Ted Satterthwaite
@ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social
McLure II Professor
PennLINC | University of Pennsylvania
www.pennlinc.io
neurodevelopment, neuroimaging, neuroinformatics, & mental health
PennLINC | University of Pennsylvania
www.pennlinc.io
neurodevelopment, neuroimaging, neuroinformatics, & mental health
Pinned
Delighted to see the paper describing the Reproducible Brain Charts open data resource now out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social. Paper + link to data below; huge congrats to @goliashf.bsky.social @milhammichael.bsky.social and the whole RBC team. Lots of people (>2,500 downloads) are already using RBC!
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Multivariate environmental exposures are reflected in whole-brain functional connectivity and cognition in youth | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Multivariate environmental exposures are reflected in whole-brain functional connectivity and cognition in youth | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
BEYOND delighted to see two brilliant #PennLINC alumni -- @valeriejsydnor.bsky.social + @lindenmp.bsky.social -- named by The Transmitter as "Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025". Super well deserved -- CONGRATS!!!
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
BEYOND delighted to see two brilliant #PennLINC alumni -- @valeriejsydnor.bsky.social + @lindenmp.bsky.social -- named by The Transmitter as "Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025". Super well deserved -- CONGRATS!!!
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
Amazing work Dr Keller!!!!!
Happy New Preprint Friday!* Thrilled to share new results in collab with Sarah Lichenstein & @yiplab.bsky.social showing our brain's functional connections reflect the environments we grow up in!
tinyurl.com/exposomeConnectivity
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #DevPsy #cognition
*can this be a thing??
tinyurl.com/exposomeConnectivity
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #DevPsy #cognition
*can this be a thing??
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Amazing work Dr Keller!!!!!
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Psychedelics disrupt the link between vascular and neuronal activity, which complicates interpretations of fMRI data. Adopting a more holistic view of what constitutes brain activity may help.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
Psychedelics muddy fMRI results: Q&A with Adam Bauer and Jonah Padawer-Curry
The drugs disrupt the link between vascular and neuronal activity, which complicates interpretations of fMRI data. Adopting a more holistic view of what constitutes brain activity may help…
www.thetransmitter.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Psychedelics disrupt the link between vascular and neuronal activity, which complicates interpretations of fMRI data. Adopting a more holistic view of what constitutes brain activity may help.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
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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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Structure in noise: Recurrent connectivity shapes neural variability to balance perceptual and cognitive demands in the human brain www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... (noise is a tunable feature, not a bug)
Structure in noise: Recurrent connectivity shapes neural variability to balance perceptual and cognitive demands in the human brain
Does neural variability reflect random noise or a feature that benefits adaptive behavior?
Using intracranial recordings in humans, Terlau et al. demonstrate that neural variability
results from the r...
www.cell.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Structure in noise: Recurrent connectivity shapes neural variability to balance perceptual and cognitive demands in the human brain www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... (noise is a tunable feature, not a bug)
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🚨 New preprint on the first infant 7T MRI project in North America! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
www.biorxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
🚨 New preprint on the first infant 7T MRI project in North America! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
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First paper from my lab @upenn.edu (open access) @ Biological Psychiatry w/ @emilyrperkins.bsky.social +@keananjoyner.bsky.social
We discuss the need to falsify theories of biology predicting syndromes vs. syndromes in ways that allow both to be true 🧵1/10
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
We discuss the need to falsify theories of biology predicting syndromes vs. syndromes in ways that allow both to be true 🧵1/10
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
June 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
First paper from my lab @upenn.edu (open access) @ Biological Psychiatry w/ @emilyrperkins.bsky.social +@keananjoyner.bsky.social
We discuss the need to falsify theories of biology predicting syndromes vs. syndromes in ways that allow both to be true 🧵1/10
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
We discuss the need to falsify theories of biology predicting syndromes vs. syndromes in ways that allow both to be true 🧵1/10
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Superb work by the stellar @bsevchik.bsky.social — a new fully processed open data resource focused on exec fxn in psychosis and ADHD.
‼️Also‼️ Brooke is applying to PhD programs now— great time to recruit an absolute star ⭐️ + wonderful human.
‼️Also‼️ Brooke is applying to PhD programs now— great time to recruit an absolute star ⭐️ + wonderful human.
🧠I am excited to announce that our manuscript introducing a new data resource – PennLEAD (Penn Longitudinal Executive functioning in Adolescent Development) – is now available on bioRxiv. Below are some details highlighting our data resource🧵funded by NIMH R01MH113550
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Superb work by the stellar @bsevchik.bsky.social — a new fully processed open data resource focused on exec fxn in psychosis and ADHD.
‼️Also‼️ Brooke is applying to PhD programs now— great time to recruit an absolute star ⭐️ + wonderful human.
‼️Also‼️ Brooke is applying to PhD programs now— great time to recruit an absolute star ⭐️ + wonderful human.
Looks like required reading!!! Amazing work!!!!!
Happy to share our review "Investigating hierarchical critical periods in human neurodevelopment” in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We examine neurobiological, environmental & behavioral evidence for human critical periods in sensory and association cortex +discuss new research directions rdcu.be/eMkVU 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Looks like required reading!!! Amazing work!!!!!
Truly heroic work by the stellar @cieslakmatt.bsky.social + the HBCD dMRI working group team. Refactored QSIPrep + QSIRecon is the result of nearly 3y of concerted development + testing. It will be a total workhorse for HBCD -- and almost any other dMRI scan. Check it out for your data!!!
After years of development and testing, we are happy to present our work in "Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications"! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread:
Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications
The landmark ongoing HEALthy Brain and Cognitive Development (HBCD) study will longitudinally chart brain development in a large sample (projected n=7,200) of infants through age 10 years with multimo...
www.biorxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Truly heroic work by the stellar @cieslakmatt.bsky.social + the HBCD dMRI working group team. Refactored QSIPrep + QSIRecon is the result of nearly 3y of concerted development + testing. It will be a total workhorse for HBCD -- and almost any other dMRI scan. Check it out for your data!!!
Reposted by Ted Satterthwaite
Longitudinal measures of monkey brain structure and activity through adolescence predict cognitive maturation
@cconstan.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@cconstan.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Longitudinal measures of monkey brain structure and activity through adolescence predict cognitive maturation - Nature Neuroscience
Working memory improves during adolescent brain development. Zhu et al. tracked monkeys through adolescence, revealing that maturation of white matter tracts and refinement of neural firing patterns s...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Longitudinal measures of monkey brain structure and activity through adolescence predict cognitive maturation
@cconstan.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@cconstan.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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ICYMI @ohbmofficial.bsky.social 2025 keynotes are now online! Here's mine: "Towards a universal taxonomy of functional brain networks" 🧠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW9J...
OHBM 2025 | Keynote | Lucina Uddin | Towards a universal taxonomy of functional brain networks
YouTube video by Organization for Human Brain Mapping
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November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
ICYMI @ohbmofficial.bsky.social 2025 keynotes are now online! Here's mine: "Towards a universal taxonomy of functional brain networks" 🧠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW9J...
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Congratulations to Erica Baller (Psychiatry), recipient of the Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award! Learn more Dr. Baller & her research interests here➡️ ericaballer.wixsite.com/baller-lab #PSOMAOE
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Congratulations to Erica Baller (Psychiatry), recipient of the Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award! Learn more Dr. Baller & her research interests here➡️ ericaballer.wixsite.com/baller-lab #PSOMAOE
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🔥🔥Great news!🔥🔥
The registration deadline for the Noosa Brain Workshop is extended to Nov 17.
Register by this date to guarantee accomodation:
monash.edu/turner-insti...
The registration deadline for the Noosa Brain Workshop is extended to Nov 17.
Register by this date to guarantee accomodation:
monash.edu/turner-insti...
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🔥🔥Great news!🔥🔥
The registration deadline for the Noosa Brain Workshop is extended to Nov 17.
Register by this date to guarantee accomodation:
monash.edu/turner-insti...
The registration deadline for the Noosa Brain Workshop is extended to Nov 17.
Register by this date to guarantee accomodation:
monash.edu/turner-insti...
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Introducing CorText: a framework that fuses brain data directly into a large language model, allowing for interactive neural readout using natural language.
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Introducing CorText: a framework that fuses brain data directly into a large language model, allowing for interactive neural readout using natural language.
