Dr. Samantha Fede
@samantha-fede.bsky.social
Cognitive Neuroscientist & Asst. Professor | Auburn
Research: Social Decision Making | Moral Cognition | Risk Taking | Alc & Substance Use | Criminality | MRI | TMS
Formerly: NIAAA | UNM | VA Tech
Lab: aub.ie/scampi
Hobbies: writing | cooking | video games
Research: Social Decision Making | Moral Cognition | Risk Taking | Alc & Substance Use | Criminality | MRI | TMS
Formerly: NIAAA | UNM | VA Tech
Lab: aub.ie/scampi
Hobbies: writing | cooking | video games
Amazing talk on the impact of mindful parenting on alcohol use from Mallory Kismer... she was an absolutely rock star post-bac for me and I am excited to see her present her current work as she's wrapping up her clinical psych PhD! @rsaofficial.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Amazing talk on the impact of mindful parenting on alcohol use from Mallory Kismer... she was an absolutely rock star post-bac for me and I am excited to see her present her current work as she's wrapping up her clinical psych PhD! @rsaofficial.bsky.social
(Cont.) Dr. Copeland discussed effect of individualized positive alcohol memory of alcohol demand. And Prof. Field wraps it all up with a discussion on how behavioral economic models may partially reconcile our neurobiological models of addiction.
June 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
(Cont.) Dr. Copeland discussed effect of individualized positive alcohol memory of alcohol demand. And Prof. Field wraps it all up with a discussion on how behavioral economic models may partially reconcile our neurobiological models of addiction.
Session on behavioral economic mechanisms in alcohol research at @rsaofficial.bsky.social meeting. Dr. Weinzstok discusses cross-commodity purchasing and alcohol alternatives - no clear evidence for substitutabiliy. Dr. MacKillop discusses neuroeconimcs of alcohol demand with fMRI. 1/?
June 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Session on behavioral economic mechanisms in alcohol research at @rsaofficial.bsky.social meeting. Dr. Weinzstok discusses cross-commodity purchasing and alcohol alternatives - no clear evidence for substitutabiliy. Dr. MacKillop discusses neuroeconimcs of alcohol demand with fMRI. 1/?
Attending Brain Initiative roundtable @rsaofficial.bsky.social... optimistic presentations on tools available to researchers esp. in preclinical space. Notable that when asked about BRAIN k99/r00, Dr. Lantz said training funding was "expired to align with current administration goals and priorities"
June 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Attending Brain Initiative roundtable @rsaofficial.bsky.social... optimistic presentations on tools available to researchers esp. in preclinical space. Notable that when asked about BRAIN k99/r00, Dr. Lantz said training funding was "expired to align with current administration goals and priorities"
Considering this talk was surely approved by powers that be, that was more enlightening than expected. As a former intramural postdoc, list of RIF people felt like a eulogy. Now Koob is trying to convince us (or nih director?) that niaaa is in line with new priorities (and should continue to exist?)
June 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Considering this talk was surely approved by powers that be, that was more enlightening than expected. As a former intramural postdoc, list of RIF people felt like a eulogy. Now Koob is trying to convince us (or nih director?) that niaaa is in line with new priorities (and should continue to exist?)
First full day of @rsaofficial.bsky.social 2025 meeting. Great seeing friends/colleagues last night. Starts with a NIAAA update from Dr. Koob. Most notable take-aways: no more NIAAA study sections... 25% reduction in staff.... no news on budget... 1/2
June 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
First full day of @rsaofficial.bsky.social 2025 meeting. Great seeing friends/colleagues last night. Starts with a NIAAA update from Dr. Koob. Most notable take-aways: no more NIAAA study sections... 25% reduction in staff.... no news on budget... 1/2
Does anyone know what's up with this message on NIAAA's website? "Due to HHS and NIH restructuring, this website will be maintained, but no new content will be added." I don't see that message on other institute pages...
May 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Does anyone know what's up with this message on NIAAA's website? "Due to HHS and NIH restructuring, this website will be maintained, but no new content will be added." I don't see that message on other institute pages...
Wrapping up at the first Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience (SPAN)... Gave a talk on addiction, attention, and agency with @katefinley.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Wrapping up at the first Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience (SPAN)... Gave a talk on addiction, attention, and agency with @katefinley.bsky.social
Saturday of ##SOBP2025 starts at 8am(!!) but we're here for exciting talks on AI. Dr. Desmond Patton presents important work on social media and gun violence. Highlights important interactions between virtual and physical neighborhoods and discussing CASM- with caution on potential misuse.
April 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Saturday of ##SOBP2025 starts at 8am(!!) but we're here for exciting talks on AI. Dr. Desmond Patton presents important work on social media and gun violence. Highlights important interactions between virtual and physical neighborhoods and discussing CASM- with caution on potential misuse.
Really interesting plenary from Dr. Edward Chang on next generation closed and open loop dbs for depression and pain. Great example of AI application that doesn't feel like jumping on the bandwagon. Deeply impactful use of intensive data on a per subject basis. #SOBP2025
April 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Really interesting plenary from Dr. Edward Chang on next generation closed and open loop dbs for depression and pain. Great example of AI application that doesn't feel like jumping on the bandwagon. Deeply impactful use of intensive data on a per subject basis. #SOBP2025
Day 2 of #SOBP2025 -- we're starting with a plenary on machine learning in psychiatry from Dr. Tim Hahn. Highlights the limitations of group level inference and discusses the potential of dynamical systems modeling.
