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Aamir Sohail

@aamirsohail.bsky.social
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MRC AIM DTP PhD student based at the Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham. sohamir.org

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Aamir Sohail @aamirsohail.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Excited to see this out after a while (evident in the LLMs tested!). Grateful for the support of my supervisors @lei-zhang.bsky.social and @thepsychologist.bsky.social, as well as @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social and Xintong 'Janice' Zhong for help with data collection and modeling!
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Veronika @veronikawendler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Happy to share our new preprint, "Modeling Environmental Behavior: Lessons from Social Computational Neuroscience". A big thank you to my co-authors @annesaulin.bsky.social, @tony-craig.bsky.social, Caroline Moraes, Yansong Li, Chunliang Feng, and @lei-zhang.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
New Blog post: Which Data Repository Should you Use? In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends! daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...
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Which Data Repository Should You Use?
The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After F...
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 11/08/2026
Many of you will have seen the recent post about changes at OSF. If you'd like to learn more about how to use other services (particularly Zenodo) to share data and code, see my book chapter on resource sharing. bettercode-book.org/book-sharing...
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12  Sharing Research Objects – Better Code, Better Science
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Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
🌟 Research Assistant opportunity 🌟 I'm looking for an RA to support research at The Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH) on social information seeking and decision making, including fMRI and MEG 🧠 tinyurl.com/uob-chbh-ra Deadline: 19th July, 23:59 UK time ⏳ Start: 7th September 🗓️ Please share 🔁
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Research Associate - School of Psychology - 104433 - Grade 6
We welcome applications for a Research Associate / Lab Manager in the Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH). The CHBH is a friendly, productive, and supportive environment where all colleagues can thri...
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Aamir Sohail @aamirsohail.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Heading to @escaneu.bsky.social next week? Myself, @veronikawendler.bsky.social, @gwynneveresuter.bsky.social and @lei-zhang.bsky.social from the ALPN Lab will be presenting posters, check out where and when below! 👇
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 27/04/2026
Our lab (w/ @patrickgbissett) is hiring a full-time research coordinator to work with us on cognitive control, dense fMRI, computational modeling, and human-AI interaction. Designed for post-bacs looking to start a Ph. D in ~2 years. Please repost. phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDNLbWAG
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Social Science Research Coordinator (Hybrid Opportunity) in School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States
Professor Russ Poldrack’s lab is seeking a new full-time Research Coordinator. The RC will work closely with and report directly to Dr. Patrick...
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Robb Willer @robbwiller.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
@nature.com has published three groundbreaking papers on reproducibility, analytical robustness, and replicability across the social sciences. Sincere thanks are due to the many folks who contributed to these projects. It’s painstaking work, and a great service to social science.
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Stefano Palminteri @stepalminteri.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
🧵 I gave Claude two things: a short paper (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) and a raw behavioural dataset with 3 lines of variable descriptions. Then I asked it to fit three computational RL models described only by equations in the manuscript. No code, no toolbox, no guidance on the fitting procedure. 1/3
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Sakana AI @sakanaai.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We are happy to announce that “The AI Scientist: Towards Fully Automated AI Research” has been published in Nature! We shared a vision of an agent executing the entire machine learning research lifecycle. Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Blog: sakana.ai/ai-scientist... Thread 🧵
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 24/03/2026
Why you should be very careful installing packages from Github: github.com/BerriAI/lite...
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[Security]: CRITICAL: Malicious litellm_init.pth in litellm 1.82.8 — credential stealer · Issue #24512 · BerriAI/litellm
[Security]: CRITICAL: Malicious litellm_init.pth in litellm 1.82.8 PyPI package — credential stealer Summary The litellm==1.82.8 wheel package on PyPI contains a malicious .pth file (litellm_init.p...
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Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training @forrt.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Out now! The Academic Wheel of Privilege 🎡 We developed a framework & app to guide authorship teams in making equitable and thoughtful authorship decisions. @saralilplants.bsky.social, @justinsulik.bsky.social, Bethan Iley, Mahmoud Elsherif, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social 🔗 osf.io/preprints/me...
