Dagmar Fraser
@dagmarfraser.bsky.social
Doctoral Researcher, Senior Centre Technician @thechbh.bsky.social, Birmingham Transformative Humanities Doctoral Fellow, MATLAB SIG Chair & Ambassador
https://linktr.ee/dagmarfraser
https://linktr.ee/dagmarfraser
Pinned
🎉 New paper alert! 🧠 The velocity-curvature power law is one of the 'kinematic laws of nature' (Flash 2021), a 'fundamental law of human control' (Zago et al. 2016), and one of the 'kinematic regularities' (Frith & Frith 2023) thought to underlie all biological motion.
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𝗳𝗠𝗥𝗜 (𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗗) 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?
Something that everyone using fMRI will be hoping is not very solid, please please...
Please BOLD don't go down if oxygen metabolism (neurons?) goes up...
And it had to affect "default" regions???
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#neuroskyence
Something that everyone using fMRI will be hoping is not very solid, please please...
Please BOLD don't go down if oxygen metabolism (neurons?) goes up...
And it had to affect "default" regions???
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#neuroskyence
December 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
𝗳𝗠𝗥𝗜 (𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗗) 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?
Something that everyone using fMRI will be hoping is not very solid, please please...
Please BOLD don't go down if oxygen metabolism (neurons?) goes up...
And it had to affect "default" regions???
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#neuroskyence
Something that everyone using fMRI will be hoping is not very solid, please please...
Please BOLD don't go down if oxygen metabolism (neurons?) goes up...
And it had to affect "default" regions???
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#neuroskyence
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
🧩 Academic software fragmentation is real. Your model is in Python, your collaborator needs MATLAB, the bifurcation analysis tool requires Fortran, and someone wants to run parameter sweeps on GPU via PyTorch...
PyRates solves this: define your model once, auto-generate code for any backend.
PyRates solves this: define your model once, auto-generate code for any backend.
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🧩 Academic software fragmentation is real. Your model is in Python, your collaborator needs MATLAB, the bifurcation analysis tool requires Fortran, and someone wants to run parameter sweeps on GPU via PyTorch...
PyRates solves this: define your model once, auto-generate code for any backend.
PyRates solves this: define your model once, auto-generate code for any backend.
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Small at-home workout done. Maintaining the stepping/jogging/running in place is getting a bit easier over time 'cos I ain't leaving my apartment if I don't have to today. It's cold. 🥶
The views: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxCb...
The tunes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyRp...
The views: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxCb...
The tunes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyRp...
Relaxing 4K Snowy Drive in Norway | Geirangerfjord, Driving Sounds for Sleep and Study ASMR
YouTube video by Nomadic Ambience
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Small at-home workout done. Maintaining the stepping/jogging/running in place is getting a bit easier over time 'cos I ain't leaving my apartment if I don't have to today. It's cold. 🥶
The views: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxCb...
The tunes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyRp...
The views: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxCb...
The tunes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyRp...
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New post: cognitivewonderland....
All about scanning fish brains, fMRI statistics, and overzealous skepticism
"A little over 15 years ago, some researchers put a salmon into an fMRI scanner."
All about scanning fish brains, fMRI statistics, and overzealous skepticism
"A little over 15 years ago, some researchers put a salmon into an fMRI scanner."
The Salmon of Neuroimaging Doubt
We shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater (or the brain scanning out with the multiple corrections)
cognitivewonderland.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New post: cognitivewonderland....
All about scanning fish brains, fMRI statistics, and overzealous skepticism
"A little over 15 years ago, some researchers put a salmon into an fMRI scanner."
All about scanning fish brains, fMRI statistics, and overzealous skepticism
"A little over 15 years ago, some researchers put a salmon into an fMRI scanner."
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this, from @kevinbaker.bsky.social, is a better analysis of the intersection between LLMs and academic science than 98% of what's out there.
Context Widows
or, of GPUs, LPUs, and Goal Displacement
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
this, from @kevinbaker.bsky.social, is a better analysis of the intersection between LLMs and academic science than 98% of what's out there.
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An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
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Thank you @rachpips.bsky.social and @suziecro.bsky.social - this is great!! 🤣
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Thank you @rachpips.bsky.social and @suziecro.bsky.social - this is great!! 🤣
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Share this with a colleague. This org does grants for academic moms to help with things like childcare at a conference, covering unpaid days off with a sick kiddo, or just getting through a rough patch.
We need more stuff like this.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM #BlueSci #SciMom
iamas.com/academic-mam...
We need more stuff like this.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM #BlueSci #SciMom
iamas.com/academic-mam...
Academic Mamas Foundation
Join us at Academic Mamas, empowering mothers in academia worldwide. Access innovative programs and resources to thrive in an inclusive community. Celebrate the unique challenges and triumphs of…
iamas.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Share this with a colleague. This org does grants for academic moms to help with things like childcare at a conference, covering unpaid days off with a sick kiddo, or just getting through a rough patch.
We need more stuff like this.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM #BlueSci #SciMom
iamas.com/academic-mam...
We need more stuff like this.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM #BlueSci #SciMom
iamas.com/academic-mam...
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For reasons that are too complicated to explain, I am reminded of Adam Stuart Smith’s 2005 paper “Are Jaffa Cakes Really Biscuits?”. Here’s his cladogram (it says they aren’t): Full paper here: plesiosauria.com/pdf/smith_20...
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
For reasons that are too complicated to explain, I am reminded of Adam Stuart Smith’s 2005 paper “Are Jaffa Cakes Really Biscuits?”. Here’s his cladogram (it says they aren’t): Full paper here: plesiosauria.com/pdf/smith_20...
*TODAY 9th December 2025 4:00 PM GMT* MathWorks is hosting an interactive session on their new integrated AI assistant - MATLAB Copilot
Featuring a live Q&A with Seth DeLand, product manager for Generative AI at MathWorks.
Featuring a live Q&A with Seth DeLand, product manager for Generative AI at MathWorks.
uk.mathworks.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
*TODAY 9th December 2025 4:00 PM GMT* MathWorks is hosting an interactive session on their new integrated AI assistant - MATLAB Copilot
Featuring a live Q&A with Seth DeLand, product manager for Generative AI at MathWorks.
Featuring a live Q&A with Seth DeLand, product manager for Generative AI at MathWorks.
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This is probably the most useful thing in the piece... why LLMs are good at learning from code, and less good at learning from language. [and presumably video though they don't mention this].
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This is probably the most useful thing in the piece... why LLMs are good at learning from code, and less good at learning from language. [and presumably video though they don't mention this].
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**How distributed is the brain-wide network that is recruited
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
**How distributed is the brain-wide network that is recruited
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Thoughtful review with some good recent historical perspective on the ongoing paradigm shift that is radically changing the way we think about what brain areas do.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How distributed is the brain-wide network that is recruited for cognition? - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Both localized and distributed views on the functional organization of the brain have been put forward. In this Perspective, Rosen and Freedman examine the degree to which these two views account for ...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thoughtful review with some good recent historical perspective on the ongoing paradigm shift that is radically changing the way we think about what brain areas do.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
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Thanks so much everybody for reposting this 🙏🙏🙏
Please please continue to share it among your networks. I'm hoping there's somebody out there who is as excited about this project as I am.
Please please continue to share it among your networks. I'm hoping there's somebody out there who is as excited about this project as I am.
Passionate about women's mental health?
Interested in brain stimulation?
Excited by cutting edge neurotech?
Come do a PhD with me!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Interested in brain stimulation?
Excited by cutting edge neurotech?
Come do a PhD with me!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(thread)
a woman says we have to work together in front of a wentworth sign
ALT: a woman says we have to work together in front of a wentworth sign
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Thanks so much everybody for reposting this 🙏🙏🙏
Please please continue to share it among your networks. I'm hoping there's somebody out there who is as excited about this project as I am.
Please please continue to share it among your networks. I'm hoping there's somebody out there who is as excited about this project as I am.
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Next Wednesday Dec 10th, we are excited to have Dr @danieljamesyon.bsky.social join us for our last session of the year. Dr Yon will tell us about how our interactions with others alter metacognitive states of mind. Full details on our website (surl.li/mqtofs). All are welcome in person!
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Next Wednesday Dec 10th, we are excited to have Dr @danieljamesyon.bsky.social join us for our last session of the year. Dr Yon will tell us about how our interactions with others alter metacognitive states of mind. Full details on our website (surl.li/mqtofs). All are welcome in person!
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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Come join us at the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, a great place to do research!
University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Come join us at the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, a great place to do research!
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A short preprint describing our adoption of more consistent and precise use of terminology related to reproducibility, robustness, replicability, repeatability, and credibility.
osf.io/preprints/me...
osf.io/preprints/me...
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A short preprint describing our adoption of more consistent and precise use of terminology related to reproducibility, robustness, replicability, repeatability, and credibility.
osf.io/preprints/me...
osf.io/preprints/me...
I had dallied with AI chatbots before July 2024. It was only after reading Ethan Mollick's "Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold" www.oneusefulthing.org/p/gradually-... that I gave them a more thorough workout. It is interesting to revisit that article nearly 1.5 years later.
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I had dallied with AI chatbots before July 2024. It was only after reading Ethan Mollick's "Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold" www.oneusefulthing.org/p/gradually-... that I gave them a more thorough workout. It is interesting to revisit that article nearly 1.5 years later.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
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This letter to the British Journal of Psychiatry tells us everything we need to know about current thinking in #autism research. Concise, accessible & powerful. Read it if you think autism = social deficits! #DoubleEmpathyProblem www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Autism diagnosis and the double empathy problem | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Autism diagnosis and the double empathy problem
www.cambridge.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This letter to the British Journal of Psychiatry tells us everything we need to know about current thinking in #autism research. Concise, accessible & powerful. Read it if you think autism = social deficits! #DoubleEmpathyProblem www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Fascinating that #EEG is one of the top trends, while #fMRI is declining.
We've just set up a @ucl.ac.uk EEG community and attendance was way over what we expected. Interesting times.
#neuroskyence
We've just set up a @ucl.ac.uk EEG community and attendance was way over what we expected. Interesting times.
#neuroskyence
Navigate the rise and fall of research topics over five decades using The Transmitter's interactive map, which is based on a semantic analysis of nearly 350,000 abstracts in leading neuroscience journals. Explore more: www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/p...
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
Putting 50 years of neuroscience on the map
Navigate the rise and fall of research topics over five decades using our interactive map, which is based on a semantic analysis of nearly 350,000 abstracts.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Fascinating that #EEG is one of the top trends, while #fMRI is declining.
We've just set up a @ucl.ac.uk EEG community and attendance was way over what we expected. Interesting times.
#neuroskyence
We've just set up a @ucl.ac.uk EEG community and attendance was way over what we expected. Interesting times.
#neuroskyence