"

Point of view, Norwegian time optimist Optimal arrival for 6 pm dinner: 6.10 Earliest polite: 6 Latest polite:6.20? With message, 6.35 🤷‍♀️

Interesting how companies and the financial world is racing to spend mindboggling amounts of money to build the infrastructure to train computers. But we are leaving the infrastructure to train and educate humans crumbling. The question is who will train who?

Norway!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

The Cognitive Science Society is looking for new members for its Student Committee! Open to current members enrolled in MA or PhD programs (any country 🌍) Apply by November 14! cognitivesciencesociety.org/get-involved/

Can I trust nature research assistant by springer??

The Nobel Prizes, 5 of 6 having so far gone to US based scientists, are a reminder of why we must stand up for science against this horrid administration. Here are some great Scientist Activists to follow. go.bsky.app/14W5Rdk

It has been an amazing experience to be President of @improvingpsych.org for the past year. There aren't many societies that would engage early career researchers in leadership, but SIPS is very special 🧡✨

One week left to apply!

Brilliant thread summarising this field - perfect for those in other fields 🙏

“Added value” 🙄