My STEM education grant (DOD) got pulled yesterday after being approved for funding and going through all the IRB processes etc. it’s hard to think it’s a coincidence 🫠
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My STEM education grant (DOD) got pulled yesterday after being approved for funding and going through all the IRB processes etc. it’s hard to think it’s a coincidence 🫠
A loud call to all the #women in #science making history who might feel hesitant to take up space for a million different reasons— do it! open.substack.com/pub/chantelp...
@chantelpratphd.bsky.social and I found a welcome moment of joy in recording this episode of Brains for Dinner, where we got to geek out about the neuroscience of dreams. Hope you all can enjoy it too: substack.com/@chantelprat...
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Sharing some thoughts about shaping change in the new year. #2026 #brain #neuroscience #learning #kindness #change
Woman wearing a knitted hat shaped like a brain
After our last episode of Brains for Dinner, it occurs to me that transcendental meditation (TM) is really designed for people like me who think verbally. Those who think in pictures like @andreastocco.com are free to repeat a mantra with thoughts racing in the visual domain! Got my thinking cap on!
I don’t like to play favorites but this was probably my favorite episode of B4D so far. Do you talk to yourself when you think? Or are your thoughts more like inner PowerPoints? What difference does it make (and other thoughts that keep me up at night!)
If you want to take a stab at Stocco in Love I’ll be happy to play Mercutio 🤣🤣🤣 😍
I’m excited to share that I’ve been selected for the first Research Impact Advocates cohort at UW. The faculty chosen for this program get training in science communication, which I’ve never had! It’s probably not a big deal but it feels like one to this first gen small town girl with big ideas.
Thanks 😊
I just finished the first full draft of my new book about how to partner with your brain to shape learning and growth! It feels SO GOOD! I can’t wait to share it with everyone 🤓🧠
A little weekend listen perhaps?
This resonates. T minus 60 days ‘til my deadline 🤓
A graph showing the relationship between arousal and performance increasing linearly
I asked #ChatGPT to create a visual of the Yerkes-Dodson law which it correctly described verbally as “the classic inverted U-shaped curve” then drew this. 🤔
Our newest paper is out 🧠🧐 #brain #memory #science
#language is a code for thinking and communicating, but is computer #code also a language? In this week’s episode of Brains for Dinner @andreastocco.com and I geek out on symbolic cognition, skill learning, and #Shakespeare to name a few. Is Python a language and if so are #bilinguals better?
Calling all scientists, lovers or supporters of science, or folks just trying to make changes in their lives and wondering why they won’t stick. Do you have 5 minutes to help inform my second book—focused on how to partner with your brain to shape change?
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Dear friends and Bluesky 🧠 geeks: it's the weekend, and I want to share that @chantelpratphd.bsky.social and I recorded our second episode of Brains for Dinner. This one is about dance, language, and basal ganglia, and the burning question: why don't ducks dance? open.substack.com/pub/chantelp...
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This was a fun one! #brains #dance #evolution #mating #animals #language #communication
What’s in it for you? Laughs, learning, and possibly even inspiration for great date questions! I hope you’ll join me and my favorite neuroscientist @andreastocco.com for dinner!
Honestly it’s way more exciting to be surprised like this 😅
Exciting!!!! My first European translation 💃🏻🧠
What the heck! I am still waiting for my copies…. This is super exciting though!
Our malleable brain enables us to encode learning and experience in a way that is much more powerful than simply data storage.
@chantelpratphd.bsky.social explores this fascinating, complex superpower:
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25 years and also just a blink.
Can’t remember the last time I saw a movie that blew my mind like this one did.
So well said I couldn’t agree more. I can’t remember the last time a movie made me think and feel so much. And I’m sensitive to the “trying too hard” vibe that can make movies feel cheesy or tacky. Instead it just felt brilliant. Full of heart and soul and complexity like a life well lived.
🥰 Thank you!!!
Just turned 50 in Borneo and did some thinking and writing about what it all means to me.
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#science #power #belonging #obedience
