tor wager

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Neuroscientist, psychologist, occasional poet, father. Studying how thoughts and feelings are constructed in the brain, esp. with fMRI.

boulder Joined November 2009

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tor wager @torwager May 10, 2016

#fMRI Analysis courses with @fMRIstats free on @coursera, now rolling enrollment! coursera.org/learn/function… coursera.org/learn/function…

www.coursera.org Principles of fMRI 1 Offered by Johns Hopkins University. Functional Magnetic ... Enroll for free.

tor wager @torwager Oct 29

We must not celebrate wealth. Wealth is a measure of what one has taken from others, not what one has given.

tor wager @torwager Oct 15

A new paper just out on negative affect and emotion regulation in the amygdala (Bo et al., 2026, eLife). FMRI in two large community samples (N = 358), based on Pete Gianaros' P01 data...a wonderful collaboration!

elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr…

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tor wager @torwager Oct 14

I've been exploring the landscape of mind–body programs for chronic pain, fatigue and related conditions. The result: a Mind–Body Program Atlas, an interactive, AI-assisted survey of 74 programs. A few things it makes visible… Thread below 👇

Log-compressed timeline of estimated annual engagement in mind–body programs, 1960–2025. Colored bands show eight program families. Log scaling makes small programs visible; band thicknesses are not additive and do not measure effectiveness.

tor wager @torwager Oct 14

A new fMRI study just out on precision functional mapping of imagined and experienced pain, led by Michael Sun (Sun et al., 2026, Nature Communications). How strongly does imagining pain activate nociceptive representations in the brain?
doi.org/10.1038/s41467…
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