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Nicola Sambuco

@nicolasambuco.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, University of Bari. nsambuco.github.io Former CSEA trainee at UF

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aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This work extends in exciting new directions findings reported by myself and @mariamaly.bsky.social, Sam Feng, Nick Turk-Browne, @kennethanorman.bsky.social, and Jonathan Cohen. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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Associative memory retrieval modulates upcoming perceptual decisions - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Expectations can inform fast, accurate decisions. But what informs expectations? Here we test the hypothesis that expectations are set by dynamic inference from memory. Participants performed a cue-gu...
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#TWiNPP From Mandeville et al., brain imaging results providing a functional correlate of the antipsychotic therapeutic window www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Robust changes in brain function require high D2 receptor occupancy by prochlorperazine: an imaging correlate for the antipsychotic therapeutic window - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Robust changes in brain function require high D2 receptor occupancy by prochlorperazine: an imaging correlate for the antipsychotic therapeutic window
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#TWiNPP Sai et al. show that nicotine protonation shifts where inhaled nicotine is deposited, potentially contributing to distinct respiratory health risks associated with different e-cigarette formulations www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Comparing brain absorption and lung deposition of nicotine salts and free-base e-cigarettes: insights from [11C]nicotine PET imaging - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Comparing brain absorption and lung deposition of nicotine salts and free-base e-cigarettes: insights from [11C]nicotine PET imaging
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Rob Chavez @robchavez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our latest paper led by Taylor Guthrie with former undergrad RA Aussie Frost. We show that multivariate fMRI signals can decode the identity of specific individuals within the DMN and in the absence of visual features or other lower-level sensory information. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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Robert Phillips @rphillips3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All of our code is available here: github.com/LieberInstit.... This repo also contains links to our web-based interactive apps to explore the data.
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GitHub - LieberInstitute/xenium_NAC: xenium_NAC
xenium_NAC. Contribute to LieberInstitute/xenium_NAC development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Robert Phillips @rphillips3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Very excited to share our newest preprint, led by myself and Biostats PhD Student Jianing Yao, where we generate a three dimensional reconstruction of the human NAc to understand how cell type heterogeneity and topography change across the anterior-posterior axis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This nose-poke-restricted vapor cocaine self-administration model in mice provides the opportunity to study inhaled cocaine use and relapse models
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Development of a nose-poke restricted vaporized cocaine self-administration model in mice
Neuropsychopharmacology - Development of a nose-poke restricted vaporized cocaine self-administration model in mice
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Amitai Shenhav @ashenhav.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2 yrs ago, I briefly laid out a new theory of how motivation works (AGH). Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵A few highlights:
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Rachel Donka @racheldonka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🚨New paper alert: Excited to share our journey to contrast how multiple dopamine sensors respond to acute morphine treatment. We first compared changes in dopamine transients in rats prepared with VTA DA GCaMP6f, NAcLS dLight1.3b or GRABDA2h 1/5
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Bratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1️⃣ Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) water channels support the glymphatic system, a brain-wide pathway that clears cerebral waste products. Here we use AQP4 gene expression as a molecular anchor to reconstruct a whole-brain glymphatic-related topography.
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Olivier George @brainaddiction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sobering piece of data. 23% of people with a substance use disorder had a suicidal event in their lifetime. That is 16x the rate without SUD, and ~6x after taking into account many other factors like comorbidities.
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Guillaume Dumas @introspection.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⚛️🧠 Why might neuroscience need quantum computing? Not because the brain is "quantum", but because interactions between local & global dynamics create an enormous representational challenge. Our piece in @natrevneuro.nature.com argues quantum computers could open a new path: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Bratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
netneurotools: a trainee-oriented approach to network neuroscience | doi.org/10.1038/s415... Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging @natprot.nature.com ⤵️
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netneurotools: a trainee-oriented approach to network neuroscience - Nature Protocols
This is a Perspective covering a Python toolbox for neuroscience research that enables users to fetch datasets, construct networks and null models, estimate graph metrics, fit statistical models and v...
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Daniela M. Pfabigan @dmpfabigan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Check out the SOLO - the SOcial experiences' daiLy Occurrence (SOLO) scale—a brief end-of-day diary measure capturing enjoyment of social interactions (also “weak ties”) and solitude experiences. Huge team effort with Erik R. Frogner, Fatemeh Asgari @utasailer.bsky.social 🎉 doi.org/10.1111/sjop...
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Appreciation of Social Experiences and Solitude in Everyday Life: The <fc>SOcial</fc> Experiences' <fc>daiLy</fc> Occurrence Scale (<fc>SOLO</fc>)
While social interactions and actively chosen solitude both contribute to well-being, existing measures focus solely on one dimension. We developed the SOcial experiences' daiLy Occurrence (SOLO) sca...
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Paul Taylor @afni-pt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Next AFNI Bootcamp: Oct 20-22, 2026! Classes cover: FMRI visualization, full subject-level processing, alignment, regression modeling, and quality control. Registration is free & open to both NIH and non-NIH researchers. Registration+details: afni.nimh.nih.gov/bootcamp Please share widely.
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AFNI Bootcamp: October 20th - 22nd, 2026 | afni.nimh.nih.gov
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Jack Gallant @gallantlab.org · 24/09/2026
Dr. Tianjiao Zhang's landmark study of naturalistic navigation has been accepted in Nature Neuroscience! Encoding models fit 28,134 features to fMRI from a virtual taxi-driving task, revealing 11 distinct cortical regions that transform perception into action. Read the preprint. gallantlab.org
Dr. Tianjiao Zhang's landmark study of naturalistic navigation has been accepted in Nature Neuroscience!
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sex-specific neuroadaptations within dorsal striatal circuits underlie habitual alcohol seeking
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Chronic ethanol self-administration alters dopamine in the caudate nucleus and putamen of rhesus macaques in a sex-dependent manner
Neuropsychopharmacology - Chronic ethanol self-administration alters dopamine in the caudate nucleus and putamen of rhesus macaques in a sex-dependent manner
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Ron Keiflin @ronkeiflin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New lab preprint! OFC—>M2 in rule selection. Project led by the amazing @margole.bsky.social
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Olivier George @brainaddiction.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Binge alcohol dysregulate serotonin signaling in opposite directions: down in the ACC, up in the amygdala. The dysfunction is region-, sex-, and stimulus-specific.
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Margo Le @margole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New preprint! 🧠🐭🔬 Reward-predictive cues can bias action selection, but can they also influence the *rules* we use to complete a sequence of actions? sPRInT through this thread to find out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Reward Memories Bias Instrumental Rule Selection via the Orbitofrontal-to-Secondary Motor cortex Pathway
Reward-predictive cues can influence decision-making and promote the pursuit of specific outcomes. This influence is classically studied using specific Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (sPIT), in wh...
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gillesdehollander.bsky.social @gillesdehollander.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New paper in Nature Communications 🧠 Rapid Changes in Risk Attitudes Originate from Bayesian Inference on Parietal Magnitude Representations. Why the same person can flip between a safe bet and a gamble, and what parietal cortex has to do with it. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Rapid changes in risk attitudes originate from Bayesian inference on parietal magnitude representations - Nature Communications
Risk attitudes can shift across contexts and even between identical choices. Here, the authors show that as parietal payoff representations grow noisier, the brain leans more on prior beliefs, biasing...
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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Neuroscientists now recording across the brain are finding what fMRI revealed in humans. Signals are not localized but often all over the brain. (NB: non, it's not everything, everywhere) #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Ken Paller @paller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Announcing two tenure-track faculty openings in the Psych Dept at Northwestern University: Cognitive/Affective Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology psychology.northwestern.edu/people/facul...
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Job Opportunities: Department of Psychology - Northwestern University
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Debra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Two #Developmental TT positions at McGill.. Could include people who study #language and #multilingualism. Please forward to colleagues/advanced trainees who might wish to join us in Montreal, Canada! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...
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Tenure-Track Position (Assistant Professor), Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Marlene Cohen @marlenecohen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Now out in Nature Neuroscience: fantastic work by @cxue.bsky.social, Sol Markman et al who discovered a neural reason that performance suffers under cognitive load: “Feature interference underlies a neuronal basis for the behavioral cost of task uncertainty”. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🧵1/
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Feature interference underlies a neuronal basis for the behavioral cost of task uncertainty - Nature Neuroscience
Using a combined approach of monkey electrophysiology, artificial neural networks and human psychophysics, Xue et al. show that neuronal interference from irrelevant information underlies behavioral e...
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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Work with a Xiaoyu Zhou, a fantastic postdoc. More results to come soon! Major update of our work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Nicola Sambuco @nicolasambuco.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The knowledge paradox: the more science we publish, the more often we write that “little is known”. Across PubMed publication years, the two track almost perfectly: r = .98. More knowledge, more documented unknowns. #neuroskyence #science
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Shrinking grant application deadlines at the BRAIN Initiative represent one more way in which the Trump Administration appears to be straitjacketing the National Institutes of Health. By Brendan Borrell www.thetransmitter.org/funding/incr...
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Incredible shrinking grant deadlines at the BRAIN Initiative
“A month is crazy,” says one former recipient, referring to a new funding opportunity’s timeline.
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ebbsociety.bsky.social @ebbsociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📅 The EBBS 2027 Meeting programme is now online! Check out the sessions, symposia, poster sessions and events, and start planning your participation in Dublin 🇮🇪 👇 ebbs2027.azuleon.org/programme
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The website of the 52nd EBBS Meeting :: EBBS 2027
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JAMA Psychiatry @jamapsychiatry.com · 16/09/2026
Among women with #BulimiaNervosa, structural #MRI identified lower nucleus accumbens volume and lower temporal cortical surface area vs healthy control individuals, supporting altered reward and social cognition circuits. ja.ma/477nBql
Two 3D brain plots show cortical surface areas. Yellow-green highlighted regions indicate lower mean surface area in participants with more frequent binge eating, corresponding to negative r values on the color scale from -1.0 to 1.0.
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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
new paper out, led by @jobeneuro.bsky.social , exploring 5HT dynamics in cingulate and central amygdala, and how a history of alcohol consumption changes them! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Selective dysregulation of serotonin dynamics in the anterior cingulate cortex and central amygdala following binge alcohol consumption - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Selective dysregulation of serotonin dynamics in the anterior cingulate cortex and central amygdala following binge alcohol consumption
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Recent advances in preclinical and clinical studies support an individual-differences framework of addiction and highlight reward sensitivity as a key driver of vulnerability
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Recent advances in individual differences in addiction neuroscience in animal models and clinical studies
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tor @torwager.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
neuromarkers.io : Browse, view, and download fMRI neuromarkers, population-level predictive brain models that can be applied to new studies and populations
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Neuromarkers · CANlab
Population-level brain patterns for new studies. Browse, explore, and download published neuromarkers.
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Selective modulation of orexin receptor sutypes could be a promising therapeutic strategy for stress-related psychiatric disorders
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Selective orexin receptor cross-over treatment increases resilience and expression of neuroplastic signaling genes
Neuropsychopharmacology - Selective orexin receptor cross-over treatment increases resilience and expression of neuroplastic signaling genes
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Luca Sclisizzo @luca-sclisizzo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨 New Preprint out! What if psychosis is not a single, homogeneous construct? "Parsing the functional heterogeneity of psychosis spectrum" addresses this question defining a genetic gradient across the spectrum. 🧬 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Parsing the Functional Heterogeneity of the Psychosis Spectrum: A Clinically Informed Application of Genomic Structural Equation Modeling
Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression vary in their age of onset, cognitive impacts, degree of impairment, and clinical course. However, since psychosis is a transdiagnostic feature th...
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Annmarie MacNamara @macannmarie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Texas A&M's Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences is hiring two tenure-track Asst/Assoc positions in Clinical Psychology: apply.interfolio.com/190512 (priority given to applications received by Oct. 1). Please share widely! #PsycSciSky #AcademicSky #neuroskyence
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Ben Fulcher @bendfulcher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Now published in PLoS Computational Biology! A cortical model combining geometric wave propagation with connectome-wired fast-conducting non-local projections (which strongly shape rapid stimulus-evoked responses but contribute little to slower spontaneous fluctuations) doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Modeling the influences of non-local connectomic projections on geometrically constrained cortical dynamics
Author summary Despite the complex wiring patterns found in the cortical connectome, many dynamical properties of macroscale cortical activity can be surprisingly well explained by treating the cortex...
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Nicola Sambuco @nicolasambuco.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Associations between striatal neurochemical changes and resting-state functional connectivity following transcranial temporal interference stimulation
Background Non-invasive modulation of deep brain structures remains a major challenge in human neuroscience and neurorehabilitation. Transcranial temporal interference stimulation (tTIS) has emerged a...
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Large-Vessel Venous Signal Confounds Apparent Amygdala Activation in BOLD fMRI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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David Seminowicz @daspainbrain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
uhoh maybe
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This recent study identified altered LC-norepinephrine function as a potential mechanism linking early life adversity to long-lasting cognitive and affective dysfunction
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Early life stress induces sex-specific changes in cognitive and affective behavior associated with disrupted noradrenergic physiology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Early life stress induces sex-specific changes in cognitive and affective behavior associated with disrupted noradrenergic physiology
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Philippe Batut @philippebatut.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧬🔬 Why are enhancers transcribed and how does that impact gene regulation? I’m really excited to share our new paper in @science.org showing that noncoding RNAs control the timing of gene activation in embryos. With Mike Levine #ScienceResearch @columbiamed.bsky.social A few highlights below... 🧵👇
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Noncoding transcription controls the developmental dynamics of long-range gene regulation
The genomic regions regulating gene expression are often themselves transcribed into a variety of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). However, the regulatory roles of this noncoding transcription remain largely ...
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
An outstanding Dissertation Award talk by Matt Mattoni @mattmattoni.bsky.social on heterogeneity and idiographic (vs. nomothetic) approaches in developmental cognitive neuroscience. He made his case very well - and bonus: increased everyone's vocabulary! 👏 See more @ 1/ doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Functional connectivity heterogeneity and consequences for clinical and cognitive prediction: Stage 2 registered report
Abstract. Functional connectivity is frequently used to assess dynamic brain functioning and predict individual differences in behavioral outcomes, such as psychopathology. Inferences from functional ...
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Francesca Cesari @francesari.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tested in female mice only, semaglutide given late in life improved physical, metabolic and cognitive function and extended lifespan. The mechanisms partly overlap with calorie restriction, but human ageing effects are untested. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Late-life semaglutide treatment slows ageing and extends lifespan in female mice - Nature
Semaglutide treatment for 3 months in female mice improved physiological function, attenuated hallmarks of ageing and modulated nutrient sensors and conserved genetic regulators of ageing.
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Roland Benoit @rolandbenoit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Now out in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social: our latest on how episodic future thinking influences decisions (i.e., delay discounting). w/ @heidrunschultz.bsky.social. Open access: www-sciencedirect-com.colorado.idm.oclc.org/science/arti.... Quite improved manuscript, thanks to reviewers and editor.
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This randomized crossover trial in healthy adults suggests that LSD induces sustained behavioral and neural changes that may support learning and psychological flexibility
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Acute and post-acute neurobehavioral responses to lysergic acid diethylamide in healthy subjects: a randomized controlled study
Neuropsychopharmacology - Acute and post-acute neurobehavioral responses to lysergic acid diethylamide in healthy subjects: a randomized controlled study
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026
We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack
Call for independent Max Planck Research Groups
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Nicola Sambuco @nicolasambuco.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Heterogeneity of Brain Dynamics in Genetic and Psychiatric Conditions High-density electroencephalogram (hd-EEG) resting-state recordings from 4,812 individuals aged 5 months to 66 years across 11 psychiatric conditions. #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Heterogeneity of Brain Dynamics in Genetic and Psychiatric Conditions
Whether the heterogeneity of psychiatric conditions converges on shared neurophysiological alterations or translates into distinct signatures remains unclear. We assembled high-density electroencephal...
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Elif @elifsozer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I've finally put together the syllabus for the AI & Cognition course I'll be teaching this upcoming term. It was challenging for sure, but it reminded me once again of just how closely intertwined artificial intelligence and cognitive psychology are. Sharing it here for anyone who's interested:
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