Estelle
@neurophonic.bsky.social
neuroscience PhD candidate @ UF | visual perception, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatric disorders | choral musician | soundwave & brainwave enthusiast 〰️
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Scoping review on visual processing in the anxiety/OCD spectrum by Estelle Ayomen, with Carol Mathews: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m1QCY3M3l...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Scoping review on visual processing in the anxiety/OCD spectrum by Estelle Ayomen, with Carol Mathews: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m1QCY3M3l...
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New cures feel sudden, but the seeds were planted decades ago by basic scientists.
Which seeds will turn into cures? Unpredictable looking forward, a straight line looking back. 🧪🧬 🧵
Which seeds will turn into cures? Unpredictable looking forward, a straight line looking back. 🧪🧬 🧵
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
New cures feel sudden, but the seeds were planted decades ago by basic scientists.
Which seeds will turn into cures? Unpredictable looking forward, a straight line looking back. 🧪🧬 🧵
Which seeds will turn into cures? Unpredictable looking forward, a straight line looking back. 🧪🧬 🧵
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New paper 🚨! Our class project on Illusions of the Mind: Laurel vs. Yanny and Sometimes Behave So Strangely #speech2songillusion now out www.nature.com/articles/s41... with 3 undergrad, 2 postgrad, & 1 postdoc, & 3 PI authors #musicscience
Laurel–Yanny percept affects the speech-to-song illusion, but musical anhedonia does not - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Laurel–Yanny percept affects the speech-to-song illusion, but musical anhedonia does not
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August 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New paper 🚨! Our class project on Illusions of the Mind: Laurel vs. Yanny and Sometimes Behave So Strangely #speech2songillusion now out www.nature.com/articles/s41... with 3 undergrad, 2 postgrad, & 1 postdoc, & 3 PI authors #musicscience
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This paper is definitely going into this Fall's Genetics course when we discuss polygenic predictions!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
August 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This paper is definitely going into this Fall's Genetics course when we discuss polygenic predictions!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Is mental health 'awareness' backfiring?
theneuroscienceofeve...
An in-depth look at some of the less desirable consequences of increasing awareness of #MentalHealth and the resulting discourse.
#Awareness #SocialMedia #TherapySpeak
theneuroscienceofeve...
An in-depth look at some of the less desirable consequences of increasing awareness of #MentalHealth and the resulting discourse.
#Awareness #SocialMedia #TherapySpeak
Is mental health 'awareness' backfiring?
It's mental health awareness week, again. But the latest data shows that mental health stigma is increasing, not decreasing. What's going on there? And has mental health awareness gone 'too far'?
theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Is mental health 'awareness' backfiring?
theneuroscienceofeve...
An in-depth look at some of the less desirable consequences of increasing awareness of #MentalHealth and the resulting discourse.
#Awareness #SocialMedia #TherapySpeak
theneuroscienceofeve...
An in-depth look at some of the less desirable consequences of increasing awareness of #MentalHealth and the resulting discourse.
#Awareness #SocialMedia #TherapySpeak
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A US judge has ordered hundreds of terminated research projects at the US National Institutes of Health to be reinstated, calling the processes that led to their cancellation “bereft of reasoning”.
https://go.nature.com/4kOmXDy
https://go.nature.com/4kOmXDy
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
go.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A US judge has ordered hundreds of terminated research projects at the US National Institutes of Health to be reinstated, calling the processes that led to their cancellation “bereft of reasoning”.
https://go.nature.com/4kOmXDy
https://go.nature.com/4kOmXDy
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Great story on a UF neuro grad student w/ Tourette Syndrome, highlighting challenges & successes of neurodiverse people. Zach has also been an outstanding 'near-peer' mentor for the undergrads that were recruited to the recently terminated R25 NEURON-AGING program. fixel.ufhealth.org/2025/06/07/h...
How Tourette’s and Tenacity Shaped Zachary Simon’s Path to a PhD » Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases » University of Florida
By: Mallory Bachmann The Diagnosis and PhD Dream Zachary Simon grew up in the sunny state of California with his mom, dad, and older sister. At five years old, Zach’s parents began noticing that he w...
fixel.ufhealth.org
June 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Great story on a UF neuro grad student w/ Tourette Syndrome, highlighting challenges & successes of neurodiverse people. Zach has also been an outstanding 'near-peer' mentor for the undergrads that were recruited to the recently terminated R25 NEURON-AGING program. fixel.ufhealth.org/2025/06/07/h...
