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Izabela Maria Sztuka

@isdedal.bsky.social

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Environmental Neuroscience, Cog Comp Neuroscience, AI & BCI | Archeologist & Rose lover | Postdoctoral Researcher at Center for Environmental Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Nov 11

“To be talented is not enough. What’s really important is how you manage that talent if you have it. This is as important as the talent itself.”

#career
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Elie Saab: "I don't believe in instant success"

The Lebanese fashion designer discusses his global success and his impact on world fashion. #Globalconversation

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · 9d

Really sad news. Jane Goodall transformed our understanding of primates and championed conservation worldwide. Her impact is immeasurable.

#science #research

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 11d

💻 Last week 💻
@isdedal.bsky.social and @nourtawil.bsky.social were at the Academy for Neuroscience in Architecture conference presenting their upcoming paper (w Claire Pauley) on how the brain processes face-like house façades 🏠

#ANFA2025 #Neuroscience #Architecture #EnvironmentalNeuroscience

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · 17d

If confirmed, this breakthrough gene therapy for Huntington’s disease could be a historic step forward in treating previously untreatable neurological disorders.

#neuroscience #research
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · 18d

PS. Oh and BTW, the paper is really worth reading! Authors developed high-resolution walkability index that could be used to study how people function in environments.

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A Walk across Europe: Development of a high-resolution walkability index

Physical inactivity significantly contributes to obesity and other non-communicable diseases, yet efforts to increase population-wide physical activit…

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · 18d

Almighty Gods of Wisdom & Reason — don’t leave us!
When publishers push AI “reading assistants” message is clear: don’t bother reading. On top of don't-bother-writing attitude I see in reviewed papers, my feeling is that we are losing the very essence of #science.

Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · 23d

Not believing democracy can slip into autocracy is exactly what allows it to happen. Americans saw Trump’s admiration for Putin’s grip on power, but dismissed the possibility it could take root here. That disbelief is what leaves the country just a breath away from losing democratic freedoms.

Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Sep 9

The most accurate depiction of establishment playing game of deflection these days:

#migration

Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Aug 28

Language in scientific writing is a mirror of academic culture. This editorial is a timely reminder that careful, precise, and balanced expression strengthens scholarship. Yet too many papers today are framed like product branding rather than contributions to knowledge.

#science

Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · Aug 28

Wonderful editorial from our colleagues about why self-promotional language should be avoided in scientific articles.

Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · Aug 28

Self-promotional language may attract readers but is discouraged in Communications Psychology. Because style matters in fostering credibility.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 28

Phantom feelings in lost limbs present a puzzle for neuroscientists who were taught to believe that once a body part is amputated, another body part will creep into its spot on the brain’s map of the body.

A new imaging study undermines that theory. https://scim.ag/45SInZQ

After an amputation, the brain’s map of the body is more stable than previously thought

Imaging study could inform future prosthetics and treatments for phantom limb pain

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Andrzej Rysuje @andrzejrysuje.bsky.social · Aug 26

Dziś Dzień Psa

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Aug 18

a rabbit from the secret life of pets is making a funny face and saying `` wha ? '' .

ALT: a rabbit from the secret life of pets is making a funny face and saying `` wha ? '' .

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Aug 12

There’s always that one trending paper that makes you pause… 🤔

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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Aug 6

📑New CEN pre-print by @johanna-prugger.bsky.social, @isdedal.bsky.social and Simone Kühn is out!

'Urban versus Rural Living: Associations with Mental Health, Physical Health, and Psychological Constructs'
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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jul 30

New preprint from @cen-mpib.bsky.social: our 500-study review on how place shapes mind, body, and brain.

🧠 Urban upbringing alters stress-related brain circuits.
🌿 Rural living linked to resilient prefrontal structure.
🌍 Health disparities & gap in global representation.

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jul 3

"stash of unlicensed erectile dysfunction tablets" is there a black market for those? 😲

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jul 3

And drug cartels, pharmaceutical and alcohol industry know it. People experience savage hopelessness and they want to forget the pain for few minutes. You can't blame them. Nobody knows what to do and there's less and less hope that people up the top really care. 2/2

#society

Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jul 3

Be it drugs or alcohol - literally every country in this world experiences this problem. Nobody seems to understand how vicious cycle of poverty and inequality pushes people into the arms of substance addiction.
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Teens unable to walk, mothers with rash-covered babies: How Kush is ruining lives

YouTube video by Sky News

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jul 2

Mood this year:

Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jun 26

Amazing day for Poland!

Welcome aboard!🇵🇱

#AxiomMission4 #Science #Nauka #SlawoszUznanskiWisniewski #Badania
#ISS #Kosmos #Technologia

ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · Jun 26

The #Ax4 crew is now onboard the International SpaceStation
🚀👨‍🚀👩‍🚀👨‍🚀👨‍🚀

With @astro-slawosz.bsky.social passing through the hatch, the #Ignis mission officially begins 🔥

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jun 24

Ciekawe czy to dyskusja z botem czy człowiekiem na ciężkich narkotykach i bez dostępu do tlenu?

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Jun 24

The major dispersal of humans out of Africa around 50,000 years ago was preceded by an increase in diversity of the habitats that humans chose to live in, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/40cyoMV 🏺 🧪

This is figure 4, which shows Homo sapiens suitable habitat and climatic niche area through time.

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jun 24

Deeply worrying developments in regards to Green Claims Directive. EU withdrawal from this initiative will be a disaster that will hit consumers in entire Europe.

#environment

Dana Popp @danapoppeu.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢Green claims: co-rapporteurs @sandrogozi.bsky.social (IMCO) & @woelken.eu (ENVI) will hold a press conference today at 15.15h following @ec.europa.eu intention to withdraw the proposal & @consilium.europa.eu cancellation of today's trilogue

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Green Claims Directive: EP co-rapporteurs hold a press conference at 15.15 | News | European Parliament

Following the Commission’s announcement on Friday that it intends to withdraw the legislative proposal, the Council has decided to cancel the trilogue scheduled for Monday.

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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jun 20

Until 2014, I spent a few years researching what remained of Crimean Tatar cultural heritage. The history of deportations had been censored for long time, and meticulous Soviet erasure of Tatar culture after World War II is still barely recognized as a crime.

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Dutch parliament recognizes Soviet 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide

In the adopted text, Dutch lawmakers declared that the Soviet-led deportation of Crimean Tatars, which took place between May 18 and 21, 1944, constitutes genocide by contemporary legal and historical...

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · Jun 5

POV: Orbiting Mars. 2 volcanoes. 1 dust storm and the darkness of space around you.

You can browse the 170MP (!) here easyzoom.com/image/633505

Full size, download & more info here flic.kr/p/2r95M3B

@esa.int Mars Express 2024-02-16
Olympus & Ascraues Mons

Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck 🧪🔭

A high resolution photo of Mars from orbit captured by ESA's Mars Express. The image shows the reddish, dusty surface with soft brown and rusty hues, fading into a thin atmosphere. At the bottom left, two prominent volcanic formations, Olympus Mons and Ascraeus Mons, appear as large, broad features on the surface, with their edges softly blending into the landscape. On the bottom right, a large, circular bluish cloud hovers just above the surface, with soft, uneven edges. At the top center, a yellowish dust storm swirls across the terrain, resembling tightly packed cotton balls in a rough oval shape. The curvature of the planet highlights the thin atmosphere, gradually fading into the vast darkness of space.

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