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Nov 17, 2022 • 1h 26min

64. Gareth Barnes: MEG, OPM-MEG and the beauty of tinkering

Gareth Barnes is a professor at University College London, where he is Head of  Magnetoencephalography. We talk about how Gareth randomly stumbled into working on MEG, what MEG is, and some of his recent projects, including the exciting new generation of MEG scanners: OPM-MEG.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes appear roughly twice per month. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.). Timestamps0:00:03: How I found out about Gareth's work0:02:31: What is MEG?0:07:04: Flexible headcasts for MEG0:19:49: How Gareth accidentally  started working on MEG (after writing fiction in France)0:28:46: The early days of MEG at Aston University (starting with a  single channel)0:40:58: The new generation of MEG:  Optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG)1:13:33: Mouth MEG and measuring hippocampus with MEG1:21:06: The relationship between methods development and discovery in basic sciencePodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtGareth's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/barnes-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/barnes-scholarBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtLinksMEG in the UK: https://meguk.ac.uk/MEG image: https://biomaglaboratory.fi/wp-content/themes/biomagille/images/meg_image_20210422b.jpgCerca MEG: https://www.cercamagnetics.com/Fieldline MEG: https://fieldlineinc.com/Young Epilepsy: https://www.youngepilepsy.org.uk/Sphenoidal electrodes: https://www.epilepsybehavior.com/article/S1525-5050(03)00023-4/fulltextReferencesBoto, ... & Brookes (2018). Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system. Nature.Boto, ... & Brookes (2019). Wearable neuroimaging: Combining and contrasting magnetoencephalography and electroencephalography. NeuroImage.Hill, ... & Brookes (2019). A tool for functional brain imaging with lifespan compliance. Nature Communications.Meyer, ... & Barnes (2017). Flexible head-casts for high spatial precision MEG. Journal of neuroscience methods.Sander, ... & Knappe (2012). Magnetoencephalography with a chip-scale atomic magnetometer. Biomedical optics express.Seymour, ... & Maguire (2021). Using OPMs to measure neural activity in standing, mobile participants. NeuroImage.Stangl, ... & Suthana (2021). Boundary-anchored neural mechanisms of location-encoding for self and others. Nature.Tierney, ... & Barnes (2019). Optically pumped magnetometers: From quantum origins to multi-channel magnetoencephalography. NeuroImage.Tierney, ... & Barnes (2021). Mouth magnetoencephalography: A unique perspective on the human hippocampus. NeuroImage.Vivekananda, ... & Walker (2020). Optically pumped magnetoencephalography in epilepsy. Annals of clinical and translational neurology.
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Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 7min

63. Adeyemi Adetula: ManyLabs Africa, psychology should generalise from Africa, and multicultural collaborations

Adeyemi Adetula is a PhD student at the University of Grenoble, where he is leading the ManyLabs Africa project. In this conversation, we talk about that project, his recent commentary 'Psychology should generalize from - not just to - Africa', how Western researchers can best collaborate with African researchers, and much more. Timestamps0:00:05: How Adeyemi went from psychology student in Nigeria to PhD student in France0:13:27: ManyLabs Africa0:18:54: Synergy between the Credibility Revolution and research development in Africa0:25:26: How and why Adeyemi crowdfunded his PhD0:36:42: Psychology should generalize from - not just to - Africa0:54:47: How can Western researchers test their theories in more diverse samples?1:03:47: Pounded yam with Egusi soup and bushmeatPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtAdeyemi's linksGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/adetula-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/adetula-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences and linksManyLabs Africa: https://osf.io/vh6td/Collaborative Replications and Education Project: https://www.crep-psych.org/CREP Africa: https://osf.io/kvhzg/Sci-Hub: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-HubAdeyemi's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-african-scholar-in-financial-distressAdeyemi's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/support_adeyemi_adetula_dreamAdetula, ... IJzerman (2022). Psychology should generalize from—not just to—Africa. Nat Rev Psych.Adetula, ... IJzerman (2021). Synergy Between the Credibility Revolution and Human Development in Africa. AfricArXive.Adetula, … IJzerman, H. (2021). The Evaluation of Harm and Purity Transgressions in Africans: A Paradigmatic Replication of Rottman and Young (2019). AfricArXiveKlein, ... Nosek (2014). Investigating variation in replicability: A “many labs” replication project. Soc Psych.Rottman & Young (2019). Specks of dirt and tons of pain: Dosage distinguishes impurity from harm. Psych Sci.The 5 shortlisted African papers for the ManyLabs Africa replication:Bevan-Dye & Akpojivi (2016). South African Generation Y students’ self-disclosure on Facebook. South African J of Psych.Kombo, S. (n.d.). Using behavioural informed communication to drive civic engagement. [Unpublished paper] https://busaracenter.org/case_studies/behaviorally-informed-communication-to-drive-civic-engagement/Mgbokwere, Esienumoh & Uyana (2015). Perception and attitudes of parents towards teenage pregnancy in a rural community of Cross river state, Nigeria. Global J of Pure & Applied Sci.Ojedokun (2015). Extramarital affair as correlate of reproductive health and home instability among couples in Ibadan, Nigeria. African J of Social Work. Teye-Kwadjo, Kagee & Swart (2018). Condom use negotiation among high school adolescents in Ghana: The role of gender. South African J of Psych.
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Sep 13, 2022 • 1h 35min

