tor wager
Neuroscientist, psychologist, occasional poet, father. Studying how thoughts and feelings are constructed in the brain, esp. with fMRI.
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How a Longtime Tech Editor Keeps His Tech Use Simple
Why complicate things with unproven bleeding-edge tech? Jim Kerstetter, deputy tech editor, also shops local and stays away from Uber and Postmates.
tor wager
To think about: “I try to avoid ride-hailing services for the same reason I don’t like using food delivery apps and keep my online shopping to a minimum: They extract wealth from local economies and put it in the hands of a small group of people.”
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Aberrant brain gray matter in murderers
Homicide is a significant societal problem with economic costs in the billions of dollars annually and incalculable emotional impact on victims and society. Despite this high burden, we know very...
Covering climate change: What reporters get wrong and how to get it right
Elizabeth Arnold explains how public apathy about climate change is partly journalists' fault and offers tips to improve their coverage.
Is visual representation coloured by desire?
People are often told they ‘view the world through rose-coloured glasses’. But do desires in fact change perceptual representations? A new study suggests people not only report observing what they wish was true, but they are also more likely to see...
President Donald J. Trump Announces Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Law Professor Describes Poor Conditions Where Migrant Children Are Held
Migrant children face bleak conditions at detention facilities along the border. Warren Binford, a law professor who visited some of the facilities, speaks to NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro.
Altered White Matter Microstructural Organization in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder across 3,049 Adults: Results from the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD Consortium
A growing number of studies have examined alterations in white matter organization in people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using diffusion MRI (dMRI), but the results have been mixed, which may be partially due to relatively small sample...
Credit data generators for data reuse
To promote effective sharing, we must create an enduring link between the people who generate data and its future uses, urge Heather H. Pierce and colleagues.
Perceived Pain Drives Body’s Automatic Nervous System Response
According to a new IRP study, the body’s automatic response to painfully high temperatures is driven more by how much pain a person feels than by how high the temperature is.
Cloud-based tool accelerates research on the brain
Led by researchers at Indiana University, brainlife.io is accelerating research on topics such as dementia, sports concussion and eye disease.
Phase Synchronicity of μ-Rhythm Determines Efficacy of Interhemispheric Communication Between Human Motor Cortices
The theory of communication through coherence predicts that effective connectivity between nodes in a distributed oscillating neuronal network depends on their instantaneous excitability state and phase synchronicity ([Fries, 2005][1]). Here, we...
Insular cortex processes aversive somatosensory information and is crucial for threat learning
Threat learning is important to avoid dangers in the environment. The amygdala is a brain structure involved in the formation of threat memories. How unconditioned stimulus information reaches the amygdala remains unclear. Berret et al. found that...
The Blind Leading the Not-So-Blind: A Meta-Analysis of Blinding in Pharmacological Trials for Chronic Pain
Patient blinding is a critical feature of double-blind placebo-controlled randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Yet, very little is known about practic…