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{f,s,d}MRI Research Scientist @ SFVA + UCSF

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Javascript code for a noncentral t cdf produced by Claude. It is simply a call to the normal CDF, which is not correct (though will be a decent approximation with large N).

Javascript code for a noncentral t cdf produced by Claude. It is simply a call to the normal CDF, which is not correct (though will be a decent approximation with large N).

I've been testing Claude to see how well it can "vibe out" a stat. power app that I've already coded completely myself - so I know what I want. It mostly gets things right with animations (those are easily verifiable) but looking into the backend stats code is nightmare inducing (see pic).

28.02.2026 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10
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Today I am excited to introduce respyra - an open-source Python toolbox for respiratory tracking experiments in interoception research!

Now on PyPI (pip install respyra) with a preprint on PsyArXiv:
osf.io/preprints/ps...

GitHub: github.com/embodied-com...

27.02.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Hopefully someday one of these worksjops at a time that’s not so rough on us west coast Americans :-)

24.02.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Openness means more than access. That's why we encourage submissions of Replication Studies.

Learn about publishing your replication study with us in our author guide: buff.ly/rcI0oAY

22.02.2026 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mapping the rest of the human connectome: Atlasing the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system The emergence of diffusion, structural, and functional neuroimaging methods has enabled major multi-site efforts to map the human connectome, which ha…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

19.02.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Generative AI changes the game of scientific fraud β€” Blog and news on ethical AI and statistics in biomedicine. In an era where false scientific material has become easy to create, safeguards are urgently needed if we want to preserve science trustworthiness (By...

databio.ch/news-and-blo...

25.01.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An open fMRI resource for studying human brain function and covert consciousness under anesthesia - Scientific Data Scientific Data - An open fMRI resource for studying human brain function and covert consciousness under anesthesia

An open fMRI resource for studying human brain function and covert consciousness under anesthesia | Scientific Data www.nature.com/articles/s41...

21.01.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Positions Available This is the webpage for the Section on Functional Imaging Methods at the National Institute of Mental Health.

Postdoc position to work on neuroimaging methods with @fmri-today.bsky.social (and me) fim.nimh.nih.gov/positions-av...

21.01.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 I'm searching for a full-time research coordinator to join my group & work on precision brain 🧠 network and cognitive control projects at both 3T and 7T. Please rt πŸ™Œ

Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More πŸ‘‡
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

22.01.2026 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
Introduction to Principles of MRI β€” Principles of MRI

For 15(!) years I’ve been teaching introductory #MRI to grad students, and struggled to find a textbook for a wide variety of backgrounds. I'm happy to share an online textbook I created, fully open source (including code for generating figures and plots shown):
larsonlab.github.io/MRI-educatio...

10.01.2026 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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A new MRI protocol can scan the human brain and its venous network in under 7 minutes at 0.35 mm iso. resolution, marking it as a potential tool for diagnosing cerebrovascular diseases and monitoring neurodegeneration.
scim.ag/3LkRfRY

09.01.2026 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œThese findings provide clear evidence that data collected on MTurk simply cannot be trusted.”

08.01.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 292    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 21
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Want to learn about FMRI visualization, processing and group analysis? Join us for the next AFNI Bootcamp (Jan. 27-29, 2026) for a fun few days of theory and interactive practicals.

Details+registration for this virtual course:
afni.nimh.nih.gov/bootcamp

07.01.2026 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this seems like a great idea and there should be more of it

20.12.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save NCAR from being dismantled today! The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.

agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...

19.12.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The best science images of 2025Β β€” Nature’s picks The Sun’s fiery surface,Β aΒ tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more.

The best science images of 2025 β€” Nature’s picks www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

16.12.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ajay D. Halai, Marta M. Correia, et al:

Comparing the effect of multi-gradient echo and multi-band fMRI during a semantic task

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

11.12.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
DIY-MRI | 16-18 September 2026 3-day workshop to learn, build and scan on a low-field MRI from sratch

delta-diy-mri.github.io

12.12.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Professor Answers Coding Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED Professor Answers Coding Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

youtu.be/PZ_ebxkNZmo?...

10.12.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Modeling of magnetic vestibular stimulation experienced during high-field clinical MRI - Communications Medicine ArΓ‘n-Tapia et al. examine how high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines unintentionally stimulate the inner ear by measuring eye movements and using numerical simulations. The study enhance...

nice anatomically-constrained simulations of high field magnetic vestibular stimulation www.nature.com/articles/s43...

07.12.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures - Nature Reviews Neuroscience As scientists, we want solid answers, but we also want to answer questions that matter. Yet, the brain’s complexity forces trade-offs between these desiderata, bringing about two distinct research app...

Paper by @frosas.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

04.12.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

seems like 1; we've been seeing a lot of cerebellum with dmn

29.11.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Functional network collapse in neurodegenerative disease - Nature Communications This study demonstrates that brain functional network imbalance appears linked to progressive brain atrophy and cognitive decline across the dementia spectrum.

Excited to share our new work in @natcomms.nature.com: Functional network collapse in neurodegenerative disease

How does functional connectivity change across dementia types and stages?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

25.11.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor  |  UCSF Neurosurgery
Focused ultrasound (FUS) β€” also called high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) β€” is a noninvasive treatment that uses sound waves to treat essential tremor and tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease.… Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor | UCSF Neurosurgery

After 25 years of living with essential tremor, one UCSF patient picked up a spoon & didn't spill a drop! With the help of Drs. Doris Wang & Leo Sugrue, focused ultrasound treatment gave him back everyday moments & confidence. #EssentialTremor

Watch:

19.11.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I also got actual co-authors, but with super weird affiliations. I suspect AI slop…

19.11.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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misc_scripts/supercollider at main Β· samtorrisi/misc_scripts scripts from grad school, postdoc and beyond. Contribute to samtorrisi/misc_scripts development by creating an account on GitHub.

We had a collab at a scanner without video capabilities, so it was fun to reach into my music background and create a flexible paced audio experiment for fMRI finger tapping. github.com/samtorrisi/m... Let me know if you give it a shot. SC is an easy install:

17.11.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New AFNI Academy playlist!

This tutorial presents afni_proc.py's quality control HTML for single subject FMRI.

The APQC HTML has systematic views of data and useful derived quantities. Users can instantly rate, comment and query the fully processed subject data.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9z...

17.11.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shearer et al. introduce an interactive web application for exploring fMRI effect maps:
doi.org/10.52294/001...

@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue

12.11.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Golden microphone trophy labelled β€œLarry Wald” and β€œErwin L. Hahn Lecture 2025” on a table with a softly lit background.

Golden microphone trophy labelled β€œLarry Wald” and β€œErwin L. Hahn Lecture 2025” on a table with a softly lit background.

What a fantastic 2025 Erwin L. Hahn Lecture & Workshop! Did you enjoy it as much as we did?
If you’d like to rewatch Larry Wald’s keynote β€œMR technology; from elegant physics to elegant engineering and back again” (or missed it), find it here:
hahn-institute.de/en/info/even...
#HahnLecture25

31.10.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We wrote a blog post about common misconceptions of basic EPI parameters.

Test your knowledge of EPI myths. layerfmri.com/epimyths/ 1/3

04.11.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0