No doubt the ”she” applies to “he” too! fairhalllab.com/careers/how-...

Inspiring www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I recognise lots in this article, & for me the key question has crystallised into: How do scientists ensure that the work stays fun? It’s fun when the questions you try to answer feel genuinely novel and important - which is key to outweigh the burdens as responsibilities and admin multiply

Just used AI to visualise an impenetrable table 😀 Looks like most withdrawal effects after opioids may be nocebos ... (From Miller et al, Pain, 2022 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003895)

Has media consumption gone too far?

I searched my zotero library for 'personal communication', because these tend to be interesting and can illustrate how science really works. I was not disappointed, the most recent one in my library was this from @syeducation.bsky.social. More of this! doi.org/10.36850/mr11

Great opportunity to learn from an inspiring leading scientist 👌

Whoa! What an exciting and unusual choice- excited to hear how it goes 👀 👀 👀

I definitely feel this. Stopped going to SfN due to increased inaccessibility of rodent research (all tech terms now 🙄) @s4sn.bsky.social on the other hand- still reaches across the divide, insisting on inclusion of different species perspectives in symposia & organisation 👏👌

🚨SOLUTIONS🚨 Desk reject more stuff with actionable feedback. Don’t request second reviews Build larger editorial boards of volunteers Wait to submit your work until it’s ready; a.k.a don’t send in your half-baked trash hoping for feedback 6/7

I have way, way more success inviting reviewers when I personalize invites, stick to content-relevant reviewers, give junior or lesser-known scholars a chance to review, and send new invites regularly (weekly). For well-known journals: usually need to invite 6-10 people. Otherwise, 20. 2/7

Gave a talk on free will the other day and got what is an increasingly common question: isn't my mind really being controlled by my gut microbiome? 🤪

Remember friends: Submit 1 paper/grant/abstract means review at least 3; no excuses. Part of the resistance to the tragedies of this era must be focused on keeping things moving, *especially* for the current and future success of our trainees.

Last day of sabbatical in Madrid at @anatajadura.bsky.social’s lovely group Feeling grateful & replenished! Some take homes (literally 😜) 1/

I have a strong belief that scientific instruments like questionnaires should not be have the same copyright protection as other text. Yes you can assert authorship, no you can't stop people using it.

Does anyone have experience with heart rate synchrony analysis of dyads doing something together? Any practical tips and literature for newbies appreciated!

As a field, we should be appreciative and open about such ‘shame spirals’ because -despite the unpleasantness- they can trigger important insights & progress First 🫣😬 Then 💪💪💪

Reading up on precision imaging & struck by these findings of greater hormonal variation - & impact on brain networks - in the sampled man vs woman! Another nail in the coffin of the 'hormonal/hysterical' woman?! @grotzinger.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social www.jneurosci.org/content/44/2...

Services like RegCheck are extremely promising for moving norms forward from doing open science practices to doing open science practices well.

1. If the goal is to stop us from doing science, then doing science is more important than ever now. 2. We have radical uncertainty about the future. There is no sense in giving up in advance. 3. We have agency over the future. If you don't like what's happening, work to change what is happening.

Nominate someone for the 2026 edition of The Sarah Jones Award for exceptional contribution to fostering collaboration in #OpenScience! #OpenResearch Open to all, though a demonstration of contribution within the RDA @researchdataall.bsky.social community is of great importance.

Academic life is just repeating this to one another until we retire @jamiecummins.bsky.social

Happiness and well-being researchers: do we currently believe in the dip around 47? Personally I can vouch for it & wanted to post an image of how things are looking up now I’ve turned 48 but the curves I’m finding seem to extend the dip into 52… 😬

It's about time somebody did this ⤵️ We systematically reviewed 50/2060 screened studies that looked at how changing someone's own pain experience also affects how people feel and respond to others’ emotions and pain. ⚡ Read it now in @painthejournal.bsky.social: journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...

Important new work from Greg Corder and others 👏 Identifying behaviours exhibited in mice with nerve injury >3 weeks Linking these to acute opioid-mediated relief of persistent pain via ACC

Really excited to attend the next S4SN meeting, the first in 8(!) years in which I will have no responsibility at all - it's going to be super fun Great science, great location, great crowd - see you there!

📣 ESCAN 2026 – Symposium deadline Good news! The symposium submission deadline has been extended to January 17. The poster and single-talk deadline remains February 16. 🔗 escan2026.eu/important-da...

Seven feel-good science stories to round up 2025. All too often we forget to celebrate the positives 🧪 #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

So... if the head of a country is acting illegally, other countries can go in and physically remove him and try him for his crimes in their own country? Tell me more...

Throwback to this Reddit post I saw in 2024 and that I still think about sometimes

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Um 😆

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-...