Neurofrontiers @neurofrontiers@qoto.org

Finally I found a paper that hypotheses the concept of the underlying problem of #science with financing of #academia, #PublicationMetrics and the H-Index: We are all lost in the #ProxyGaming rather than finding the truth by good scientific praxis! This poses a risk for big topics like #climatechange, #cancerresearch or #neuroscience

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/dead-rats-dopamine-performance-metrics-and-peacock-tails-proxy-failure-is-an-inherent-risk-in-goaloriented-systems/89408A43F6D14BFD368FE5225A573032

Recently, I was asked about the apparent ‘schism’ between those making a lot of noise about fears inspired by fantasies of all-powerful ‘AIs’ going rogue and destroying humanity, and those seeking to illuminate and address actual harms being done in the name of ‘AI’ now and the risks that we see following from increased use of this kind of automation.

I objected strongly to the framing and tried to explain how it was ahistorical. Here is my response in blog form:

https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/talking-about-a-schism-is-ahistorical-3c454a77220f

Attention! I recently learned that the behaviour of lying flat out on the belly with arms and legs spread out that some animals do, often to cool off, by radiating heat into the cooler ground, is called "splooting." I personally have been calling it "going full rug", but I guess splooting is also hilarious. So here's a red panda splooting, in case you need a demonstration. #RedPanda

It was a snowy night in Kyoto, with countless footprints on the stairs. #streetphotography #写真　#photography

Okay, I really don't understand Mastodon or the concept of servers but I'm trying to make the switch from Twitter. I don't know how to find people to follow 😂 pls help, I am old and new tech is now harder than it used to be 😅

The #openscience community is building a second home on #MastodonSocial. Are you over there, looking for others who care about #reproducibility, #OpenAccess, #oer, #opensource, #metascience + all other things Open? Join this list so we can find each other! https://germanrepro.github.io/Mastodon-OpenScience/

Metrics
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/metrics (click for full comic)
#smbc #hiveworks

The ability to define and target cell types right now is absolutely incredible -- neuroscientists are answering questions that were totally intractable a decade ago.

I spoke with several leaders in this effort in my latest for Simons Global Brain!
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2022/11/22/crossing-the-divide-defining-neurons-by-both-genes-and-function/

Focusing on #Neuroscience this #FollowFriday:

@alicia_izquierdo — Professor at UCLA

@charanranganath — Director UC Davis Memory & Plasticity Program

@desdemonafricker — Research director at CNRS

@flavinska6 — Leader of UCD Music & Math Cognition Lab at UCD

@Garwboy — Author of Emotional Ignorance

@kordinglab — Integrated knowledge professor at Penn

@NicoleCRust — Memory scientist & professor at Penn

@PessoaBrain — Author of The Entangled Brain

@winstonchiong — Director UCSF Bioethics

New study kills the myth of ‘Man the Hunter’ - women hunted in nearly 80% of surveyed forager societies.

Information about forager societies (allowing to reinforce the myth) mostly came from ethnographies written by 18th to 20th century white Euro-American men who visited communities and followed the local men around, often paying less attention to whatever women were doing.

#evolution #genderbias

https://www.science.org/content/article/worldwide-survey-kills-myth-man-hunter

When we get an infection, the reaction of a brain structure called the hypothalamus makes us feel sick – but its responses are also important steps on the way to healing. Read about how we heal from the hypothalamus in this week's post by Lisa Wooldridge.

https://pennneuroknow.com/2023/06/27/healing-from-the-hypothalamus/

#neuroscience #sciComm #hypothalamus #brain #illness #health #immuneSystem

EU initiative to connect all EU capitals with high speed rail. Let's get this to the moon! Please sign (if you're EU citizen) and repost the living hell out of this!

🔥 🚆 🔥

https://europa.eu/citizens-initiative/select-language?destination=/initiatives/details/2023/000004

#Neuroscience is an extremely complex umbrella of many subspecialties. If you work in neuro, how did you choose which specific area[s] to focus on?

One thing that holds me back often is that I have an impairment in decision making. Inspiration from and communication with others about their processes helps