Tomy Ames

Really amazing pieces with neat ideas. It was an honor to judge the prize of someone who I respect so much. ❤️

A humanized NOVA1 splicing factor alters mouse vocal communications - Nature Communications The neuron-specific RNA binding protein NOVA1 has a single amino acid substitution unique to modern humans. Here, the authors characterize the evolutional specificity and the function of the substitut...

"...human-specific NOVA1 substitution may have been part of an ancient evolutionary selective sweep in a common ancestral population of Homo sapiens, possibly contributing to the dev of spoken language through differential RNA regulation during brain development." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Not what we meant by “neuroplasticity.”

Had to take advantage of the recent @princetonupress.bsky.social sale. Looking forward to reading these books!

Wow, I guess Chalmers’ band really took off!

Ok, which one of you was it?? 🤣

Frontiers | Effect of motor process-related priming via repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation on embodiment perception during mirror visual feedback: a pilot study

"This study provides evidence that TMS priming over motor process-related regions, specifically the dlPFC, contributes to eliciting and intensifying embodiment perception during MVF, which benefited from a superior MVF paradigm for improving rehabilitation outcomes."

Libertarian Men: “You should be able to do what you want so long as it doesn’t harm others.”
Woman: Earns a doctorate with a thesis she enjoyed researching and writing for literal years of her life.
Men: “Not like that.”

Appeal to Transitive Authority

Dear #philsky I think we need a starter pack for people who work on epistemic injustice. Can be philosophers, psychologists, lived experience researchers, the sky is the limit! Suggest yourselves or others for inclusion in the replies. Thanks 🤩 go.bsky.app/RMAoxiW

Representational spaces in orbitofrontal and ventromedial prefrontal cortex: task states, values, and beyond The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and ventromedial-prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) play a key role in decision-making and encode task states in addition to expected value. We review evidence suggesting a conne...

"...it is time to reconceptualize value as a multidimensional signal that tracks distance to the current task-goal, rather than accumulated reward." New research rethinks the role/function of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and ventromedial-prefrontal cortex (vmPFC). #psychology #neuroscience

Resources for philosophers on Bluesky (updated)

1. Starter packs
go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ (individuals)
go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 (orgs)

2. Philosophy feeds
bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #philosophy, #PhilSky & other common hashtags
(see profile for others)

3. List of philosophers
bsky.app/profile/did:...

One sense or two? Magnetic navigation in reed warblers may require us to revisit our assumptions about its sensory basis | Royal Society Professor Richard Holland from the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University tells us more about a new study that tested whether Eurasian reed warblers could determine their pos...

"It is possible that although humans describe and measure these parameters [inclination/declination of the magnetic field] in the same way, that if two different senses are detecting them depending on the task, perhaps the birds are not viewing as the same thing..." Cool #perception research!

I get it. I really do. The money to pay the author, and everyone else, has to come from somewhere. But this is one reason we lost. We paywall valuable, factual information, while harmful disinformation is freely disseminated and consumed.

The philosopher's greatest skill is the ability to find a problem where none exists.

What Makes a Good Theory? Interdisciplinary Perspectives - Computational Brain & Behavior Computational Brain & Behavior -

Finally our editorial for the "What makes a good theory?" special issue is out (co-edited with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, @jcskewes.bsky.social, Sashank Varma, and Todd Wareham). It's an interdisciplinary issue and the contents are transdisciplinary.

#philsci #metasci #cogsci #ai #psych 🧪

Let’s see how this does with #philsky, lol. IYKYK

"We observed that, on the whole, children endorsed robots as having moral standing and mental life. [...] Older children's judgments more closely mirrored those of adult participants, who overwhelmingly denied these attributes to robots."

Trying to rebuild my community here at #philsky. Let's all hope for a better future and help each other achieve it.