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Babies' random choices become their preferences sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

Learn how to uncover diverse voices for research and teaching using primary source collections with @DrMChatelain. Register now for tomorrow's webinar: ow.ly/8f9g50BQn7e

#WeeklyWisdom interview with @GoCalbright President & CEO @talwalkermenon with @BBurnsEDU from @UIAinnovation and @paulfain from @insidehighered pscp.tv/w/clM_pTFNV0V3…

The institute is an interdisciplinary endeavor dedicated to research on marginalized communities and to training graduate students, many of whom themselves hail from marginalized communities. chroni.cl/2InCIEf

"Praising silence or complete neutrality teaches students to remain silent and complacent when they are faced with a disagreement." Four educators push back against the admonition to "keep politics out of the classroom." #EWopinion blogs.edweek.org/teachers/class…

Explaining Electroconvulsive Therapy as a treatment for Bipolar Disorder and breaking the stigma behind this mental health treatment. ow.ly/IUaZ50BKhEB

Thought provoking piece by @eddietalksdrugs on #psychedelic therapy ethics! As one of the creators of much of the referenced science, I have a perspective on the topic that is not shared by all psychedelic researchers... scientificamerican.com/article/what-i…

Submit now to our special issue on the intersection of minority health and health disparities with psychopharmacology and substance use. In⁩ ⁦@APADiv28⁩ ‘s journal-Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology! #HealthEquity #AddictionScience apa.org/pubs/journals/…

In Advice: It can feel overwhelming to create courses based on the principles of “universal design for learning,” but it doesn’t have to. Just try one new thing in the fall. chroni.cl/2WZVG8u

Feline friendly? How to build rap-paw with your cat sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

Female surgeons perform less complex cases than male peers, likely due to systemic bias: A new study is one of the first to measure the problem of underemployment among female surgeons in the United States sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

"Our brain is better at remembering where to find brownies than cherry tomatoes." boingboing.net/2020/10/12/our…

Energy demands limit our brains' information processing capacity sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

An averted glance gives a glimpse of the mind behind the eyes sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

Humans and flies employ very similar mechanisms for brain development and function sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

Blood test could diagnose baby brain damage just hours after birth sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

Key brain region was 'recycled' as humans developed the ability to read: Part of the visual cortex dedicated to recognizing objects appears predisposed to identifying words and letters, a study finds sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

Can sleep protect us from forgetting old memories? Computational models examine how sleep encodes new memories while preventing damage to old ones sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

Break it down: A new way to address common computing problem: A computational framework for solving linear inverse problems takes a parallel computing approach sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

As graduate school deans, we should do more to prepare Ph.D. students for multiple career paths -- not only for their own sakes but also to help manage crises like COVID-19 (opinion) bit.ly/3fdE7bg