Vincent Giampietro
@vincentgiampietro.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at @kingsioppn.bsky.social & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. French chatterbox and musicbox floating in a most peculiar way in Sarf London since the late 20th century...
Is there anything worse than seeing this note on an empty plate in the kitchen at work?
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Is there anything worse than seeing this note on an empty plate in the kitchen at work?
I am not sure what kind of experiment is going on at the Pears Maudsley Centre, but it looks like fun! @kingsmaudsley.bsky.social @maudsleycharity.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I am not sure what kind of experiment is going on at the Pears Maudsley Centre, but it looks like fun! @kingsmaudsley.bsky.social @maudsleycharity.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
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Join us on 26 Nov (12 - 1pm GMT) for a webinar sharing early findings from @UCL’s REPAIR Project, exploring structural inequities in funding, recognition & career progression.
Free to attend
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ResearchCulture# STEMEquity #Neuroscience #AcademicCareers
Free to attend
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ResearchCulture# STEMEquity #Neuroscience #AcademicCareers
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Join us on 26 Nov (12 - 1pm GMT) for a webinar sharing early findings from @UCL’s REPAIR Project, exploring structural inequities in funding, recognition & career progression.
Free to attend
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ResearchCulture# STEMEquity #Neuroscience #AcademicCareers
Free to attend
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ResearchCulture# STEMEquity #Neuroscience #AcademicCareers
Reposted by Vincent Giampietro
Reposted by Vincent Giampietro
The challenge in learning using AI is very similar to the same learning issue discovered about internet search
When we are given answers we think we learn, but we don’t. Learning is work. However, things like the “learning modes” from the AI providers help, as does using AI for tutoring not answers
When we are given answers we think we learn, but we don’t. Learning is work. However, things like the “learning modes” from the AI providers help, as does using AI for tutoring not answers
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The challenge in learning using AI is very similar to the same learning issue discovered about internet search
When we are given answers we think we learn, but we don’t. Learning is work. However, things like the “learning modes” from the AI providers help, as does using AI for tutoring not answers
When we are given answers we think we learn, but we don’t. Learning is work. However, things like the “learning modes” from the AI providers help, as does using AI for tutoring not answers
It's spooky season, so what better way to spend it than getting horrified by common statistical mistakes? A delightful dark read. It is great to follow the paper's development with reviewers' comments & authors' responses. By Tamar Makin from @plasticity-lab.bsky.social & Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry
Science Forum: Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript
What can authors and reviewers do to keep common statistical mistakes out of the literature?
elifesciences.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's spooky season, so what better way to spend it than getting horrified by common statistical mistakes? A delightful dark read. It is great to follow the paper's development with reviewers' comments & authors' responses. By Tamar Makin from @plasticity-lab.bsky.social & Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry
I went to see New Dawn Fades last night at @bloomsburytheatre.bsky.social. It was a bittersweet experience. Great play, great music of course, good fun, especially Brian Gorman playing Tony Wilson, but so much struggle and darkness... I raise my virtual hat to Josh Lonsdale's Ian Curtis!
October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I went to see New Dawn Fades last night at @bloomsburytheatre.bsky.social. It was a bittersweet experience. Great play, great music of course, good fun, especially Brian Gorman playing Tony Wilson, but so much struggle and darkness... I raise my virtual hat to Josh Lonsdale's Ian Curtis!
Reposted by Vincent Giampietro
Can looking at art in a gallery impact your #health?
New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.
Click the link to find out more👇
#IoPPNNews
bit.ly/47a2Lrr
New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.
Click the link to find out more👇
#IoPPNNews
bit.ly/47a2Lrr
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Can looking at art in a gallery impact your #health?
New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.
Click the link to find out more👇
#IoPPNNews
bit.ly/47a2Lrr
New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.
Click the link to find out more👇
#IoPPNNews
bit.ly/47a2Lrr
Nailed it: "When scientists cut loose, it means sitting through academic talks, but maybe while wearing sandals." A graduate student’s guide to department retreats | Science | AAAS
A graduate student’s guide to department retreats
Our Experimental Error columnist demystifies an annual tradition
www.science.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Nailed it: "When scientists cut loose, it means sitting through academic talks, but maybe while wearing sandals." A graduate student’s guide to department retreats | Science | AAAS
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LLMs can be useful for some things, but simulating human research participant responses isn’t one of them
![However, recent work demonstrates that demographically prompted LLMs cannot accurately simulate diverse identities. Prompted LLMs are more likely to represent majority groups' stereotypes about minority groups than minority groups' own standpoints [12,13]. For instance, one study [13] prompted LLMs with the identity of Black woman. GPT-4 started generations with phrases such as 'Hey girl' and
'Oh, honey'; Llama-2 started nearly every response with 'Oh, girl', and used phrases including I'm like, YAASSSSS' and 'That's cray, hunty!' In addition, demographic prompting flattens diverse identities into narrow categories, limiting researchers' ability to observe and understand diversity within those categories [13,55]. Demographic prompting misrepresents people who are chronically under-represented in cognitive science research, a form of representational harm [56].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ho22o3jwfn4k7diklsrfnazt/bafkreifiqpzt5r2qjkewoxwxyutln7i4rg3x65pzbxbbgo7zp2by4wdqs4@jpeg)
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
LLMs can be useful for some things, but simulating human research participant responses isn’t one of them
Do yourself a favour and spend 5 minutes watching this.
You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.
YouTube video by Harvard Business Review
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Do yourself a favour and spend 5 minutes watching this.
There are albums that you have listened to such much, that all the songs blend in; you know exactly what comes next. I had my own oddball paradigm yesterday & a beautiful P300 while listening to the The Beatle's Blue Album. I didn't know that the 2023 version had extra songs, e.g. Blackbird
a man in a white shirt laying on a bed with a blue pillow
ALT: a man in a white shirt laying on a bed with a blue pillow
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There are albums that you have listened to such much, that all the songs blend in; you know exactly what comes next. I had my own oddball paradigm yesterday & a beautiful P300 while listening to the The Beatle's Blue Album. I didn't know that the 2023 version had extra songs, e.g. Blackbird
Grazie Sofia! The #Erasmus programme truly changed my life, by enabling me to first go and study in Iceland and then to come to London for the rest of my Erasmus time, where I still am nearly 25+ years later. Now, through #ErasmusPlus, I carry on the tradition and have international collaborations.
Sofia Corradi, founder of the Erasmus program, passes away at 91
Sofia Corradi, founder of the Erasmus program, passes away at 91
Known as 'Mamma Erasmus,' she viewed the program, which has sent approximately 16 million students to study abroad through Europe, as her 'personal pacifist mission.'
www.lemonde.fr
October 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Grazie Sofia! The #Erasmus programme truly changed my life, by enabling me to first go and study in Iceland and then to come to London for the rest of my Erasmus time, where I still am nearly 25+ years later. Now, through #ErasmusPlus, I carry on the tradition and have international collaborations.
That's tomorrow morning's commute soundtrack sorted then!
Brilliant episode of ‘In our Time’ on hypnosis including @kingsioppn.bsky.social’s Quinton Deeley & Devin Terhune - such eloquent and clear discussions of super complicated topic & its history 👏👏
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - Hypnosis - BBC Sounds
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore hypnosis.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
That's tomorrow morning's commute soundtrack sorted then!
This is a bit niche, but really interesting! I should have said that I was writing NASA-compatible code when struggling with recursion, pointers of pointers and dodgy memory allocation...
how NASA writes space-proof code
YouTube video by Low Level
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is a bit niche, but really interesting! I should have said that I was writing NASA-compatible code when struggling with recursion, pointers of pointers and dodgy memory allocation...
No surprise there!
A study has identified a disconnect between researchers who study higher education and those who manage higher education institutions, with a lack of communication potentially hampering both sides #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/he-research-rarely-informs-administrators-decisions
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/he-research-rarely-informs-administrators-decisions
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
No surprise there!
Reposted by Vincent Giampietro
Worms, flies, zebrafish, mice, rats, human iPSCs
Explore how diverse model systems can transform your #Neuroscience research at our BNA Training Academy session.
Six expert speakers | Q&A | Certificate of Attendance
👉 Register now: bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ModelOrganisms
Explore how diverse model systems can transform your #Neuroscience research at our BNA Training Academy session.
Six expert speakers | Q&A | Certificate of Attendance
👉 Register now: bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ModelOrganisms
October 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Worms, flies, zebrafish, mice, rats, human iPSCs
Explore how diverse model systems can transform your #Neuroscience research at our BNA Training Academy session.
Six expert speakers | Q&A | Certificate of Attendance
👉 Register now: bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ModelOrganisms
Explore how diverse model systems can transform your #Neuroscience research at our BNA Training Academy session.
Six expert speakers | Q&A | Certificate of Attendance
👉 Register now: bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ModelOrganisms
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🏆 Recognising Neuroscience Excellence
Applications for 2025 BNA Awards close on 31st October.
Open to BNA members:
- Outstanding Contribution
- Public Engagement
- Undergraduate
- Postgraduate
Apply or nominate today and celebrate neuroscience at its best.
bna.org.uk/membership/a...
Applications for 2025 BNA Awards close on 31st October.
Open to BNA members:
- Outstanding Contribution
- Public Engagement
- Undergraduate
- Postgraduate
Apply or nominate today and celebrate neuroscience at its best.
bna.org.uk/membership/a...
October 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🏆 Recognising Neuroscience Excellence
Applications for 2025 BNA Awards close on 31st October.
Open to BNA members:
- Outstanding Contribution
- Public Engagement
- Undergraduate
- Postgraduate
Apply or nominate today and celebrate neuroscience at its best.
bna.org.uk/membership/a...
Applications for 2025 BNA Awards close on 31st October.
Open to BNA members:
- Outstanding Contribution
- Public Engagement
- Undergraduate
- Postgraduate
Apply or nominate today and celebrate neuroscience at its best.
bna.org.uk/membership/a...
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Read coverage on our article on macroeconomic income inequality, the brain, and mental health in @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Read coverage on our article on macroeconomic income inequality, the brain, and mental health in @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The really interesting history behind something you never really though about. By Francesco Bertelli via
A brief history of the numeric keypad
Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone? Don’t worry if you can’t recall the design. Most ...
www.doc.cc
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The really interesting history behind something you never really though about. By Francesco Bertelli via
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How is this a president?
Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
How is this a president?
Such a great insightful video by @dominicwalliman.com! Highly recommended. I had lots of fun today munching on my lunch and discovering more about the world of fungi.
Explore the Fascinating Map of Fungi: An Introduction to the Vast Mushroom Kingdom
Explore the Fascinating Map of Fungi: An Introduction to the Vast Mushroom Kingdom
Here on Open Culture, we've previously featured Domain of Science's elaborate infographic maps of such vast fields of intellectual endeavor as mathematics, physics, computer science, quantum physics, ...
www.openculture.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Such a great insightful video by @dominicwalliman.com! Highly recommended. I had lots of fun today munching on my lunch and discovering more about the world of fungi.
So it looks like there is now an increasing number of people / companies offering services to fix vibe coding problems, as the vibe coders themselves do not have the skills to do it themselves...
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
media.tenor.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
So it looks like there is now an increasing number of people / companies offering services to fix vibe coding problems, as the vibe coders themselves do not have the skills to do it themselves...
In this case, Jeff Somers was just checking for detection rate, without paying attention to the content itself. My guess is that the quality / relevance of the content would degrade more and more as you pass the text repeatedly through these tools, making it paradoxically easier for us to detect...
I Tested AI 'Humanizers' to See How Well They Actually Disguise AI Writing
Using AI to write emails, cover letters, or anything else can be a huge time saver. But if you’re worried about AI detectors, don’t think “humanizer” tools are going to save you.
lifehacker.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In this case, Jeff Somers was just checking for detection rate, without paying attention to the content itself. My guess is that the quality / relevance of the content would degrade more and more as you pass the text repeatedly through these tools, making it paradoxically easier for us to detect...
Really nice and topical letter to read / share, especially as the start of the academic year is around the corner... By @lindsaybrainard.bsky.social
Step Away from the Chatbot: a Letter to a Student about AI and Creativity
Dear Student, I’m glad this letter reached you before you fed that assignment prompt from your Creative Writing professor into ChatGPT. I’d like to share some ideas that may be helpful as you decide ...
blog.apaonline.org
September 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Really nice and topical letter to read / share, especially as the start of the academic year is around the corner... By @lindsaybrainard.bsky.social