Brenden Tervo-Clemmens
@tervoclemmensb.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Developmental Neuroscience | Substance Use | Quantitative Methods.
he/him.
Views are my own.
Developmental Neuroscience | Substance Use | Quantitative Methods.
he/him.
Views are my own.
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Nature research paper: Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces
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Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces - Nature
The brain can flexibly perform multiple tasks by compositionally combining task-relevant neural representations.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Nature research paper: Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces
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I am so honored to be selected for the 2026-2028 cohort of @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellows! I think this is my greatest example of perseverance -- this was my *7th* application and *3rd* time as a finalist!😱 Applications now open to join next year!
jacobsfoundation.org/fellowships/...
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Jacobs Foundation Research Fellows - Jacobs Foundation
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November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I am so honored to be selected for the 2026-2028 cohort of @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellows! I think this is my greatest example of perseverance -- this was my *7th* application and *3rd* time as a finalist!😱 Applications now open to join next year!
jacobsfoundation.org/fellowships/...
jacobsfoundation.org/fellowships/...
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First time on Bsky and first big announcement!
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Estimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes - Nature
WGS data were used from 347,630 individuals with European ancestry in the UK Biobank to obtain high-precision estimates of coding and non-coding rare variant heritability for 34 co...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
First time on Bsky and first big announcement!
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
ISO of opinions and takes:
You review a paper at Fancy Journal X and it ultimately gets rejected. Surprising since the work was good but again its Fancy Journal X and they reject most things.
You are asked to review at Fancy Journal Y. Do you say yes? Do you disclose that you previously reviewed?
You review a paper at Fancy Journal X and it ultimately gets rejected. Surprising since the work was good but again its Fancy Journal X and they reject most things.
You are asked to review at Fancy Journal Y. Do you say yes? Do you disclose that you previously reviewed?
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
ISO of opinions and takes:
You review a paper at Fancy Journal X and it ultimately gets rejected. Surprising since the work was good but again its Fancy Journal X and they reject most things.
You are asked to review at Fancy Journal Y. Do you say yes? Do you disclose that you previously reviewed?
You review a paper at Fancy Journal X and it ultimately gets rejected. Surprising since the work was good but again its Fancy Journal X and they reject most things.
You are asked to review at Fancy Journal Y. Do you say yes? Do you disclose that you previously reviewed?
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I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it
It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it
It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Proud to have helped shape this policy. DCN will now evaluate studies with a new section: "Design Considerations", rather than simplified sample size criteria.
This will allow for precision neuroimaging studies and require more nuanced discussion of reliability, effect sizes and power.
This will allow for precision neuroimaging studies and require more nuanced discussion of reliability, effect sizes and power.
Advances on design considerations in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Proud to have helped shape this policy. DCN will now evaluate studies with a new section: "Design Considerations", rather than simplified sample size criteria.
This will allow for precision neuroimaging studies and require more nuanced discussion of reliability, effect sizes and power.
This will allow for precision neuroimaging studies and require more nuanced discussion of reliability, effect sizes and power.
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A reminder that I’m accepting applications for PhD students!
✨✨ I will be reviewing applications for the University of Minnesota psychology PhD program this fall!
Information for potential applicants can be found on my lab website: ringwaldlab.psych.umn.edu/join-lab
Please spread the word!
Information for potential applicants can be found on my lab website: ringwaldlab.psych.umn.edu/join-lab
Please spread the word!
Join the Lab | Ringwald Lab
ringwaldlab.psych.umn.edu
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A reminder that I’m accepting applications for PhD students!
Wonderful to be part of the Jacobs Foundation and featured in @boldinsights.bsky.social . Very surreal to see myself as a cartoon!
“Adolescence is a sensitive period for learning, social-emotional growth, and building key relationships.”
Brenden Tervo-Clemmens explores what daily changes in brain function mean for teens’ lives and education. @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social #BrainDevelopment boldscience.org/the-neurosci...
Brenden Tervo-Clemmens explores what daily changes in brain function mean for teens’ lives and education. @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social #BrainDevelopment boldscience.org/the-neurosci...
How does the teenage brain develop?
Brenden Tervo-Clemmens explores what daily changes in brain function mean for teens’ lives and education
boldscience.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wonderful to be part of the Jacobs Foundation and featured in @boldinsights.bsky.social . Very surreal to see myself as a cartoon!
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Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
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Out today in Molecular Psychiatry our paper on multiverse computational factor modeling (i.e. a lotta lotta factor analyses). Thread below for the full rundown. Last PhD paper from @celinef.bsky.social YOU'RE FREE!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Out today in Molecular Psychiatry our paper on multiverse computational factor modeling (i.e. a lotta lotta factor analyses). Thread below for the full rundown. Last PhD paper from @celinef.bsky.social YOU'RE FREE!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is such a fantastic resource and paper! @benjaminkay.bsky.social has unrivaled tenacity for seeing this awesome project through!
Check this out and give him a follow for some of the most thoughtful, statistically rigorous, and well-executed clinical neuroimaging around.
Check this out and give him a follow for some of the most thoughtful, statistically rigorous, and well-executed clinical neuroimaging around.
Ever wondered if your interesting brain-behavior correlation was over- or under-estimated due to head motion, but were afraid to ask? We’ve created a motion impact score for detecting spurious brain-behavior associations, now available in Nature Communications!
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
September 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is such a fantastic resource and paper! @benjaminkay.bsky.social has unrivaled tenacity for seeing this awesome project through!
Check this out and give him a follow for some of the most thoughtful, statistically rigorous, and well-executed clinical neuroimaging around.
Check this out and give him a follow for some of the most thoughtful, statistically rigorous, and well-executed clinical neuroimaging around.
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✨✨ New paper out in JPSP! ✨✨
Despite rich theory on links between temperament and personality, they're rarely studied together. This has left major unaddressed questions.
We tackled these questions by looking at how temperament and personality develop together from ages 10-26.
Brief thread...
Despite rich theory on links between temperament and personality, they're rarely studied together. This has left major unaddressed questions.
We tackled these questions by looking at how temperament and personality develop together from ages 10-26.
Brief thread...
September 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
✨✨ New paper out in JPSP! ✨✨
Despite rich theory on links between temperament and personality, they're rarely studied together. This has left major unaddressed questions.
We tackled these questions by looking at how temperament and personality develop together from ages 10-26.
Brief thread...
Despite rich theory on links between temperament and personality, they're rarely studied together. This has left major unaddressed questions.
We tackled these questions by looking at how temperament and personality develop together from ages 10-26.
Brief thread...
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University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!!
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#socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob
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Assistant Professor
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September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!!
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#socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob
#psycjobs #psychology
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🚀 Big news: With a $3.3M NIH grant, MIDB members Meghan Swanson, PhD, and Mark Schleiss, MD, are leading a first-of-its-kind study of infants born with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV).
Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers...
Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers...
September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚀 Big news: With a $3.3M NIH grant, MIDB members Meghan Swanson, PhD, and Mark Schleiss, MD, are leading a first-of-its-kind study of infants born with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV).
Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers...
Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers...
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🧠Out now @natcomms.nature.com !
Brain changes linked to childhood maltreatment are among the field's most published findings. Yet, we find extensive replication failure of gray matter correlates in three large cohorts (N=3225), consistent across subsamples, models and operationalizations🧵
Brain changes linked to childhood maltreatment are among the field's most published findings. Yet, we find extensive replication failure of gray matter correlates in three large cohorts (N=3225), consistent across subsamples, models and operationalizations🧵
September 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🧠Out now @natcomms.nature.com !
Brain changes linked to childhood maltreatment are among the field's most published findings. Yet, we find extensive replication failure of gray matter correlates in three large cohorts (N=3225), consistent across subsamples, models and operationalizations🧵
Brain changes linked to childhood maltreatment are among the field's most published findings. Yet, we find extensive replication failure of gray matter correlates in three large cohorts (N=3225), consistent across subsamples, models and operationalizations🧵
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Amazing first day at #Flux2025 featuring an all-star team discussing the last 10 years (and future 10 years!) of ABCD & an inspiring conversation about bridging the lab and real life 🧠🤩
@lucinauddin.bsky.social @dbarch.bsky.social @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social @fluxsociety.bsky.social
@lucinauddin.bsky.social @dbarch.bsky.social @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social @fluxsociety.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Amazing first day at #Flux2025 featuring an all-star team discussing the last 10 years (and future 10 years!) of ABCD & an inspiring conversation about bridging the lab and real life 🧠🤩
@lucinauddin.bsky.social @dbarch.bsky.social @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social @fluxsociety.bsky.social
@lucinauddin.bsky.social @dbarch.bsky.social @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social @fluxsociety.bsky.social
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We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Clinical Psychology (Tenure Track)
Position SummaryTeach at the undergraduate and graduate level, advise students, conduct research in area of expertise, participate in the intellectual...
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August 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs
uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Vincent Bazinet, Zhen-Qi Liu and Bratislav Misic:
The effect of spherical projection on spin tests for brain maps
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
The effect of spherical projection on spin tests for brain maps
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
August 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Vincent Bazinet, Zhen-Qi Liu and Bratislav Misic:
The effect of spherical projection on spin tests for brain maps
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
The effect of spherical projection on spin tests for brain maps
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
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Come work with us! @princetonneuro.bsky.social and the Department of Psychology at Princeton University are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of human cognitive neuroscience, to be hired jointly in Psychology and Neuroscience: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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August 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Come work with us! @princetonneuro.bsky.social and the Department of Psychology at Princeton University are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of human cognitive neuroscience, to be hired jointly in Psychology and Neuroscience: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
Unreal work--proud to be part of the team @umn-midb.bsky.social !
I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
August 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Unreal work--proud to be part of the team @umn-midb.bsky.social !
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This work has been an example of persistence by incredible clinicians, scientists, and staff
@ziad-nahas.bsky.social @drdaviddarrow.bsky.social @ndosenbach.bsky.social @bart-larsen.bsky.social @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social @stevenel.bsky.social @richardfbetzel.bsky.social @alikwidge.bsky.social
@ziad-nahas.bsky.social @drdaviddarrow.bsky.social @ndosenbach.bsky.social @bart-larsen.bsky.social @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social @stevenel.bsky.social @richardfbetzel.bsky.social @alikwidge.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This work has been an example of persistence by incredible clinicians, scientists, and staff
@ziad-nahas.bsky.social @drdaviddarrow.bsky.social @ndosenbach.bsky.social @bart-larsen.bsky.social @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social @stevenel.bsky.social @richardfbetzel.bsky.social @alikwidge.bsky.social
@ziad-nahas.bsky.social @drdaviddarrow.bsky.social @ndosenbach.bsky.social @bart-larsen.bsky.social @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social @stevenel.bsky.social @richardfbetzel.bsky.social @alikwidge.bsky.social
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Inspired by this post, here is: How I learned that the Charité-Berlin has its own exterminator (1/n)
My lab has faced numerous challenges over the years, but this latest is tough. A Philadelphia sewer rat just sauntered out of a hole in the wall. Not a timid field mouse, not a lab rat — a Camus plague RAT.
August 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Inspired by this post, here is: How I learned that the Charité-Berlin has its own exterminator (1/n)
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SO grateful to #NIAAA #NIH for selecting me to receive a new Loan Repayment Program award! Student loans made it possible for me to pursue higher education, and now this #NIHLRP award will make it possible for me to keep doing the science I love. A truly life-changing opportunity!
July 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM