Alison Adcock
@ralisonadcock.bsky.social
Psychiatrist
Neuroscientist of memory, motivation, and the architecture of hope.
Committed to joy, courage, and mental flourishing as outcomes for graduate research training!
adcocklab.org dibs.duke.edu
Neuroscientist of memory, motivation, and the architecture of hope.
Committed to joy, courage, and mental flourishing as outcomes for graduate research training!
adcocklab.org dibs.duke.edu
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Alison Adcock
@ralisonadcock.bsky.social
· Jan 30
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Ted Budd (202) 224-3154
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Ted Budd (202) 224-3154
Thom Tillis (202) 224-6342
Get other numbers here and put in your contacts:
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jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o... "The world of print is orderly, logical, rational. In books, knowledge is classified, comprehended, connected to make arguments, and propose theses..with print culture came the prestige of reason, hostility to superstition, and the rapid development of science"
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
jmarriott.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o... "The world of print is orderly, logical, rational. In books, knowledge is classified, comprehended, connected to make arguments, and propose theses..with print culture came the prestige of reason, hostility to superstition, and the rapid development of science"
Happy to see this work out today
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@dukebrain.bsky.social @neurosciencenow.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@dukebrain.bsky.social @neurosciencenow.bsky.social
Dopamine dynamics during stimulus-reward learning in mice can be explained by performance rather than learning - Nature Communications
VTA dopamine activity control movement-related performance, not reward prediction errors. Here, authors show that behavioral changes during Pavlovian learning explain DA activity regardless of reward ...
www.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy to see this work out today
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@dukebrain.bsky.social @neurosciencenow.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@dukebrain.bsky.social @neurosciencenow.bsky.social
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NYT is looking for scientists to tell them about their projects that were cut by the administration for a new series on “lost science”: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
NYT is looking for scientists to tell them about their projects that were cut by the administration for a new series on “lost science”: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Hello world!
Only a year late, but I am now at the NUS Centre for Sleep and Cognition, where I will be directing the Dynamic Brain & Memory lab!
Only a year late, but I am now at the NUS Centre for Sleep and Cognition, where I will be directing the Dynamic Brain & Memory lab!
September 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Hello world!
Only a year late, but I am now at the NUS Centre for Sleep and Cognition, where I will be directing the Dynamic Brain & Memory lab!
Only a year late, but I am now at the NUS Centre for Sleep and Cognition, where I will be directing the Dynamic Brain & Memory lab!
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🚨 New paper in Nature Methods:
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus
Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)
Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social
docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus
Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)
Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social
docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
October 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🚨 New paper in Nature Methods:
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus
Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)
Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social
docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus
Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)
Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social
docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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🧪 👇 read the 🧵 for all the posts being cut - health statistics in US will disappear
More CDC Cuts :: NCHS Edition 📊🔫
At least 1/3 of the staff at the National Center for Health Statistics has been cut (and remain cut). This is catastrophic for our nation’s health data.
Say goodbye to national health statistics that you can trust, healthcare surveys, NHANES and data systems.
At least 1/3 of the staff at the National Center for Health Statistics has been cut (and remain cut). This is catastrophic for our nation’s health data.
Say goodbye to national health statistics that you can trust, healthcare surveys, NHANES and data systems.
October 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
🧪 👇 read the 🧵 for all the posts being cut - health statistics in US will disappear
Motivations are like emotions about (what we know about) possible outcomes. Sometimes incentives spur urgency to act, other times to comprehend. Neuromodulatory systems reflect these motivational moods and shape memories. Out now w @jiahou-poh.bsky.social!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Motivation as Neural Context for Adaptive Learning and Memory Formation
Our memories shape our perception of the world and guide adaptive behavior. Rather than a veridical record of experiences, memory is selective. An accumulating body of work suggests that motivational ...
www.annualreviews.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Motivations are like emotions about (what we know about) possible outcomes. Sometimes incentives spur urgency to act, other times to comprehend. Neuromodulatory systems reflect these motivational moods and shape memories. Out now w @jiahou-poh.bsky.social!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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How does motivation shape learning and memory? In a new review w @ralisonadcock.bsky.social, we propose that under different motivational ‘moods', neuromodulators set distinct neural contexts to determine information processing and memory formation.
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
Motivation as Neural Context for Adaptive Learning and Memory Formation
Our memories shape our perception of the world and guide adaptive behavior. Rather than a veridical record of experiences, memory is selective. An accumulating body of work suggests that motivational ...
www.annualreviews.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
How does motivation shape learning and memory? In a new review w @ralisonadcock.bsky.social, we propose that under different motivational ‘moods', neuromodulators set distinct neural contexts to determine information processing and memory formation.
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
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For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.
June 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.
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The #BethesdaDeclaration stories are now up on the front pages of both the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Thanks again to the brave folks at NIH who stood up and worked together to make this happen.
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Thanks again to the brave folks at NIH who stood up and worked together to make this happen.
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ALT: a black background with the words heroes at work
media.tenor.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The #BethesdaDeclaration stories are now up on the front pages of both the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Thanks again to the brave folks at NIH who stood up and worked together to make this happen.
1/n
Thanks again to the brave folks at NIH who stood up and worked together to make this happen.
1/n
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Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Reposted by Alison Adcock
My quote of the day
I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
Abraham Lincoln
I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
Abraham Lincoln
June 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My quote of the day
I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
Abraham Lincoln
I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
Abraham Lincoln
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Obituary: Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923-2025) mathematician who established that Einstein’s equations mirror the real world
https://go.nature.com/3HtgQpy
https://go.nature.com/3HtgQpy
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat obituary: mathematician who established that Einstein’s equations mirror the real world
Pioneer of general relativity and gravitational-wave theories saw her work confirmed by observations 65 years later.
go.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Obituary: Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923-2025) mathematician who established that Einstein’s equations mirror the real world
https://go.nature.com/3HtgQpy
https://go.nature.com/3HtgQpy
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EveryLibrary responds to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' Little v. Llano County decision, which will allow the government to remove or restrict access to books from public library shelves.
This is Government Censorship in its Plainest Form, States EveryLibrary
EveryLibrary responds to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' Little v. Llano County decision, which will allow the government to remove or restrict access to books from public library shelves.
www.slj.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
EveryLibrary responds to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' Little v. Llano County decision, which will allow the government to remove or restrict access to books from public library shelves.
Reposted by Alison Adcock
Joint w/@asinclair.bsky.social and the #SCIMaP team: brief correspondence in @nathumbehav.nature.com on the impact of NIH indirect cost cuts on the economy and employment, impacts that will only worsen given similar proposals for NSF/DOE + overall science proposal.
rdcu.be/eo3Hp
rdcu.be/eo3Hp
NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment
Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment
rdcu.be
June 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Joint w/@asinclair.bsky.social and the #SCIMaP team: brief correspondence in @nathumbehav.nature.com on the impact of NIH indirect cost cuts on the economy and employment, impacts that will only worsen given similar proposals for NSF/DOE + overall science proposal.
rdcu.be/eo3Hp
rdcu.be/eo3Hp
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“It’s why every time an incremental vaccine restriction results in a public shrug, he feels emboldened to go a bit further.”
This is important. First he takes away something people don’t care much about—Covid boosters—so that later it seems more normal when he takes away polio vaccines.
This is important. First he takes away something people don’t care much about—Covid boosters—so that later it seems more normal when he takes away polio vaccines.
"If you’re among the vast sea of Americans who remain enthusiastically grateful for vaccines, the time for pushing back against Kennedy isn’t later, when he’ll likely be ratcheting up his program to 'reevaluate' longstanding pediatric vaccines."
RFK Jr.’s War on Vaccines Is Here
Anyone who thinks he’ll stop with COVID shots is deluding themselves. The time to raise hell is now.
www.thebulwark.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“It’s why every time an incremental vaccine restriction results in a public shrug, he feels emboldened to go a bit further.”
This is important. First he takes away something people don’t care much about—Covid boosters—so that later it seems more normal when he takes away polio vaccines.
This is important. First he takes away something people don’t care much about—Covid boosters—so that later it seems more normal when he takes away polio vaccines.
Reposted by Alison Adcock
Elon and his brother used student visas to come to America, then they overstayed after they dropped out of school
*US ORDERS HALT TO STUDENT VISA INTERVIEWS: POLITICO
Trump team orders stop to new student visa interviews, as it weighs expanding social media vetting
The directive came in a Tuesday cable obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Elon and his brother used student visas to come to America, then they overstayed after they dropped out of school
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🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨
Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.
We’ve launched an open letter.
SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.
We’ve launched an open letter.
SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!
Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...
actionnetwork.org
May 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨
Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.
We’ve launched an open letter.
SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.
We’ve launched an open letter.
SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
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It's also a misunderstanding of what the grants are for. It's not a billion dollar donation, Harvard won the grants to do specific research that it is in a relatively unique position to do. Trade schools aren't going to be able to take over, eg, Harvard's cancer immunotherapy research.
FYI to media outlets, you're misleading your readers if you repeat this at face value.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
May 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's also a misunderstanding of what the grants are for. It's not a billion dollar donation, Harvard won the grants to do specific research that it is in a relatively unique position to do. Trade schools aren't going to be able to take over, eg, Harvard's cancer immunotherapy research.
Reposted by Alison Adcock
FYI to media outlets, you're misleading your readers if you repeat this at face value.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
May 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
FYI to media outlets, you're misleading your readers if you repeat this at face value.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
For real - and the Truth account for the President of the USA truly just posted this which sure looks like my 16 year olds know more about Ukraine than he does.
Being president isn’t a right.
Maybe a few more requirements in the country’s interest.
Like citizenship & civil service exams.
As orals.
Being president isn’t a right.
Maybe a few more requirements in the country’s interest.
Like citizenship & civil service exams.
As orals.
May 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
For real - and the Truth account for the President of the USA truly just posted this which sure looks like my 16 year olds know more about Ukraine than he does.
Being president isn’t a right.
Maybe a few more requirements in the country’s interest.
Like citizenship & civil service exams.
As orals.
Being president isn’t a right.
Maybe a few more requirements in the country’s interest.
Like citizenship & civil service exams.
As orals.
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Industry is investing less in R&D and turning away from innovation.
The NIH and NSF fund science with huge economic ROI to taxpayers.
The ratio of government/nongov employees has declined, not risen over decades,
If you care about cures and a future for our children,
save science funding now.
The NIH and NSF fund science with huge economic ROI to taxpayers.
The ratio of government/nongov employees has declined, not risen over decades,
If you care about cures and a future for our children,
save science funding now.
"In the 60s a scientist wonders how flies get around well with such tiny brains.. and in 20s we have self driving cars. Because someone thought bugs were neat."
No for-profit entity reporting quarterly can fund the first steps of R&D. That's why governments are the primary funders of pure research.
No for-profit entity reporting quarterly can fund the first steps of R&D. That's why governments are the primary funders of pure research.
Trump and Musk/DOGE are absolutely, unequivocally damaging research - cancer research, Alzheimer's research, addiction research, drug development and testing.
February 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Industry is investing less in R&D and turning away from innovation.
The NIH and NSF fund science with huge economic ROI to taxpayers.
The ratio of government/nongov employees has declined, not risen over decades,
If you care about cures and a future for our children,
save science funding now.
The NIH and NSF fund science with huge economic ROI to taxpayers.
The ratio of government/nongov employees has declined, not risen over decades,
If you care about cures and a future for our children,
save science funding now.
Reposted by Alison Adcock
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
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May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
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🧪⚛️ Deadline extended for comments. Seriously, if you don't want science agencies to be run by political functionaries, please consider making a comment. news.chanda.science/archive/urge...
Urgent: Take Action to Protect Public Services
Act now to defend the integrity of our civil service from the dangerous Schedule F proposal!
news.chanda.science
May 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🧪⚛️ Deadline extended for comments. Seriously, if you don't want science agencies to be run by political functionaries, please consider making a comment. news.chanda.science/archive/urge...
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The cruelty is the point.
May 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The cruelty is the point.