Augie Ray

STUDY of undergraduate students finds "previously infected students exhibited distinct prefrontal haemodynamic patterns during cognitive engagement, reminiscent of those observed in adults four decades older."

#COVID19

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159124007311

Dec 20, 2024 at 3:12amWeb
Show threadNoctisEqui 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇪🇹🏳️‍🌈Dec 20, 2024

@augieray

Couldn’t they have just said they saw the same blood flow patterns in the brains of infected students that were like those of adults 40 years older. It’s nice toi ber able to ‘translate’ the gist of the lingo but …c’mon man!

Show threadAugie RayDec 20, 2024
@NoctisEqui Having read over 3,000 COVID research studies, let me assure you that if there are simple and complicated ways to word a finding, researchers will choose the complicated option every time.
Show threadNoctisEqui 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇪🇹🏳️‍🌈Dec 23, 2024
@augieray
It impresses the judges if you use complicated words and lumpy sentences.As a writer on arcane subjects that require dozens of footnotes, I find at a certain point one has ‘brain freeze’ and it becomes almost too complicated to understand or to continue writing! It’s hard to simplify a complex set of facts sometines.
Show threadAugie RayDec 23, 2024
@NoctisEqui I am a researcher and writer by profession. My organization strives to make things as simple and intuitive as possible (but we don't always succeed.) Having read thousands of medical research papers the last few years, I have come to the conclusion that peer reviewers need to focus more on HOW things are being conveyed, not just the accuracy of WHAT is being said.
Show threadWildflower01Dec 20, 2024
@augieray How I wish I had my 50 year old brain when I was an undergrad :-) Probably would have made way better decisions. LOL