Inti Brazil, PhD
intibrazil.bsky.social
Inti Brazil, PhD
@intibrazil.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist studying brain and cognitive factors related to poor decision-making and antisocial behaviours in forensic populations.
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Excited to share our new paper entitled Multisystem Environmental Factors Elucidate Shared and Distinct Associations With Brain and Behavior in Adolescents.

Link: www.jaacap.org/article/S089....

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October 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Extremely proud to share that this Monday, April 14th, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation, earning the distinction cum laude.

Thank you to my supervisors @intibrazil.bsky.social
and Joukje Oosterman, my paranymphs, and everyone who made this day even more extraordinary and fun!
April 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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A busy week for #SAMBAlab!

Our paper on the role of pain sensitivity in empathy for pain in psychopathy is out: nature.com/articles/s41...

🧠 We found that people with certain high psychopathic traits feel less pain (incl. physical) which predicts lower empathy for others' pain
Pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between empathy for pain and psychopathic traits - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between empathy for pain and psychopathic traits
nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Using a foraging task, behavioural and neurophysiological measures to model learning related to psychopathic traits: differential effects of the different aspects of psychopathy and learning behaviour shows relevance of individualized rewards and punishment: tinyurl.com/2wh9carn
Exploring when to exploit: the cognitive underpinnings of foraging-type decisions in relation to psychopathy - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Exploring when to exploit: the cognitive underpinnings of foraging-type decisions in relation to psychopathy
tinyurl.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM