the whole tron setting doesn't really make sense. why is the computer run by a fascist dictator? (sees my laptop updates weren't installed because some background software refused to quit) kill that program. kill it now. kill that program immediately

...and not afraid to display its progressivism.

So... The Crab Museum in Margate is pretty... quirky.

We’re hiring!
My new Gut–Brain Axis Lab at Northwestern is looking for a Research Technologist 2 to help build the lab and explore how the nervous system shapes gut health and disease.
🔬 Apply here: myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu/EMP...

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

New long-read theory paper in Psychological Review:

Im short, we propose that effective psychedelic therapy employs the uniquely context-dependent effects of psychedelic drugs to engage & augment the same psychological change processes that underlie all effective psychotherapies.

Full text below ⬇️

Finally, an award I might stand a chance at winning! 🤣

In academia, the pinnacle of achievement is a pdf no one can access and I think that's beautiful

you know what fair

Quiche Lorraine is the perfect food. Eggs, cheese, bacon, pastry - what more could you want? Not sure who Lorraine was, but she was obviously a genius.

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:

Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Billions of dollars on AI nonsense and microsoft still doesn't know that 'data' is plural. 🙄

Fair point.

New paper in Nature Neuro, with very impressive results (in mice):
Single-dose psilocybin rapidly and sustainably relieves allodynia and anxiodepressive-like behaviors in mouse models of chronic pain
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

this is art 🥹

Yep. General Elsevier evilness. No longer doing free work for profit-driven publishers (I mean... unless I really, really want to).

Review request comes in from 'Neuroimage':

Somebody help me, my electoral system, he is very sick

If you're interested in the cognitive neuroscience of memory feel free to email me!

I do experimental psychology, brain imaging (fMRI and MEG) and a bit of modelling. Lab is doing stuff on forgetting, aging, schemas, and event boundaries, but we're not limited to that.

#psychscisky #neuroskyence

Death by misinformation… 😠

"We would like to thank the reviewers for their helpful and constructive critiques."

Thanking the reviewers

Fair point.