Alik Widge
alikwidge.bsky.social
Alik Widge
@alikwidge.bsky.social
Neural engineer, stealth mode neuro-entrepreneur, interventional psychiatrist, sometimes neuroscientist, dad. Making brains work better.
https://www.tnelab.org
The first rule of Stroop club is that you do not read the words
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Cool image from www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... . X-axis, economic adversity. Y-axis, 20 years later, propensity of that state towards "D", for personality traits associated with being generally jerkish towards others.

You kinda assume that it's high D in red states, low D in blue, but that's wrong!
May 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Courtesy of a 13yo on spring break
March 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
When my 13yo is seeing this meme before I am,
a) I have raised that kid right
b) needs more sharing

Of course most of us are currently focused on 'please stop breaking the engine of American greatness' but let's not forget they are trying to erase our trans students, kids, and colleagues.
February 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I find it hilarious that these are the top 10 checked out kids' books in my city. And this isn't even counting Captain Underpants.
Forget crypto, I wanna buy stock in Dav Pilkey.
January 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I have outstanding graduate students.
April 2, 2024 at 7:24 PM
TIL about running a lab in the Midwest: culinary inventions like this one, "apple pie Chex Mix". It's got fruit in it, so it's healthy! (Right in between the caramel coated grains, cinnamon pretzels, and white chocolate...)
December 18, 2023 at 6:27 PM