David Baranger

Asst Prof at MCW. Substance use, neuro, genetics, & development. NIAAA K99/R00. Rock climber & dad

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

I am recruiting a postdoc to study the neurobiology of addiction! Looking for someone who would be excited to lead current projects in the lab and develop new directions in related areas. More info: https://t.co/YeALyLI766

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

Tweetorial here: https://t.co/XpMrRDCzk6

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

New work from us, with one possible answer to the question "What to do about the low reliability of task fMRI?"

[medRxiv @medrxivpreprint]

Enhancing task fMRI individual difference research with neural signatures https://t.co/5QqV589iTd #medRxiv

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

I'm shutting down @PsyArXiv_bot_v2 until further notice. You can still get #Psyarxiv notifications on @bluesky.

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

Question for my fellow task #fMRI folks: A frequent assumption I see (including in my own work) is that regions that are the most 'activated' in a contrast will also show the largest associations with individual differences. Is there any empirical work showing this is the case?

[Jonny Smallwood @the_mindwanders]

Remember back in 2022, when we didn't need to worry about a 2nd Trump Presidency, but were concerned about how many participants it would take to map links between personality & brain activity? (cf work by @smarek0502 & @ndosenbach)
We have good news 👇
https://t.co/ebwjrvYwJV

[Sarah Paul @spaul1124]

Excited to share that this manuscript has now been published @NatMentHealth! https://t.co/EGfRY5Dg2S

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

Woo another fun collab in the books! Enjoyed getting comfortable with multilevel log-linear models for this one.

[Tayler Sheahan @tayler_sheahan]

🥳New pub! Kappa opioid receptor agonists are clinically effective in treating chronic itch, but how do they work? We've found which neurons carry itch from the spinal cord to the brain and show kappa agonists inhibit these cells to suppress scratching 🦟 https://t.co/iDR8is1kA8

[Tayler Sheahan @tayler_sheahan]

🔬The Sheahan Lab at MCW is looking for a research technician! This position is great for someone interested in gaining more neuroscience experience in the realm of itch/pain prior to applying for graduate or medical school. Please share! More info here: https://t.co/3Q1Lbwnzma

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

@JamieLarsH @sha_zhiqiang @FangChengYeh Thanks for these ideas! I do think that a very easy plug-and-play visualization approach for regression results from AtlasTrack would be very useful.

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

I've gotten multiple questions about how to visualize white matter tracts with the ABCD, but I don't think there's an easy way. Is it time for a ggsegAtlasTrack?

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

@sha_zhiqiang Oh nice. The online manual seems to be all about processing the data and making the tracts. Not clear how the visualization would work, but good to know the tools are buried in there!

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

@sha_zhiqiang Haven't used it yet! Does DSI make it easy to visualize results (e.g., from regressions)?

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

Spin tests and such are great if you're comparing brain maps of distributions (mean/variance/etc). But if the maps are from regressions - use permutations!! Better error control, and can be applied to any measure type (volume, connectivity, white matter), not just the surface.

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

@DammeSf Depending on the goals, openpsychometrics is interesting https://t.co/G27DDY5hYM, and a bunch of the HCP data is available for anyone to download.

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

@literalbanana @seconds_0 @netflix As typical, the reanalysis finding that the findings don't hold up continues to get a lot less attention than the original article https://t.co/PZSAcWQEF9

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

@realJoshSiegel @tayler_sheahan Thanks! Yeah, it was a slog

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

We had the less common experience of going on the academic job market as couple. @tayler_sheahan and I wrote some reflections and advice about how we once again navigated our "two body problem". Hope it's helpful! https://t.co/5n3zsjWsIm

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

@Joseph_Deak @NIDAnews @NIH_LRP @YalePsych WOO congrats!!

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

@erin_bondy @MedicalCollege Thanks Erin!

[David Baranger @David_Baranger]

We're heading to Milwaukee!

So stoked to be able to share that I'll be joining the Medical College of Wisconsin @MedicalCollege as a TT Asst Prof and opening my lab in July 2025!

Keep an eye out for more from the Brain, Environment, and Addictions Research (BEAR) Lab! 1/4