The CNS Lab

On June 13, I’m embarking on #TheBigAdventure – the first TRUE South-North traverse of the British Isles (forget Land’s End – John o’ Groats!) for children’s mental health. To support me on this historic world first please go to: gofundme.com/f/south-north-… Every penny counts folks!

Well done Nathan! We’re very proud of you 😊

First paper from the very talented PhD student Matthew Kaesler on whether sequential lineups impair discriminability- check it out @SpringerNature in CR:PI - rdcu.be/b55xs

Great virtual workshop hosted by @UNSW (Oct 1-2): "Expectation, Perception & Cognition", organized by @meeleepeeleey, @Pop_Watson, & @DanPearsonPsyc. Keynotes: @PaulEDux, @ClarePress, @TheeuwesJan, @HeleenASlagter, & Tom Whitford Register, submit, & RT: bit.ly/3ieAx2w

Congratulations Patrick!

For those who are interested in Neuroscience online events, I've summarized the conference/seminar and summer schools in this thread! If you know any other good online Neuro events, please let me know in a reply! ->

Goal-oriented and habitual decisions: Neural signatures of model-based and model-free learning sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What’s wrong with the striatal cholinergic interneurons in Parkinson’s disease? Focus on intrinsic excitability onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Well done Nathan!

1/ The last piece of my PhD project is now out. Do trait anxious individuals show more categorical generalization of fear? No, but actually yes. doi.org/10.1037/emo000… Full-text on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/34…

A big win last night for The CNS Lab! @PopPsych, a startup based on Nathan’s current PhD research, took out four awards at the #eChallenge Finals and won $40K in cash and prizes. We’re excited to see (and hear) our research on music and emotion come to life! 🎵

Last night we celebrated the end of the year with some lawn bowls! Our skills were... okay. Turns out we’re better at calculating z-scores rather than physical distances. 😂

Please help (&retweet): we are looking for a copy of ANU3 occupational prestige scale. Can't find it online, in text, or ANU data repository. Corresponds with ASCO1 1989. Does anyone have a copy of this scale? NOT the ANU3_2 (we have that one). Ta! @natashamwood15 @WhatAustThinks

Can’t believe I missed this tweet until now! Congrats!!!! 😸

Low-grade chronic inflammation leads to lower dopamine release in reward pathways in brain = less motivation for rewarding tasks during sickness, but also inflammation resulting diseases, drug/alcohol use? news-medical.net/news/20190605/…

@lyndseypraino @UniofAdelaide Congratulations Lyndsey! Well deserved!!

I am beyond thrilled and excited to share that I just received news of my promotion to Level D, Associate Professor!!! I’m so grateful for all the help in getting here and I can’t wait for the next chapter 🍾🙌🏻💃🏼👊🏻🧠 @UniofAdelaide #acamama #STEMmum #WomenInSTEM

Have an experimental psych background? Want a job in SA with the organization with the biggest budgets & toys? This might be for you: apsjobs.gov.au/SearchedNotice… (Closes in 5 days).

Looks like a nice job opportunity down at UCL: Research Fellow - Attention, EEG and Eye Tracking at UCL jobs.ac.uk/job/BVX717/res… #jobsacuk

New paper out in @PLOSCompBiol! (w/ @JochenMichely, Peter Dayan & Ray Dolan) We show bidirectional relationships between learning processes and visual attention👁️ in aversive environments⚡️ Paper📰: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/a… Tweet summary 👇 1/8

Beautiful! Love the catchline 😆