#medial bias

[scentedluminarysoul]

The really insidious part of fatphobia, especially in medical settings, is that any and all weight loss is seen as a good thing when you're fat

For example. Today I noticed that I must've lost quite a bit of weight (a jacket I could barely zip up a few months ago now fits with room to spare), and I have no clue why. I eat. Eat a lot, actually, and a lot of snacks and sweets. I don't work out much, not nearly enough to explain anything

But if I were to go to a doctor, I'm 99% sure they'd just tell me it's good I'm losing weight and dismiss me

Unintentional weight loss is a symptom of a lot of conditions, but fat people regularly get dismissed

By the way, this is where the persistent myth of "being fat leads to health problems" comes from. Because it's true, but not in the way people are taught

Being fat leads to health issues, because the health issues of fat people get dismissed and ignored until it's too late

[nikonladyz4]

Members Supporting Jimin and his phenomenal success of MUSE

I will equivocally state that I am a jikooker with Jimin as my bias, but I support ALL members with my money (buying albums, digital downloads, merch, fan club, concerts) and time (streaming, blogs, IG, TikTok).

But, i don’t understand for the life of me the antics of one member. This is Jimin’s promotional weekend and there has not been one ounce of support for Jimin and his album release from Taehyung. Yet most of the other members (Suga does not promote while enlisted) have congratulated JM and shown their support. I expect to see a tiktok post from JK soon, as he did for Hobi and RM.

But why has Tae not supported this album release of Muse just like he never supported FACE? What he does instead is release a promo for his photo book during Jimin’s promo period. Actually, i was ok with it, because it was not music, but a personal photo project I saw as a gift to Army on Army day.

But today, in the middle of tracking and charting for Jimin, along with the trailer for JM/JK travel show releasing later today, he decides to post a photo of him and JK in Hawaii stating: JK will come quickly because he asked him to and missed him. What was the point of this post? Why is he feeding the taekookers who have been dragging Jimin relentlessly since the announcement of the travel show and the drop of his album. A large group of people who are actively working against Jimin by supporting other acts just to try and hold back Jimin. Mind you, JK is not getting the hate.

I am not saying a member has to publish on social media to show support, but he did for other members and never for Jimin. That whole show where they hugged each other on Jin’s discharge was very touching, but now feels so disingenuous.

Help me understand what is going on and why this seems to continually happen. Last year, JK would come back and provide context to everything that Tae said that put taekookers on a roll. Like Jimin, he has pretty much been absent from social medial and can’t do lives.

Do I believe, they are all friends? Yes! But are they all as close to each equally, obviously not and that is understandable. Tae is closer to his wooga squad than he is most of the members of BTS. But even taking the whole shipping aspect away from jikook, i would still feel Tae’s actions should be questioned, simply because what he does over and over again is to rile up the toxic members of his fanbase and taekookers to hate on Jimin. We saw how bad it got last year with the death threats and reports to the Ministry of Defense from JK solos and taekookers. It is bad now with Jimin’s album release and travel show with JK.

What does it take to be supportive like the other members or just simply be quiet this weekend?

This is not a hate post towards Tae, but a post calling out a behavior that has negative connotations towards Jimin, his supposed soulmate.

Bottom Line - STREAM, STREAM, STREAM FOR JIMIN LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW!!

[theexodvs]

Hm...only five major branches of the Indo-European languages are known to have somehow maintained a separation between the three series of PIE stops, and only three of those, Hellenic, Indo-Iranian, and Italic, had plain voiced stops in the written record corresponding to those in the standard reconstruction of PIE.

These were the same three branches that, when compared together, caused academics to hypothesize Indo-European as a family and launched Indo-European studies as a discipline. Could it be that examination of these three is producing a bias in the reconstruction in PIE?

It’s not even possible to reliably reconstruct /b/ for any of these branches to the periods between splitting from PIE and their own internal breakups. Classical Greek /b/ is from PIE *gw, which never bilabialized in Mycenaean, *m in certain contexts in words without known Mycenaean cognates, and substrate words also without firmly established Mycenaean cognates. Sanskrit /b/ sometimes agrees with Avestan and Old Persian /b/, but that is due to Grassmann’s law, which, due to deaspiration in Proto-Iranian, might or might not have been active in Proto-Indo-Iranian. Latin /b/ comes from Proto-Italic *p in certain circumstances where it did not change in other Italic languages; /dw/ during its written history (see the Duenos Inscription); and medial *β, which instead devoiced in Oscan-Umbrian.

Do the anti-glottalists really think a language could have had /d g/ without /b/ for thousands of years, and that multiple descendants could have maintained the same typologically unusual arrangement until the earliest attestations of the Italic languages and of archaic Greek around the ninth century BC?

[opedguy]

DOJ Clears Gates of Sex Trafficking

LOS ANGELES (OnlineColumnist.com), Feb. 15, 2023.--Department of Justice announced today that they’re dropping any charges against 40-year-old Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fl.) for sex trafficking.  Many Democrats are disappointed hoping to destroy Gaetz politically, a big past supporter of 76-year-old former President Donald Trump.  Trump announced his third run for president Nov. 15, 2022, counting on loyalists like Gaetz to jump on the Trump bandwagon.  “The Department of Justice has confirmed to Congressman Gaets’s attorneys that their investigation has concluded and that he will not be charged with any crimes,” the DOJ tatement said.  Gaetz, a two-term Congressman, received national publicity for his vocal support of Trump, making him a pariah to the U.S. press.  How the U.S. press gets away with its extreme prejudice against Trump or any other candidate for public office is anyone’s guess.    

News in today’s America is tainted by Democrat political bias, with most members of the press strongly liberal.  Instead of reporting facts, the press skews the facts against Republicans, with Gaetz being one of its favorite targets.  Gaetz, a member of the ultra-right wing Freedom Caucus, unnerved fellow Republicans when he refused to back 58-year-old former House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for House Speaker, taking the process an unprecedented 15 ballots.  Things got so bad on the House floor, Gaetz nearly came to blows with 58 year-old Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Al.), who lashed out in frustration against Gaetz.  But by far, Gaetz has been under the gun with the DOJ investigating whether he participated in sex-for-gifts with teenage girls, something that could have ended his career.  Gaetz was a close friend of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, who was convicted of sex trafficking.

Greenberg, with whom Gaetz attended the same parties, was charged, convicted and sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for sex trafficking with under-aged minors.  DOJ officials investigated a party in the Bahamas where Gaetz took with his hand-surgeon donor Jason Pirozzolo where Greenberg was charge with sex crimes.  How Gaetz got off the hook is anyone’s guess but the DOJ dropped its investigation.  Apart from Gaetz’s scrutiny by the DOJ, he was by far persecuted for his support of Trump, something that could come back to haunt him in 2024.  Gaetz hasn’t announced any endorsement in the 2024 election, knowing that his 44-year-old friend Gov. Ron DeSantis might run in 2024.  DeSantis has a lot of GOP donors encouraging him to jump into the ring, believing that the party needs a fresh face in 2024.  President Joe Biden, 80, has not announced his intent yet.

Gaetz upped his political capital with the DOJ taking him out of the hot seat, dropping its investigation.  Federal prosecutors also looked into whether or not Gaetz improperly took money or granted favors to the medical marijuana industry in Florida.  On those grounds as well, federal prosecutors couldn’t find any credible evidence of wrongdoing by the 40-year-old Congressman.  House Ethics Committee announced in April 2021 that it was looking into any improper dealings in Florida with the medial marijuana lobby.  House ethics investigators aren’t likely to reach any conclusions about Gaetz’s ties to Florida’s medial marijuana lobby.  At age 40, Gaetz plays close to the edge but so far has eluded any serious charges.  If he plays his cards right, he could be a popular conservative in the GOP heading into 2014, possibly a kingmaker with DeSantis looking for support.

Gaetz’s had the media put a target on his back for his past support of Trump, especially in the wake of the FBI’s Aug. 8, 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid.  Gaetz gave Trump the benefit of the doubt all Democrats various charges, especially about the classified files and Jan. 6, 2020 Capitol riots.  Gaetz infuriated Democrats and the press not jumping on lets charge Trump bandwagon.  Now that the DOJ decided to not charge Gaetz, look for the high profile young congressman to rise steadily in GOP ranks.  If Gaetz presses DeSantis to keep the Trump agenda, including his opposition to the Ukraine War, he’ll find himself getting more traction for the GOP nominee.  There’s enough folks in the GOP looking or a new face in 2024.  DeSantis could benefit from the desire of voters to move one from geriatric politicians, whether Trump or Biden, and sneak into the White House in 2024.

Cleared from the DOJ for any wrongdoing in the sex trafficking scandal, the sky is the limit for Gaetz looking to move up in GOP ranks.  If he keeps his principles of limited government and America First, he’ll help DeSantis win over a lot of Trump voters who will eventually realize that DeSantis is more electable than Trump in 2024.  Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, 49, needs to work feverishly to confront pernicious Democrat and media propaganda about how Republicans would rob citizens on their Social Security and Medicare.  Democrats and the press did such an effective job of discrediting Trump in 2020, it handed the public Biden with all that’s gone wrong.  Cleared of wrongdoing, Gaetz looks to jump to the top of the GOP heap, pushing DeSantis in 2024 to carry on the Trump agenda, only giving the party a new look.

About the Author  

John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.  

[notreallyimportant]

Transcript:( in case the captions don’t pull over)

“Let’s talk about the Mothers of Gynecology:

For too long, 19th Century men like Dr. James Marion Sims have been considered the “fathers of gynecology”. But it’s actually the incredible enslaved women and children who were experiment on WITHOUT anesthesia( invented in 1846) who are the true pioneers.Sims used anesthesia for his white patients but not is black victims.

Three of these women’s names are known: Anarcha Westcott, Lucy Zimmerman and Betsy Harris. Anarcha was only 17 when she survived 30 unsuccessful and painful surgeries.

Dr. Sims held the belief that Black people, especially Black women didn’t feel pain, a racists belief that still permeate in medicine today. He perfected his surgery that continues to help women, but let’s remember the true heroes”

Source: joelbervell ( TikTok)

[obviouslygenuinely]

Babygate Analysis/Conclusions: A Non-Larry Perspective

(Image Credit: Hollywood Life)

I'm prefacing this post with a few disclaimers:

After some consideration, I chose to write this without factoring in Larry whatsoever. No Larry-related points, proof, or speculation in any way. This is solely analyzing babygate from an unbiased perspective. 

I don't claim to know the entire truth. It is impossible for any of us to know.  What I conclude is based on direct evidence, circumstantial evidence, research, and analysis.

I am willing to discuss opposing views. I’m happy to talk about the topic in a civil, kind, and mature matter. I will dismiss any discourse that is aggressive, immature, and so on.

I did not include every single opinion/conclusion/piece of evidence I found. I condensed my thoughts as much as possible (and this is still a novel-length post). There are so many more points I can think of. However, babygate masterposts cover all of that; I’ll link to some of those at the end.

The conclusion points aren't in a very specific order. I aimed to list related points one after another. Aside from that, it's not in order of "hardest to weakest" evidence.

Please read “Author’s Notes” for additional clarity/input. They interject thoughts/etc. that I feel are necessary to include. 

Lastly, I included links to every source I cited in this post. However, I did not tag the Tumblr users. I’m not sure if they are comfortable with having Babygate questions/comments directed to their blogs. If you are a linked source and want to be tagged, please let me know! 

My Initial Reaction To Babygate

In February of 2020, I received several messages on LateToLarry requesting that I analyze something called “babygate”. I had no idea what babygate meant at the time. 

I learned what it meant, and prior to any research I felt the theory was so absurd. I also felt uncomfortable analyzing it because I believed I’d feel bias as a single mom. The idea of discussing a random child in depth initially bothered me, too. I declined to analyze it last year.

However, I did a LOT of research over time. My opinion has changed significantly. Below, I’ve shared my main conclusions and analysis about babygate. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy my post! 

1. No Paternity Test Was Performed Prior To The Pregnancy Announcement

Louis was/is a prominent celebrity and has a current net worth of $70 million. From legal, financial, and practical standpoints, it makes no sense for him to choose not to get a test. 

It’s unheard of in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Any sensible team -lawyers, PR reps, managers, advisors, etc. - would not just go along with it. They are employed to protect his career and image. 

The Opposing Views

A. “Briana/Louis didn’t want to risk miscarriage with prenatal testing.”

Non-invasive testing is completely safe for fetuses and pregnant women, so there’s no medical reason for the lack of testing.

B. “Louis chose not to get the test done because he wanted to be a father and was invested in the pregnancy/parenting.”

Time has shown that this is not true. Louis does not have custody; there was a brief custody case in 2016 that led nowhere. He does not have a consistent or prominent role in the child’s life.

Conclusion

There is no logical reason for the lack of paternity testing prior to the announcement unless Louis knew he was not the father and all parties knew this to be true.

2. There Was No Confirmation Of A Paternity Test After The Birth

I’ll keep this section fairly short. A quick Google search returns dozens of conflicting reports. Many of them state that Louis demanded a paternity test shortly after birth. Other reports state that he has never pursued a paternity test. 

Here are a few examples:

“Louis Tomlinson not interested in paternity test” - Business Standard

“EXCLUSIVE: Louis Tomlinson Demanded a DNA Test “As Soon as the Baby Was Born”” - InTouch Weekly

“Louis Tomlinson: No DNA Test Needed ... Positive Freddie's His Son” -TMZ

“Louis Tomlinson & Briana Jungwirth: WhyHe Had DNA Test Done on His Newborn Son” - Hollywood Life

This Twitter thread discusses TMZ reports that - as of 2020 - no DNA test was done.

Conclusion

There is no reliable confirmation that Louis pursued a paternity test. The media cannot come to a general/factual consensus.

Again, there is no reasonable explanation for the lack of paternity testing unless Louis knows he is not the father of the child. 

3. The Conception-To-Birth Timeline Is Inconsistent/Unreliable

Pregnancy and conception as a whole can be rather confusing; timelines from conception to birth are unique to each person. Having said that, Briana’s timeline is full of glaring inconsistencies that don’t add up. 

I’ll begin with this timeline based on bulletprooflarry’s post and my own research. Dates I’ve added myself include linked sources:

May 5th, 2015 - Louis and Briana were first seen together in public.

May 6th to May 31st, 2015 - Briana and her mom followed baby-related social medial accounts.

May 12th, 2015 - Louis and Briana were pictured together in public.

July 3rd, 2015 - Louis is seen with Briana’s brother in Hollywood.

July 14th, 2015 - The first pregnancy report is published.

August 4th, 2015 - Louis confirms pregnancy on GMA.

January 21st, 2016 - The child is reportedly born.

Based on the dates above, these are the possible dates/milestones for her pregnancy:

Scenario A - If conception occurred on May 5th, Briana was 37 weeks and 2 days pregnant on January 21st, 2016. This is considered an early-term birth and about 26% of births occur at 37 weeks.

Scenario B - If conception occurred on May 12th, Briana was 36 weeks and 2 days pregnant on January 21st. This is considered a late-term or late premature birth and about 10% of births occur at 36 weeks.

These dates matter because Briana’s alleged hospital stay was not consistent with a premature or early-term birth. She was pictured in public - healthy and holding a baby carrier - within one week of giving birth. 

(Image Credit: Daily Mail)

(Image Credit: larrysbbrbb28)

If she gave birth based on the dates above, it’s extremely unlikely that she or the baby would be out in public so soon.

Below are screenshots of an additional timeline from an archived Tumblr post. It provides excellent points about more timeline inconsistencies: 

The main inconsistencies and red flags are bolded in the post. It supports the unreliable conception timeline, and it also mentions my next point - the official pregnancy announcement. 

The post above mentions that the Jungwirth family followed baby-related accounts before Briana could possibly know she was pregnant. Here’s one screenshot from skepticallarrie proving it:

I’ve also seen several posts that show inconsistencies with the size of Briana’s baby bump. Unfortunately, the most reliable post no longer exists. You can view a web archive of Briana’s pregnancy photos, but most of the image links are broke. 

The only post I have saved is a web archive of a long babygate post. The beginning of the post contains photos showing discrepancies in the size of Briana’s baby bump. 

The Opposing Views

“Pregnancy looks different on everybody, everyone recovers differently, etc.”

Yes, this is true and a valid point! As a woman who has gone through multiple pregnancies and two live births, I truly understand this argument. 

However, the sheer amount of inconsistencies are what make this a red flag. There are too many unreliable and contradicting points to brush this off. It goes beyond the point of “well, each person has a different experience”.

Conclusion

There are a few conclusions/scenarios I believe you can draw from the information above:

Briana was pregnant prior to meeting Louis.

Briana was never pregnant in the first place. 

Both are valid to consider, but I personally believe she was never pregnant. 

(Author’s note: My calculation for dates are based on the date of alleged conception. Most due date calculators, by default, use the date of a woman’s last mentrual period - LMP - to provide estimations.

I also used Date Duration Calendar for my calculations. Accessible due date calculators only allowed me to input dates from 2019/2020. Depending on the tools and dates you use, your mileage may vary.)

4. The Announcement Itself Was Highly Unusual

This point ties into the first and third points. I don’t consider it a major piece of evidence, but it’s noteworthy due to the other points. 

So, there are a few reasons why the Good Morning America announcement stands out. 

A. If Briana got pregnant on May 5th, then she was approximately 10 weeks pregnant when the first pregnancy report was published. This also means she was approximately 13 weeks pregnant at the time of the GMA announcement.

If Briana got pregnant on May 12th, she was approximately nine weeks pregnant at the time of the first report and approximately 12 weeks pregnant at the time of the GMA announcement.

B. The public announcement on Good Morning America raises a lot of questions. I’ve had multiple issues embedding the video; the bolded link takes you to the GMA announcement on YouTube. 

