Dani Beck, PhD
@danibeck.bsky.social
Your friendly neighbourhood Norwegian Neuroscientist 🧠
Born🇮🇶 Bred🇳🇴 Buttered🇬🇧
More: https://danibeck.carrd.co/
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More: https://danibeck.carrd.co/
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Synchrony between brain age maturation and internalising and externalising symptoms across adolescence
Abstract Background: Adolescence is a period of rapid neurobiological and behavioural change, yet it remains unclear how deviations from normative brain maturation relate to the development of interna...
www.medrxiv.org
New year🎊, new preprint📰
Using multimodal brain-age prediction models trained and tested on 4-wave MRI data from #ABCD, we examined how deviations in brain age align with changes in internalising and externalising symptoms across 10 waves.
1/4🧵
Using multimodal brain-age prediction models trained and tested on 4-wave MRI data from #ABCD, we examined how deviations in brain age align with changes in internalising and externalising symptoms across 10 waves.
1/4🧵
👇🏾 New preprint. See pinned for details.
Synchrony between brain age maturation and internalising and externalising symptoms across adolescence https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.31.25343265v1
January 5, 2026 at 9:05 AM
👇🏾 New preprint. See pinned for details.
New year🎊, new preprint📰
Using multimodal brain-age prediction models trained and tested on 4-wave MRI data from #ABCD, we examined how deviations in brain age align with changes in internalising and externalising symptoms across 10 waves.
1/4🧵
Using multimodal brain-age prediction models trained and tested on 4-wave MRI data from #ABCD, we examined how deviations in brain age align with changes in internalising and externalising symptoms across 10 waves.
1/4🧵
Synchrony between brain age maturation and internalising and externalising symptoms across adolescence
Abstract Background: Adolescence is a period of rapid neurobiological and behavioural change, yet it remains unclear how deviations from normative brain maturation relate to the development of interna...
www.medrxiv.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
New year🎊, new preprint📰
Using multimodal brain-age prediction models trained and tested on 4-wave MRI data from #ABCD, we examined how deviations in brain age align with changes in internalising and externalising symptoms across 10 waves.
1/4🧵
Using multimodal brain-age prediction models trained and tested on 4-wave MRI data from #ABCD, we examined how deviations in brain age align with changes in internalising and externalising symptoms across 10 waves.
1/4🧵
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Reposted by Dani Beck, PhD
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
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America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
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Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
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“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate."
― Edward Said
― Edward Said
January 4, 2026 at 4:27 AM
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate."
― Edward Said
― Edward Said
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The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something
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Lest anyone for a single moment thinks this latest coup is a somehow a dramatic breach of long-term US foreign policy.
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Lest anyone for a single moment thinks this latest coup is a somehow a dramatic breach of long-term US foreign policy.
Let's see if the boycott USA world cup chants will be as loud as they were when it was a Muslim Arab country hosting.
January 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Let's see if the boycott USA world cup chants will be as loud as they were when it was a Muslim Arab country hosting.
And still the academic community is happy to go to conferences in the U.S.
January 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
And still the academic community is happy to go to conferences in the U.S.
Gotta love logging onto this app and seeing the world is up to its usual bollocks.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Gotta love logging onto this app and seeing the world is up to its usual bollocks.
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call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
I can't believe no journal will take my commentary piece on Palestine and the Arab science community but there are outlets happy to publish this manure.
This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
I can't believe no journal will take my commentary piece on Palestine and the Arab science community but there are outlets happy to publish this manure.
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The people of Venezuela do not deserve this. Solidarity with the people of Venezuela. May the words of Chavez give them some solace
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The people of Venezuela do not deserve this. Solidarity with the people of Venezuela. May the words of Chavez give them some solace
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Bit of old school imperialism from the Peace Prize man
Breaking News: Explosions were reported in Venezuela’s capital, with eyewitnesses describing smoke coming out of military installations and aircraft overhead. Follow live updates.
