Amanda Wood
@academickayak.bsky.social
Kayaking obsessed Professor. Neuropsychologist enthralled by kids’ brain development. Avoider of snakes. Mother of lovely humans & alpacas!
Neonatal Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Neurodevelopmental Follow-up
School of Psychology, Deakin University
Neonatal Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Neurodevelopmental Follow-up
School of Psychology, Deakin University
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The Liberal party is preferencing One Nation ahead of every other party in almost every seat in the country. A vote for Peter Dutton is a preference for Pauline Hanson. #Goldsteinvotes #auspol
April 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Liberal party is preferencing One Nation ahead of every other party in almost every seat in the country. A vote for Peter Dutton is a preference for Pauline Hanson. #Goldsteinvotes #auspol
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boosting because good and we need more good
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
boosting because good and we need more good
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Editorial: A Polygenic Risk Score in Practice nej.md/4jv4JWJ
April 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Editorial: A Polygenic Risk Score in Practice nej.md/4jv4JWJ
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Such important work on 3 fronts: (1) identifies a new anti-SARSCov2 drug (desperately needed), (2) develops an impressive mouse model for long COVID, (3) offers an avenue for potential treatment, not just prevention, of long COVID. Kudos to the team @wehi-research.bsky.social and collaborators.
Could this breakthrough research lead to the first treatment for #longCOVID? A world-first milestone made possible through the advanced technologies of the National Drug Discovery Centre.
Find out more: www.wehi.edu.au/news/tacklin...
Find out more: www.wehi.edu.au/news/tacklin...
April 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Such important work on 3 fronts: (1) identifies a new anti-SARSCov2 drug (desperately needed), (2) develops an impressive mouse model for long COVID, (3) offers an avenue for potential treatment, not just prevention, of long COVID. Kudos to the team @wehi-research.bsky.social and collaborators.
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We are recruiting for 5 permanent staff positions (Prof, Senior-, Lecturer) including for 7T-MRI. Please have a look and share widely.
(Closing date: May 12)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
(Closing date: May 12)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Professor, Senior Lecturer/Lecturer and Lecturer posts - Glasgow City (GB) job with University of Glasgow | 12838283
University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences School of Psychology & Neuroscience Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience/Psy...
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April 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We are recruiting for 5 permanent staff positions (Prof, Senior-, Lecturer) including for 7T-MRI. Please have a look and share widely.
(Closing date: May 12)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
(Closing date: May 12)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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Shameless plug for our Paper Skygest feed, to see posts about papers from people you're following!
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*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...
March 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Shameless plug for our Paper Skygest feed, to see posts about papers from people you're following!
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Today marks the five year anniversary of Covid being declared a pandemic. Some things I want people to remember:
The threat is not gone. People are still dying and becoming disabled every single day
COVID is airborne. It’s always been airborne.
🧵
The threat is not gone. People are still dying and becoming disabled every single day
COVID is airborne. It’s always been airborne.
🧵
March 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Today marks the five year anniversary of Covid being declared a pandemic. Some things I want people to remember:
The threat is not gone. People are still dying and becoming disabled every single day
COVID is airborne. It’s always been airborne.
🧵
The threat is not gone. People are still dying and becoming disabled every single day
COVID is airborne. It’s always been airborne.
🧵
Oooh my heart. Grant writing is going to have to wait because @pjharveyofficial.bsky.social in Melbourne is totally the go tonight ♥️
March 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Oooh my heart. Grant writing is going to have to wait because @pjharveyofficial.bsky.social in Melbourne is totally the go tonight ♥️
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There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.
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BREAKING: Federal judge issues a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking NIH from implementing its "Rate Change Notice" that would dramatically cut payments under grants.
Judge Angel Kelley had previously issued a TRO blocking the change. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Angel Kelley had previously issued a TRO blocking the change. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge issues a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking NIH from implementing its "Rate Change Notice" that would dramatically cut payments under grants.
Judge Angel Kelley had previously issued a TRO blocking the change. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Angel Kelley had previously issued a TRO blocking the change. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I do hope you see that you are not alone, community is key to resistance, and good work must continue.
Whenever this implodes and their plans come crumbling down, we will need people who know how to rebuild and restore. Get in some good trouble and don't stop fighting.
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Whenever this implodes and their plans come crumbling down, we will need people who know how to rebuild and restore. Get in some good trouble and don't stop fighting.
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Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us?
A thread/
A thread/
February 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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#neurojobs Looking for a new role as Professor in Human/Cognitive/Translational Neuroscience? @thechbh.bsky.social has great facilities, lovely people...and an open position: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLW735/p...
Come and work with us at @thechbh.bsky.social, we have a position for a full Professor in Human/Cognitive/Translational Neuroscience. Please circulate and get in touch for an informal chat.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLE056/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLE056/p...
February 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#neurojobs Looking for a new role as Professor in Human/Cognitive/Translational Neuroscience? @thechbh.bsky.social has great facilities, lovely people...and an open position: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLW735/p...
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🚨 Excited to share our new paper where we introduce the Montefiore Einstein Robust Geriatric Normative Project (MERGER-NP) and provide age and demographic norms for the RBANS and select neuropsych tests, including the TMT, BNT, and measures of verbal fluency. academic.oup.com/acn/advance-...
Montefiore Einstein Robust Geriatric Normative Project: Robust Age- and Regression-Based Demographic Norms for the Repeatable Battery for Neuropsychological Status and Select Neuropsychological Tests ...
AbstractObjective. This study introduces the Montefiore Einstein Robust Geriatric Normative Project (MERGER-NP), which provides robust normative data for o
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February 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🚨 Excited to share our new paper where we introduce the Montefiore Einstein Robust Geriatric Normative Project (MERGER-NP) and provide age and demographic norms for the RBANS and select neuropsych tests, including the TMT, BNT, and measures of verbal fluency. academic.oup.com/acn/advance-...
‘These are challenging times, with an overwhelming (and unsustainable) growth in academic literature creating a major signal-to-noise problem for scientists and the students they are training’
It is the end of an era at Cortex. As the irreplaceable Sergio Della Sala has now stepped down as EiC, Rob McIntosh is taking over the reign, with a wholly reorganised editorial board. I'll try to do my best to support this new chapter:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A new chapter of Cortex
www.sciencedirect.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
‘These are challenging times, with an overwhelming (and unsustainable) growth in academic literature creating a major signal-to-noise problem for scientists and the students they are training’
Programs like that at Aston medical school are geared towards increasing access for bright folk whose personal circumstances might prevent all the ‘extra’ achievements that only happen if there is (usually family) wealth to support them. Also applies to clinical psychology training in the UK & Oz…
The way medical schools select their students actively disadvantages working class students. Every extra test, every requirement for work experience that needs contacts who are already doctors. It’s no surprise at all.
💬 "The NHS workforce is more diverse than at any other point in its history. Unfortunately, it ignores the fact that just 4% of doctors come from a working-class background."
Our alum, Rachel, writes about the lack of class diversity in medicine 👇
Our alum, Rachel, writes about the lack of class diversity in medicine 👇
February 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Programs like that at Aston medical school are geared towards increasing access for bright folk whose personal circumstances might prevent all the ‘extra’ achievements that only happen if there is (usually family) wealth to support them. Also applies to clinical psychology training in the UK & Oz…
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Based on clinician diagnosis, the parent-report Child Behavior Checklist's DSM-5-Oriented Affective Problems scale (CBCL-Aff) is a valid continuous measure of depression in 8–12 year olds, though it does disagree with self-report of symptoms acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Based on clinician diagnosis, the parent-report Child Behavior Checklist's DSM-5-Oriented Affective Problems scale (CBCL-Aff) is a valid continuous measure of depression in 8–12 year olds, though it does disagree with self-report of symptoms acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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This is really encouraging. We've talked about doing a lottery for some of our open access funding, so going to be following this trial with interest
Bit of coverage in @timeshighered.bsky.social about the @britishacademy.bsky.social trial of partial randomisation for our small grants scheme
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/grants-...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/grants-...
