Steve Nikolin

Neuroscience researcher, brain zapper, and victim of a persisting, incurable, and deep-seated curiosity about life, the universe and everything

[eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science @eClinicalMed]

Ketamine for the treatment of major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Findings suggested that effect sizes for depression severity, as well as response and remission rates, were numerically greater for racemic ketamine than esketamine.

https://t.co/lGkF8oV3SS

[Dr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron]

Prof. Lenton, Prof. Schellnhuber. Dr. Kalmus, Prof. Steinberger, Prof. Anderson, Prof. Steffen, Prof. Huq.

All experts whose views I deeply respect. I look at their evidence & reach the same conclusion.

Have we all lost the plot? Or is our society nuts?

[Chris Chambers @chrisdc77]

Following Elsevier's decision to raise the APC for NeuroImage to $3,450, all editors (inc. EiCs @fmrib_steve @tobergmann @BirteUta) from NeuroImage and NeuroImage:Reports have resigned, effective immediately. I am joining this action and have also resigned https://t.co/0aamG7bemJ

[Brian Nosek (@[email protected]) @BrianNosek]

Massive status bias in peer review.

534 reviewers randomized to review the same paper revealing the low status, high status, or neither author. 65% reject low status, 23% reject high status.

Amazing work by Juergen Huber and colleagues. #prc9

[Anil Seth @anilkseth]

Do you see what I see? Take part in #ThePerceptionCensus - the largest ever study of perceptual diversity. Help us advance the research, and discover more about your own powers of perception along the way. Part of @Drea_m_achine @unboxed2022. Sign up 👇🏽 https://t.co/I6wC778qJC

[Steve Nikolin @NikolinStevan]

@NeuroGem @PBFitzgerald https://t.co/gioIVDCkND
More generally, anything published by Gin Malhi on TMS in the last few years (check out the self-citations in the reference list of the linked doc)

[Martijn Arns @Brainclinics]

Just published the largest psychiatric open-access EEG database (TDBRAIN: N=1274) with rich phenotype data (Dx, Tx-outcome, ADHD, MDD, OCD) and raw EEG data in BIDS format.

@AcademicEEG @eegmanylabs

https://t.co/wLAntUXmpC

[Lisa Zembrodt @LisaZembrodt]

I caught a bit of a radio show today. They were dead wrong about why electricity and energy prices are high and I feel a responsibility to set the record straight.
A very short and digestible thread.

[Michelle Tye @MichelleTye4]

Excited to share new findings from our trial of a smartphone application designed to help young adults self-manage suicidal ideation. Did it work? Read our study and find out. @blackdoginst @JinnihHan

[Michael Breakspear @DrBreaky]

Fact: Success rates for female candidates in Australia's principal fellowship scheme was a diabolic 6.5% last year - the lowest in the history of this scheme & likely the lowest for any advanced economy in the world

#auspol

https://t.co/6besitKres

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

So folks have been comparing the weird @GMB morning show interview with the climate activist in the UK with *that* scene from #DontLookUp.

So we at the @MehdiHasanShow put them side by side & the results are.. astounding. Reality mirroring art!

Watch:

[I'm @Ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky @KetanJ0]

3 more Aus pols mention the IPCC report: @MehreenFaruqi (Greens), @ALeighMP @PeterKhalilMP (Labor).

That brings the total to three (y'day: @zalisteggall, @sarahinthesen8, @AdamBandt)

6 people, out of 121 MPs and 65 Senators on Twitter, over two days.

[Sarah Burch @SarahLynnBurch]

Speaking as an @IPCC_CH Lead Author, these are some of the most important new messages from the #climate report out today: (🧵)

1. For the first time we’re seeing evidence of real, sustained decreases in greenhouse gas emissions from some countries.

But take a breath because…

[Anđela Šoškić @angelasoskic]

How does tweaking pre-processing and analysis affect study outcomes, effect size, and statistical power of an ERP study? Read our pre-print to find out: https://t.co/c4icYPa0uT @VanjaKovic @suzyjstyles @EmilyKappenman

[Steve Nikolin @NikolinStevan]

@bartbolsterlee @japplphysiol Well done! 😃

[Bart Bolsterlee @bartbolsterlee]

Thanks @japplphysiol for selecting my article, I'm honoured.

And the great thing for all of us is that the paper will be open access for the next two months!

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Last line of IPCC policy doc: "Scientific evidence is unequivocal: Climate change is a threat to human well-being & planetary health. Any further delay in global action will miss a brief & rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable & sustainable future for all."

[Black Dog Institute @blackdoginst]

Depression & at-risk alcohol use are common in the Australian community & often co-occur. Researchers from @Sydney_Uni are looking for people experiencing these issues to complete a quick survey & go into a draw to win a $100 eGift card. Find out more → https://t.co/K2ByD1ro9y

[jonny saunders @json_dirs]

More fun publisher surveillance:
Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is *unique for each time a PDF is downloaded*, this is a diff between metadata from two of the same paper. Combined with access timestamps, they can uniquely identify the source of any shared PDFs.

[Sarah Berry @sarzberry]

‘I wish I had it years ago’: How brain stimulation can help treat depression @NikolinStevan @CognitiveTx https://t.co/u0vpkPyVEk