René Skukies
@theneurocookies.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher
Computational cognitive science | EEG methods | regression ERP + deconvolution | interested in (naturalistic) conscious perception | outdoor enthusiast | climate & social justice activist
Computational cognitive science | EEG methods | regression ERP + deconvolution | interested in (naturalistic) conscious perception | outdoor enthusiast | climate & social justice activist
Reposted by René Skukies
Happy to share our latest article! Can we detect the presence vs. the absence of dreams within anesthesia? #EEG #neurosky #consci #consciousness #anesthesia
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some work suggests that we can. Our work suggests that we can't. Specifically, we find that...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some work suggests that we can. Our work suggests that we can't. Specifically, we find that...
A repeated awakening study exploring the capacity of complexity measures to capture dreaming during propofol sedation - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A repeated awakening study exploring the capacity of complexity measures to capture dreaming during propofol sedation
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Happy to share our latest article! Can we detect the presence vs. the absence of dreams within anesthesia? #EEG #neurosky #consci #consciousness #anesthesia
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some work suggests that we can. Our work suggests that we can't. Specifically, we find that...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some work suggests that we can. Our work suggests that we can't. Specifically, we find that...
Reposted by René Skukies
🎉 Excited to share our new article in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation!
Dive into CuttingGardens 2023 and let’s rethink how we gather and care for our communities, together. 🌱🌍
Next edition coming in 2026—stay tuned! 💐
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
Dive into CuttingGardens 2023 and let’s rethink how we gather and care for our communities, together. 🌱🌍
Next edition coming in 2026—stay tuned! 💐
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
Doing conferences differently: A decentralised multi-hub approach for ecological and social sustainability
Author summary Conferences are very important for career progression but at the same time they create negative ecological and social impact. For example, flying to a traditional in-person conference c...
journals.plos.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🎉 Excited to share our new article in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation!
Dive into CuttingGardens 2023 and let’s rethink how we gather and care for our communities, together. 🌱🌍
Next edition coming in 2026—stay tuned! 💐
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
Dive into CuttingGardens 2023 and let’s rethink how we gather and care for our communities, together. 🌱🌍
Next edition coming in 2026—stay tuned! 💐
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
Reposted by René Skukies
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2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Please RT
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Reposted by René Skukies
S-CCS Lab PhD Position
3+2 year 100% TVL-13 position in '26 - open topic on the intersection of combined EEG-EyeTracking, Statistical Methods, Cognitive Modelling, VR/Mobile EEG, Vision ...
Apply via Max-Planck IMPRS-IS program until 2025-11-16 imprs.is.mpg.de
Read: www.s-ccs.de/philosophy
3+2 year 100% TVL-13 position in '26 - open topic on the intersection of combined EEG-EyeTracking, Statistical Methods, Cognitive Modelling, VR/Mobile EEG, Vision ...
Apply via Max-Planck IMPRS-IS program until 2025-11-16 imprs.is.mpg.de
Read: www.s-ccs.de/philosophy
September 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
S-CCS Lab PhD Position
3+2 year 100% TVL-13 position in '26 - open topic on the intersection of combined EEG-EyeTracking, Statistical Methods, Cognitive Modelling, VR/Mobile EEG, Vision ...
Apply via Max-Planck IMPRS-IS program until 2025-11-16 imprs.is.mpg.de
Read: www.s-ccs.de/philosophy
3+2 year 100% TVL-13 position in '26 - open topic on the intersection of combined EEG-EyeTracking, Statistical Methods, Cognitive Modelling, VR/Mobile EEG, Vision ...
Apply via Max-Planck IMPRS-IS program until 2025-11-16 imprs.is.mpg.de
Read: www.s-ccs.de/philosophy
Just in: The new and updated version of our preprint (under review in Imaging Neuroscience)! Now with major revisions, including a completely new fMRI dataset! 🧠📈
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Together with @benediktehinger.bsky.social & @judithschepers.bsky.social
🧪 #EEG #fMRI
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Together with @benediktehinger.bsky.social & @judithschepers.bsky.social
🧪 #EEG #fMRI
September 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just in: The new and updated version of our preprint (under review in Imaging Neuroscience)! Now with major revisions, including a completely new fMRI dataset! 🧠📈
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Together with @benediktehinger.bsky.social & @judithschepers.bsky.social
🧪 #EEG #fMRI
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Together with @benediktehinger.bsky.social & @judithschepers.bsky.social
🧪 #EEG #fMRI
Reposted by René Skukies
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Interesting analysis of publication trends pre & post tenure.
#Psychology mirrors natural sciences (and deviates from other social sciences, business, etc, where there are declines post-tenure)
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Interesting analysis of publication trends pre & post tenure.
#Psychology mirrors natural sciences (and deviates from other social sciences, business, etc, where there are declines post-tenure)
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
July 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Interesting analysis of publication trends pre & post tenure.
#Psychology mirrors natural sciences (and deviates from other social sciences, business, etc, where there are declines post-tenure)
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Interesting analysis of publication trends pre & post tenure.
#Psychology mirrors natural sciences (and deviates from other social sciences, business, etc, where there are declines post-tenure)
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Reposted by René Skukies
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No
Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.
www.forbes.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
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TIL that one of the books removed from the Armed Forces Library because it "had DEI" in it is Ben Barres' autobiography. Remember that you can buy and should read this book because Ben was badass and an amazing scientist mitpress.mit.edu/978026253954...
June 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
TIL that one of the books removed from the Armed Forces Library because it "had DEI" in it is Ben Barres' autobiography. Remember that you can buy and should read this book because Ben was badass and an amazing scientist mitpress.mit.edu/978026253954...
Reposted by René Skukies
Gender disparity in funding rates in double-blind grant peer review: The case of the Villum Experiment url: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Gender disparity in funding rates in double-blind grant peer review: The case of the Villum Experiment
Abstract. The Villum Experiment (VEX) is one of the few funding schemes that employs a double-blind review process where applicants are blinded to reviewers, applications are highly standardised, revi...
direct.mit.edu
June 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Gender disparity in funding rates in double-blind grant peer review: The case of the Villum Experiment url: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Reposted by René Skukies
5 years since our first pilot, and 25,000 participants later, I'm super happy this work with Makaela Nartker, @chazfirestone.bsky.social and Howard Egeth on inattentional blindness is now out in eLife! A little 🧵 of what we found... 1/12 elifesciences.org/articles/100...
Sensitivity to visual features in inattentional blindness
As a group, inattentionally blind participants can successfully report the location, color, and shape of stimuli they deny noticing, and exhibit a systematic bias to report not noticing.
elifesciences.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
5 years since our first pilot, and 25,000 participants later, I'm super happy this work with Makaela Nartker, @chazfirestone.bsky.social and Howard Egeth on inattentional blindness is now out in eLife! A little 🧵 of what we found... 1/12 elifesciences.org/articles/100...
Reposted by René Skukies
Reposted by René Skukies
The individual toolboxes received lots of 💗 and 💦 from their respective authors:
@judithschepers.bsky.social @theneurocookies.bsky.social @vladimik.bsky.social
Big round of applause 👏🏼!!
@judithschepers.bsky.social @theneurocookies.bsky.social @vladimik.bsky.social
Big round of applause 👏🏼!!
May 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The individual toolboxes received lots of 💗 and 💦 from their respective authors:
@judithschepers.bsky.social @theneurocookies.bsky.social @vladimik.bsky.social
Big round of applause 👏🏼!!
@judithschepers.bsky.social @theneurocookies.bsky.social @vladimik.bsky.social
Big round of applause 👏🏼!!
Just four more days until our Unfold workshop! Interactive slots are filled, but you can still access all material and watch the talks regardless 🎉
‼ Announcement: Online Unfold.jl workshop ‼
📅 09.05.2025
💶 Free!
👉🏼 www.s-ccs.de/workshop_unf...
❓ rERPs, mass univariate models & deconvolution!
#EEG #linearmodels #statistics @julialang.org #julia
Organized with Romy Frömer @thechbh.bsky.social
and the S-CCS lab @unistuttgart.bsky.social
📅 09.05.2025
💶 Free!
