Jeff Browndyke
@jeffbrowndyke.bsky.social
Clinician & scientist committed to helping older adults.
Studies mechanisms & phenomenology of peri-op neurocognitive dysfunction and delirium.
Frequent random musings. Comments =/= employer.
Assoc Professor @DukePsychiatry / @DukeSurgery
Studies mechanisms & phenomenology of peri-op neurocognitive dysfunction and delirium.
Frequent random musings. Comments =/= employer.
Assoc Professor @DukePsychiatry / @DukeSurgery
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Jeff Browndyke
@jeffbrowndyke.bsky.social
· Jun 19
If you are concerned about postoperative delirium & subsequent increased dementia risk, these are some of the clinician scientists that you want on your team.
#postoperative #delirium #dementia
#postoperative #delirium #dementia
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Heart rate variability (HRV) is one of the widely used physiological measures in psychophysiological research. But with over 100 indices to choose from, how do we know which ones to use?
In our latest paper, we take a data-driven approach to help answer this.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
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In our latest paper, we take a data-driven approach to help answer this.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Heart rate variability (HRV) is one of the widely used physiological measures in psychophysiological research. But with over 100 indices to choose from, how do we know which ones to use?
In our latest paper, we take a data-driven approach to help answer this.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
1/
In our latest paper, we take a data-driven approach to help answer this.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
1/
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Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Katherine J. Michon, Thad Polk, et al:
Brain activation during cognitive control tasks differs substantially between people but is reliable within individuals
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Brain activation during cognitive control tasks differs substantially between people but is reliable within individuals
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Katherine J. Michon, Thad Polk, et al:
Brain activation during cognitive control tasks differs substantially between people but is reliable within individuals
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Brain activation during cognitive control tasks differs substantially between people but is reliable within individuals
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Jodi Watt’s final blog for Dementia Researcher celebrates community, honesty, and the messy, human parts of research.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-this-is...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-this-is...
Dr Jodi Watt - Blog – This is not a goodbye post (except it is, sort of…)
Dr Jodi Watt signs off from Dementia Researcher, reflecting on job precarity, belonging, and her next steps as she moves into a new research support role.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Jodi Watt’s final blog for Dementia Researcher celebrates community, honesty, and the messy, human parts of research.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-this-is...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-this-is...
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So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora
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A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
How to make monsters more monstrous.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How to make monsters more monstrous.
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
It doesn't take a formal clinical evaluation to assess dangerousness and abnormal/maladaptive behavior, which are related to the "duty to warn" ethical imperative all mental health professionals pledge to uphold. @apapsychiatric.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/why-donald-t...
www.thedailybeast.com/why-donald-t...
Why Trump Is Getting More Dangerous Every Day: Psychiatrist
President Donald Trump’s “insecurity” could make him more dangerous, a psychiatrist warned.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It doesn't take a formal clinical evaluation to assess dangerousness and abnormal/maladaptive behavior, which are related to the "duty to warn" ethical imperative all mental health professionals pledge to uphold. @apapsychiatric.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/why-donald-t...
www.thedailybeast.com/why-donald-t...
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
Maybe tonight was the 1st phase of the “Golden Age” touted by the Administration?
a movie poster for the golden age shows a group of people on mars
ALT: a movie poster for the golden age shows a group of people on mars
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Maybe tonight was the 1st phase of the “Golden Age” touted by the Administration?
What possibly could go wrong? And, more importantly, what drugs in the approval pipeline have been stalled and maybe might "unstall" as part of this oversight removal?
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Director of FDA drug evaluation unit placed on leave, NYT reports
The director of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research was placed on administrative leave on Friday, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
www.reuters.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What possibly could go wrong? And, more importantly, what drugs in the approval pipeline have been stalled and maybe might "unstall" as part of this oversight removal?
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
What happens when a psychologist & scientist asks ChatGPT 5.0 to analyze him?
Interesting default limitations in the LLM are revealed, as well as algorithmic insight into how the ChatGPT LLM quantitatively analyzes the psychological aspects of end-users.
chatgpt.com/share/6908c4...
