Matt Mattoni
@mattmattoni.bsky.social
Temple Clinical Psychology PhD Student 🦉 | Heterogeneity in Brain Networks & Psychopathology | First Gen | NRSA F31 Fellow
Update: now it feels personal
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Update: now it feels personal
In the big 2026 can we agree to not require a seperate document for all these items that are already in the manuscript file
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In the big 2026 can we agree to not require a seperate document for all these items that are already in the manuscript file
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Check out this cool new experimental study by Jonas Dora, et al on the effects of negative mood ☹️ and alcohol intoxication 🍺🍸on reinforcement learning!!
Our experimental study on the effects of negative mood and alcohol intoxication on reinforcement learning in the Iowa Gambling Task is now published OA in Judgment and Decision Making: doi.org/10.1017/jdm.... as always, anonymized data, materials, and code can be found on the OSF: osf.io/ky3aj/
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Check out this cool new experimental study by Jonas Dora, et al on the effects of negative mood ☹️ and alcohol intoxication 🍺🍸on reinforcement learning!!
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I was fortunate to write this paper with some of the smartest and most courageous folks in any room:
@lluaces.bsky.social @sheilacrowell.bsky.social @junegruber.bsky.social @tinaboisseau.bsky.social @anthonyperillo.bsky.social @jenperillo.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social
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@lluaces.bsky.social @sheilacrowell.bsky.social @junegruber.bsky.social @tinaboisseau.bsky.social @anthonyperillo.bsky.social @jenperillo.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social
9/9
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I was fortunate to write this paper with some of the smartest and most courageous folks in any room:
@lluaces.bsky.social @sheilacrowell.bsky.social @junegruber.bsky.social @tinaboisseau.bsky.social @anthonyperillo.bsky.social @jenperillo.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social
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@lluaces.bsky.social @sheilacrowell.bsky.social @junegruber.bsky.social @tinaboisseau.bsky.social @anthonyperillo.bsky.social @jenperillo.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social
9/9
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Just accepted at Nature Mental Health:
Crises and Opportunities for Psychological Science under Fascism
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nz42x_v3
1/9
Crises and Opportunities for Psychological Science under Fascism
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nz42x_v3
1/9
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just accepted at Nature Mental Health:
Crises and Opportunities for Psychological Science under Fascism
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nz42x_v3
1/9
Crises and Opportunities for Psychological Science under Fascism
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nz42x_v3
1/9
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🆕 New open neuroimaging dataset released!
I’m happy to share that our Naturalistic Neuroimaging Database (NNDb3T+) is now publicly available! NNDb3T+ captures rich, multimodal brain activity in a naturalistic setting with 40 participants and over 160 hours of scanning!
I’m happy to share that our Naturalistic Neuroimaging Database (NNDb3T+) is now publicly available! NNDb3T+ captures rich, multimodal brain activity in a naturalistic setting with 40 participants and over 160 hours of scanning!
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🆕 New open neuroimaging dataset released!
I’m happy to share that our Naturalistic Neuroimaging Database (NNDb3T+) is now publicly available! NNDb3T+ captures rich, multimodal brain activity in a naturalistic setting with 40 participants and over 160 hours of scanning!
I’m happy to share that our Naturalistic Neuroimaging Database (NNDb3T+) is now publicly available! NNDb3T+ captures rich, multimodal brain activity in a naturalistic setting with 40 participants and over 160 hours of scanning!
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Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
go.illinois.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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We focused on fMRI studies of 🧠 networks… but there’s so much more neat idiographic work being done in other neuroimaging & psychology domains! See @mattmattoni.bsky.social's recent review for more thoughts on uniting these perspectives
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We focused on fMRI studies of 🧠 networks… but there’s so much more neat idiographic work being done in other neuroimaging & psychology domains! See @mattmattoni.bsky.social's recent review for more thoughts on uniting these perspectives
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Group-to-individual generalizability and individual-level inferences in cognitive neuroscience
Much of cognitive neuroscience research is focused on group-averages and interindividual brain-behavior associations. However, many theories core to t…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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We focused on fMRI studies of 🧠 networks… but there’s so much more neat idiographic work being done in other neuroimaging & psychology domains! See @mattmattoni.bsky.social's recent review for more thoughts on uniting these perspectives
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We focused on fMRI studies of 🧠 networks… but there’s so much more neat idiographic work being done in other neuroimaging & psychology domains! See @mattmattoni.bsky.social's recent review for more thoughts on uniting these perspectives
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New work led by @mattmattoni.bsky.social
“Overall, results suggest that BOLD activation to reward tasks, and likely other fMRI tasks, is more appropriate for within-person study than between-person study, highlighting a need for intensive longitudinal neuroimaging designs.”
“Overall, results suggest that BOLD activation to reward tasks, and likely other fMRI tasks, is more appropriate for within-person study than between-person study, highlighting a need for intensive longitudinal neuroimaging designs.”
Precision Imaging for Intraindividual Investigation of the Reward Response https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.26.678878v1
September 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New work led by @mattmattoni.bsky.social
“Overall, results suggest that BOLD activation to reward tasks, and likely other fMRI tasks, is more appropriate for within-person study than between-person study, highlighting a need for intensive longitudinal neuroimaging designs.”
“Overall, results suggest that BOLD activation to reward tasks, and likely other fMRI tasks, is more appropriate for within-person study than between-person study, highlighting a need for intensive longitudinal neuroimaging designs.”
🚨🚨New precision imaging study and open dataset 🚨🚨 Featuring almost 200 functional runs acquired in 3-4d intervals and behavioral manipulations focused on intraindividual study of the reward response - The Night Owls Scan Club (NOSC) With @dvsmith.bsky.social and @olinotom.bsky.social!
September 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨🚨New precision imaging study and open dataset 🚨🚨 Featuring almost 200 functional runs acquired in 3-4d intervals and behavioral manipulations focused on intraindividual study of the reward response - The Night Owls Scan Club (NOSC) With @dvsmith.bsky.social and @olinotom.bsky.social!
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This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Delighted that PINE Lab will be accepting applications for PhD students to start Fall 2026! Please share with applicants looking for developmental & neuroscience programs? Our website is updated with current studies, questions, and guidance about fit: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
Contact 3 — Plasticity in Neurodevelopment Lab
www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Delighted that PINE Lab will be accepting applications for PhD students to start Fall 2026! Please share with applicants looking for developmental & neuroscience programs? Our website is updated with current studies, questions, and guidance about fit: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
Final version!
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Matthew Mattoni, Thomas M. Olino, et al:
Functional connectivity heterogeneity and consequences for clinical and cognitive prediction: Stage 2 registered report
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Functional connectivity heterogeneity and consequences for clinical and cognitive prediction: Stage 2 registered report
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
August 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Final version!
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Absolutely thrilled to share the 🌟 FIRST PAPER 🌟 from ACORN Lab! 🐿️ I’m beyond proud of all-star grad student @heatherarobinson.bsky.social for this review of “exposome” effects on neurodevelopment & cognition! Paper here rdcu.be/ezUqx & thread below 👇 /1
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky #cogdev
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky #cogdev
The effect of the “exposome” on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes
Neuropsychopharmacology - The effect of the “exposome” on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes
rdcu.be
August 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Absolutely thrilled to share the 🌟 FIRST PAPER 🌟 from ACORN Lab! 🐿️ I’m beyond proud of all-star grad student @heatherarobinson.bsky.social for this review of “exposome” effects on neurodevelopment & cognition! Paper here rdcu.be/ezUqx & thread below 👇 /1
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky #cogdev
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devsky #cogdev
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📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team!
Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
August 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team!
Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8
osf.io/preprints/ps...
My dissertation / first RR is out now in Imaging Neuroscience! Lots of folks discuss how between-person heterogeneity may limit the utility of group-averages for brain functioning - we empirically tested that idea! doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
July 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My dissertation / first RR is out now in Imaging Neuroscience! Lots of folks discuss how between-person heterogeneity may limit the utility of group-averages for brain functioning - we empirically tested that idea! doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Ugh..
The National Institutes of Health has removed gender identity variables from the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, @thetransmitter.bsky.social has learned.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/gender/abcd-...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/gender/abcd-...
ABCD Study omits gender-identity data from latest release
The removal counteracts the goals of the longitudinal study by “pretending that some aspects of adolescent brain development don’t exist,” says sex differences researcher Nicola Grissom.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ugh..
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🚨📚 New book! I’m thrilled to share that our edited volume, Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions (Springer Nature), will be out later this year. Co-edited with @thepsychologist.bsky.social and @dfareri.bsky.social — huge thanks to all our brilliant contributors.
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July 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🚨📚 New book! I’m thrilled to share that our edited volume, Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions (Springer Nature), will be out later this year. Co-edited with @thepsychologist.bsky.social and @dfareri.bsky.social — huge thanks to all our brilliant contributors.
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The Academy of Psychological Clinical Science is offering dissertation awards to students in our member programs. Please see: www.acadpsychclinicalscience.org/07-07-25-apc... for all the details, deadline 9/1/25.
We also need reviewers, details at same link!
We also need reviewers, details at same link!
APCS |
APCS offers dissertation awards.
www.acadpsychclinicalscience.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Academy of Psychological Clinical Science is offering dissertation awards to students in our member programs. Please see: www.acadpsychclinicalscience.org/07-07-25-apc... for all the details, deadline 9/1/25.
We also need reviewers, details at same link!
We also need reviewers, details at same link!
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Is anyone talking about the big design flaws in this study, e.g. 1) small N, btwn subject design, 2) v. heterogeneous sample, 3) writing prompt confounded with condition (really!), 4) vast number of measures with no preregistration?
I can't believe this is getting so much press...
I can't believe this is getting so much press...
ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study
ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study
Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston ar...
themessengernews.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Is anyone talking about the big design flaws in this study, e.g. 1) small N, btwn subject design, 2) v. heterogeneous sample, 3) writing prompt confounded with condition (really!), 4) vast number of measures with no preregistration?
I can't believe this is getting so much press...
I can't believe this is getting so much press...
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NEW: Statement from the PCI RR Managing Board on the withdrawal of Infant and Child Development as a PCI RR-friendly journal, and the decision by Wiley to refuse preprints that have been peer-reviewed by @peercommunityin.bsky.social / @pci-regreports.bsky.social
Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh
Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh
June 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
NEW: Statement from the PCI RR Managing Board on the withdrawal of Infant and Child Development as a PCI RR-friendly journal, and the decision by Wiley to refuse preprints that have been peer-reviewed by @peercommunityin.bsky.social / @pci-regreports.bsky.social
Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh
Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh
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As a part of the @standupforscience.bsky.social Summer Fight for Science campaign, we want to host 1000 teach ins across the US between now and Sept 30th.
Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know.
Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡
Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know.
Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡
May 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
As a part of the @standupforscience.bsky.social Summer Fight for Science campaign, we want to host 1000 teach ins across the US between now and Sept 30th.
Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know.
Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡
Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know.
Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡
Reposted by Matt Mattoni
ATTENTION
New crowdsourced site collecting and sharing stories of public impact of research
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
Take a look and consider contributing. Let's make this as powerful as possible!
New crowdsourced site collecting and sharing stories of public impact of research
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
Take a look and consider contributing. Let's make this as powerful as possible!
Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
ATTENTION
New crowdsourced site collecting and sharing stories of public impact of research
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
Take a look and consider contributing. Let's make this as powerful as possible!
New crowdsourced site collecting and sharing stories of public impact of research
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
Take a look and consider contributing. Let's make this as powerful as possible!
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As @kypsychassoc.bsky.social and others have been saying, attacks on DEI have real consequences for healthcare! kentuckylantern.com/2025/05/07/l... Appreciate @kentuckylantern.com @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social for covering! @cherilev.bsky.social does great work that we needs funding!
Louisville eating disorder clinic loses $300,000 to Trump's anti-diversity push • Kentucky Lantern
University of Louisville clinic that treats and researches eating disorders has lost nearly $300,000 in federal funding because of anti-DEI directives.
kentuckylantern.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As @kypsychassoc.bsky.social and others have been saying, attacks on DEI have real consequences for healthcare! kentuckylantern.com/2025/05/07/l... Appreciate @kentuckylantern.com @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social for covering! @cherilev.bsky.social does great work that we needs funding!