April 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Day 2 of #SOBP2025 -- we're starting with a plenary on machine learning in psychiatry from Dr. Tim Hahn. Highlights the limitations of group level inference and discusses the potential of dynamical systems modeling.
2/2 there's a lot of assertions made here... many of which rely on statements that as described by Dr. Rolls I wouldn't quite agree with. Any one else have any thoughts on this?
April 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
2/2 there's a lot of assertions made here... many of which rely on statements that as described by Dr. Rolls I wouldn't quite agree with. Any one else have any thoughts on this?
Who's at #SOBP2025 in Toronto? We start the plenary "decoding brain states" with Edmund Rolls giving us a very traditional behavioral account of emotion in the brain.
April 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Who's at #SOBP2025 in Toronto? We start the plenary "decoding brain states" with Edmund Rolls giving us a very traditional behavioral account of emotion in the brain.
Last day of #BrainStimConf starts with plenary from Dr. Shirley Fecteau on NIBS for SUD. Take away is that there's still a lot of variability for TUD, AUD, CUD. Possible avs for improvement: consider comorbidity, GMV, functional connectivity, concurrent therapy, cue timing, tx adherence, stim site.
February 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Last day of #BrainStimConf starts with plenary from Dr. Shirley Fecteau on NIBS for SUD. Take away is that there's still a lot of variability for TUD, AUD, CUD. Possible avs for improvement: consider comorbidity, GMV, functional connectivity, concurrent therapy, cue timing, tx adherence, stim site.
Day 2, Plenary 2: Ulf Ziemann discusses closed-loop TMS. Take-aways: the brain has highest excitability (and greater response to stimulation) at the troughs of mu oscillations. Brain state specific stimulation is more efficient, and can be achieved with real-time EEG calculation. #BrainStimConf
February 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Day 2, Plenary 2: Ulf Ziemann discusses closed-loop TMS. Take-aways: the brain has highest excitability (and greater response to stimulation) at the troughs of mu oscillations. Brain state specific stimulation is more efficient, and can be achieved with real-time EEG calculation. #BrainStimConf
Day 2 of #BrainStimConf morning plenaries. Dr. Randolph Nudo starts the day with a presentation about the impact of stimulation on neuroplasticity. Major focus on falsifiable models.
February 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Day 2 of #BrainStimConf morning plenaries. Dr. Randolph Nudo starts the day with a presentation about the impact of stimulation on neuroplasticity. Major focus on falsifiable models.
Always great to hear research from TMS/AUD scientists. Afternoon symposium at #BrainStimConf starting with talks from Padula & Kinney. Take away is that multiple targets (dlPFC, mPFC, dACC).
February 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Always great to hear research from TMS/AUD scientists. Afternoon symposium at #BrainStimConf starting with talks from Padula & Kinney. Take away is that multiple targets (dlPFC, mPFC, dACC).
International Brain Stimulation Award recipient Walter Paulus gives an overview of the field and his career at #BrainStimConf
February 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
International Brain Stimulation Award recipient Walter Paulus gives an overview of the field and his career at #BrainStimConf
Kim Butts Pauly presents an overview of transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS). Great detail on how it actually works and a take away that this is a very promising technique but its complicated with a lot of dosing parameters and uncertainty remaining. Gave useful references #BrainStimConf
February 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Kim Butts Pauly presents an overview of transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS). Great detail on how it actually works and a take away that this is a very promising technique but its complicated with a lot of dosing parameters and uncertainty remaining. Gave useful references #BrainStimConf
Second plenary of #BrainStimConf from Charlotte Stagg discussing developments in NIBS for motor function. 1) deep brain structures like thalamus targeted with specificity (and during MRI) with TUS; and 2) brain state during stim leads to specific effects; need to target specific oscillations.
February 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Second plenary of #BrainStimConf from Charlotte Stagg discussing developments in NIBS for motor function. 1) deep brain structures like thalamus targeted with specificity (and during MRI) with TUS; and 2) brain state during stim leads to specific effects; need to target specific oscillations.
In the first plenary, Marom Bikson presents disposable wearable electrical stimulation to improve brain stimulation treatment access. All this is without electronics. For direct current application-- vibes in the room seem quite excited.
February 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In the first plenary, Marom Bikson presents disposable wearable electrical stimulation to improve brain stimulation treatment access. All this is without electronics. For direct current application-- vibes in the room seem quite excited.
Opening remarks of #BrainStimConf highlight the expansion of the field (and this conference itself). More than 1600 colleagues here in Kobe! Interesting data on the increasing impact (and decreasing acceptance rate) for the journal as well.
February 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Opening remarks of #BrainStimConf highlight the expansion of the field (and this conference itself). More than 1600 colleagues here in Kobe! Interesting data on the increasing impact (and decreasing acceptance rate) for the journal as well.
Hiring a post-bac RA/ lab manager to start this summer (or ASAP!) for my lab auemployment.com/postings/43165 Funded by NIAAA study on TMS/fMRI neurofeedback for AUD. Full-time, funded. Please RT/share with your seniors or recent grads! DM/email me for questions.
February 15, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Hiring a post-bac RA/ lab manager to start this summer (or ASAP!) for my lab auemployment.com/postings/43165 Funded by NIAAA study on TMS/fMRI neurofeedback for AUD. Full-time, funded. Please RT/share with your seniors or recent grads! DM/email me for questions.