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Excited to share a new paper out from our lab with lead authors Jennifer M. Quinde and Chris Okitondo, along with @cjcascio_phd, @NeilWoodward20, and several others: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… instigator #420 @Vanderbilt_KC Summary follows. (1/6)

New Research: Elevated Thresholds for Light Touch in Children With Autism Reflect More Conservative Perceptual Decision-Making Rather Than a Sensory Deficit: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often behaviorally… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #Neuroscience

Please consider taking a few minutes to help my colleagues understand the effects of reduced social touch in the context of physical distancing.

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Happy #BlackInNeuroWeek! I'm Kellie Williford, an HHMI #GilliamFellow starting year 5 of my Ph.D. at Vanderbilt w/ Dr. Winder. I study the BNST's role in stress & anxiety, just starting my PD search w/ the goal of becoming an R1 Prof studying stress+addiction #BlackNeuroRollCall

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Never give up! Two years ago I applied to 11 PhD programs and was rejected by all. I wept and wanted to give up but I chose to persevere! This year I got 5 PhD offers 3 from Johns Hopkins, Stanford and UoCambridge! I hope this motivates someone to keep pushing! #Perseverance

New paper from LASR Focus on Autism, written by twitterless Jenn Quinde, @cjcascio_phd, and yours truly. We examined empathy in a large sample of autistic and non-autistic children and adults, using trial-level Bayesian models to examine group differences. #dataviz nature.com/articles/s4159…

New paper out from our team in Scientific Reports discussing differences between autistic and non-autistic groups in cognitive and emotional empathy. A key finding: Emotional valence matters! Check out the full article here: rdcu.be/cyIQR

it’s incredible how reading this feels like finally unlocking 100% of your brain (via @christophepas)

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Dr. Carissa Cascio @cjcascio_phd will be presenting exciting research updates at this week's Vanderbilt Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Friday 1/20 at 12pm CST Luton Lecture Hall, VPH 1206 🗣️

Great first day at SXSW EDU! Learned tips on how to: - pitch right the first time, - find an investor-founder fit in EdTech startups, - and how to use digital storytelling to impact young minds! Excited for Day 2! Find me vlogging my way around the conference repin STEMedia®

Looking for a postdoc to work on a longitudinal, NIH-funded project on the affective neuroscience of anxiety, depression (EEG, fMRI and EMA), as well as other ongoing projects. Flexible start. If interested, email or DM me. Please RT! AcademicEEG

I've spent hours experimenting with using multiple large language models (LLMs) such as Bard AI, GPT-4, GPT-3.5 and Bing AI for academic research. They're extremely powerful but with some very painful pitfalls. Here's my guide to using LLMs as your personal research assistant: