Maarten Boksem
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Social/cognitive psychologist/neuroscientist interested in communication/decision-making
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Hugo Spiers
13 days ago
Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes in
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes - Nature
Repetitive head impacts from contact sports are associated with brain inflammation, vascular damage and neuron loss that are independent of hyperphosphorylated tau pathology.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09534-6
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Do we become less honest when we get tired? Let’s find out!
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Eric Topol
4 months ago
The neuroscience of misinformation and ways to counter it
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The neuroscience of misinformation: A research agenda
The global spread of misinformation is undermining democracies worldwide. In this NeuroView, we explain how neuroscience can inform our basic understanding of what makes the brain susceptible to false...
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(25)00357-5
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John Holbein
4 months ago
What do tax cuts for the rich do? They increase inequality. They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment. "Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."
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Joop.nl
5 months ago
Opinie Elianne van Turennout: 'Zo tekent zich een onmiskenbaar patroon af: grote donaties aan de VVD, gevolgd door beleid dat opvallend perfect aansluit bij de belangen van de gevers'
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De markt beslist: hoe geld in de politiek de democratie uitholt - Joop - BNNVARA
Opinie Elianne van Turennout over schimmige geldstromen naar politieke partijen als de VVD.
https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/de-markt-beslist-hoe-geld-in-de-politiek-de-democratie-uitholt
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Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb
6 months ago
Looking for a
#postdoc
Starting date is ASAP. Various backgrounds are appreciated
#marketing
#psychology
#economics
The postdoc is expected to contribute to a project on developing climate risk (flooding risk) labels
@sjdm-tweets.bsky.social
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No articleRotterdam school of Management, Erasmus University logoRotterdam school of Management, Erasmus University compact logo
https://www.rsm.nl/news/detail/...
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences
6 months ago
Origins and consequences of cognitive fatigue Feature Review by Mathias Pessiglione, Bastien Blain (
@bastien-blain.bsky.social
), Antonius Wiehler, & Shruti Naik Free access before May 20:
tinyurl.com/2va75b5j
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Nature Reviews Psychology
6 months ago
It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching Comment by Gordon Hodson (
@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social
) Web:
go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF:
rdcu.be/ef9y5
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Jan Daalder
6 months ago
Stel, we geven geen soja en graan meer aan ons vee, maar eten het zelf op. Bij
@ftm.nl
maakte we een rekensommetje waarbij me de schellen van de ogen vielen: elke dag vernietigt het Nederlandse vee 56 miljard kilocalorieën. Genoeg om 25 miljoen mensen mee te voeden.
www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
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In 4 grafieken: hoe Nederland miljoenen extra mensen kan voeden, als we stoppen met de vee-industrie
Politici van de BoerBurgerBeweging waarschuwen dat krimp van de veestapel de (internationale) voedselzekerheid bedreigt. Klopt dat wel? Uit een analyse van Follow the Money blijkt het tegenovergesteld...
https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/hoe-nederland-miljoenen-extra-mensen-kan-voeden?share=SaUazoG38nCHYsIecq5q2KZZsyRed1Vl73sdZnq7zH8/7x/9TJdLh/KUL4MvV5o%3D
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Thomas Yeo
6 months ago
It's finally here! Use the Network Correspondence Toolbox to help contextualize your neuroimaging findings 🧠
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A network correspondence toolbox for quantitative evaluation of novel neuroimaging results - Nature Communications
Here, the authors present the Network Correspondence Toolbox, which enables researchers to examine and report spatial correspondence between their neuroimaging results and widely used brain atlases.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58176-9
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Zeke Hausfather
6 months ago
Whenever I post about climate, skeptical folks inevitable respond with this graph. So I decided to do something radical: actually read the underling scientific paper and ask the authors. As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim:
www.theclimatebrink....
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Paul Cohen
7 months ago
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
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Marc L Seal
7 months ago
New tools help make neuroimaging accessible to more researchers | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives
www.thetransmitter.org/future-of-fm...
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New tools help make neuroimaging accessible to more researchers
Custom software packages, web-based applications and video tutorials make functional MRI concepts easier to grasp.
https://www.thetransmitter.org/future-of-fmri/new-tools-help-make-neuroimaging-accessible-to-more-researchers/?utm_source=The%20Transmitter%20newsletters&utm_campaign=f6078e33d6-DAILY%2020250305%20WEDNESDAY%20%28RALLIES%29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-434a84391f-169200614
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Suzanne Kröger
7 months ago
Kiezen tussen duur en duurzaam. 👇
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Algemene Onderwijsbond (AOb)
7 months ago
Kom naar de staking! 🔴Leiden: 10 maart 🔴Utrecht: 11 maart 🔴Nijmegen: 13 maart 🔴Amsterdam: 17 maart 🔴Groningen: 18 maart Lees hieronder alles over staken en jouw rechten⬇️[1/8]
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Association for Psychological Science
8 months ago
@lukaslengersdorff.bsky.social
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@clauslamm.bsky.social
debunk 3 misconceptions about statistical power that could hinder meaningful research discussions.
