Izabela Maria Sztuka
@isdedal.bsky.social
Environmental Neuroscience, Cog Comp Neuroscience, AI & BCI | Archeologist & Rose lover | Postdoctoral Researcher at Center for Environmental Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Human Development.
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Izabela Maria Sztuka
@isdedal.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Elie Saab: "I don't believe in instant success"
The Lebanese fashion designer discusses his global success and his impact on world fashion. #Globalconversation
www.euronews.com
“To be talented is not enough. What’s really important is how you manage that talent if you have it. This is as important as the talent itself.”
#career
www.euronews.com/2018/02/06/e...
#career
www.euronews.com/2018/02/06/e...
“Those skills (conflict resolution, accountability) are more important than learning how to spell.”
Higher-order socio-cognitive skills are constrained by underlying cognitive capacities, weakening those foundations predictably degrades complex social reasoning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Te...
Higher-order socio-cognitive skills are constrained by underlying cognitive capacities, weakening those foundations predictably degrades complex social reasoning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Te...
a picture of a minion with the words whaaat written on it
ALT: a picture of a minion with the words whaaat written on it
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM
“Those skills (conflict resolution, accountability) are more important than learning how to spell.”
Higher-order socio-cognitive skills are constrained by underlying cognitive capacities, weakening those foundations predictably degrades complex social reasoning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Te...
Higher-order socio-cognitive skills are constrained by underlying cognitive capacities, weakening those foundations predictably degrades complex social reasoning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Te...
2026 - already called year of analog, as more people choose to "unplug", "unsubscribe" and shift away from tech.
Rebellion against subscriptions is just the economic dimension of broader tiredness with current socioeconomic model.
#society #unplug #digitaleconomy
youtu.be/8AKn-zJMIwY?...
Rebellion against subscriptions is just the economic dimension of broader tiredness with current socioeconomic model.
#society #unplug #digitaleconomy
youtu.be/8AKn-zJMIwY?...
Why Owning Nothing Is So Expensive
YouTube video by Business Insider
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
2026 - already called year of analog, as more people choose to "unplug", "unsubscribe" and shift away from tech.
Rebellion against subscriptions is just the economic dimension of broader tiredness with current socioeconomic model.
#society #unplug #digitaleconomy
youtu.be/8AKn-zJMIwY?...
Rebellion against subscriptions is just the economic dimension of broader tiredness with current socioeconomic model.
#society #unplug #digitaleconomy
youtu.be/8AKn-zJMIwY?...
Interesting longitudinal study on infants about development of representations of natural objects:
#neurocience
#neurocience
6/7 Our results further highlight the first year of life as a time of intricate brain function. Infants possess the foundations of visual cognition to group the world from very early on. Read more in Nature Neuroscience! 📖🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Infants have rich visual categories in ventrotemporal cortex at 2 months of age - Nature Neuroscience
Using infant fMRI, the authors show that, by 2 months of age, representations in high-level visual cortex encode visual categories that align with deep neural networks, and lateral object-selective re...
www.nature.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Interesting longitudinal study on infants about development of representations of natural objects:
#neurocience
#neurocience
Inconceivable, how badly prepared Ireland is for this type of challenges. We have friends who had their entire life wiped-out with little warning.
Sheer scale of systemic failures is infuriating.
#Ireland #StormChandra
news.sky.com/video/storm-...
Sheer scale of systemic failures is infuriating.
#Ireland #StormChandra
news.sky.com/video/storm-...
Storm Chandra: Burst banks in 'one of the worst affected areas' in Ireland
Sky's Stephen Murphy spoke to a number of residents in County Wicklow, nearby a river which burst its banks in the early hours of 27 January.
news.sky.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Inconceivable, how badly prepared Ireland is for this type of challenges. We have friends who had their entire life wiped-out with little warning.
Sheer scale of systemic failures is infuriating.
#Ireland #StormChandra
news.sky.com/video/storm-...
Sheer scale of systemic failures is infuriating.
#Ireland #StormChandra
news.sky.com/video/storm-...
Interesting take on dynamics of shifting sands in global economy.
www.reuters.com/markets/worl...
#economy #EU
www.reuters.com/markets/worl...
#economy #EU
World's 'middle powers' de-risking from America
Donald Trump's Greenland tariff threat and U-turn last week may have been a watershed for the world's "middle powers." For them, rebooting globalization - with or without Washington - now looks far mo...
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Interesting take on dynamics of shifting sands in global economy.
www.reuters.com/markets/worl...
#economy #EU
www.reuters.com/markets/worl...
