Jared Nielsen
@jaredniels.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, Brigham Young University
brain.byu.edu
brain.byu.edu
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The Sensorimotor Superlab with @gribblelab.org and @andpru.bsky.social is a unique place to work and learn. We are now accepting MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2026. Join our awesome team at Western University... For application instructions see diedrichsenlab.org and gribblelab.org/join.html!
Diedrichsenlab
diedrichsenlab.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Sensorimotor Superlab with @gribblelab.org and @andpru.bsky.social is a unique place to work and learn. We are now accepting MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2026. Join our awesome team at Western University... For application instructions see diedrichsenlab.org and gribblelab.org/join.html!
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There are 75,977 people born in Somalia who are now citizens of the United States, including those specific people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There are 75,977 people born in Somalia who are now citizens of the United States, including those specific people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
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Check out this new TICS piece from @clmich.bsky.social, which reviews the multifaceted ways in which neuroplasticity and adversity interact throughout development.
Excited to share our new review “Mapping interactions between adversity and neuroplasticity across development” in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social. We discuss how experience - particularly adversity - interacts with neuroplasticity during human development authors.elsevier.com/c/1mB5U4sIRv...
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Check out this new TICS piece from @clmich.bsky.social, which reviews the multifaceted ways in which neuroplasticity and adversity interact throughout development.
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Professors have launched a Political Action Committee!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Professors have launched a Political Action Committee!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
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Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
Buy How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
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September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
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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
🧵👇
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
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
🧵👇
@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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Read through this and think about how absolutely unimaginable a message like this would have been just 13 months ago.
The suppression of US academic liberty has been accepted and normalized instantly. The federal government is in full control of what thoughts and values are allowed in lecture halls
The suppression of US academic liberty has been accepted and normalized instantly. The federal government is in full control of what thoughts and values are allowed in lecture halls
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Read through this and think about how absolutely unimaginable a message like this would have been just 13 months ago.
The suppression of US academic liberty has been accepted and normalized instantly. The federal government is in full control of what thoughts and values are allowed in lecture halls
The suppression of US academic liberty has been accepted and normalized instantly. The federal government is in full control of what thoughts and values are allowed in lecture halls
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With many unknowns lingering about what the lake’s dust contains, environmental groups are calling for action instead of waiting for more data.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/11/26/great-salt-lake-dust-full-toxins
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/11/26/great-salt-lake-dust-full-toxins
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
With many unknowns lingering about what the lake’s dust contains, environmental groups are calling for action instead of waiting for more data.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/11/26/great-salt-lake-dust-full-toxins
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/11/26/great-salt-lake-dust-full-toxins
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Brenda Milner showed the world that memory isn’t one thing — the hippocampus supports our life stories, while other circuits let us keep learning skills.
Her research on patient H.M. built the foundation of cognitive neuroscience.
#WomenInScience #MemoryResearch #NeuroHistory
Her research on patient H.M. built the foundation of cognitive neuroscience.
#WomenInScience #MemoryResearch #NeuroHistory
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Brenda Milner showed the world that memory isn’t one thing — the hippocampus supports our life stories, while other circuits let us keep learning skills.
Her research on patient H.M. built the foundation of cognitive neuroscience.
#WomenInScience #MemoryResearch #NeuroHistory
Her research on patient H.M. built the foundation of cognitive neuroscience.
#WomenInScience #MemoryResearch #NeuroHistory
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#PenNLINC is recruiting a clinical coordinator / lab manager!!! Looking for someone who is good with both people + code, wants to learn to acquire + analyze imaging data. Alumni in this role have written 1st author papers + gone to top grad programs.
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
neuroimaging | Satterthwaite Lab | UPenn
www.satterthwaitelab.com
Homepage for Satterthwaite lab
neuroimaging | neurodevelopment | adolescence | psychiatry | machine learning | network science
www.pennlinc.io
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#PenNLINC is recruiting a clinical coordinator / lab manager!!! Looking for someone who is good with both people + code, wants to learn to acquire + analyze imaging data. Alumni in this role have written 1st author papers + gone to top grad programs.
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
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"When you know how to talk about these hard things, and more importantly, how to listen (not to rebut, but to understand), we discover context and common ground," writes Becca Kearl.
Voices: Actually, we should talk politics at the holiday table
"When you know how to talk about these hard things, and more importantly, how to listen (not to rebut, but to understand), we discover context and common ground," writes Becca Kearl.
www.sltrib.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
"When you know how to talk about these hard things, and more importantly, how to listen (not to rebut, but to understand), we discover context and common ground," writes Becca Kearl.
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Now that we're all back from SFN, let's chat about @thetransmitter.bsky.social "State of Neuroscience" report. It's huge! So much to discuss!
Let me share what I see. I'd love to hear your thoughts as well.
Let's start with the semantic map /1
www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu...
Let me share what I see. I'd love to hear your thoughts as well.
Let's start with the semantic map /1
www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu...
The State of Neuroscience 2025
The Transmitter presents a portrait of the field through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Now that we're all back from SFN, let's chat about @thetransmitter.bsky.social "State of Neuroscience" report. It's huge! So much to discuss!
Let me share what I see. I'd love to hear your thoughts as well.
Let's start with the semantic map /1
www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu...
Let me share what I see. I'd love to hear your thoughts as well.
Let's start with the semantic map /1
www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu...
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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Another reminder that if you got students who wanna do a social psych PhD focusing on identities (specifically Asian, Latine, MENA Americans), I’m recruiting! I’m hustling hard here so pls send people my way 😅
see website for details www.pbandjlab.com
see website for details www.pbandjlab.com
Starting the week strong with a newly accepted paper in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, co-authored with postdoc @lizsnoland.bsky.social and Sohad Murrar! We merged two largely independent research lines to call for data disaggregation of Asian Americans and MENA Americans
Unpacking Broad Racial Labels: The Disaggregation of Data on Race and Ethnicity: https://osf.io/eyv7b
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Another reminder that if you got students who wanna do a social psych PhD focusing on identities (specifically Asian, Latine, MENA Americans), I’m recruiting! I’m hustling hard here so pls send people my way 😅
see website for details www.pbandjlab.com
see website for details www.pbandjlab.com
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2 weeks left to apply!!
I'm recruiting PhD students for my lab at Northwestern! I'm reviewing applications for the Department of Psychology for the Cognitive Affective Neuroscience and Clinical areas, due 12/1. 🧠
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
CATS Lab
Child & Adolescent Translational Science Lab at Northwestern University
nucatslab.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
2 weeks left to apply!!
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Miller Lab at #SFN2025. Come by and say hi ya. #Neuroscience
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Miller Lab at #SFN2025. Come by and say hi ya. #Neuroscience
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Deepest coverage of the administrative leave for @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social from @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
1/4
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
1/4
NIH abruptly places outspoken critic of Trump administration on leave
Jenna Norton, a vocal critic of Trump administration actions at the NIH, was abruptly placed on administrative leave this week.
www.statnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Deepest coverage of the administrative leave for @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social from @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
1/4
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
1/4
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Kevin Mitchell tells it as it is. There nothing there! We're easily captured by a simple narrative for an incredibly complex etiology. www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/goi...
Going against the gut: Q&A with Kevin Mitchell
A new review of 15 years of studies on the connection between the microbiome and autism reveals widespread statistical and conceptual errors.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Kevin Mitchell tells it as it is. There nothing there! We're easily captured by a simple narrative for an incredibly complex etiology. www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/goi...
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“data show an increase of 10% in submissions & 23% in funded projects from female applicants with the lottery-first approach compared to a previously used procedure. Additionally, the lottery-first approach was estimated to have 68% lower economic costs compared to single-stage peer review approach”
Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line - Nature Communications
The authors show evidence from a German funding line that a lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among fund...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“data show an increase of 10% in submissions & 23% in funded projects from female applicants with the lottery-first approach compared to a previously used procedure. Additionally, the lottery-first approach was estimated to have 68% lower economic costs compared to single-stage peer review approach”
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Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood
www.cbs.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
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New finding! 5-day accelerated TMS (no MRI needed) showed major PTSD symptom relief in n~100 Veterans—77% response, 62% remission. Fast, scalable, and effective with scalp-based targeting. A big step for accessible PTSD care. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #TMS #PTSD
Pragmatic Accelerated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
www.sciencedirect.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
New finding! 5-day accelerated TMS (no MRI needed) showed major PTSD symptom relief in n~100 Veterans—77% response, 62% remission. Fast, scalable, and effective with scalp-based targeting. A big step for accessible PTSD care. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #TMS #PTSD
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Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has more integrity and spine than the entire HHS "leadership"
In a video, Norton confirms the news and says: "I strongly suspect it is because I have been speaking up in my personal capacity about the harms I have been witnessing inside the NIH.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
www.tiktok.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has more integrity and spine than the entire HHS "leadership"
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As per usual, “free speech” really means “don’t disagree with me” by this govt. This is total BS! @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social needs us to speak out about this clear retaliation!
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
As per usual, “free speech” really means “don’t disagree with me” by this govt. This is total BS! @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social needs us to speak out about this clear retaliation!