What matters most for childhood brain organization?
We analyzed 649 variables.
The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers.
Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES.
In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Keep up the amazing work! And the replication study? Very thorough and cool stuff!
Scott Marek
Eric Earl
Sad I couldn't be at EBRAINS Summit this year, but glad that @christinerogers.bsky.social and Julia and Yarik are representing BIDS with the help desk!
Hey #neuroskyence, if you value and want to support the Open Science Special Interest Group's Open Science Room #OSSIG #OSR programming at #OHBM, they need our signatures right now on a petition. Please visit and sign and share anything else you can with them. Even a testimonial.
chng.it/4hxrPQdxBq
I am writing @bidsstandard.bsky.social make our formation of this new BIDS Working Group official.
Here is our read-only Google Doc addressed to the Steering Group. Thanks to the team for making this happen!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The ABCD Study 6.0 release is finally here! 🧠 Apply for data access here @theabcdstudy.bsky.social www.nbdc-datahub.org
The strongest version of this illusion I’ve seen! Absolute head-wrecker!
I'm excited to announce that my lab's open textbook on Scientific Computing for Cognitive Neuroscience (v1.0) has just gone live! Our goal is to help mend the gap between the computational skills needed by cognitive neuroscience, and typical curricula that don't yet include it. 1/3
Join us for the BIDS virtual Town Hall Wednesday, July 16 at 11:00 AM EDT — on the OSSIG Crowdcast at crowdcast.io/ossig2025
We’ll present updates from BIDS, extension proposals, and the community. We hope to see you there and hear your thoughts.
@ohbmossig.bsky.social
Hello all of you #ABCD and #HBCD data users!
Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox?
Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment.
Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment.
Go check it out!
nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox
Eric Earl
December 11, 2025 Dear BIDS Steering Group, The BIDS Extension Proposal (BEP) process has been instrumental in expanding BIDS to support diverse neuroimaging modalities and use cases. Through our in...
