Jess Ramos-Sanchez
@jessramos.bsky.social
PhD candidate on Infant Active Learning, Exploration and Curiosity @ Donders Institute for Cognition, Nijmegen Netherlands
EEG / Eye tracking / Behavioral Studies
BabyBRAIN Lab
She/her | Mexican | Anti-racism activist
EEG / Eye tracking / Behavioral Studies
BabyBRAIN Lab
She/her | Mexican | Anti-racism activist
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Coming up soon (9 am today) an opportunity to hear this classic episode of In Our Time on Bird Migration featuring Tim Guilford of @biology.ox.ac.uk
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Bird Migration
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how birds navigate and the risks and benefits of migration
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October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Coming up soon (9 am today) an opportunity to hear this classic episode of In Our Time on Bird Migration featuring Tim Guilford of @biology.ox.ac.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Residente - This is not America ( ENG SUBS / TRANSLATION)
YouTube video by Lilian Quezada
youtu.be
October 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Reposted by Jess Ramos-Sanchez
New in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
We study how humans explore a 61-state environment with a stochastic region that mimics a “noisy-TV.”
Results: Participants keep exploring the stochastic part even when it’s unhelpful, and novelty-seeking best explains this behavior.
#cogsci #neuroskyence
We study how humans explore a 61-state environment with a stochastic region that mimics a “noisy-TV.”
Results: Participants keep exploring the stochastic part even when it’s unhelpful, and novelty-seeking best explains this behavior.
#cogsci #neuroskyence
September 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
New in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
We study how humans explore a 61-state environment with a stochastic region that mimics a “noisy-TV.”
Results: Participants keep exploring the stochastic part even when it’s unhelpful, and novelty-seeking best explains this behavior.
#cogsci #neuroskyence
We study how humans explore a 61-state environment with a stochastic region that mimics a “noisy-TV.”
Results: Participants keep exploring the stochastic part even when it’s unhelpful, and novelty-seeking best explains this behavior.
#cogsci #neuroskyence
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Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
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How does the brain decide? 🧠
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Transitions in dynamical regime and neural mode during perceptual decisions - Nature
Simultaneous recordings were made of hundreds of neurons in the rat frontal cortex and striatum, showing that decision commitment involves a rapid, coordinated transition in dynamical regime and neura...
www.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
How does the brain decide? 🧠
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
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R.I.P. Assata Shakur 🙏🏽❤️✊🏽
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
R.I.P. Assata Shakur 🙏🏽❤️✊🏽
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Introducing hMFC: A Bayesian hierarchical model of trial-to-trial fluctuations in decision criterion! Now out in @plos.org Comp Bio.
led by Robin Vloeberghs with @anne-urai.bsky.social Scott Linderman
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
led by Robin Vloeberghs with @anne-urai.bsky.social Scott Linderman
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Introducing hMFC: A Bayesian hierarchical model of trial-to-trial fluctuations in decision criterion! Now out in @plos.org Comp Bio.
led by Robin Vloeberghs with @anne-urai.bsky.social Scott Linderman
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
led by Robin Vloeberghs with @anne-urai.bsky.social Scott Linderman
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u... Thread ↓↓↓
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
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The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
Kamermeerderheid vindt Antifa terroristische organisatie
Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil dat Nederland, in navolging van de Verenigde Staten, de extreemlinkse beweging Antifa aanmerkt als terroristische organisatie. Een motie daartoe van Lidewij de V...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
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You probably missed it - the US govt just added FOUR new groups to the Foreign Terrorist Organizations list.
For decades, there have been about 2 new FTOs per year. This year, the Trump admin has added 18 (EIGHTEEN) new FTOs.
Can CT practitioners really pursue so many groups? Is this only talk?
For decades, there have been about 2 new FTOs per year. This year, the Trump admin has added 18 (EIGHTEEN) new FTOs.
Can CT practitioners really pursue so many groups? Is this only talk?
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You probably missed it - the US govt just added FOUR new groups to the Foreign Terrorist Organizations list.
For decades, there have been about 2 new FTOs per year. This year, the Trump admin has added 18 (EIGHTEEN) new FTOs.
Can CT practitioners really pursue so many groups? Is this only talk?
For decades, there have been about 2 new FTOs per year. This year, the Trump admin has added 18 (EIGHTEEN) new FTOs.
Can CT practitioners really pursue so many groups? Is this only talk?
A good time to read this book again... And I never fail to just get absolutely enraged by every single paragraph. 🤬 Some things I am even left in absolute disbelief. Like how? How?!
September 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A good time to read this book again... And I never fail to just get absolutely enraged by every single paragraph. 🤬 Some things I am even left in absolute disbelief. Like how? How?!
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I'm so excited to finally be able to share these animations!
Here's the @thrivingautistic.bsky.social page about them, along with the companion blogs (two of which I wrote myself).
Please share them widely, if you like them. 😊
www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...
Here's the @thrivingautistic.bsky.social page about them, along with the companion blogs (two of which I wrote myself).
Please share them widely, if you like them. 😊
www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...
Educational Animation Videos about Autistic Experiences
Our two new neuro-affirming educational animation videos celebrate Autistic experiences and perspectives.
www.thrivingautistic.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm so excited to finally be able to share these animations!
Here's the @thrivingautistic.bsky.social page about them, along with the companion blogs (two of which I wrote myself).
Please share them widely, if you like them. 😊
www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...
Here's the @thrivingautistic.bsky.social page about them, along with the companion blogs (two of which I wrote myself).
Please share them widely, if you like them. 😊
www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...
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If I were editing a college president’s guest essay about the importance of colleges hosting “difficult speakers,” I would ask her to clarify how her argument squares with her history of expelling students for protesting, and why speakers should be treated better than her own students.
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If I were editing a college president’s guest essay about the importance of colleges hosting “difficult speakers,” I would ask her to clarify how her argument squares with her history of expelling students for protesting, and why speakers should be treated better than her own students.
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"The ongoing project Radical Climate Action Bird explores how communication between humans and animals can have political impact. At its core is the song of native songbirds."
www.cityofmediaarts.de/en/werke/rad...
www.cityofmediaarts.de/en/werke/rad...
Radical Climate Action Bird, 2025 - Karlsruhe UNESCO city of media arts
The ongoing project Radical Climate Action Bird explores how communication between humans and animals can have political impact. At its core is the song of
www.cityofmediaarts.de
August 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"The ongoing project Radical Climate Action Bird explores how communication between humans and animals can have political impact. At its core is the song of native songbirds."
www.cityofmediaarts.de/en/werke/rad...
www.cityofmediaarts.de/en/werke/rad...
It is interesting to see the self-proclaimed 'Land of the free, the beacon of democracy' nation succumbing to authoritarianism with so little resistance from its citizens. It reveals its extremely faulty democratic structures and how little power/influence its normal citizens actually ever had.
September 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It is interesting to see the self-proclaimed 'Land of the free, the beacon of democracy' nation succumbing to authoritarianism with so little resistance from its citizens. It reveals its extremely faulty democratic structures and how little power/influence its normal citizens actually ever had.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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This technology is so clearly designed to profit off cheating and struggling students--its insidious. And yet universities keep announcing how they're allowing this company into its midst, to exploit and incapacitate our students even more
September 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This technology is so clearly designed to profit off cheating and struggling students--its insidious. And yet universities keep announcing how they're allowing this company into its midst, to exploit and incapacitate our students even more
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"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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Boiling here at home in Cyprus but I put the finishing touches a couple of days ago on this preprint: What Does 'Human-Centred AI' Mean? doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Wherein I analyse HCAI & demonstrate through 3 triplets my new tripartite definition of AI (Table 1) that properly centres the human. 1/n
Wherein I analyse HCAI & demonstrate through 3 triplets my new tripartite definition of AI (Table 1) that properly centres the human. 1/n
July 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Boiling here at home in Cyprus but I put the finishing touches a couple of days ago on this preprint: What Does 'Human-Centred AI' Mean? doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Wherein I analyse HCAI & demonstrate through 3 triplets my new tripartite definition of AI (Table 1) that properly centres the human. 1/n
Wherein I analyse HCAI & demonstrate through 3 triplets my new tripartite definition of AI (Table 1) that properly centres the human. 1/n
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The Netherlands is the largest EU investor in Israel, accounting for two-thirds of all EU investments. It’s also Israel’s top global investment partner, receiving 6x more Israeli capital than the US.
www.somo.nl/economic-san...
www.somo.nl/economic-san...
Economic sanctions now: the EU is Israel’s largest investor - SOMO
SOMO’s analysis of trade and foreign investment into and from Israel reveals how deeply intertwined the European and Israeli economies are.
www.somo.nl
July 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The Netherlands is the largest EU investor in Israel, accounting for two-thirds of all EU investments. It’s also Israel’s top global investment partner, receiving 6x more Israeli capital than the US.
www.somo.nl/economic-san...
www.somo.nl/economic-san...
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Although some researchers manage to perfectly adhere to preregistrations, it is common to need to deviate. Not all deviations are consequential, but some are, and it is important to evaluate the impact of deviations on the severity of a test. online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
February 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Although some researchers manage to perfectly adhere to preregistrations, it is common to need to deviate. Not all deviations are consequential, but some are, and it is important to evaluate the impact of deviations on the severity of a test. online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
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We live in an age of spectacular fascism. Not only do they build concentration camps, but they are actually showing off with them. The camp embodies a political paradigm in which law is unapologetically instrumentalized for political purposes - thus conveying that in this new order, might is right.
July 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We live in an age of spectacular fascism. Not only do they build concentration camps, but they are actually showing off with them. The camp embodies a political paradigm in which law is unapologetically instrumentalized for political purposes - thus conveying that in this new order, might is right.
Reposted by Jess Ramos-Sanchez
Children are incredible language learning machines. But how do they do it? Our latest paper, just published in TICS, synthesizes decades of evidence to propose four components that must be built into any theory of how children learn language. 1/
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www.cell.com/trends/cogni... @mpi-nl.bsky.social
Constructing language: a framework for explaining acquisition
Explaining how children build a language system is a central goal of research in language
acquisition, with broad implications for language evolution, adult language processing,
and artificial intelli...
www.cell.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Children are incredible language learning machines. But how do they do it? Our latest paper, just published in TICS, synthesizes decades of evidence to propose four components that must be built into any theory of how children learn language. 1/
www.cell.com/trends/cogni... @mpi-nl.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/cogni... @mpi-nl.bsky.social