Erik Asp

Neuroscientist; recent aff. @UChicago, @uiowa, @HamlineU; Director of the Wesley and Lorene Artz Cognitive Neuroscience Research Center

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

Our work “A neural network for religious fundamentalism derived from patients with brain lesions” is out today in PNAS. Specific right hemisphere lesions of a unique network likely change the probability of religious fundamentalism https://t.co/ODdFujPBpv

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

@neuromichael Thanks to @neuromichael and the whole neurospirituality group…An amazing 10 days out in Boston…excited for the manuscripts in development!

A ‘godsend’ for my research progress! 🤩

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

Dan Tranel being honored with a most well-deserved mentorship award at uiowa’s lesion retreat
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

@WiringTheBrain Eternalism*

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

@WiringTheBrain This view doesn’t work as long as we accept there are other observers beyond ourself
Given our current understanding of physics, externalism seems most likely https://t.co/NCHaGWXDVX

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

@SarahBurris @neuromichael Perhaps, if we investigated the construct of authoritarianism? Stay tuned for more on this…
🤓

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

Massive effort by our cross-institutional team including @neuromichael @foxmdphd @boeslab @IsaiahNeurology @RenegadeSynapse

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

Our work “A neural network for religious fundamentalism derived from patients with brain lesions” is out today in PNAS. Specific right hemisphere lesions of a unique network likely change the probability of religious fundamentalism https://t.co/ODdFujPBpv

[Michael Ferguson 🧠😇🕊 @neuromichael]

(1/12) Our brain network study of religious fundamentalism is out in PNAS. We identified brain networks associated with religious fundamentalism and found shared neuroanatomy with lesions linked to confabulation and criminal behavior: https://t.co/VBdA8febRi

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We're not designed to know how little we know. — Daniel Kahneman

What You See Is All There Is

RIP

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

@GreggDCaruso The authoritarian spector by bob altemeyer

A primer for understanding the rise in authoritarianism back in 1996

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

@PhilCorlett1 @neuromichael @foxmdphd @IsaiahNeurology @JenaeMNelson @jaredniels @boeslab @fredschaper_ @shansiddiqi @RenegadeSynapse Also pretty interesting that the structure that most directly induces vta dopaminergic negative prediction errors (the habenula) is calcified in 87% of schizophrenia patients (according to one study)

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

@PhilCorlett1 @neuromichael @foxmdphd @IsaiahNeurology @JenaeMNelson @jaredniels @boeslab @fredschaper_ @shansiddiqi @RenegadeSynapse Interesting…I’ll have to read this…did u evaluate positive and negative prediction errors in this paper?

Dan Tranel and I had some musings on a lack of negative prediction errors producing confabulations/delusions a couple years back

https://t.co/8DciKHw5Ea

[Michael Ferguson 🧠😇🕊 @neuromichael]

(1/11) 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭: 𝘈 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴
🧠🧵⤵️

https://t.co/eXVNeEOjZ7

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

18 surprising facts I learned about climate change:

1. Temperatures are at an all-time high...
... since humans left Africa

Temperatures peaked higher ~120k years ago (humans already lived on Earth)

And the world was generally warmer ~3M ago and before

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

This is extremely troubling. Understanding how propaganda spreads and affects human behavior may be the most important thing psychological science will ever offer to society. ⁦@GordPennycook⁩ ⁦@Ericmandelbaum⁩ https://t.co/iqpkFil5Qh

[Erik Asp @erikwasp]

@JamesSurowiecki Wisdom of crowds is such a great book. Have you ever heard of decision markets being used at academic institutions for optimal organizational decisions? Seems like place with so much diverse knowledge that just needs to be aggregated well

[American Association of University Professors @AAUP]

It’s as if they are completely oblivious to what higher education actually does…

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

• Read everyday.
• Spend time with nature.
• Ask questions.
• Never stop learning.
• Don't pay attention to what others think of you.
• Do what interests you the most.
• Study hard.
• Teach others what you know.
• Make mistakes and learn.
• It's Okay to not know things!

[Maryam Jamshidi (msjamshidi.bsky.social) @MsJamshidi]

“Every academic should be paying attention to what is happening there now. Florida is likely your future”