A loud argument is not necessarily a good argument. A repeated argument is not necessarily a good argument. An interrupting argument is not necessarily a good argument. Would you like me to repeat that slowly for the presidents in the back?

Is it too late to nominate Henry Rollins for #potus? #askingforaworld

We are happy to announce the 2024 PRIME-DRE global collaboration workshop for Dec 3-4. More info prime-re.github.io/GCW2024.html

This is what it feels like right now...

Dit krijg je blijkbaar als je de 2 soorten volwassen vpro kinderen samen een clipje laat maken. Interessant! #ploegendienst #spinvis #dsmV https://t.co/QXsCqwZNUA

Of course there are exceptions, and there are surely cases where a first draft is excellent as-is and feedback will barely improve things. However, the chance that your thesis is such an exception is a lot smaller than the chance that you can benefit from feedback.

If mistakes or omissions are detected in a first draft, your supervisors can explain what's wrong and suggest improvements, if they are first spotted in the final work they will affect your grade. In fact, handling feedback well typically improves your grade too.

We see this tendency often. Usually because deadlines approach faster than anticipated, and/or students are reluctant to share incomplete work. This is a shame. First drafts don't need to be perfect, that's why they're first drafts.

In fact, this is precisely why you have supervisors. Use them. And remember, they are also the ones grading your thesis (or one of the people that do) so getting some insight into what they want to see is very valuable.

Feedback on a first draft (even an incomplete one) almost always improves a thesis and gets you a higher grade. Professional scientists also ask their colleagues for feedback on their work before they submit it for detailed peer review scrutiny.

Dear students, a word of advise in thesis-submission times: you may think you don't need your supervisor's feedback on a first draft of your thesis and skipping it will give you more writing time towards your 'final' thesis submission deadline, but you're almost certainly wrong.

I feel strongly that Donald Trump should neither be elected president nor shot.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6Rka5XuKQLATSx2g8o9UcR?si=kKmgNS6bQBO8bypfke0o0A

Just stumbled upon this at a local record store. I did not know this existed but it's up there with the Wugazi record. Both great mash-ups. #TodayOneLoveTomorrowTheWorld

https://nin.nl/news/how-does-the-brain-generate-conscious-experiences/

The final version of the paper is now openly available at Neuron via https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(24)00088-6

Like most neuroscientists, we have an opinion on consciousness. Our opinion: "Stop arguing apples aren't oranges and vice versa; use both to better understand fruit". The final paper will appear in @NeuroCellPress soon, but here's an early draft preprint for the impatient. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/9byzu

Happy new year all!

After the GCW, their will be a PRIME-DRE Brainhack on July 28 & 29. We will keep things a little shorter than usual because of the preceding OHBM meeting, but feel to drop by (any part of) these days. Register here: https://t.co/ad88n57uy2

Registration is now possible for the 2023 PRIMatE Data and Resource Exchange (PRIME-DRE) Global Collaboration Workshop (GCW). The workshop will be held on July 26-27 at @TheNeuro_MNI in Montreal. https://t.co/23cyaAC9kf