Wesley J. B. Vaught
@wjbvaught.bsky.social
a wannabe physician-neuroscientist (mdphd) with stops in cognition, emotion, neuropsychopharmacology, and critiques of (psychedelic and beyond) science. Views are own.
Check out our new paper, “Attention to Alcohol Cues is Related to Alcohol-Related Problems in College Students with Low Distress tolerance.” Attached is the abstract, main figure, the link to the paper and Kudos for a layman summary:
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
link.growkudos.com/1dykz5dg268
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
link.growkudos.com/1dykz5dg268
August 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Check out our new paper, “Attention to Alcohol Cues is Related to Alcohol-Related Problems in College Students with Low Distress tolerance.” Attached is the abstract, main figure, the link to the paper and Kudos for a layman summary:
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
link.growkudos.com/1dykz5dg268
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
link.growkudos.com/1dykz5dg268
March 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#standupforscience2025 in Tulsa, OK yesterday. As @awiglesworth.bsky.social said, we (and the folks driving by) learned something.
March 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#standupforscience2025 in Tulsa, OK yesterday. As @awiglesworth.bsky.social said, we (and the folks driving by) learned something.
Thinking a lot about these brilliant papers by @neselsd.bsky.social, @brianpace.bsky.social, and Jac Lewis. Feels VERY relevant to the moment and Elon/RFK Jr.’s obsession with psychedelics. Seems they are having a White suprematist typa existentialism and hoping everyone will jump on board!
February 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thinking a lot about these brilliant papers by @neselsd.bsky.social, @brianpace.bsky.social, and Jac Lewis. Feels VERY relevant to the moment and Elon/RFK Jr.’s obsession with psychedelics. Seems they are having a White suprematist typa existentialism and hoping everyone will jump on board!
“What Should We Do with Our Brains?” by Catherine Malabou
Short answer: use it!
Long answer: neuroscientists and philosophers who do not engage in each others’ materials are damned to be stuck in the ideas that they aim to transcend - a much needed dialectal (neuro)plasticity
Short answer: use it!
Long answer: neuroscientists and philosophers who do not engage in each others’ materials are damned to be stuck in the ideas that they aim to transcend - a much needed dialectal (neuro)plasticity
January 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“What Should We Do with Our Brains?” by Catherine Malabou
Short answer: use it!
Long answer: neuroscientists and philosophers who do not engage in each others’ materials are damned to be stuck in the ideas that they aim to transcend - a much needed dialectal (neuro)plasticity
Short answer: use it!
Long answer: neuroscientists and philosophers who do not engage in each others’ materials are damned to be stuck in the ideas that they aim to transcend - a much needed dialectal (neuro)plasticity
Not sufficiently focused on trauma, but I think Catherine Malabou does a decent job detangling “trauma” from the traditional Freudian perspective toward a more neurobiological/neuroplastic perspective in the New Wounded without getting too technocratic/materialist
January 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Not sufficiently focused on trauma, but I think Catherine Malabou does a decent job detangling “trauma” from the traditional Freudian perspective toward a more neurobiological/neuroplastic perspective in the New Wounded without getting too technocratic/materialist
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social
I am taking away so much from this book. I’m thinking of how psychedelic science has been co-opted into the Empire of Normality too: it aligns neurodiverse/existential differences toward capital. Fantastic read!
I am taking away so much from this book. I’m thinking of how psychedelic science has been co-opted into the Empire of Normality too: it aligns neurodiverse/existential differences toward capital. Fantastic read!
December 11, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social
I am taking away so much from this book. I’m thinking of how psychedelic science has been co-opted into the Empire of Normality too: it aligns neurodiverse/existential differences toward capital. Fantastic read!
I am taking away so much from this book. I’m thinking of how psychedelic science has been co-opted into the Empire of Normality too: it aligns neurodiverse/existential differences toward capital. Fantastic read!