amar ojha
@amarojha.bsky.social
neuroscientist interested in the development of cognitive and affective control, typically + transdiagnostically
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amar ojha
@amarojha.bsky.social
· Sep 13
Human amygdala nuclei show distinct developmental trajectories from adolescence to adulthood in functional integration with prefrontal circuitry
Ojha et al. use longitudinal 7 T neuroimaging to characterize distinct developmental
trajectories of fronto-amygdala connectivity across nuclei through adolescence. They
identify how age-related conne...
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How does human amygdala circuitry develop through adolescence to support affective and cognitive control processes? Excited to share recent work from my dissertation, now out in Cell Reports, that uses longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging at 7 Tesla to answer this question! A 🧵 tinyurl.com/5aaf9fpv
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Happy to share our review "Investigating hierarchical critical periods in human neurodevelopment” in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We examine neurobiological, environmental & behavioral evidence for human critical periods in sensory and association cortex +discuss new research directions rdcu.be/eMkVU 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Happy to share our review "Investigating hierarchical critical periods in human neurodevelopment” in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We examine neurobiological, environmental & behavioral evidence for human critical periods in sensory and association cortex +discuss new research directions rdcu.be/eMkVU 🧵
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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Timing and plasticity are critical to progress in research on stress and neurodevelopment
@ariellekeller.bsky.social
@jamapediatrics.com
@utdallas.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@ariellekeller.bsky.social
@jamapediatrics.com
@utdallas.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Neurodevelopmental Timing Links Stress and Psychopathology
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of contextualizing stressful experiences and the neurodevelopmental trajectory to predict the risk of psychopathology.
jamanetwork.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Timing and plasticity are critical to progress in research on stress and neurodevelopment
@ariellekeller.bsky.social
@jamapediatrics.com
@utdallas.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@ariellekeller.bsky.social
@jamapediatrics.com
@utdallas.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo
Research Coordinator, Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States
The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks a full-time Research Coordinator (acting lab manager) to help launch and coordinate the Minds,.....
phxc1b.rfer.us
September 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo
How does human amygdala circuitry develop through adolescence to support affective and cognitive control processes? Excited to share recent work from my dissertation, now out in Cell Reports, that uses longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging at 7 Tesla to answer this question! A 🧵 tinyurl.com/5aaf9fpv
Human amygdala nuclei show distinct developmental trajectories from adolescence to adulthood in functional integration with prefrontal circuitry
Ojha et al. use longitudinal 7 T neuroimaging to characterize distinct developmental
trajectories of fronto-amygdala connectivity across nuclei through adolescence. They
identify how age-related conne...
www.cell.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
How does human amygdala circuitry develop through adolescence to support affective and cognitive control processes? Excited to share recent work from my dissertation, now out in Cell Reports, that uses longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging at 7 Tesla to answer this question! A 🧵 tinyurl.com/5aaf9fpv
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Absolutely thrilled to share the 🌟 FIRST PAPER 🌟 from ACORN Lab! 🐿️ I’m beyond proud of all-star grad student @heatherarobinson.bsky.social for this review of “exposome” effects on neurodevelopment & cognition! Paper here rdcu.be/ezUqx & thread below 👇 /1
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky #cogdev
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky #cogdev
The effect of the “exposome” on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes
Neuropsychopharmacology - The effect of the “exposome” on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes
rdcu.be
August 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Absolutely thrilled to share the 🌟 FIRST PAPER 🌟 from ACORN Lab! 🐿️ I’m beyond proud of all-star grad student @heatherarobinson.bsky.social for this review of “exposome” effects on neurodevelopment & cognition! Paper here rdcu.be/ezUqx & thread below 👇 /1
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky #cogdev
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky #cogdev
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
July 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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How does the human brain coordinate hierarchical cortical development? Our work in Nature Neuroscience identifies a role for thalamocortical structural connectivity in the expression of hierarchical periods of cortical plasticity & environmental receptivity in youth 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How does the human brain coordinate hierarchical cortical development? Our work in Nature Neuroscience identifies a role for thalamocortical structural connectivity in the expression of hierarchical periods of cortical plasticity & environmental receptivity in youth 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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(1/18) Now out on BioRxiv‼️ Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health
Major mental disorders are increasingly understood as disorders of brain development. Large and heterogeneous samples are required to define generalizable links between brain development and psychopat...
doi.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
(1/18) Now out on BioRxiv‼️ Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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Cortical maturation unfolds hierarchically, endowing the PFC with extended plasticity. But do timeframes of plasticity vary across PFC layers?
