“Those skills (conflict resolution, accountability) are more important than learning how to spell.”
Higher-order socio-cognitive skills are constrained by underlying cognitive capacities, weakening those foundations predictably degrades complex social reasoning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Te...
Epstein case has Russia's fingerprints all over it.
2026 - already called year of analog, as more people choose to "unplug", "unsubscribe" and shift away from tech.
Rebellion against subscriptions is just the economic dimension of broader tiredness with current socioeconomic model.
#society #unplug #digitaleconomy
youtu.be/8AKn-zJMIwY?...
Interesting longitudinal study on infants about development of representations of natural objects:
#neurocience
Inconceivable, how badly prepared Ireland is for this type of challenges. We have friends who had their entire life wiped-out with little warning.
Sheer scale of systemic failures is infuriating.
#Ireland #StormChandra
news.sky.com/video/storm-...
Interesting take on dynamics of shifting sands in global economy.
www.reuters.com/markets/worl...
#economy #EU
An interesting study on how gaze and gesture jointly support spatial reasoning in architecture. Mechanisms described may also be relevant for clinical conditions involving disrupted eye-hand coordination and visual-symbolic processing of the #environment.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/TPYTPN...
Wow, this has also potential to be great tool for teaching!
Happy 80th birthday to the iconic Dolly Parton.
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks. A behavioral neuroscientist explains what we've been missing about one of the animal kingdom's most underestimated minds. buff.ly/Uxj7boZ
Great news:
Today, @mpib-berlin.bsky.social launched its first mobile MRI lab 🧠🚐
This opens up exciting new possibilities for @cen-mpib.bsky.social to take environmental neuroscience research far beyond the lab into the field.
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/newsroom/new...
#neuroscience #environment
top risks 2026 is officially out
after 28 years of analyzing geopolitical risks
this year is the tipping point:
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ava Farnan, W. Taylor Kimberly, et al:
Detecting patterns of atrophy in cognitively impaired individuals using portable, low-field MRI
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
So how is the first 7 days of 2026 going?
Let's just hope it is not representative.
Among all the mockery one could pour on this headline, I feel sorry for his family. It's a grim reminder that disinformation isn't harmless, and can have terrible consequences when left unchallenged.
#disinformation
wyborcza.pl/7,75399,3249...
Small 2026 note: I’m stepping away from some social media platforms, namely X, Fb & Insta.
I won’t disappear overnight, but over next months those accounts will go quiet. Some already are.
I’m still around on LinkedIn and here on Bluesky.
❤️🔥"Either we're all Europeans, or none of us are"
From 13:40 @warfrontsweekly.bsky.social commentary absolutely nailed it 🔨 when it comes to what has to change in European mindset, for Europe to have future as a project.
#Europe #Geopolitics #Ukraine
youtu.be/5Qc2ZRV5znQ?... via
@YouTube
The number of armed conflicts worldwide has more than doubled in past 15 years, with around 130 ongoing today. These conflicts trap entire generations in cycles of violence and trauma, resulting in major physical and psychological health burdens at population level.
www.icrc.org/en/report/ic...
⚡Large-scale genetic study of 14 psychiatric disorders shows many diagnoses share common genetic roots. Comorbidity may reflect shared biology, not just clinical overlap.
Authors also point to prenatal and early-life factors shaping how genetic risk becomes disorder.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It is the worst crisis in history of US-Europe alliance with signals indicating Europe needs to become independent, strategically autonomous and find new global partners.
#Europe #democracy #geopolitics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-h...
Zum Wochenbeginn noch etwas Herzerwärmendes:
Auf Sumatra brach ein Biologe in Tränen aus. Nichts Schlimmes war passiert, er sah bloss die überaus seltene Pflanze "Rafflesia hasseltii", nach der er über ein Jahrzehnt lang gesucht hatte. 🤗
Last year in North Sumatra, I witnessed the cascading consequences of rainforest destruction - a crisis no longer limited to ecosystems, but one that directly places local communities in the path of escalating climatic extremes.
#environment
⚡American commentator Jon Stewart steamrolled global elites using the Epstein example. With the precision of a neurosurgeon, he laid bare the rotten core of a social class whose members share the same interests, even as they stoke political divisions.
www.youtube.com/shorts/RRvcE...
And it’s not just young. The Economist recently warned we should also worry about older adults’ screen time. If short-form content hurts focus in younger users, the risks for aging brains may be even greater.
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
New analysis sends clear warning about short-form videos. Across 98,299 people, higher TikTok/Reels/Shorts use equals worse attention + weaker inhibitory control. The endless scroll isn’t just a habit, it’s linked to measurable declines in core cognitive functions.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Really sad news. Jane Goodall transformed our understanding of primates and championed conservation worldwide. Her impact is immeasurable.
#science #research
💻 Last week 💻
@isdedal.bsky.social and @nourtawil.bsky.social were at the Academy for Neuroscience in Architecture conference presenting their upcoming paper (w Claire Pauley) on how the brain processes face-like house façades 🏠
#ANFA2025 #Neuroscience #Architecture #EnvironmentalNeuroscience
If confirmed, this breakthrough gene therapy for Huntington’s disease could be a historic step forward in treating previously untreatable neurological disorders.
#neuroscience #research
youtu.be/bhExSMZt1zs?...
PS. Oh and BTW, the paper is really worth reading! Authors developed high-resolution walkability index that could be used to study how people function in environments.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Almighty Gods of Wisdom & Reason — don’t leave us!
When publishers push AI “reading assistants” message is clear: don’t bother reading. On top of don't-bother-writing attitude I see in reviewed papers, my feeling is that we are losing the very essence of #science.
