Jordan Theriault
@jtheriault.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @Northeastern. Psychology + Biology. Neuroimaging, brain metabolism + mental health. Director of IASLab with Lisa Feldman Barrett & Karen Quigley
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Also, this book is a nice resource on this sort of thing:
www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-I...
It goes into some detail about how to think about salience and memorability.
But i think the basics are still just: start familiar on common ground, then say what's new and why it matters.
www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-I...
It goes into some detail about how to think about salience and memorability.
But i think the basics are still just: start familiar on common ground, then say what's new and why it matters.
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Amazon.com: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die: 8601410083830: Chip Heath, Dan Heath: Books
www.amazon.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Also, this book is a nice resource on this sort of thing:
www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-I...
It goes into some detail about how to think about salience and memorability.
But i think the basics are still just: start familiar on common ground, then say what's new and why it matters.
www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-I...
It goes into some detail about how to think about salience and memorability.
But i think the basics are still just: start familiar on common ground, then say what's new and why it matters.
It can help to have them think of their audience. Start somewhere familiar. This is context dependent: A pitch at SfN is not the same as a pitch at SPSP.
Then from that familiar place, what is new/interesting/unique about you.
Then from that familiar place, what is new/interesting/unique about you.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It can help to have them think of their audience. Start somewhere familiar. This is context dependent: A pitch at SfN is not the same as a pitch at SPSP.
Then from that familiar place, what is new/interesting/unique about you.
Then from that familiar place, what is new/interesting/unique about you.
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We live in a tumultuous world. But I take solace in the fact that the 2010 University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey intro video remains the most unhinged thing I’ve ever seen.
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We live in a tumultuous world. But I take solace in the fact that the 2010 University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey intro video remains the most unhinged thing I’ve ever seen.
Let them eat goop.
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Let them eat goop.