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dr-stan.bsky.social
Professor, Neuroscientist, Journal Editor (x4), fan of the dopamine, people, Marvel/Star Wars/Trek, and having a good time. @ubcpsych.bsky.social
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I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.

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Nature Neuroscience What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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#JNeurosci: Findings from Jenni, Bercovici, and @dr-stan.bsky.social‬ provide novel insight into the functional contribution that mOFC–BLA and PL interactions make to distinct processes that shape decision-making in situations of reward uncertainty in rats. vist.ly/3n6asip

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Still time left to submit an abstract and book a room on campus!

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Ok ok...admittedly a bit of a flex here, but, this is one of the most amusing positive instructor eval comments I've seen in my 20+ yrs of doing this schtick: "Dr. Stan is the best lecturer I've ever seen and I think I'd taken a class on paint drying if he were teaching it."

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Correction: deadline to submit an abstract is May 30. Still plenty of time.

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I love how this is being referred to as doing "a Canada" 👊

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Heard from a former (undergrad) student who just defended her PhD. Students: tell your old profs about your successes and achievements. It's not bragging, and we love to hear about it. It's one of the best parts of being an educator. #academicsky

submitted 53 days ago • 3 comments

💥GIF THREAD ALERT – pleased to share our latest paper @sfnjournals.bsky.social in J Neurosci- an epic over 5 years in the making examining amygdala and prefrontal interactions with the medial OFC in risk/reward decisions by Nicole Jenni and Deb Bercovici www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Pleased to share the final published version of @glopez.bsky.social's work in @currentbiology.bsky.social! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Region-specific nucleus accumbens dopamine signals encode distinct aspects of avoidance learning" Congrats, Gaby!!!

submitted 57 days ago • 6 comments

Just a few weeks left until 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology! 🎉🎉 Join us on Jul 13 - 16, 2025 for unique networking opportunities and an incredible lineup of speakers. Get your tickets now before it's too late! whova.com/portal/regis...

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

likely my favourite week i've ever had as a PI. celebrating the defense of dr. @neurosully.bsky.social and hanging out with awesome neuro peeps on both sides of the border - @tuthill.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @unidentifieditem.bsky.social @kiransoma.bsky.social and many other wonderful folks

submitted 59 days ago • 2 comments

The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory. www.ft.com/content/8459...

submitted 66 days ago • 248 comments

Here's the link to the piece @liisagalea.bsky.social and I wrote for The Tyee on the threats to medical research funding buried in the Conservative party platform 😬

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Look, it's great that Canada's trying to attract disenchanted US-based researchers, but researchers who are here right now would like some of that funding and support, too, please. 🙏

submitted 76 days ago • 3 comments

Tracy Bale is one of the most competent neuroscientists, there is a reason why she is the current President of the International Brain Research Organization. Firing her and other neuroscientists from any NIH board is not only unusual and unprecedented but also very intentional. They want chaos.

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ca...

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#Elbowsup

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Our latest! We measure dopamine signals as rats disambiguate cues that predict reward or threat. We find that dopamine flexibly tracks the changing salience and value of cues, but according to region-specific scales, rapid within-trial dopamine fluctuations prioritize different stimulus features.

submitted 89 days ago • 6 comments