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Andre Marquand
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Interested in data analysis, neuroscience, machine learning
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Also out today in PNAS: Anwesha Das shows in this thorough paper that "micro-offline gains" in sequence learning do not reflect consolidation of a motor memory - they also happen in random sequences. With @eazanon.bsky.social and Max-Philip Stenner (Magdeburg).
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
... and a lifespan normative model of fractional anisotropy from Ramona Cirstian. An important contribution!

linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...
Redirecting
linkinghub.elsevier.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A bit belated, but here are some new papers! first, a conceptual framework for modelling extremes in neuroimaging data
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Great work from the inimitable Charlotte Fraza!
Using Extreme Value Statistics to Reconceptualize Psychopathology as Extreme Deviations From a Normative Reference Model
Overview of our approach for extreme value statistics. First, we fit a normative model to imaging phenotypes, before employing a ‘peaks-over-threshold’ approach widely used in meteorology and finance...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Come work with us! we are hiring a scientific software developer!
www.radboudumc.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy - Research Software Engineer for Real-World Data
Join the forefront of healthcare innovation at Radboudumc as a research software engineer! We are seeking a passionate and driven individual to ...
eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Come work with us!

we are recruiting for a talented PhD candidate for a new project
www.radboudumc.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy - PhD candidate 'Nightly dance – Dynamics of mother, father, and baby night interactions and sleep'
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate within the project Nightly dance – Dynamics of mother, father, and baby night interactions and ...
www.radboudumc.nl
May 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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[🆕RESEARCH] Increasing vegetation cover by 10%, 20%, and 30% could lower the global population-weighted mean temperature during the #warm season. These reductions could prevent approximately 0.86, 1.02, and 1.16 million deaths—corresponding to 27.16%, 32.22%, and 36.66% of all heat-related deaths.
May 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Very pleased to see this paper out! An analytical frameowrk for digital phenotyping data based on hidden Markov Models.
Great stuff from Imogen Leaning!

jmir.org/2025/1/e64007
Uncovering Social States in Healthy and Clinical Populations Using Digital Phenotyping and Hidden Markov Models: Observational Study
Background: Brain-related disorders are characterized by observable behavioral symptoms, for example, social withdrawal. Smartphones can passively collect behavioral data reflecting digital activities...
jmir.org
April 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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2/ Our first speaker was Prof. André Marquand (@amarquand.bsky.social), who studies how environmental challenges affect mental health.
His talk reinforced that neuroscientists can also play a key role in researching impacts and effective ways to promote climate action engagement and policy-making! 🧠
March 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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In irony too funny for words, Anthropic asks that you please don’t use AI in your job application.

No, really!

open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Irony too funny for words
Oops
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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A colleague today asked about Gaussian Processes on a sphere. Like spatial autocorrelation on the globe. I asked @avehtari.bsky.social. There are papers! This problem common enough to be worth having a case study I think?
(1) Theory doi.org/10.1007/s112...
(2) Application doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Hilbert space methods for reduced-rank Gaussian process regression - Statistics and Computing
This paper proposes a novel scheme for reduced-rank Gaussian process regression. The method is based on an approximate series expansion of the covariance function in terms of an eigenfunction expansio...
doi.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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My impression of this action is that it is quite deliberately intended to sow chaos, doubt, and destruction.

wapo.st/4gfgcHQ
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
wapo.st
January 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Week 3 homework for my stats course. "Causal salad": adding measurements to a regression until something is significant and interpreting every coefficient as a total causal effect. This is rarely sensible. (All course materials here github.com/rmcelreath/s...)
January 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Hossein Rafipoor, Saad Jbabdi, et al:

Hierarchical modelling of crossing fibres in the white matter

direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
January 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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“LLMs amplify existing security risks and introduce new ones”

Even Microsoft sees it.

New paper at arXiv, discussed briefly below.

open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
“LLMs amplify existing security risks and introduce new ones”
also: “the work of securing AI systems will never be complete”
open.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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🎉 eLife is pleased to announce Timothy Behrens (@behrenstimb.bsky.social) as our new Editor-in-Chief!

A distinguished neuroscientist and long-time supporter, Tim will lead our efforts in transforming research communication for all.
eLife appoints Timothy Behrens as Editor-in-Chief
Behrens will lead eLife’s efforts to improve research communication for all.
buff.ly
January 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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lol, a clip of a Tesla's vision system trying to understand a train

labyrinth.zone/notice/Aq5V7...
January 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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“𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱”
January 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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The projected burden of dementia in the United States
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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The man in charge of social media platforms used by billions should show some moral courage, writes @jemima.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/682c...
January 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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New paper! This is a very elegant way to assess longitudinal change against normative models estimated cross-sectionally! Great stuff from Barbora Rehák Bučková!

elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Using normative models pre-trained on cross-sectional data to evaluate intra-individual longitudinal changes in neuroimaging data
elifesciences.org
January 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM