Whelan Lab TCD
@whelanlabtcd.bsky.social
Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin
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Methods for Analyzing Large Neuroimaging Datasets
This Open Access volume explores advancements in methodologies, efficient code management, and scalable data processing of neuroimaging datasets.
link.springer.com
This book now available *open access* through Springer Neuromethods: link.springer.com/book/10.1007....
@brainalien.bsky.social and I extend heartfelt thanks to all contributing authors for their exceptional work, w/ special gratitude to Paul Thompson @ptenigma.bsky.social for an inspiring foreword
@brainalien.bsky.social and I extend heartfelt thanks to all contributing authors for their exceptional work, w/ special gratitude to Paul Thompson @ptenigma.bsky.social for an inspiring foreword
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If you are curious about AI and its ethical concerns, origins, strengths and weaknesses. Then @pintofscienceie.bsky.social from May 19th to 21st is for you. This year, seven researchers from @tudublin.bsky.social are talking about their research related to AI.
May 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you are curious about AI and its ethical concerns, origins, strengths and weaknesses. Then @pintofscienceie.bsky.social from May 19th to 21st is for you. This year, seven researchers from @tudublin.bsky.social are talking about their research related to AI.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Thursday was a great day Harvey McCone passed his PhD Viva on timing and evidence in decision making
It has been an absolute joy and pleasure co-supervising Harvey with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social
Thanks to the examiners @whelanlabtcd.bsky.social and @tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social
It has been an absolute joy and pleasure co-supervising Harvey with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social
Thanks to the examiners @whelanlabtcd.bsky.social and @tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Thursday was a great day Harvey McCone passed his PhD Viva on timing and evidence in decision making
It has been an absolute joy and pleasure co-supervising Harvey with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social
Thanks to the examiners @whelanlabtcd.bsky.social and @tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social
It has been an absolute joy and pleasure co-supervising Harvey with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social
Thanks to the examiners @whelanlabtcd.bsky.social and @tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social
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Information Evening - Online Cert/Dip/M.Sc.in Managing Risk & System Change this evening AT 6PM www.eventbrite.ie/e/informatio...
Information Evening - Online Cert/Dip/M.Sc.in Managing Risk & System Change
Join Trinity College Dublin on Thursday March 13th from 6p.m. to learn more about Fully Online PG Qualifications in Risk Management.
www.eventbrite.ie
April 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Information Evening - Online Cert/Dip/M.Sc.in Managing Risk & System Change this evening AT 6PM www.eventbrite.ie/e/informatio...
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"From Academia to Application:
Personalised Approaches to Digital
Mental Health" - Guest lecture from Dr. Sean Kelley this Wednesday April 30th at 4pm LB11, Llyod Building. This event will be hosted by Prof Robert Whelan. This event is open to staff & students. For more, please see myndgard.com
Personalised Approaches to Digital
Mental Health" - Guest lecture from Dr. Sean Kelley this Wednesday April 30th at 4pm LB11, Llyod Building. This event will be hosted by Prof Robert Whelan. This event is open to staff & students. For more, please see myndgard.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"From Academia to Application:
Personalised Approaches to Digital
Mental Health" - Guest lecture from Dr. Sean Kelley this Wednesday April 30th at 4pm LB11, Llyod Building. This event will be hosted by Prof Robert Whelan. This event is open to staff & students. For more, please see myndgard.com
Personalised Approaches to Digital
Mental Health" - Guest lecture from Dr. Sean Kelley this Wednesday April 30th at 4pm LB11, Llyod Building. This event will be hosted by Prof Robert Whelan. This event is open to staff & students. For more, please see myndgard.com
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We are currently seeking applications for the role of Race Equality Officer to work with us at @tcddublin.bsky.social in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office.
Deadline for applications is 9 May 2025.
universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...
Deadline for applications is 9 May 2025.
universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...
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April 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We are currently seeking applications for the role of Race Equality Officer to work with us at @tcddublin.bsky.social in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office.
Deadline for applications is 9 May 2025.
universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...
Deadline for applications is 9 May 2025.
universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...
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Irish study to assess dementia risk from sports-related brain injury in 360 retired athletes
Irish study to assess dementia risk from sports-related brain injury in 360 retired athletes
Research will seek former high-performance players in rugby, soccer or Gaelic games aged between 40 and 59
www.irishtimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Irish study to assess dementia risk from sports-related brain injury in 360 retired athletes
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Tonight RTE 1 9.30 is the first episode of new series Hooked - How Addiction Hijacks your Brain. Thank you to our contributors for their faith in the project and sharing their experiences, esp Dr. Brian Pennie who leads this series in a bid to demystify addiction. Producer @aoifestokes.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tonight RTE 1 9.30 is the first episode of new series Hooked - How Addiction Hijacks your Brain. Thank you to our contributors for their faith in the project and sharing their experiences, esp Dr. Brian Pennie who leads this series in a bid to demystify addiction. Producer @aoifestokes.bsky.social
Now hiring an Associate Prof. in Developmental Psychology in School of Psychology at @tcddublin.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK079/a... #hiring #sciencecareers
March 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Now hiring an Associate Prof. in Developmental Psychology in School of Psychology at @tcddublin.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK079/a... #hiring #sciencecareers
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1/ Why are so many scientists silent on the climate crisis?
We interviewed neuroscientists @anne-urai.bsky.social & @clarekelly.bsky.social on their participatory workshops designed to stimulate scientists from awareness to activism.
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We interviewed neuroscientists @anne-urai.bsky.social & @clarekelly.bsky.social on their participatory workshops designed to stimulate scientists from awareness to activism.
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Activism and Science: Anne Urai and Clare Kelly on responding to the climate and biodiversity crises
How an economic framework may inspire new ways to tackle the climate crisis.
elifesciences.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1/ Why are so many scientists silent on the climate crisis?
We interviewed neuroscientists @anne-urai.bsky.social & @clarekelly.bsky.social on their participatory workshops designed to stimulate scientists from awareness to activism.
buff.ly/SSf99Q2
We interviewed neuroscientists @anne-urai.bsky.social & @clarekelly.bsky.social on their participatory workshops designed to stimulate scientists from awareness to activism.
buff.ly/SSf99Q2
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Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
March 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
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I put some introductory #EEG / #MEG videos together, based on our introduction to #neuroimaging at the @mrccbu.bsky.social
: youtube.com/playlist?lis.... They should cover the most common aspects of EEG/MEG analysis, including pre-processing, source estimation and functional connectivity.
: youtube.com/playlist?lis.... They should cover the most common aspects of EEG/MEG analysis, including pre-processing, source estimation and functional connectivity.
Introduction to EEG/MEG data analysis - YouTube
Introduction to EEG/MEG data analysis playlist featuring multiple videos split into topics set out below. Presented by Olaf Hauk from the MRC CBU. EEG/MEG me...
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February 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I put some introductory #EEG / #MEG videos together, based on our introduction to #neuroimaging at the @mrccbu.bsky.social
: youtube.com/playlist?lis.... They should cover the most common aspects of EEG/MEG analysis, including pre-processing, source estimation and functional connectivity.
: youtube.com/playlist?lis.... They should cover the most common aspects of EEG/MEG analysis, including pre-processing, source estimation and functional connectivity.
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Great to see our app Sea Hero Quest discussed as a potential application for cognitive monitoring in Alzheimer's disease:
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
Could Sea Hero Quest be used as part of a strategy for detecting early markers of cognitive decline? 🧠
Translational Psychiatry article from '22 - Robert Whelan, Florentine M. Barbey, Marcia R. Cominetti, Claire M. Gillan & Anna M. Rosická
Translational Psychiatry article from '22 - Robert Whelan, Florentine M. Barbey, Marcia R. Cominetti, Claire M. Gillan & Anna M. Rosická
Developments in scalable strategies for detecting early markers of cognitive decline - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Developments in scalable strategies for detecting early markers of cognitive decline
www.nature.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Great to see our app Sea Hero Quest discussed as a potential application for cognitive monitoring in Alzheimer's disease:
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
Cool new fMRI paper by @tcddublin.bsky.social alum @jivr.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Head motion higher in minoritized youth but can be addressed, improving sample representation ( w/ @clarekelly.bsky.social @lucinauddin.bsky.social )
Representing brain-behavior associations by retaining high-motion minoritized youth
Population neuroscience datasets provide an opportunity for researchers to estimate reproducible effect sizes for brain-behavior associations because …
www.sciencedirect.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Cool new fMRI paper by @tcddublin.bsky.social alum @jivr.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Head motion higher in minoritized youth but can be addressed, improving sample representation ( w/ @clarekelly.bsky.social @lucinauddin.bsky.social )
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I am beyond happy to receive this news, it is an honour, especially as I've been interested in Huttenlocher's work since my undergraduate days.
A prize is recognition of many people and I'm grateful to have worked with fantastic mentors, students and postdocs
fluxsociety.org/awards/hutte...
A prize is recognition of many people and I'm grateful to have worked with fantastic mentors, students and postdocs
fluxsociety.org/awards/hutte...
Huttenlocher Award - Flux Society
fluxsociety.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I am beyond happy to receive this news, it is an honour, especially as I've been interested in Huttenlocher's work since my undergraduate days.
A prize is recognition of many people and I'm grateful to have worked with fantastic mentors, students and postdocs
fluxsociety.org/awards/hutte...
A prize is recognition of many people and I'm grateful to have worked with fantastic mentors, students and postdocs
fluxsociety.org/awards/hutte...
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For those of you interested in pulling excellent papers from this journal, I have created a public collection: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi...
The peer-reviewed NIAAA journal, Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, and all of the previously open access papers published in the journal have been removed from the web. arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/about-arcr
February 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
For those of you interested in pulling excellent papers from this journal, I have created a public collection: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi...
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Gabriel Byczynski, Sven Vanneste, et al:
Neural signatures of online and offline motor learning: An ALE meta-analysis
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Neural signatures of online and offline motor learning: An ALE meta-analysis
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
January 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Gabriel Byczynski, Sven Vanneste, et al:
Neural signatures of online and offline motor learning: An ALE meta-analysis
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Neural signatures of online and offline motor learning: An ALE meta-analysis
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
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Psychologically & politically unhitching ourselves from our deadly fixation on economic growth is key to addressing our planetary crisis. This comprehensive review from an all-star team outlines the strong case for post-growth, evidence for post-growth policies & remaining research gaps. Read it!
Excited to announce this new article, a comprehensive review of recent research on post-growth — the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries. Published in the Lancet Planetary Health with a brilliant team of authors. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries
There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries
might not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or economically achievable.
In this Review, we expl...
www.thelancet.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Psychologically & politically unhitching ourselves from our deadly fixation on economic growth is key to addressing our planetary crisis. This comprehensive review from an all-star team outlines the strong case for post-growth, evidence for post-growth policies & remaining research gaps. Read it!
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Statistically significant group-level effects are often taken to imply an effect is typical in the population. This Resource provides a method and software tool to infer the population prevalence of experimental effects directly.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Bayesian p-curve mixture models as a tool to dissociate effect size and effect prevalence - Communications Psychology
Statistically significant group-level effects are often misinterpreted to imply an effect is typical in the population. This Resource provides a method and software tool to infer the population preval...
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Statistically significant group-level effects are often taken to imply an effect is typical in the population. This Resource provides a method and software tool to infer the population prevalence of experimental effects directly.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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📣 Abstract submissions are open for Dementia Research Network Ireland's Early Career Researcher day on March 4 in Queen's University Belfast: dementianetwork.ie/news-item/dr...
This is a fantastic opportunity for early career professionals to showcase their research. Travel bursaries available!
This is a fantastic opportunity for early career professionals to showcase their research. Travel bursaries available!
January 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📣 Abstract submissions are open for Dementia Research Network Ireland's Early Career Researcher day on March 4 in Queen's University Belfast: dementianetwork.ie/news-item/dr...
This is a fantastic opportunity for early career professionals to showcase their research. Travel bursaries available!
This is a fantastic opportunity for early career professionals to showcase their research. Travel bursaries available!
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Here's a new open dataset of ~4000 processed brain structural MRIs from across the lifespan:
huggingface.co/datasets/rad...
Get it in three lines of code:
pip install datasets
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("radiata-ai/brain-structure", trust_remote_code=True)
huggingface.co/datasets/rad...
Get it in three lines of code:
pip install datasets
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("radiata-ai/brain-structure", trust_remote_code=True)
radiata-ai/brain-structure · Datasets at Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
huggingface.co
January 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Here's a new open dataset of ~4000 processed brain structural MRIs from across the lifespan:
huggingface.co/datasets/rad...
Get it in three lines of code:
pip install datasets
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("radiata-ai/brain-structure", trust_remote_code=True)
huggingface.co/datasets/rad...
Get it in three lines of code:
pip install datasets
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("radiata-ai/brain-structure", trust_remote_code=True)
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An absolute MUST READ for anyone doing task-related connectivity analyses w fMRI data.
So many good things in here! 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
So many good things in here! 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Comparison of whole-brain task-modulated functional connectivity methods for fMRI task connectomics - Communications Biology
Large-scale neural mass simulations revealed best task-modulated functional connectivity methods for different fMRI designs and fundamental limitations for detecting rapid modulations of neural synchr...
www.nature.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
An absolute MUST READ for anyone doing task-related connectivity analyses w fMRI data.
So many good things in here! 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
So many good things in here! 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Hello Bluesky!
@vcalhoun.bsky.social, Kent Kiehl and I are teaching our 3-day
#fMRI course live online Feb 5 - 7, 2025!
#SPM, #ICA, path analysis, #DataScience
We've been at it for >20 years & love talking methods & connecting with colleagues!
Register at:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
@vcalhoun.bsky.social, Kent Kiehl and I are teaching our 3-day
#fMRI course live online Feb 5 - 7, 2025!
#SPM, #ICA, path analysis, #DataScience
We've been at it for >20 years & love talking methods & connecting with colleagues!
Register at:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
fMRI Course
Instructors
sites.google.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hello Bluesky!
@vcalhoun.bsky.social, Kent Kiehl and I are teaching our 3-day
#fMRI course live online Feb 5 - 7, 2025!
#SPM, #ICA, path analysis, #DataScience
We've been at it for >20 years & love talking methods & connecting with colleagues!
Register at:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
@vcalhoun.bsky.social, Kent Kiehl and I are teaching our 3-day
#fMRI course live online Feb 5 - 7, 2025!
#SPM, #ICA, path analysis, #DataScience
We've been at it for >20 years & love talking methods & connecting with colleagues!
Register at:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
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Responsible use of population neuroscience data: Towards standards of accountability and integrity - Biological Psychiatry www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Responsible use of population neuroscience data: Towards standards of accountability and integrity
The open science movement has been heralded for accelerating scientific discovery,
rapid translation of research findings critical to public health, and availability
of large population neuroscience d...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Responsible use of population neuroscience data: Towards standards of accountability and integrity - Biological Psychiatry www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...