Ifat Levy
@ifatlevy.bsky.social
Studying decision-making and the brain
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#eNeuro is SfN’s open access, multidisciplinary journal that publishes many paper types including replication studies, negative results, novel tools and methods, and Registered Reports, along with reviews, commentaries, and opinions.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
#eNeuro is SfN’s open access, multidisciplinary journal that publishes many paper types including replication studies, negative results, novel tools and methods, and Registered Reports, along with reviews, commentaries, and opinions.
https://www.eneuro.org/content/general-information#types
https://www.eneuro.org/content/general-information#types
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Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
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We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
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Full meeting program here (neuroeconomics.org/program/) if you find yourself in the Boston area, please come say hi 😊 #sne2025
September 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Full meeting program here (neuroeconomics.org/program/) if you find yourself in the Boston area, please come say hi 😊 #sne2025
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My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
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📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
August 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
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Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK
August 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK
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RFK Jr. put out a document justifying pulling $500M from mRNA research. It was assembled by a dentist, not a virologist. The "science" he refers to was not systematic review of the research.
He cited work that CONTRADICTED his views.
More reason to oust him.
🧪 🔗 www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
He cited work that CONTRADICTED his views.
More reason to oust him.
🧪 🔗 www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
Kennedy's case against mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence
“This isn't scientific disagreement. It's either staggering incompetence or willful misrepresentation,” writes infectious disease physician Jake Scott.
www.statnews.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
RFK Jr. put out a document justifying pulling $500M from mRNA research. It was assembled by a dentist, not a virologist. The "science" he refers to was not systematic review of the research.
He cited work that CONTRADICTED his views.
More reason to oust him.
🧪 🔗 www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
He cited work that CONTRADICTED his views.
More reason to oust him.
🧪 🔗 www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
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Super excited to share this new work from the lab! We show that oxytocin infusion in the amygdala sustains prosocial behavior via state-dependent amygdala-prefrontal modulation
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
Oxytocin in the amygdala sustains prosocial behavior via state-dependent amygdala-prefrontal modulation
Prosocial behaviors are crucial for maintaining primates' complex social relationships. As central regions involved in social decision-making, the basolateral amygdala (BLA) processes social salience ...
www.jneurosci.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Super excited to share this new work from the lab! We show that oxytocin infusion in the amygdala sustains prosocial behavior via state-dependent amygdala-prefrontal modulation
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Israel to protest against the Netanyahu government’s plan to expand its military operation in the Gaza Strip.
Protesters in Israel march against Netanyahu’s plan to escalate Gaza war
Families of hostages were among the protesters amid new fears over the 50 remaining captives, with 20 of them thought to be alive, held by Hamas.
www.politico.eu
August 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Israel to protest against the Netanyahu government’s plan to expand its military operation in the Gaza Strip.
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The Trump Administration is cracking down on families who are part of our community.
It is shameful and cruel🧵(1/4)
It is shameful and cruel🧵(1/4)
July 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Trump Administration is cracking down on families who are part of our community.
It is shameful and cruel🧵(1/4)
It is shameful and cruel🧵(1/4)
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The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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“Here, too, powerful people are responding to authoritarian advances just as their Hungarian counterparts have — not with defiance, but with capitulation, convinced that they can maintain their independence and stay above the fray.”
This applies to scientific and academic leaders too. 🧪
This applies to scientific and academic leaders too. 🧪
Such an important piece—
I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“Here, too, powerful people are responding to authoritarian advances just as their Hungarian counterparts have — not with defiance, but with capitulation, convinced that they can maintain their independence and stay above the fray.”
This applies to scientific and academic leaders too. 🧪
This applies to scientific and academic leaders too. 🧪
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#eNeuro offers authors the choice to receive double-anonymous review. The Reviewing Editor & 2 reviewers will consult to reach a consensus on the decision & draft a synthesis of reviewers' comments that are published with each accepted paper. Learn more: vist.ly/3yhqx
July 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#eNeuro offers authors the choice to receive double-anonymous review. The Reviewing Editor & 2 reviewers will consult to reach a consensus on the decision & draft a synthesis of reviewers' comments that are published with each accepted paper. Learn more: vist.ly/3yhqx
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Rümeysa Öztürk was unlawfully detained by ICE for over six weeks in retaliation for writing an op-ed.
