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I love learning! Evolutionary developmental neurobiology, Psychobiology, Neuroethology, Comparative Neurobiology. Mare i iaia😊 #UdL #Lleida #Science🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Varios cascos azules de la ONU heridos de gravedad tras un ataque en el sur del Líbano Un puesto de la Fuerza Provisional de las Naciones Unidas en Líbano (UNIFIL, en inglés) ha sido blanco de un ataque el viernes en el sur del Líbano, lo que dejó heridos a...

🇺🇳 Nuestra solidaridad con los cascos azules españoles y de otros países, heridos por el ataque de Israel a un puesto de la ONU.

Feijóo y Abascal son cómplices del criminal Netanyahu.

Israel viola el derecho internacional y dispara a soldados españoles.

www.elmundo.es/internaciona...

07.03.2026 09:16 👍 177 🔁 134 💬 4 📌 6
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No son pocas las personas que cada vez que le preguntan algo a chat-GPT (o cualquier modelo de lenguaje) sienten como si realmente estuviesen "hablando" con otra persona. Incluso, hay gente que va más allá, y hablan de como estos sistemas parecen ser "conscientes".

¿Pero, es tan así?

Hilo va!!

11.01.2026 12:45 👍 20 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 9
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Your Brain: The Ultimate Stereotyper and Social Navigator Our brains are powerful predictors influenced by personal experiences and societal norms, leading to biased perceptions. This “affective realism” shapes our views, creating stereotypes that distort reality. These biases affect social interactions, triggering in-group connections while reinforcing divisions. Understanding these dynamics allows for a more equitable perspective and navigation of social landscapes.

Our brains are powerful predictors influenced by personal experiences and societal norms, leading to biased perceptions. This “affective realism” shapes our views, creating stereotypes that distort reality. These biases affect social interactions, triggering in-group connections.

07.03.2026 07:19 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Escalada del conflicto en la región de Oriente Próximo: adaptamos nuestros programas y nos preparamos para ampliarlos Ante la escalada del conflicto en Oriente Próximo (Líbano, Irán, Palestina, Irak...), MSF adaptamos nuestros programas y nos preparamos para ampliarlos. Nuestros equipos refuerzan la respuesta médica para atender nuevas necesidades en varios países de la región.

MSF hacemos un llamamiento a que se proteja en todo momento a la población civil, los hospitales, las instalaciones sanitarias y otras infraestructuras esenciales.

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06.03.2026 20:02 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨 IOF TARGETS UNESCO SITE OF TYRE IN LEBANON
Images from journalist Sophie Constantin's ig stories
www.instagram.com/stories/pil_...

06.03.2026 19:52 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
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A neuromodulatory circuit-to-molecular pathway for reformatting aversive memories during recall Tan et al. identify a neuromodulatory circuit-to-molecular pathway in rats that updates aversive memories when they are recalled. Noradrenaline from the locus coeruleus triggers synapse-to-nuclear tra...

Excited to share our new paper:
We uncover a locus coeruleus→amygdala circuit linking β-adrenergic signaling to transcription regulation in defined amygdala cells during memory reconsolidation—+ stress or elevated noradrenergic signaling at recall can strengthen memory.
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...

03.03.2026 23:34 👍 80 🔁 36 💬 3 📌 3
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Our TREE paper is now out in its final published form! Well done @yoricklambreghts.com for leading this and doing the heavy lifting! DM him for a PDF. @cellpress.bsky.social

04.03.2026 03:00 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Por si no os habéis enterado todavía. ¡Quiero un buen estado del bienestar!

03.03.2026 18:47 👍 17 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 3
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Mi cometido hoy es que empecéis de mala host* como yo 🤬

Cómo la influencia de Epstein moldeó la exclusión de mujeres en STEM 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...

"Las mujeres son todas débiles y una distracción".

Ver estos emails es mirar detrás de las cortinas de salas a las que nunca fuimos invitadas

03.03.2026 06:35 👍 44 🔁 28 💬 1 📌 1
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"Multiple demand" network cognitive control interrogation across humans and macaques. Lateral PFC more functionally heterogeneous in humans than NHPs. Very cool translational work from @markboxf.bsky.social and colleagues!
doi.org/10.64898/202...

03.03.2026 02:21 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

"Enseñar a pensar científicamente, incluso con una explicación breve, resultó más eficaz que ofrecer recompensas económicas para reducir errores al inferir relaciones causa-efecto"
Buen hilo y resumen de la investigación que publicamos recientemente Aranzazu Vinas, @fernandoblancopsy.com y servidora

01.03.2026 18:50 👍 16 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

Cada aerogenerador, cada panel fotovoltaico, cada bomba de calor y cada motor eléctrico que sustituyen a sus predecesores fósiles reducen un poquito nuestra exposición a esto.

Todo el mercado petrolero y gasista pendiente de este estrecho 👇

28.02.2026 17:30 👍 351 🔁 183 💬 6 📌 5
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Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research - Nature The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools in scientific research risks creating illusions of understanding, where scientists believe they understand more about the world than they actual...

Leyendo esto que es bastante interesante:

¿Qué pasa cuando los científicos/as utilizan la inteligencia artificial para avanzar en sus teorías?

Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

01.03.2026 18:22 👍 19 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 0
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Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Mapping of neurogenesis in human hippocampi across ages and different cognitive abilities using multiomic single-cell sequencing reveals distinct signatures between cognitive preservation and decline.

Aged adults with extraordinary memory capacity – known as SuperAgers – exhibit a unique neurogenesis profile with a surprisingly high number of young neurons, according to a study published in Nature. 🧪 #Neuroscience

28.02.2026 20:34 👍 62 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 2
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La hucha de las pensiones revive: multiplica por siete su saldo en cinco años tras tocar fondo con Rajoy Tras el hachazo de los Gobiernos de Mariano Rajoy, que retiraron 61.000 millones entre 2012 y 2018, el Fondo de Reserva de la Seguridad Social ha pasado de tener 2.141 millones en 2020 a 14.060 en ...

La hucha crece y evidencia que el sistema público y universal de pensiones es sostenible.

La derecha miente y alarma para convertirlas en su negocio, privatizándolas.

Pero este derecho conquistado por el pueblo se impone e impondrá al lucro particular.

www.publico.es/economia/huc...

27.02.2026 14:17 👍 48 🔁 30 💬 2 📌 1
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Las ayudas que no ayudaban a nadie: Ciencia deja vacantes 277 contratos FPU, los más prestigiosos para futuros doctores Desde la convocatoria del año 2022, el Ministerio no reasigna las ayudas cuando el primer beneficiario renuncia a ella; este año hay otros 61 contratos que han sido rechazados y van camino de perderse

Lo de las FPU de @educaciongob.bsky.social #MinisterioCiencia es una vergüenza

www.eldiario.es/sociedad/ayu...

27.02.2026 11:22 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Les raons de per què encara costa unir les peces de l'origen de la vida Quan pensem en l’origen de la vida, hi ha un gran salt entre les primeres molècules i el famòs LUCA o primer ancestre universal. Però, què passa enmig de tot això i com ho unim?

#UVCiència @julipereto.bsky.social @pablocarb.bsky.social @i2sysbio.es @llenguesuv.bsky.social @uv.es @xarxavives.bsky.social @laconversa.bsky.social

Les raons de per què encara costa unir les peces de l'origen de la vida
theconversation.com/les-raons-de...

27.02.2026 10:26 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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PP, Junts y Vox tumban el escudo social y el decreto para topar precios en situaciones de emergencia De los cuatro decretos votados este jueves, el Gobierno solo ha logrado convalidar dos: el de la revalorización de las pensiones y otro con ayudas para las víctimas de Adamuz.

Cuando toca defender la vida de la gente y sus problemas reales, no cuentes con las derechas de este país. No van a dar a torcer su falso patriotismo.

26.02.2026 15:05 👍 148 🔁 51 💬 10 📌 0
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Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex biased Sex biases in admixture and other demographic processes are recurrent features throughout human evolution. For admixture between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans (AMHs), sex bias has been p...

Very interesting attempt to explain why Neanderthal DNA is largely missing from the human X chromosome — implicating mating preferences underlying asymmetric gene flow
By A. Platt, D. Harris & @sarahtishkoff.bsky.social , in @science.org 🧪🧬
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

27.02.2026 05:46 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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Psychological Science requires that authors who use samples from online data collection include a statement in the Method section explicitly addressing their approach to preventing and detecting automated or AI-generated responses.

Rationale

As large language models and other generative AI tools become more accessible, the risk of data contamination by non-human respondents has increased dramatically in research. Psychological science (and the social sciences generally) is particularly susceptible to this issue given its growing reliance on online data collection. Preventing automated responses during data collection and detecting them afterward often involve methodological trade-offs. For instance, technical barriers that aim to prevent LLM use (e.g., blocking copy-pasting functionalities) may eliminate behavioral indicators needed for detection (e.g., pasting rather than typing). This policy aims to enhance transparency and reproducibility of reported results by requiring authors to articulate their approach across both prevention and detection dimensions, enabling readers and reviewers to assess the likelihood of reported data being influenced by automated responses.

Scope

This policy applies to any submission with at least one study that includes data collected online without direct human supervision (e.g., via crowdsourcing platforms, student participants who complete the study online, online recruitment ads, or remote survey distribution tools).

Required Reporting

Authors must include in the Methods section either:

A statement confirming that procedures were in place to prevent and/or detect and exclude automated or AI-generated responses, including a description of those procedures (e.g., explicit participant instructions against LLM use, disabled copy–paste functionality, CAPTCHA use, IP filtering, consistency checks, attention checks, adversarial prompting) as well as the types of automated responses that these procedures are suitable …

Online Studies Psychological Science requires that authors who use samples from online data collection include a statement in the Method section explicitly addressing their approach to preventing and detecting automated or AI-generated responses. Rationale As large language models and other generative AI tools become more accessible, the risk of data contamination by non-human respondents has increased dramatically in research. Psychological science (and the social sciences generally) is particularly susceptible to this issue given its growing reliance on online data collection. Preventing automated responses during data collection and detecting them afterward often involve methodological trade-offs. For instance, technical barriers that aim to prevent LLM use (e.g., blocking copy-pasting functionalities) may eliminate behavioral indicators needed for detection (e.g., pasting rather than typing). This policy aims to enhance transparency and reproducibility of reported results by requiring authors to articulate their approach across both prevention and detection dimensions, enabling readers and reviewers to assess the likelihood of reported data being influenced by automated responses. Scope This policy applies to any submission with at least one study that includes data collected online without direct human supervision (e.g., via crowdsourcing platforms, student participants who complete the study online, online recruitment ads, or remote survey distribution tools). Required Reporting Authors must include in the Methods section either: A statement confirming that procedures were in place to prevent and/or detect and exclude automated or AI-generated responses, including a description of those procedures (e.g., explicit participant instructions against LLM use, disabled copy–paste functionality, CAPTCHA use, IP filtering, consistency checks, attention checks, adversarial prompting) as well as the types of automated responses that these procedures are suitable …

Maybe of interest: The submission guidelines of Psychological Science now demand an explicit statement on measures taken to reduce the risk of AI-generated responses for all online studies!

www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

25.02.2026 12:08 👍 124 🔁 53 💬 1 📌 0

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

25.02.2026 16:24 👍 18322 🔁 6188 💬 194 📌 170
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How and why does cognition vary so greatly between individuals and species? In @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, we propose the "Predatory Intelligence Hypothesis" which posits that the cognitive challenges associated with predator–prey interactions drive a cognitive co-evolutionary arms race

rdcu.be/e5KIj

26.02.2026 02:22 👍 47 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 1
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The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs Nature Ecology & Evolution - This Review discusses recent advances in the molecular evolution of vertebrate organs, including rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms...

Our internal organs are evolutionary marvels. New technologies are transforming our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate organs. You can find more by reading here:
rdcu.be/e5EgU
#EvoBio #EvoDevo 🐟🦎🐢🦇🐊🦜

25.02.2026 12:29 👍 138 🔁 52 💬 2 📌 5

No me canso de repetirlo 👇

"Los modelos de lenguaje no planifican; generan textos que parecen planes.

Los modelos de lenguaje no resuelven problemas; generan textos que parecen soluciones.

Los modelos de lenguaje no piensan; generan textos que parecen como si lo hicieran."

Andriy Burkov

25.02.2026 20:40 👍 224 🔁 120 💬 2 📌 1
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Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Mapping of neurogenesis in human hippocampi across ages and different cognitive abilities using multiomic single-cell sequencing reveals distinct signatures between cognitive preservation and decline.

New @nature.com
The brains of Super Agers produce more neurons than people some 50 years younger, a neurogenesis resilient signature linked to exceptional cognitive health and memory skills
nature.com/articles/s41...

25.02.2026 16:02 👍 203 🔁 52 💬 2 📌 2
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El polo norte de Saturno alberga una tormenta con forma hexagonal casi perfecta, activa desde al menos la década de 1980, cuando fue observada por primera vez por la sonda Voyager, por lo que lleva más de 40 años registrada.
⏬⏬⏬⏬

25.02.2026 19:39 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge...”

This quote from Darwin's Descent of Man, published #OnThisDay in 1871, pretty much sums up the challenges the world is facing now, a century & a half later.

24.02.2026 09:29 👍 79 🔁 25 💬 3 📌 2

Antes los medios dictaban la agenda y las redes eran las difusoras
Ahora las redes dictan la agenda y los medios lo difunden
Vamos mal porque ya no distinguimos entre unos y otros
Hemos perdido el norte , y lo que nos espera es peor

24.02.2026 21:45 👍 230 🔁 76 💬 7 📌 3

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

24.02.2026 19:37 👍 3712 🔁 862 💬 100 📌 49
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🆕 at @naturemedicine.bsky.social
How does ChatGPT Health do for appropriately triaging a person as to whether to go to the emergency room or stay home? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Not very well. Under-triaged 52% of case vignettes that are considered gold-standard emergencies

23.02.2026 21:11 👍 223 🔁 95 💬 7 📌 5