Jeremy I. Borjon, PhD
@jeremyborjon.com
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Houston
Integrative Program in Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience | Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics |Texas Center for Learning Disorders
@borjonlab.com
University of Houston
Integrative Program in Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience | Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics |Texas Center for Learning Disorders
@borjonlab.com
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Another wonderful lab dinner in the books and a big welcome to our new graduate student Laura!
July 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Another wonderful lab dinner in the books and a big welcome to our new graduate student Laura!
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Thank you to EnvisionBOX (@wimpouw.bsky.social, @jamestrujillo.bsky.social, @babajideowoyele.bsky.social, and @sarkadava.bsky.social) for hosting an excellent summer school in Amsterdam on computer vision and advanced multimodal techniques. We learned a lot and had a great time!
June 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Thank you to EnvisionBOX (@wimpouw.bsky.social, @jamestrujillo.bsky.social, @babajideowoyele.bsky.social, and @sarkadava.bsky.social) for hosting an excellent summer school in Amsterdam on computer vision and advanced multimodal techniques. We learned a lot and had a great time!
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This is the beauty and wonder that we are being told has no value—or is even antithetical to American values.
Well they're wrong, as anyone can see if they simply take a moment to imagine, truly imagine, what superpowers science gives us to see into worlds where we could otherwise never tread.
Well they're wrong, as anyone can see if they simply take a moment to imagine, truly imagine, what superpowers science gives us to see into worlds where we could otherwise never tread.
Some of you have never sat at the bottom of the Cayman Trench watching a species whom no human has ever seen before or since swimming by and it shows.
youtu.be/UEdfrar1dLU?...
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Munnopsis Isopod from the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center
YouTube video by Andrew Thaler
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May 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is the beauty and wonder that we are being told has no value—or is even antithetical to American values.
Well they're wrong, as anyone can see if they simply take a moment to imagine, truly imagine, what superpowers science gives us to see into worlds where we could otherwise never tread.
Well they're wrong, as anyone can see if they simply take a moment to imagine, truly imagine, what superpowers science gives us to see into worlds where we could otherwise never tread.
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In an age of triumphant managerialism, we must remember that giving researchers support, autonomy, and freedom results in miraculous things. Another point is that the government required AT&T to invest in basic research to avoid being treated as a monopoly. 1517.substack.com/p/why-bell-l...
Why Bell Labs Worked.
Or, how MBA culture killed Bell Labs
1517.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In an age of triumphant managerialism, we must remember that giving researchers support, autonomy, and freedom results in miraculous things. Another point is that the government required AT&T to invest in basic research to avoid being treated as a monopoly. 1517.substack.com/p/why-bell-l...
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Autonomic physiological coupling of the global fMRI signal www.nature.com/articles/s41... "The global fMRI signal is a substantial component of the arousal response governed by the autonomic nervous system."
Autonomic physiological coupling of the global fMRI signal - Nature Neuroscience
The brain and body are necessarily connected. Here the authors show that brain blood flow and electrical activity are coupled with systemic physiological changes in the body.
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Autonomic physiological coupling of the global fMRI signal www.nature.com/articles/s41... "The global fMRI signal is a substantial component of the arousal response governed by the autonomic nervous system."
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SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF.
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
Home | Savensf
www.savensf.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF.
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
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Federal research funding cut? Don’t stop now.
Two quick-response grants can help:
Spencer Foundation – bridge funding for education researchers: bit.ly/4jvA7oi
RWJF – racial & Indigenous health equity research support: bit.ly/44VUJ4D
#SRCD #ChildDevelopment
Two quick-response grants can help:
Spencer Foundation – bridge funding for education researchers: bit.ly/4jvA7oi
RWJF – racial & Indigenous health equity research support: bit.ly/44VUJ4D
#SRCD #ChildDevelopment
May 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Federal research funding cut? Don’t stop now.
Two quick-response grants can help:
Spencer Foundation – bridge funding for education researchers: bit.ly/4jvA7oi
RWJF – racial & Indigenous health equity research support: bit.ly/44VUJ4D
#SRCD #ChildDevelopment
Two quick-response grants can help:
Spencer Foundation – bridge funding for education researchers: bit.ly/4jvA7oi
RWJF – racial & Indigenous health equity research support: bit.ly/44VUJ4D
#SRCD #ChildDevelopment
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Ever wonder what a neural network would look like in a novel organism w/o selection for specific structure and function? New #preprint with morphological, behavioral, electrophysiological, and transcriptomic analysis of a new kind of Xenobot with a nervous system:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ever wonder what a neural network would look like in a novel organism w/o selection for specific structure and function? New #preprint with morphological, behavioral, electrophysiological, and transcriptomic analysis of a new kind of Xenobot with a nervous system:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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@garyseconomics.bsky.social The key message is growing inequality drives poverty - agreed. But, what's the 'why care' for those harder to reach circles you mentioned? It feels like they need to hear a self-interested - or macro hook like (e.g. cpag.org.uk/news/cost-ch...). What's the best hook?
The cost of child poverty in 2023
The cost of child poverty extends beyond the physical and emotional hardship felt by children growing up in low-income families. In 2008, the total financial cost was estimated to be at least £25 bill...
cpag.org.uk
March 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@garyseconomics.bsky.social The key message is growing inequality drives poverty - agreed. But, what's the 'why care' for those harder to reach circles you mentioned? It feels like they need to hear a self-interested - or macro hook like (e.g. cpag.org.uk/news/cost-ch...). What's the best hook?
Impact of NIH funding in Texas:
NIH AWARDS FUNDING: $1.85 B
JOBS SUPPORTED: 29,563
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED: $5.8 B
Bio Industry Impact in the State:
Jobs: 111,711
Businesses: 7,306
Cutting NIH indirects will kill jobs and cause a recession.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
NIH AWARDS FUNDING: $1.85 B
JOBS SUPPORTED: 29,563
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED: $5.8 B
Bio Industry Impact in the State:
Jobs: 111,711
Businesses: 7,306
Cutting NIH indirects will kill jobs and cause a recession.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
March 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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1. @alisongopnik.bsky.social, Cosma Shalizi, James Evans and myself have a new piece in Science on "AI" Large Models, pushing back against much of the collective wisdom about what they can and can't do. Official below, unpaywalled at henryfarrell.net/large-ai-mod... . So why this now?
Large AI models are cultural and social technologies
Implications draw on the history of transformative information systems from the past
www.science.org
March 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
1. @alisongopnik.bsky.social, Cosma Shalizi, James Evans and myself have a new piece in Science on "AI" Large Models, pushing back against much of the collective wisdom about what they can and can't do. Official below, unpaywalled at henryfarrell.net/large-ai-mod... . So why this now?
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I want the grad students funded and protected. I want the campuses vibrant and bustling. I want our society to understand that the well-being of scientists is critical infrastructure for the future. I want science culture to finally admit that too.
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I want the grad students funded and protected. I want the campuses vibrant and bustling. I want our society to understand that the well-being of scientists is critical infrastructure for the future. I want science culture to finally admit that too.
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This is a room where we turn very modest salaries and budgets (and lots of coffee) into new knowledge, life-saving innovations, and technology that feeds business growth.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
February 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is a room where we turn very modest salaries and budgets (and lots of coffee) into new knowledge, life-saving innovations, and technology that feeds business growth.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
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The whole "$1 NIH dollar generates $2.50 in output" sells science wildly short. Scientific discovery and technological development is the foundation on which our entire society is built -- and that includes all the businesses that operate within it. The throughlines are shorter than you think: 1/n
February 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The whole "$1 NIH dollar generates $2.50 in output" sells science wildly short. Scientific discovery and technological development is the foundation on which our entire society is built -- and that includes all the businesses that operate within it. The throughlines are shorter than you think: 1/n
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This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”
February 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”
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Found this gem in an arcane NSF doc...key to know:
The Constitution and law SUPERSEDES exec orders!
"In the event of a conflict between policies issued at a lower tier versus policies issued at a higher tier, the higher tier policy will take precedence"
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Resear...
The Constitution and law SUPERSEDES exec orders!
"In the event of a conflict between policies issued at a lower tier versus policies issued at a higher tier, the higher tier policy will take precedence"
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Resear...
February 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Found this gem in an arcane NSF doc...key to know:
The Constitution and law SUPERSEDES exec orders!
"In the event of a conflict between policies issued at a lower tier versus policies issued at a higher tier, the higher tier policy will take precedence"
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Resear...
The Constitution and law SUPERSEDES exec orders!
"In the event of a conflict between policies issued at a lower tier versus policies issued at a higher tier, the higher tier policy will take precedence"
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Resear...
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once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
December 11, 2024 at 6:46 AM
once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
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Beautiful blog post from @psychologytoday.com on our recent @pnas.org paper!
Does a Baby’s Heart Rate Determine Their Talking?
Many things have to go right in order for babies to learn to talk. Recent research highlights the role of something that might come as a surprise: heart rate.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Beautiful blog post from @psychologytoday.com on our recent @pnas.org paper!
Ouch!
Our paper on Velvet Ant venom is out at @currentbiology.bsky.social “Multiple mechanisms of action for an extremely painful venom” sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Velvet ants are among the most painful of all stinging insects. What makes them so painful? We used fruit fly larvae to find out 🧐 1/5
Velvet ants are among the most painful of all stinging insects. What makes them so painful? We used fruit fly larvae to find out 🧐 1/5
Multiple mechanisms of action for an extremely painful venom
Evolutionary arms races can lead to extremely specific and effective defense mechanisms, including venoms that deter predators by targeting nociceptiv…
sciencedirect.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Ouch!
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Happy Dinner for One viewing to all who celebrate, same procedure as every year!
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Dinner for One with Freddie Frinton and May Warden
YouTube video by Retro TV
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January 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Happy Dinner for One viewing to all who celebrate, same procedure as every year!
youtu.be/5n7VI0rC8ZA?...
youtu.be/5n7VI0rC8ZA?...
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Researchers tracked babies’ heart rates and found a decelerating heart rate was associated with the production of words, showing that the autonomic nervous system, which regulates heart rate, interacts with speech production. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 23, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Researchers tracked babies’ heart rates and found a decelerating heart rate was associated with the production of words, showing that the autonomic nervous system, which regulates heart rate, interacts with speech production. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Look maybe our research subjects cry or soil themselves at relatively high rates but at least we in #DevPsychSky are never left wondering whether babies are faking the data by asking ChatGPT #SoBlessed
i said this would happen a few months back and a few of y'all thought i was being dramatic! 😜
We’re collecting open-ended data on Prolific, and it has become clear to me that people are using chatGPT to answer the questions. This is so depressing. Like, is it really worth the time to copy and paste questions and answers instead of just…telling us what you think?
December 21, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Look maybe our research subjects cry or soil themselves at relatively high rates but at least we in #DevPsychSky are never left wondering whether babies are faking the data by asking ChatGPT #SoBlessed
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And I’ll point out that in the case of success stories like Bell Labs or many tech research shops, the advances did not come from big vision but anarchic autonomy, researchers told, “Do whatever you want.” The breakthroughs were rarely in anticipated directions. 8/n
December 18, 2024 at 5:40 PM
And I’ll point out that in the case of success stories like Bell Labs or many tech research shops, the advances did not come from big vision but anarchic autonomy, researchers told, “Do whatever you want.” The breakthroughs were rarely in anticipated directions. 8/n
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First paper from the lab is officially published in PNAS!
We demonstrate ongoing fluctuations in heart rate coincide with vocal production and word formation in 24-mo-old infants.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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We demonstrate ongoing fluctuations in heart rate coincide with vocal production and word formation in 24-mo-old infants.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1/4
Recognizability and timing of infant vocalizations relate to fluctuations in heart rate | PNAS
For human infants, producing recognizable speech is more than a cognitive process.
It is a motor skill that requires infants to learn to coordinate...
www.pnas.org
December 16, 2024 at 8:31 PM
First paper from the lab is officially published in PNAS!
We demonstrate ongoing fluctuations in heart rate coincide with vocal production and word formation in 24-mo-old infants.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1/4
We demonstrate ongoing fluctuations in heart rate coincide with vocal production and word formation in 24-mo-old infants.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1/4