Andreas Burger

Researcher at Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Documentatiecentrum (WODC), Netherlands

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@AGholamrezaei @KollingINST @Sydney_Uni @DrAshtonJames @GlarePaul Congrats Ali, well deserved!

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Props to Neuromodulation though for their willingness to publish a letter that questions previous editorial decisions! (5/5)

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Wrote a letter calling for more scientific rigor and a closer eye on conflicts of interest in transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) research, together with @Martina47279454 and @IlseVanDIest . https://t.co/VnaXN1CH9Y (1/5)

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Unfortunately, low quality, industry-funded research without any form of pre-registration is quite common in the field of tVNS. As researchers and reviewers, we should be more mindful of this and try to do better (4/5).

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@EikoFried @Holly_PJ * faint noises of Italians crying in the distance *

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@OdyO11 @cornu_copiae @EikoFried The idea seems to be to first establish the validity of biomarkers in 'healthy' individuals, as it avoids placing an unnecessary burden on potentially vulnerable populations. Whether this is a good strategy is up for debate, of course. (2/2)

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@OdyO11 @cornu_copiae @EikoFried That's a very fair question! So far, studies have predominantly focused on 'healthy' individuals, meaning that individuals with dysautonomia would be excluded from participation in these studies. (1/2)

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This recent review @AndreasMBurger shows that "none of the potential biomarkers provide clear & definitive indications that transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation increases the vagal activity"; discusses reasons for it; and ways forward.

https://t.co/8iqHbMdbUl

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@cornu_copiae @EikoFried Will be very exciting if your group manages to do a preregistered replication of earlier results! Please keep us posted!

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@cornu_copiae @EikoFried Thanks for pointing this out Nils! Indeed, we had to make difficult choices on which potential biomarkers to include in the review, since there are so that have been proposed in the past. We chose the ones we felt were most often cited/used to include in the review.

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My postdoc project was funded by @FWOVlaanderen!
The project will focus on investigating the parameter-dependent modulation of trancutaneous VNS on noradrenergic activity, and its effects on extinction of fear. #tvns

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@LSteenbergen2 Oof, that quote did not age well...

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Piekeren helemaal niet slecht hoeft te zijn, legt Piekerprofessor Bart Verkuil @drworry uit in @RadioKunststof. Het kan soms zelfs in ons voordeel kan werken:

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@ThomasEJanssens @JohannesVlaeyen Thanks for sharing these resources, Johan and Thomas!

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I've noticed that several sources like https://t.co/TTMzPkzLlY are tracking Corona trajectories based on number of deaths per day. Does anyone know what makes this the best metric to quantify Corona trajectories? Shouldn't there be a correction for population size & density?

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@valentina_j_29 Haha yes welcome to the next level of academia, Valentina! The spam will follow you for the rest of your academic career, better get used to it ;)

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With great thanks to co-authors @Martina47279454 @drworry @IlseVanDIest!

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For all you vagus nerve stimulation researchers out there: exciting new review out on biomarkers of (t)VNS in #Psychophysiology! We reviewed effects of (t)VNS on HRV, vagus somatosensory evoked potentials, pupillometry, P300, and sAA. Check it out: https://t.co/62tAn9YIQY