Serotonin is such an enigma.

In a fresh paper by the lab of Mark Andermann it is shown that serotonin gates the information flow from retina to thalamus.

https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)01079-0

Trying to understand the bigger picture, we have recently proposed that serotonin has a central role in digesting information. Our paper w @macshine @DrYohanJohn @claireocallaghan and others can be found here: https://shine-lab.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022_brain.pdf

I’m seeing that “Too good to be true” mturk paper uncritically shared on mastodon. That paper was not peer reviewed and the editor who approved it was asked to resign for similar editorial practices (accepting un-reviewed, one-sided commentaries)

Here is another paper pointing out all the deficiencies of that paper that would have been caught in peer review: https://psyarxiv.com/w7qy9

#MTurk #Psych #SocialPsych

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🎉 New post: Setting up macOS as an #RStats data science rig in 2023

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What news publications have you seen set up shop on Mastodon?

I've come across the following that are active & appear to be legit:

- LA Times @losangelestimes
- NBC News @nbcnews
- ProPublica @ProPublica
- VOA @VOANews
- The Intercept @theintercept
- The Conversation @TheConversationUS
- Meduza @meduza_en
- Global Voices @globalvoices
- Grist @grist
- Die Tageszeitung (in German) @tazgetroete
- Le Monde diplomatique (in French) @mdiplo

(ping me if you know more!)

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#media #news #journalism

Why racism is a public health threat: Expert perspectives

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/why-racism-is-a-public-health-threat-expert-perspectives

#uspol
#BlackMastodon
#health