Cassandra Lowe
@cassandralowe.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology at University of Exeter studying prefrontal regulation of eating behaviours. Potential Super Villain (she/her)🏳️🌈
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Important point: this ISN'T about willpower. It is about our food environment. 👇
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it theconversation.com/the-ultra-pr... by @philbakernz.bsky.social et al.
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it theconversation.com/the-ultra-pr... by @philbakernz.bsky.social et al.
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it
Without policy action and a coordinated global response, ultra-processed foods will continue to rise in human diets, harming health, economies. It’s time to act.
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Important point: this ISN'T about willpower. It is about our food environment. 👇
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it theconversation.com/the-ultra-pr... by @philbakernz.bsky.social et al.
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it theconversation.com/the-ultra-pr... by @philbakernz.bsky.social et al.
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Last week the Lancet series on 'ultra-processed' foods was published, a one-sided view on #UPFs and their impact on health. But, is the fact these foods are processed actually relevant? It was a pleasure to give my take on this for Inside Science on BBC Radio 4!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8txm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8txm
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Why aren’t gene therapies more common?
Three decades since the first successful gene therapy, why aren’t we using them more?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Last week the Lancet series on 'ultra-processed' foods was published, a one-sided view on #UPFs and their impact on health. But, is the fact these foods are processed actually relevant? It was a pleasure to give my take on this for Inside Science on BBC Radio 4!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8txm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8txm
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New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
OSF
osf.io
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Reposted by Cassandra Lowe
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Reposted by Cassandra Lowe
‼️Now published in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social‼️
(with @judithschepers.bsky.social & @benediktehinger.bsky.social)
Do you have RTs in your 🧠📈-data? Fixation durations?
How do event-durations affect your data? And how to deal with this?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
🧵 ⤵ 1 / 7
🧪 #EEG #fMRI #neuroimage
(with @judithschepers.bsky.social & @benediktehinger.bsky.social)
Do you have RTs in your 🧠📈-data? Fixation durations?
How do event-durations affect your data? And how to deal with this?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
🧵 ⤵ 1 / 7
🧪 #EEG #fMRI #neuroimage
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
‼️Now published in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social‼️
(with @judithschepers.bsky.social & @benediktehinger.bsky.social)
Do you have RTs in your 🧠📈-data? Fixation durations?
How do event-durations affect your data? And how to deal with this?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
🧵 ⤵ 1 / 7
🧪 #EEG #fMRI #neuroimage
(with @judithschepers.bsky.social & @benediktehinger.bsky.social)
Do you have RTs in your 🧠📈-data? Fixation durations?
How do event-durations affect your data? And how to deal with this?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
🧵 ⤵ 1 / 7
🧪 #EEG #fMRI #neuroimage
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Dysfunctional oscillatory bursting patterns linked to working memory in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
Dysfunctional oscillatory bursting patterns linked to working memory in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Background Identifying neural markers of clinical symptom fluctuations is prerequisite to developing more precise brain-targeted treatments in psychiatry. We have recently shown that working memory (W...
link.springer.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dysfunctional oscillatory bursting patterns linked to working memory in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
England has absolutely been gaslit into believing their houses are designed to keep the heat in. I would love to find one these magical houses, because mine sure isn't.
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
England has absolutely been gaslit into believing their houses are designed to keep the heat in. I would love to find one these magical houses, because mine sure isn't.
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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Recovery, relapse, and genetic risk in eating disorders.
A Danish study of more than 10,000 people with anorexia, bulimia, or EDNOS found that almost 9 in 10 reached a period of remission, and that genetic factors shaped who recovered and who relapsed.
#EatingDisorders #Genetics
🧵 THREAD
A Danish study of more than 10,000 people with anorexia, bulimia, or EDNOS found that almost 9 in 10 reached a period of remission, and that genetic factors shaped who recovered and who relapsed.
#EatingDisorders #Genetics
🧵 THREAD
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Recovery, relapse, and genetic risk in eating disorders.
A Danish study of more than 10,000 people with anorexia, bulimia, or EDNOS found that almost 9 in 10 reached a period of remission, and that genetic factors shaped who recovered and who relapsed.
#EatingDisorders #Genetics
🧵 THREAD
A Danish study of more than 10,000 people with anorexia, bulimia, or EDNOS found that almost 9 in 10 reached a period of remission, and that genetic factors shaped who recovered and who relapsed.
#EatingDisorders #Genetics
🧵 THREAD
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Generative AI causes so many demonstrable harms, from counseling kids into suicide, stealing creative work and destroying the market for it, perverting education, and this predictable horror. Any other product like this would be regulated into the smallest possible box by a responsible society.
This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Generative AI causes so many demonstrable harms, from counseling kids into suicide, stealing creative work and destroying the market for it, perverting education, and this predictable horror. Any other product like this would be regulated into the smallest possible box by a responsible society.
Reposted by Cassandra Lowe
Do you support someone with an eating disorder? Researchers at University of Birmingham are looking for loved ones of people with eating disorders to shape the future of eating disorder research.
Email [email protected] to take part!
#Research #MentalHealthResearch
Email [email protected] to take part!
#Research #MentalHealthResearch
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Do you support someone with an eating disorder? Researchers at University of Birmingham are looking for loved ones of people with eating disorders to shape the future of eating disorder research.
Email [email protected] to take part!
#Research #MentalHealthResearch
Email [email protected] to take part!
#Research #MentalHealthResearch
Reposted by Cassandra Lowe
Reposted by Cassandra Lowe
One academic study showed that “the average number of gambling references per broadcast minute was 2.8” in Ontario during sporting events.
Opinion: Our governments are willfully blind to the financial fentanyl that is online gambling
Insolvencies are up sharply, and there’s growing evidence that gambling is partly to blame
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
One academic study showed that “the average number of gambling references per broadcast minute was 2.8” in Ontario during sporting events.
Reposted by Cassandra Lowe
Understanding the impact of misinformation on adolescents www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Adolescents = changes that "can increase vulnerability to misinformation through social influence, emotional manipulation and cognitive biases..."
Adolescents = changes that "can increase vulnerability to misinformation through social influence, emotional manipulation and cognitive biases..."
Understanding the impact of misinformation on adolescents - Nature Human Behaviour
Adolescents are especially vulnerable to misinformation but also possess unique strengths. This Perspective outlines a forward-looking research agenda to understand these vulnerabilities and foster re...
www.nature.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Understanding the impact of misinformation on adolescents www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Adolescents = changes that "can increase vulnerability to misinformation through social influence, emotional manipulation and cognitive biases..."
Adolescents = changes that "can increase vulnerability to misinformation through social influence, emotional manipulation and cognitive biases..."
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ADHD is linked to early and stable differences in brain’s limbic system
ADHD is linked to early and stable differences in brain’s limbic system
A new brain imaging study finds that children with ADHD show disrupted development in white matter connecting emotional and cognitive brain regions. The research links these differences to symptom severity across childhood and adolescence.
www.psypost.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
ADHD is linked to early and stable differences in brain’s limbic system
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“data show an increase of 10% in submissions & 23% in funded projects from female applicants with the lottery-first approach compared to a previously used procedure. Additionally, the lottery-first approach was estimated to have 68% lower economic costs compared to single-stage peer review approach”
Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line - Nature Communications
The authors show evidence from a German funding line that a lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among fund...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“data show an increase of 10% in submissions & 23% in funded projects from female applicants with the lottery-first approach compared to a previously used procedure. Additionally, the lottery-first approach was estimated to have 68% lower economic costs compared to single-stage peer review approach”
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Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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There are strict rules around the advertising of pharmaceuticals in Canada, so it's extremely jarring right now that I can't turn on the radio, watch TV or go to the movies without being inundated by GLP-1 commercials.
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There are strict rules around the advertising of pharmaceuticals in Canada, so it's extremely jarring right now that I can't turn on the radio, watch TV or go to the movies without being inundated by GLP-1 commercials.
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Y'all. N>3,800. !!!!!!!
Goodness gracious.
Goodness gracious.
When do interaction/moderation effects stabilize in linear regression?: https://osf.io/35t84
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Y'all. N>3,800. !!!!!!!
Goodness gracious.
Goodness gracious.
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How do internal bodily rhythms influence #brain activity & motor function? @tahnee-engelen.bsky.social &co show that #cardiac, #respiratory & #gastric rhythms independently modulate motor excitability, revealing distinct #interoceptive profiles across individuals @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nMtpLT
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
How do internal bodily rhythms influence #brain activity & motor function? @tahnee-engelen.bsky.social &co show that #cardiac, #respiratory & #gastric rhythms independently modulate motor excitability, revealing distinct #interoceptive profiles across individuals @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nMtpLT
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Katherine J. Michon, Thad Polk, et al:
Brain activation during cognitive control tasks differs substantially between people but is reliable within individuals
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Brain activation during cognitive control tasks differs substantially between people but is reliable within individuals
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Katherine J. Michon, Thad Polk, et al:
Brain activation during cognitive control tasks differs substantially between people but is reliable within individuals
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Brain activation during cognitive control tasks differs substantially between people but is reliable within individuals
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Heart rate variability (HRV) is one of the widely used physiological measures in psychophysiological research. But with over 100 indices to choose from, how do we know which ones to use?
In our latest paper, we take a data-driven approach to help answer this.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
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In our latest paper, we take a data-driven approach to help answer this.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Heart rate variability (HRV) is one of the widely used physiological measures in psychophysiological research. But with over 100 indices to choose from, how do we know which ones to use?
In our latest paper, we take a data-driven approach to help answer this.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
1/
In our latest paper, we take a data-driven approach to help answer this.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
1/
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First time on Bsky and first big announcement!
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Estimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes - Nature
WGS data were used from 347,630 individuals with European ancestry in the UK Biobank to obtain high-precision estimates of coding and non-coding rare variant heritability for 34 co...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
First time on Bsky and first big announcement!
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
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New preprint from the lab led by @violetchae.bsky.social! We debut an open EEG dataset for research into food cognition and dietary choices.
Featuring data from 117 different brains relating to 120 different food stimuli.
@tgro.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social
Featuring data from 117 different brains relating to 120 different food stimuli.
@tgro.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social
Our new preprint on the FOODEEG open dataset is out! EEG recordings and behavioural responses on food cognition tasks for 117 participants will be made publicly available 🧠 @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social @tgro.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
FOODEEG: An open dataset of human electroencephalographic and behavioural responses to food images
Investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying food choices has the potential to advance our understanding of eating behaviour and inform health-targeted interventions and policy. Large, publi...
www.biorxiv.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
New preprint from the lab led by @violetchae.bsky.social! We debut an open EEG dataset for research into food cognition and dietary choices.
Featuring data from 117 different brains relating to 120 different food stimuli.
@tgro.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social
Featuring data from 117 different brains relating to 120 different food stimuli.
@tgro.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social