David Foreman
@foreman1david.bsky.social
At the mad hatter stage of life: unretired child psychiatrist; editor Culture Section BJPsych Bulletin & NICE TAC member are but three of them. Likes science philosophy culture cocktails and cooking with a side order of fashion.
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Better and worse ways to mix human and LLM responses in behavioral research (but you still have to figure what you’re measuring)
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/06/12/b...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/06/12/b...
Better and worse ways to mix human and LLM responses in behavioral research (but you still have to figure what you’re measuring) | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
June 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Better and worse ways to mix human and LLM responses in behavioral research (but you still have to figure what you’re measuring)
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/06/12/b...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/06/12/b...
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The long awaited results of the Brazilian Reproducibility Network are in! Their final sample consists of 97 replications of 47 studies. The only coherent measure of replication, p<.05, shows a replication rate of 19%. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The long awaited results of the Brazilian Reproducibility Network are in! Their final sample consists of 97 replications of 47 studies. The only coherent measure of replication, p<.05, shows a replication rate of 19%. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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When scientists publish studies there is is usually a statement that funders had no role in the design or other steps of the study. The political interference here takes all credibility out of the science. 🧪 Compromises integrity by mixing sex and gender. It is unacceptable.
April 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
When scientists publish studies there is is usually a statement that funders had no role in the design or other steps of the study. The political interference here takes all credibility out of the science. 🧪 Compromises integrity by mixing sex and gender. It is unacceptable.
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
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I received a grant to publish my book on comparative musicology open access with Oxford University Press. This also means I can share the entire draft book as a preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
I'm still finalising (especially figures and the tutorial in Ch. 2), so would love feedback!
I'm still finalising (especially figures and the tutorial in Ch. 2), so would love feedback!
March 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I received a grant to publish my book on comparative musicology open access with Oxford University Press. This also means I can share the entire draft book as a preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
I'm still finalising (especially figures and the tutorial in Ch. 2), so would love feedback!
I'm still finalising (especially figures and the tutorial in Ch. 2), so would love feedback!
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What brain regions are involved in causing psychotic symptoms?
Take a moment away from the existential dread about the future of science, and join me in this summary of some incredibly cool stuff that could help patients!
1/n🧵
Take a moment away from the existential dread about the future of science, and join me in this summary of some incredibly cool stuff that could help patients!
1/n🧵
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What brain regions are involved in causing psychotic symptoms?
Take a moment away from the existential dread about the future of science, and join me in this summary of some incredibly cool stuff that could help patients!
1/n🧵
Take a moment away from the existential dread about the future of science, and join me in this summary of some incredibly cool stuff that could help patients!
1/n🧵
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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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The Vice President is a long time adherent of a bunch of self described monarchists, neofascists, and race realists and the press has never showed it an ounce of interest. Maybe 1/20th of the voting public has any clue. If you want to learn about it you have to go to podcasts and independent outlets
Reminds me of this quote from Vance that I’ve been thinking about lately
March 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Vice President is a long time adherent of a bunch of self described monarchists, neofascists, and race realists and the press has never showed it an ounce of interest. Maybe 1/20th of the voting public has any clue. If you want to learn about it you have to go to podcasts and independent outlets
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Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
March 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
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this is always, always the tell
“saving money” can only come in the form of ripping benefits away from the poor, never collecting from the rich what they owe us
IRS cuts are exactly the opposite of government efficiency, and exactly the point of the kleptocracy
“saving money” can only come in the form of ripping benefits away from the poor, never collecting from the rich what they owe us
IRS cuts are exactly the opposite of government efficiency, and exactly the point of the kleptocracy
To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today:
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
March 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
this is always, always the tell
“saving money” can only come in the form of ripping benefits away from the poor, never collecting from the rich what they owe us
IRS cuts are exactly the opposite of government efficiency, and exactly the point of the kleptocracy
“saving money” can only come in the form of ripping benefits away from the poor, never collecting from the rich what they owe us
IRS cuts are exactly the opposite of government efficiency, and exactly the point of the kleptocracy
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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
March 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
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The family of comic creator RE Burke, aka Becky Burke, have issued a detailed statement about her recent detention nightmare in the United States, asking for it to be shared
Comic Creator RE Burke: Her Visa Story
Full family statement after her welcome return to the UK
downthetubes.net
March 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The family of comic creator RE Burke, aka Becky Burke, have issued a detailed statement about her recent detention nightmare in the United States, asking for it to be shared
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In the hours before IRS leadership fired some 7,000 employees for allegedly poor performance, a top IRS lawyer flagged officials that “no one” at the agency had done such an assessment.
The termination notice went out unchanged anyway.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
The termination notice went out unchanged anyway.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts
The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had…
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March 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In the hours before IRS leadership fired some 7,000 employees for allegedly poor performance, a top IRS lawyer flagged officials that “no one” at the agency had done such an assessment.
The termination notice went out unchanged anyway.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
The termination notice went out unchanged anyway.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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Thanks to Gregor Tholl for interviewing me for this timely article
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
„Jud Süß“-Jubiläum: Der lange Schatten des schlimmsten Films der Geschichte
Vor 85 Jahren wurde in Goebbels' Auftrag „Jud Süß“ gedreht. Es gibt einige Gründe, den Streifen als bösartigsten Film der Welt zu brandmarken. Das antisemitische Machwerk hat eine gewisse Aktualität.
www.tagesspiegel.de
March 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Thanks to Gregor Tholl for interviewing me for this timely article
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
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🛋️ The new psychoSoph #Comic is out! Today: The #Ikea-Effect! Read it on the website and like and share so that more people find out about #psychoSoph!
psychosophcomic.com/2025/03/23/t...
#wisskomm #webcomic #psychology #psychscisky 🧪 #sciart
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#wisskomm #webcomic #psychology #psychscisky 🧪 #sciart
March 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🛋️ The new psychoSoph #Comic is out! Today: The #Ikea-Effect! Read it on the website and like and share so that more people find out about #psychoSoph!
psychosophcomic.com/2025/03/23/t...
#wisskomm #webcomic #psychology #psychscisky 🧪 #sciart
psychosophcomic.com/2025/03/23/t...
#wisskomm #webcomic #psychology #psychscisky 🧪 #sciart
@suzypuss.bsky.social interested?
🙌Very excited to share our new support network for mental health and/or addiction research academics with lived experience. We have called it LENS (Lived Experience Network for Scholars). Read more and sign up on Eventbrite for our 1st online meeting in May: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lived-expe...
Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS) Online Meet-up
An support and information network for academic mental health and addiction researchers with lived experience
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
@suzypuss.bsky.social interested?
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Shepherd’s Cottage, Eric Ravilious, 1934. It depicts a cottage near Furlongs at Firle, East #Sussex. The original artwork, once thought lost, now appears to be in a private collection but is on display at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne. #Ravilious
March 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Shepherd’s Cottage, Eric Ravilious, 1934. It depicts a cottage near Furlongs at Firle, East #Sussex. The original artwork, once thought lost, now appears to be in a private collection but is on display at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne. #Ravilious
There was also www.timesnownews.com/world/who-is... though Mussayev is murky, Kazakhstan has been opposing Russia, so this could be genuine
February 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
There was also www.timesnownews.com/world/who-is... though Mussayev is murky, Kazakhstan has been opposing Russia, so this could be genuine
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I am excited that my first Bluesky post is to share our new paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social - "Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia." With @fxia.bsky.social , @valeriafascianelli.bsky.social and @stefanofusi.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia - Nature
Examination of the neural activity in the basolateral amygdala and ventral CA1 of mice during tasks or rest following exposure to social stress reveals signatures of resilience and susceptibility to s...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I am excited that my first Bluesky post is to share our new paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social - "Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia." With @fxia.bsky.social , @valeriafascianelli.bsky.social and @stefanofusi.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Open discussion in our Discipline of Medical Science today on research integrity, paper corrections & retractions, staying on top of student data, getting the culture right. ~20 academics sharing thoughts & experiences, junior & senior. Some funny, some vulnerable. Positive collegiate Discipline 🧪
December 5, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Open discussion in our Discipline of Medical Science today on research integrity, paper corrections & retractions, staying on top of student data, getting the culture right. ~20 academics sharing thoughts & experiences, junior & senior. Some funny, some vulnerable. Positive collegiate Discipline 🧪
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December 5, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Thank you to everyone who has followed us here on @bsky.app. Check out our Starter Pack to follow our Editorial Board members too!
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Welcome Blue Sky newbies!
I'm a social science & health researcher @oxforddemsci.bsky.social who discovered a love of scicomm during COVID (via @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social).
Determined to keep fighting the good fight to provide accessible, practical, & science-based health information for all.
I'm a social science & health researcher @oxforddemsci.bsky.social who discovered a love of scicomm during COVID (via @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social).
Determined to keep fighting the good fight to provide accessible, practical, & science-based health information for all.
November 8, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Welcome Blue Sky newbies!
I'm a social science & health researcher @oxforddemsci.bsky.social who discovered a love of scicomm during COVID (via @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social).
Determined to keep fighting the good fight to provide accessible, practical, & science-based health information for all.
I'm a social science & health researcher @oxforddemsci.bsky.social who discovered a love of scicomm during COVID (via @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social).
Determined to keep fighting the good fight to provide accessible, practical, & science-based health information for all.
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Here's a recent paper showing that selective and reversible blockade of the pathway from SC to pulvinar impairs spared visually-guided saccades in macaques with V1 lesions. The Introduction cites several early studies investigating the putative SC-Pulv-MT pathway.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dissecting the circuit for blindsight to reveal the critical role of pulvinar and superior colliculus - Nature Communications
Blindsight refers to visual behaviours that are spared following lesions to the primary visual cortex and is thought to involve pulvinar circuits. Here, the authors report that selective inactivation ...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Here's a recent paper showing that selective and reversible blockade of the pathway from SC to pulvinar impairs spared visually-guided saccades in macaques with V1 lesions. The Introduction cites several early studies investigating the putative SC-Pulv-MT pathway.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...