Anyways, these questions/thoughts - disregarding any Larry theories -  come to mind when watching the video: 

This is a segment for promoting/discussing their album/music.

The baby announcement is the sole non-album/music related topic that is mentioned during the segment.

The announcement is not organically worked into the segment as a natural talking point.

Louis’ reactions - such as bringing the microphone to his lips and not talking - is very unlike his standard interview demeanor.

The male interviewer and the band members have noticeable facial expressions and body language that suggest discomfort, stress, or awkwardness. 

A post by skepticalarrie draws similar conclusions. Her post is much more detailed than mine, and I highly recommend reading/viewing it. 

(Author’s Note: I’ve touched upon this on LateToLarry and will make a post here eventually, but body language and facial expressions are valid. They’re valid to the point that they are used in court cases.) 

Conclusion

My conclusions here are twofold. One is that: 

Announcing a pregnancy - especially a celebrity-related pregnancy - this early is extremely uncommon and unlikely.

The announcement itself seems out of place and very forced. 

This particular point, to me, is not extremely strong evidence. I still think it’s worth keeping in mind and is relevant to other points here. So, I’ve included it either way.

5. Briana Posted Stolen Pregnancy/Baby Photos On Social Media

(EDIT: I wrote this piece before the recent release of Briana’s alleged ultrasound and don’t have time to add it. It’s pretty strong proof and can easily be found in recent babygate posts.)

Babygate posts often point out that Briana and the Jungwirth family used stolen/fake pregnancy and baby photos on social media. It’s a well-known topic that’s often discussed. 

I’m condensing this section to a few examples. I encourage additional research if you’d like to see more. 

A. This Tumblr post shows stolen baby bump photos that Briana’s cousin Ashley posted on Twitter: 

B. This Tumblr post and Twitter post show a stolen baby photo that Briana posted on Instagram:

(Author’s Note: Since I was not active in the fandom at the time, I am relying on information from other blogs and social media posts. I vetted my sources pretty well, but any false information is my own mistake.)

Conclusions

The only word that sums this up is “suspicious”. Using stolen photos of a pregnant woman/baby is not necessary if you are legitimately pregnant. That’s really what it boils down to. It lends to the conclusion that Briana was never pregnant. 

6. Photos And Videos Of The Child Are Heavily Altered And Manipulated

It is indisputable that many photos and videos of the child are heavily manipulated to alter his appearance. This goes beyond filters, lighting, and angles. 

Several detailed posts show the manipulations; here are some examples:

A web archive of all Photoshop evidence from tellmethisisnotlove

An in-depth post from genuineconspiracy that includes detailed photo evidence.

A video post from freefreddiereign that shows Photoshop evidence based on photos the child. 

There is no doubt that his facial features are frequently altered. This is easy to conclude using any free software that detects Photoshop. As a photographer myself, I can easily spot the manipulations.

(Author’s Note: I know that directly discussing the child is controversial. When I first heard of babygate, my initial reaction was discomfort about analyzing a child.

I quickly learned/concluded that his family members are responsible for heavily putting him in the public eye. All content I’ve used for research is based on the family’s posts.

Still, I have personally chosen not post pictures of the child, but the links I am sharing contain photos/videos of him.

Additionally, I used FotoForensics on photos of myself prior to writing this. It was important to me to feel absolutely certain about this point. I’m fine with sharing my own FotoForensics images if anyone is curious.)

The Opposing Views

A. “Freddie looks like Louis in pictures that aren’t Photoshopped.”

Parentage cannot be based on whether or not a child looks like his mother/father. I understand the viewpoint, but it’s simply not evidence. Additionally, thinking the child looks like Louis is a matter of opinion. 

There’s also the fact that appearance means nothing overall. Science backs up this statement very well. Examples and references:

“How can children from the same parents look so different?” by HowStuffWorks

“My Baby Looks Nothing Like Me: A Genetic Explanation” by FamilyEducation

Additionally, here is a personal anecdote. I have two sons close to Freddie’s age. One of them looks exactly like his father and nothing like me. The other looks exactly like me and nothing like his father. Despite how they look, they are both of them are our biological children. 

Conclusion

There is no reasonable explanation for altering the child’s appearance - particularly to make him look more similar to Louis. 

I cannot think of a single argument as to why the Jungwirth family would do this unless they need/want the child to look a specific way. 

7. Johannah Deakin’s Official Obituary Does Not Mention The Child

When looking into babygate, I read the argument that the child is legitimately Louis’ son because he is listed as her grandchild in Internet-based obituaries and announcements. 

I also read the counter-argument that Louis’ mother’s official newspaper/print obituary does not mention the child.  I recall seeing proof, but I did not save it at the time. I did some research and this appears to be true. 

The Doncaster Free Press is a local weekly newspaper in Doncaster, and it published an article about the funeral. The article is NOT an obituary itself, but it does list her obituary details. The publication does not list the child among the surviving family members. 

If a mistake is made regarding these details, it’s typical for newspapers to post a correction addressing a misprint. Upon further research, the Doncaster Free Press did not issue a correction at any time. 

(Author’s Note: I lost my own mother and am personally familiar with how local obituaries are written. Immediate family members - i.e. spouses and adult children - provide information regarding surviving family members.) 

Conclusion

The conclusion here is straightforward. Louis and his family chose not to include the child in his mother’s official obituary. This strongly suggests that he is not legitimately related to Louis. 

My Opinion-Based Conclusions

Update: After some consideration, I am saving my opinion-based conclusions for a separate post. I originally intended to include them here; transparency is important to me.

Unfortunately, the section became rather long and took away from the main post points. So, I’ll be working on a post that’s just my opinion-based conclusions. In the meantime, feel free to message me with any questions. 

Final Thoughts

If you’ve made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read my post! I appreciate the interest expressed for it, and I hope it lives up to expectations. 

Again, I want to reiterate this is:

Not an all-inclusive post; I narrowed down my findings to seven points.

Not a masterpost on babygate.

Purposely omitting any potential Larry-related points to remove bias. 

I’ve reread this quite a few times, and it’s as error-free as possible. If you spot any mistakes/errors, I’m completely open to making corrections. Just kindly let me know. 

This list contains references/research about babygate that I consider the most reliable. It includes Larry and non-Larry related Babygate content.

Tumblr posts tagged with babygate by Tumblr use genuineconspiracy.

A web archive of babygate posts by Tumblr user tellmethisisnotlove (her account was deactivated by staff).

Tumblr posts tagged with babygate by darkrainbowlouis.

Tumblr posts tagged with babygate by skepticalarrie.

Lastly, if there’s interest in an opinion-related post or Larry-related post, I’ll consider writing them. Feel free to let me know as you all did with this post. 

Thanks!

Amy (obviouslygenuinely/latetolarry)

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 23, 2022

Feedforward and feedback influences through distinct frequency bands between two spiking-neuron networks. Dalla Porta, L., Castro, D. M., Copelli, M., Carelli, P. V., & Matias, F. S. (2021). Physical Review E, 104(5), 054404.

Medial Entorhinal Cortex Excitatory Neurons Are Necessary for Accurate Timing. Dias, M., Ferreira, R., & Remondes, M. (2021). Journal of Neuroscience, 41(48), 9932–9943.

Recruitment and inhibitory action of hippocampal axo-axonic cells during behavior. Dudok, B., Szoboszlay, M., Paul, A., Klein, P. M., Liao, Z., Hwaun, E., … Soltesz, I. (2021). Neuron, 109(23), 3838-3850.e8.

Sleep replay reveals premotor circuit structure for a skilled behavior. Elmaleh, M., Kranz, D., Asensio, A. C., Moll, F. W., & Long, M. A. (2021). Neuron, 109(23), 3851-3861.e4.

Attention controls multisensory perception via two distinct mechanisms at different levels of the cortical hierarchy. Ferrari, A., & Noppeney, U. (2021). PLOS Biology, 19(11), e3001465.

Memories in a network with excitatory and inhibitory plasticity are encoded in the spiking irregularity. Gallinaro, J. V., & Clopath, C. (2021). PLOS Computational Biology, 17(11), e1009593.

Diverse processing underlying frequency integration in midbrain neurons of barn owls. Gorman, J. C., Tufte, O. L., Miller, A. V. R., DeBello, W. M., Peña, J. L., & Fischer, B. J. (2021). PLOS Computational Biology, 17(11), e1009569.

An implicit representation of stimulus ambiguity in pupil size. Graves, J. E., Egré, P., Pressnitzer, D., & de Gardelle, V. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(48), e2107997118.

Causal inference regulates audiovisual spatial recalibration via its influence on audiovisual perception. Hong, F., Badde, S., & Landy, M. S. (2021). PLOS Computational Biology, 17(11), e1008877.

Nonlinear visuoauditory integration in the mouse superior colliculus. Ito, S., Si, Y., Litke, A. M., & Feldheim, D. A. (2021). PLOS Computational Biology, 17(11), e1009181.

Dissecting cascade computational components in spiking neural networks. Jia, S., Xing, D., Yu, Z., & Liu, J. K. (2021). PLOS Computational Biology, 17(11), e1009640.

A confirmation bias in perceptual decision-making due to hierarchical approximate inference. Lange, R. D., Chattoraj, A., Beck, J. M., Yates, J. L., & Haefner, R. M. (2021). PLOS Computational Biology, 17(11), e1009517.

Active strategies for multisensory conflict suppression in the virtual hand illusion. Lanillos, P., Franklin, S., Maselli, A., & Franklin, D. W. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11, 22844.

Sensory coding and contrast invariance emerge from the control of plastic inhibition over emergent selectivity. Larisch, R., Gönner, L., Teichmann, M., & Hamker, F. H. (2021). PLOS Computational Biology, 17(11), e1009566.

Thalamic circuits for independent control of prefrontal signal and noise. Mukherjee, A., Lam, N. H., Wimmer, R. D., & Halassa, M. M. (2021). Nature, 600(7887), 100–104.

The dynamics of decision-making and action during active sampling. Ozbagci, D., Moreno-Bote, R., & Soto-Faraco, S. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11, 23067.

Rational regulation of water-seeking effort in rodents. Reinagel, P. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(48), e2111742118.

Temporal order of signal propagation within and across intrinsic brain networks. Veit, M. J., Kucyi, A., Hu, W., Zhang, C., Zhao, B., Guo, Z., … Parvizi, J. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(48), e2105031118.

Self-organization of a doubly asynchronous irregular network state for spikes and bursts. Vercruysse, F., Naud, R., & Sprekeler, H. (2021). PLOS Computational Biology, 17(11), e1009478.

Developmental Regulation of Homeostatic Plasticity in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex. Wen, W., & Turrigiano, G. G. (2021). Journal of Neuroscience, 41(48), 9891–9905.

[neurosciencenews]

The neural basis of confirmation bias

The posterior medial prefrontal cortex plays a critical role in confirmation bias. Existing judgments alter the neural representation of information strength, leaving us less likely to alter opinions we disagree with.

[aces-nrw]

Offener Brief an queer.de

Liebes Queer Communications GmbH Team,

ich möchte gerne eine Unterhaltung mit Ihnen starten. Es geht um Asexualität. Oder vielmehr darum, dass Asexualität nicht vorkommt. Ihr Ace Erasure im letzten Beitrag zu Spongebob Schwammkopf veranlasste mich, mich direkt an Sie zu wenden.

Bessere Version: https://asexualitaet.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/offener-brief-an-queer-de/

Im folgenden Brief möchte ich Ihnen erläutern, wie es sich als asexuelle Person und als queer.de Lesendx anfühlt, unsichtbar zu sein. Oder vielmehr, unsichtbar gemacht zu werden. Und wenn wir, als asexuelle Individuen oder als Community, gesehen werden, dann durch zutiefst schädliche gesellschaftliche Vorurteile, selbst von unseren queeren Mitmenschen.

Denn ja, Asexualität ist ohne jeden Zweifel ein queeres Thema. Ein Thema für queer.de. Unsere Zugehörigkeit zur LGBTQIAP+ Community steht nicht zur Debatte. Umsomehr bedrückt es mich, dass queer.de dieses Thema unzureichend behandelt und auf Kritiken via Social Media nicht einzugehen scheint.

Erasure (Unsichtbarmachung, wie z.B. dem Nicht-Eingestehen von Marginalisierung, dem Fehlen von Repräsentation, dem absichtlichen Ignorieren der Bedürfnisse gewisser sozialer Gruppen) hat für Asexuelle echte Auswirkungen,  wie Dr. Aasha Brianna Foster-Mahfuz in Measuring Social Invisibility and Erasure: Development of the Asexual Microaggressions Scalezitiert: “A person or group of people can suffer real damage, real distortion, if the people or society around the mirror back confining or demeaning or contemptible pictures of themselves. Nonrecognition or misrecognition can inflict harm, can be a form of oppression, imprisoning someone in a false, distorted, and reduced mode of being” (p. 25). [The Politics of Recognition, Charles Taylor (1994)]

Ich werde es hier unterlassen, Ihnen aufzuzählen, wie vielfältig Acefeindlichkeit und Anti-Asexual Bias aussehen kann (wenn ich auch im Verlauf gewisse Beispiele liefere), auf welche Art sie uns betreffen und wie sich diese konkret auf unser Wohlbefinden auswirken. Auf meinen und den [Social Media-]Seiten anderer Ace-Aktivismusbetreibender finden Sie dazu Erfahrungsberichte von Asexuellen, Links zu wissenschaftlichen Papern und zahlreiche Arbeiten von angesehenen queeren Organisationen.

Ich weiß nicht, ob queer.de absichtlich ace-spec-feindlich (Feindlichkeit gegenüber Menschen auf dem asexuellen Spektrum) ist. Aber in Beiträgen wie diesen (“Asexuelles Wohlbefinden” Ein stolze Asexuellen-Hymne ist der Track nicht wirklich, Wilkins zeigt sich vor allem von ihrer verspielten Seite), wo Sie mit dem “Phänomen Asexualität” anlocken und gar bedacht provozieren möchten, obwohl es nichts mit Asexualität gemein hat (zudem sei Okay Kaya laut game-leak bisexuell und es ist anzuzweifeln, ob es sicher hier nicht eher fälschlicherweise um die Gleichsetzung von Asexualität mit Nicht-Sex-Habend handelt), finde ich Ihre angebliche Unwissenheit über unsere Existenz fragwürdig.

Ace Erasure und #dudenistschwul

Das Thema ‚duden ist schwul‚ bekommt in zwei Artikel Ihre volle Aufmerksamkeit – und das zurecht! Denn Homofeindlichkeit darf sprachlich nicht Konsens sein, über den definiert wird. Schon gar nicht von der Institution Duden.

Wenn Sie aber einsehen, dass es sich hier um eine „abwertende Nutzung des Wortes […] laut dem deutschen Standardwörterbuch“ handelt (und diese Diskriminierung explizit benennen und verurteilen), doch zugleich gekonnt ignorieren, dass Asexuell-Sein im Duden (und im deutschen Sprachgebrauch allgemein) als ’sexuell gefühllos‘, mit „Fehlen der Libido“ oder „geschlechtslos“ (auch in der Form herabwürdigend für agender Leute) beschrieben, ebenso erniedrigend dargestellt wird, zeigt sich, dass Ihr journalistisches Interesse fast ausschließlich privilegierten Mittelklasse weißen allosexuellen (nicht-asexuell), alloromantischen (nicht-aromantisch), endogeschlechtlichen (nicht-intergeschlechtlich) cisgender (nicht transgender) Schwulen gilt.

Wenn Sie unseren queeren Protest während der Asexual Awareness Week und die damit eingehende erfolgreiche Änderung im Duden Online-Eintrag (x; 24. Okt. 2019) als  nicht gewinnbringend genug für die LGBTQIAP+ Community anerkennen, machen Sie sich des Ace Erasures und der Doppelgesichtigkeit schuldig. Selbstverständlich hat niemensch ein Recht darauf, gehört zu werden. Doch der von Ihnen geführte Doppelstandard, was die Anerkennung queerer Diskriminierungsformen angeht, insbesondere bei solch offensichtlichen Gegebenheiten, ist irgendwo verwerflich.

‚Asexuell‘ wird in der deutschen Sprache primär als eine Beleidigung, ein Affront gegen das Menschsein gesehen. Denn sexuelle Anziehung zu empfinden und Sex per se werden mit dem Merkmal des Menschlichen verknüpft (Allonormativität). Das daraus resultierende Bild, dass viele allosexuelle Menschen heutzutage von Asexuellen haben, hält uns für etwas Abstoßendes, etwas Unmenschliches, etwas, dass es so nicht geben kann. Mir wurde offen ins Gesicht gesagt, dass Asexuelle “nicht existieren”! Oder dass ich es mir doch noch einmal “überlegen solle”!

Alle Kämpfe asexueller Aktivismusbetreibender werden wieder und wieder medial unsichtbar gemacht oder für nicht ‚relevant genug‘ abgetan, wenn diese überhaupt als ‚LGBT‘-Material angesehen werden. Über Anti-Asexuellen Bias und Acefeindlichkeit zu schweigen, bedeutet, sich zur Mittäterschaft zu bekennen.

Gerade in Deutschland hat das Thema Asexualität kaum Platz, wird gemeinsam mit anderen queeren sexuellen Orientierungen unsichtbar gemacht (siehe sprachlich bei “Homo”-Ehe oder #HomobrauchtkeineHeilung, obwohl es in beiden Fällen um mehr als nur homosexuelle Menschen geht). Oder, wie ich in Die mediale Darstellung von Asexualität in Deutschland erläutern werde, mit einer acefeindlichen Linse be- und verurteilt.

