Maria Marga Veldhuizen
@margaveldhuizen.bsky.social
Eats with joy | looks at brains of others also eating | makes graphs of that | she | Mersin University, Türkiye
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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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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Due to many requests, we extended the deadline for the special issue 'Philosophy and the Chemosenses' to 1st November! Any philosophical issue related to smell / taste / flavour welcome, so submit away: philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
Call for Papers: Philosophy and Chemosenses
| Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
philosophymindscience.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Due to many requests, we extended the deadline for the special issue 'Philosophy and the Chemosenses' to 1st November! Any philosophical issue related to smell / taste / flavour welcome, so submit away: philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
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A comparison of cervical and auricular VNS in rats shows that only cVNS alters heart rate (likely due to efferent effects). aVNS is not inferior to cVNS in terms of modulated EEG power (peaks in somatosensory cortex).
Moon et al, Brain Stimul #neuroskyence 🩺
www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...
Moon et al, Brain Stimul #neuroskyence 🩺
www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...
Effects of Cervical and Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Electrocardiogram and Electroencephalogram in Rats
Vagus nerve is the longest cranial peripheral nerve of human body comprising both
sensory and motor nerves. Due to its extensive distribution throughout the body, vagus
nerve stimulation (VNS) has bee...
www.brainstimjrnl.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
A comparison of cervical and auricular VNS in rats shows that only cVNS alters heart rate (likely due to efferent effects). aVNS is not inferior to cVNS in terms of modulated EEG power (peaks in somatosensory cortex).
Moon et al, Brain Stimul #neuroskyence 🩺
www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...
Moon et al, Brain Stimul #neuroskyence 🩺
www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...
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Excited to share my first postdoc project in collaboration with @jseubert.bsky.social and @margaveldhuizen.bsky.social , now published with @natcomms.nature.com, where we describe a potential mechanism for flavour integration in the insula. #NeuroSkyence #FlavourScience doi.org/10.1038/s414... 1/10
Tastes and retronasal odours evoke a shared flavour-specific neural code in the human insula - Nature Communications
Food aromas stimulate smell receptors in the nose but are often mistaken for tastes. This study shows that aromas induce taste-like patterns in the insular cortex. These results explain the illusion a...
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Excited to share my first postdoc project in collaboration with @jseubert.bsky.social and @margaveldhuizen.bsky.social , now published with @natcomms.nature.com, where we describe a potential mechanism for flavour integration in the insula. #NeuroSkyence #FlavourScience doi.org/10.1038/s414... 1/10
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See e.g. also @dingemansemark.bsky.social ‘s Generative AI and Research Integrity osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
September 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
See e.g. also @dingemansemark.bsky.social ‘s Generative AI and Research Integrity osf.io/preprints/os...
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While our official job ad is on the way, we are seeking PhD students to join @neuromadlab.bsky.social for projects running in Bonn.
The candidate will lead projects on body-brain interactions using brain stimulation to improve core symptoms of depression: www.neuromadlab.org/jobs #neurojobs
The candidate will lead projects on body-brain interactions using brain stimulation to improve core symptoms of depression: www.neuromadlab.org/jobs #neurojobs
August 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
While our official job ad is on the way, we are seeking PhD students to join @neuromadlab.bsky.social for projects running in Bonn.
The candidate will lead projects on body-brain interactions using brain stimulation to improve core symptoms of depression: www.neuromadlab.org/jobs #neurojobs
The candidate will lead projects on body-brain interactions using brain stimulation to improve core symptoms of depression: www.neuromadlab.org/jobs #neurojobs
Reposted by Maria Marga Veldhuizen
Reposted by Maria Marga Veldhuizen
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
June 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Everything is trash but science still rocks. Concluding this project is bitter sweet, it’s my last collaboration with the late great Warren Bickel. It started at a faculty retreat and if you are also interested in the effects of glp-1s on alcohol consumption take a 👀.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Physiological and perceptual effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists during alcohol consumption in people with obesity: a pilot study.
Any increase in alcohol use is associated with an increase in risk of illness and mortality and consequences of chronic alcohol use include cancer, hypertension, heart and liver disease, and Alcohol U...
www.medrxiv.org
April 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Everything is trash but science still rocks. Concluding this project is bitter sweet, it’s my last collaboration with the late great Warren Bickel. It started at a faculty retreat and if you are also interested in the effects of glp-1s on alcohol consumption take a 👀.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Heard from a former (undergrad) student who just defended her PhD. Students: tell your old profs about your successes and achievements. It's not bragging, and we love to hear about it. It's one of the best parts of being an educator.
#academicsky
#academicsky
April 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Heard from a former (undergrad) student who just defended her PhD. Students: tell your old profs about your successes and achievements. It's not bragging, and we love to hear about it. It's one of the best parts of being an educator.
#academicsky
#academicsky
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The work I love most blends learning about theory with answering something practical. Here, we got to hit both nails on the head!
Come for the "Does implicit bias change generalize across implicit measures?" Stay for the "Can we reduce anti-fat bias?" Or vice versa. Just read the paper; it's great!
Come for the "Does implicit bias change generalize across implicit measures?" Stay for the "Can we reduce anti-fat bias?" Or vice versa. Just read the paper; it's great!
🚨New Paper w/ @joelleforestier.bsky.social at JEP: General!🚨 We conducted 2 mega-experiments totaling over 28,000 participants and 50 conditions. We wanted to find the most effective interventions to reduce implicit weight prejudice across 5 implicit measures. 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
April 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The work I love most blends learning about theory with answering something practical. Here, we got to hit both nails on the head!
Come for the "Does implicit bias change generalize across implicit measures?" Stay for the "Can we reduce anti-fat bias?" Or vice versa. Just read the paper; it's great!
Come for the "Does implicit bias change generalize across implicit measures?" Stay for the "Can we reduce anti-fat bias?" Or vice versa. Just read the paper; it's great!
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How do we associate the flavors we experience during a meal 🍽️😋 with postingestive effects like food poisoning 🤢🤮 that arise much later?
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback - Nature
Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavour representations in the amygdala to support learning from delayed postingestive feedback.
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
How do we associate the flavors we experience during a meal 🍽️😋 with postingestive effects like food poisoning 🤢🤮 that arise much later?
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
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Do you get in a bad mood if you are hungry? Over 4 weeks with EMA+CGM, we tested if mood shifts are subconsciously driven by glucose levels or ratings of metabolic state #neuroskyence 🩺
Work w/ @kristinkaduk.bsky.social @akuehnel.bsky.social @derntllab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Work w/ @kristinkaduk.bsky.social @akuehnel.bsky.social @derntllab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Do you get in a bad mood if you are hungry? Over 4 weeks with EMA+CGM, we tested if mood shifts are subconsciously driven by glucose levels or ratings of metabolic state #neuroskyence 🩺
Work w/ @kristinkaduk.bsky.social @akuehnel.bsky.social @derntllab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Work w/ @kristinkaduk.bsky.social @akuehnel.bsky.social @derntllab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Out in Biological Psychiatry
"Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown"
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
"Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown"
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown
COVID-19 lockdowns were linked to a surge in unhealthy food–related behaviors, potentially
as an attempt to cope with disrupted social homeostasis. Here, we tested bidirectional
associations between m...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Out in Biological Psychiatry
"Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown"
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
"Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown"
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
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What if the secret to winning elections is somehow Trump's syntax. We need a guy to say stuff like "But we're going to abolish billionaires and we'll be doing it very soon. They'll be paying very high taxes but it'll be very fair. And frankly they haven't paid taxes in a very long time"
March 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
What if the secret to winning elections is somehow Trump's syntax. We need a guy to say stuff like "But we're going to abolish billionaires and we'll be doing it very soon. They'll be paying very high taxes but it'll be very fair. And frankly they haven't paid taxes in a very long time"
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Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
March 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
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Why does obesity change the pleasure of eating, the dopamine rush from hedonic foods? A neural circuit mechanism involving explanation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Changes in neurotensin signalling drive hedonic devaluation in obesity - Nature
In mice, prolonged consumption of a high-fat diet decreases interest in calorie-rich foods as a result of reduced neurotensin expression and signalling, which uncouples hedonic feeding behaviour linke...
www.nature.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Why does obesity change the pleasure of eating, the dopamine rush from hedonic foods? A neural circuit mechanism involving explanation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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10. This is the reality of being an academic in the United States today.
But Vought and Rufo are missing something.
We aren't cowards.
And we know we are not the enemies of the American people either, much as these ideologues might like to claim that.
But Vought and Rufo are missing something.
We aren't cowards.
And we know we are not the enemies of the American people either, much as these ideologues might like to claim that.
March 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
10. This is the reality of being an academic in the United States today.
But Vought and Rufo are missing something.
We aren't cowards.
And we know we are not the enemies of the American people either, much as these ideologues might like to claim that.
But Vought and Rufo are missing something.
We aren't cowards.
And we know we are not the enemies of the American people either, much as these ideologues might like to claim that.
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Perplexity - 37% wrong; ChatGPT - 67% wrong. Grok 3 - 94% wrong. For free options. Paid options are wrong more frequently.
“…rather than declining to respond when they lacked reliable information, the models frequently provided confabulations—plausible-sounding incorrect or speculative answers.”
“…rather than declining to respond when they lacked reliable information, the models frequently provided confabulations—plausible-sounding incorrect or speculative answers.”
Confabulations are still worryingly common across all of today's AI tools.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Perplexity - 37% wrong; ChatGPT - 67% wrong. Grok 3 - 94% wrong. For free options. Paid options are wrong more frequently.
“…rather than declining to respond when they lacked reliable information, the models frequently provided confabulations—plausible-sounding incorrect or speculative answers.”
“…rather than declining to respond when they lacked reliable information, the models frequently provided confabulations—plausible-sounding incorrect or speculative answers.”
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I'm glad that NWO has launched a new round of the impactful Mozaïek grant, offering PhD funding funding to traditionally underrepresented minorities. Scheme call here: lnkd.in/eKVdUyqU We might be able to support an application if interests & skills overlap lifespancognitivedynamics.com (dm)
Lifespan Cognitive Dynamics Lab
lifespancognitivedynamics.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I'm glad that NWO has launched a new round of the impactful Mozaïek grant, offering PhD funding funding to traditionally underrepresented minorities. Scheme call here: lnkd.in/eKVdUyqU We might be able to support an application if interests & skills overlap lifespancognitivedynamics.com (dm)
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For #InternationalWomensDay, my favourite photos by my favourite women photographers
Self-portrait, Barcelona, 1935
📷 Gerda Taro
Taro was killed during the Spanish Civil War in 1937; she was only 26.
Self-portrait, Barcelona, 1935
📷 Gerda Taro
Taro was killed during the Spanish Civil War in 1937; she was only 26.
March 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
For #InternationalWomensDay, my favourite photos by my favourite women photographers
Self-portrait, Barcelona, 1935
📷 Gerda Taro
Taro was killed during the Spanish Civil War in 1937; she was only 26.
Self-portrait, Barcelona, 1935
📷 Gerda Taro
Taro was killed during the Spanish Civil War in 1937; she was only 26.
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Check out the latest preprint from our lab, led by Aytac Kadir Mutlu, on the role of topographically organized dorsal raphe (DRN) activity in regulating forebrain function and adaptive behaviors! 🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Check out the latest preprint from our lab, led by Aytac Kadir Mutlu, on the role of topographically organized dorsal raphe (DRN) activity in regulating forebrain function and adaptive behaviors! 🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I can’t believe this needs to be said.
TransGENIC mice
are not
TransGENDER mice
TransGENIC mice
are not
TransGENDER mice
March 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I can’t believe this needs to be said.
TransGENIC mice
are not
TransGENDER mice
TransGENIC mice
are not
TransGENDER mice