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Sharing guidance, resources, code & data for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) research.

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Nov 2
Many thanks to the 60 gorgeous #TMS researchers who took a few minutes to complete our user survey.

The quantitative results have been processed and summarised, and are now available in full on our GitHub page:

github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

A quick breakdown follows in this thread:

#PieChartHeaven
TMS User Survey
Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab
github.com
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
two of the four examples discussed in this talk are from #TMS studies
thehandlab.bsky.social Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 20h
This remains my best-ever talk, on "double dipping" in data analysis. Applies to every field of science and data processing, researchers are making the mistakes discussed here every day and in every way #stats #DoubleDipping #RegressionToTheMean

youtu.be/VN19B-3P6Cc?...
On the Varieties of 'Double Dipping': Finding & Fixing Problematic Analyses in Neuroscience
YouTube video by nicholas holmes
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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cassandralowe.bsky.social
It’s been a minute since I have been in the lab. But good to know I still got it

*** person featured is not an actual participant but a RA helping us pilot something
January 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
Correction: 25,895 tRAs
phivph.com Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 2d
TIL from @thehandlab.bsky.social that there are as many TMS related acronyms (tRA) as there are papers in the field.
January 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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jendavies.bsky.social
If your New Year’s resolution is to find a fantastic 3-year post doc position in a great city with a small, friendly lab group and national collaborators… you’re in luck!!!

Open for applications until Tuesday. krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

@ispgr.bsky.social @ncmsociety.bsky.social
Research Associate: Neural Control of Movement in - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Research Associate: Neural control of movement in Parkinson's Disease School of Healthcare Sciences, Card
krb-sjobs.brassring.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
coming SOON to a screen near you... 👀
thehandlab.bsky.social Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 12d
sneak preview of the #TMS #MetaAnalysis I've been working on for two years...

this isn't the main result, but it's one of the prettiest graphs I've made in some time, so it's worth bragging about.

there's a *lot* going on in this graph - to be explained in a (near?) future thread..!

#BrainStim
A cloud of 7,641 datapoints extracted from 354 papers using TMS, showing the mean (x-axis) and SD (y-axis) of the dependent variable (motor evoked potential amplitude). The dots are colour-coded according to whether I flagged the study for containing any obvious biases in methods and/or analyses. Grey shows for data with no obvious bias; blue with some bias - either minor or fixable; red for strong bias - things like removing datapoints post-hoc, restricting variability, major disagreements between values in the text and the figures, or incorrect calculation of SD/SE. The three coloured clouds are largely overlapping, but they occupy different spaces in this graph, with very different linear regression lines. Satisfying to know that subjectively-rated bias has objective, measurable effects on the data.
December 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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martijn-arns.bsky.social
Just came back from Palestine and really enjoyed training the UEF teams from Betlehem and Nablus on the use of TMS in mental health. We also donated two TMS systems for use in Bethlehem and Nablus, which makes it the first TMS available in Palestine!
December 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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stephanierossit.bsky.social
Was a great pleasure to record this podcast with James - thanks for having me @psychologyuea.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
The 3rd chapter of A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh" is titled
"In which Pooh & Piglet Go Hunting & Nearly Catch a Woozle."

The characters find footprints in the snow, deduce the presence of a 'Woozle,' which they track.

But they're tracking their own footprints.

Let's talk about 'WOOZLE EFFECT'.
"Piglet and Pooh go in circles hunting a Woozle—but the tracks they follow are merely their own." Illustration by Ernest Howard Shepard from Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), by A A Milne
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
Today at 14:00 GMT

👀🧠🧲⚡️
tmsmultilab.bsky.social TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Nov 21
This month's #TMS MultiLab meeting will be given by @phivph.com Phivos Phylactou, on:

"The eyes are the window to t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ brain excitability"

Friday 28th, 14:00 GMT

👀🧠🧲⚡️

Get the meeting link from our GitHub pages or Slack channel - get in touch if you can't find it!

github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
Meetings
Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab
github.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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tahnee-engelen.bsky.social
That’s a wrap on the first batch of 25 participants, measuring MEG-EEG, ECG, respiration, electrogastrography, facial EMG, and EDA during story listening, mental imagery, and rest (+MRI & questionnaires 😅). Now I’m off on maternity leave while our amazing team continues with the next batch! 💪
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social
The Sensorimotor Superlab with @gribblelab.org and @andpru.bsky.social is a unique place to work and learn. We are now accepting MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2026. Join our awesome team at Western University... For application instructions see diedrichsenlab.org and gribblelab.org/join.html!
Diedrichsenlab
diedrichsenlab.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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esolomon.bsky.social
New paper from @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social in collaboration with @coreykeller.bsky.social, @neuro-engineer.bsky.social, Nick Trapp, and Aaron Boes at UIowa! We explored how TMS to the DLPFC changes neural activity in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex, a key mood regulator. 1/
DLPFC TMS suppresses high-frequency neural activity in the human sgACC
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is increasingly used to treat major depressive disorder and has demonstrated durable improvements in d...
www.brainstimjrnl.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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sarahgarf.bsky.social
** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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rezashadmehr.bsky.social
Tenure track position in motor control at Northeastern University

northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Open Rank (Professor, Associate or Assistant) AI, Sensors, and Human Movement
About the Opportunity About Northeastern Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
This month's #TMS MultiLab meeting will be given by @phivph.com Phivos Phylactou, on:

"The eyes are the window to t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ brain excitability"

Friday 28th, 14:00 GMT

👀🧠🧲⚡️

Get the meeting link from our GitHub pages or Slack channel - get in touch if you can't find it!

github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
Meetings
Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab
github.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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modilab-surrey.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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tahnee-engelen.bsky.social
After initially being place on the reserve list, my Academy Research Fellowship has now received a positive result from the Research Council of Finland 🥳 Next year I will be starting my own team where we will work on identifying new interoception-based treatment targets for mental health disorders!
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

a 🧵 1/n

Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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runhaolu.bsky.social
Now out in Imaging Neuroscience! Using TMS-EEG, we showed that alpha rh-TMS could differentiatially modulate alpha oscillations and aperiodic activity, and then improved representation of visuospatial attention. #TMS #EEG
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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martinhebart.bsky.social
Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.

The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.

Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
View from your office onto Giessen and surrounding villages.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
Many thanks to the 60 gorgeous #TMS researchers who took a few minutes to complete our user survey.

The quantitative results have been processed and summarised, and are now available in full on our GitHub page:

github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

A quick breakdown follows in this thread:

#PieChartHeaven
TMS User Survey
Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab
github.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
Amazing #TMS #job opportunity alert!

#PostDoc #BrainStim #Parkinsons #Movement 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
jendavies.bsky.social Jen Davies @jendavies.bsky.social · Oct 31
**Come work with us!!**

Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Please share!!
Research Associate: Neural Control of Movement in - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Research Associate: Neural control of movement in Parkinson's Disease School of Healthcare Sciences, Card
krb-sjobs.brassring.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
Today at 14h GMT, #TMS #BIG #BrainStim
tmsmultilab.bsky.social TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Oct 28
Our next monthly meeting:

Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:

Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS

bignibsdata.com

Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT

Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!

#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
bignibsdata.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
Our next monthly meeting:

Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:

Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS

bignibsdata.com

Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT

Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!

#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
bignibsdata.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
tmsmultilab.bsky.social
Many thanks to all the researchers who have told us about how they use #TMS - the results are looking really useful and very interesting!

We'll keep the survey open until 31st October, so if you can please spare 5 minutes:

Complete the #TMS User Survey!
forms.gle/95EW1PVC3JQV...

🙏 🧠 🧲 ⚡ 🙏
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM