Rob Chavez

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Assistant Professor and neurobumpkin at University of Oregon.

#Neuroscience #SocialNeuroscience #CognitiveNeuroscience #Psych #SocialPsych #rStats #PyData #fMRI #dMRI #MVPA #MachineLearning #DataScience

Labhttps://csnl.uoregon.edu
Personalhttps://robchavez.org
Zombohttps://zombo.com
Rob ChavezDec 21, 2022
Literate and stylish..
Rob ChavezDec 19, 2022
If looks could really kill, then my profession would be staring.
Rob ChavezDec 6, 2022
I wish someone would have told me sooner..
Rob ChavezDec 2, 2022

There has been lots of chatter about #GRExit lately and whether or not programs should require the GRE. Our department is trying to figure out our GRE policy, so I compiled the requirements in psychology for the 65 Association of American Universities.

Like it or not, the writing is on the wall..

Rob ChavezDec 1, 2022
Show threadElizabeth DuPreDec 1, 2022
@robchavez I’m still puzzled by my Wrapped, particularly the new “My Audio Day” feature. Is this a genre ? An aesthetic ?
Rob ChavezDec 1, 2022
I'm not sharing my Spotify year-in-review because my taste in everything is absolute dog shit.
Rob ChavezNov 30, 2022

This is a piece I wrote last year about family, ethnicity, science, and the parallels between straddling multiple identities in multiple domains. A very personal perspective, highlighting my love of writing non-technical prose that I hope to do much more of in the coming years.

https://medium.com/@AcademicsAnon/multiply-determined-e33bf6ad8d6c

Multiply Determined - Academics Anonymous - Medium

My father was a charming soul with modest tastes. A dark-complected hispanic man, he was born in East Los Angeles but would spend the majority of his youth swapping residences between Las Vegas…

Medium
Show threadRob ChavezNov 25, 2022
Code here: https://github.com/robchavez/state_migration
GitHub - robchavez/state_migration: state-to-state migration app

state-to-state migration app. Contribute to robchavez/state_migration development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Rob ChavezNov 25, 2022

Interested in state-to-state migration patterns? The US Census has data on that, and I turned it into a no-frills shiny app. Plots include both where people came from and where they left with raw counts and log ones to see details.

Check it out!
https://robchavez.shinyapps.io/state_migration/

State-to-State Migration

Rob ChavezNov 20, 2022
Mark DaviesNov 19, 2022
If someone is able to look back at the history of humanity as it reaches its last years on earth, they will likely note how insane it was that at the most critical time in the struggle to maintain a livable #climate, we began creating #cryptocurrencies that consume vast amounts of energy to produce (currently using more electricity than the entire country of Argentina) and add nothing of real or lasting value to human civilization or to the care and protection of earth, our only home.