Vicky Varela

Clinical Neuropsychologist Ph.D @ Uni of Athens Medical School

[Manos Tsakiris @manos_tsakiris]

A timely, interdisciplinary discussion on fear from journalism, cultural history, psychology, and political theory. Ft. @phil_tinline , @sarahchurchwell , @manos_tsakiris , @jleadermaynard, organized by @EliseWoodard20 & @m_j_hannon

[Vicky Varela @VickyV18]

@geoffreyhinton Congratulations!!

[Vicky Varela @VickyV18]

@demishassabis @geoffreyhinton Huge congratulations, Demis!

[Asad Naveed @dr_asadnaveed]

How to read a scientific paper:  (1/2)

[Daniël Lakens @lakens]

This paper makes 2 very important points. First, for within designs G*Power has weird defaults that lead to large mistakes. Use our Superpower app instead: https://t.co/xtLHVcQtWE Second, as I stress in my paper on sample size justification, make power analyses reproducible.

[Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social @AnnaCiaunica]

A model linking emotional dysregulation in neurodivergent people to the proprioceptive impact of joint hypermobility | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/3PQclVhzFO

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Magpie following a cat pretending it’s not

[Mariam Aly @mariam_s_aly]

The traditional view of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) is that it is a "declarative memory system": necessary for long-term episodic memory but not other domains of cognition. Is that really true?

A thread of how there is no such thing as a dedicated "episodic memory system"

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

This is a map of repetition among all symptoms in the DSM-5.

🧵1/10

[nature @Nature]

Obituary: Anthony Epstein (1921–2024) pathologist whose finding that viruses can trigger tumours in humans transformed medical research https://t.co/o1ntxJ3YDM

[Joseph E. LeDoux "The Four Realms of Existence" @theamygdaloid]

Very pleased to be part of this study

https://t.co/CbXx9JYrzx

[Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social @AnnaCiaunica]

Examining the association between depersonalisation traits and the bodily self in waking and dreaming | Scientific Reports https://t.co/Ojky1zVqBI

[Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social @AnnaCiaunica]

For a small fee, I will attend your enemy’s Consciousness talk on neural correlates of Consciousness and ask *where the brain stops and the body begins*? 😎😅

[George Chrousos @GChrousos]

Congratulations Nils on your newly published @FrontiersIn article: https://t.co/sPxVzNLhV0

[NPSY-Lab.VR @NpsyVr]

New research is out! @ValeMoroUnivr @maddalenabecc @Sahba_Besh @KaterinFoto @pauljenkin @sonia_ponzo @Scandle @bertagnoli_sara
#neuropsychology #ResearchProgress

Examining the role of self-reported somatosensory sensations in body (... https://t.co/ZkSTTUqRUu

A thread:

[Dr Anastasia Rousaki @AnastasiaRousak]

Happy new year everyone 🥂 may we all be healthy and happy this year. Let's hope that social justice prevails and we abolish borders (a girl can dream😊)

[CamBrainCNS @CamBrainCNS]

Time to start filling up that 2024 diary! 🗓️ We'll be here to welcome you back 9 Jan for our next Neurotalks. For the theme mind-body connection, we'll be hearing from @HugoFleming_ , @Marta__Camacho and @DavidPosner13. 🧵⤵️for details!

[Mariam Aly @mariam_s_aly]

In long-term memory, the hippocampus is important for recollection; but in working memory it tracks global familiarity.

We provide data in support of this conclusion & describe how computational models naturally account for these distinct signals.

https://t.co/DbJ3ifYbTT

[RADAR-AD @RADARAD7]

What is the potential of #digital technologies to improve the assessment of #Alzheimer’s disease?RADAR-AD videos provide the answer and expain its research, preliminary results and patient experiences with the project: https://t.co/5vrjZdAOOF @IHIEurope @AlzheimerEurope @KCL_OAP

[Manos Tsakiris @manos_tsakiris]

Political persuasion & AI?
1️⃣ Can partisan role-play enhance persuasiveness on political issues?
2️⃣ Can GPT-4 rival the persuasiveness of human political messaging experts?
New preprint @PoliticFeeling led by @KobiHackenburg 👏& @lujainmibrahim 👏, @Ben_Tappin 🙏& yours truly 👇