Rihan Hassad
rihanh.bsky.social
Rihan Hassad
@rihanh.bsky.social
Building community to promote and advance neuroscience research and education @NYULangone @NYULH_Neuro. 🐝 Pro-kindness; science+ health advocate; team #cat
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Many pet owners will tell you that time with their pets improves their mental health. How?

Learn how emotional support animals help manage symptoms of mental illnesses and and how the brain reacts to this connection: pennneuroknow.com/2025/07/08/e...

#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #SciComm 🧪
Emotional support animals: A life- (and brain-) changing bond
Connections with a pet support mental health. How do emotional support animals help manage symptoms of mental illnesses and how does the brain react to this connection?
pennneuroknow.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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In honor of today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, The Transmitter spoke with eight women neuroscientists leading initiatives that strive to promote women in the field.

www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...

#WomenInScience #February11
February 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Folks please don’t forget to ALT your images! The more new folks show up here the lower the adoption of ALT is and that’s a bummer cause it means not all Bluesky users can enjoy your images!

Here’s how to turn on prompts to remind you to ALT:
November 9, 2024 at 1:58 AM