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Christopher Howard

@howarddopamine

Dopamine/striatum researcher at Oberlin College interested in interval timing and Parkinson’s disease. Father of three, 90s alternative band man, permaculture farmer, and collector of expensive hobbies

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Super insightful. Much appreciated! I was the FIFTH reviewer on a paper a few months ago, I couldn’t believe they made the authors go though that, and it was a terrible use of my time! Dozens of reviewers 🤮

21.02.2025 00:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks man! Any reason in particular? I just worry I’m an inconvenient human step in an automated machine-led process

20.02.2025 21:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hello #neuroscience folks on here. Has anyone had any experience with #Qeios? It looks like it does not have an editor but rather an AI that finds reviewers and (maybe?) decides if a paper gets published? I got asked to review by AI, and I don't know how to feel about it.

20.02.2025 16:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
WING - Dopamine (Beatbox) #WING #Dopamine
WING - Dopamine (Beatbox) #WING #Dopamine YouTube video by WING

I’ve instructed my students to play this after every successful GRABDA recording in the lab #dopamine #grabda #fiberphotometry youtu.be/OF_f2XIwWEA

17.02.2025 21:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rats and mice rapidly update timed behaviors - Animal Cognition Keeping track of time intervals is a crucial aspect of behavior and cognition. Many theoretical models of how the brain times behavior make predictions for steady-state performance of well-learned int...

How quickly can rodents adapt to changes in time durations in their environment? Work from @oberlincollege.bsky.social suggests they can recognize and respond extremely quickly, hinting at a rapid mechanism for learning about time in the brain. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

24.01.2025 18:23 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1