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Maybe if we're lucky I'll get some of my neuroscience friends to talk to me about it too but I have to limit their psychic damage

Ashley Juavinett 9h ago

It's been a minute (hello Mastodon, it's me) but I thought you might want to know that @grimalkina and I had some thoughts on a recent preprint about LLMs and brains.

Our latest episode episode is live and yes, a little spicy. 🔥

https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/17378968-you-deserve-better-brain-research

You deserve better brain research - Change, Technically

SHOW NOTES:For an example of a consideration of learning with information searching, a paper by Saskia Giebl and co-authors explored students learning basic programming concepts aided with a search engine and how active problem-solving before the ...

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Ashley Juavinett 3d ago

Dr. Cat Hicks Jun 13

A couple of days ago @analog_ashley and a few friends put on a science storytelling event at UCSD. Seeing the love and care put into this event really warmed my heart: they coached speakers with multiple rounds of writing workshops and feedback, and Ashley brought her "backyard brains" kits to do scrappy neuroscience with the crowd in theme with her story about creating long-distance labs during the pandemic that students could do in their bedrooms ❤️ theme was appropriately: Adaptation!

Ashley Juavinett Apr 25

Richard McWizard Apr 1

@grimalkina @analog_ashley
I cannot convey how much I resonated with the latest Change, Technically episode on math anxiety! I was homeschooled, my wife is defending her Ph.D. thesis tomorrow (!), we have both seen many of the patterns of math anxiety you talk about... I was just nodding (and sometimes smh along with you) the whole time. It's so hard and complex and I love that you embrace that.

Thank you for another thoroughly researched episode!

https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/16876929-who-s-afraid-of-math
#math #STEM #education #teaching #psychology #neuroscience #podcast

Who's afraid of math? - Change, Technically

SHOW NOTES: Cat wants you to know she read a *lot* of research for this episode. Major highlights we specifically drew from, and quote sources, were aross three reviews: Cat found this one especially helpful and refers to it the most, an...

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Ashley Juavinett Mar 28

Dr. Cat Hicks Feb 19

You want help understanding how science funding works so we can defend it? @analog_ashley has your back. Here is her entire lesson breakdown for how to teach about science funding, complete with slides, data, and a compassionate and student-centered approach.

https://www.thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach-this-paper/how-to-teach-students-about-science-funding/

How to teach students about science funding

As researchers reel over the uncertain state of U.S. federal funding, educating students on the business of science is more important than ever.

The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives

Ashley Juavinett Mar 28

Dr. Cat Hicks Mar 28

New Change, Technically episode is out: WHO'S AFRAID OF MATH?

We tackle *math anxiety,* @analog_ashley teaches me about vulnerable circuits in the brain and being vulnerable about teaching, and I read a HECK of a lot of science to bring you this episode.

I hope you enjoy our deep dive into math anxiety, what we know about it, what we can do about it, and why we think you shouldn't feel bad if math makes you feel bad ❤️

https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/16876929-who-s-afraid-of-math

Who's afraid of math? - Change, Technically

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Ashley Juavinett Jan 19

Dr. Cat Hicks Jan 16

Some of you may recall that I told Ashley about rubber ducking. Now she has bought a fleet of small rubber ducks for her entire coding in biology class so every student gets one (all typically students who have never programmed/are often very intimidated by learning to code). They're pretty excited.

This may be my biggest contribution to the future of coding.

Ashley Juavinett Jan 5

Terra Field Dec 17, 2024

I’m only on episode 4 of “Change, Technically” with @grimalkina and @analog_ashley and I’ve already cried twice and and cheered out loud in my car a few times. If you’re in software, infrastructure, or use either professionally you should be listening to this. https://www.changetechnically.fyi/

Change, Technically

Ashley Juavinett, PhD and Cat Hicks, PhD explore technical skills, the science of innovation, STEM pathways, and our beliefs about who gets to be technical—so you can be a better leader and we can all build a better future.Ashley, a neuroscientist...

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Ashley Juavinett Jan 5

Greg Wilson Jan 4

New "Change, Technically" episode from @analog_ashley and @grimalkina https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/16381126-the-magic-of-little-boxes

The magic of little boxes - Change, Technically

In this special 'Change, Technically: Holidays On The Couch' edition of the podcast, Ashley & Cat discuss their philosophies of measurement and goal tracking, debate the value of data, and ponder the behavioral science of doing the stuff we re...

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Ashley Juavinett Sep 26, 2024

Dan Goodman Sep 26, 2024

Submit your abstracts for the #SNUFA #SpikingNeuralNetworks conference by tomorrow The conference is free, online and usually has around 700 highly engaged participants. Talks are selected by participant interest.

Please do signal boost this!

https://snufa.net/2024/

#compneuro #neuroscience

SNUFA 2024

Spiking Neural networks as Universal Function Approximators

SNUFA

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