Ludo Max
ludomax.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
Ludo Max
@ludomax.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington. Lab web site: http://faculty.washington.edu/ludomax/lab/

[bridged from https://fediscience.org/@ludomax on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
We all know there are several #pubpeer comments showing fraudulent data and AI-generated papers in #ScientificReports by #SpringerNature, but wow that journal's #review process is screwed up much more than people realize.... Worst experience ever. After one AE refused to make a decision after […]
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fediscience.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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"Delayed Auditory Feedback Increases Speech Production Variability in Typically Fluent Adults but has the Opposite Effect in Stuttering Adults"

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1628114/

#Stuttering #speech #Variability #daf #speechlanguage […]
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August 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Hantao Wang will defend his PhD dissertation on Tues 8/19 (10 am PDT), open to all via Zoom!

"Examining Cortical and Subcortical Processes Underlying Speech Auditory-motor Adaptation and Syllable Sequence Learning"

https://washington.zoom.us/j/94491363101?pwd=NGjWWgAy9SjuVM8eKCbPmeiDvxGiI2.1 […]
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fediscience.org
August 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Not cool for either authors or reviewers: Manuscript with junior first author has gone through two rounds of reviews and both reviewers have reached "The authors have addressed all my concerns," yet now the editor comes with "Before the manuscript can be accepted, (1) please replace your stats […]
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fediscience.org
June 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Congress moves to loosen toxic air pollution rules : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-5405619/air-pollution-rollback-congress
May 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
We need less AI, not more.

"Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books - Ars Technica"
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/chicago-sun-times-prints-summer-reading-list-full-of-fake-books/
arstechnica.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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If you ever wonder why our lab stays motivated to research stuttering, or whether funding for speech research is justified, just watch this very powerful video by Drew Lynch: https://youtu.be/Hyua6Mgl_Yg?si=-jwI5VOTqaJrQn7c

#research #funding #science #Stuttering #NIDCD #nih
April 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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SCIMap: Impact of Federal Health Research Cuts
https://scienceimpacts.org/

#science #funding #research #nih #impact
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/health/measles-kennedy-vitamin-a.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k4.XN4b.RzdsjDOcOYnV&smid=url-share
March 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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#musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts

Within the #trump admin’s #defense Dept, #ElonMusk’s #spacex rocketry is being trumpeted as the nifty new way the #pentagon could move #military cargo rapidly around the globe.

In the #commerce Dept, SpaceX’s #starlink […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
March 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Interested in applying for #postdoc #funding to come work with us on the #neuroscience of #speech motor control? Please get in touch to discuss options for the Weill Neurohub postdoctoral fellow program! Applications due May 28.

https://www.weillneurohub.org/rfp
2025 Research Funding (RFP) — Weill Neurohub
www.weillneurohub.org
March 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million.
..., the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it."
https://bsky.app/profile/olibclarke.bsky.social/post/3lkwfayqnb22x

#universities #funding #nih #science #research
March 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order"
https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/03/17/navajo-code-talkers-trump-dei-military-websites-wwii
March 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Always a bummer when one of your PhD students submits and F31 and the primary reviewer lists as a weakness that they should have included an expert in the field that you have been an expert in for 30 years. Ouch, what a burn... 🤣
March 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
March 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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The death sentence for science in the US: killing running grants for political reasons.

"Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00703-1

If this stands, #science in the US is dead.
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Nature, Published online: 06 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00703-1 Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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European Emergency #summit images 1

What a different scene from the show of aggression & unprovoked bullying on display by #trump & #jdvance toward #zelensky at the #whitehouse on Friday.

#europe #uk #france #eu #ukraine #starmer #macron #geopolitics #democracy #globalsecurity #standwithukraine
March 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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If you are in the US, see the economic impact of #nih #research #funding in YOUR state:

https://www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-state/

Cutting NIH budgets is not only bad for your health, it is also a very poor decision economically.
March 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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When #trump left the WH to travel to Florida for the weekend (to fondle his *golf club* & abandoned the duties of the #unitedstates president), he assailed President #zelensky of #ukraine further, saying that the Ukrainian leader did not want #peace. “He’s looking to go on & fight, fight, fight […]
Original post on masto.ai
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February 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/192059/rfk-jr-vaccines-flu-covid-hhs?utm_source=newsletter
February 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM