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Today’s Psychologist Credo: Belonging is a biological need.
We need to feel that we matter to someone, that we’re wanted, included, and missed when we’re gone. This isn’t just about feeling good. Our brains and bodies respond to connection, rejection, and loneliness. Being left out can hurt, and being welcomed can help us feel safe. We weren’t built to go through life alone. Belonging isn’t a luxury. It’s part of being human.
Encouraging
The 2026 #NobelPrize laureates in physiology or medicine have laid the foundation of a new era in neuroscience.
Using optogenetics, researchers have been able to reveal neural circuits governing specific memories, feelings, and behaviours relevant for neurological and psychiatric disorders. In clinical medicine, researchers are using the method in attempts to restore sight in people with visual impairment.
Optogenetics has fundamentally altered our understanding of the brain. Every day brings new discoveries, helping to solve one of humanity’s great mysteries: how our incredible brain works.
More about optogenetics
Replying to @hubermanlab
Here are a few examples of the applications of Optogenetics, as explained by @KarlDeisseroth
Thrilled to be introduced to optogenetics. Eager to learn more.
Today @KarlDeisseroth of @StanfordMed @Stanford won the @NobelPrize for his co-discovery & development of Optogenetics. Here he explains what that is, and how it is unlocking the secrets of brain function & helping to cure diseases.
(And he explains that in ~1min).
👏👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾
Ray Kerr was working at a 7-Eleven and a movie theater, thinking his baseball career was over.
Then he got signed for $2,000 and spent seven seasons in the minors.
He just dominated the Phillies over 3.1 scoreless in his first MLB postseason game.
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This is the second shutout in Yankees vs Red Sox postseason history.
The first was ’25 ALWC G3
Cam Schlittler started both games.
Boston never recruited them! How sweet it is for us Yankees fans! 🥰
When you grew up watching The Rivalry
But now you're defining it
What a night for Ben Rice #NoTimeLikeOctober
AWEsome!
Every last bone in my body was screaming at me to just get back into my warm bed. Remember I said "I still can't believe what I just saw" a couple of days ago? This is it.
I knew there was a chance that there would be some Aurora but I definitely didn't expect a meteorite to come right through the scene. I couldn't go back to sleep I was so excited.
Elizabeth E Lehmann retweeted
How to help someone who admits they have a problem:
- Normalize it first: tens of millions experience this, most stay silent
- Convey rational hope: ~24 million Americans are in recovery right now
- Early stage = dramatically better odds, easier to change before life falls apart
- Assess resources: family support, stable housing, employment, accountability
- Don't just say "great, let's quit" - ask why they want to change
- Help them build their own reasons in detail (smell, money, freedom)
- Make the reward concrete: "If you saved $2,000 from not smoking, what would you do with it?"
Motivation has to come from them, not you - that's what makes it stick.
Dr. Keith Humphreys (@KeithNHumphreys) on @hubermanlab

