The Academic Wheel of Privilege showing the 24 socio-cultural identities. The 24 socio-cultural identity types span six sectors: health and wellbeing, society, culture and communication, gender and sexuality, education and career, living arrangements and lastly childhood and development. These identity types are shown as circles connected to three concentric rings (outer, middle and inner) of “identity” circles with increasing privilege as you go towards the centre.
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Arkady Konovalov @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📣 New publication 📣 Very excited to share our new paper "A neural signature of adaptive mentalization" out now in Nature Neuroscience (the project started all the way back in 2018!); with @niklasbuergi.bsky.social @drgokhanaydogan.bsky.social @christianruff.bsky.social (1/4)
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Patricia Lockwood @thepsychologist.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
We are recruiting! Postdoctoral research fellow at www.sdn-lab.org, studying the computational & neural basis of social decision-making. Birmingham is a fantastic & affordable place to live, with one of the youngest populations in Europe & over 600 parks. Please share! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO275/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience at University of Birmingham
Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Reza Shadmehr @rezashadmehr.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
NeuroBridges brings together students from the countries of the middle east to learn about the brain, and each other. Applications are now open. neurobridges.net/upcoming
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Reza Shadmehr @rezashadmehr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Neurobridges is a summer school that brings together students from the middle east, teaching them about synapses and circuits, but hoping to build understanding. Here is a little essay about some of the conversations that took place in 2025. rezashadmehr.blogspot.com/2026/01/neur...
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Arkady Konovalov @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Interested in applying for a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship (deadline September 2026) with me in decision neuroscience and economics (social and strategic decision making, cooperation, value-based choice, fMRI, computational modeling)? (1/2)
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Aamir Sohail @aamirsohail.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
📣 New Perspective 📣 In our article "Recalibrating academic expertise in the age of generative AI", Zhicheng Lin and I discuss how an over-reliance on generative AI in academia may erode key skills of scientific enquiry. Out now in @cp-patterns.bsky.social, read it below! 👇 tinyurl.com/py38vnvb
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Recalibrating academic expertise in the age of generative AI
GenAI tools promise accelerated discovery but risk eroding scientific expertise. When researchers delegate to AI, they bypass the effortful processes through which competence develops. This perspectiv...
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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Thanks for that fun event today @lei-zhang.bsky.social and team! 🥳🧠😇
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Aamir Sohail @aamirsohail.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Enjoyed discussing our research with the Developmental Computational Psychiatry Lab in our shared meeting today. Thanks to PIs @lei-zhang.bsky.social and @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social and to @annesaulin.bsky.social and Meng Gao for organising!
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Charlotte Reese Marshall @tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Passionate about women's mental health? Interested in brain stimulation? Excited by cutting edge neurotech? Come do a PhD with me! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (thread)
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a woman says we have to work together in front of a wentworth sign
ALT: a woman says we have to work together in front of a wentworth sign
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Susan Kilgas @susankilgas.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
A reminder to register for the 2026 GRS meeting taking place from Feb 28-Mar 1 in Ventura, CA!
