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TMS User Survey Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab

Many thanks to the 60 gorgeous #TMS researchers who took a few minutes to complete our user survey.

The quantitative results have been processed and summarised, and are now available in full on our GitHub page:

github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

A quick breakdown follows in this thread:

#PieChartHeaven

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Thrilled to celebrate 8 new grads from our graduate program in Rehabilitation Sciences - Congrats! @ubcrhsc.bsky.social @ubcpt.bsky.social @ubcosot.bsky.social

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Gamified stroke recovery improves arm function - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH New software brings the fun of playing a video game to high-repetition rehabilitative exercises for individuals affected by stroke. For the

DMCBH member Dr. Lara Boyd (@lboyd47.bsky.social) has created a video game to help with stroke recovery.

β€œOur hope is to gamify rehabilitation, creating an enjoyable experience for patients that will extend the exercises that they perform in structured therapy to regain limb functionality.”

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Oculomotor learning is evident during implicit motor sequence learning - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Oculomotor learning is evident during implicit motor sequence learning

Learning a new movement with your arm relies on learning to move your eyes! Check out our new paper www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ubcrhsc.bsky.social @drrubino.bsky.social @jandrushko.bsky.social @ubcosot.bsky.social πŸ§ͺ

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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.

That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.

Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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Happy #BrainAwarenessWeek! 🧠 πŸŽ‰

All week long, we'll be sharing all things brain and take you behind the scenes of our work to demystify it.

🎨 Amazing agar art by Research Associate Brooke Wynalda!

#Neuroskyence #BrainWeek @danafoundation.bsky.social

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Tomorrow:

#MarchForScience
#March7 #March7th

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Dear HHMI - this is a much better response - take notes

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@liisagalea.bsky.social is a scientific lead for the @camhnews.bsky.social program womenmindβ„’, which tackles gender disparities in science and mental health research.
#PsychologyMonth #WomenInScience

https://buff.ly/3Xl28G3

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For day 4 of Black History Month, there may be no woman who has made a bigger historical impact than Henrietta Lacks.

Born in 1920, she was found to have cervical cancer at the age of 31. The cells in the biopsy were discovered to double every 20-24 hours. Up until then, it was impossible /1

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A call to send messages of encouragement to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, with her address listed:
The Rt Revd Mariann Edgar Budde
Episcopal Church House
Mount St. Alban
Washington, DC, 20016-5094, USA


Her photo shows her standing confidently, wearing a purple bishop's stole and a cross necklace, set against a stone pillar backdrop

A call to send messages of encouragement to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, with her address listed: The Rt Revd Mariann Edgar Budde Episcopal Church House Mount St. Alban Washington, DC, 20016-5094, USA Her photo shows her standing confidently, wearing a purple bishop's stole and a cross necklace, set against a stone pillar backdrop

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Steelhead fishing in Oregon with my dad and brother 40 years ago. That's him behind us.

Steelhead fishing in Oregon with my dad and brother 40 years ago. That's him behind us.

Sharing a fly caught coho moment w/ my dad.

Sharing a fly caught coho moment w/ my dad.

My dad always took my brother and I fishing. It was awesome. I was so exited I could barely sleep the night before. That's him cleaning a fish behinds us. Me returning the favor 40 years later.

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Do Amercians realize that this does not happen in the rest of the world? Just wondering from πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ ...

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Terry Fox will be the next Canadian featured on the $5 bill The athlete and activist will be replacing Sir Wilfrid Laurier who will now appear on the next version of the $50 note.

Terry Fox will be the next Canadian featured on the $5 bill.
The athlete and activist will be replacing Sir Wilfrid Laurier who will now appear on the next version of the $50 note, by Clarrie Feinstein www.thestar.com/news/terry-f... via @torontostar.bsky.social

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My favorite day as a professor! Congrats to the new grads Dr.@crubino.bsky.social and @anjanarajendran.bsky.social

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Fantastic thread … yay science. Saving lives!
Aside: somewhat jarring to immediately note that 13/15 are men authors …

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First day of πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Stroke Congress #Calgary and all the superstars are here. @sandyb-reachlab.bsky.social @lboyd47.bsky.social fangirling here! Epic. strokecongress.canadianstroke.ca/wp-content/u...

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Leveraging research into sex differences and steroid hormones to improve brain health - Nature Reviews Endocrinology This Review outlines how the effects of steroid hormones on hippocampal neuroplasticity across the adult lifespan differ between the sexes, highlighting the importance of considering sex and steroid h...

Our latest review-with @bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we pour our ❀️🧠 & soul to outline our position on why we are so passionate about harnessing the power of sex differences & within sex diff to propel precision medicine forward let us know if we convince you www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Chronic Underrepresentation of Females and Women in Stroke Research Adversely Impacts Clinical Care Abstract. Unequal sex and gender sample sizes in rehabilitation studies have implications for the generalizability of the evidence and for the clinicians t

What happens when a field includes mostly men and males in research? We have clinical guidelines that may not apply to females or women. Check it out in our new paper: academic.oup.com/ptj/advance-...

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Gamified Practice Improves Paretic Arm Motor Behavior in Individuals With Stroke - Cristina Rubino, Bimal Lakhani, Beverley C. Larssen, Sarah N. Kraeutner, Justin W. Andrushko, Michael R. Borich, Lara... Background Stroke is a heterogeneous condition, making choice of treatment, and determination of how to structure rehabilitation outcomes difficult. Individualize...

Check out our new paper showing how gamified tasks can be used for stroke rehabilitation! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Democrats have the majority for less than two more months. I'll be using every second to push for passage of my PRESS Act to protect journalists from government spying and surveillance.

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What I’ve wanted to say but never had the nerve… HT Jesse Lacasse

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Great logo - must be the season. We just made a new one too!

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By popular demand, I have begun making a cognitive neuroscience starter pack. If you scan brains, you can be on it! go.bsky.app/2n84SRM

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A starter pack! Some of my favorite women in neuroscience (sorry if I forgot you, I will add!)

go.bsky.app/SCFmKoC

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I sure hope it is happening - we need a great social platform that is not hate filled! But I am not sure about calling it "flapping" - need to work on that

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Hi all - my name is Lara and I am a neuroscientist who uses MRI and TMS to map change in the human brain as we learn and also during recovery after stroke. Check out this gorgeous image - it is my brain mapped with diffusion imaging in the MRI. πŸ§ͺ🧠

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and this caused me to finally delete my twitter account - embarrassed it took so long and so much for me to do this

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