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Wesley J. B. Vaught

@wjbvaught.bsky.social
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a wannabe physician-neuroscientist (mdphd) with stops in cognition, emotion, neuropsychopharmacology, and critiques of (psychedelic and beyond) science. Views are own.

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Joar Øveraas Halvorsen @joarhalvorsen.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Living by the ethos of David Nunan: “Being truly evidence-based means having to accept that most people/groups will not consider you their friend.” x.com/dnunan79/sta...
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David Nunan on X: "Being truly evidence-based means having to accept that most people/groups will not consider you their friend." / X
Being truly evidence-based means having to accept that most people/groups will not consider you their friend.
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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
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Jason Luoma, Ph.D. @jasonluoma.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Great to see a study come out with null results for psilocybin-assisted therapy. It's not gonna work for everyone, everywhere-these kinds of studies are important in figuring out how and where to deploy it. This is a pretty small sample for an rct with an active control. #psychedelicscience
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
None of this “I’m too busy”, “science isn’t political”, or “I’m tired”… We are on the front lines of a descent into fascism. Put the pipette down. It’s go time.
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
#standupforscience2025 in Tulsa, OK yesterday. As @awiglesworth.bsky.social said, we (and the folks driving by) learned something.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
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Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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!
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Anti-psychiatry is on the rise from all political positions. A great book that I have begun to read, but was introduced to by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social’s book Empire of Normality, is PsychoPolitics by Peter Sedewick from the @plutopress.bsky.social. It is a MUST HAVE critique of anti-psychiatry.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Just in case anybody has doubts about what "Make America Healthy Again" really means, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. filed a trademark request to use the slogan to market supplements, essential oils & cryptocurrency. Scammity scam-scam scamming scammer. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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RFK Jr. sought to trademark MAHA for vaccine marketing, transferred to ally
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. transferred ownership of the trademark application in December and its abbreviation — MAHA — to an LLC managed by Del Bigtree.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs. Full text, per government source:
January 29, 2025
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MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
FROM: Matthew J. Vaeth, Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget Me
SUBJECT: Rescission of M-25-13
OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded. If you have questions about implementing the
President's Executive Orders, please contact your agency General Counsel.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
They know the executive order is illegal, it's not designed to survive a challenge. They are blaring a message designed to get people to censor themselves and throw their colleagues under the bus and fall in line. 2/2
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
If you have a smidge of power and you catch yourself thinking: Maybe we'll be safe if we: - tone this justice program a bit - take that 'decolonization' reference off the website - nix that grant for decarbonization... know that you are playing your part in Trump's game perfectly. 1/2
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Your regular reminder that the first known clinic to offer gender-affirming surgeries was … destroyed by Nazis. In 1933. (Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft.) They always come for trans people first.
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Emily K @emkultra64.com · 29/01/2025
Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last. Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 28/01/2025
GOOD NEWS: A federal court temporarily halted President Trump's order to freeze all federal funding, including grants for public health, education, and safety. Trump's order would have devastating consequences for communities in every corner of the nation. Our leaders must block it for good.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 25/01/2025
If you are scientists, researcher, or scholar of any kind, it's time to invest HEAVILY in science communication. If the government won't let the people know the facts, we must. And I already got you covered. #academicsky #science #phd #research medium.com/educreation/... bsky.app/profile/roxa...
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Science Communication for the Willing
A helpful guide to sharing research (effectively) on Twitter
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Delaney Peterson @delaneypeterson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Does loneliness correlate with support for the populist radical right? In the Netherlands, yes-lonelier individuals were more likely to support the PRR across 15 years of data (2008-2023), with effect sizes comparable to health correlates of loneliness. (1/9) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Loneliness is positively associated with populist radical right support
The mental and physical health consequences of loneliness are well documented. However, loneliness's socio-political ramifications have been largely u…
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
“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
“What Should We Do with Our Brain?” by Catherine Malabou, forward by Marc Jeannerod, translated from the French by Sebastian Rand

A pink lava lamp, a record player to its side, and a bookshelf full of books
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
A must-read thread about public health and the politics of appeasement. ⬇️
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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
One interesting thing about Musk is that his very public behaviours are making it increasingly clear to more and more people that capitalism is the enemy of democracy, a truth that used to be more widely understood but which was suppressed during the cold war.
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Neşe Devenot, PhD @neselsd.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
"[MAPS principal investigator] Van der Kolk’s approach does more than just demean individual [female SV] survivors. It flattens violence into 'trauma,' ignoring the social forces that allow it to flourish." The issues here pertain to many MAPS-trained clinicians: www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
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What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong
People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.
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Evan White @evanjwhite.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Neu-AIRR lab “paper in a day” 2024 is underway! Our first attempt to do this on the same day as the institute holiday luncheon. Fingers crossed!
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Squad
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Andrea Wiglesworth (she/her) @awiglesworth.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
While I can personally vouch for Dr. White as a great mentor given my work with him on pre-doctoral internship, several awesome investigators representing a range of research foci (ie, eating disorders, anxiety/ocd, substance use) are recruiting!
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
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!
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I am hoping to use this platform as a way to connect and journal my thoughts, so that I continue to grow intellectually outside of my research job right now. I plan on posting any papers and books I read alongside how I have engaged with them. Plus, if I drop a paper, y’all will see it first!
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Hi, my name is Wesley. I’m a neuroscientist trainee attempting to get into an MD/PhD in Neuroscience focusing on the intersection of clinical (cognitive, affective, and social) neurosciences and neuropsychopharmacology.
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Wesley J. B. Vaught @wjbvaught.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Eats up public care and then funds “changing your mind” about said lack of care. Lame gimmick.
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Neşe Devenot, PhD @neselsd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Fascism got you down? Try a corporate shroom retreat! Struggling to avoid politics during Thanksgiving dinner? Discuss plans for guided psychedelic experiences with your family! #NotTheOnion www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/th...
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Thanksgiving may be tense this year — Maryland’s look at legalizing mushrooms might help
BALTIMORE — A divisive election. At least two major wars raging in Europe and the Middle East. And the ever-present pitfalls of internal family politics. Together, they might make for one of the natio...
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