There are a couple of really obvious reasons why this is an unworkable solution...

Hi bsky! Just a question: Can mosquito bites (in Southern Europe) cause itch in a radius of like.. 15-20cm around the bites? I've never had this before... Should I be at the doctor's? 😅

Why are oxytocin study results so inconsistent? Methods get most of the blame, but the problem is also theoretical as existing accounts are too vague to falsify. In a new preprint, I formalise the Allostatic Theory of Oxytocin as a computational model osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵

If you're excited about science writing and can do it in both German and English, come work with us! www.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/or... This #freelance position at our editorial office offers a wonderful experience for those interested in getting into multiple areas of #comms #scicomm work. #job

first heading to teach this quarter's class on Developmental Psychology, then off to the airport to make it to #CDS2026 with this gem of a "zoom out" take in my pocket.. open.substack.com/pub/paulbloo...

Yes indeed - a lot of psychology is theoretically unmotivated stamp collecting and that is a problem. Get a theory, it’s good for you! avant.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

Wanna do neuroscience in Paris but can't find interesting lab? Want to come do a sabbatical but don't know who to collaborate? Check this webpage aggregating ~all the neuroscience labs (+200) in Paris. ⚠️only the information of 'verified' profiles is reliable⚠️ Please retweet 🙏 parisneuro.fr

Young children learn best when you follow their own interests rather than try to get them to follow yours. This may mean ditching the colourful picture books and giving them a wooden spoon to bang on a pot for hours

THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.

I will be presenting my poster D109 from 8-10 am this morning. Here is how it would look to a 2-month-old infant from a viewing distance of 1 m! If you are curious about our work, please stop by to learn more.

It’s great (derogatory) that you can work very hard to find out something incredibly important, and the main response you will get is a derisive “Gee, I’m shocked.” Somebody has to ACTUALLY DO THIS WORK! You can’t pursue justice by going “Your honor: I mean, duh.”

TBH the thing that is most sad about the loss of ~2015-2021 era science twitter is the loss of a public square where grad students can see, and participate in, the diversity of expert opinions in the field. It really shaped how I see science.

**Postdoc position in human category learning** @thecharleywu.bsky.social, Frank Jäkel and I are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to lead a joint project on human category learning at the Centre for Cognitive Science @tuda.bsky.social. www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/tu-darmstadt...

📢 New Special Issue call: Citizen Science in Developmental Psychology. We're looking for research that actively involves non-researchers in the scientific process—from question design to data analysis. Learn more: https://ow.ly/n6S950YiGoM

I'll take it! I'm finding myself to be in excellent company...

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”

Our latest paper, “Visual language models show widespread visual deficits on neuropsychological tests”, is now out in Nature Machine Intelligence: www.nature.com/articles/s42... Non-paywalled version: arxiv.org/abs/2504.10786 Tweet thread below from first author @genetang.bsky.social...

The international newborn brain conference has just started in Napoli! Given the medical nature of this conference, I doubt many of my bsky-friends are there, but if anyone is, come and say hi 😊 #inbbc26 #inbbc

And thank you so much to all of our participants and their families!

Through the Foundcog project we scanned 100+ infants with awake fMRI. In this Nature Neuroscience paper led by clionaod.bsky.social, we show that, by 2-months, infants’ brains already encode rich representations of object category. Congratulations Clíona on such beautiful results! 🧠✨

It's finally out! #devpsy #neuroskyence #cogsci

1/7 Can infants recognise the world around them? 👶🧠 As part of the FOUNDCOG project, we scanned 134 awake infants using fMRI. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, our research reveals 2-month-old infants already possess complex visual representations in VVC that align with DNNs.

Dear infant scientist friends, What's the latest in infant eye tracking in terms of hardware? What are you using, are you happy, is there something I should consider, has there been some development in the last 10 years that I might not know about, etc etc? Thanks! #devpsy #PsychSciSky

"We are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic candidates putting themselves forward, so please do submit an application — we’d love to hear from you." Oh the Irish are lovely <3

Excited to be at #BCCCD26 . Last time was 8 (eight!!) years ago.

Many people have been giving excellent updates about the $1.6 million that RFK Jr. has given to Danish researchers to “study” the HepB birth dose in Guinea-Bissau, and I’m glad this story is spreading. The first thing that was confirmed is that the researchers are Benn and Aady, as many predicted.

Are you a woman interested in a postdoc in STEM @univie.ac.at and perhaps specifically in working with me on early brain development and cognition @kinderstudien.bsky.social Check out this call 👇 careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

Excuse me, they're gonna do what?! Sickening.

"LLMs are structurally indifferent to truth" should be the first line any LLM spits out before they formulate a response to a prompt.

I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p... #cogsci #neuroskyence

When you're making food for your husband, picky preschooler and toddler...and you already know that the only one who will eat it without complaints is the husband.

The goal is to use information about hormonal cycles to target new, more effective therapies for women with depression. Please please PLEASE reach out to me with questions. I am incredibly excited about this project 🙂 And please repost for visibility, thanks 🙏

In this position you will work with TMS and neuroimaging (next-gen OPM sensors developed here at @thechbh.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social) to understand the effects of the menstrual cycle on the excitability of the brain. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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)

I still can't quite believe this is a 5-minute walk away from my house.

My kids are loving this wooden Advent Calendar by Meri Meri.

Trigger warnings abound, but this is an important read.

Trying to find a semi-professional photo of myself and realising that all somewhat recent photos that feature me also feature my children. I might eventually just have to have some headshots taken...

New paper alert: Beyond the Adult Mind: A Developmental Framework for Predictive Processing in Infancy! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PsychSciSky #DevPsyc #CogPsyc #neuroskyence

YES! "to explain all human cognition, we inherently must include development". Beyond the Adult Mind: A Developmental Framework for Predictive Processing in Infancy - Ward - Topics in Cognitive Science - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Creating slides for an intro lecture to developmental cognitive neuroscience. Methods and the pure brain changes (synaptic pruning, gyrification, etc) are covered. What work would you absolutely put in regarding the brain-cognition-behavior link in early dev? #neuroskyence #devpsy #cogsci

I've been away from Bluesky for 1,5 years, so just to update whoever is unaware: I'm at UPF Barcelona now. If you're ever around, please come and say hi :-)

Trying to find my way back onto bsky! Are there any important chances since March last year that I should know about?

What is the name of that tv series from at least 20 years ago where one of the main characters is a bald white guy and they wear blue overall-type uniforms? It's some action or crime series...

Hi Amsterdammers on BlueSky, where can I best print a scientific poster (A0) close to Central Station or Amstel Station?

Join us! We're hiring a 3yr Postdoc Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience to investigate perceptual & cognitive processes of #socialinteraction & #communication with @manuelvarlet.bsky.social @perikeller.bsky.social Applications close 1 Dec tinyurl.com/JoinMARCS #postdoc #cogneuro #musicscience

Publication Day! Moving experimental psychology online: How to obtain high quality data I hope this will be useful www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

IF THIS EXISTED ALL ALONG, WHY DON'T WE HAVE IT???

Omg, plastic kitchen foil in Japan is so much better than in Europe. What the hell... I didn't know it was possible to have foil that is easy to tear and doesn't break or stick at every move. 😲