Ace Erasure – Spongebob Schwammkopf

Während auch international überall bekannt ist, dass Spongebobs queere sexuelle Orientierung (und damit ist explizit seine Asexualität gemeint) nun auch von Nickelodeon als solche offen zelebriert wird, sieht queer.de das anscheinend anders. Sie nehmen sich heraus, Ace Erasure zu betreiben: Sie nehmen die asexuelle Identität nicht ernst und machen diese erneut unsichtbar. Nicht nur das – Sie, bzw. die Beitragsverfassenden, machen auch deutlich, dass Spongebobs kanonische Asexualität nicht zum ‚jetzigen Outing‘ als Teil der „LGBTQ+-Community“ passe. Er sei nun offiziell schwul, da sein Asexuell-Sein zuvor nur als Beschwichtigungsvorwand für „Fundi-Christen“ (queer.de Zitat) diente und das Verhalten des Senders zum Pride Month hier nun eine Art Richtigstellung betreibe. Sie stellen Asexuell-Sein also in Kontrast zum Queer-Sein; implizieren, dass Asexualität nicht Teil der LGBTQIAP+ Community sei und das Outing als „LGBTQ+-Community“-Mitglied Spongebob zwangsläufigschwul machen müsse. Denn Schwulsein wird, wie so oft, als Gipfel der LGBTQIAP+ Hierarchie präsentiert (so nennen Sie es auf homozentrische Weise selbst Gay-Pride, auch, wenn “für die Rechte von LGBTI auf die Straße gegangen” wird). Auch machen Sie alle schwulen Asexuelle unsichtbar (homoromantisch asexuell), die ebenso ebenbürtiger Teil der Schwulencommunity, oder der Homolobby, wie Sie es selbst nennen, sind.

Ähnlich, wie Ihr Handling in Causa ‘Spongebob Schwammkopf’ ging es zuvor bei Ernie und Bert zu, wobei kritisch angemerkt werden muss, dass Asexualität nicht das Fehlen von sexueller Orientierung bedeutet oder als solche dargestellt werden sollte. Diese Sache bedarf einer größeren Diskussion über die Bedeutung von Sexualität und Repräsentation.

Hier geht es um rein fiktive Charaktere. Ist das denn da so wichtig?

Ja.

Asexuellen fehlt beinahe jegliche (positive) Repräsentation, wie der  Where We Are on TV Report von GLAAD (x) mit eindeutigen Zahlen hinterlegt. Mit etwas Glück bekommen wir auch einmal heimlich asexuell-gecodete Bösewichte (wie erst kürzlich und subtil in Killing Eves Aaron Peel).

Währenddessen wird Asexualität in der Popkultur noch immer als Punchline verwendet (Stephen Colbert’s Ernie & Bert Sketch); Acefeindlichkeit als Entertainmentwerkzeug für ein Millionenpublikum. Nicht einmal unsere Diskriminierung wird ernstgenommen. Es ist sozial akzeptiert, Asexualität als lächerlich, kindisch, unreif oder gar als eine aktiv getroffene Entscheidung zu sehen (:Zölibat ist nich gleich Asexualität)! Selbst unsere Zugehörigkeit zur LGBTQIAP+ Community, obwohl seit Jahrzehnten queerhistorisch mit Dokumentation belegt, wird zunehmend durch eine neue Generation von Gatekeepern / Exlusionists infrage gestellt, unsere erlebten Ausgrenzungen und Diskriminierungserfahrungen als bloße “Unterdrückungswünsche” gegen uns eingesetzt und erfahren gezielte Onlinebelästigung. Selbst auf den CSDs werden wir mitunter angefeindet.

Würden Sie sich da wohl in Ihrer Haut fühlen?

Aber das alles wird leider selten zur Kenntnis genommen oder verzeichnet.

Wenn auch häufig explizit acefeindlich / antiasexuell, teilen wir viele dieser Erfahrungen mit unseren anderen queeren Mitmenschen.

Die mediale Darstellung von Asexualität in Deutschland

Wenn schon über Asexualität in den Medien geredet wird, dann ist der Löwenanteil dieser Berichte aktiv schädlich für uns (BesserGesundLeben, zeitonline, wunderweib_de, swr3, focusonline, ze.tt, SWR 2 Wissen „Das Phänomen #Asexualität – Nie Lust auf Sex“ x;x), malt ein voyeuristisches Bild voller fehlgeleiteter Darstellungen und Annahme über Asexuelle (Alltag einer Asexuellen „Du bist doch krank!“; PULS br Reportage ‚Leben ohne Sex: Wie es ist, asexuell zu sein‘) die unsere gesellschaftliche Repräsentation weiterhin als etwas Infantiles, Ungutes, Krankes, gar Heilbares (ZDF, Bettys Diagnose, Staffel 05×19 „Eine Frage der Liebe“ x) darstellt. Vergleichen können wir unsere Medienreputation mit anderen Orientierungen kaum.

Allosexuelle Meinungsmachenden werden auch zukünftig allonormative Unterdrückungsmechanismen (Rolling Stone 2019) unreflektiert lassen und weiterhin reproduzieren. Daher ist Sichtbarkeit, Normalisierung und Aufklärung von Bedeutung, der sich auch queer.de nicht enziehen darf. Insbesondere in Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass der LGBTQIAP+ Community in Deutschland nur einige wenige queere Medienoutlets zur Verfügung stehen.

Lösung

Wenn Sie bislang Schwierigkeiten hatten, das von mir dargebrachte Anliegen zu verstehen, empfehle ich Ihnen zwei Möglichkeiten:

Stellen Sie asexuelles Personal ein! Bezahlen Sie uns oder lassen Sie uns gegen Aufwandsentschädigung gegenlesen!

Die finanzielle Entlohnung von Aufklärungsarbeit ist eine wichtige Supportmöglichkeit. Unsere Community stehen keine finanziellen Ressourcen zur Verfügung. So können Workshops und Vorträge für Arbeitsgruppen angefragt werden, die Ihrem Team die nötige Sensibilisierung zum Thema Asexualität, Allonormativität und Co. ermöglichen.

Mediale Sichtbarkeit ist Macht, Lobby ist Macht und Sie müssen sich Ihrer Rolle bewusst werden, sonst verfestigen Sie weiterhin nur die ohnehin bestehende Hierarchie. Sie nennen sich queer.de – also zeigen Sie dementsprechend bitte auch Ihrer Lesendenschaft, dass Sie nicht nur für die Privilegiertesten und gesellschaftlich Akzeptiertesten (weiße, allo-schwule endo cis Männer) unter uns schreiben und berichten. Wenn Sie das nicht können, stellen Sie Menschen ein, die dazu in der Lage sind, oder bilden Sie sich weiter! Mein Anliegen beschränkt sich auf Asexualität, doch selbiges gilt auch Aromantik, Nicht-Binarität und weitere Identitäten unter dem Regenbogen.

In der Hoffnung, auf Toleranz und Zusammenhalt zu treffen, verbleibe ich

mit freundlichem Gruß,

Pancake (Pronomen: x/xs)

Aces NRW

[jdaparre13-blog]

The evolution of the media has been fraught with concerns and problems. Accusations of mind control, bias, and poor quality have been thrown at the media on a regular basis. Yet the growth of communications technology allows people today to find more information more easily than any previous generation. Mass media can be print, radio, television, or Internet news. They can be local, national, or international. They can be broad or limited in their focus. The choices are tremendous.

This timeline shows the growing importance of mass communication in increasingly compressed historical time periods. It is not an all-inclusive timeline. It is intended to provide an historical perspective and the basis for further study of the rapid development of modern media.

Rapid technological change in recent years has created an enhanced awareness of the importance and influence of different media in contemporary society. But in fact, mediated communication has been key to human existence ever since the birth of human culture. Media, understood in a broad sense as everything from rock carvings, oral hymns, coins, statues, letters, newspapers, photography, radio, TV, film, advertisements and Twitter, all have histories of their own. Once upon a time, old media were new and introduced fresh modes of connecting peoples and places. Furthermore, some media, once pivotal, are almost forgotten today. Yet, sometimes what we think of as an up-to-the-minute way of communicating actually bears important traces of ancient tradition of human interaction. Throughout history, people have used media in diverse and often unpredicted ways. That is why the power of different media is as relevant to ancient civilisations as it is to the digital age.

Media History has been an academic subject at Lund University since the 1970s, but under different names. Emerging from literature studies, it originally directed its focus towards newspapers as literature, and journalism as an art. Gradually the scope widened, with studies conducted into changes in media power, the production of journalistic ideals, and the formation of journalistic identities. The fundamental assumption of Media History is that history is needed in order to understand the media, but also that knowledge about media is crucial to the interpretation of history. If you are a history student, Media History will help you to improve your comprehension of the complexity and mediality of different historical source materials.