#Stats
#ResearchPractices
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Powerful Myths: Common Misconceptions About Statistical Power
Lukas Lengersdorff and Claus Lamm discuss three misconceptions that stand in the way of an informed discussion.
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/powerful-myths-statistical-power.html
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Katharine Hayhoe
9 months ago
I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking. Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled. What’s driving this? Read on! 🧵
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Kate Raworth
10 months ago
Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare!
doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
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Can
#brain
measures predict the success of
#movies
? New research says YES! New paper in the Journal of Marketing Research: ‘Do EEG Metrics Derived from Trailers Predict the Commercial Success of Movies? A Systematic Analysis of Five Independent Datasets’ (
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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EXPRESS: Do EEG Metrics Derived from Trailers Predict the Commercial Success of Movies? A Systematic Analysis of Five Independent Datasets - Maarten A. S. Boksem, Rosanne M. van Diepen, Esther Eijlers...
We investigated whether neural activity in response to movie-trailers can be consistently related to commercial success for the movies they promote. A systemati...
https://doi.org/10.1177/00222437241309875
9 months ago
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Simon Kuestenmacher
9 months ago
I guessed Bangladesh to be the country with the highest flood risk just to be reminded that there is a reason the Netherlands are named that way. Source:
https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-countries-with-the-highest-flood-risk/
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Dr Charlie Gardner
9 months ago
1/ Does climate activism work? The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how Here are some highlights 🧵
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John Clithero
10 months ago
Adding this to my reading pile: "The affective gradient hypothesis: an affect-centered account of motivated behavior"
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The affective gradient hypothesis: an affect-centered account of motivated behavior
Everyone agrees that feelings and actions are intertwined, but cannot agree how. According to dominant models, actions are directed by estimates of va…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S136466132400202X
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Science News
10 months ago
Three must read papers for PhD students.
#scisky
#PhD
#science
#research
#academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Earl K. Miller
10 months ago
Mounting evidence suggests a role for beta rhythms in top-down control, including beta's close relationship with dopamine. Cortical beta oscillations map to shared brain networks modulated by dopamine
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
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Cortical beta oscillations map to shared brain networks modulated by dopamine
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/97184
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Wanja Wolff
11 months ago
📢 Call for Papers: Special Issue on Boredom! 📢 Boredom signals unsatisfactory interactions with our inner & outer worlds. For HSSComms,
@corimartarelli.bsky.social
& I are editing a collection exploring it through diverse lenses & methods 🤩 ➡️
www.nature.com/collections/...
pls share liberally 🙏
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The dynamics of boredom
This Collection aims to advance our theoretical understanding of boredom, improve the methods used to study boredom, and consider practical applications for ...
https://www.nature.com/collections/jcjhahgdgg
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Great paper!
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10 months ago
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Daniel Cardozo Pinto
10 months ago
My paper is out!! 🎉 "Opponent control of reinforcement by striatal dopamine and serotonin", @Nature Here, we show that dopamine and serotonin signals form a gas-brake system for reward in the mammalian brain THREAD ⬇️ 1/n
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Want to do a PhD on the neuroscience of (consumer) decision making? Come join our team!
www.rsm.nl/about-rsm/wo...
#neuroscience
#vacancy
#fmri
#eeg
#neuroeconomics
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PhD position in Decision NeuroscienceRotterdam school of Management, Erasmus University logoRotterdam school of Management, Erasmus University compact logo
https://www.rsm.nl/about-rsm/work-with-us/phd-position-in-decision-neuroscience/
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Dennie van Dolder
about 1 year ago
🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 What motivates people to help others? Are they utilitarian like Mill and Bentham, or do they care about equity and desert, like Aristotle and Locke? We use a Dutch TV show to answer this question! Paper available here:
t.co/THSMqeHy7o
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Sebastian Speer
about 1 year ago
🧵1/ Ever wondered what makes for a good conversation? @shannon47burns @DianaTamir @falklab @L_MwilambweT, Lily Tsoi and I used fMRI hyperscanning to answer this question by tracking the dynamics of naturalistic conversations Now out in @NatureComms!
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Hyperscanning shows friends explore and strangers converge in conversation - Nature Communications
People employ different conversational strategies to establish social connection. Here, the authors use fMRI hyperscanning to track neural and linguistic trajectories during naturalistic conversation ...
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51990-7
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Nick Kodama 🌲👻
over 1 year ago
Checking google scholar for recent articles with the phrase "certainly, here is a":
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Andrea Lathrop
over 1 year ago
Really, really cool
#neuroscience
stuff!
picower.mit.edu/news/study-r...
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Study reveals a universal pattern of brain wave frequencies
Across mammalian species, brain waves are slower in deep cortical layers, while superficial layers generate faster rhythms.
https://picower.mit.edu/news/study-reveals-universal-pattern-brain-wave-frequencies
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