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
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?
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 ๐
https://t.co/ebwjrvYwJV
๐ฅณNew 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 ๐ฆ https://t.co/iDR8is1kA8
๐ฌThe 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
@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.
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?
@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!
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.
@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.
@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
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
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