"Ideally, it will not only inspire neuroscientists to make their studies more 'natural' but also encourage behavioral ecologists to tackle the neural basis of fascinating behaviors." @science.org reviews "Natural Neuroscience" by Nachum Ulanovsky: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

'ggplothko' #aRt

TIL (on mastodon) that the US National Park Service has crochet patterns! www.nps.gov/articles/000...

How does the human brain coordinate hierarchical cortical development? Our work in Nature Neuroscience identifies a role for thalamocortical structural connectivity in the expression of hierarchical periods of cortical plasticity & environmental receptivity in youth 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why is it an exciting time to be a creativity researcher? We’re asking our editorial board, starting with Creativity Research Journal editor-in-chief Adam Green. See his thoughts below, and stay tuned for more insights and featured research: www.tandfonline.com/journals/hcr...

We're catching up with Mariola as she wraps up her postdoc with us, looking at bright spots in the last 2 years and exciting future directions! Mariola, how did it all begin?

The results seem to strengthen the case that these systems rely on elaborate pattern-matching rather than the kind of systematic reasoning their marketing might suggest.

Our paper "A fragmented field" has just been accepted at AMPPS. We find it's not just you, psychology is really getting more confusing (construct and measure fragmentation is rising). We updated the preprint with the (substantial) revision, please check it out. osf.io/preprints/ps...

The science events summit is here in Philly this week! We’re at the Main Branch of the Philly library connecting and talking about the wild times we’re living through as science communicators. The session starting now is about how us adults perceive science in this moment.

My new piece in Nature Human Behavior: "We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers" All trainees need 3 things to thrive. In the US, those things have been ripped away. Let's brainstorm and fight to get them back. (share link): www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We spy some familiar faces to the SfNC community in this week's New York Times Creativity Challenge! Check out these short daily creativity exercises to flex those divergent thinking muscles @jamesckaufman.bsky.social @z-i-pringle.bsky.social @roger-beaty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"We cannot build bananas in America"

New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

President Trump’s FY26 budget for #NSF will slash funding for the agency by 56.9% and funding for Social, Behavioral, and Economic sciences by 67.6% These cuts will end US STEM leadership, weaken national security, and set-back individual prosperity and well-being.

🎯 Want to add eye tracking to your #PsychoPy experiment with zero coding? 👁️ This beginner-friendly tutorial uses MouseGaze to simulate tracking + covers ROIs, calibration, plugins & more! 📺 Watch now: youtu.be/f6uNKBFN82o #OpenScience #EyeTracking

Did you ever wanted to see a visualisation how two common brain 🧠 network parcellations (Yeo 7 vs. CAB NP) differ? Here is a small something I quickly cooked up because I was curious myself. #neurosky #neuro #brain #brainsky #neuroimaging Code: github.com/JAQuent/netw...

Going to #NetSci2025 next week? Check out the satellite on "Software and Data for Supporting Network Science" Hear some great short talks & get involved: ▪️ Discussion on sharing data ▪️ Discussion on standards for describing data ▪️ Interactive software fair Complete details at netsci.nascol.net

So grateful to @tsfnc.bsky.social for the dissertation award (handed to me by my forever mentor and pal @roger-beaty.bsky.social), for the vibrant community, and for picking me to co-chair next year's meeting in Philly! I can't wait to welcome my favorite society to celebrate all things creativity ❤️

ICYMI: SfNC. 2026. Philly. See you there 😎

We have been enjoying this morning's sessions so much!!! Stay tuned for more this afternoon.

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WE'RE STARTING!!! Our special symposium on AI & Creativity starts now in Paris and on Zoom #SfNC2025

Don't miss SfNC 2025 this week! Live now in Paris and on Zoom #SfNC2025

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Dolly Parton Superbowl halftime, you cowards

SfNC 2025 is NEXT WEEK in Paris! 🧠 Check our FAQ for full schedule, maps, poster printing info & more: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-faq. Register by Thursday 5/15 to join our biggest and best meeting yet (and 10th anniversary péniche party)!

Hi, Bluesky! 👋 We're Creativity Research Journal (CRJ), here to highlight some of the great scientific work being done in the field of creativity research. We're the official journal of @tsfnc.bsky.social. Check out some of our latest articles here! www.tandfonline.com/journals/hcr...

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Preparations for @tsfnc.bsky.social 2025 in Paris are going well 🥖

If you are in NYC, come on May 2- 3 @ the Center for Performance Research to watch the performance 'intero' choreographed by Spenser Stroud, performed by 3 amazing dancers and inspired by my PhD work on interoception and emotion perception. 🧠🫀🫁🩰 Info & tickets: www.cprnyc.org/events/eury-...

I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel

Happy to share that our article “Human lifespan changes in the brain’s functional connectome” is now published online at Nature Neuroscience @natureneuro.bsky.social ! Many thanks to all collaborators & data contributors, and the editor team & reviewers! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

After 24 hours on his feet, Cory Booker is defending the scientific research establishment of this country - calling out an experience like the one that drives me and SO MANY of my fellow scientists to do the work we do - that maybe we can do for others what we couldn't for our own loved ones.

this is a cool thing guster did

Making some slides about network science and reflecting on how awesome SemNA is. All you need is some verbal fluency data and R thanks to @yoedkenett.bsky.social and Alex: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

Some news many years in the making: My book EMPIRE OF AI, out May 20, is ready for pre-order at empireofai.com. It tells the inside story of OpenAI as a lens for understanding the moment we’re in: the tech elite's extraordinary seizure of power and its threat to democracy. 1/

Thanks to everyone's feedback, we have updated our calculator to optimize sample size N & scan time T for fMRI studies: leonoqr.github.io/ORSP_Calcula... The first new feature is that users can explore how different N & T leads to different accuracy, e.g., N=1000 & T=30min => 81% max accuracy. 🧵

Nora Youn & I presented our findings on the impact of nature & music videos on aesthetic experience and physiology at the APA 10- Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts this weekend. More about the videos: aiaphiladelphia.org/news/context... @pcfn.bsky.social

Live from APA Div10: How do creativity (and arts/aesthetics) researchers score on the AUT?

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

The Elocutionists by @mwilsonkimber.bsky.social is a fascinating study of an artform that is now almost forgotten but was once a major force in US entertainment & movement training. She balances insightful analysis with entertaining biographies & stories of the women who led the industry.

In case you find your anger flagging, this should revitalize it

Great to be at APA Division 10 this week, be with a great community, and talk a little bit about aesthetic engagement measurement from work with @pcfn.bsky.social

Wait how do they know this

that one researcher who always wants to run a deception study collecting PHI using an investigational device:

Johns Hopkins is the largest private employer in Maryland.

It seems relevant to reshare our info piece, given what just happened to IES. It’s now gonna become even easier for snake oil salesmen to peddle their junk to parents, teachers, and schools. www.the74million.org/article/with...

This summer, I will be hosting a virtual workshop for computer programming in cognitive neuroscience, funded by NSF. It is designed to teach early-career students the basics of R to analyze data from cognitive tasks. More info, including a syllabus and how to apply: sites.google.com/view/r-progr...