January 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is really encouraging. We've talked about doing a lottery for some of our open access funding, so going to be following this trial with interest
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It is with profound sadness that we share the devastating news that Eleanor Maguire passed away on January 4th. She was a phenomenally brilliant neuroscientist, with immense passion for her work and many remarkable accomplishments. We will miss her terribly.
www.online-tribute.com/EleanorMaguire
www.online-tribute.com/EleanorMaguire
Eleanor Maguire | 1970 - 2025 | Online-Tribute.com
Learning and memory are so fundamental to us, so enmeshed throughout cognition, that ‘solving’ memory, unpacking its neural mechanisms and being able to conceptualise it fully will, I believe, res…
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January 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It is with profound sadness that we share the devastating news that Eleanor Maguire passed away on January 4th. She was a phenomenally brilliant neuroscientist, with immense passion for her work and many remarkable accomplishments. We will miss her terribly.
www.online-tribute.com/EleanorMaguire
www.online-tribute.com/EleanorMaguire
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I just learned the very sad news that Eleanor Maguire passed away. It is very unlikely that I would be where I am if it wasn't for the work that she did since the early 2000s. She was a real trailblazer in the cognitive neuroscience of autobiographical memory, and conducted some (1/n)
January 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I just learned the very sad news that Eleanor Maguire passed away. It is very unlikely that I would be where I am if it wasn't for the work that she did since the early 2000s. She was a real trailblazer in the cognitive neuroscience of autobiographical memory, and conducted some (1/n)
Oh that’s cool. Too much festivus reading and I’m not quite on leave yet!! I do love a sciencey summer break…
Susceptibility of large language models to cognitive impairment. #bmj
"With the exception of ChatGPT 4o, almost all large language models subjected to the MoCA test showed signs of mild cognitive impairment."
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
"With the exception of ChatGPT 4o, almost all large language models subjected to the MoCA test showed signs of mild cognitive impairment."
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
December 24, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Oh that’s cool. Too much festivus reading and I’m not quite on leave yet!! I do love a sciencey summer break…
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We define neuro- & psycho- pathological patterns considering:
a) Structural abnormalities
b) Physiological abnormalities
c) Behavioral patterns
d) Subjective experience
e) Neuropsychological functioning
f) Etiological factors (social, psychological & biological)
Two examples of case formulation:
a) Structural abnormalities
b) Physiological abnormalities
c) Behavioral patterns
d) Subjective experience
e) Neuropsychological functioning
f) Etiological factors (social, psychological & biological)
Two examples of case formulation:
November 17, 2024 at 8:37 PM
We define neuro- & psycho- pathological patterns considering:
a) Structural abnormalities
b) Physiological abnormalities
c) Behavioral patterns
d) Subjective experience
e) Neuropsychological functioning
f) Etiological factors (social, psychological & biological)
Two examples of case formulation:
a) Structural abnormalities
b) Physiological abnormalities
c) Behavioral patterns
d) Subjective experience
e) Neuropsychological functioning
f) Etiological factors (social, psychological & biological)
Two examples of case formulation:
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We're working on a starter pack so you can follow Nature journal staff – in the meantime, check out this starter pack from our colleagues that includes writers and editors from across the portfolio!
You also can follow Nature Portfolio editors with the starter pack we have been sharing.
December 19, 2024 at 9:53 PM
We're working on a starter pack so you can follow Nature journal staff – in the meantime, check out this starter pack from our colleagues that includes writers and editors from across the portfolio!
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Qualitative researchers' experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback
w/ @ginnybraun.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social & @joannasemlyen.bsky.social
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w/ @ginnybraun.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social & @joannasemlyen.bsky.social
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December 17, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Qualitative researchers' experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback
w/ @ginnybraun.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social & @joannasemlyen.bsky.social
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
w/ @ginnybraun.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social & @joannasemlyen.bsky.social
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Ok so that’s cool, one for lab reading, and super helpful for some of our thinking about epigenetic effects
Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Perception of Temperature Even in the Absence of Actual Change is Sufficient to Drive Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance
Can processes occurring in one individuals nervous system influence the physiology of the descendants? Here we explored the provocative hypothesis that parents sensation or perception of environmental...
www.biorxiv.org
December 8, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Ok so that’s cool, one for lab reading, and super helpful for some of our thinking about epigenetic effects