Nate
@nateurneuro.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. All (bad) opinions are my own.
To be fair, you’d have to actually care about an issue to not immediately ignore a prime example of Simpsons Paradox.
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
To be fair, you’d have to actually care about an issue to not immediately ignore a prime example of Simpsons Paradox.
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A handy translation guide for non-academic speakers.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A handy translation guide for non-academic speakers.
Typically the "received" date is the date the journal first received it. It is *possible* that the new minor version came in under a different manuscript # or other issue, but likely not.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Typically the "received" date is the date the journal first received it. It is *possible* that the new minor version came in under a different manuscript # or other issue, but likely not.
Incredible thanks to the ENIGMA-PTSD group for being so willing to collaborate, for the help with processing, and for all their advice. Also thanks to the open data initiatives like the HCP! /end
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Incredible thanks to the ENIGMA-PTSD group for being so willing to collaborate, for the help with processing, and for all their advice. Also thanks to the open data initiatives like the HCP! /end
The paper has some, I think, interesting ideas but the main takeaways imo are:
1) Really seems like something about early visual cortex is important for both acute and future PTSD symptoms.
2) This may be specific to traumatic stress, but this is going to need some more work... 6/
1) Really seems like something about early visual cortex is important for both acute and future PTSD symptoms.
2) This may be specific to traumatic stress, but this is going to need some more work... 6/
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The paper has some, I think, interesting ideas but the main takeaways imo are:
1) Really seems like something about early visual cortex is important for both acute and future PTSD symptoms.
2) This may be specific to traumatic stress, but this is going to need some more work... 6/
1) Really seems like something about early visual cortex is important for both acute and future PTSD symptoms.
2) This may be specific to traumatic stress, but this is going to need some more work... 6/
We also borrowed data from the Human Connectome Project (i.e., a "healthy*" young adult population), reconstituting the same network, and looked at associations with more general stress - of which we saw none.
*"Healthy" of course being subjective.... 5/
*"Healthy" of course being subjective.... 5/
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We also borrowed data from the Human Connectome Project (i.e., a "healthy*" young adult population), reconstituting the same network, and looked at associations with more general stress - of which we saw none.
*"Healthy" of course being subjective.... 5/
*"Healthy" of course being subjective.... 5/
So, the ENIGMA-PTSD group kindly lent me their data to investigate if early visual covariance is related to PTSD symptoms. We (thankfully) replicated our earlier findings in a smaller sample, showing that more severe PTSD is related to lower early visual covariance. 4/
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
So, the ENIGMA-PTSD group kindly lent me their data to investigate if early visual covariance is related to PTSD symptoms. We (thankfully) replicated our earlier findings in a smaller sample, showing that more severe PTSD is related to lower early visual covariance. 4/
It would be nice, however, to be able to demonstrate in a heterogenous sample that this flipped association in those with chronic PTSD is consistent.
It would be even nicer, however, to show this may be specific to PTSD. 3/
It would be even nicer, however, to show this may be specific to PTSD. 3/
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It would be nice, however, to be able to demonstrate in a heterogenous sample that this flipped association in those with chronic PTSD is consistent.
It would be even nicer, however, to show this may be specific to PTSD. 3/
It would be even nicer, however, to show this may be specific to PTSD. 3/
We've spent quite a bit of time in recent trauma survivors showing that structural covariance of ventral and early visual regions are predictive of acute PTSD symptoms, and perhaps changes in this covariance underlies the maintenance of chronic PTSD symptoms. 2/
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We've spent quite a bit of time in recent trauma survivors showing that structural covariance of ventral and early visual regions are predictive of acute PTSD symptoms, and perhaps changes in this covariance underlies the maintenance of chronic PTSD symptoms. 2/
"Only people not in the .1% are unemployed" is such a wild thing to say with your whole chest.
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"Only people not in the .1% are unemployed" is such a wild thing to say with your whole chest.
Specifically, *some* of them kids.
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Specifically, *some* of them kids.
I’ve had Nathan complain about one of my papers and it was clear he didn’t read it lol. I’d have a lot more sympathy for “academic freedom” if it was actually academic as opposed to feels and vibes.
October 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I’ve had Nathan complain about one of my papers and it was clear he didn’t read it lol. I’d have a lot more sympathy for “academic freedom” if it was actually academic as opposed to feels and vibes.
“What is a medical researcher to do? I could limit my hires to women beyond child-bearing age.”
Funnily enough, you actually - legally speaking - can absolutely not do this.
Funnily enough, you actually - legally speaking - can absolutely not do this.
August 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“What is a medical researcher to do? I could limit my hires to women beyond child-bearing age.”
Funnily enough, you actually - legally speaking - can absolutely not do this.
Funnily enough, you actually - legally speaking - can absolutely not do this.