We just put fMRI data on OpenNeuro.org! 30 individuals watched intact & scrambled clips from the movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel". Clips were viewed 6 times each. Hope these data will be useful to others! Data: openneuro.org/datasets/ds001… Paper: mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

Topic modelling on consumer activity reveals semantic categories organised by goals, not shared features. Big data from supermarket offers alternative to text corpora analysis. For concepts, You are what you eat! Preprint with Adam Hornsby @london_rosie arxiv.org/abs/1810.08577

Enhancing the detection of your fMRI activation was never easier! The SPM Toolbox for the pTFCE method published NeuroImage (DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.09.078) is now available at the website: spisakt.github.io/pTFCE/

Twitter, what are the best online resources for introducing students in neuroscience and/or psychology to R and Python?

.Cecilia Heyes argues that #empathy is not in our genes sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Some twin studies would argue otherwise, but I guess (as with most discussions on empathy) it all depends on the definitions you use psycnet.apa.org/buy/1993-09311… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

MPFC is sensitive to shared temporal structure of stories and movies, suggesting this region abstracts away from the particular details of each story and activates a representation of the general type of story. jneurosci.org/content/38/45/…

“There is no question that this is changing the basic architecture of the brain.” #SfN18 ow.ly/IoOB30mw5fl

Memory special: How can two people recall an event so differently? bit.ly/2AVJM4y

A multi-echo multi-band fMRI protocol with 7T vs. 3T leads to 200-300% improvement in tSNR. This helps to uncover differences in VTA-seed FC between depressed patients & healthy controls. Very promising work by James Murrough's group. biorxiv.org/content/early/…

This technique might help scientists determine whether all of Earth’s mass comes from normal matter. ow.ly/p1Mh30mvft4

5. “I don’t need to write that down, I’ll remember it” is the biggest lie you can tell yourself!" What else would you add? #PhDChat go.nature.com/2AX3nBF

Dreams decoded: 6 answers to the mysteries of the sleeping mind bit.ly/2zF0N13

Is the brain like a scientist? Read our new paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences to find out why a predictive brain could have 'hypotheses' that are hard to change. With Clare Press @clarepress.bsky.social and @flodlan Birkbeck School of Psychological Sciences : cell.com/trends/cogniti…

Ultra-high-field MRI scanners with 10.5-tesla magnets (which weigh three times as much as a Boeing 737!) reveal structures of the human brain that were previously unseen and show promise for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Via @nature nature.com/articles/d4158…

Functional connectivity patterns predict differences in attention *between* people, but do these same patterns predict differences in attention *within* a single person? Across 5 datasets we show: yes! w/Dustin Scheinost @asgreene22 Emily Finn Todd Constable (find me here @toddc.bsky.social) & co biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🌟 Research Highlight| #Mindful attention helps us to control thoughts & emotions. A new fascinating study shows how it affects 🧠 function 👇 Dale Zhou Mia Jovanova, PhD Xiaosong He Jeesung Ahn Eli Cornblath Linden Parkes @DLydonStaley Communication Neuroscience Lab Dani S. Bassett nature.com/articles/s4422…