The big logical gap within systems neuroscience Neuroscientists make causal statements about brains. “We want to understand how the brain works, how it computes, how to fix it.” The relevant causal problems are high dimensional with billions of neurons nonlinearly affecting one

Any sample size you choose for your study automatically determines the statistically minimal detectable effect. daniellakens.blogspot.com/2017/05/how-po…. People who say they care about any effect but choose a non-infinite sample size therefore reveal which effect sizes they actually care about.

Evidence from psychology shows that RegisteredReports have a lower positive result rate than the standard literature & likely reduce #publicationbias & QRPs 📰by Anne Scheel Mitchell Schijen & Daniël Lakens doi.org/10.1177/251524… Time for eco & evo to support RegisteredReports!

"The effect of physical activity is probably not as large as it is often assumed to be." - @Marcel_Ballin in his provocative PhD, which hopefully sends ripples through the field to stop the shenanigans. umu.se/nyheter/fysisk…

Correlationship: when two people tend to be seen together, but have no causal interactions with each other.

4,3 miljoner till forskning om grannars påverkan GIH har fått forskningsbidrag från KK-stiftelsen för att identifiera om en idealisk omgivning av grannar främjar hjärnhälsa vid åldrande. gih.se/5.3a2be26b188b…

No moderating influence of education on the association between changes in hippocampus volume and memory performance in aging. Findings inconsistent with predictions by the cognitive reserve theory. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I’m not star struck every day so here goes. Researching research, by John Ioannidis. A sensation that the research process itself is fallible and subject to correction. It’s very hopeful if you ask me. Thanks to Gustav Nilsonne for bringing such a brilliant speaker to Stockholm!

Thank you Trondheim and thank you Atefe R. Tari , Joseph Firth and Gry Bang-Kittilsen for a stimulating symposium on mechanistic approaches to exercise effects on cognition! Thank you also to Jens Egeland for the invitation to Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology! GIH_HealthyBrain

Can blood-based biomarkers be used to better understand the role of lifestyle in normative cognitive aging? We think so! 🩸🧠🏃‍♀️ Explorative work in an area with lots of potential. link.springer.com/article/10.103…

Upp till tre befattningar som biträdande universitetslektor (tenure track, gruppledare) inom molekylär medicin vid Wallenberg Centrum för Molekylär Medicin, Umeå Universitet, kombinerad med klinisk tjänstgöring. shorturl.at/SAWgE Deadline 2025-01-20 Umeå universitet