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“You can’t discover what you don’t study.” @jennifergarrison.bsky.social highlights the need for more focus on women’s health at the Merkin Symposium at Caltech. Hard for anti-diversity folks to argue against addressing health issues that impact half the population…

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Hier, c'était les #NeuroStories par NeuroMarseille! Entre raison et sentiments, mon cerveau balance : 5 stand-ups qui ont expliqué leur recherches. J'ai eu le grand plaisir de présenter une partie sur le toucher avec Sophia Faresse "Toucher Discriminatif" et moi "Toucher affectif" lnkd.in/dbDnw8fK

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SfN is governed by a Council and over 15 committees, all led by volunteer leaders dedicated to advancing neuroscience research, education, and advocacy. Help shape the future of the field! Nominate yourself or a colleague for a committee or Council position by Friday, February 7. 🔗 bit.ly/3HVsebE

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You now have more time to submit an #SfN25 session or events proposal. Your ideas are crucial to building a dynamic and impactful scientific program. 📅 Submit your proposal by the final deadline: Monday, January 27, 5 p.m. EST 🔗 bit.ly/3Wu3SfH #NeuroSky

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Society for Neuroscience #SfN25 submission for sessions closes on January 22 5pm EST. Submit your proposals for mini/symposia, dual perspectives, roundtables, and more at www.sfn.org/meetings/neu.... As a program committee member, I am looking forward to all your touch/sensory/motor/pain submissions

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Submit your #SfN25 symposia proposals by 22 January!

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Good initiative with support from a CNRS lab to help migrating away from X on January 20: www.helloquitx.com

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#IASAT25 deadline for abstracts extended till 12 January… #affective #touch

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I could not find a body representation starter pack so I made one! Please message if you want to join. I know I missed excellent scientists, philosophers and clinicians out there go.bsky.app/EAmckAo

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Feeling philosophical this morning: one secret to happiness and success is knowing what to care about—and what to ignore. Simple, but not easy to master!

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This is pretty cool!

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👋 Hello, from SfN’s official BlueSky account: @societyforneuro.bsky.social! SfN is the world’s largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain and the nervous system. Follow along for the latest from SfN! sfn.org #neuro #neuroscience #neuroscholar

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The night sky is amazing at the moment. Here’s a photo of the moon and Venus. Jupiter and Saturn also have great visibility. Puts it all into perspective

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At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes

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#IASAT25 is happening! The 5th meeting of the International Association for the Study of #Affective #Touch will be held in Jena, Germany 9-11 June 2025. Submit your proposals for symposia and abstracts for open talks/poster here iasat2025.uni-jena.de deadline mid-December

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Really happy to have contributed, with other great researchers, to this news feature by Fred Schwaller in Nature! The quest to build bionic limbs that feel like the real thing www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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#SfN24 starts today! What a great welcome already in wonderful #Chicago. Looking forward to giving our talks in nanosymposium NANO04 this afternoon

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New paper alert! In a collaboration with Ilona Croy's group, we have further developed and extended how we capture touch experiences. A shortened English TEAQ, validated in German and French doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

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for every time "AI" is mentioned

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What a fantastic EuroHaptics 2024 meeting! Big thanks to the organizers and for the invitation to present. We had a great time, including the all the talks, posters, demos and art exhibits, as well as many discussion at our Affective Haptics Workshop

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New paper alert! We investigated tactile sensitivity of the finger, arm, and cheek skin over the lifespan, finding decline only on the finger doi.org/10.3389/fnag...

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Really looking forward to going to #EuroHaptics in a few days with the team! Come to our workshop on Sunday too... we have had a last-minute change of speaker, but we are very happy to announce that Prof. Johan Wessberg will be presenting sites.google.com/view/affecti...

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Merle Fairhurst and I are very happy to be organizing a workshop at #EuroHaptics in the afternoon of 30 June on #affective #haptics. Hope to see you there! Dispelling myths & forwarding the next generation of affective haptics sites.google.com/view/affecti...

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Nice one, didn’t know it. Very useful for future reviews….

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We went to see mastectomy surgeries yesterday, as part of Sophia's @sophiafaresse.bsky.social PhD working on nerve stimulation and breast sensation #BionicBreast #CNRS #UChicago MITI collaboration. Such amazing work fighting #BreastCancer

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Just learned about bioicons.com Free, open source icons for illustration. not so many brains on there yet, maybe add some if you have made any?! #neuroskyence

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in which i stare down the barrel of scientific history at 150 years of bad ideas & ask: are we making any progress at all? (trigger warning: contains NO discussion of that* replicability paper.) * but don't answer. #podcast #neuroskyence #stats Enjoy! theerrorbar.com?e=38

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Letting the facts of your research project speak for themselves is the best policy – unverifiable novelty or priority claims and self-laudatory language obscure what matters most: the evidence itself. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Effect sizes and what to make of them www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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It takes two to tango: Relatedness is key to the experience of interpersonal touch. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #neuroskyence #touch

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I received 7 copies of the Korean translation of my book Human Touch today 🤩 They look great 😍 I don't really need seven copies though. Any Korean speakers in Europe who want one?

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Nous faisons une étude sur l'impact de la mastectomie sur la perception tactile. Si vous avez eu ce type d’intervention, votre contribution à un questionnaire en ligne anonyme (env. 10 min) serait précieuse : www.soscisurvey.de/sensibilite_... @sophiafaresse.bsky.social

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So what have you done this year? Me, I went on a motorbike for the very first time at the age of 43! A tour of the St Charles campus courtesy of Dr. Samain-Aupic 😎

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How microneurography used to be done. Some old photos of #microneurography in Marseille, from the 1990s

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End of year group lunch 🤩😋😎

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Feeling like Santa working to finish all these papers before the holidays.

submitted 441 days ago • 2 comments

The last two papers I have reviewed have been outstanding and a real joy to read. This is so nice! Looking forward to these two coming out...

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What is the easiest way to find science people I know on here who have come over from Twitter? I would say that I don’t have enough time but really it is more an energy issue.

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Really looking forward to seeing @annaciaunica.bsky.social on Monday and hearing her present to the department lnc.univ-amu.fr/fr/anna-ciau...

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I always hated MDPI, but here is the best validation: arxiv.org/abs/2309.15884 NEVER publish there (except if it is the actual reason why you publish there ;) )

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With Sarah Bonnet and Heidy Daumas showing haptic devices at NeuroDays, Marseille. Go team V.RTU!

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Happening now (and co-organised by my PhD students @sophiafaresse.bsky.social & Sarah Bonnet, and co-sponsored by my collaborator V.RTU)... NeuroDays 2023! A great day of neuroscience at Aix-Marseille University with NeuroMarseille, let the discussions start! neurodays2023.sciencesconf.org

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