62. Nils Köbis: AI, corruption, and deepfakes

Nils Köbis is a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, where he studies the intersection of AI and corruption. In this conversation, we talk about how Nils got into working on this topic, and some of his recent papers on AI, corruption, deepfakes, and AI poetry.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month.Timestamps0:00:04: Moral Games0:13:09: How Nils started working at the intersection of AI and corruption0:30:12: Start discussing 'Bad machines corrput good morals'1:01:00: Start discussing Nils's papers on whether people can detect AI-generated poems and videos1:25:59: Learning to say no and to not get sidetracked1:31:05: Writing a PhD thesisPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtNils's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/koebis-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/koebis-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/Koebis-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences & linksMoral Games (in German): https://geni.us/moral-gamesNils's podcast KickBack: https://www.icrnetwork.org/what-we-do/kickback-global-anticorruption-podcast/Replika AI app: https://replika.com/Science fiction science: https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/chm/guiding-concepts/concept-2-science-fiction-scienceCollingridge dilemma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingridge_dilemmaGPT-3: https://openai.com/api/Fotos of people who don't exist: https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/Abdalla & Abdalla 2021. The Grey Hoodie Project: Big tobacco, big tech, .... Proc of 2021 AAAI/ACM Conf.Crandall ... 2018. Cooperating with machines. Nat Comm.Goffman 1959. The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeHarari 2016. Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow.Hawking 2018. Brief answers to the big questions.Kehlmann 2021: Mein Algorithmus und ich.Köbis ... 2021. Bad machines corrupt good morals. Nat Hum Behav.Köbis ... 2021. Fooled twice: People cannot detect deepfakes but think they can. Iscience.Köbis & Mossink, 2021. Artificial intelligence versus Maya Angelou... . Comp in hum behav.Köbis ... 2022. The promise and perils of using artificial intelligence to fight corruption. Nat Mach Intell.Leib ... 2021. The corruptive force of AI-generated advice. arXiv.Leib ... 2021. Collaborative dishonesty: A meta-analytic review. Psych Bull.Mnih ... 2015. Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning. Nature.Rahwan ... 2019. Machine behaviour. Nature.Silver ... 2016. Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search. Nature.Tegmark 2017. Life 3.0: Being human in the age of artificial intelligence.
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Aug 13, 2022 • 1h 14min

61. Eva Krockow: Social dilemmas, antimicrobial resistance, and the value of qualitative studies

Eva Krockow is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Leicester, where her research focusses on the psychology of antimicrobial resistance. We talk about her educational background, her work on the Centipede Game, social dilemmas, antimicrobial resistance, and the value of qualitative studies.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month. Timestamps0:00:04: How Eva ended up studying psychology in Leicester0:07:16: Before her PhD, Eva worked in international relations0:13:06: The Centipede Game/Eva's PhD work0:23:49: What is 'antimicrobial resistance' and why is it a problem?0:41:52: The social dilemma of antimicrobial resistance0:52:05: The benefits of qualitative studies1:04:53: What can we do about antimicrobial resistance?Podcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtEva's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/krockow-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/krockow-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/krockow-twtBlog: https://geni.us/krockow-blogBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences/linksThe Centipede Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede_gameAMR studio podcast: https://www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/Colman, ... (2019). Medical prescribing and antibiotic resistance: a game-theoretic analysis of a potentially catastrophic social dilemma. PloS one.Flood (1958). Some experimental games. Management Sci.Hardin (1968). The tragedy of the commons. Science.Harring & Krockow (2021). The social dilemmas of climate change and antibiotic resistance: an analytic comparison and discussion of policy implications. Humanities and Soc Sci Comm.Krockow, ... (2022). Prosociality in the social dilemma of antibiotic prescribing. Cur Op in Psych.Krockow (2020). Nomen est omen: why we need to rename ‘antimicrobial resistance’. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance.Krockow, ... (2016). Exploring cooperation and competition in the Centipede game through verbal protocol analysis. Euro J of Soc Psych.Krockow, ... (2016). Cooperation in repeated interactions: A systematic review of Centipede game experiments, 1992–2016. Euro Rev of Soc Psych.Pulford, ... (2016). Social value induction and cooperation in the Centipede game. PloS one.Pulford, ... (2017). Reasons for cooperating in repeated interactions: Social value orientations, fuzzy traces, reciprocity, and activity bias. Decision. Pulford, ... (2021). A five-factor integrative model of strategic reasoning in dyadic games. Eur J of Soc Psych. Rosenthal (1981). Games of perfect information, predatory pricing and the chain-store paradox. J of Econ theo.Tarrant, ... (2021). Drivers of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Overuse across Diverse Hospital Contexts—A Qualitative Study of Prescribers in the UK, Sri Lanka and South Africa. Antibiotics.Tarrant, ... (2020). Moral and contextual dimensions of “inappropriate” antibiotic prescribing in secondary care: a three-country interview study. Front
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Jul 3, 2022 • 60min

60. Rickesh Patel: Mantis Shrimp navigation, walking bumblebees, and scientific illustrations

Ricky Patel is a postdoc at Lund University, where he studies the neural basis of navigation behaviours in arthropods. In this conversation, we talk about his work on spatial navigation in Mantis Shrimp and bumblebees, the difficulty of recording from moving insects, science communication, and scientific illustrations.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.). Timestamps00:04: What is a Mantis Shrimp?09:53: How Ricky started studying Mantis Shrimp navigation16:00: Start discussing Ricky's 2020 Current Biology paper on path integration in Mantis Shrimp25:03: A hierarchy of compass cues34:10: Start discussing Ricky's 2020 Proceedings B paper on landmark navigation in Mantis Shrimp38:11: Complex behaviour doesn't require a large brain40:16: Start discussing Ricky's 2022 Current Biology paper about path integration in walking bumblebees46:14: How well can we record neural activity from moving insects?49:54: Twitter in academia53:51: Rickesh's work as a scientific illustrator57:57: There really has been a rich history of studying navigation in non-mammalsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtRicky's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/patel-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/patel-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/patel-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferencesBeetz, Kraus, Franzke, Dreyer, Strube-Bloss, Rössler, Warrant, Merlin, & El Jundi, B. (2022). Flight-induced compass representation in the monarch butterfly heading network. Current Biology.O'Keefe & Dostrovsky (1971). The hippocampus as a spatial map: Preliminary evidence from unit activity in the freely-moving rat. Brain research.Patel, Kempenaers & Heinze. (2022). Vector navigation in walking bumblebees. Current Biology.Patel & Cronin (2020). Mantis shrimp navigate home using celestial and idiothetic path integration. Current Biology.Patel & Cronin (2020). Landmark navigation in a mantis shrimp. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.Patel & Cronin (2020). Path integration error and adaptable search behaviors in a mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology. Santschi (1911). Obervations et remarques critiques sur le mécanisme de l'orientation chez les fourmis. Rév Suisse Zool.Tolman (1948). Cognitive maps in rats and men. Psychological review. Wehner (1990). On the brink of introducing sensory ecology: Felix Santschi (1872–1940) — Tabib-en-Neml. Behav Ecol Sociobiol .
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Jun 19, 2022 • 1h 3min

59. Chris Frith: Two Heads, social neuroscience, and the history of the FIL

Chris Frith is an Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at University College London. His research has spanned several topics, including social cognition, schizophrenia, volition, and consciousness. We talk about Two Heads (a book co-written with his wife and son), his career, and the history of the FIL.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.). Timestamps00:04: Why did Chris not become a musician?06:14: How Chris became a comic book hero14:31: Collaborating with economists (as a neuroscientist or psychologist)22:34: A triple history of Chris's career, neuroimaging, and the FIL at UCL47:14: Career advice: explorers and exploiters in science, and skills to learn57:00: Was all the effort worth it?1:00:10: Sci-fi and detective story recommendationsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtChris's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/frith-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/frith-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/frith-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferencesBlakemore ... (1998). Central cancellation of self-produced tickle sensation. Nature neuroscience.Cook ... (2012). Automatic imitation in a strategic context ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.Corcoran ... (1995). Schizophrenia, symptomatology and social inference ... Schizophrenia research.Feinberg ... (1999). Schizophrenia–a disorder of the corollary discharge ... The British Journal of Psychiatry.Fletcher ... (1995). Other minds in the brain ... Cognition.Frith ... (2022). Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains.Frith (2013). Making up the mind: How the brain creates our mental world.Frith ... (1991). Willed action and the prefrontal cortex in man: a study with PET. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.Haruno ... (2010). Activity in the amygdala elicited by unfair divisions predicts social value orientation. Nature neuroscience.Haruno ...  (2014). Activity in the nucleus accumbens and amygdala ... Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.Helmholtz (1867). Treatise on physiological optics.Johnstone ... (1976). Cerebral ventricular size and cognitive impairment in chronic schizophrenia. The Lancet.Medwed (2007). The innocent prisoner's dilemma: ... Iowa Law Review.Posner ... (1988). Localization of cognitive operations in the human brain. Science.Shelley (1818). Frankenstein.Wegner (2004). Précis of the illusion of conscious will. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.LinksSeiber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pqqfWfwRlQMa mère l'oye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEC_XGjgluoDolly Suite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA-VOOVN2XQChris's interview with the BPS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjku9ASscishttps://interactingminds.au.dk/https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dickhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie
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Jun 12, 2022 • 1h 11min

58. Cameron Brick: climate change, pro-environmental behaviour, and illusory essences

Cameron Brick is an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the psychological aspects of climate change. In this conversation, we talk about climate change, the psychological aspects behind it, the difficulty of defining pro-environmental behaviour, and his recent article on Illusory Essences in psychological (and neuroscientific) research.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.). Timestamps0:00:04: How Cameron started working on the psychology of climate change0:06:24: What is the actual problem of climate change? And what can we do about it?0:21:47: What actually is "pro-environmental behaviour" and how can we measure it?0:32:35: What kind of person is pro-environemtnal, and why?0:38:54: Start discussing Illusory Essences0:45:20: Formal models in psychology0:47:23: Are the Big-5 in personality an illusory essence?1:01:17: How to solve the problem of illusory essencesPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtCameron's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/brick-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/brick-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/brick-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferencesBrick, Hood, Ekroll & De-Wit (2022). Illusory essences: A bias holding back theorizing in psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science.Brick & van der Linden (2018). Yawning at the Apocalypse. ThePsychologist.Brick, Sherman & Kim (2017). “Green to be seen” and “brown to keep down”: Visibility moderates the effect of identity on pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology.Brick & Lewis (2016). Unearthing the “green” personality: Core traits predict environmentally friendly behavior. Environment and Behavior.Smaldino (2017). Models are stupid, and we need more of them. Computational social psychology.Spence, Poortinga & Pidgeon (2012). The psychological distance of climate change. Risk Analysis: An International Journal.Srivastava (2010). The five-factor model describes the structure of social perceptions. Psychological Inquiry.Updegraff, Brick, Emanuel, Mintzer & Sherman (2015). Message framing for health: moderation by perceived susceptibility and motivational orientation in a diverse sample of Americans. Health Psychology.Wittgenstein (1953). Philosophical investigations.Background on why I laughed at Cameron mentioning Brian Wansick: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/brian-wansink-cornell-p-hackingWhere I learnt to floss by doing only 1 tooth per day: Fogg, B. J. (2019). Tiny habits: The small changes that change everything.Borges's short story about maps: https://genius.com/Jorge-luis-borges-on-exactitude-in-science-annotated
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May 28, 2022 • 1h 2min

57. Peter Vuust: music in the brain, predictive coding, and jazz

Peter Vuust is a Professor at the Center for Music in the Brain in Aarhus, a jazz musician, and composer. In this conversation , we talk about his recent review in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, how he got to where he is, active inference in music, jazz improvisation, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.). Timestamps00:05: How Peter became a jazz musician04:54: How Peter became professor of neuroscience08:20: How to combine two different professions practically?11:50: Start discussing 'Music in the brain'24:53: How do prediction errors change with familiarty of a piece of music?38:18: How does moving to the beat (active inference) reduce prediction errors?46:48: The 3 dynamics in musical synchronisation55:10: How does Peter compose for improvisation in jazz?Podcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtPeter's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/vuust-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/vuust-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/vuust-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter:  https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences and linksHeggli, Konvalinka, ..., & Vuust (2021). Transient brain networks underlying interpersonal strategies during synchronized action. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience.Heggli, Konvalinka, Kringelbach, & Vuust (2019). Musical interaction is influenced by underlying predictive models and musical expertise. Scientific reports.Heggli, Cabral, ..., & Kringelbach. (2019). A Kuramoto model of self-other integration across interpersonal synchronization strategies. PLoS computational biology.Morillon, & Baillet (2017). Motor origin of temporal predictions in auditory attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Rosso, Maes, & Leman (2021). Modality-specific attractor dynamics in dyadic entrainment. Scientific Reports.Vuust, Heggli, Friston, & Kringelbach (2022). Music in the brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience.See the painting with the 'false' line at 7:30 in this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOfGX6KSiX8&t=458sStravinsky's Rite of Spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP42C-4zL3wThe last part with frequent time signature changes starts at 30:07.A survivor from Warsaw by Schoenberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBNz76YFmEQ3rd movement of Sinfonia by Berio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YU-V2C4ryUBeatles Documentary by Peter Jackson (Get Back): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9735318/Blame it on the Boogie, by The Jacksons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxVMLVe62U
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May 21, 2022 • 1h 10min

56. Mary Elizabeth Sutherland: scientific editing, behavioural sciences at Nature, and how to improve submissions

Mary Elizabeth Sutherland is senior editor at Nature, where she edits submissions in the behavioural sciences and cognitive neuroscience. In this conversation, we talk about how she became an editor, what editors do all day, how to improve your submissions, the future of publishing at Nature, the harp, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.). Timestamps0:00:00: Introduction0:05:51: How Mary Elizabeth started playing the harp0:11:19: Harp music recommendations0:13:09: How Mary Elizabeth became senior editor at Nature0:18:11: What do editors do all day?0:31:04: What's the difference between Nature, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports?0:38:53: How representative do samples need to be for Nature?0:44:12: What exactly is a cover letter for?0:50:43: Common errors in submissions0:56:11: Why do the official PDFs of papers have unidentifiable names?0:59:11: Do we still need journals?1:04:07: Will Nature offer Registered Reports?Podcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtMary Elizabeth's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/sutherland-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/Sutherland-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/Sutherland-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter:  https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences and linksHarp musicCarlos Salzedo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Salzedoplaying his composition Scintillation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ8bA1XXQpMLucile Lawrence (her teacher):  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucile_Lawrence performing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm_-Omk_bl0An example of Kora music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cLAwAOi-hAEpisode with Hugo Spiers: https://geni.us/bjks-spiersEpisode with Michael Hornberger: https://geni.us/bjks-hornbergerTalk Mary Elizabeth gave that I found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akzsfqwJiwPapers mentionedAiken, E., Bellue, S., Karlan, D. et al. Machine learning and phone data can improve targeting of humanitarian aid. Nature (2022).Camerer, C. F., Dreber, A., Holzmeister, F., Ho, T. H., Huber, J., Johannesson, M., ... & Wu, H. (2018). Evaluating the replicability of social science experiments in Nature and Science between 2010 and 2015. Nature Human Behaviour.Coutrot, A., Manley, E., Goodroe, S. et al. Entropy of city street networks linked to future spatial navigation ability. Nature (2022). Douaud, G., Lee, S., Alfaro-Almagro, F. et al. SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank. Nature (2022).
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May 1, 2022 • 54min

55. Angelika Stefan: p-hacking, simulations, and Shiny Apps

Angelika Stefan is a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam in the Psychological Methods group (lead by Eric-Jan Wagenmakers). In this conversation, we talk about her preprint 'Big little lies: A Compendium and Simulation of p-Hacking Strategies', which she just uploaded to PsyArXiv. We also discuss how she created the Shiny App that allows users to play around with the simulations and run simulations that didn't make it into the paper.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.). Timestamps00:05: How did Angelika start working on her paper 'Big little lies'05:22: P-hacking and human error07:47: Different p-hacking strategies29:34: What are good solutions against p-hacking?40:56: Future directions for this kind of research45:32: How to make a Shiny AppsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtAngelika's linksGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/stefan-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/stefan-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter:  https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences and linksStefan, A., & Schönbrodt, F. D. (2022, March 16). Big Little Lies: A Compendium and Simulation of p-Hacking Strategies. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xy2dk Wicherts, J. M., Veldkamp, C. L. S., Augusteijn, H. E. M., Bakker, M., van Aert, R. C. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Degrees of freedom in planning, running, analyzing, and reporting psychological studies: A checklist to avoid p-hacking. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01832Their Shiny App: https://shiny.psy.lmu.de/felix/ShinyPHack/ Shiny tutorial videos: https://shiny.rstudio.com/tutorial/As Predicted preregistration template: https://aspredicted.org/

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