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MBI researcher Dr. Carol Mathews co-led the largest study to date into the genetics of OCD, which identified multiple DNA variants that could help predict who is at greater risk of developing it and guide better ways to treat it. @nature.com
Learn more: bit.ly/43fAtIY
Learn more: bit.ly/43fAtIY
May 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
MBI researcher Dr. Carol Mathews co-led the largest study to date into the genetics of OCD, which identified multiple DNA variants that could help predict who is at greater risk of developing it and guide better ways to treat it. @nature.com
Learn more: bit.ly/43fAtIY
Learn more: bit.ly/43fAtIY
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Hello Bluesky!
We're the University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute, and our 250-plus investigators from across UF seek to enhance lives through neuroscience research and education. Follow us for updates on the latest discoveries, news, events and research highlights.
Learn more: mbi.ufl.edu
We're the University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute, and our 250-plus investigators from across UF seek to enhance lives through neuroscience research and education. Follow us for updates on the latest discoveries, news, events and research highlights.
Learn more: mbi.ufl.edu
May 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hello Bluesky!
We're the University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute, and our 250-plus investigators from across UF seek to enhance lives through neuroscience research and education. Follow us for updates on the latest discoveries, news, events and research highlights.
Learn more: mbi.ufl.edu
We're the University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute, and our 250-plus investigators from across UF seek to enhance lives through neuroscience research and education. Follow us for updates on the latest discoveries, news, events and research highlights.
Learn more: mbi.ufl.edu
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This mindfulness #research project by #Yale University is small, but it creatively utilized heart rate and EEG monitors to track each participant's vitals signs as they engaged in #music #mindfulness exercises. #meditation
Yale Study: Music Mindfulness May Treat Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression
Listening to music while performing mindfulness exercises targets neural and cardiac mechanisms in the brain that may treat symptoms of anxiety and depression,
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April 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This mindfulness #research project by #Yale University is small, but it creatively utilized heart rate and EEG monitors to track each participant's vitals signs as they engaged in #music #mindfulness exercises. #meditation
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A new paper on neural error signals in OCD & anxiety, by Kai Härpfer, @hpcrstn.bsky.social, Franzi Kausche & @anjariesel.bsky.social. We explore how disorder type, transdiagnostic dimensions, clinical status & familial risk influence error signatures. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Enhanced Performance Monitoring as a Transdiagnostic Risk Marker of the Anxiety and Obsessive–Compulsive Spectrum: The Role of Disorder Category, Clinical Status, Family Risk, and Anxiety Dimensions
In this preregistered study, we investigated the relationship between neural correlates of performance monitoring and disorders of the anxiety and obsessive–compulsive spectrum. Specifically, we aime...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A new paper on neural error signals in OCD & anxiety, by Kai Härpfer, @hpcrstn.bsky.social, Franzi Kausche & @anjariesel.bsky.social. We explore how disorder type, transdiagnostic dimensions, clinical status & familial risk influence error signatures. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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In January, the FDA approved a new pain medicine—the first in 25 years.
Dr. Sean Mackey joins us to discuss how this new non-opioid painkiller works, who should take it, and what its limitations are.
Dr. Sean Mackey joins us to discuss how this new non-opioid painkiller works, who should take it, and what its limitations are.
The FDA Approves A New, Non-Opioid Painkiller
It’s the first FDA approval for a pain medication in 25 years. How does the drug work, and who is it for?
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In January, the FDA approved a new pain medicine—the first in 25 years.
Dr. Sean Mackey joins us to discuss how this new non-opioid painkiller works, who should take it, and what its limitations are.
Dr. Sean Mackey joins us to discuss how this new non-opioid painkiller works, who should take it, and what its limitations are.
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"Research is messy. … Trying to protect students from that reality does them a disservice."
On #InternationalDayOfEducation, take a look back at this #ScienceWorkingLife on teaching students about scientific failure. https://scim.ag/3PLg8ER
On #InternationalDayOfEducation, take a look back at this #ScienceWorkingLife on teaching students about scientific failure. https://scim.ag/3PLg8ER
January 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Research is messy. … Trying to protect students from that reality does them a disservice."
On #InternationalDayOfEducation, take a look back at this #ScienceWorkingLife on teaching students about scientific failure. https://scim.ag/3PLg8ER
On #InternationalDayOfEducation, take a look back at this #ScienceWorkingLife on teaching students about scientific failure. https://scim.ag/3PLg8ER
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
lost my 518 day streak on duolingo. please respect my privacy at this time.
November 26, 2024 at 1:27 PM
lost my 518 day streak on duolingo. please respect my privacy at this time.
missing home & thought it would be fitting to share some blue skies as my first post ☁️
November 24, 2024 at 10:57 PM
missing home & thought it would be fitting to share some blue skies as my first post ☁️