Matt Wall
@mattwall.bsky.social
Psychologist & fMRI-nerd. 🧠 + psychedelics, cannabis, sex hormones. Instrument botherer.
The secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/mbwall
My vids: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChaSxw9NuBrAFN3zjLQRbPg
The secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/mbwall
My vids: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChaSxw9NuBrAFN3zjLQRbPg
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Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
Shearer et al. introduce an interactive web application for exploring fMRI effect maps:
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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"I've gone ahead and notified Nyarlathotep's hierophants that we'll give them everything they asked for, and will also throw in a few sacrificial firstborn children for the inconvenience."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wev...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wev...
We’ve Defied President Nyarlathotep’s Psychic Siege Long Enough
Well, everyone, it was a valiant and brave endeavor. We refused to capitulate during the Dread Lord Nyarlathotep’s nationwide psychic siege for ove...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"I've gone ahead and notified Nyarlathotep's hierophants that we'll give them everything they asked for, and will also throw in a few sacrificial firstborn children for the inconvenience."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wev...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wev...
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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We just published a paper in PNAS, showing microstructural changes to the hippocampus in aging and presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease - in humans, in vivo.
We continue to show the value of structural MRI beyond simply measuring large-scale atrophy!
Read here: ow.ly/1NvV50XkXnX
We continue to show the value of structural MRI beyond simply measuring large-scale atrophy!
Read here: ow.ly/1NvV50XkXnX
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We just published a paper in PNAS, showing microstructural changes to the hippocampus in aging and presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease - in humans, in vivo.
We continue to show the value of structural MRI beyond simply measuring large-scale atrophy!
Read here: ow.ly/1NvV50XkXnX
We continue to show the value of structural MRI beyond simply measuring large-scale atrophy!
Read here: ow.ly/1NvV50XkXnX
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People familiar with the right and with media will immediately recognize
James Watson’s path into full scientific racism.
He followed a particular contrarian, trolling descent.
According to this obit, he felt his biggest discovery was in his 30s, and later in life he searched for relevance. 1/
James Watson’s path into full scientific racism.
He followed a particular contrarian, trolling descent.
According to this obit, he felt his biggest discovery was in his 30s, and later in life he searched for relevance. 1/
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
People familiar with the right and with media will immediately recognize
James Watson’s path into full scientific racism.
He followed a particular contrarian, trolling descent.
According to this obit, he felt his biggest discovery was in his 30s, and later in life he searched for relevance. 1/
James Watson’s path into full scientific racism.
He followed a particular contrarian, trolling descent.
According to this obit, he felt his biggest discovery was in his 30s, and later in life he searched for relevance. 1/
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HUGE multi-lab study (including ours!) looking at whether musicians have better short-term memory than non-musicians across different domains (musical, verbal, and visuospatial memory). Congratulations to all 110 collaborators worldwide!
#musicpsych #psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
#musicpsych #psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study - Massimo Grassi, Francesca Talamini, Gianmarco Altoè, Elvira Brattico, Anne Caclin, Barbara Carretti, Véronique Drai-Zer...
Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicia...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
HUGE multi-lab study (including ours!) looking at whether musicians have better short-term memory than non-musicians across different domains (musical, verbal, and visuospatial memory). Congratulations to all 110 collaborators worldwide!
#musicpsych #psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
#musicpsych #psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
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This is a solid open label LSD microdosing trial from a strong New Zealand team who are well aware of the shortcomings of all the research in the field.
Perhaps best to consider this study Part 1 of a larger project. The results are certainly promising but Part 2 is underway and it's the big one.
Perhaps best to consider this study Part 1 of a larger project. The results are certainly promising but Part 2 is underway and it's the big one.
LSD microdosing in major depressive disorder: results from an open-label trial
Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects approximately 5% of the global population. Classic psychedelics have shown promise in treating various mental …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is a solid open label LSD microdosing trial from a strong New Zealand team who are well aware of the shortcomings of all the research in the field.
Perhaps best to consider this study Part 1 of a larger project. The results are certainly promising but Part 2 is underway and it's the big one.
Perhaps best to consider this study Part 1 of a larger project. The results are certainly promising but Part 2 is underway and it's the big one.
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Bubble go pop!
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Bubble go pop!
