Ana Todorovic
@neuroanatody.bsky.social
Broad spectrum psychologist with one foot firmly in the life sciences, the other foot firmly in the humanities. Sometimes I lose my balance.
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Ana Todorovic
@neuroanatody.bsky.social
· Nov 12
What we lose by being overly scientific about healthcare | Psyche Ideas
Empirical studies tell us about treatment outcomes, but they overlook the cultural dynamics that can help us feel better
psyche.co
Science is a superb way to collect information, but sometimes, the scientific method enters areas of life where it doesn't fit well. For example, when in a real assessment for depression everyone always gets asked the same set of questions. I wrote a piece about this. psyche.co/ideas/what-w...
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Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
Shearer et al. introduce an interactive web application for exploring fMRI effect maps:
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
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Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
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Me: i’m Autistic
Them: Oh you take things literally
Me: No that’s kleptomania
Them: Oh you take things literally
Me: No that’s kleptomania
July 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Me: i’m Autistic
Them: Oh you take things literally
Me: No that’s kleptomania
Them: Oh you take things literally
Me: No that’s kleptomania
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Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK
August 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK
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1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 5 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
The media, their framing, IS the problem
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 5 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
The media, their framing, IS the problem
August 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 5 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
The media, their framing, IS the problem
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 5 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
The media, their framing, IS the problem
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Unfortunately the team of PhD level experts in question consists of Ariely, Boldt, Croce, Fujii, Gino, Hauser, Lesné, Schön, Smeesters, Stapel, Tessier-Lavigne, and Wansink.
OpenAI releases the newest version of the AI model that powers its popular ChatGPT chatbot, with CEO Sam Altman promoting it as like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.”
OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’
OpenAI says its latest version of the popular AI model is better at coding, more accurate and less deceptive than previous versions.
nbcnews.to
August 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Unfortunately the team of PhD level experts in question consists of Ariely, Boldt, Croce, Fujii, Gino, Hauser, Lesné, Schön, Smeesters, Stapel, Tessier-Lavigne, and Wansink.
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🇬🇧 LONDON: WORLD THEATRICAL PREMIERE 🇬🇧
🎥 AUG 7: ActOne Cinema SOLD OUT!
🎥 AUG 6: Picturehouse Central (Piccadilly Circus)
LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE
The film that spawned the #1 bestselling book.
George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison will be on-hand for Q&A's & book signings
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
🎥 AUG 7: ActOne Cinema SOLD OUT!
🎥 AUG 6: Picturehouse Central (Piccadilly Circus)
LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE
The film that spawned the #1 bestselling book.
George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison will be on-hand for Q&A's & book signings
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🇬🇧 LONDON: WORLD THEATRICAL PREMIERE 🇬🇧
🎥 AUG 7: ActOne Cinema SOLD OUT!
🎥 AUG 6: Picturehouse Central (Piccadilly Circus)
LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE
The film that spawned the #1 bestselling book.
George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison will be on-hand for Q&A's & book signings
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
🎥 AUG 7: ActOne Cinema SOLD OUT!
🎥 AUG 6: Picturehouse Central (Piccadilly Circus)
LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE
The film that spawned the #1 bestselling book.
George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison will be on-hand for Q&A's & book signings
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Radical!
I remember once astonishing a colleague’s husband when he naively asked why we (historians) couldn’t just look something up on the internet and we had to explain that WE are the ones who find the stuff and add it to the internet
“How does the computer know something happened if no one tells the computer about it” is the easy-reader way to explain why we still need human reporters and data-collectors
And I also find it genuinely alarming that even some people on this website don’t seem to grasp this
And I also find it genuinely alarming that even some people on this website don’t seem to grasp this
August 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Radical!
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It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.
August 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.
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I love when airlines are like ooooooh we didn’t realize you’d ALL be bringing a bag
July 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I love when airlines are like ooooooh we didn’t realize you’d ALL be bringing a bag
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one cool thing about Scandinavian countries with comprehensive public health insurance is places like Denmark can do a study on… everybody and conclude that yes COVID vaccines are safe
1.6 million people showed no statistical increase in 29 adverse events after mRNA covid vax
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #MedSky
Safety of JN.1-Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
This cohort study investigates the association between booster vaccinations containing the JN.1 lineage and 29 serious adverse events in Denmark.
jamanetwork.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
one cool thing about Scandinavian countries with comprehensive public health insurance is places like Denmark can do a study on… everybody and conclude that yes COVID vaccines are safe
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Modern theories of emotion (especially “interoceptive inference”) often cite William James as a key inspiration. But what did James actually say about emotion, and is it supported by the data? Here’s a brief look at the core arguments and classic evidence. 🧵
July 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Modern theories of emotion (especially “interoceptive inference”) often cite William James as a key inspiration. But what did James actually say about emotion, and is it supported by the data? Here’s a brief look at the core arguments and classic evidence. 🧵
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One of the many things that upset me about the "powder keg" metaphor that's being amplified by English news outlets is that exactly the same metaphor was used to retroactively 'explain' the wars in the Balkans in 1990s as reflection of 'simmering animosities'.
