Matt Wall

Leveraging cognitive neuroscience for making and breaking real-world habits Habits are the behavioral output of two brain systems. A stimulus–response (S–R) system that encourages us to efficiently repeat well-practiced action…

wow the most applied neuroscience paper ever!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A British crow is asking passersby if they're alright.

Headline AI is coming for the consultants. Inside Mackinsey, this is existential If AI can analyze information, crunch data and deliver a slick PowerPoint within seconds, how does the biggest name in consulting stay relevant?

Honestly, this one I'm okay with

Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!

I have no idea if this is true or even plausible, but one thing’s for sure - the US reliance on private companies’ voting machines for elections will always mean that there’s reasonable room for doubt about results, and that seems profoundly dangerous in these febrile times.

This, by comedy duo The Exploding Heads, is the only explanation of AI that you’ll ever need.

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

Just tried Google's new 'AI mode' and literally the first thing I asked it turned out to be wrong/hallucinatory. Terrific. 🤦‍♂️

Hey guess what, Columbia and Harvard? Turns out that caving in to a bully just further emboldens them. Yale, Princeton, MIT, UCSF - get your wallets out, you're next.

He’s been saying this for like, 10 years now.

Nobody wants to buy your loser goggles you fucking nerd

Absolute twat regrets being absolute twat.

New publishing models will only work if authors embrace them Complaints about the broken academic publishing system have been around for years and are getting louder. A common theme is that with the r...

Here's a quick blogpost about alternative publishing models. You can bring a horse to water, and indeed wave the bucket temptingly under its nose, but it is likely to gallop off elsewhere. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-...
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A Meta-analytic Review of the Effectiveness of Spacing and Retrieval Practice for Mathematics Learning - Educational Psychology Review Spaced retrieval practice harnesses two well-studied phenomena: the spacing effect, where spacing out practice over several sessions leads to a gain in retention compared to massed practice in one ses...

Happy publication day to first author @ewanmurray.bsky.social! A lot of hard work by Ewan went into this, so it is great to see if fully published.

A Meta-analytic Review of the Effectiveness of Spacing and Retrieval Practice for Mathematics Learning

#cognition #psychscisky #neuroskyence

Stomach–brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health - Nature Mental Health Using a relatively large and diverse sample of mostly young adults, this study by Banellis, Rebollo and colleagues examines associations between regional stomach–brain coupling and mental health and i...

I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!

Little update - LOT of applicants for the RA role so far; we're starting to go through CVs etc. and will likely cut off applications at some point, so get your applications in now if you want to be considered!

This is an incredible and fascinating video by someone who is clearly so deeply and passionately into the topic they're talking about. A nerdy (in the best possible way) pleasure.

Reducing type II error: Sample size affects fMRI cluster-extent threshold to correct for multiple comparisons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.23.666419v1

Achievement unlocked: being asked to review my own article 😊🎉🎉🎉

You won academia!

Anyone looking for a great postdoctoral position? Here's one at Oxford University and they would love to have someone great! It's even out of the US -- a special bonus. Post-doctoral position in developmental/cognitive psychology at Oxford Brookes, UK

my.corehr.com/pls/oburecru...

Psilocybin in alcohol use disorder and comorbid depressive symptoms: Results from a feasibility randomized clinical trial buff.ly/p13RswF
@luquiensa.bsky.social

THIS IS HUGE! The FIRST 100% effective HIV PrEP drug, Lenacapavir, is APPROVED AND GOING GLOBAL. The makers are providing AFFORDABLE access to the drug in the United States AND beyond, signing ROYALTY-FREE licensing agreements with SIX generic manufacturers to produce AND supply it.
🧪🧵⬇️

I’m looking for a postdoc to join me at UCSD, ideally a clinical psychologist PhD who can deliver mindfulness interventions as well as write papers and do analyses. I have one of the world’s largest psychophysiology datasets of opioid misuse, OUD, & chronic pain. Competitive salary. DM or email.

Research assistant:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

MRI Physicist:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Morning! Hope you have a great week. Your reminder that I currently have TWO positions open:
1. Senior MRI physicist
2. Clinical Imaging Research Assistant
Please share, tell your friends, send to your Mum (if your Mum's an MRI researcher? I mean, why not?) etc. etc.
See links below. ⬇️ 🧵

Effects of antipsychotics on human cognitive function: causal evidence from healthy volunteers following sustained D2/D3 antagonism, D2/D3 partial agonism and placebo - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Effects of antipsychotics on human cognitive function: causal evidence from healthy volunteers following sustained D2/D3 antagonism, D2/D3 partial agonism and placebo

🚨🚨New paper day!🚨🚨
Played a small part in this, led by the brilliant Martin Osugo of Kings College:
"Effects of antipsychotics on human cognitive function: causal evidence from healthy volunteers following sustained D2/D3 antagonism, D2/D3 partial agonism and placebo."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Same. I want a big dumb screen. As dumb as possible.

🚨🚨New job available! 🚨🚨
This might just be the best RA job in London right now. Come and work with me on awesome clinical trials and MRI stuff. Please share/repost/tell your friends, etc.

Check out this job at Perceptive Inc.: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...