With 7T quantitative myelin imaging, EEG, and cognitive data, we uncover heterochronous laminar maturation in the PFC 1/n. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With 7T quantitative myelin imaging, EEG, and cognitive data, we uncover heterochronous laminar maturation in the PFC 1/n. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Cortical maturation unfolds hierarchically, endowing the PFC with extended plasticity. But do timeframes of plasticity vary across PFC layers?
With 7T quantitative myelin imaging, EEG, and cognitive data, we uncover heterochronous laminar maturation in the PFC 1/n. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With 7T quantitative myelin imaging, EEG, and cognitive data, we uncover heterochronous laminar maturation in the PFC 1/n. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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SNAAP is an awesome resource for anyone interested in applying to PhD programs in neuro! They’re currently hosting mock interviews, info below👇
#neuroskyence @stanfordnapp.bsky.social
#neuroskyence @stanfordnapp.bsky.social
🚨: SNAAP Mock Interviews Office Hours are now OPEN! 🎉
Our office hours consist of mock interviews and advice sessions for those currently applying/interviewing for Neuroscience PhD programs (including Stanford)!
Sign-up for a slot using our Calendly (link in bio)!
#neuroscience #PhDSky
Our office hours consist of mock interviews and advice sessions for those currently applying/interviewing for Neuroscience PhD programs (including Stanford)!
Sign-up for a slot using our Calendly (link in bio)!
#neuroscience #PhDSky
Stanford Neuro Application Assistance Program
Welcome! Please choose a mentor to schedule an interview with. Please try to book >48hrs in advance to give us time to coordinate with mentors in case there needs to be a switch-up
calendly.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
SNAAP is an awesome resource for anyone interested in applying to PhD programs in neuro! They’re currently hosting mock interviews, info below👇
#neuroskyence @stanfordnapp.bsky.social
#neuroskyence @stanfordnapp.bsky.social
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We're hiring a lab manager to start this summer in the @logicemotionlab.bsky.social! Submit CV, cover letter, and reference contact info by Feb 17th for priority review. Description of the lab's research focus, mission, and values are on our website! research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/20420/r...
Careers | Human Resources
research-princeton.icims.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We're hiring a lab manager to start this summer in the @logicemotionlab.bsky.social! Submit CV, cover letter, and reference contact info by Feb 17th for priority review. Description of the lab's research focus, mission, and values are on our website! research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/20420/r...
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This is a fantastic tool if you’re looking for people with overlapping interests (as judged by networks) to follow:
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
November 18, 2024 at 2:49 AM
This is a fantastic tool if you’re looking for people with overlapping interests (as judged by networks) to follow:
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
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Super excited to share our official ACORN Lab website!! 🍁🧠
appliedcognitionlab.psychology.uconn.edu
We are recruiting new team members at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels - join us!
#Neuroskyence #neuroimaging #PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #ClinPsych #CogDev #devpsy #CogSci
appliedcognitionlab.psychology.uconn.edu
We are recruiting new team members at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels - join us!
#Neuroskyence #neuroimaging #PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #ClinPsych #CogDev #devpsy #CogSci
Home | Applied Cognition and Personalized Neuroscience Lab
Welcome to the Applied Cognition & Personalized Neuroscience Lab! The Applied Cognition and peRsonalized Neuroscience (ACORN) lab is a collabora ...
appliedcognitionlab.psychology.uconn.edu
November 18, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Super excited to share our official ACORN Lab website!! 🍁🧠
appliedcognitionlab.psychology.uconn.edu
We are recruiting new team members at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels - join us!
#Neuroskyence #neuroimaging #PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #ClinPsych #CogDev #devpsy #CogSci
appliedcognitionlab.psychology.uconn.edu
We are recruiting new team members at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels - join us!
#Neuroskyence #neuroimaging #PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #ClinPsych #CogDev #devpsy #CogSci
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NIH funding generated $2.46 for every $1 funded in 2023.
Important info for scientific advocacy in the years ahead- science is a quantifiable investment, not just a cost.
H/t to @nicolecrust.bsky.social for sharing!
#AcademicSky
#PsychSciSky
#NeuroSkyence
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
Important info for scientific advocacy in the years ahead- science is a quantifiable investment, not just a cost.
H/t to @nicolecrust.bsky.social for sharing!
#AcademicSky
#PsychSciSky
#NeuroSkyence
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an
www.fiercebiotech.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM
NIH funding generated $2.46 for every $1 funded in 2023.
Important info for scientific advocacy in the years ahead- science is a quantifiable investment, not just a cost.
H/t to @nicolecrust.bsky.social for sharing!
#AcademicSky
#PsychSciSky
#NeuroSkyence
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
Important info for scientific advocacy in the years ahead- science is a quantifiable investment, not just a cost.
H/t to @nicolecrust.bsky.social for sharing!
#AcademicSky
#PsychSciSky
#NeuroSkyence
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
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How do DA and 5HT drugs alter reinforcement learning? Join us next Wednesday for talks by @anahitm.bsky.social, Diego Pizzagalli, Michael Browning, Roshan Cools, Emma Robinson, Yael Niv, Cath Harmer, Isabel Berwian, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social and Anne Collins. Links etc: acplab.org/2024/11/15/r...
RELMED Workshop 20th Nov 2024 – Applied Computational Psychiatry Lab
acplab.org
November 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM
How do DA and 5HT drugs alter reinforcement learning? Join us next Wednesday for talks by @anahitm.bsky.social, Diego Pizzagalli, Michael Browning, Roshan Cools, Emma Robinson, Yael Niv, Cath Harmer, Isabel Berwian, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social and Anne Collins. Links etc: acplab.org/2024/11/15/r...
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Grant-funded labs are incentivized to admit students who already know how to do research to serve as cheap labor. That puts students who’ve had the most access and resources at a major advantage. This shapes admissions practices more than people are willing to admit but yelling about testing is easy
November 13, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Grant-funded labs are incentivized to admit students who already know how to do research to serve as cheap labor. That puts students who’ve had the most access and resources at a major advantage. This shapes admissions practices more than people are willing to admit but yelling about testing is easy
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Thinking about pros and cons of collecting data from kids online? Our meta-analysis is out today. Effects from online testing were slightly but not significantly smaller than matched in-lab effects: d = −.05 [−.17, .07]. By Aaron Chuey, Veronica Boyce, and Anjie Cao.
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
Conducting Developmental Research Online vs. In-Person: A Meta-Analysis
Abstract. An increasing number of psychological experiments with children are being conducted using online platforms, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual replications have compared the fi...
direct.mit.edu
June 28, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Thinking about pros and cons of collecting data from kids online? Our meta-analysis is out today. Effects from online testing were slightly but not significantly smaller than matched in-lab effects: d = −.05 [−.17, .07]. By Aaron Chuey, Veronica Boyce, and Anjie Cao.
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
Very excited to share some new work now out in @BiologicalPsyc1 CNNI examining emotion regulation circuitry in adults w/ varying levels of ADHD symptom persistence: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 27, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Very excited to share some new work now out in @BiologicalPsyc1 CNNI examining emotion regulation circuitry in adults w/ varying levels of ADHD symptom persistence: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How scuba diving helped me embrace open science
By @pennlinc.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
By @pennlinc.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
How scuba diving helped me embrace open science
Our lab adopted practices to make data- and code-sharing feel safer, including having the coding equivalent of a dive buddy. Trainees call the buddy system a welcome safety net.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 19, 2024 at 10:48 PM
How scuba diving helped me embrace open science
By @pennlinc.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
By @pennlinc.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
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Amazing new work from @isabellakahhale.bsky.social!!!! "Associations Between Subtypes of Empathy and Aggression in High-Risk Adolescents" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 12, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Amazing new work from @isabellakahhale.bsky.social!!!! "Associations Between Subtypes of Empathy and Aggression in High-Risk Adolescents" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🚨We're hiring a lab manager!🚨We're looking for a stellar post-bacc interested in studying emotions, supporting lab infrastructure, and building community. Please spread the word! See links in 1st comment for our mission and culture. Review starts 3/1! research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/18407/r...
January 28, 2024 at 3:43 PM
🚨We're hiring a lab manager!🚨We're looking for a stellar post-bacc interested in studying emotions, supporting lab infrastructure, and building community. Please spread the word! See links in 1st comment for our mission and culture. Review starts 3/1! research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/18407/r...
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New paper from my post-doc now out in Nature Communications! 👩🏻🔬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In thousands of children from the ABCD Study, we identify personalized functional brain networks with topography patterns that are reliably related to cognition!
#Neuroskyence #neuroimaging #PsychSciSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In thousands of children from the ABCD Study, we identify personalized functional brain networks with topography patterns that are reliably related to cognition!
#Neuroskyence #neuroimaging #PsychSciSky
December 19, 2023 at 1:20 PM
New paper from my post-doc now out in Nature Communications! 👩🏻🔬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In thousands of children from the ABCD Study, we identify personalized functional brain networks with topography patterns that are reliably related to cognition!
#Neuroskyence #neuroimaging #PsychSciSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In thousands of children from the ABCD Study, we identify personalized functional brain networks with topography patterns that are reliably related to cognition!
#Neuroskyence #neuroimaging #PsychSciSky