👉🏼 www.s-ccs.de/workshop_unf...
❓ rERPs, mass univariate models & deconvolution!
#EEG #linearmodels #statistics @julialang.org #julia
Organized with Romy Frömer @thechbh.bsky.social
and the S-CCS lab @unistuttgart.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Just four more days until our Unfold workshop! Interactive slots are filled, but you can still access all material and watch the talks regardless 🎉
Reposted by René Skukies
"It turns out there is higher agreement between two letters written by the same referee for different candidates, than there is for two letters (written by two different referees) for the same candidate!" Plus huge gender and cultural biases.
theconversation.com/bias-creeps-...
theconversation.com/bias-creeps-...
March 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"It turns out there is higher agreement between two letters written by the same referee for different candidates, than there is for two letters (written by two different referees) for the same candidate!" Plus huge gender and cultural biases.
theconversation.com/bias-creeps-...
theconversation.com/bias-creeps-...
Thanks to @skypeascientist.bsky.social I got to talk about the brain and computers with a wonderful class of primary school students in Namibia today!
March 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thanks to @skypeascientist.bsky.social I got to talk about the brain and computers with a wonderful class of primary school students in Namibia today!
Reposted by René Skukies
I am looking for a PhD candidate (3-years) and a Postdoc (2-years) studying serial effects in visual perception. Positions are funded by the Icelandic Research Fund. Join us at the Icelandic Vision Lab @icevislab.bsky.social. If you are interested, reach out to me!
#VisionScience #CognitiveScience
#VisionScience #CognitiveScience
Two grants to IVL 🥳 "Serial effects in visual perception" to PI @shansmann-roth.bsky.social + "Haptic harmony" to postdoc Ivan Makarov in collab with Unnthorsson, Kristjánsson, Jónasson & Uenala. Sabrina is looking for candidates for a three-year Ph.D. and a two-year postdoc position: sabrina@hi.is
February 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I am looking for a PhD candidate (3-years) and a Postdoc (2-years) studying serial effects in visual perception. Positions are funded by the Icelandic Research Fund. Join us at the Icelandic Vision Lab @icevislab.bsky.social. If you are interested, reach out to me!
#VisionScience #CognitiveScience
#VisionScience #CognitiveScience
Reposted by René Skukies
In light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s U.S. Senate confirmation hearings this week, The Transmitter has rounded up our past coverage of the false association between vaccines and autism.
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/rou...
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/rou...
Roundup: The false association between vaccines and autism
In light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s U.S. Senate confirmation hearings this week, The Transmitter has rounded up our past coverage of the false association between vaccines and autism.
www.thetransmitter.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s U.S. Senate confirmation hearings this week, The Transmitter has rounded up our past coverage of the false association between vaccines and autism.
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/rou...
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/rou...
Reposted by René Skukies
January 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Reposted by René Skukies
Setting up an fMRI model and getting hit with collinearity errors? Been there! 😢 Try removing regressors? Orthogonal regressors? Other tricks to resolve collinearity errors? Guess what—those fixes might make things worse. We explore why and propose recommendations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Setting up an fMRI model and getting hit with collinearity errors? Been there! 😢 Try removing regressors? Orthogonal regressors? Other tricks to resolve collinearity errors? Guess what—those fixes might make things worse. We explore why and propose recommendations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by René Skukies
Friends, this is urgent. Families in Gaza are starving and need our help. I have donated to and been following this soup kitchen since they started. They provide hot meals to thousands & they need funds to keep going. Please consider donating & sharing. gofund.me/aab9459d
Donate to Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza, organized by Hani Almadhoun
Do you know what it’s like to watch your family starve? I do.
My… Hani Almadhoun needs your support for Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza
gofund.me
December 20, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Friends, this is urgent. Families in Gaza are starving and need our help. I have donated to and been following this soup kitchen since they started. They provide hot meals to thousands & they need funds to keep going. Please consider donating & sharing. gofund.me/aab9459d
Reposted by René Skukies
Hey scientists!
