Marc Joanisse
@drmarcj.bsky.social
Cognitive Neuroscience of Reading and Language, U Western Ontario
Have you tried googling yourself, but misspelling your last name? It's kind of amusing:
February 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Have you tried googling yourself, but misspelling your last name? It's kind of amusing:
"fringe researchers [...] have used it to produce at least 16 papers purporting to find biological evidence for differences in intelligence between races, ranking ethnicities by I.Q. scores and suggesting Black people earn less because they are not very smart."
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"fringe researchers [...] have used it to produce at least 16 papers purporting to find biological evidence for differences in intelligence between races, ranking ethnicities by I.Q. scores and suggesting Black people earn less because they are not very smart."
we used to call it connectionism or PDP
January 20, 2026 at 1:35 PM
we used to call it connectionism or PDP
I work with a surprising number of successful people who have never been told 'no'. Watching them lose their shit when hearing that word for the first time tells me everything I need to know about the "well maybe I'll start my own university then!" mindset.
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I work with a surprising number of successful people who have never been told 'no'. Watching them lose their shit when hearing that word for the first time tells me everything I need to know about the "well maybe I'll start my own university then!" mindset.
I hate to admit, I'm old enough to remember the transition from 5 1/4, which we called floppy/floppies, to 3 1/2. We just kind of kept calling them floppies because that's what the name was.
January 11, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I hate to admit, I'm old enough to remember the transition from 5 1/4, which we called floppy/floppies, to 3 1/2. We just kind of kept calling them floppies because that's what the name was.
Is it weird that their Editorial Board lists 2,747 individuals? I feel like that's... weird.
www.nature.com/palcomms/jou...
www.nature.com/palcomms/jou...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Is it weird that their Editorial Board lists 2,747 individuals? I feel like that's... weird.
www.nature.com/palcomms/jou...
www.nature.com/palcomms/jou...
Also, mandatory coffee at 4 pm, to weed out those slackers who are raising a family and all that
It's satire right?
It's satire right?
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Also, mandatory coffee at 4 pm, to weed out those slackers who are raising a family and all that
It's satire right?
It's satire right?
If the information content of Rev 1 and 2 is really weak, then by all means invite 2 others. But most of the time, reviewers will agree on the critical stuff that directly bears on whether a manuscript should be published.
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If the information content of Rev 1 and 2 is really weak, then by all means invite 2 others. But most of the time, reviewers will agree on the critical stuff that directly bears on whether a manuscript should be published.
Or, you know, make a list of people to invite and work your way down that list till you have enough yesses.
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Or, you know, make a list of people to invite and work your way down that list till you have enough yesses.
Also, fellow action editors, while I have your attention:
You don't need to hedge against people saying no by inviting 4+ reviewers all at once. Most invite systems allow you to designate alternate reviewers if your first invites are declined.
You don't need to hedge against people saying no by inviting 4+ reviewers all at once. Most invite systems allow you to designate alternate reviewers if your first invites are declined.
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Also, fellow action editors, while I have your attention:
You don't need to hedge against people saying no by inviting 4+ reviewers all at once. Most invite systems allow you to designate alternate reviewers if your first invites are declined.
You don't need to hedge against people saying no by inviting 4+ reviewers all at once. Most invite systems allow you to designate alternate reviewers if your first invites are declined.
As an action editor: the number of invites I have to send out to get even two people to say yes is at least 5 or 6. How many would have said yes if they weren't already burnt out from being Rev 3 or 4 on a bunch of other papers?
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As an action editor: the number of invites I have to send out to get even two people to say yes is at least 5 or 6. How many would have said yes if they weren't already burnt out from being Rev 3 or 4 on a bunch of other papers?
Full service, you say?
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Full service, you say?
Quick advertisement for #openscience: making all our data and materials freely available online increased the visibility of our prior study, and sparked a new collaboration with researchers on the other side of the globe
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Quick advertisement for #openscience: making all our data and materials freely available online increased the visibility of our prior study, and sparked a new collaboration with researchers on the other side of the globe
Sometimes I see Arial and a little part of me dies inside
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Sometimes I see Arial and a little part of me dies inside
Remember how the same writers ranked Cleveland dead last at the start of the season, and yet they went on to win a pennant and went 7 games into the WS against the Dodgers?
Me neither.
Me neither.
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Remember how the same writers ranked Cleveland dead last at the start of the season, and yet they went on to win a pennant and went 7 games into the WS against the Dodgers?
Me neither.
Me neither.
and also, pintxos!
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
and also, pintxos!