Manuel Mello

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Led by master's student Macy, with collaboration from @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social and @mmellon.bsky.social.

Link: osf.io/preprints/ps...

1. Autistic adults engage in social touch as frequently as non-autistic adults, with similar satisfaction.

Wow, all the shelf tags fit in what I like. This is going straight to my Want to read 😍

You wouldn’t drink from a glass if a fish is IN the glass, or would not grab a chair if one is already sitting ON it.
How do we represent relations between things? And how does it relate to object and action recognition?
New paper out osf.io/preprints/ps...
@mmellon.bsky.social

I am honoured to have received the Doctoral Thesis Award from La Sapienza University, accompanied by the publication of my thesis by Sapienza Università Editrice, available in open access here: doi.org/10.13133/978...

A good stimulus set is a piece of art! 😍

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Hi! So, the (temporary) list of lab meeting formats I presented is based on previous experiences as a PhD student, mostly. Here it is. #1

The Worth of Wild Ideas Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.

Well hello Bluesky. For my first (proper) post, here's my take on the IIT brouhaha and some of the wider issues involved, out now in Nautilus. It's called The Worth of Wild Ideas (and The Right To Be Wrong). nautil.us/the-worth-of...

Are you an early career affective scientist (broadly defined)? Be sure to check out our discord channel! Our aim is to create a supportive community where we share research, resources, jobs (academic and others), etc. We have 150+ members and growing -- join us! #AffectSci

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Check out our latest preprint on Research Square: "The neuroscience of human empathy for pleasure: Protocol for a scoping review"

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-2...

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Today's read:

"Within-participant statistics for cognitive science" by Ince et al., 2022.

#Neuroskyence | #CogSci | #brain

Today's read:

"Living on the edge: network neuroscience beyond nodes" by Betzel et al., 2023.

#Neuroskyence | #CogSci | #brain

Here is a suggestion:

www.codemonkey.com

If you are new here, don't miss the #neuroscience channel! We're one of the largest science channels on blue sky - lots of fun content and people there. Tags are #neuroscience and #neuroskyence. bsky.app/profile/did:...

As they say:

"An article a day keeps the fear-of-not-knowing-enough away".

New challenge: A daily read, for at least one month, of a Neuroscience article not necessarily related to my field of research. (Clearly, to sum to those I "need" to read 😂.)

Today's: "The socio-temporal brain: connecting people in time" by Schirmer et al., 2016.

#Neuroskyence | #CogSci | #brain

The MIT Press announces the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, a paradigm shift in open access ... The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science will equip readers with essential tools to grapple with the profound implications of cognition and intelligence in today's society.

The MIT Press announces the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, a paradigm shift in open access reference works #Neuroscience #Psycholinguistics #Psychology

I'll try my best to start reading it ASAP 🤩

Thank you, Jascha! It looks incredibly interesting.

Thank you, Greg! That one is indeed on my list 😍. Together with the newly released "What makes us social?" by Frith & Frith - although this one is more focused on social cognition.

What is, in your opinion, the best (contemporary) book giving an overarching view of brain functioning relating to complex behavior?

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I feel like you shouldn't blame yourself for staying in the colab at this point. You were being a passionate researcher who's excited to have cool data and results to work on and share, I think. They are to blame for how they acred, c'mon!