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Dr Sumaiya Shaikh
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Neuroscientist: #Aggression #Violence #Extremism #Pain #Behaviour #BrainImaging #Psychophysics #NerveRecording. Sometimes Science Communication #SciComm
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Dr Sumaiya Shaikh @neurophysik.bsky.social · Nov 18
Newly minted account! Say hi if you like neuroscience, mental health & science communication
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introtobn.bsky.social
Spotlight: Sex is complicated. It depends on genes, hormones and environment. And it is separate from the human construct of gender. Learn about the neuroscience of sex differentiation/differences in Ch11 Sex. Behav. & Devel. by @nduquewilckens.bsky.social
#SABV #neuroscience
tinyurl.com/itobnch11
Two distribution graphs. Sexual dimorphism: shows male and females as separate distributions for a hypothetical trait. Sex difference: shows male and female distribution of a trait as highly overlapping, with just a small separation.
January 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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saadsnagi.bsky.social
Nice writeup on our latest work by NIH Research Matters: Characterizing What Human Sensory Nerves Can Sense! www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Characterizing what human sensory nerves can sense
Researchers analyzed gene activity in different human sensory nerve cells to predict which would respond to stimuli such as heat, cold, and pressure
www.nih.gov
January 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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isaacostlund.bsky.social
"On a macro level, our research could provide a new hypothesis for why adults exhibit greater resistance to learning, anxiety, and addiction compared to children and adolescents."

I made this image for a summary presentation I did a while back. #neuroscience #plasticity #science #digitalart #age
Two silhouettes stare at each other, an adult and a child. The brains of the two show inside as blue/white diagrams. The adult neurons have straight and rigid connections, while the child's brain has arcing and bending connections to illustrate flexibility and adaptability.
November 22, 2024 at 4:09 AM
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axonsalex.bsky.social
Happy #FluorescenceFriday !
Let's celebrate with a colorful image of a developing ventral spinal cord of a 🐣 embryo.
#neuroscience #microscopy
Happy #FluorescenceFriday ! Let's celebrate with a colorful snapshot of the developing ventral spinal cord of a 🐣 embryo. #neuroscience #microscopy
November 22, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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nosrat.bsky.social
Utilizing dynamical theories in the brain to its finest. I really enjoyed reading this paper.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Causal evidence of a line attractor encoding an affective state - Nature
Single-cell optogenetic stimulation and calcium imaging experiments provide direct evidence of line-attractor dynamics, including functional network connectivity, in the mammalian hypothalamus.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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isdedal.bsky.social
New study links adolescent brain and mental health data from the ABCD study with satellite-derived environmental indicators, testing the impacts of urban environments.

#environment #neuroscience #research

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Linking neuroimaging and mental health data from the ABCD Study to UrbanSat measurements of macro environmental factors - Nature Mental Health
In this Perspective, the authors present a model of assessing urban environmental factors’ impact on mental health by using UrbanSat measures and data from adolescents in the ABCD Study.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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boingbot.bsky.social
ADHD symptoms improve when life gets busier, according to study
https://boingboing.net/2024/11/22/adhd-symptoms-improve-when-life-gets-busier-according-to-study.html
#ADHD #behavioral_science #medical_research #mental_health #neuroscience #productivity #psychology #boingboing
ADHD symptoms improve when life gets busier, according to study
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November 22, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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scinews.bsky.social
A highly simplified map of brain functions

#MedEd #MedX #Brain #NeuroScience #Neurology
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thehighestofthemountains.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:03 AM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
Bluesky is powered by spite, the most potent energy source known to man
July 3, 2023 at 8:01 PM
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thekirbylab.bsky.social
Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.

openstax.org/details/book...
Picture of textbook cover with title "Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience"
November 15, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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erikagyengesi.bsky.social
Full PhD scholarship is available at Western Sydney University to work on stem cells in collaboration within the School of Medicine. Check it out and email if interested tinyurl.com/bdfmvwdx #phdscholarship #phd #neuroscience
November 19, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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willgervais.com
My book asks why our species has gods, and how atheism naturally emerges in a (mostly) religious species.

Side quests on culture, evolution, morality & scientific integrity. Plus f-bombs & snarky footnotes!

A great gift for friends, frenemies, and nemeses alike!

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www.amazon.com/Disbelief-Or...
November 17, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
“the problem turned out to be not that heritability was imaginary, but rather that it was misinterpreted as supporting a hereditarian model of human behavioral differences, when in fact it does not”
sashagusevposts.bsky.social Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · Nov 16
I wrote about Eric Turkheimer's recent book on "the nature-nurture debate", which should be of interest to people thinking not just about the genetics of behavior but complex traits more broadly. A 🧵:
Book Review: Eric Turkheimer's "Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate"
Or, some thoughts on The Gloomy Prospect and the Gloomy Present
open.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:21 PM
neurophysik.bsky.social
Digging this research on my first day on sky.

About me: Neuroscientist in pain, aggression & extremism. Fibromyalgia, Ehler Danlos & (former?) long covid patient. AMA
richharrison.bsky.social Rich Harrison @richharrison.bsky.social · Nov 18
Happy to be off Twitter, and hope Bluesky resists the same decline..

Taking the opportunity to share my PhD student, Lydia Tidmarsh's, recent review on the devastating 'iceberg' of childhood trauma in chronic pain.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35756908/
November 18, 2024 at 11:38 AM