Interesting default limitations in the LLM are revealed, as well as algorithmic insight into how the ChatGPT LLM quantitatively analyzes the psychological aspects of end-users.
chatgpt.com/share/6908c4...
ChatGPT - Psychological profile analysis
Shared via ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What happens when a psychologist & scientist asks ChatGPT 5.0 to analyze him?
Interesting default limitations in the LLM are revealed, as well as algorithmic insight into how the ChatGPT LLM quantitatively analyzes the psychological aspects of end-users.
chatgpt.com/share/6908c4...
Interesting default limitations in the LLM are revealed, as well as algorithmic insight into how the ChatGPT LLM quantitatively analyzes the psychological aspects of end-users.
chatgpt.com/share/6908c4...
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Video of a woman dancing in a giant glass at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago party.
Some MAGA accounts falsely claimed this didn’t actually happen. They are wrong once again.
Some MAGA accounts falsely claimed this didn’t actually happen. They are wrong once again.
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Video of a woman dancing in a giant glass at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago party.
Some MAGA accounts falsely claimed this didn’t actually happen. They are wrong once again.
Some MAGA accounts falsely claimed this didn’t actually happen. They are wrong once again.
So stupidly self-injurious to this once great Constitutional Republic. But, I guess it is necessary to enact the Project 2025 intellectually milquetoast theocracy aim.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
So stupidly self-injurious to this once great Constitutional Republic. But, I guess it is necessary to enact the Project 2025 intellectually milquetoast theocracy aim.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
What has become of the USA when parents are looking into sending their kids abroad for college, not primarily for the excellent educational experience but out of concerns for their children’s safety?
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
What has become of the USA when parents are looking into sending their kids abroad for college, not primarily for the excellent educational experience but out of concerns for their children’s safety?
Choice jack-o-lanterns seen on the Bynum Bridge (Chatham Co., NC).
The ‘chewed’ one was made, in part, by squirrels. I kid you not.
The ‘chewed’ one was made, in part, by squirrels. I kid you not.
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Choice jack-o-lanterns seen on the Bynum Bridge (Chatham Co., NC).
The ‘chewed’ one was made, in part, by squirrels. I kid you not.
The ‘chewed’ one was made, in part, by squirrels. I kid you not.
Feeling proud for my Dutch roots.
In Dutch elections, centrist liberals appear headed to a victory over the far right.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dutch centrist liberals under Jetten head for shock election win, exit poll says
Rob Jetten's D66 party celebrates, two years after his party languished in fifth place in the last vote.
www.bbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Feeling proud for my Dutch roots.
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Does changing the therapist and/or method after non-response lead to better outcomes? Not according to this RCT.
A randomized controlled trial testing the effects of sequential psychotherapy in depression: Changing therapist, or both therapist and method?
This study examined the effectiveness of sequential psychotherapy strategies for adults with major depressive disorder who did not respond to an initi…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Does changing the therapist and/or method after non-response lead to better outcomes? Not according to this RCT.
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Trump’s Search for Eternity: Heaven? Maybe Not, He Says. Monuments? Absolutely.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Current mood jack-o-lantern.
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Current mood jack-o-lantern.
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Air Pollution-Related Dementia Kills Over 625,000 People A Year healthpolicy-watch.news/air-pollutio... by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #dementia #pollution #environment #publichealth
#Alzheimers #dementia #pollution #environment #publichealth
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Air Pollution-Related Dementia Kills Over 625,000 People A Year healthpolicy-watch.news/air-pollutio... by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #dementia #pollution #environment #publichealth
#Alzheimers #dementia #pollution #environment #publichealth
The only person I can recommend this RFK, Jr. "health" suggestion to would be his boss.
Seriously, folks. DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ADVICE.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Seriously, folks. DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ADVICE.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr to urge Americans to eat more saturated fats, alarming health experts
Guidance from health and human services secretary contradicts decades of dietary recommendations
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The only person I can recommend this RFK, Jr. "health" suggestion to would be his boss.
Seriously, folks. DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ADVICE.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Seriously, folks. DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ADVICE.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...