Ashley Juavinett

@analog_ashley
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Neuroscientist, educator, writer, advocate 🏳️‍🌈 ⚽️✊ (she/they) Currently an Associate Teaching Prof in Neurobiology @ UC San Diego. Author of "So you want to be a neuroscientist?" and many shorter things. Co-host of "Change, Technically" with @grimalkina
sitehttp://www.ashleyjuavinett.com
bookhttp://cup.columbia.edu/book/so-you-want-to-be-a-neuroscientist/9780231190893
podcasthttps://www.changetechnically.fyi
lab websitehttps://neuroedu.biosci.ucsd.edu/
Show threadAshley JuavinettMar 3
Did I log in to Mastodon for the first time in three months because I thought the good people here were the only ones who would understand? Yes, yes I did.
Ashley JuavinettMar 3
OborosaurDec 31

Just finished https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/18400124-math-is-for-girls and it was excellent.

@grimalkina and @analog_ashley never fail to impress with their ability to weave together rigour and celebration of the human spirit. I learn new things every episode.

Math is for girls - Change, Technically

The story from Janet Hyde about her motivations to get a grant and "fight with data" can be found here: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/janet-shibley-hyde-sinks-stereotypes-with-data Cat summarizes a ton of research for thi...

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Ashley JuavinettMar 3

Lato thin is trying too hard

#fontfeelings

Ashley JuavinettNov 15
Jonathan YuOct 15

Who are your favorite power couples in academia or doing cool research? Who else should I be following?

Dr. Dan Ports ( @dan ) and Dr. Irene Zhang ( @irene )

Dr. Ashley Juavinette ( @analog_ashley ) and Dr. Cat Hicks ( @grimalkina )

Dr. John Regehr ( @regehr ) and Dr. Sarah Creem-Regehr

While I have your attention:

What's the difference between a genie and an academic?

One grants wishes, the other wishes for grants.

Ashley JuavinettNov 15
Cat HicksOct 3
First time @analog_ashley and I have presented at the same conference together!!!!! This was pure delight ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #monktoberfest
Ashley JuavinettJul 1, 2025
Dan SugalskiJun 30, 2025
Remember that "paper" that got circulated a few weeks ago which theoretically found that using LLMs made you stupid? Also remember thinking maybe it was a little sus since it so solidly reinforced your priors? Well... @grimalkina and @analog_ashley did an excellent dissection of it on their excellent Change, Technically podcast. Regardless of your view of the paper I really, *really* recommend the episode on it: 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 JuavinettJun 24, 2025
Show threadCat HicksJun 24, 2025
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 JuavinettJun 24, 2025

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 JuavinettJun 22, 2025
Cat HicksJun 13, 2025
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 JuavinettApr 25, 2025
Richard McWizardApr 1, 2025

@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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