Happy New Year to everyone. I am forever grateful for another amazing year with my wonderful mentees and collaborators at and beyond the SCAN Unit. And I look forward to many more good moments in 2026. But my biggest wish is the return of peace and some sort of sanity. I try to be optimistic
✨My first first-author paper is out✨
Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ rdcu.be/eLRm2
Big thanks to everyone @isabellacwagner.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, @olejensen.bsky.social, @doellerlab.bsky.social, @clauslamm.bsky.social
Another highlight in my mentoring career- tinyurl.com/lukelikely 's stellar defense; Lukas provided plenty of evidence to radically update our priors and call him DOKTA Luke from now on. Shout-out also to great co-supervisors @predragpetrovic.bsky.social & Isa Wagner & all @scanunit.bsky.social
🚨 How do exposure to extreme weather events and the subjective attribution of these events to climate change relate to climate policy support across the world? 🔥🌎
Find out more in our OA article published in Nature Climate Change 👇 1/7 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚨A new multi-lab study with contributions from our head @clauslamm.bsky.social & others in our group got published in Nature Climate Change 🎉
It's about how support for climate change policies is shaped by extreme weather events:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“In the past 48 hrs, we have seen Putin conform to his very worst instincts and unleash large-scale missile & drone attacks on Ukrainian cities.”
Overall, attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine are up in the past 4 months
New from @warinthefuture.bsky.social
mickryan.substack.com/p/kyiv-burns...
BALLISTIC MISSILES HEADED TO KYIV AGAIN FUCK FUCK
People walking, cycling, and using wheelchairs on a safa road. Text reads: “Hit that step count, or hop on your bicycle! Reclaim your health, and the health of the planet.”
Choose to walk 🚶♂️ or cycle 🚲 whenever possible.
It can help improve:
♥️ your heart,
😇 your mind,
🌏 and the planet.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/43eExcc #RoadSafety #BeActive
@laurakoesten.bsky.social and her research are great, check it out (we collaborate in a project on climate change visualizations, so I am well-informed :)
Die Informatikerin @laurakoesten.bsky.social erforscht, wie Menschen #Daten am besten visuell begreifen können. Ihr Ziel ist es, komplexe Informationen so aufzubereiten, dass sie intuitiv verständlich werden – und die unsichtbaren Barrieren aufzudecken, die diesem Verständnis im Weg stehen.
Mehr: 🎧⤵️
Psyched & honored to deliver 1st keynote on this virtual free event on the neurobiology of empathy organized by NAS USA tinyurl.com/empNAS join me & stellar speakers e.g. @moeneuro.bsky.social @valeriagazzola.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @torwager.bsky.social @thepsychologist.bsky.social
Join me, @clauslamm.bsky.social @valeriagazzola.bsky.social and many others For a @nationalacademies.org virtual workshop on May 19 and 21 on the biological mechanisms behind empathy and compassion. Register here: events.nationalacademies.org/44350_05-202...
🚨 Come work with us!
3-year fully funded PhD position in Social and Cognitive Neuroscience @univie.ac.at @clauslamm.bsky.social to join our project investigating prosocial behavior under uncertainty.
More info: shorturl.at/1fnb2
Please share widely 🔁
Screenshot of a paper by Ben Savacool estimating average avian fatalities per gigawatt hour of power produced by wind, nuclear, and fossil fuels.
It’s amazing how hardly anyone knows that fossil fuel power kills 35 times more birds than wind turbines. I rarely hear anyone talk about that! www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Wow, Donald Trump you really had the war over within 24 hours. F Putin and Trump
Seems pretty clear that doge is a total scam
“Scientists reject the idea that race is biologically real. The claim that race is a “biological reality” cuts against modern scientific knowledge”
theconversation.com/race-isnt-a-...
Just another example of the genius level of the 47 administration.
And yes, Rubio is the brainiac of the bunch.
#DemVoice1
Looking for a PhD candidate to join a project at the intersection of health comms & computer science! We’ll use LLMs to create synthetic patient populations to test vaccine uptake interventions & build a training tool for better vax communication. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Project-... Please repost!
This is why people hate Washington.
The President is bragging about his buddies' investments while people see their retirements go down the drain.
Als Psychologe: Realität ist eine Frage der Perspektive :) in der FORSCHUNG wurde es besser, ich kenne das 'österreichische System' seit 1992... Kein Vergleich, allein dass es den @wwtf.at gibt bringt uns um Welten nach vorn; dass der 109er und Prekariat eine Katastrophe sind ist aber auch klar...
spot on op-ed on hipocritic big tech and science awards:
"Dear Breakthrough Prize Billionaires: Fund the Science You’re Watching Trump Destroy"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/dear...
🚨NEW PAPER OUT🚨
Climate action helps mitigate climate change ♻️
Climate change harms the brain 🔥🌎🧠
Can climate action promote brain health? 🤔
We review in: Neuroscience and climate action: intersecting pathways for brain and planetary health
OA: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
👇 thread.
Most people might not realize this, but climate change isn’t just bad for the planet — it’s bad for your brain.
• Worse mental health
• Increased chance of cognitive decline
• Higher risk of neurological disorders
But here's the twist...
Für die Forschung sind die Zeiten vielerorts schwieriger geworden. In Wien wurden die Bedingungen stetig besser. Wir sind überzeugt, dass dieser Trend anhält, die Unterstützung dafür stark bleibt und werden unseren Teil dazu beitragen.
Wir leben und forschen gern in Wien!2/2 @clauslamm.bsky.social
In SCAN-Unit, wir untersuchen die neuronalen Grundlagen von Empathie, Altruismus, und umweltbewusstem Verhalten. Unser Ziel ist, diese Phänomene besser zu verstehen, um sie damit gesellschaftlich breit und besser fördern zu können. 1/2
#IchForscheGernInWien #TopForschungWien #Wien
Wir haben ein neues Sharepic :-)
@friedrichbohn.bsky.social macht aber sicherlich auch noch gerne Sharepics für 10.000, ... 🙂
www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...
Russia attacked a hospital in Kharkiv region with drones last night, and repeatedly targeted rescuers. A 33-year-old employee of the emergency crew was wounded.
The explosion caused the roof of the building to catch fire, the flames spread over 1,500 square meters.