[myserendipities]

If you disagree with someone, it might not make any difference how certain they say they are, as during disagreement your brain's sensitivity to the strength of people's beliefs is reduced, finds a study led by UCL and City, University of London. The brain scanning study, published in Nature Neuroscience, reveals a new type of confirmation bias that can make it very difficult to alter people's opinions. "We found that when people disagree, their brains fail to encode the quality of the other person's opinion, giving them less reason to change their mind," said the study's senior author, Professor Tali Sharot (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences). The researchers found that one brain area, the posterior medial prefrontal cortex (pMFC), was involved in incorporating another person's beliefs into one's own. Brain activity differed depending on the strength of the partner's wager, but only when they were already in agreement. When the partners disagreed, there was no relationship between the partner's wager and brain activity in the pMFC region. The pMFC is known to be involved in decision-making, and helps to signal when a decision should be changed. The researchers say that the tendency to ignore the strength of opposing beliefs may generate polarisation and facilitate the maintenance of false beliefs. First author Dr. Andreas Kappes (City, University of London) said: "Our findings could help make sense of some puzzling observations in domains including science and politics." Professor Sharot added: "Opinions of others are especially susceptible to the confirmation bias, perhaps because they are relatively easy to dismiss as subjective. Because humans make the vast majority of decisions—including professional, personal, political and purchase decisions—based on information received from others, the identified bias in using the strength of others' opinions is likely to have a profound effect on human behaviour."

Strength of conviction won't help to persuade when people disagree

[femcyclopedia]

All Things Hetero

The purpose of Homophobia, Heterosexism and Heteronormativity is to distinguish the differences between all three terms and their interpretations of them between 3 authors; Suzanne Pharr & Audre Lorde (homophobia and heterosexism), and Miriam Smith (heteronormativity). This reading is important to feminism because it relates to many concepts of feminism itself. Lesbians are mostly much more likely to be a victim than gay men, however both do become victims much more often than heterosexual individuals. The difference between the number hetero female victims and homosexual female victims to violence whether it is physical fighting, sexual assault or mental abuse is significant. 

HOMOPHOBIA & HETEROSEXISM:

Suzanne Pharr states the following in her book Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism; “Homophobia works effectively as a weapon of sexism because it is joined with a powerful arm, heterosexism” (pg 241). Pharr continues with her explanation as to why homophobia and heterosexism are linked. She states that homophobia is based upon the climate that heterosexism creates; heterosexism is the belief that heterosexual individuals are dominant and are seen as the norm in our society for as long as we can remember. It gives us heterosexuals power and privilege over gays, lesbians, bisexuals, etc.. Audre Lorde’s definition of heterosexism is very similar, however she goes into more depth about homophobia. She believes that homophobia is the fear of people who are in love with one’s same sex rather than just pure hatred for homosexuals. 

IN DEPTH HOMOPHOBIA

There are 4 types of homophobia described;

1. Personal Homophobia - is the bias one feels due their own feelings in regards to homosexual individuals and relationships whether it is a romantic or sexual relationship.

2. Interpersonal Homophobia - is the behaviour an individual promotes or exhibits that comes from the personal bias they have against homophobia (personal homophobia).

3. Institutional Homophobia - are the many ways government run institutions, businesses and even churches choose to discriminate against homosexuality. An example would be banning them from attending church. This can also be referred to as heterosexism.

4. Cultural Homophobia - is the notion of social standards that “indicate” being heterosexual is the only moral sexual orientation and that everyone should be heterosexual. This can also be referred to as heterosexism.

HETERONORMATIVITY

Heteronormativity, as written by Miriam Smith, means all of society and many social organizations are built off the idea that heterosexual orientation and romantic relationships are the dominant of sexuality. It is also stated that “homosexuality is deviant” (242). This puts gays, lesbians, bisexuals as well as many other sexual preferences individuals may have, outside the norm of our society; it is not seen as normal behaviour. 

An example would be that the assumption towards sexuality is always heterosexual UNLESS otherwise stated. This is how the vast majority of people today assume sexuality because of this idea of heteronormativity. Another, more political example would be the lack of financial support or benefits provided due to one’s sexuality which was once the case here in Canada. This was based off the notion that only hetero couples should be given medial and pension benefits because this is the “only form of couple that is worthy..” (242). 

[stephendavid]

'A recent survey by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News found that just over half of those surveyed said the media are being too critical of Trump and his administration. And a similar amount-53%-said that the media's coverage has exaggerated any problems within the Trump government.... According to the survey, almost 80% of those who picked Fox as their primary news source agreed that the news media and other elites are exaggerating the problems of the Trump administration, because they are uncomfortable and threatened by the kind of change that Trump represents. Even among viewers of more [Extreme Leftist] networks such as MSNBC, however, the survey found that about 40% of those who answered the survey agreed with the statement that the media are exaggerating Trump's problems. Even before these attacks, however, surveys have shown that public trust in the media is at all-time lows, the result of a sustained downward slide of more than a decade. Last fall, a poll done by Gallup found that only 32% of those surveyed said they had either a great deal or a fair amount of trust in the media, down from more than 50% in 1997. And in Edelman's recent Trust Barometer study, which it does annually, the public-relations firm found that just 35% of respondents said that they trusted the media. Much like the Journal/NBC News poll, the Edelman survey also found significantly lower levels of trust in the media among those who voted for Trump. Just 15% of Trump supporters said that they trusted the press to report the news fairly, compared with about 26% of Clinton voters.'

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 34, 2021

Severe violations of independence in response inhibition tasks. Bissett, P. G., Jones, H. M., Poldrack, R. A., & Logan, G. D. (2021). Science Advances, 7(12), eabf4355.

Perceptual history propagates down to early levels of sensory analysis. Cicchini, G. M., Benedetto, A., & Burr, D. C. (2021). Current Biology, 31(6), 1245-1250.e2.

Learning precise spatiotemporal sequences via biophysically realistic learning rules in a modular, spiking network. Cone, I., & Shouval, H. Z. (2021). eLife, 10, e63751.

Measuring vergence and fixation disparity in 3D space. Duchesne, J., & Coubard, O. A. (2021). European Journal of Neuroscience, 53(5), 1473–1486.

Hippocampal place cells encode global location but not connectivity in a complex space. Duvelle, É., Grieves, R. M., Liu, A., Jedidi-Ayoub, S., Holeniewska, J., Harris, A., … Spiers, H. J. (2021). Current Biology, 31(6), 1221-1233.e9.

Contribution of the hippocampus to performance on the traveling salesperson problem in rats. Hales, J. B., Petty, E. A., Collins, G., & Blaser, R. E. (2021). Behavioural Brain Research, 405, 113177.

Cholinergic modulation of Up–Down states in the mouse medial entorhinal cortex in vitro. Hay, Y. A., Jarzebowski, P., Zhang, Y., Digby, R., Brendel, V., Paulsen, O., & Magloire, V. (2021). European Journal of Neuroscience, 53(5), 1378–1393.

Mushroom body output differentiates memory processes and distinct memory-guided behaviors. Ichinose, T., Kanno, M., Wu, H., Yamagata, N., Sun, H., Abe, A., & Tanimoto, H. (2021). Current Biology, 31(6), 1294-1302.e4.

High responsiveness of auditory neurons to specific combination of acoustic features in female songbirds. Inda, M., Hotta, K., & Oka, K. (2021). European Journal of Neuroscience, 53(5), 1412–1427.

Prefrontal cortex represents heuristics that shape choice bias and its integration into future behavior. Mochol, G., Kiani, R., & Moreno-Bote, R. (2021). Current Biology, 31(6), 1234-1244.e6.

Latent Dynamical Variables Produce Signatures of Spatiotemporal Criticality in Large Biological Systems. Morrell, M. C., Sederberg, A. J., & Nemenman, I. (2021). Physical Review Letters, 126(11), 118302.

Mutual anticipation can contribute to self-organization in human crowds. Murakami, H., Feliciani, C., Nishiyama, Y., & Nishinari, K. (2021). Science Advances, 7(12), eabe7758.

Binocular integration of retinal motion information underlies optic flow processing by the cortex. Rasmussen, R. N., Matsumoto, A., Arvin, S., & Yonehara, K. (2021). Current Biology, 31(6), 1165-1174.e6.

Spatial tuning of electrophysiological responses to multisensory stimuli reveals a primitive coding of the body boundaries in newborns. Ronga, I., Galigani, M., Bruno, V., Noel, J.-P., Gazzin, A., Perathoner, C., … Garbarini, F. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(12).

Effects of active exploration on novelty-related declarative memory enhancement. Schomaker, J., & Wittmann, B. C. (2021). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 179, 107403.

Optimized spiking neurons can classify images with high accuracy through temporal coding with two spikes. Stöckl, C., & Maass, W. (2021). Nature Machine Intelligence, 3(3), 230–238.

Spontaneous grouping of saccade timing in the presence of task-irrelevant objects. Takeya, R., Nakamura, S., & Tanaka, M. (2021). PLOS ONE, 16(3), e0248530.

The Readiness Potential reflects the internal source of action, rather than decision uncertainty. Travers, E., & Haggard, P. (2021). European Journal of Neuroscience, 53(5), 1533–1544.

Clock neurons gate memory extinction in Drosophila. Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., Zhang, X., Wang, L., & Zhong, Y. (2021). Current Biology, 31(6), 1337-1343.e4.

Hippocampus and cortex are involved in the retrieval of a spatial memory under full and partial cue availability. Zorzo, C., Arias, J. L., & Méndez, M. (2021). Behavioural Brain Research, 405, 113204.

[aces-nrw]

Bianca Devins & mediales Ace Erasure

Über asexuelles Erasure, die Berichterstattung von Bianca Devins Geschichte im Rolling Stone und warum es wichtig ist, über Acefeindlichkeit zu reden #BelieveBianca

cw Mord Acemisia

Asexuelles Unsichtbarmachen (erasure) sollte nicht toleriert werden und Anti-Asexueller Bias (Ace-/ Asexuellenfeindlichkeit ) ist diskriminierend, gerade wenn es von Menschen kommt, die Teil oder sich als Ally der LGBTQIAP+ community verstehen!

Was war passiert? Im Rolling Stone wurde ein post mortem Beitrag über Bianca Devins verfasst, ein 17 jährigen US-amerikanischer Teenager, deren tragische Ermordung durch virale Berichterstattung bekannt wurde (siehe u.a. #RIPBianca). Viele damalige Beiträge zu ihrem Tod bezogen sich zudem auf mögliche Einflüsse des Täters durch incel culture.

Bildbeschreibung: Social media only added to the horror.[...]Bianca’s murder immediately became something of a canvas onto which people could project their own agendas. Rumors spread that Bianca was asexual (false),[...]Homosexual agenda (or gay agenda) is a term introduced by sectors of the Christian religious right (primarily in the United States) as a disparaging way to describe the advocacy of cultural acceptance and normalization

Im vor kurzem veröffentlichten originalen Portrait von Ej Dickson wurde von ihr impliziert, dass Biancas Tod für "eine Agenda" (klingt vertraut?) "missbraucht" wurde. Diese Anspielung galt der asexuellen Community, der sich Bianca zugehörig war. Kurz vor ihrem Tod postete Bianca unter dem unter Aces sehr verbreiteten Hashtag #thisiswhatasexuallookslike eine Submission.

Nicht nur wurde Biancas Asexualität und damit verbundene queere Emanzipation, sowie Selbstbestimmung von Ej Dickson als falsch (false) tituliert, sondern zudem als aktive widerwärtige Inszenierung der kompletten Ace Community dargestellt, ohne auf die Tatsache (den post) Bezug darauf zu nehmen, dass Bianca wirklich asexuell war und sich selbst eigenständig identifizierte.

Bildbeschreibung: Ej Dickson @ejdickson​ ·22. Jan.just a reminder that LGBT media outlets — the publications we need to call out this vile bigotry — are getting decimated left and right rn 11. Dez. 2016 Answer to @ejdicksonsecond of all they actually acknowledge the existence of LGBT people which is something! 12. Juni 2016[...]the erasure of the LGBT community by right wing politicians is one of the worst

Anti-Asexueller Bias ist diskriminierend, gerade wenn es von Menschen kommt, die Teil oder sich  als Ally der LGBTQIAP+ community verstehen!

Die Wegnahme der Selbstidentifizierung oder Autonomie über die eigene sexuelle Orientierung von Außen ist unter acefeindlichen Menschen eine bekannte Herangehensweise, Asexualität methodisch zu invalidieren.

Selbst nach einem Edit (der unter starkem Druck der asexuellen Community auf Twitter und dadurch folgende Beschwerdemails beim Rolling Stone), wurde Bianca Devins Asexualität noch immer als bloßes "Gerücht" karikiert und hinterließ einen bitteren Beigeschmack von Zweifel, da dubiöse und fragwürdige Statements von Devins Familie und Freunde eine Verneinung von Biancas sexueller Orientierung unterstreichen sollten. Dies war ein weiterer Schritt, Biancas Autonomie postum zu untergraben.

Bildbeschreibung: [...]Bianca’s murder immediately became something of a canvas onto which people could project their own agendas. Rumors spread that Bianca was asexual(possible)[...]Editor’s Note: This story has been amended to clarify that while Bianca submitted a photo to the @ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike account, her friends and family, including her mother and sister, told Rolling Stone they did not believe she identified as asexu

Der Edit, die „neue“ Version. Noch immer keine Entschuldigung vom Rolling Stone.

Wie ist es möglich und akzeptabel, dass ein offen acefeindliche Person (siehe Screenshots) einen Artikel zu einer Asexuellen verfassen darf? Gerade gegeben der Beweise durch Erasure und Invalidierung von Bianca Devins' Sexualität, sowie der Implikationen einer Schmierkampagne gegen die asexuelle Gemeinschaft, die als lügend und manipulativ dargestellt wird? Gerade da viele Aces nicht einmal aktiv davon wussten.

Warum ist Gerechtigkeit nun wichtig? Warum sollten Asexuelle sich dieses Verhalten von Dickson nicht gefallen lassen? Ist es nicht, was Dickson so versucht? Dass wir, als ace community, nun Bianca Devins Tod nur um Asexualität kreisen lassen?

Lasst mich ein klarstellen: Niemensch interessiert oder kümmert sich je um Asexualität. Wären andere sexuelle Orientierungen in Frage gestellt, würden die Dinge anders laufen. Besonders medial. Deswegen ist es nicht in Ordnung! Der Doppelstandard existiert.

Ob nun bei „Kleinigkeiten“, die den anti-asexual bias unserer Gesellschaft zeigen, Allonormativität und offene acefeindliche Mikroaggressionen wie bei Late Night Host Stephen Colberts Ernie & Bert Sketch, Perez Hilton’s Video über Asexualität, Brittany Broski’s Johnny Depp Witz, Dan Savage’s generelle Haltung zu Asexualität (siehe Dokumenation „(A)Sexual“ auf Youtube)…

Oder das komplette Fehlen von funding für die asexuelle Community, trotz Bedrohung von Konversationstherapie, nachgewiesene negative Beeinträchtigungen der mental health aufgrund von Allonormativität, der gezielten Onlinebelästigung von asexuellen Aktivismusbetreibenden in der Asexual Awareness Week 2019 (AAW) auf Twitter (darunter auch mehrfache Todesdrohungen).

Die (queeren) Medien behandeln nicht einmal Asexualität als Thema, und wenn sie es tun, dann entweder sehr sparsam in ihrer Berichterstattung oder misinformieren maximal, othern (othering) Asexuelle und behandeln uns übergriffig (BBC3 Doku oder die deutsche puls Reportage )

Gerade Yasmin Benoit und anderen Asexuellen online ist zu danken, dass Bianca Devins postum Behandlung wenigstens etwas mehr Würde und queere Autonomie Beachtung findet (#BelieveBianca). Dickson hat sehr viele Asexuelle, die auf Twitter nachfragten, sofort blockiert (darunter auch mich selbst ).

Das ist nicht unbedingt journalistisch integeres Verhalten. Leider haben weder englisch- noch deutschsprachige queere Medien ein Wort über die hier passierte Ungerechtigkeit verloren und auch andere queere Zirkel haben kaum gegen das asexuelle Erasure demonstriert.

Wir Asexuellen werden nicht mit der bloßen Hoffnung durchkommen, irgendwann akzeptiert zu werden. Oder durch Stillbleiben im Angesicht von Ungerechtigkeit und leider dürfen wir ebenso wenig auf die Liberation durch den Rest der #LGBTQIAP+ Community hoffen.

Ja, daher finde ich es wichtig, dass wir uns gegen asexuelle Unsichtbarmachung aussprechen!

Schade, dass sich auch keine queeren Medien die Mühe gemacht haben, gegen das asexuelle Erasure Stellung zu beziehen. Ich meine, das geht sie schon etwas an. Oder sind das besagte Doppelstandard für uns Asexuelle? Oh ja, Unsichtbarsein bringt so viele Vorteile /sarcasm

Wordpress    Facebook     Twitter

[txbhgcq41743]

