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Sydney Trask

@sydneytrask.bsky.social
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running, baby, dogs | assistant professor | behavioral neuroscience

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Tom
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
when your toddler is playing alone happily and you don’t want him to spot you
The little girl from Jurassic Park who is staying still with Jell-O on her spoon, trying not to be detected by the dinosaur
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
How it feels opening up your email when you’ve been OOO all week.
Pieces of mail flying out of a computer at a man’s face.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Betrayal! At the vet.
A black dog looking away laying down.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Going to start using this as an example of an aversive conditional stimulus.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
When people ask how I’m doing and I say, “Great!”
Jack Hughes smiling while his mouth is bloody and his tooth is chipped.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Pooh bear meme where the words 'conditioned stimulus' are by regular pooh and 'conditional stimulus' are by fancy pooh.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The warning error from SciENcv that says, "This action could not be completed, please try again later." in white text over a red box.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
My copy of Pavlov’s “Conditioned Reflexes” belonged to my PhD advisor, and it’s been fun seeing his notes in the book. Glad to see that Pavlov and I received the same type of critiques — “talk about confounds!”
Handwritten text saying “talk about confounds!” on an experimental design in “Conditioned Reflexes.”
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Proof of this caught on camera this year, as I finished directly behind a man in a turkey hat.
A man in a turkey hat crossing the finish line ahead of me.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Foggy morning over our little corner of Clear Creek.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thanks to @katesadlerphd.bsky.social for hosting me at UTD this week! What a great department and city, and the most eye-welling I’ve ever done during an introduction.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Inspired!
A fortune cookie fortune that says, “Behind an able man, there are always.”
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
By James Watson
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
My sister complied with this request and asked zero follow-up questions.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This lab safety poster shows that the glass was already broken when it hit the foot, suggesting foul play. A mystery is afoot.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Morning commute.
A pedestrian bridge over a road with the words “BETTER DAYS” written in caution tape across the fencing.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Vegemite being the most famous Australian food is crazy when these exist.
A box of Tim Tams, a gift bestowed on Australia by God Himself.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Home after a stellar trip to Tromsø for @ibnsconnect.bsky.social and Bordeaux for @ebbsociety.bsky.social. Left feeling inspired by all the science, and heartened by time with old & new friends. Got a crash course in conferencing while parenting; thanks to both groups for being welcoming of babies.
A mountain by the ocean just outside of Tromsø, Norway.A street in Bordeaux, France on a sunny day.A fountain in Bordeaux, France at night.A baby looking out of a train window.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Soundtrack for @ebbsociety.bsky.social meeting
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Morning run from the top of the world
Mountains near Tromsø, Norway
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
New business model with heavy help from AI. For a sample of our work, please see this poster created by our team (ChatGPT).
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Back in Milwaukee for the week. Had to run through some old spots!
Sun rising over Lake Michigan from the Milwaukee shore.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
No way!! I’m thriving!
A different picture of a disheveled Barbie, with hair that looks like she maybe slept on it and day-old mascara giving her the raccoon eye look.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
How I look telling people the sleep regression isn’t that bad.
Disheveled Barbie doll with smudged makeup and matted hair.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Once I jokingly told someone I have the body shape of Gumby and they enthusiastically agreed and I think about that a lot.
Gumby, a very lanky green man made of clay.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Different day, same outfit, same behavior.
A baby in a dinosaur footed pajama climbing over a large black dog.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Today @j9kwapis.bsky.social found out she got tenure while at a brunch accepting a teaching award. She’s a shining star on all fronts!!✨⭐️🌟
President of Janine Kwapis Fan Club (left) with Janine Kwapis (right).
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
my incredibly timely addition to the threat vs fear discourse using a super relevant pop culture reference
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Friend’s AI description of me is just reading me to filth.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
A boy and his (very patient) dog.
A baby leaning against a large black dog
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Some interspecies friend content. Zen moments for two typically chaotic boys.
A baby sitting in the crook of a curled up dog
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Got to spend International Women’s Day listening to some really awesome women present their really awesome science.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A still from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers featuring Wormtongue and King Théoden of Rohan.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Annual holiday tradition of watching the 1998 Best Picture winner.
Movie poster for 1997 smash hit, Con Air starring Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe, an Army Ranger recently released from prison who catches an unfortunate ride home.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Grew a human this year and boy do I love him.
A baby smiling with Christmas lights around him
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Update: All the batches were bad, and tasted terrible too!
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I hope it goes better than the first attempt here!
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Excited to share these data collected during my maternity leave. How much I’ve slept the previous night is on the X axis with the Y axis showing how much I talk about how much I slept the previous night.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Found a fsh
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Instead of Spotify wrapped this year I’m just going to get a picture of this.
A Fisher Price playmat that plays bangers such as “purple monkey in a bubblegum tree” and “stomp stomp stomp (the elephant song)”
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
About a year ago my friend’s husband said that my haircut was similar to his dog’s and then I met his dog and it looked like this and I haven’t fully recovered.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Think this dog might have a head cold.
A large fawn-colored, short-haired dog with his head, and only his head, under a blanket.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Submitting this as my next specific aims.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Finishing projects I started before the baby was born.
Drawing of a horse that gets progressively worse from left to right.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
You cannot put a Fire out — 

by Emily Dickinson
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 29/04/2024
Really got excited for the first half of this only to have my hopes crushed by the second.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
I know this is my fault for craving Applebee’s in the middle of the day but I can’t help but feel like something isn’t adding up.
A receipt where an item called the “2 for $25” is charged at $30.
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 18/03/2024
I'm a very serious professor.
A PowerPoint depicting small-group discussion questions for a graduate class. Most of the questions pertain to perceptual learning, except the last one which asks, "Where is Kate Middleton?"
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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
Inflation is hitting the cider industry hard.
A 6-pack of Woodchuck blueberry flavored hard cider priced at $999.99.
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