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Arkady Konovalov @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
📢 New preprint! 📢 Very excited to be a part of the project led by @saurabhbedi.bsky.social on how the brain learns from multimodal inputs (e.g. audiovisual): Separable neurocomputational mechanisms underlying multisensory learning biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Emma Scholey @emmavscholey.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Excited to share our preprint on variability in patch leaving decisions! Check out the 🧵 below
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Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🌎 New paper in @commspsychol.nature.com 🌍 doi.org/10.1038/s442... There is an urgent need to choose behaviours that mitigate climate change, but these are often more effortful. Can we increase pro-environmental motivation? Joint w/ Luis Sebastian Contreras-Huerta & amazing international team 👇🧵
Images show effortful pro-environmental behaviours of recycling and cycling and alternatives of an overflowing bin or driving
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Matthew Apps @brainapps.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Looking for a PhD? Interested in cognitive computational neuroscience, motivation and decision-making? See our project listed in the BBSRC MIBTP competition for funding for a 4-year PhD in the @msnlab.bsky.social in the @thechbh.bsky.social. Deadline 27/11. More info: tinyurl.com/5d5vz8m7
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The computational and neural dynamics of human motivation and cognitive control at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The computational and neural dynamics of human motivation and cognitive control at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Great to see this out! Exciting work led by @shawnrhoadsphd.com on how we learn when actions affect ourselves and others 🧠 w/ @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @k-oconnell.com, Kathryn Berluti, & Lin Gan plus @thepsychologist.bsky.social & me @sdnl.bsky.social, @thechbh.bsky.social, @uob-sop.bsky.social
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Anna Thoma @annaithoma.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🚨 New preprint: What does the research landscape of behavioral reinforcement learning look like 🌍? We developed an LLM-powered bibliometric analysis to characterize article clusters, investigate their connections, and examine the distribution of topics across the landscape. osf.io/6c2va_v1
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Anne Saulin @annesaulin.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🚨 Last Minute Spots Now Available🚨 Last minute spots became available for this year's @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social Young Scientist Retreat🧠! If you want to come to Hamburg next week register vie email: 📧sarah.danboeck@uni-mannheim.de Strongly Recommend!🙌 #Biopsychology #YoungScientists
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Emma Scholey @emmavscholey.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Really excited to share a review I contributed to, out now in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social. We explore how foraging can offer a framework for studying brain and behaviour in natural contexts. It’s been a pleasure working with colleagues across species and disciplines on this. Check it out! 👇
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Anastasia Christakou 💙 @christakou.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
A Journal Club by Rodrigues and Sobrinho on our recent paper "Evidence for control of cerebral neurovascular function by circulating platelets in healthy older adults" in @jphysiol.bsky.social physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Schematic summary of key findings and proposed mechanisms from Rossetti et al. (2025) regarding the interaction between circulating platelets and cerebral neurovascular function in healthy ageing.
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Arkady Konovalov @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
📢 New preprint 📢 (with Daniil Luzyanin) We use a new task to distinguish between the instantaneous and instrumental (goal-oriented) value of the same choice option in the brain using fMRI: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · 08/09/2025
Following social isolation, adolescents show increased sensitivity to rewards during effort-based decision making and reward learning. @livia-tomova.bsky.social @sjblakemore.bsky.social @emilyanntowner.bsky.social @stepalminteri.bsky.social @lei-zhang.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Acute isolation is associated with increased reward seeking and reward learning in human adolescents - Communications Psychology
This study shows that, following social isolation, adolescents show increased sensitivity to rewards during effort-based decision making and reward learning. Access to virtual social interactions duri...
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Patricia Lockwood @thepsychologist.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
“Relying on PRIME young adults limits cognitive science” www.cell.com/trends/cogni... new @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social piece with @connectedmindslab.bsky.social we highlight how a focus on young adults as a benchmark of ‘human’ behaviour has shaped cognitive science in several ways 👇
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Relying on PRIME young adults limits cognitive science
Cognitive science has made remarkable strides in understanding cognition and behaviour. However, a critical issue persists. Most studies focus on PRIME populations – young adults who are productive, r...
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Anne Saulin @annesaulin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🙌Thank you for a great Symposium at #PuG2025 on using computational models and MRI to better understand dynamics of social learning! @hein-lab.bsky.social @jgutzeit.bsky.social Bianca Schubert and Lei Zhang! @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
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Lei Zhang | 张磊 @lei-zhang.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Excited to join Association for Psychological Science as an Editorial Fellow, to handle submissions and learn the publication processes at APS!
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Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Just 4 weeks until the abstract deadline for Curiosity, Information Seeking & Exploration - ciseconf.github.io/CISE_2025/ 🗓️ 30th Sept-1st Oct 📍 Brown University 👥 Romy Frömer, @hayleydorfman.bsky.social, Ohad Dan, Matt Nassar, Tali Sharot & Jacqueline Gottlieb 👇 Speakers Please submit & share!
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Selma Lugtmeijer @selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Day 2 of the first @chbh.bsky.social hackathon 🧠🤓 Thanks for a fun talk on your MATLAB journey @dagmarfraser.bsky.social
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Aamir Sohail @aamirsohail.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Played a small part in this exciting interdisciplinary work led by Gabriella Rossetti, @christakou.bsky.social and others at the University of Reading. It's finally published, so give it a read!👇🏼
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Aamir Sohail @aamirsohail.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Enjoyed providing a gentle introduction to R as part of a workshop organised by @lei-zhang.bsky.social and CENTRE-UB Materials available here which I aim to expand in future! #R #openscience
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Paul Vanags @paulvanags.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
At this point in my #Pint25 talk I was regaling the audience, who understandably thought they had come to a science talk, with a brief diversion into the cultural influence of world religions on our perception of prosociality and wealth. Scientists do not operate in a vacuum! (Well arguably some do)
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Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training @forrt.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
🎓 Get PAID to co-create open-access teaching materials! We're launching a funded initiative to make open science education more inclusive and accessible beyond elite institutions and the Global North. Contribute a set of materials and earn €400. 🧵
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Zhi-Lin Su (蘇致霖) @zhilinsu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
🧠 My second PhD paper out 🧠 What causal roles does the mPFC play in social influence and temporal discounting? journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Dorsomedial and ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions differentially impact social influence and temporal discounting
The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is involved in economic and social decision-making in humans but the specific functions of its subregions are not clear. This study shows that the dorsal mPFC is ca...
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Patricia Lockwood @thepsychologist.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Deadline extended to 28th April!! Summer School in Computational Social Cognition with fantastic keynotes by Matthew Rushworth, @dianatamir.bsky.social and @davidamodio.bsky.social. Come & learn more about computational modelling, make new friends, & explore the UK's 2nd largest city 🙂👇. Please RT!
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Anne Saulin @annesaulin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🎉 New paper out in #ScientificReports! We studied how younger & older adults integrate self- and other-related values during decisions. Huge thanks to the amazing team! 🙌 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #prosocial #aging #DDM @anrei.bsky.social
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Adult age differences in the integration of values for self and other - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Adult age differences in the integration of values for self and other
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Anna Thoma @annaithoma.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
1/n 🆕📄: How do children learn to adapt to different environments when making repeated choices? And what do cognitive immaturity and probability matching have to do with it? Our new article explores how kids & adults differ in probability learning across statistical task structures: mpib.berlin/R3RFy
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Martin Wilson @martinw3141.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The second fMRS symposium (Sept 2025) is now open for early registration and abstract submission. Hosted at Bangor Uni, situated in beautiful north Wales, not to be missed if you're into measuring dynamic neurophysiology/neurotransmitters and cutting-edge MR spectroscopy methods. shorturl.at/Q1A5p
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Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Symposium II: 31st August – 2nd September 2025
To be held in Bangor Gwynedd, in lovely North Wales. This year the fMRS symposium will be held jointly (one after the other) with the 9th GABA and Edited MRS symposium. We therefore invite all inte…
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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 12/04/2025
Crowdsourced factchecks really only work with balanced communities, but these are increasingly self-selected by platform. — @lewan.bsky.social at "Fake News and Democracy in the Digital Age" with Club Alpbach London. #London #misinformation #fakeNews #media #platforms
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Patricia Lockwood @thepsychologist.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Why I value peer review - new World View in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4w5795ua I discuss why peer review is still important and useful despite some of the challenges, and reflect on some personal peer review experiences. Interested to hear what others think about peer review 🙂.
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Why I value peer review
Nature Human Behaviour - Patricia Lockwood discusses why she values peer review and participating in the peer review process, despite some of the challenges.
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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · 10/04/2025
Examining Congressional speeches from 1879 to 2022, @aroyehuns.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social et al. suggest that evidence-based language has continued to decline since the mid-1970s, together with a decline in legislative productivity. @bristoluni.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Computational analysis of US congressional speeches reveals a shift from evidence to intuition - Nature Human Behaviour
This research explores the linguistic traces of evidence-based reasoning and intuitive decision-making in congressional speeches from 1879 to 2022. The analysis suggests that evidence-based language h...
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