Taskeen F Docrat

🧠|Neuroscience 👩🏻‍🔬|Researcher 🧬|Medical Biochemistry 🏆|SAWiSA2024: winner "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" 📍Cape Town🇿🇦

[🌱✨ The Fault in our Gwaais ✨🌱 @AlaricPrins]

On today's episode of animal rescue, @Phdoc23, myself and several others (including the courier guys lol) saved some baby Egyptian geese from the drain 🦆

[Taskeen F Docrat @Phdoc23]

@AlaricPrins How many researchers and staff does it take to rescue baby geese ?🪿😂💁🏻‍♀️

[Taskeen F Docrat @Phdoc23]

@AlaricPrins @rjaloss Enjoy. You deserve it friend 🥳#Maythefourth

[Taskeen F Docrat @Phdoc23]

@rjaloss @AlaricPrins Yeah.. again ���

[🌱✨ The Fault in our Gwaais ✨🌱 @AlaricPrins]

VIP guests 🤭🤭

[🌱✨ The Fault in our Gwaais ✨🌱 @AlaricPrins]

absolutely HORRIBLE view at lunch today, right @Phdoc23?

[Taskeen F Docrat @Phdoc23]

@AlaricPrins The worst 😏🥹

[Taskeen F Docrat @Phdoc23]

Great airline, efficient flight ✈️ 🙌@FlySafair #CustomerExperience #FlyWithFlySafair #FlySafairCares

[Taskeen F Docrat @Phdoc23]

@AlaricPrins 😭 😭 😭 A moment, PLS! 🏆 #soproud 💪

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

This week's @Nature cover highlights a report of A.I. mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants https://t.co/qTSHdxF8Ia

[Deep Psychology @DeepPsycho_HQ]

How to get into flow State.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

[Taskeen F Docrat @Phdoc23]

@CPUT Growing from GREATS 👏

[CPUT @CPUT]

The groundbreaking work of Dr Taskeen Docrat has been recognised with a Y2 rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF).

Full story here: https://t.co/tExFM1cRhe

[🌱✨ The Fault in our Gwaais ✨🌱 @AlaricPrins]

Your friendly neighbourhood scientists 👍🏽👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬
@Phdoc23

[Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew]

Curiosity May Hold Key to Healthy Brain Aging

Curiosity may be a critical factor in healthy aging, according to new research that distinguishes between general curiosity (trait curiosity) and momentary, topic-specific curiosity (state curiosity).

While trait curiosity tends to decline with age, state curiosity — interest in specific subjects — actually increases in older adults.

This rise in focused curiosity may help keep the mind sharp and guard against cognitive decline, potentially reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Older adults often become more selective in their learning, channeling curiosity into areas that are personally meaningful.

This selectivity could explain why state curiosity increases even as general curiosity drops.

Researchers suggest that encouraging engagement with new, interesting topics may promote cognitive resilience and delay dementia symptoms.

[Taskeen F Docrat @Phdoc23]

@Miss_Maharaj14 Me too!!

[Jennifer Hall @HallJennif37114]

The Notes app on your iPhone is one of the most powerful tools available.

But 99% of people don’t know its true potential.

Here are 15 amazing features you must know:

[International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) @IBROorg]

Only 2 days left! ⏳ If you're based in Latin America or Africa & looking to upgrade your skills in neural circuit research methods & analysis, don't miss out on this #training opportunity in Montreal 🇨🇦
#Funding available! 💰

Apply by 13 Apr: https://t.co/4N2jeO4Qv2
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