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This is 🤯
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation - Nature
NextBrain is an open source, probabilistic atlas of the entire human brain, assembled using artificial-intelligence-enabled registration and segmentation methods to reconstruct the multimodal serial h...
share.google
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is 🤯
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
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A new permanent R&T position at Lecturer level was just advertised at my favourite department @rhulpsychology.bsky.social (yes, I am biased but for very good reasons). Consider applying if you are looking for an academic home. And please spread the word !
🚨We are looking for a scholar to join us as a lecturer (teaching & research contract, full-time, permanent), starting 1 April 2026! The application deadline is 1 December 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology (Research & Teaching)
Full-time, PermanentApplications are invited for a post of Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, starting 1 April 2026. The post is open to ambitious, researc...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A new permanent R&T position at Lecturer level was just advertised at my favourite department @rhulpsychology.bsky.social (yes, I am biased but for very good reasons). Consider applying if you are looking for an academic home. And please spread the word !
Well... How about that. Very interesting results.
LSD microdosing in major depressive disorder: results from an open-label trial
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
LSD microdosing in major depressive disorder: results from an open-label trial
Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects approximately 5% of the global population. Classic psychedelics have shown promise in treating various mental …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Well... How about that. Very interesting results.
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Americans have spoken and they demand wokeness
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Americans have spoken and they demand wokeness
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Join us at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland for an exceptional opportunity to work and train in psychedelic science and medicine.
Please share widely and apply if you qualify!
Please share widely and apply if you qualify!
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity
We are looking for excellent MD Psychiatrist applicants to work & train at the CPCR at Johns Hopkins
@jhpsychedelics.bsky.social, the largest and most comprehensive psychedelic research program in the world.
Email Dr. Sandeep Nayak smn@jhmi.edu
We are looking for excellent MD Psychiatrist applicants to work & train at the CPCR at Johns Hopkins
@jhpsychedelics.bsky.social, the largest and most comprehensive psychedelic research program in the world.
Email Dr. Sandeep Nayak smn@jhmi.edu
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Join us at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland for an exceptional opportunity to work and train in psychedelic science and medicine.
Please share widely and apply if you qualify!
Please share widely and apply if you qualify!
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Dissociable effects of LSD and MDMA on striato-cortical connectivity in healthy subjects
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dissociable effects of LSD and MDMA on striato-cortical connectivity in healthy subjects - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Dissociable effects of LSD and MDMA on striato-cortical connectivity in healthy subjects
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Dissociable effects of LSD and MDMA on striato-cortical connectivity in healthy subjects
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Second new paper out last week is this one led by the incomparable Natalie Ertl. Here we look at striato-cortical effects of psychedelics (LSD and MDMA):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dissociable effects of LSD and MDMA on striato-cortical connectivity in healthy subjects - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Dissociable effects of LSD and MDMA on striato-cortical connectivity in healthy subjects
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Second new paper out last week is this one led by the incomparable Natalie Ertl. Here we look at striato-cortical effects of psychedelics (LSD and MDMA):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Morning! Couple of new papers for you this week. First is this, led by the inestimably clever Kat Shatalina - a lovely combined PET/MRI study in schizophrenia looking at relationships between emotion and mu-opioid function.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Emotion processing in schizophrenia and its relation to μ-opioid receptor availability
Emotion processing deficits are core features of schizophrenia, and there is interest in understanding their neurochemical basis. Preclinical evidence…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Morning! Couple of new papers for you this week. First is this, led by the inestimably clever Kat Shatalina - a lovely combined PET/MRI study in schizophrenia looking at relationships between emotion and mu-opioid function.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
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"The collapse of the institutions where young people learn to make and critique art stands to greatly benefit companies like OpenAI, which, in the absence of human artists and critics, can both make the stuff and tell us it’s good." lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"The collapse of the institutions where young people learn to make and critique art stands to greatly benefit companies like OpenAI, which, in the absence of human artists and critics, can both make the stuff and tell us it’s good." lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
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For your enjoyment (by @jagarikin)
October 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
For your enjoyment (by @jagarikin)
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No no keep turning the White House into Versailles, this story has a wonderful ending, a page turner. I don't want to get a head of myself here.
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
No no keep turning the White House into Versailles, this story has a wonderful ending, a page turner. I don't want to get a head of myself here.
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.