Edwin Dalmaijer
@dalmaijer.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist with many interests, including why our stomachs churn when we feel disgust. I also write books on programming; teach Python, statistics, and machine learning; and develop open-source software.
https://www.dalmaijer.org
https://www.dalmaijer.org
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Funded ESRC DTP Strategic joint PhD studentship with me at @notts-psych.bsky.social and @alexhendry.bsky.social on play interactions to improve executive functions. Application details in the link. Deadline: 18th Feb. Please share widely with interested students!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE738/e...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE738/e...
ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship: Adopting a Research-Informed Approach to Develop Play Interactions to Improve Executive Functions in Neurotypical and Neurodiverse Families. at Midlands Graduate ...
Find a ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship: Adopting a Research-Informed Approach to Develop Play Interactions to Improve Executive Functions in Neurotypical and Neurodiverse Families. on jobs.ac.uk,...
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Funded ESRC DTP Strategic joint PhD studentship with me at @notts-psych.bsky.social and @alexhendry.bsky.social on play interactions to improve executive functions. Application details in the link. Deadline: 18th Feb. Please share widely with interested students!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE738/e...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE738/e...
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main goal for this year: find a new job! 🙂
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
January 16, 2026 at 10:14 AM
main goal for this year: find a new job! 🙂
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
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⏳ Just over 2 weeks left to apply! ⏳
We are looking for talented Cognitive Neuroscientists to join our team at Trinity College Dublin for postdoc positions funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV296/r...
www.ktsetsoslab.net/_files/ugd/0...
We are looking for talented Cognitive Neuroscientists to join our team at Trinity College Dublin for postdoc positions funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV296/r...
www.ktsetsoslab.net/_files/ugd/0...
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
⏳ Just over 2 weeks left to apply! ⏳
We are looking for talented Cognitive Neuroscientists to join our team at Trinity College Dublin for postdoc positions funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV296/r...
www.ktsetsoslab.net/_files/ugd/0...
We are looking for talented Cognitive Neuroscientists to join our team at Trinity College Dublin for postdoc positions funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV296/r...
www.ktsetsoslab.net/_files/ugd/0...
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After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried
If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...
eiko-fried.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
I was 2 characters over the limit in a box on a grant proposal, so I did what any self-disrespecting English speaker would: removed the additional Ss (e.g. "focussed") and Us (e.g. "behaviour"). Now I’m 2 characters under.
I might apply for citizenship at some point, so nobody tell the Home Office!
I might apply for citizenship at some point, so nobody tell the Home Office!
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I was 2 characters over the limit in a box on a grant proposal, so I did what any self-disrespecting English speaker would: removed the additional Ss (e.g. "focussed") and Us (e.g. "behaviour"). Now I’m 2 characters under.
I might apply for citizenship at some point, so nobody tell the Home Office!
I might apply for citizenship at some point, so nobody tell the Home Office!
I left Twitter when Musk took over, and haven’t really kept up since. It looks like they’ve added two more Xs?
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
I left Twitter when Musk took over, and haven’t really kept up since. It looks like they’ve added two more Xs?
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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1/4 New preprint! We designed an open-source system for auditory brainstem response (ABR), a research & clinical auditory test. Costs $400 to build (vs $10K to buy a proprietary one) and works great! All open-source if you want to make one for your lab or classroom. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
1/4 New preprint! We designed an open-source system for auditory brainstem response (ABR), a research & clinical auditory test. Costs $400 to build (vs $10K to buy a proprietary one) and works great! All open-source if you want to make one for your lab or classroom. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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To be fair to the Bold signal, I was also past my best after 35 years
December 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
To be fair to the Bold signal, I was also past my best after 35 years
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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...
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“a tutorial on the acquisition and analysis of the human electrogastrogram. Because dedicated equipment and software can be prohibitively expensive, we demonstrate how data can be acquired using a low-cost OpenBCI Ganglion amplifier.”
arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
A tutorial on electrogastrography using low-cost hardware and open-source software
Electrogastrography is the recording of changes in electric potential caused by the stomach's pacemaker region, typically through several cutaneous sensors placed on the abdomen. It is a worthwhile te...
arxiv.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“a tutorial on the acquisition and analysis of the human electrogastrogram. Because dedicated equipment and software can be prohibitively expensive, we demonstrate how data can be acquired using a low-cost OpenBCI Ganglion amplifier.”
arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
Are you curious about electrogastrography, but keep getting chicken-related results when googling "EGG"? We have the preprint for you!
In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Are you curious about electrogastrography, but keep getting chicken-related results when googling "EGG"? We have the preprint for you!
In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
Hey, @collabrapsychology.bsky.social , I love what you're doing overall! But... rejecting review requests is too hard! Declining requires logging in (why?!), and nobody seems to monitor email replies to your requests. Instead, I keep getting automated reminders for a paper outside of my expertise.
December 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Hey, @collabrapsychology.bsky.social , I love what you're doing overall! But... rejecting review requests is too hard! Declining requires logging in (why?!), and nobody seems to monitor email replies to your requests. Instead, I keep getting automated reminders for a paper outside of my expertise.
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Talking today about whether attention can modulate retinal activity, come join! 👁️ #nvp25
This afternoon at #nvp2025, an entire session on cognitive #pupillometry 👁️ with talks by @anavili.bsky.social , @cstrauch.bsky.social and others. See you at 👉 12:00! #psychology
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Talking today about whether attention can modulate retinal activity, come join! 👁️ #nvp25
I have become what I hate: someone who submits manuscripts just before the winter break. (Mostly due to reviews coming back this week!)
If you’re asked to review please feel free to postpone until January. (It’s what I’m doing, and journals usually happily accept. If not, less work for us 🤷)
If you’re asked to review please feel free to postpone until January. (It’s what I’m doing, and journals usually happily accept. If not, less work for us 🤷)
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I have become what I hate: someone who submits manuscripts just before the winter break. (Mostly due to reviews coming back this week!)
If you’re asked to review please feel free to postpone until January. (It’s what I’m doing, and journals usually happily accept. If not, less work for us 🤷)
If you’re asked to review please feel free to postpone until January. (It’s what I’m doing, and journals usually happily accept. If not, less work for us 🤷)
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🎄Early Christmas present: we still have a few presentation spots available!
If you’d like to share your research at the Culture Conference but haven’t submitted yet, you can send us your abstract until this Friday, 19 December.
Submission details are on our website (link in bio).
If you’d like to share your research at the Culture Conference but haven’t submitted yet, you can send us your abstract until this Friday, 19 December.
Submission details are on our website (link in bio).
December 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🎄Early Christmas present: we still have a few presentation spots available!
If you’d like to share your research at the Culture Conference but haven’t submitted yet, you can send us your abstract until this Friday, 19 December.
Submission details are on our website (link in bio).
If you’d like to share your research at the Culture Conference but haven’t submitted yet, you can send us your abstract until this Friday, 19 December.
Submission details are on our website (link in bio).
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Children need mental health care provided by humans, not chatbots.
The govt must expand the mental health workforce so that teenagers who are struggling can access timely, in-person support.
Our president, Dr Roman Raczka's letter published by @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The govt must expand the mental health workforce so that teenagers who are struggling can access timely, in-person support.
Our president, Dr Roman Raczka's letter published by @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Children need mental health care provided by humans, not chatbots.
The govt must expand the mental health workforce so that teenagers who are struggling can access timely, in-person support.
Our president, Dr Roman Raczka's letter published by @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The govt must expand the mental health workforce so that teenagers who are struggling can access timely, in-person support.
Our president, Dr Roman Raczka's letter published by @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Look at these thicc zebras… their posteriors attracting ALL the simulated boys to the yard*, like vision scientists to a phase-shifting Gabor grating 🫦
(*So that their pursuit is less likely to be successful compared to neck-targeted attacks.)
(*So that their pursuit is less likely to be successful compared to neck-targeted attacks.)
Rump stripes are typically broader than others and horizontal...
so may remain conspicuous to predators at distance or in motion...
so may remain conspicuous to predators at distance or in motion...
December 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Look at these thicc zebras… their posteriors attracting ALL the simulated boys to the yard*, like vision scientists to a phase-shifting Gabor grating 🫦
(*So that their pursuit is less likely to be successful compared to neck-targeted attacks.)
(*So that their pursuit is less likely to be successful compared to neck-targeted attacks.)
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🚧 Planned Pavlovia Maintenance – December 27th 🚧
During this time Pavlovia Servers will be offline. You may need to update old PsychoPy releases to continue smooth syncing to Pavlovia - see this discourse post for details.
discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-m...
Thanks for your patience 🙏
During this time Pavlovia Servers will be offline. You may need to update old PsychoPy releases to continue smooth syncing to Pavlovia - see this discourse post for details.
discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-m...
Thanks for your patience 🙏
Pavlovia maintenance on 27 Dec 2025
We are planning an essential update to Pavlovia on 27 December 2025. This is necessary as part of our ongoing security updates and usually such updates have minimal impact on users but, on this…
discourse.psychopy.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚧 Planned Pavlovia Maintenance – December 27th 🚧
During this time Pavlovia Servers will be offline. You may need to update old PsychoPy releases to continue smooth syncing to Pavlovia - see this discourse post for details.
discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-m...
Thanks for your patience 🙏
During this time Pavlovia Servers will be offline. You may need to update old PsychoPy releases to continue smooth syncing to Pavlovia - see this discourse post for details.
discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-m...
Thanks for your patience 🙏
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Keeping this at hand in case I need to point to it and tap
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Keeping this at hand in case I need to point to it and tap
Quick post on @jonaspotthoff.bsky.social new paper! We found people looked more at novel foods at an experimental buffet, including insects that they find gross! People suppress disgust avoidance when making foraging decisions.
Blog: www.dalmaijer.org/2025/12/fora...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
Blog: www.dalmaijer.org/2025/12/fora...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Quick post on @jonaspotthoff.bsky.social new paper! We found people looked more at novel foods at an experimental buffet, including insects that they find gross! People suppress disgust avoidance when making foraging decisions.
Blog: www.dalmaijer.org/2025/12/fora...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
Blog: www.dalmaijer.org/2025/12/fora...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
Would you eat insects, or is that disgusting? @jonaspotthoff.bsky.social used mobile eye-tracking as people browsed a buffet. They looked longer at insect and unfamiliar snacks, but only rated insects as disgusting. This suggests disgust isn't always avoided when foraging decisions have to be made!
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Would you eat insects, or is that disgusting? @jonaspotthoff.bsky.social used mobile eye-tracking as people browsed a buffet. They looked longer at insect and unfamiliar snacks, but only rated insects as disgusting. This suggests disgust isn't always avoided when foraging decisions have to be made!
SEND ME YOUR BOOKS! Brandi Lee Drisdelle and I are taking over as @pec-ipe.bsky.social book review editors. Have you written or read a new book in this space? Please let me know!
Note that perception is broad: it encompasses the outward senses, but I'm also open to e.g. interoception suggestions!
Note that perception is broad: it encompasses the outward senses, but I'm also open to e.g. interoception suggestions!
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
SEND ME YOUR BOOKS! Brandi Lee Drisdelle and I are taking over as @pec-ipe.bsky.social book review editors. Have you written or read a new book in this space? Please let me know!
Note that perception is broad: it encompasses the outward senses, but I'm also open to e.g. interoception suggestions!
Note that perception is broad: it encompasses the outward senses, but I'm also open to e.g. interoception suggestions!
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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...
(thread)
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 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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...
(thread)
Interested in brain stimulation?
Excited by cutting edge neurotech?
Come do a PhD with me!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(thread)
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...