Ryssa Moffat
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ryssamoffat.bsky.social
Ryssa Moffat
@ryssamoffat.bsky.social
🧠Social cognition/neuroscience postdoc: ETH Zürich🇨🇭| ⛸️🏄‍♀️synchronized skater + surfer
🔎 https://ryssamoffat.github.io
A few of the many things we measured were:
• Cardiac synchrony
• Feelings of social closeness
• How close dyads sat (interpersonal distance)
• Collaboration during co-drawing (assessed by external raters, who rated the use of space and the coherence of the motifs in each drawing)
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
At every session, we recorded pairs’ interbrain (🧠~🧠) synchrony with #fNIRS, levels of loneliness, and feelings of social closeness. We recorded many other important things, but more on that another time.
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Picture this:
👀 Two synchronised divers somersault off a tower.
👁️ You notice that one diver is rotating a little slower.

How did you notice this?

In our newest 🧠 research, we found that:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
June 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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☺️ We hope the #openscience community enjoys our gentle reminder that promoting open science takes energy, but that sharing the 💜 of open science is worth it!

📚 We also compiled a list of resources for advocates (open science and beyond):
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Our Zine (short for magazine) follows a young meerkat who learns about #openscience. Meerkat is overwhelmed by the number of awesome facts one can/should promote and experiences burnout. Then Meerkat learns strategies to continue advocating for #openscience in a sustainable way.
April 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
✨ ✏️ The final meerkat sketches are ready!
Straight from the Open Science Retreat #OSR25 in 🇨🇭
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April 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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☺️ We hope the #openscience community enjoys our gentle reminder that promoting open science takes energy, but that sharing the 💜 of open science is worth it!

📚 We also compiled a list of resources for advocates (open science and beyond): www.zotero.org/groups/59520...
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Our Zine (short for magazine) follows a young meerkat who learns about #openscience. Meerkat is overwhelmed by the number of awesome facts one can/should promote and experiences burnout. Then Meerkat learns strategies to continue advocating for #openscience in a sustainable way.
April 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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☺️ We hope the #openscience community enjoys our gentle reminder that promoting open science takes energy, but that sharing the 💜 of open science is worth it!

📚 We also compiled a list of resources for advocates (open science and beyond): www.zotero.org/groups/59520...
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Our Zine (short for magazine) follows a young meerkat who learns about #openscience. Meerkat is overwhelmed by the number of awesome facts one can/should promote and experiences burnout. Then Meerkat learns how strategies to continue advocating for #openscience in a sustainable way.
April 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM