Did the late Mark Hallett crack the code underpinning the physiology of free will? Free will is the brain’s constructed awareness that we are choosing our actions even though the brain initiates them before we consciously know it. Mark Hallett was instrumental in describing how it all works.

Four yrs in the making, @greenjournal.bsky.social Practice Guideline Executive Summary on the Management of Functional Seizures. First @aanmember.bsky.social published guideline on any #FND variant. Brilliantly led by #BenTolchin. @fndportal.bsky.social
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Psychiatric conditions show high comorbidity & genetic overlap, challenging diagnostic boundaries. @andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social et al applied cutting-edge statistical & functional genomics to 14 childhood- & adult-onset disorders (>1M cases) towards neurobiologically valid mental health nosology.👇🧪

Final version is out:

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"Neural cellular automata: Applications to biology and beyond classical AI"

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Léo Pio-Lopez

Excited to share our new paper in @eclinicalmed.bsky.social:
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In this retrospective cohort study, we examined 147,595 individuals with FND. We investigated the prevalence of adverse life events nd psychosocial stressors, and how these relate to FND presentations.

To commemorate the bicentenary of Jean-Martin Charcot's life. Without him Neurology would be a different speciality.
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Many neurological and mental health conditions may persist because homeostasis can lock the brain and body in stable patterns that are hard to shift.

Have you tried switching it off and on again?
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Our new preprint explores the idea of a therapeutic reset.

A fantastic comprehensive review article w/ everything you need to know about Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Johnson and Williams share that idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus is a common, frequently missed and potentially reversible neurologic condition in older adults. @nejm.org

@HarvardMedicine have done a great job with this article on FND, focused on the contribution of colleagues working there, including Barbara Dworetzky, David Perez and alumnus Mark Hallett.

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📣 Abstract submissions open Wednesday, Dec 3!
Submit your work for the 6th International Conference on Functional Neurological Disorder — June 13–16, 2026 in Baltimore.
🗓 Deadline: Feb 11, 2026 – 11:59 PM PST
Details: www.fndsociety.org/biennial-meeting/2026/abstract
🌍 Please help spread the word!

How best to honor a giant and celebrate the late Mark Hallett’s legacy (1943-2025)? One way is for us to share his papers and teaching. This TMS Primer he wrote continues to be a big hit for all generations. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

💪 Popkirov reports in that reduced grip strength reflects altered higher-order motor control, challenging its value as a biomarker of peripheral dysfunction.

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