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📢 Are you a dementia researcher in the UK? Or one of the talented teams that took part in the #BioHermes001 Data Challenge? @kalliverse.bsky.social has some exciting news to share with you — all the way from the AAIC 2025 in Toronto!

More updates coming soon. 🧠

#AAIC2025 #BioHermes002

🎊 New paper out! In this @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social Forum, we (with @lucasmolleman.bsky.social and @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social) summarize how reward learning can lead to adaptive social learning. We also explore the broader consequences for cultural evolution:
www.cell.com/trends/cogni... 🚄

Totally jet lagged, and returned from a windy run feeling slightly defeated... so I added the #AAIC25 badge to my collection by my messy desk as a visual reminder for whenever I feel like I haven't achieved anything (ie nearly every day) - 10/10 recommend!!

“We used a Likert scale to measure…” — No, you didn’t! Understanding Likert, Likert-type, and Ordinal questions

A short weekend post on a pet peeve of mine: likert questions

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#substack #likert #design #science #research

Love this!! I remember chatting with my classmates how justified the design choices were. Totally agree, it just has potential to help in so many settings - chers to seeing non-hypothetical applications in more populations and settings 🥂

Omg i had designed a hypothetical study with paro with my classmates in undergrad!! What was it like to hold??

If you thought I was done telling you about #AAIC25... sorry 🫣

UK-based researchers - we have an announcement for you!! ⬇️

What a lovely message to receive, thank you!! It feels big to be seen when till recently I couldnt even see myself as a scientist!! Also thanks for what you do to involve researchers!! And for tagging soapbox, I didnt even know about it and im glad I can now connect with it!

someone from the audience at my #AAIC25 talk today said hi during security check at the airport - it was the 4th time someone today told me they felt empowered by my sharing my experience as an RA without a PhD. Unexpected outcome of the talk but I'll keep being vocal since we need this conversation

Feeling so lucky for friend Angelina Kancheva 📸 whom I'm trying to convince to join here and who is one of the brightest people I know!!! There's so many amazing friends I've made through research (yes waiting for them to join here) and im so glad I could attend #AAIC25 and connect with them again!!

On #AAIC25 day 5, I shared with the amazing audience what we achieved with the first round of the @brainhealtharc.bsky.social Scottish Data Challenge. Brilliant questions gave me a chance to emphasise the need to reuse routine datasets and support cross-discipline collaboration for 2ndary analysis!!

Today at #AAIC25 - #DPUK ’s Prof Sarah Bauermeister will be speaking about harmonisation of datasets and federation at a session with @AD Data Initiative: ‘Harnessing The Power Of Collaborative Data Sharing And Research: Progress And Existing Barriers’ Room 107 10-11.30 #ADRD

A promotional image for a blog titled “Why does inclusion matter at scientific conferences?” by Dr Lindsey Sinclair. The background shows a crowd of black figurines with one bright red figure standing out. Dr Sinclair's photo appears in the corner alongside her title: Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Bristol.

Why does inclusion at scientific conferences matter? Dr Lindsey Sinclair shares personal reflections, praise, and some soul-crushing moments. Read or Listen to our new blog.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-why-doe...

Our second #AAIC25 special is live! Dr James Brady with @stirlandia.bsky.social, @isabelscst.bsky.social & @felixwittmann.bsky.social. Video & audio streaming now.

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On #AAIC25 day 4, I finally managed to get up early for a run! So glad I did, because I today I am feeling neeervous about speaking at the data sharing featured research session tomorrow at 1000🕙 in room 107📍join us to hear about the @brainhealtharc.bsky.social's first Scottish Data Challenge!!

What a privilege to be able to connect with those I look up to... I remember returning from St Andrews a month ago wondering if I'd ever have a place in dementia research, and every conversation today showed me I couldn't imagine it not because I couldn't have it, but because I'd have to create it.

#AAIC25 day 3 gone in a flash!! I gave myself the morning off to sleep in and see the CN tower before conference stuff. Feeling empowered by @stirlandia.bsky.social and @atlanticfellows.bsky.social, I let my brain be creative for the afternoon, thinking about what I want my metascience lab to do!!

New Clinical Practice Guideline for Blood-Based Biomarkers | AAIC The Alzheimer’s Association released its first clinical practice guideline on the use of blood-based biomarker tests at AAIC 2025 - a landmark step in diagnosis.

Today at #AAIC25, the Association released its first evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the use of blood-based biomarker tests in specialty care—a significant step forward in transforming Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. bit.ly/477otMV

Proud of our session at #AAIC25 yesterday, "Molecular Basis of Cognitive Resilience". 💜

We really are trying to bring the field together, and I think we did a great job! 👏🏻

Thank you to the audience for making the Q&A so stimulating. 🤩

If you missed it, the recording is available online.

It's great to see Brains for Dementia Research at #AAIC25. Like Dementias Platform UK, they are providing some of the really valuable tools for research in the UK and beyond. Call and say hello.

📢 Did you take part in the first round of the Bio-Hermes Data Challenge?

Help us collect valuable insights by completing our outputs form! This covers everything from abstracts, posters, talks, peer-reviewed papers, and beyond.

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I think about this a lot!! From media literacy to overcoming imposter syndrome, i think cringe culture has completely reshaped grounded perspective from "this is my experience right now" to "this is how others would perceive this right now" with wide reaching consequences!

My research vision resolves around metascience and my background is unconventional for this career, so I had struggled to see a place for myself in the field. That had really hurt my esteem at a bad time, as I am writing for fellowships but hearing from pioneers shifts my focus to my ideas' merit!

The latter especially is a true testament to the power of what one of the speakers described today as letting people find and pursue what they're passionate for. And this is where representation and visible diversity can cultivate next generations of scholars...

#AAIC25 day 2 is finished and I am physically exhausted but am also feeling curious, inspired, and excited. It's humbling to see how fast basic science has evolved in this field, and empowering to realise that my research vision is relevant, timely, and bold.

Ah I relate to this a lot!!! I can't really just make my brain stop being creative, but I still feel some demand avoidance with writing. That seems to go away when, as you said, I approach it as offloading!!

The CN tower shines purple in the night sky. The AAIC25 flag flies on a lightpole in the foreground.

It has been another fantastic day of discovery at #AAIC25. For those in Toronto, look up to the night sky tonight to catch buildings shining in purple in honor of the conference and Alzheimer’s awareness.

Very grateful I can be a tiny part, Alz Society, and really thanks to you all for the exceptional organisation!!! 👏🥂

This is fun. Watching your first ever mentor in science give the plenary at AAIC. I was Katerina’s first technician, helping out with her 2002 mouse studies shown on this slide. Haven’t met a more tenacious scientist since. To see a single hypothesis all the way through to clinical trials is amazing

Thank you Prof Akassoglou for your talk! Scientific learning aside, as an aspiring research leader I will be leaving this plenary with renewed optimism for my future inspired by you and Prof Spillantini!!