Jonathan Peelle
@jpeelle.bsky.social
PI + parent = professional cat-herder • inclusiveness • he/him • studying the neuroscience of communication at Northeastern University
Textbook: The Neuroscience of Language (Cambridge University Press)
http://jonathanpeelle.net
Textbook: The Neuroscience of Language (Cambridge University Press)
http://jonathanpeelle.net
Then there was that time on study section where the grant said "If Aim 1 doesn't work we're fucked."
Added points for honesty
Deducted points for proofreading
#nihgrants
Added points for honesty
Deducted points for proofreading
#nihgrants
February 18, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Then there was that time on study section where the grant said "If Aim 1 doesn't work we're fucked."
Added points for honesty
Deducted points for proofreading
#nihgrants
Added points for honesty
Deducted points for proofreading
#nihgrants
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The lady next to me on the plane is watching the chocolate factory episode of I Love Lucy and I have to say it holds up well
also as a metaphor for academia
(the reward for dealing with all the chocolate is more chocolate to deal with)
* but sometimes it's not "chocolate" if you know what I mean
also as a metaphor for academia
(the reward for dealing with all the chocolate is more chocolate to deal with)
* but sometimes it's not "chocolate" if you know what I mean
a black and white photo of a woman wearing a chef 's hat and gloves .
Alt: Lucy trying and failing to keep up with chcolates on a conveyor belt
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February 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The lady next to me on the plane is watching the chocolate factory episode of I Love Lucy and I have to say it holds up well
also as a metaphor for academia
(the reward for dealing with all the chocolate is more chocolate to deal with)
* but sometimes it's not "chocolate" if you know what I mean
also as a metaphor for academia
(the reward for dealing with all the chocolate is more chocolate to deal with)
* but sometimes it's not "chocolate" if you know what I mean
I just told a junior colleague "feel free to be late on that and blame me"
I feel like I'm settling into this Full Professor role OK
I feel like I'm settling into this Full Professor role OK
February 18, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I just told a junior colleague "feel free to be late on that and blame me"
I feel like I'm settling into this Full Professor role OK
I feel like I'm settling into this Full Professor role OK
The lady next to me on the plane is watching the chocolate factory episode of I Love Lucy and I have to say it holds up well
also as a metaphor for academia
(the reward for dealing with all the chocolate is more chocolate to deal with)
* but sometimes it's not "chocolate" if you know what I mean
also as a metaphor for academia
(the reward for dealing with all the chocolate is more chocolate to deal with)
* but sometimes it's not "chocolate" if you know what I mean
a black and white photo of a woman wearing a chef 's hat and gloves .
Alt: Lucy trying and failing to keep up with chcolates on a conveyor belt
media.tenor.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The lady next to me on the plane is watching the chocolate factory episode of I Love Lucy and I have to say it holds up well
also as a metaphor for academia
(the reward for dealing with all the chocolate is more chocolate to deal with)
* but sometimes it's not "chocolate" if you know what I mean
also as a metaphor for academia
(the reward for dealing with all the chocolate is more chocolate to deal with)
* but sometimes it's not "chocolate" if you know what I mean
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Save the date: #SNL2026 in ✨Geneva Sept 29 – Oct 2✨ Don't miss a beat: renew your membership, draft up your abstract, start making travel plans, and keep an eye on this space and our website (2026.neurolang.org) for the latest updates!
February 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Save the date: #SNL2026 in ✨Geneva Sept 29 – Oct 2✨ Don't miss a beat: renew your membership, draft up your abstract, start making travel plans, and keep an eye on this space and our website (2026.neurolang.org) for the latest updates!
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The only Winter Olympics footage you need to see today.
February 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The only Winter Olympics footage you need to see today.
OK I swear a saw a cartoon about a mediation analysis being 3 correlations in a trench coat but I can't find it
and searching online just gives me a lot of trench coats 😂
does anyone have this? @dingdingpeng.the100.ci in my mind you were involved but I might have made it up
and searching online just gives me a lot of trench coats 😂
does anyone have this? @dingdingpeng.the100.ci in my mind you were involved but I might have made it up
February 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
OK I swear a saw a cartoon about a mediation analysis being 3 correlations in a trench coat but I can't find it
and searching online just gives me a lot of trench coats 😂
does anyone have this? @dingdingpeng.the100.ci in my mind you were involved but I might have made it up
and searching online just gives me a lot of trench coats 😂
does anyone have this? @dingdingpeng.the100.ci in my mind you were involved but I might have made it up
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Seeing ppl debate how to deal with paper submissions that are partly written by “AI”. Why are we having that conversation?
I would refuse to review or edit any paper that was not 100% written by its authors (i.e., the people who have authorial responsibility for the creation of a papers content).
I would refuse to review or edit any paper that was not 100% written by its authors (i.e., the people who have authorial responsibility for the creation of a papers content).
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Seeing ppl debate how to deal with paper submissions that are partly written by “AI”. Why are we having that conversation?
I would refuse to review or edit any paper that was not 100% written by its authors (i.e., the people who have authorial responsibility for the creation of a papers content).
I would refuse to review or edit any paper that was not 100% written by its authors (i.e., the people who have authorial responsibility for the creation of a papers content).
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🎉 PINE Lab is hiring a postbacc Research Coordinator! Projects include cohort studies examining brain mechanisms linking adversity to cognition/language & RCTs of early interventions on neurodevelopment.
apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn...
more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn...
more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
forms.gle
February 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
🎉 PINE Lab is hiring a postbacc Research Coordinator! Projects include cohort studies examining brain mechanisms linking adversity to cognition/language & RCTs of early interventions on neurodevelopment.
apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn...
more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn...
more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
My PhD advisor (and now friend, colleague, and mentor) Art Wingfield is somewhat retired now, but hangs out in my lab and continues to give me advice.
This week I sent him a grant I'm working on. He got me comments in 24 hours, and I thanked him. His reply:
"I am here for you, as always."
❤️
This week I sent him a grant I'm working on. He got me comments in 24 hours, and I thanked him. His reply:
"I am here for you, as always."
❤️
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
My PhD advisor (and now friend, colleague, and mentor) Art Wingfield is somewhat retired now, but hangs out in my lab and continues to give me advice.
This week I sent him a grant I'm working on. He got me comments in 24 hours, and I thanked him. His reply:
"I am here for you, as always."
❤️
This week I sent him a grant I'm working on. He got me comments in 24 hours, and I thanked him. His reply:
"I am here for you, as always."
❤️
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Proud of being part of www.winrepo.org and of all the work we do! 💙
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Proud of being part of www.winrepo.org and of all the work we do! 💙
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
I’m glad we have a day set aside to celebrate women and girls in science. My academic journey is full of women mentors, colleagues, and collaborators. Special shout out to current NU colleagues @laurelgd.bsky.social @briemreid.bsky.social @qzhever.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social 🧠
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I’m glad we have a day set aside to celebrate women and girls in science. My academic journey is full of women mentors, colleagues, and collaborators. Special shout out to current NU colleagues @laurelgd.bsky.social @briemreid.bsky.social @qzhever.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social 🧠
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Found one in the wild! Models of the language network in a published paper in a (presumably) predatory journal.
I think I'd be concerned if a patient had four anterior temporal lobes in their lert hemisphere, it might affect their conprehension
#NeuroSkyence
I think I'd be concerned if a patient had four anterior temporal lobes in their lert hemisphere, it might affect their conprehension
#NeuroSkyence
February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Found one in the wild! Models of the language network in a published paper in a (presumably) predatory journal.
I think I'd be concerned if a patient had four anterior temporal lobes in their lert hemisphere, it might affect their conprehension
#NeuroSkyence
I think I'd be concerned if a patient had four anterior temporal lobes in their lert hemisphere, it might affect their conprehension
#NeuroSkyence
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I just whipped up this little #QuartoPub site last week that demonstrates how I teach p-values/hyp-testing through simulation both with live OJS and with #rstats, and I think it's super neat! It has examples for diff-in-means, diff-in-props, and regression slopes nullworlds.andrewheiss.com #statsky
February 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I just whipped up this little #QuartoPub site last week that demonstrates how I teach p-values/hyp-testing through simulation both with live OJS and with #rstats, and I think it's super neat! It has examples for diff-in-means, diff-in-props, and regression slopes nullworlds.andrewheiss.com #statsky
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This article immediately labels @emilymbender.bsky.social and I as "curmudgeons" because we don't think that the spicy auto complete has a concept of the self.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This article immediately labels @emilymbender.bsky.social and I as "curmudgeons" because we don't think that the spicy auto complete has a concept of the self.
Has anyone ever watched a movie on a zoom call (assuming everyone has good internet etc.)? Considering this as a class activity but don't want to try if it's likely to be a disaster.
(In the past I've done like an Amazon Prime Video watch party but they don't have those any more...)
(In the past I've done like an Amazon Prime Video watch party but they don't have those any more...)
a feather is laying on a rock with the words movie time below it
Alt: baby yoda saying "movie time?"
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February 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Has anyone ever watched a movie on a zoom call (assuming everyone has good internet etc.)? Considering this as a class activity but don't want to try if it's likely to be a disaster.
(In the past I've done like an Amazon Prime Video watch party but they don't have those any more...)
(In the past I've done like an Amazon Prime Video watch party but they don't have those any more...)
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Happy international day of women im science day. 🥳 From the MPI for Psycholinguistics ... led by a majority women directorate. It can be done :)
February 11, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Happy international day of women im science day. 🥳 From the MPI for Psycholinguistics ... led by a majority women directorate. It can be done :)
Violets are blue
Roses are red
Instead of R
You should just use sed
Roses are red
Instead of R
You should just use sed
Feel free to share your own heartfelt quantitative sentiments as we look ahead to Valentine’s Day…
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Violets are blue
Roses are red
Instead of R
You should just use sed
Roses are red
Instead of R
You should just use sed
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Definitely going to try this in my next grant application
February 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Definitely going to try this in my next grant application
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The ggseg ecosystem finally has a proper home! 🧠
For those who don't know, ggseg is an R package ecosystem for visualizing brain atlas data. Think ggplot2, but for brains.
#rstats #neuroimaging #openscience
For those who don't know, ggseg is an R package ecosystem for visualizing brain atlas data. Think ggplot2, but for brains.
#rstats #neuroimaging #openscience
February 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The ggseg ecosystem finally has a proper home! 🧠
For those who don't know, ggseg is an R package ecosystem for visualizing brain atlas data. Think ggplot2, but for brains.
#rstats #neuroimaging #openscience
For those who don't know, ggseg is an R package ecosystem for visualizing brain atlas data. Think ggplot2, but for brains.
#rstats #neuroimaging #openscience
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You've got to put the fact you're an Olympic athlete in the first sentence. No prof is getting that far into an email.
February 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
You've got to put the fact you're an Olympic athlete in the first sentence. No prof is getting that far into an email.
Tell me you’re a masochist without telling me you’re a masochist
Have any of you switched from hosting courses on Canvas to GitHub?
February 7, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Tell me you’re a masochist without telling me you’re a masochist