Live Updates: Explosions Are Reported in Venezuela’s Capital
It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts. The United States has been building pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian president, for months.
nyti.ms
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Bit of old school imperialism from the Peace Prize man
Now?
So the US is now a rogue, terrorist state? This is absolutely insane.
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Now?
Manuscript submitted🤙🏽
On New Years eve💅🏽
On New Years eve💅🏽
December 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Manuscript submitted🤙🏽
On New Years eve💅🏽
On New Years eve💅🏽
Following this, I just noticed "Phillips" scanner, which should be "Philips" scanner.
I can't be the only neuroimager to have made this mistake.
I can't be the only neuroimager to have made this mistake.
Spotting "future casual design" instead of "causal" in the last sentence of my discussion in the late hour of the work day on the 22nd dec is a big big win.
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Following this, I just noticed "Phillips" scanner, which should be "Philips" scanner.
I can't be the only neuroimager to have made this mistake.
I can't be the only neuroimager to have made this mistake.
Spotting "future casual design" instead of "causal" in the last sentence of my discussion in the late hour of the work day on the 22nd dec is a big big win.
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Spotting "future casual design" instead of "causal" in the last sentence of my discussion in the late hour of the work day on the 22nd dec is a big big win.
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
We thank the reviewer for the comment. We have amended the sentence in line number 67. Siiiiix seeeevvveeenn 💁♂️🤪💁♂️
sorry I couldn't write it in the response letter so it had to be posted here.
sorry I couldn't write it in the response letter so it had to be posted here.
December 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We thank the reviewer for the comment. We have amended the sentence in line number 67. Siiiiix seeeevvveeenn 💁♂️🤪💁♂️
sorry I couldn't write it in the response letter so it had to be posted here.
sorry I couldn't write it in the response letter so it had to be posted here.
The peer review process is very odd.
Sometimes both authors and reviewers have clearly used ChatGPT a lot, meaning it's just chatty talking to chatty.
Sometimes it is just 1 reviewer with 10 comments and then 1 comment from reviewer 2. Hardly a diligent process.
Sometimes both authors and reviewers have clearly used ChatGPT a lot, meaning it's just chatty talking to chatty.
Sometimes it is just 1 reviewer with 10 comments and then 1 comment from reviewer 2. Hardly a diligent process.
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The peer review process is very odd.
Sometimes both authors and reviewers have clearly used ChatGPT a lot, meaning it's just chatty talking to chatty.
Sometimes it is just 1 reviewer with 10 comments and then 1 comment from reviewer 2. Hardly a diligent process.
Sometimes both authors and reviewers have clearly used ChatGPT a lot, meaning it's just chatty talking to chatty.
Sometimes it is just 1 reviewer with 10 comments and then 1 comment from reviewer 2. Hardly a diligent process.
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My first PhD paper just got published in JCPP Advances last week!! ✅
In this paper we investigate developmental dynamics of emotional problems across childhood and adolescence in males and females 👦 👧 💗
Check it out!! 🧵
doi.org/10.1002/jcv2...
In this paper we investigate developmental dynamics of emotional problems across childhood and adolescence in males and females 👦 👧 💗
Check it out!! 🧵
doi.org/10.1002/jcv2...
JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library
This study examined how emotional symptoms co-develop from childhood to adolescence using longitudinal data from over 11,000 children and adolescents. Network analyses revealed reciprocal links betwe...
doi.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My first PhD paper just got published in JCPP Advances last week!! ✅
In this paper we investigate developmental dynamics of emotional problems across childhood and adolescence in males and females 👦 👧 💗
Check it out!! 🧵
doi.org/10.1002/jcv2...
In this paper we investigate developmental dynamics of emotional problems across childhood and adolescence in males and females 👦 👧 💗
Check it out!! 🧵
doi.org/10.1002/jcv2...
the plots for my next manuscript are so pretty I might drop them on OF before OSF.
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
the plots for my next manuscript are so pretty I might drop them on OF before OSF.