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
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Preprint is now published: doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Preprint is now published: doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
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Our School is recruiting! Come and join a great team
@MonashUni
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November 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Our School is recruiting! Come and join a great team
@MonashUni
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So excited this project is now openly available: an ESM / EMA database that currently features 60 open datasets, with many more to come. Check out our accompanying preprins, too :)
🧪 #PsychSciSky #StatsSky #Psychiatry #PublicHealth #EpiSky
🧪 #PsychSciSky #StatsSky #Psychiatry #PublicHealth #EpiSky
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
So excited this project is now openly available: an ESM / EMA database that currently features 60 open datasets, with many more to come. Check out our accompanying preprins, too :)
🧪 #PsychSciSky #StatsSky #Psychiatry #PublicHealth #EpiSky
🧪 #PsychSciSky #StatsSky #Psychiatry #PublicHealth #EpiSky
Reposted by Ted Satterthwaite
Psychedelic 5-HT2A receptor agonism alters neurovascular coupling and differentially affects neuronal and hemodynamic measures of mouse and human brain function
@adamqbauer.bsky.social
@jordacular.bsky.social
@realjoshsiegel.bsky.social
@oliverk28.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@adamqbauer.bsky.social
@jordacular.bsky.social
@realjoshsiegel.bsky.social
@oliverk28.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Psychedelic 5-HT2A receptor agonism alters neurovascular coupling and differentially affects neuronal and hemodynamic measures of brain function - Nature Neuroscience
Padawer-Curry et al. show that the hallucinogenic 5-HT2A receptor agonist DOI alters neurovascular coupling in mice, with implications for the interpretation of human fMRI studies of psychedelics.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Psychedelic 5-HT2A receptor agonism alters neurovascular coupling and differentially affects neuronal and hemodynamic measures of mouse and human brain function
@adamqbauer.bsky.social
@jordacular.bsky.social
@realjoshsiegel.bsky.social
@oliverk28.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@adamqbauer.bsky.social
@jordacular.bsky.social
@realjoshsiegel.bsky.social
@oliverk28.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🔥🔥🧠PhD positions are open in my lab, studying brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders based on neuroimaging MRI scans. Due: Dec 1, 2025. If you are interested, please DM me.
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🔥🔥🧠PhD positions are open in my lab, studying brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders based on neuroimaging MRI scans. Due: Dec 1, 2025. If you are interested, please DM me.
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New preprint ↙️
Using 2 independent 7T fMRI datasets (HCP & our PNI dataset 🧲 💅 ), we found that intersubject synchronization 👯 during movies aligns closely with cortical gradients 🌈, especially along the visual-to-transmodal axis
by Meaghan Smith & a terrific team ↙️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Using 2 independent 7T fMRI datasets (HCP & our PNI dataset 🧲 💅 ), we found that intersubject synchronization 👯 during movies aligns closely with cortical gradients 🌈, especially along the visual-to-transmodal axis
by Meaghan Smith & a terrific team ↙️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New preprint ↙️
Using 2 independent 7T fMRI datasets (HCP & our PNI dataset 🧲 💅 ), we found that intersubject synchronization 👯 during movies aligns closely with cortical gradients 🌈, especially along the visual-to-transmodal axis
by Meaghan Smith & a terrific team ↙️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Using 2 independent 7T fMRI datasets (HCP & our PNI dataset 🧲 💅 ), we found that intersubject synchronization 👯 during movies aligns closely with cortical gradients 🌈, especially along the visual-to-transmodal axis
by Meaghan Smith & a terrific team ↙️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Ted Satterthwaite
Congratulations to Casey Halpern (@PennNSG), recipient of the NIH Director's Pioneer Award! Learn more about Dr. Halpern & his research interests here➡️ tinyurl.com/ycyw3939 #NIHHighRisk
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Congratulations to Casey Halpern (@PennNSG), recipient of the NIH Director's Pioneer Award! Learn more about Dr. Halpern & his research interests here➡️ tinyurl.com/ycyw3939 #NIHHighRisk
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Join us for the #NeuroHackademy Neuroimaging and Data Science networking event at this year's @sfn.org meeting. Tues. Nov. 18th from 7–9pm at the Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom 4. The event is free; food and drink will be available for purchase from the hotel.
October 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Join us for the #NeuroHackademy Neuroimaging and Data Science networking event at this year's @sfn.org meeting. Tues. Nov. 18th from 7–9pm at the Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom 4. The event is free; food and drink will be available for purchase from the hotel.
Amazing meeting, killer lineup of speakers
🔥🔥 NOOSA Brain Workshop 2026 🔥🔥
Less than 3 weeks left to secure register with accomodation for the Noosa Brain Workshop Feb 23-26, 2026.
Places are filling fast - sign up before November 10!
Details: tinyurl.com/5capskbj
Less than 3 weeks left to secure register with accomodation for the Noosa Brain Workshop Feb 23-26, 2026.
Places are filling fast - sign up before November 10!
Details: tinyurl.com/5capskbj
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Amazing meeting, killer lineup of speakers