#economy #EU
An interesting study on how gaze and gesture jointly support spatial reasoning in architecture. Mechanisms described may also be relevant for clinical conditions involving disrupted eye-hand coordination and visual-symbolic processing of the #environment.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/TPYTPN...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/TPYTPN...
Interpreting Architectural Drawings: The Role of Gaze and Gestures in Cognitive Offloading
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:19 PM
An interesting study on how gaze and gesture jointly support spatial reasoning in architecture. Mechanisms described may also be relevant for clinical conditions involving disrupted eye-hand coordination and visual-symbolic processing of the #environment.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/TPYTPN...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/TPYTPN...
Wow, this has also potential to be great tool for teaching!
The Allen Mouse Brain Atlas is a cornerstone of #neuroscience: a standardized, high-resolution map of brain anatomy built to keep experiments comparable across labs. 🧠 Here’s a 3D walk through its anatomical meshes in #syGlass!
@alleninstitute.org
#3DThursday #DataViz #VR
@alleninstitute.org
#3DThursday #DataViz #VR
January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Wow, this has also potential to be great tool for teaching!
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Happy 80th birthday to the iconic Dolly Parton.
January 19, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Happy 80th birthday to the iconic Dolly Parton.
Reposted by Izabela Maria Sztuka
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks. A behavioral neuroscientist explains what we've been missing about one of the animal kingdom's most underestimated minds. buff.ly/Uxj7boZ
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
Trash pandas’ talent for escaping via lab vents may frustrate researchers, but their problem-solving skills make their brains a fascinating area of research.
buff.ly
January 19, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks. A behavioral neuroscientist explains what we've been missing about one of the animal kingdom's most underestimated minds. buff.ly/Uxj7boZ
Great news:
Today, @mpib-berlin.bsky.social launched its first mobile MRI lab 🧠🚐
This opens up exciting new possibilities for @cen-mpib.bsky.social to take environmental neuroscience research far beyond the lab into the field.
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/newsroom/new...
#neuroscience #environment
Today, @mpib-berlin.bsky.social launched its first mobile MRI lab 🧠🚐
This opens up exciting new possibilities for @cen-mpib.bsky.social to take environmental neuroscience research far beyond the lab into the field.
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/newsroom/new...
#neuroscience #environment
On the move: MRI goes mobile
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
January 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Great news:
Today, @mpib-berlin.bsky.social launched its first mobile MRI lab 🧠🚐
This opens up exciting new possibilities for @cen-mpib.bsky.social to take environmental neuroscience research far beyond the lab into the field.
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/newsroom/new...
#neuroscience #environment
Today, @mpib-berlin.bsky.social launched its first mobile MRI lab 🧠🚐
This opens up exciting new possibilities for @cen-mpib.bsky.social to take environmental neuroscience research far beyond the lab into the field.
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/newsroom/new...
#neuroscience #environment
Reposted by Izabela Maria Sztuka
top risks 2026 is officially out
after 28 years of analyzing geopolitical risks
this year is the tipping point:
after 28 years of analyzing geopolitical risks
this year is the tipping point:
Eurasia Group | The Top Risks of 2026
www.eurasiagroup.net
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
top risks 2026 is officially out
after 28 years of analyzing geopolitical risks
this year is the tipping point:
after 28 years of analyzing geopolitical risks
this year is the tipping point:
Reposted by Izabela Maria Sztuka
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ava Farnan, W. Taylor Kimberly, et al:
Detecting patterns of atrophy in cognitively impaired individuals using portable, low-field MRI
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Detecting patterns of atrophy in cognitively impaired individuals using portable, low-field MRI
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
January 7, 2026 at 5:39 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ava Farnan, W. Taylor Kimberly, et al:
Detecting patterns of atrophy in cognitively impaired individuals using portable, low-field MRI
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Detecting patterns of atrophy in cognitively impaired individuals using portable, low-field MRI
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
So how is the first 7 days of 2026 going?
Let's just hope it is not representative.
Let's just hope it is not representative.
a man is pushing a wheelbarrow in a yard
ALT: a man is pushing a wheelbarrow in a yard
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
So how is the first 7 days of 2026 going?
Let's just hope it is not representative.
Let's just hope it is not representative.
Among all the mockery one could pour on this headline, I feel sorry for his family. It's a grim reminder that disinformation isn't harmless, and can have terrible consequences when left unchallenged.
#disinformation
wyborcza.pl/7,75399,3249...
#disinformation
wyborcza.pl/7,75399,3249...
"Jeżeli został pochowany, to gdzie?" MSZ i rodzina Polaka, który zginął w rosyjskim więzieniu, żądają wyjaśnień
W sprawę Krzysztofa Galosa, zabitego przez Rosjan, włączyła się polska dyplomacja.
wyborcza.pl
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Among all the mockery one could pour on this headline, I feel sorry for his family. It's a grim reminder that disinformation isn't harmless, and can have terrible consequences when left unchallenged.
#disinformation
wyborcza.pl/7,75399,3249...
#disinformation
wyborcza.pl/7,75399,3249...
Small 2026 note: I’m stepping away from some social media platforms, namely X, Fb & Insta.
I won’t disappear overnight, but over next months those accounts will go quiet. Some already are.
I’m still around on LinkedIn and here on Bluesky.
I won’t disappear overnight, but over next months those accounts will go quiet. Some already are.
I’m still around on LinkedIn and here on Bluesky.
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Small 2026 note: I’m stepping away from some social media platforms, namely X, Fb & Insta.
I won’t disappear overnight, but over next months those accounts will go quiet. Some already are.
I’m still around on LinkedIn and here on Bluesky.
I won’t disappear overnight, but over next months those accounts will go quiet. Some already are.
I’m still around on LinkedIn and here on Bluesky.
❤️🔥"Either we're all Europeans, or none of us are"
From 13:40 @warfrontsweekly.bsky.social commentary absolutely nailed it 🔨 when it comes to what has to change in European mindset, for Europe to have future as a project.
#Europe #Geopolitics #Ukraine
youtu.be/5Qc2ZRV5znQ?... via
@YouTube
From 13:40 @warfrontsweekly.bsky.social commentary absolutely nailed it 🔨 when it comes to what has to change in European mindset, for Europe to have future as a project.
#Europe #Geopolitics #Ukraine
youtu.be/5Qc2ZRV5znQ?... via
@YouTube
Europe Needs to Get its Shit Together. NOW.
YouTube video by Warfronts
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
❤️🔥"Either we're all Europeans, or none of us are"
From 13:40 @warfrontsweekly.bsky.social commentary absolutely nailed it 🔨 when it comes to what has to change in European mindset, for Europe to have future as a project.
#Europe #Geopolitics #Ukraine
youtu.be/5Qc2ZRV5znQ?... via
@YouTube
From 13:40 @warfrontsweekly.bsky.social commentary absolutely nailed it 🔨 when it comes to what has to change in European mindset, for Europe to have future as a project.
#Europe #Geopolitics #Ukraine
youtu.be/5Qc2ZRV5znQ?... via
@YouTube
The number of armed conflicts worldwide has more than doubled in past 15 years, with around 130 ongoing today. These conflicts trap entire generations in cycles of violence and trauma, resulting in major physical and psychological health burdens at population level.
www.icrc.org/en/report/ic...
www.icrc.org/en/report/ic...
ICRC Annual Report 2024
In 2024, the ICRC navigated a complex and challenging operating environment to deliver humanitarian aid to millions of people in over 100 countries.
www.icrc.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The number of armed conflicts worldwide has more than doubled in past 15 years, with around 130 ongoing today. These conflicts trap entire generations in cycles of violence and trauma, resulting in major physical and psychological health burdens at population level.
www.icrc.org/en/report/ic...
www.icrc.org/en/report/ic...
⚡Large-scale genetic study of 14 psychiatric disorders shows many diagnoses share common genetic roots. Comorbidity may reflect shared biology, not just clinical overlap.
Authors also point to prenatal and early-life factors shaping how genetic risk becomes disorder.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Authors also point to prenatal and early-life factors shaping how genetic risk becomes disorder.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders - Nature
Genomic analyses applied to 14 childhood- and adult-onset psychiatric disorders identifies five underlying genomic factors that explain the majority of the genetic variance of the individual disorders...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
⚡Large-scale genetic study of 14 psychiatric disorders shows many diagnoses share common genetic roots. Comorbidity may reflect shared biology, not just clinical overlap.
Authors also point to prenatal and early-life factors shaping how genetic risk becomes disorder.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Authors also point to prenatal and early-life factors shaping how genetic risk becomes disorder.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It is the worst crisis in history of US-Europe alliance with signals indicating Europe needs to become independent, strategically autonomous and find new global partners.
#Europe #democracy #geopolitics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-h...
#Europe #democracy #geopolitics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-h...
Why America and Europe Have Fallen Out (again)
YouTube video by TLDR News EU
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It is the worst crisis in history of US-Europe alliance with signals indicating Europe needs to become independent, strategically autonomous and find new global partners.
#Europe #democracy #geopolitics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-h...
#Europe #democracy #geopolitics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-h...
Reposted by Izabela Maria Sztuka
Zum Wochenbeginn noch etwas Herzerwärmendes:
Auf Sumatra brach ein Biologe in Tränen aus. Nichts Schlimmes war passiert, er sah bloss die überaus seltene Pflanze "Rafflesia hasseltii", nach der er über ein Jahrzehnt lang gesucht hatte. 🤗
Auf Sumatra brach ein Biologe in Tränen aus. Nichts Schlimmes war passiert, er sah bloss die überaus seltene Pflanze "Rafflesia hasseltii", nach der er über ein Jahrzehnt lang gesucht hatte. 🤗
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Zum Wochenbeginn noch etwas Herzerwärmendes:
Auf Sumatra brach ein Biologe in Tränen aus. Nichts Schlimmes war passiert, er sah bloss die überaus seltene Pflanze "Rafflesia hasseltii", nach der er über ein Jahrzehnt lang gesucht hatte. 🤗
Auf Sumatra brach ein Biologe in Tränen aus. Nichts Schlimmes war passiert, er sah bloss die überaus seltene Pflanze "Rafflesia hasseltii", nach der er über ein Jahrzehnt lang gesucht hatte. 🤗
Last year in North Sumatra, I witnessed the cascading consequences of rainforest destruction - a crisis no longer limited to ecosystems, but one that directly places local communities in the path of escalating climatic extremes.
#environment
#environment
Floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra kill at least 174 reut.rs/3Xjsrw5
Floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra kill at least 174
The death toll from floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra island has risen to 174, up from the previous 94, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Friday, adding that dozens remain missing.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Last year in North Sumatra, I witnessed the cascading consequences of rainforest destruction - a crisis no longer limited to ecosystems, but one that directly places local communities in the path of escalating climatic extremes.
#environment
#environment
⚡American commentator Jon Stewart steamrolled global elites using the Epstein example. With the precision of a neurosurgeon, he laid bare the rotten core of a social class whose members share the same interests, even as they stoke political divisions.
www.youtube.com/shorts/RRvcE...
www.youtube.com/shorts/RRvcE...
The extent of Epstein’s social network knows no bounds, but it certainly knows Donald Trump
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
⚡American commentator Jon Stewart steamrolled global elites using the Epstein example. With the precision of a neurosurgeon, he laid bare the rotten core of a social class whose members share the same interests, even as they stoke political divisions.
www.youtube.com/shorts/RRvcE...
www.youtube.com/shorts/RRvcE...
New analysis sends clear warning about short-form videos. Across 98,299 people, higher TikTok/Reels/Shorts use equals worse attention + weaker inhibitory control. The endless scroll isn’t just a habit, it’s linked to measurable declines in core cognitive functions.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New analysis sends clear warning about short-form videos. Across 98,299 people, higher TikTok/Reels/Shorts use equals worse attention + weaker inhibitory control. The endless scroll isn’t just a habit, it’s linked to measurable declines in core cognitive functions.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Really sad news. Jane Goodall transformed our understanding of primates and championed conservation worldwide. Her impact is immeasurable.
#science #research
#science #research
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Reposted by Izabela Maria Sztuka
💻 Last week 💻
@isdedal.bsky.social and @nourtawil.bsky.social were at the Academy for Neuroscience in Architecture conference presenting their upcoming paper (w Claire Pauley) on how the brain processes face-like house façades 🏠
#ANFA2025 #Neuroscience #Architecture #EnvironmentalNeuroscience
@isdedal.bsky.social and @nourtawil.bsky.social were at the Academy for Neuroscience in Architecture conference presenting their upcoming paper (w Claire Pauley) on how the brain processes face-like house façades 🏠
#ANFA2025 #Neuroscience #Architecture #EnvironmentalNeuroscience
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
💻 Last week 💻
@isdedal.bsky.social and @nourtawil.bsky.social were at the Academy for Neuroscience in Architecture conference presenting their upcoming paper (w Claire Pauley) on how the brain processes face-like house façades 🏠
#ANFA2025 #Neuroscience #Architecture #EnvironmentalNeuroscience
@isdedal.bsky.social and @nourtawil.bsky.social were at the Academy for Neuroscience in Architecture conference presenting their upcoming paper (w Claire Pauley) on how the brain processes face-like house façades 🏠
#ANFA2025 #Neuroscience #Architecture #EnvironmentalNeuroscience