Martin Gell

martingell.bsky.social

30 September 2026 02:14

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 Transdiagnostic latent factor models of psychopathology are widely assumed to improve brain-behaviour associations. So we decided to test this directly and found that they don't. A short 🧵 Link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/10

Scott Marek

smarek0502.bsky.social

03 September 2026 13:56

What matters most for childhood brain organization? We analyzed 649 variables. The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers. Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES. In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Evan Gordon

gordonneuro.bsky.social

03 September 2026 13:56

This is one of the most socially important scientific findings I've ever been a part of. SES has a larger cross-sectional effect on brain function than any other variable. Prediction of IQ from brain data is actually mostly just predicting SES. Mind blowing.

Lucinda Sisk

lucindasisk.bsky.social

03 September 2026 13:56

🧠‼️ Socioeconomic variables show the strongest associations with the brain out of 649 measures—surpassing cognition and mental health. Grateful for the chance to write a perspective with @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social about @smarek0502.bsky.social and team's important findings! tinyurl.com/bdhk6bc8

Will Giardino

willgiardino.bsky.social

29 August 2026 14:40

Beautiful new article "Neurobiology of negative reinforcement as a driving force in alcohol addiction" by Vendruscolo & Koob. Been reading these reviews for 20yrs- this might be the first time that Medial & Lateral BNST received separate labels in the circuit figure! www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...