Fabricated then, fabricated now.
Fabricated then, fabricated now.
July 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One of the many things that upset me about the "powder keg" metaphor that's being amplified by English news outlets is that exactly the same metaphor was used to retroactively 'explain' the wars in the Balkans in 1990s as reflection of 'simmering animosities'.
Fabricated then, fabricated now.
Fabricated then, fabricated now.
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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Got Butterflies in your Stomach? I am super excited to share the first major study of my postdoc @the-ecg.bsky.social - Now out in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! We report a multidimensional mental health signature of stomach-brain coupling in the largest sample to date www.nature.com/articles/s44...
July 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Got Butterflies in your Stomach? I am super excited to share the first major study of my postdoc @the-ecg.bsky.social - Now out in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! We report a multidimensional mental health signature of stomach-brain coupling in the largest sample to date www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This page has something for everyone! Or at least everyone who is interested in film, gender, or beautiful graphs. Gender dominance in screenplays, revisited with tons of data. pudding.cool/2017/03/film...
The Largest Analysis of Film Dialogue by Gender, Ever
Lately, Hollywood has been taking so much shit for rampant sexism and racism. The prevailing theme: white men dominate movie roles.
pudding.cool
July 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This page has something for everyone! Or at least everyone who is interested in film, gender, or beautiful graphs. Gender dominance in screenplays, revisited with tons of data. pudding.cool/2017/03/film...
How do you miss an unborn child, Poppy Noor asks herself in this brilliant and touching piece. To paraphrase Kate Inglis, author of 'Notes for the Everlost', you miss them with every last inch of gut, bone and marrow. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The year after my son died in childbirth | Poppy Noor
After the tragedy, one question haunted me: how do you miss an unborn child?
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
How do you miss an unborn child, Poppy Noor asks herself in this brilliant and touching piece. To paraphrase Kate Inglis, author of 'Notes for the Everlost', you miss them with every last inch of gut, bone and marrow. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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When you love someone with a mental illness or history of trauma…
Daughter/mother, clinical psychologist/advocate-educator team Dr Michelle Sherman and DeAnne M Sherman, with a new resource @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Daughter/mother, clinical psychologist/advocate-educator team Dr Michelle Sherman and DeAnne M Sherman, with a new resource @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
When you love someone with a mental illness or history of trauma | BPS
Daughter/mother, clinical psychologist/advocate-educator team Michelle D Sherman (PhD LP ABPP; pictured, left) and DeAnne M Sherman (right), with a new resource.
www.bps.org.uk
June 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
When you love someone with a mental illness or history of trauma…
Daughter/mother, clinical psychologist/advocate-educator team Dr Michelle Sherman and DeAnne M Sherman, with a new resource @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Daughter/mother, clinical psychologist/advocate-educator team Dr Michelle Sherman and DeAnne M Sherman, with a new resource @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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<TMS best practices>
Hi folks,
Could you please point me to the most up-to-date consensus paper you're aware of relating to TMS safety? Number of pulses / intensities / frequencies / other parameters etc.
I want to take as wide a look at the literature as possible.
Please repost for visibility!
Hi folks,
Could you please point me to the most up-to-date consensus paper you're aware of relating to TMS safety? Number of pulses / intensities / frequencies / other parameters etc.
I want to take as wide a look at the literature as possible.
Please repost for visibility!
July 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
<TMS best practices>
Hi folks,
Could you please point me to the most up-to-date consensus paper you're aware of relating to TMS safety? Number of pulses / intensities / frequencies / other parameters etc.
I want to take as wide a look at the literature as possible.
Please repost for visibility!
Hi folks,
Could you please point me to the most up-to-date consensus paper you're aware of relating to TMS safety? Number of pulses / intensities / frequencies / other parameters etc.
I want to take as wide a look at the literature as possible.
Please repost for visibility!
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The UK did have one standout product that was considered globally valuable- universities- and unilaterally decided to stop providing the product because it was more important to be xenophobic than successful
The UK’s economic problems are quite deep-rooted. The best summary I can offer is “we don’t make enough valuable, productive stuff and sell it to the world any more”.
Things like planning and energy no doubt play a role in that - but I don’t think they’re enough to fix it on their own
Things like planning and energy no doubt play a role in that - but I don’t think they’re enough to fix it on their own
July 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The UK did have one standout product that was considered globally valuable- universities- and unilaterally decided to stop providing the product because it was more important to be xenophobic than successful
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In a stunning moment of erotic fervour, calculator demands BOOBS.
July 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
In a stunning moment of erotic fervour, calculator demands BOOBS.
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7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.
July 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.
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"Data and code available upon request" is the academic equivalent of "Please ask staff about allergens".
July 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"Data and code available upon request" is the academic equivalent of "Please ask staff about allergens".