Want to share your science with classrooms via video chat in 2025?
Sign up for @skypeascientist.bsky.social!
You can volunteer to chat with 1-5 classrooms between January and August. It's easy, it's fun, it's life-affirming.
Sign up
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
🦑 🧪
Want to share your science with classrooms via video chat in 2025?
Sign up for @skypeascientist.bsky.social!
You can volunteer to chat with 1-5 classrooms between January and August. It's easy, it's fun, it's life-affirming.
Sign up
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
🦑 🧪
December 13, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Hey scientists!
Want to share your science with classrooms via video chat in 2025?
Sign up for @skypeascientist.bsky.social!
You can volunteer to chat with 1-5 classrooms between January and August. It's easy, it's fun, it's life-affirming.
Sign up
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
🦑 🧪
Want to share your science with classrooms via video chat in 2025?
Sign up for @skypeascientist.bsky.social!
You can volunteer to chat with 1-5 classrooms between January and August. It's easy, it's fun, it's life-affirming.
Sign up
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
🦑 🧪
Reposted by René Skukies
🚀 Excited to share our preprint! 🌍 "Doing conferences differently: decentralising for ecological and social sustainability" highlights #CuttingGardens 2023, the multi-hub conference #CuttingEEG designed to reduce carbon emissions and enhance inclusivity in international events.
December 13, 2024 at 10:01 AM
🚀 Excited to share our preprint! 🌍 "Doing conferences differently: decentralising for ecological and social sustainability" highlights #CuttingGardens 2023, the multi-hub conference #CuttingEEG designed to reduce carbon emissions and enhance inclusivity in international events.
Reposted by René Skukies
✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz...
looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
Google Forms: Sign-in
Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).
forms.gle
December 13, 2024 at 1:13 AM
✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz...
looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
‼️New paper‼️
(also a major s-ccs #paper, with Judith Schepers & @benediktehinger.bsky.social)
Do you have RTs in your 🧠📈-data? Fixation durations? Movements?
How do event-durations affect your data? And how to deal with this?
🧵 ⤵ 1 / 5
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
🧪 #EEG #fMRI #neuroimage
(also a major s-ccs #paper, with Judith Schepers & @benediktehinger.bsky.social)
Do you have RTs in your 🧠📈-data? Fixation durations? Movements?
How do event-durations affect your data? And how to deal with this?
🧵 ⤵ 1 / 5
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
🧪 #EEG #fMRI #neuroimage
December 11, 2024 at 2:21 PM
‼️New paper‼️
(also a major s-ccs #paper, with Judith Schepers & @benediktehinger.bsky.social)
Do you have RTs in your 🧠📈-data? Fixation durations? Movements?
How do event-durations affect your data? And how to deal with this?
🧵 ⤵ 1 / 5
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
🧪 #EEG #fMRI #neuroimage
(also a major s-ccs #paper, with Judith Schepers & @benediktehinger.bsky.social)
Do you have RTs in your 🧠📈-data? Fixation durations? Movements?
How do event-durations affect your data? And how to deal with this?
🧵 ⤵ 1 / 5
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
🧪 #EEG #fMRI #neuroimage
Reposted by René Skukies
Today, I was asked by 2 lab members if we should exclude Afro hairstyles for EEG studies
It should not be an exclusion criterion for #EEG studies in #neuroscience. I've tested >200 participants with great signal quality—this exclusion is unnecessary and limits inclusivity
@sfnjournals.bsky.social
It should not be an exclusion criterion for #EEG studies in #neuroscience. I've tested >200 participants with great signal quality—this exclusion is unnecessary and limits inclusivity
@sfnjournals.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Today, I was asked by 2 lab members if we should exclude Afro hairstyles for EEG studies
It should not be an exclusion criterion for #EEG studies in #neuroscience. I've tested >200 participants with great signal quality—this exclusion is unnecessary and limits inclusivity
@sfnjournals.bsky.social
It should not be an exclusion criterion for #EEG studies in #neuroscience. I've tested >200 participants with great signal quality—this exclusion is unnecessary and limits inclusivity
@sfnjournals.bsky.social