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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Jun 26

Anyone interested in task-based fMRI I'd love to meet you at poster #1808 today!

Cognitive Modes Detectable with Task-Based fMRI

Or, just read the book 😀:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
#OHBM2025 #fMRI

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Jun 26

the preface is here, written in Brisbane

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Jun 26

After many (many) years of work with Dr. Chantal Percival we have open-science published an "edited book" Cognitive
Modes Detectable with Task-Based fMRI. Results on a total of 28 tasks are reported.

Percival C. M., & Woodward, T. S. (Eds.) (2025).
osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Jun 24

Congratulations!

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Jun 24

Were you looking for a number like 10x better? I can say for myself that 20 years ago I wanted to understand task-based fmri but did not at all, and now I am very satisfied with what I understand, thankfully.

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · May 11

And it’s like with kids when parents ignore them they stop talking

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Brad Postle @bradpostle.bsky.social · May 10

we aspire to provide that "one place" at jocnf.pubpub.org, which is explicitly set up to host threaded discussions. It's taking rather longer than we had hoped to really catch on, but it's ready when you are!

JoCN Forum

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · May 5

Western University is seeking applications for Canada Excellence Research Chairs. Please reach out if you are interested in Theme 2: Neuroscience. Western has extraordinary strengths in cognitive, molecular and systems neuroscience across species (rodents, NHPs, humans) uwo.ca/research/cer...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · May 6

"These guidelines were written by almost-retired professors who never could have met these standards back in the 1980s, when all you needed for tenure was 1.5 publications and a bottle of scotch in your desk."
buff.ly/TOh3MUc

Introducing Our University’s New, Totally Reasonable Criteria for Promotion and Tenure

Since the founding of our august institution, we have awarded promotion and tenure based on how many pages of your research we could read before fa...

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Apr 11

Agreed

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Apr 3

Neither do I

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thanks for the support friends. Having only 20 days notice combined with threats of disposal was stressful but thankfully UBC Psychiatry bailed me out. I still have my office and computer lab space though .. this was only the EEG equipment space.

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Apr 2

When you get booted out of your lab space .. U-Haul is there for you. They can take away the space but they can't take away the science! Thanks to UBC Psychiatry for accommodating our EEG/tACS neuromod equipment that was downsized(?) out of our hospital site.

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 31

Because formulaic manuscripts full of cliched phrasing are how science advances I guess? Time for a shift, friends and colleagues. We can now advance science without the formality of academic journals. I for one cannot wait. Only depends on ourselves actually reading/interacting outside that system

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 31

Prediction of Verbal Abilities From Brain Connectivity Data, but they didn’t include the language network?

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 23

and here is the evidence for it:
osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thanks Dawn!

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 10

Congratulations Dr. Tupitsa!

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 10

Thank to all who are encouraging this series of pre-publication initiative from a fresh perspective. Almost done two modes to go!
www.theurlist.com/woodward-lab...

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 10

The evidence consistently supported the FoVF cognitive mode as involving activation when there is focus on the features of the visual display to enhance task performance, and deactivation when attending to certain features may detract from task performance.

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 10

Another cognitive mode uploaded! This time, focus on Visual Feature (FoVF). Chantal Percival the lead author. Meet the Stay Puff and Old Blue Eyes pattern. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 6

8/11 are completed and the last 3 (DMB, Response, Visual), will be completed soon, and compiled into a free book "Cognitive Modes Detectable by fMRI", complete with anatomical doodles, ***and a way to determine function using task-induced BOLD changes for evidence***
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/wck63qhg...

Don’t hide the good stuff: Scientific advancement in task-based fMRI is slowed by not showing event-related BOLD (erBOLD) changes alongside anatomical patterns

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 6

If you're wondering what I'm on about, check out all the task-based cognitive modes detectable by fMRI, pre-published here:
www.theurlist.com/woodward-lab...

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Todd Woodward @twoodward.bsky.social · Mar 6

Still can't see it? Try the DMB patterns "Angel Wings", "Tripod", "In Flight", "Temporal Dots - Prominent" and "Snowman Nose".

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