katesfdamme.bsky.social
@katesfdamme.bsky.social
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It’s grad school application season, and I wanted to give some public advice.

Caveats:
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> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees

> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
You know it’s a great lab when we drop everything for a balloon arch selfie @dammi-lab.bsky.social #excitednerds
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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We are seeking a senior tenured professor in our Department working on affective and/or motivational neuroscience (defined in the ad, but pretty broad). The idea is that this person is going help lead our growth in this area alongside our excellent Centers. jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30693
Associate/Full Professor - Affective Motivational Neuroscience
Position DescriptionThe Department of Neuroscience in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas seeks a late-stage Associate or Full Professor faculty member to ...
jobs.utdallas.edu
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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We’re hiring! Open Rank Faculty Position in Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience. Come join our vibrant research community at @cvlneuro.bsky.social. More info and application here: jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30507
Open Rank Faculty Position in Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience
Position Description The Department of Psychology in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) is accepting applications for a tenure system fa...
jobs.utdallas.edu
November 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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My reax to the big planned NIH shutdown firing news from @politico.com:

The Project 2025 ppl didn’t do big (illegal) NIH firings because they know there would be public outcry.

Keep speaking up!
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🎉UTD now has a #PCSAS accredited Clinical program🎉
I can/hope to accept clinical folks through psych or cogneuro PhD for Fall 2026!

bbs.utdallas.edu/departments/...
– Clinical Psychological Science
Clinical Psychological Science Grounded in science. Designed for those who lead, question, and innovate. Doctoral training in Clinical Psychological Science at UT Dallas is grounded in the clinical sc...
bbs.utdallas.edu
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I really love it here!
Please share broadly!
I’m happy to answer questions!
Department of Psychology / School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) at UT Dallas has an open tenure faculty position in Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience.
The appointment commences for the fall 2026 semester.
Further details available at: jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30507
Open Rank Faculty Position in Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience
Position Description The Department of Psychology in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) is accepting applications for a tenure system fa...
jobs.utdallas.edu
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Department of Psychology / School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) at UT Dallas has an open tenure faculty position in Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience.
The appointment commences for the fall 2026 semester.
Further details available at: jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30507
Open Rank Faculty Position in Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience
Position Description The Department of Psychology in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) is accepting applications for a tenure system fa...
jobs.utdallas.edu
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Hearing distressing voices can be devastating.

A new German trial found rTMS modestly reduced auditory hallucinations compared to sham treatment.

Psychiatrist Iris Sommer shares her reflections on what this means for treatment and for hope.

🧵 THREAD

#Psychosis #Neurostimulation #rTMS
October 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Another great achievement from the AMP® SCZ initiative: building a global pipeline for speech, facial, and acoustic markers of psychosis risk.
nature.com/articles/s41537-025-00669-z
Collecting language, speech acoustics, and facial expression to predict psychosis and other clinical outcomes: strategies from the AMP® SCZ initiative - Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - Collecting language, speech acoustics, and facial expression to predict psychosis and other clinical outcomes: strategies from the AMP® SCZ initiative
nature.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The two main hubs in the brain for the processing of human time perception have been identified: SMA and Insula. Here Alice Teghil from Sapienza Università di Roma and I provide the conceptual background in our review on 'How the body and brain process time'. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How the body and brain process time
Recent evidence from two independent meta-analyses reveals that subjective time is processed in the insular cortex alongside the supplementary motor a…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Out now in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We applied graph theoretic analyses to fMRI data of participants watching movies/listening to stories. Integration across large-scale functional networks mediates arousal-dependent enhancement of narrative memories. Open access link: rdcu.be/eKKAw
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.
Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🚨🚨New Paper Alert🚨🚨

💫Hippocampus💫: at the nexus of risk and resilience for psychosis

My first solo paper in an exciting new special issue in SzResearch

kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me
September 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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If you're headed to #Flux2025 in Dublin, swing by Poster S63 on Saturday to chat with rockstar @heatherarobinson.bsky.social about this work! 🧠 🇮🇪 👩‍🔬

(and of course, catch me all conference long kvelling to any/everyone about how totally amazing my students are 🥰)

#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky
Absolutely thrilled to share the 🌟 FIRST PAPER 🌟 from ACORN Lab! 🐿️ I’m beyond proud of all-star grad student @heatherarobinson.bsky.social for this review of “exposome” effects on neurodevelopment & cognition! Paper here rdcu.be/ezUqx & thread below 👇 /1

#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky #cogdev
The effect of the “exposome” on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes
Neuropsychopharmacology - The effect of the “exposome” on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes
rdcu.be
August 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Excited to share that my TEDx talk is finally available online. I loved sharing what the science shows us: that it's time to reframe adolescence - from problem to ✨ potential ✨ 1/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr8V...
The surprising science of adolescent brains | Jennifer Pfeifer | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
@dammi-lab.bsky.social

Understanding healthy neurodevelopment can help us understand the when, why, and how stress impacts us but timing is key!

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Neurodevelopmental Timing Links Stress and Psychopathology
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of contextualizing stressful experiences and the neurodevelopmental trajectory to predict the risk of psychopathology.
jamanetwork.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Wonderful work from Kate- the lab is proud of you!!

Neurodevelopmental Timing Links Stress and Psychopathology url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2837717?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=081925
August 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It’s real!! I have a lab!!
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Cognition predicts social outcomes including social network size, reciprocity, and communication in CHR for psychosis (by Nashya Linares)

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@daniellepratt.bsky.social
@vijayamittal.bsky.social
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me
May 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Is there any body that has some sort of contraband ABCD Study data dictionary for the 5.1 release?
April 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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At least 10 principal researchers at NIH have been fired, including Richard Youle, winner of the Breakthrough Prize for his groundbreaking research identifying mechanisms behind Parkinson’s disease.
Is this making America great?

www.wired.com/story/doctor...
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM