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Dani Beck, PhD

@danibeck.bsky.social
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Your friendly neighbourhood Norwegian Neuroscientist 🧠 Born🇮🇶 Bred🇳🇴 Buttered🇬🇧 More: danibeck.carrd.co

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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's weird to think about the fact that my last permanent position was as a barista over 12 years ago, where I was offered an assistant manager position at age 23. But in academia, I'm still an early career researcher living off temporary contracts like a vulture🤡😭
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My son is now the same age (4 months) I was when my parents fled Iraq in the middle of war. I can't imagine what they went through holding tiny me, as I look at my same size son, or comprehend how those first 4 months were in Baghdad in the midst of the worst bombing.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New paper🗞️ How does the pace of brain development relate to mental health? Using brain scans and symptom data from youth in the ABCD Study, we found that youth whose brains increasingly drifted from the typical path for their age also showed rising anxiety, low mood, and behavioural difficulties.
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Synchrony between brain age and internalising and externalising symptoms across adolescence - Communications Biology
Self-supervised neural networks are directly compared to category-selective visual cortex using a functional localizer approach, indicating that model features exhibit many classic effects of high-lev...
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This video was filmed in Palestine. My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You can't be apolitical and neutral by calling the Holocaust, South African Apartheid, Slavery, or Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, just 'conflicts'.
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Jamie Hanson @jamielarsh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
More U.S. kids live in net worth poverty than income poverty, and almost no one studies it. Our new paper argues wealth deprivation shapes children's development in its own right, and that standard wealth measures miss the debts poorer families carry. academic.oup.com/cdpers/advan...
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Published 📃 In this paper, we investigated whether cardiometabolic health is associated with brain structure and microstructure development in 10-17-year-old youth from the ABCD Study.
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Cardiometabolic Risk and Structural Brain Development in a Large Community‐Based US Cohort
In a large longitudinal cohort of US youth, cardiometabolic risk factors showed predominantly null associations with global brain structure across adolescence. Aside from modest links between higher ...
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I can't believe I became a father and Arsenal won the league in the same week.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Ok, he can come now.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My first born son is due in 4 days and all I can think about is Arsenal.
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Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New publication in DCN, co-led with Natasha Chaku! 🧠Combining our expertise in brain and pubertal development, we sought to clarify how adversity shapes timing and pace of adolescent development across multiple levels of analysis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Timing and tempo of puberty and neurodevelopment following adversity: A registered report
Stress exposure may influence the pace of pubertal and brain development; however, empirical findings are mixed, with evidence for both acceleration a…
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Valerie Karl @valeriekarl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
❗New Preprint! “Within-person prospective associations between youth psychopathology and white matter development and the moderating role of parental mental health” doi.org/10.31234/osf... A summary can be found here:
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Yesterday I used my new smash burger press on the new grill griddle this is now one of 3 things in life that make me happy.
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Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Deadline extended to May 1!
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Absolutely butchering my manuscript in order to appease my reviewers. It's like playing jenga, but in addition to removing vital structural integrity, you add completely random shit like a cactus here, a dildo there, some hippo turd on the side, and sprinkle it all with dead bees. ta-da, science.
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
“Lebanese hilltop border towns and villages are now hard to recognise. Once characterised by their winding streets lined with stone buildings overlooking sweeping valleys, verified videos now show how they have turned grey from dust and debris of explosions.”
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Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed
BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.
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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
🌟 NEW PRE-PRINT! 🌟 “It seems that everyone has got something”: A qualitative study of adolescents’ attitudes towards self-diagnosing with mental health problems from me and @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...
AbstractBackground:There is growing concern about adolescents self-diagnosing with mental health problems, with potential links to increased mental health awareness efforts and social media. However, little is known about adolescents’ attitudes towards self-diagnosis, including why they think it happensand potential consequences.Methods:We conducted online semi-structured interviews with 24 UK school-aged adolescents (13-to 17-years-old)recruited from four schools. Data wasanalysed using reflexive thematic analysis.Results:Four themes were generated. Acceptable versus unacceptable motives for self-diagnosishighlights the different reasons adolescents perceived to driveself-diagnosis, which were given a value judgement. Self-diagnosis was more acceptable when carefully researched and used for self-understanding or help-seeking, andless acceptable when used superficially to seek attention or excuse bad behaviour. Rules for determining (in)authenticityexplores the implicit criteria adolescents set for judging the credibility of someone’s self-diagnosis, including openness, severity, and gender. Self-diagnosis is the only viable route to supportencompasses adolescents’ belief that self-diagnosis is understandable given the current inaccessibilityof healthcare systems, providingaccess to informal sources of emotional, practical, and social support. Finally, modern adolescence is fertile ground for self-diagnosisdiscusses how the current context of adolescence, including social media and the widespread use of diagnostic language, facilitates self-diagnosis. Conclusions:School-aged adolescents view self-diagnosis as an understandable yet potentially problematic practice. While it may be a pragmatic response to inaccessible services, adolescents are concerned about the impact of inaccuracy. Improving access to timely mental health support and promoting balanced information may reduce reliance on self-diagnosisNote: This version of the article is a pre-print and has not been peer-reviewed.
Title:"It seems that everyone has got something”: A qualitative studyof adolescents’ attitudes towardsself-diagnosing withmental health problems
Nina Higson-Sweeney1* & Lucy Foulkes1
Affiliations:1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3EL, UK*Corresponding author: Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney, nina.higson-sweeney@psy.ox.ac.uk
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Abstract submission deadline tomorrow!
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, on the massive wave of Israeli strikes across Lebanon: “These barbaric attacks, which neither recognize right nor respect any agreements or commitments, have repeatedly demonstrated their contempt for all international laws and norms”
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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today, Israel is collapsing apartment buildings all over Lebanon, including central Beirut, leaving an untold death toll. This mass terrorism is either an attempt to sabotaging Trump's ceasefire, or a final tantrum of a strategically defeated Israel eager to manufacture a mere image of victory.
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Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The threat alone is a violation of international law.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
i think if you tweet "a whole civilization will die tonight" you shouldn't go to the hague, the hague should get to come to you
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
media.tenor.com
a movie poster for the mad-king shows a pile of gold coins
ALT: a movie poster for the mad-king shows a pile of gold coins
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Incredible to think that all of humanity is in this picture, and on that little blue planet, only a few handful of world leaders and billionaires are ruining everything for everyone.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Damn, first we find out Jesus was whitewashed and now the moon
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Received an invitation to review a paper on the 1st April at 21:54 Oslo time, which expired after 4 days with no response. In Norway, 2nd April - 6th are mandatory days off because of Jesus Christ superstar rising from the dead. Not sure I had a fair chance to respond here!
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I'm sorry I don't make the rules, when you view someone's LinkedIn profile it means you want them.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"achievement produced under chronic disadvantage" Exactly. You don't have to punish people for having a great educational advantage etc, but a wider lens than what's immediately in front of you is essential and valid.
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Ege @iolairdhubhalba.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Superb post! I fully resonate with this although my experience has had differences but plenty of common points. #UK #HigherEducation #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I wrote a short piece on what funding and hiring committees often overlook when assessing merit. @academic-chatter.bsky.social
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What committees miss when they judge merit
Diversity and equity policies are often dismissed as a numbers game: too many white men at the top, so institutions try to balance the…
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
What Israel is doing to Southern Lebanon is *clearly* aimed at ethnic cleansing and colonization, using the same tactics as in the Gaza genocide. Nearly 1 million people forcibly displaced. We have to reject this evil with all our might, and support those who are resisting it.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
a very relatable "haha"
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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Oh my god. This is my ex wife’s sister. She was nominated for a Nobel Prize a few years ago for her work. I’m absolutely crushed. She was a spectacular human.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
From a friend in Beirut this morning, who in the last few days has seen several Israel missile strikes within walking distance of their home.
it just feels so horrible
we feel powerless
we've tried fighting, 
we've tried surrendering
we've tried ignoring
we've tried building
israel doesn't let you exist
that's it, our choice is fast death 
or faster death
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.
Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling
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Matt Wall @mattwall.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
God-awful fucking amoral, flat-out racist decision. Appalling.
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/03/2026
Exclusive: Jay Graber is stepping down as head of Bluesky. Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will be the interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 08/03/2026
it scares me to think that big tech/big AI's primary target demographic is kids
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
BTW, "Middle East" is a colonial term. It's just West Asia. Middle East relative to whom you ask? The British Empire. And that particular region of West Asia - including Mesopotamian, Levantine, Arabian, Persian, etc - gave the World it's first civilisations, writing, the wheel, algebra, ...
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Attacks leave dead vs killed
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
On this International Women’s Day, I cannot stop thinking about all the girls in Iran, in Sudan, in Gaza, and so may places — girls whose lives were snuffed out in conflicts they played no part in, before they could ever become women. And I am thinking about their mothers.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Yup. - Mossadegh wanted to nationalise Iranian oil and the U.S and U.K led a coup to overthrow him and backed the Shah. - Iran's revolution overthrew the Shah and the U.S once again got involved by supporting Saddam this time in the Iraq-Iran war.
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Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.
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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack
No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/03/2026
Over 160 schoolgirls are dead. Anthropic and Palantir executives must immediately testify and tell the public whether their AI is responsible.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Heart warmed. 3 young teenage girls were selling brownies outside the grocery store raising money for Palestine; completely at their own initiative.
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Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.
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Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school
Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall
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