성욕구 14546840 33c61sga241

성욕구 14546840 33c61sga241 실제로 임상에서 사용해보지도 않은 수 많은 학회참여자들이 이 플리반세린이란 약물에 대해 부정적인 얘기를 마치 여우의 신포도처럼 얘기하는 것을 보고. 달  성의학분야에서도 성적이중잣대(Gender Bias)가 존재하는 것은 아닌지 하는 의구심을 떨치기 어. 뱉는  그리고. 경복궁  과연 그럴까?. 안내  있는 미투(Me too)운동에 대한 성학회 차원의 이야기들이 오갔었지만. 전통  반대로 글루탐산이 감소하게 되면 도파민과 노에피네프린이 증가하여 성욕구와 반응이 활발하게 일어. 대그락대그락 루었던 이른바 ‘미투운동’ 의 주인공으로서 이름이 오르내리는 일(?)이 한 순간에 일어. 점  플리반세린의 작용기전, 5-HT1A 수용체를 항진하고. 덜겅덜겅  따라서 플리반세린은 세로토닌 1A 수용체와 2A 수용체에 상반되는 작용을 함으로써 글루탐산의 분비를 감소시켜 전전두엽등에서 도파민과 노에피네프린을 증가시키고. 괜찮는 진 환경과 상황에서 발산할 것인지 아니면 억제할 것인지를 결정하게 되는데 만. 원숭이 . 프로 나게 됩니다.. 뽀드득뽀드득  또 인간의 뇌는 과거에는 성인이 되면 그 성질이 바뀌지 않는 것으로 생각했었지만. 축소 지 보고. 뒤집는 니다. 중단  있습니다.. 억  합니다.. 또르르 나는 성욕구를 주어. 매우 려웠습니다.. 경찰서  있으며 약 40% 가까. 썰렁하는  ​전전두엽의 성욕구 억제기능은 ‘글루탐산(Glutamate)’ 시스템에 의해 이루어. 위  이날 연자와 질문자 등 여러 가지 이 약물에 대한 발표내용은 효과도 미미하고. 는불는불 의 기우이기를 바랍니다.. 움칫  우리사회가 아직 여성의 성욕구의 표현이나 여성성기능의 개선이라는 문제에 대해 불편해 하거나 쉽게 받아들이지 못하는 것은 아닌지, 여전히 양성평등을 외치고. 짜그라지는 ​실제로 플리반세린을 이용하여 치료한 미국에서의 사례들을 보면 다. 국제화  또 후속약물들도 계속 승인된 것을 보면 남녀간의 성차에 의한 이중잣대가 있는 게 아닌지 하는 의구심을 떨치기 어. 틀리는  주. 한라산 가 모처럼 여러 지인들과 교수님들과의 인연으로 참석하게 되었습니다.. 물컥물컥 나게 되며 반대로 강해지는 욕구와 성적자극에 대하여 불을 끄는 소방수 역할은 ‘전전두엽(Prefrontal cortex, PFC)’에서 일어. 이같이 렵게 FDA 승인을 통과한 유일한 여성성기능장애 치료 약물입니다.. 쌍둥이 녀왔습니다.. 오복이  아직 우리나라에 도입되지도 않았고. 김  미국학회에 갔을 때 들은 얘기인데 플리반세린이 FDA 승인이 보류되자 많은 여성단체나 여성성의학회에서 오바마대통령에게 남성성기능장애를 치료하는 약물들은 숱한 위험성에도 불구하고. 설문 는 것을 기능성MRI(fMRI) 등을 이용하여 보여주고. 변환하는  아직 미국 이외의 국가에서는 시판되지 않고. 출현하는  주. 흙  있습니다.. 진실로  부작용(알코올과 함께 복용 시에 기립성 저혈압을 일으키는 문제)이 커서 별로 효용가치가 없을 것이다. 던지는  있지요. 흩어진 쨌던 이 약물은 뇌에서 성흥분과 욕구를 증가시키는 신경전달물질들을 증가시킴으로써 성적인 자극에 보다. 언뜻번뜻  이러한 부작용도 남성의 발기부전치료제가 가진 부작용에 비할 수 있겠습니까?. 그 날 수도 있는 것이죠.. 바람나는  따라서 시상하부에서 일어. 초밥 납니다.. 내리는  그 동안 국내 성학회라는 게 거의 대부분 회음성형학회류의 질성형과 관련되는 학회가 대부분이라 거의 참석하지 않고. 제자  그래서 성욕구저하증을 가진 여성의 경우는 전전두엽의 힘이 정상여성에 비해 상대적으로 강하게 나타나 성반응을 억누르게 되는데 성행동을 할 때 의식이 뚜렷한 경우에는 성흥분이나 욕구가 잘 일어. 자문하는 른 약물치료��� 반응하지 않던 성욕구장애를 가진 여성들도 반응이 매우 뛰어. 고롱고롱  여성 성기능장애 중 가장 높은 빈도를 차지하고. 원피스 되는. 장군 하게 되는 것입니다.. 땜  있는 약물이기도 합니다.. 포도동포도동  훨씬 더 쉽게 FDA 승인을 통과하고. 우들우들  주. 취재  플리반세린과 같은 약물을 수개월간 복용해 보니 성반응에 활성도가 떨어. 돌라대는  합니다.. 최종  쉽게 일어. 얘  따졌다. 테러  2년만. 편의 난 것으로 나타나고. 전파하는 에 우여곡절 끝에 열린 학회라서 그런지 기대도 컸고. 얼룩지는 라는 쪽으로 대체적인 의견이 모아지는 것이었습니다.. 대승적  있지요.. 잔디밭  우리한국 사회는 새로운 과학문명기술이 도입될 때 이를 긍정적으로 생각하는 사람들보다. 부잣집  2A 수용체를 억제하여 글루탐산의 분비를 감소시켜 성욕구를 증가시킴​조금 복잡하게 설명드렸지만. 전문직  열기도 뜨거웠던 것 같습니다.. 주택 렵습니다.. 삼분하는 차원적인 관리기능을 수행하는 부위입니다.. 알코올 ​성욕구저하증(HSDD)은 단순히 감정이나 환경적요. 고집하는  하니 이를 가장 주의하여야 할 점으로 보고. 가능성 인 비. 생활  주. 공통적 르게 나타난다. 있는  즉 구조적으로 정상적인 여성과 성욕구저하증을 가진 여성의 뇌가 성적자극에 대한 반응이 다. 되풀이하는 지는데 글루탐산이 증가하면 도파민과 노에피네프린과 같이 성흥분을 촉진하는 요. 실증적 운 여성이 성욕구저하증을 겪고. 눈병  있습니다.. 초점  FDA승인을 통과한 약물이 많은데 왜 여성성기능장애 치료약물은 단 하나도 승인이 되지 않느냐고. 당근 혈압을 가진 환자들이 약물복용 후 성관계 중에 사망하는 사례까. 토론 소가 억제되고. 쪼이는  필자는 그 장면을 보면서 문득 ‘여우의 신 포도’가 생각이 났습니다.. 중식 는 후문도 있었습니다.. 포딱포딱 지난 주말에 서울삼성병원에서 열린 ‘대한 성학회’를 다. 시위  플리반세린은 2015년 개발과정의 숱한 어. 푸두둑  더욱 약물치료에 대한 신뢰도를 증가시켜주고. 온갖  하지만. 분명히  성욕구의 증가를 이끌어. 각국  전전두엽은 세로토닌(Serotonin) 시스템을 통하여 시상하부의 각각 성흥분을 일으키는 중추들을 제어. 과목  성반응은 뇌에서 성흥분을 일으키는 부위와 억제시키는 부위로 나눠지는데 성흥분을 일으키는 부위는 시상하부에 있는 ‘내측전시각중추영역(Medial Preoptic Area, mPOA)’ 나 ‘중격핵(Nucleus Accumbens, NAcc)’ 그리고. 반나마  발기부전치료제의 경우 심혈관계 질환이나 고. 걸 기능이 약해지기 때문입니다.. 휘둥그레지는  성욕구장애를 치료하기 위해 처방되는 약인데 남성의 발기부전 치료제인 비아그라가 파란색임에 반하여 핑크색을 띄는 이 약물을 ‘핑크 비아그라’ 라는 애칭을 붙이기도 했습니다.. 차갑는  있는데도 플리반세린보다. 답답하는 이 작용하는 것은 아닙니다.. 사사건건 려움을 뒤로 하고. 지피는  민감하게 반응하도록 합니다.. 종교  약물에 대한 부작용 걱정을 많이 하는데 오심과 졸림 등은 중추신경계에 작용하는 약물에서 공통적으로 나타나는 부작용이며, 약물복용 중 알콜을 섭취하는 경우 기립성저혈압을 일으켜 쓰러지는 경우가 있다. 안존하는 때마침 한참 사회적 이슈가 되고. 나는  전전두엽은(PFC) 행동에 대한 예측이나 경험을 통한 학습, 행동에 대한 억제, 사회적으로 용인된 행동의 수행 등 인간두뇌의 고. 사살사살  내는 것이죠.. 슬픔  현대 성의학은 뇌신경과학이 눈부시게 발전하면서 신경학적인 문제로 접근하고. 골프 약 전전두엽의 힘이 약해지게 되면 우리가 학회에서 다. 방지  있으며, 우리나라에서도 아직 시판일자가 정해지지 않아서 필자 역시도 무척 안타깝게 생각하고. 오른발 나는 것은 바로 이러한 전전두엽의 제어. 써리는  성의학 분야에서 이날 단연 화두는 플리반세린(애디®)이라는 약물에 대한 관심이었습니다.. 기계  해외학회만. 집무하는  있는. 독자적  있습니다.. 반하는 지던 뇌도 예민한 뇌로 바뀔 수 있다. 꽂는 나지 않지만. 따먹는 는 ‘뇌의 가소성’ 이라는 개념이 도입되어. 공연되는 는 부정적인 면을 더 바라보는 사람들이 더 많다. 시콩시콩  ‘복측피개부(Ventral Tegmental Area, VTA)’ 등에서 주로 도파민(Dopamine)이나 노에피네프린(Norepinephrine) 시스템을 통해 일어. 우선  약간의 술기운이 돌 때 성반응이 더 강하고. 까강까강  플리반세린에 대한 갑론을박을 보면서 한국사회의 보수성과 폐쇄성을 떠���리는 것이 필자만. 재그시