Sith are the instagram hipsters of the Star Wars universe.

I prefer Corinthians 1:2345

…And that’s why I just pull guard.

I'm proud to be part of the Scientific Committee for the new $5M Digital Brain Project, to accelerate development of open source models of the human brain. Apply by May 15th for funding at digitalbrainproject.org

A huge segment of the population is currently blasting GLP-1s, peptides, and hallucinogens, I mean what could possibly go wrong?

Check out a summary of this work here:

‘h(igh on your own supply)-index.’

Register soon! Consider becoming a member:
Check upcoming events here:
philandneuro.wildapricot.org
Recordings also available for members.

Seminars by @lucinauddin.bsky.social @avramholmes.bsky.social @martinhebart.bsky.social , Ralph Adolphs, and I.
Second round of seminars being planned for fall

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Psychology conferences are a special kind of LARPing. A type of character-driven scientific cosplay that is conducted in the physical world. Psych LARPers combine elements of improvisational acting, improper use of statistics, post-hoc interpretation, and rampant fMRI blobology.

Excellent work examining brain criticality from @awestbrook.bsky.social and crew.

Updated preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

We have improved DELSSOME and showed that we can accelerate the estimation of two new biophysical models. By collating 12,005 individuals, we derive normative trajectories of cortical E/I ratio across the lifespan ...

revealing new insights into sex differences and network-specific patterns.

Thank you to the lead authors Tianchu Zeng and @tianfang.bsky.social and the many co-authors who made this possible. @shaoshiz.bsky.social @bart-larsen.bsky.social @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social @avramholmes.bsky.social

Interview with Dr. Elvisha Dhamala, 2025 Winner of the OHBM Diversity and Inclusivity Champion Award — OHBM Communications Author: Zaki Alasmar Editor: Ashley Tyrer, Audrey Luo Video Editor: Zaki Alasmar

Our next interview in the OHBM Award Winner Interview Series features Dr. Elvisha Dhamala, winner of the 2025 Diversity and Inclusivity Champion Award 🏆 @elvisha.bsky.social

Watch the interview here 👇
www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...

You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the person next to you.

Now out in Psychological Medicine!

We identified lifetime exposures to humiliation and entrapment, as well as frontoparietal-left cerebellar RSFC, as correlates of adolescent anxiety and depression symptoms across three time points.

Link: doi.org/10.1017/S003...

My new obsession is ggsegSchaefer for plotting stat maps of our preferred brain parcellation atlas. So easy to customize, manipulate, and make pretty (...even if my general aesthetic tastes remain questionable).

Join us for the Rutgers Symposium on the Intersection of Cognitive, Sensory, and Affective Neuroscience — register by April 11!
📅 Date and Time: May 11th, 10 AM – 4 PM
📍 Venue: Masker’s Barn, Deserted Village of Feltville, Glenside Park, Union County
brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/2026/01/23/r...

The pendulum swings back

Do you censor high motion frames in fMRI? In two preprints by @twktan.bsky.social @mandymejia.bsky.social, we find that we may be censoring too much!

doi.org/10.64898/202...
arxiv.org/html/2603.07...

Strict censoring leads to worse personalized TMS targets than no censoring, even with high motion!

Neuroanatomy reflects individual variability in impulsivity in youth - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Neuroanatomy reflects individual variability in impulsivity in youth

Our latest work looking at the neuroanatomical basis of impulsivity in youth is out now in Molecular Psychiatry!

"The manifestation of mental disorders might depend on the environment, although this is the exception
rather than the rule". Breaking news... Biological determinism is in and the diathesis-stress model is out.

I was about to post this same section. Not sure what to make of this paper. My Monday work brain is having a hard time following their arguments.

To be fair, this is what I look like when it's the technique portion of class...

Second largest currently. Give it a few more weeks and see what happens.

Note to self, never make direct eye contact with @chazfirestone.bsky.social at open mat.

As a counter point, nothing is more demoralizing than losing to this archetype.

Organization of neuropeptide systems in the human brain | doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Neuropeptides are functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.

@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it to brain function @natneuro.nature.com 🧩 🧠 ⤵️

Another day, another stupid Excel chart.