....and I just submitted a manuscript that I have 183 drafts of saved. I mean, yeah, 13 years since conception, 4 pilot studies (n>400), n=790 screened, ~22 assessments of n~140 w/ 2 MRIs, COVID, and so on. Rejected in this spot or not, it's a success, and I'll take that

ok spam journal submission request. Tell me how you really feel

When good things turn bad: How your brain decides what you like and dislike How do we decide what we like and what we don’t? Discover how the brain forms these judgments and how they can flip after just one bad experience.

How does your brain decide what you like and dislike— and why can those feelings flip after a bad experience?

Read @pennngg.bsky.social student Lucas Tittle's post to explore the neural machinery behind valence and its flexibility.
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#PsychSciSky #SciComm 🧠🟦🧪

Sign- vs. goal-tracking is associated with greater adiposity and altered functional connectivity in response to a naturalistic food paradigm Our modern food environment is full of highly palatable, ultra-processed foods that influence our eating behaviors. The reinforcement learning framewo…

Sign-and goal-tracking in humans using implicit eye-tracking, food pellets, I mean m&ms 😉, and naturalistic fMRI paradigm. Sign-tracking associated with adiposity and altered functional connectivity 🧠

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Monell just made a game changing hire!

🍔 News: During exposure to fast food commercials, connectome predictive modeling predicts body mass gain. Not in the paper; I think CPM explains more variance than standard contrast approaches I've seen. Interesting question to compare them directly. #neuroscience

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Behavioral Neuroscientist Kyle S. Burger, PhD, MPH, RD, Joins the Monell Chemical Senses Center - Monell Chemical Senses Center Dr. Burger will lead a human neuroimaging laboratory that studies neural, behavioral, and perceptual responses to food and eating.

All I can say is how excited I am to join all the talented people at Monell Chemical Senses Center and work with @pennmindcore.bsky.social

#neuroscience

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Thanks. But we’re all set

Thanks everyone. I was amble to find someone that melted our needs.

Looking for a website designer, any recommendations? #neuroscience

Big thanks to @pennmindcore.bsky.social for hosting me last week! Good times, fun people, great science! #neuroscience

Being less food-motivated #science

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Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.

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Anyone ever use NAS for fMRI/MRI data? (Say a server isn’t available)

Manuscript accepted today! Sadly, the email wasn’t wrapped 🎁

I have a (very talented) RA looking to get her PhD, but gets intimated in sending me her writing to work up a manuscript to the point where it falls off the map. It’s always great work and I’m a softy, any advice? I’ve tried a bunch of approaches.

Hey #neuroscience any recs on a mock fMRI scanner other than the psych software tools. Doesn’t need to be fancy…

blueskyroast.com isn't wrong...maybe a little cat heavy, but not wrong.

an oldie, but it still rocks my soul....

Grey haired adult ;)

Don’t sweat the technique

What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before Study is based on 20,860 sketches drawn by children over 5 decades

Made me smile (and your should too).

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Thankful for everything I have and certainly for everything that is coming.

Fun read: Integration of interoception and reinforcement learning! Great paper by @danasmall.bsky.social and colleagues osf.io/preprints/ps... #neuroscience #interoception

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📣 Come join us for the #MindBrainBody Symposium 2025!

📆 March 10-12, 2025
📍 Berlin & online
🔎 mindbrainbody.de

Keynotes:
- Ivan de Araujo
- Nadine Gogolla
- Maria Ribeiro @ribeironeuro.bsky.social
- Markus Ullsperger
- Tor Wager
- Veronica Witte @veronicawitte.bsky.social

#interoception

Too close to home ?

Off to Philadelphia to do Philadelphia science things. Nervous for some weird reason, so here’s a picture of my cat.

Lab funtivities!!!

Thanks, I understand. There’s been this issue on the forum unresolved for a year or two.

Just sitting listening to Taylor Swift’s new album and hear ‘the only thing that’s left is the manuscript’.

I feel attacked…personally