For the first time since her release, Rümeysa opens up about her experiences and advocates for dignity and justice for those still trapped in ICE detention.
For the first time since her release, Rümeysa opens up about her experiences and advocates for dignity and justice for those still trapped in ICE detention.
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk was unlawfully detained by ICE for over six weeks in retaliation for writing an op-ed.
For the first time since her release, Rümeysa opens up about her experiences and advocates for dignity and justice for those still trapped in ICE detention.
For the first time since her release, Rümeysa opens up about her experiences and advocates for dignity and justice for those still trapped in ICE detention.
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Do you do research on decision-making? We want to hear it!
Late-breaking abstract submission for the Society for Neuroeconomics fall conference in Cambridge MA is *open*.
Submit your work and come hang out with us this fall!
neuroeconomics.org/abstract/
Late-breaking abstract submission for the Society for Neuroeconomics fall conference in Cambridge MA is *open*.
Submit your work and come hang out with us this fall!
neuroeconomics.org/abstract/
Abstract Submission - Society For Neuroeconomics
neuroeconomics.org
July 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Do you do research on decision-making? We want to hear it!
Late-breaking abstract submission for the Society for Neuroeconomics fall conference in Cambridge MA is *open*.
Submit your work and come hang out with us this fall!
neuroeconomics.org/abstract/
Late-breaking abstract submission for the Society for Neuroeconomics fall conference in Cambridge MA is *open*.
Submit your work and come hang out with us this fall!
neuroeconomics.org/abstract/
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#SNE2025 Join us in Boston/Cambridge. Conference registration is now open. Register early for best rates! neuroeconomics.org/registration/
June 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#SNE2025 Join us in Boston/Cambridge. Conference registration is now open. Register early for best rates! neuroeconomics.org/registration/
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Over 1100 Israeli academics urge the heads of Israeli universities and colleges to "mobilize the full weight of Israeli academia to stop the Israeli war in #Gaza", acknowledging "a horrifying litany of war crimes and even crimes against humanity, all of our own doing."
May 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Over 1100 Israeli academics urge the heads of Israeli universities and colleges to "mobilize the full weight of Israeli academia to stop the Israeli war in #Gaza", acknowledging "a horrifying litany of war crimes and even crimes against humanity, all of our own doing."
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“This will destroy the university as we know it. Harvard is situated in the US physically, but its students & faculty hail from around the world; that is fundamental to the work & mission of the institution. You can't take that away & have an institution left."
— Kirsten Weld, President Harvard AAUP
— Kirsten Weld, President Harvard AAUP
Shock at Harvard After Government Says International Students Must Go
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“This will destroy the university as we know it. Harvard is situated in the US physically, but its students & faculty hail from around the world; that is fundamental to the work & mission of the institution. You can't take that away & have an institution left."
— Kirsten Weld, President Harvard AAUP
— Kirsten Weld, President Harvard AAUP
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Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill.
But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.
1/ A quick🧵
But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.
1/ A quick🧵
May 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill.
But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.
1/ A quick🧵
But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.
1/ A quick🧵
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Those on the high court often exercise caution in their choice of words. That is why it was striking when she used an audience of lawyers to deliver a stern message to the legal profession: stand up for democracy, take on the hard fights and do whatever you can to win.
Justice Sotomayor’s Message to Lawyers: Stand Up, Fight and Win
In an era when judges are often assessed by their commitment to democracy, Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands as a stalwart in the pro-democracy camp.
www.democracydocket.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Those on the high court often exercise caution in their choice of words. That is why it was striking when she used an audience of lawyers to deliver a stern message to the legal profession: stand up for democracy, take on the hard fights and do whatever you can to win.
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I may be the only lawyer targeted by Trump willing to speak on camera, but for me it wasn't a choice. All of us have an obligation to speak out against what Trump is doing. All of us have an obligation to fight for democracy. I am fortunate to be a lawyer and to have a platform -- and I will use it.
May 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I may be the only lawyer targeted by Trump willing to speak on camera, but for me it wasn't a choice. All of us have an obligation to speak out against what Trump is doing. All of us have an obligation to fight for democracy. I am fortunate to be a lawyer and to have a platform -- and I will use it.
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The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...