Dani S. Bassett
@danisbassett.bsky.social
Networks, neuroscience, control theory, curiosity, science of science
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️J Peter Skirkanich Professor, University of Pennsylvania
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️J Peter Skirkanich Professor, University of Pennsylvania
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Dani S. Bassett
@danisbassett.bsky.social
· Dec 11
How critically or favorably do we cite ourselves? How favorably do we cite collaborators? Do high h-index scholars cite more critically than low h-index scholars? Are some disciplines (or countries) more critical than others? Why? Check out our new manuscript: arxiv.org/abs/2411.09675
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Honored to have been interviewed for the next edition of the Cognitive Neuroscience textbook. @wwnorton.bsky.social @ron-mangun.bsky.social @danisbassett.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Honored to have been interviewed for the next edition of the Cognitive Neuroscience textbook. @wwnorton.bsky.social @ron-mangun.bsky.social @danisbassett.bsky.social
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“Women leave or consider leaving [faculty positions] because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty
Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.
www.science.org
December 24, 2024 at 3:10 PM
“Women leave or consider leaving [faculty positions] because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Thursday plans:
🖼️ Franco Matticchio
🖼️ Franco Matticchio
December 12, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Thursday plans:
🖼️ Franco Matticchio
🖼️ Franco Matticchio
How critically or favorably do we cite ourselves? How favorably do we cite collaborators? Do high h-index scholars cite more critically than low h-index scholars? Are some disciplines (or countries) more critical than others? Why? Check out our new manuscript: arxiv.org/abs/2411.09675
December 11, 2024 at 9:47 PM
How critically or favorably do we cite ourselves? How favorably do we cite collaborators? Do high h-index scholars cite more critically than low h-index scholars? Are some disciplines (or countries) more critical than others? Why? Check out our new manuscript: arxiv.org/abs/2411.09675
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My review of Alison Li's new biography of Harry Benjamin, Wondrous Transformations, has just been published in the American Historical Review - here's the free access link if you need it: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
Alison Li. Wondrous Transformations: A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution.
Harry Benjamin occupies a complex position in trans people’s emotional and political narratives of our history. His 1966 book The Transsexual Phenomenon in
academic.oup.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:56 PM
My review of Alison Li's new biography of Harry Benjamin, Wondrous Transformations, has just been published in the American Historical Review - here's the free access link if you need it: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
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"Overall, Black and Hispanic faculty received 7% more negative votes from college committees and were 44% less likely to receive unanimous “yes” votes than their white and Asian colleagues." - Kate Langin, Science
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
Racial bias can taint the academic tenure process—at one particular point
Black and Hispanic professors fare worse when voters include colleagues who are less familiar with their work, new study finds
www.science.org
December 1, 2024 at 10:25 PM
"Overall, Black and Hispanic faculty received 7% more negative votes from college committees and were 44% less likely to receive unanimous “yes” votes than their white and Asian colleagues." - Kate Langin, Science
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
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“But when the college committees were evaluating faculty with lower h-indices, evidence of bias against Black and Hispanic scholars surfaced—especially for women. In those situations, “underrepresented minorities, particularly women of color, are held to a different standard,” Madera says.”
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"Overall, Black and Hispanic faculty received 7% more negative votes from college committees and were 44% less likely to receive unanimous “yes” votes than their white and Asian colleagues." - Kate Langin, Science
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
Racial bias can taint the academic tenure process—at one particular point
Black and Hispanic professors fare worse when voters include colleagues who are less familiar with their work, new study finds
www.science.org
December 2, 2024 at 12:36 AM
“But when the college committees were evaluating faculty with lower h-indices, evidence of bias against Black and Hispanic scholars surfaced—especially for women. In those situations, “underrepresented minorities, particularly women of color, are held to a different standard,” Madera says.”
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Psychologists and neuroscientists are calling for international pressure towards immediate ceasefire in Israel, Palestine & Lebanon, respect for international humanitarian law, end of the occupation, and release of all hostages.
Read & join us by signing here: tinyurl.com/PsychLetter
Read & join us by signing here: tinyurl.com/PsychLetter
Open letter of psychologists and neuroscientists for peace in the Middle East
We, psychologists and neuroscientists from around the world, call the international community to urgently put pressure towards an immediate ceasefire in Israel, Palestine and Lebanon, to demand that t...
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November 27, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Psychologists and neuroscientists are calling for international pressure towards immediate ceasefire in Israel, Palestine & Lebanon, respect for international humanitarian law, end of the occupation, and release of all hostages.
Read & join us by signing here: tinyurl.com/PsychLetter
Read & join us by signing here: tinyurl.com/PsychLetter
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We had heard about the challenges posed by motherhood within academia, but what about the previous stage? @ecfreewoman.bsky.social & I wrote our story for @science.org on how the academic system makes it almost impossible for women to even plan for a family ❤️🩹: www.science.org/content/arti...
As women in academia, having children can feel impossible. Talking about it makes us feel less alone
The struggle is “balancing their careers not just with motherhood, but with what comes before: relationships and planning for a family,” these postdocs write
www.science.org
November 29, 2024 at 6:34 AM
We had heard about the challenges posed by motherhood within academia, but what about the previous stage? @ecfreewoman.bsky.social & I wrote our story for @science.org on how the academic system makes it almost impossible for women to even plan for a family ❤️🩹: www.science.org/content/arti...
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hello friends!
My publisher is looking for an illustrator for my children’s book Jacob’s Transition Goals, which is about an 8 year old transgender boy who plays for his local boys football team.
Do any of you have suggestions?
- must be trans of some variety
Reskeets appreciated
My publisher is looking for an illustrator for my children’s book Jacob’s Transition Goals, which is about an 8 year old transgender boy who plays for his local boys football team.
Do any of you have suggestions?
- must be trans of some variety
Reskeets appreciated
November 28, 2024 at 5:29 PM
hello friends!
My publisher is looking for an illustrator for my children’s book Jacob’s Transition Goals, which is about an 8 year old transgender boy who plays for his local boys football team.
Do any of you have suggestions?
- must be trans of some variety
Reskeets appreciated
My publisher is looking for an illustrator for my children’s book Jacob’s Transition Goals, which is about an 8 year old transgender boy who plays for his local boys football team.
Do any of you have suggestions?
- must be trans of some variety
Reskeets appreciated
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By necessity, one of the ways I've gotten through my adult life is by having found family. So if you have a rough go on days where it seems like the masses are all with blood relatives because that's not your situation, I see you (and you are welcome to be my found family too).
November 28, 2024 at 1:33 PM
By necessity, one of the ways I've gotten through my adult life is by having found family. So if you have a rough go on days where it seems like the masses are all with blood relatives because that's not your situation, I see you (and you are welcome to be my found family too).
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So proud of our team!!
New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
November 28, 2024 at 7:42 PM
So proud of our team!!
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Our latest paper about the diversity-stability debate.
We study here the linear stability of meta-ecosystems on networks that describe how discrete patches are connected by dispersal between them.
Space and network sparsity can stabilize large #ecosystems
journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...
We study here the linear stability of meta-ecosystems on networks that describe how discrete patches are connected by dispersal between them.
Space and network sparsity can stabilize large #ecosystems
journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...
November 28, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Our latest paper about the diversity-stability debate.
We study here the linear stability of meta-ecosystems on networks that describe how discrete patches are connected by dispersal between them.
Space and network sparsity can stabilize large #ecosystems
journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...
We study here the linear stability of meta-ecosystems on networks that describe how discrete patches are connected by dispersal between them.
Space and network sparsity can stabilize large #ecosystems
journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...
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New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
November 28, 2024 at 7:07 PM
New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
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Really love this post by Nicole Tietz-Sokolsaya: www.ntietz.com/blog/support...
Supporting coworkers, employees, and friends in this time | nicole@web
www.ntietz.com
November 11, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Really love this post by Nicole Tietz-Sokolsaya: www.ntietz.com/blog/support...
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Python Test 218: Balancing test coverage with test costs - Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya
podcast.pythontest.com/episodes/218...
Nicole is a software engineer and writer, and recently wrote about the trade-offs we make when deciding which tests to write and how much testing is enough.
podcast.pythontest.com/episodes/218...
Nicole is a software engineer and writer, and recently wrote about the trade-offs we make when deciding which tests to write and how much testing is enough.
April 18, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Python Test 218: Balancing test coverage with test costs - Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya
podcast.pythontest.com/episodes/218...
Nicole is a software engineer and writer, and recently wrote about the trade-offs we make when deciding which tests to write and how much testing is enough.
podcast.pythontest.com/episodes/218...
Nicole is a software engineer and writer, and recently wrote about the trade-offs we make when deciding which tests to write and how much testing is enough.
Loved talking with @helenak.bsky.social at Nature @natureportfolio.bsky.social about @dalezhou.bsky.social's new paper in Science Advances on global styles of curiosity www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Study reveals three ways to disappear down a Wikipedia rabbit hole
Understanding how ‘hunters’ ‘dancers’ and ‘busybodies’ find information could help to improve the site and encourage better teamwork.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Loved talking with @helenak.bsky.social at Nature @natureportfolio.bsky.social about @dalezhou.bsky.social's new paper in Science Advances on global styles of curiosity www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Thanks Andy! In @theatlantic.bsky.social I describe why the panic over smartphones is more likely to distract from than solve the problems that young people are facing today. Gift link is below:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
November 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Thanks Andy! In @theatlantic.bsky.social I describe why the panic over smartphones is more likely to distract from than solve the problems that young people are facing today. Gift link is below:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Nancy Mace has introduced a federal bathroom ban which would ban trans people from bathrooms in DCA and Dulles airports, national park bathrooms, museum bathrooms, and all federal building bathrooms.
November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Nancy Mace has introduced a federal bathroom ban which would ban trans people from bathrooms in DCA and Dulles airports, national park bathrooms, museum bathrooms, and all federal building bathrooms.
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For decades, developmental psychologists have noticed that optimism declines with age. Why does this presumably good thing decrease across development? In this Nature Reviews Psych article, @jessicas.bsky.social and I draw from prior hypotheses to offer an integrated account.
New paper with the BRILLIANT and always amazing @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social! Developmental declines in optimism and their potential causes:
A unified account of why optimism declines in childhood
Nature Reviews Psychology - Optimism declines across early childhood, but there is no theoretical account for why such changes occur. In this Perspective, Leonard and Sommerville discuss and...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-024-00384-z.epdf?sharing_token=JVnW-1ZWM7UAxv[…]2JOSlipVxfqRevALtsVWx0VPUyF3Bm6qkXNmICCPCq6BROr6O7tsg6_Fxg%3D
November 19, 2024 at 1:46 PM
For decades, developmental psychologists have noticed that optimism declines with age. Why does this presumably good thing decrease across development? In this Nature Reviews Psych article, @jessicas.bsky.social and I draw from prior hypotheses to offer an integrated account.
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This is a great figure. For all the doom & gloom about climate inaction, we have made a big dent over the past 25 years.
What started out as 3.5-4°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
What started out as 3.5-4°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 8:48 PM
This is a great figure. For all the doom & gloom about climate inaction, we have made a big dent over the past 25 years.
What started out as 3.5-4°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
What started out as 3.5-4°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
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Yes!!! The review I've been looking for! Rapid-acting antidepressants like ketamine, electroconvulsive therapy, and noninvasive stimulation (TMS) are thought to work by enhancing plasticity, but how, exactly? Grateful to @alexkwan.bsky.social and team for summarizing the evidence in this review.
There are many nuances regarding the structural neural plasticity associated with antidepressant drugs. 💊🧠
We share our thoughts here in a Nature Reviews Neuroscience article, led by Clara Liao with co-authors from Conor Liston’s lab at Weill Cornell.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We share our thoughts here in a Nature Reviews Neuroscience article, led by Clara Liao with co-authors from Conor Liston’s lab at Weill Cornell.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 19, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Yes!!! The review I've been looking for! Rapid-acting antidepressants like ketamine, electroconvulsive therapy, and noninvasive stimulation (TMS) are thought to work by enhancing plasticity, but how, exactly? Grateful to @alexkwan.bsky.social and team for summarizing the evidence in this review.
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Our review of the direct response of stomata to temperature just came out in an issue (OK, it was 3 months ago but I just noticed).
We cover what (little) is known, & possible mechanisms and implications.
Several more papers in the works. Watch this space!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
We cover what (little) is known, & possible mechanisms and implications.
Several more papers in the works. Watch this space!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The poorly‐explored stomatal response to temperature at constant evaporative demand
The direct response of stomata to temperature (the response when evaporative demand is held constant by adjusting ambient humidity) is very poorly known. This review summarises the current state of k...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Our review of the direct response of stomata to temperature just came out in an issue (OK, it was 3 months ago but I just noticed).
We cover what (little) is known, & possible mechanisms and implications.
Several more papers in the works. Watch this space!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
We cover what (little) is known, & possible mechanisms and implications.
Several more papers in the works. Watch this space!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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What are we reading today? 🤓📑
Todd, N. R., Nguyễn, D. M., Blackburn, A. M., & La, R. (2024). Associations between state policies and sexual minority mental health disparities. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. doi.org/10.1037/tps0...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
Todd, N. R., Nguyễn, D. M., Blackburn, A. M., & La, R. (2024). Associations between state policies and sexual minority mental health disparities. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. doi.org/10.1037/tps0...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
November 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
What are we reading today? 🤓📑
Todd, N. R., Nguyễn, D. M., Blackburn, A. M., & La, R. (2024). Associations between state policies and sexual minority mental health disparities. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. doi.org/10.1037/tps0...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
Todd, N. R., Nguyễn, D. M., Blackburn, A. M., & La, R. (2024). Associations between state policies and sexual minority mental health disparities. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. doi.org/10.1037/tps0...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
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And, another great one from DuBois, Puckett, and Robert-Paul Juster.
"The study show that trans and nonbinary people who feel more connected to their communities have a more dynamic pattern of cortisol function, suggesting they can recover better from stress."
"The study show that trans and nonbinary people who feel more connected to their communities have a more dynamic pattern of cortisol function, suggesting they can recover better from stress."
How stigma hurts trans health
Researchers demonstrate a link between transgender people's exposure to gender-related stigma and cortisol, a key hormone in the stress response.
nouvelles.umontreal.ca
February 5, 2024 at 11:32 PM
And, another great one from DuBois, Puckett, and Robert-Paul Juster.
"The study show that trans and nonbinary people who feel more connected to their communities have a more dynamic pattern of cortisol function, suggesting they can recover better from stress."
"The study show that trans and nonbinary people who feel more connected to their communities have a more dynamic pattern of cortisol function, suggesting they can recover better from stress."