Having an incredible time meeting people and learning so much at #AAIC25 Toronto this week! Feel free to come say hi today at poster 606 if you're interested in predicting diagnostic timing in dementia!

Calling my fellow speculative fiction fans, would you like to take part in a study looking at our community’s connection to the far-right?
We are looking for participants for short virtual interviews discussing far-right activity you may have witnessed within your fandoms.
#academicsky

with alt text

How do motivational disturbances (apathy and ICD) and cognitive effort-based decision-making affect Parkinson's? What if you are slow motorically is there a way to truly assess motivation? YEP. You might be surprised as Bonnie Scott and Robert Eisinger at Fixel delight us in their new PRD journal.

Thanks for coming along and giving such an interesting talk! 🧪

Robotic fingers can tell objects apart by touch Prosthetic appendage uses three layers of touch sensors to accurately differentiate between textures.

Robotic fingers can tell objects apart by touch

"Prosthetic appendage uses three layers of touch sensors to accurately differentiate between textures."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

To all women (above 18 years) residing in the UK, would you be comfortable sharing your experience in this survey?

Survey link - universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

(It may take about 30 minutes)

#women #Standing4WomenRights #WomensRights #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #womenintech

Prevalence and co-occurrence rates in the subsample with data on all three developmental conditions. Of the children with ADHD, dyslexia, and/or dyscalculia, 77.3% had just one of these conditions.

Co-occurrence of ADHD, dyslexia, and/or dyscalculia sometimes feels like salt on the wound. The underlying reasons that happen are not well understood, but it might be genes that influence common traits across multiple learning disabilities. 🧪
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Patience is a coping strategy, not a virtue | BPS New research untangles the concepts of patience and impatience, and proposes a new lens through which to understand them.

Despite what you've been told, patience isn't a virtue - it's a coping strategy. ⌚️

New research untangles the concepts of patience and impatience, and proposes a new lens through which to understand them: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Blobfish overcomes notoriety as ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to win NZ ‘fish of the year’ | CNN It has been a dramatic change of fortunes for the blobfish. Back in 2013, the gelatinous sea creature was declared the world’s ugliest animal.

Blobfish will always win... and not just in New Zealand.🧪🌍🌿🦑 #TeamFish

Fossilized vulture feathers preserved in rock.

Fossil feathers of a Eurasian griffon vulture from the Pleistocene of Italy: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/... 🪶🧪 (📷 @she-paleo.bsky.social et al.)

Really enjoyed this read! Super interesting and valuable for anyone working/ living with a chronic illness