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🚀 PhD opportunity in the Vaghi Lab, starting 2027 @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
We are looking to support applicants interested in:
🔬 precision neuroimaging
🧠 compulsivity/OCD
💻 computational approaches
Available via the ESRC UBEL DTP
PhD or MSc + PhD routes
🔗 surl.li/qunzzt
Please share! 📢
We are looking to support applicants interested in:
🔬 precision neuroimaging
🧠 compulsivity/OCD
💻 computational approaches
Available via the ESRC UBEL DTP
PhD or MSc + PhD routes
🔗 surl.li/qunzzt
Please share! 📢
ESRC Studentships Main Competition - UBEL DTP
ESRC Studentships Main Competition The UBEL DTP’s fully funded ESRC studentships cover full payment of tuition fees per year and an annual maintenance stipend. What’s on offer UBEL DTP studentships co...
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September 29, 2026 at 9:16 AM
🚀 PhD opportunity in the Vaghi Lab, starting 2027 @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
We are looking to support applicants interested in:
🔬 precision neuroimaging
🧠 compulsivity/OCD
💻 computational approaches
Available via the ESRC UBEL DTP
PhD or MSc + PhD routes
🔗 surl.li/qunzzt
Please share! 📢
We are looking to support applicants interested in:
🔬 precision neuroimaging
🧠 compulsivity/OCD
💻 computational approaches
Available via the ESRC UBEL DTP
PhD or MSc + PhD routes
🔗 surl.li/qunzzt
Please share! 📢
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Nice to be profiled in this piece for @psychscience.bsky.social In which I talk a bit about our research so far, what can make our kind of career challenging - and why we should all strive to be 'fish scales' 🐟
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Member Spotlight: 2026 Spence Awardee Daniel Yon’s Search for a Distinctive Patch in the Research Landscape
Image above: Yon discusses his book, A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality.Daniel Yon is a professor of cognitive neuroscience and the director of the Uncertainty Lab at Birkbeck, Un...
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September 2, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Nice to be profiled in this piece for @psychscience.bsky.social In which I talk a bit about our research so far, what can make our kind of career challenging - and why we should all strive to be 'fish scales' 🐟
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Millions of people live with psychiatric conditions, however, no two brains are alike. Dr @matildevaghi.bsky.social and her team are creating detailed maps of individual brain function using precision functional mapping.
Learn more about this research project here! www.bbk.ac.uk/news/mapping...
Learn more about this research project here! www.bbk.ac.uk/news/mapping...
Mapping individual brains to better understand psychiatric conditions
Dr Matilde Vaghi and her team are investigating how differences in brain networks contribute to psychiatric conditions, with a particular focus on obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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August 24, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Millions of people live with psychiatric conditions, however, no two brains are alike. Dr @matildevaghi.bsky.social and her team are creating detailed maps of individual brain function using precision functional mapping.
Learn more about this research project here! www.bbk.ac.uk/news/mapping...
Learn more about this research project here! www.bbk.ac.uk/news/mapping...
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On my way to Edinburgh Book Festival - to consider consciousness this evening with @michaelpollan.bsky.social and @aldersonday.bsky.social
@edbookfest.bsky.social
@edbookfest.bsky.social
August 23, 2026 at 9:25 AM
On my way to Edinburgh Book Festival - to consider consciousness this evening with @michaelpollan.bsky.social and @aldersonday.bsky.social
@edbookfest.bsky.social
@edbookfest.bsky.social
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Can confidence spread from one head to another?
Nice to see this piece from @christianjarrett.bsky.social in BBC Science Focus, highlighting work from The Uncertainty Lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. Led by Einar Andreassen and supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk
Nice to see this piece from @christianjarrett.bsky.social in BBC Science Focus, highlighting work from The Uncertainty Lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. Led by Einar Andreassen and supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk
A seriously weird study just proved confidence is contagious | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Can you catch the bug?
www.sciencefocus.com
August 20, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Can confidence spread from one head to another?
Nice to see this piece from @christianjarrett.bsky.social in BBC Science Focus, highlighting work from The Uncertainty Lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. Led by Einar Andreassen and supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk
Nice to see this piece from @christianjarrett.bsky.social in BBC Science Focus, highlighting work from The Uncertainty Lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. Led by Einar Andreassen and supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk
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We clear the tree after each session. The tree then gets filled with ideas on what supports resilience in ageing, see what our guests at the soirees produced. #SummerScience @royalsociety.org @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social You have 3 more days left to add your leaf.
July 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
We clear the tree after each session. The tree then gets filled with ideas on what supports resilience in ageing, see what our guests at the soirees produced. #SummerScience @royalsociety.org @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social You have 3 more days left to add your leaf.
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After a few hours of 500+ primary school children visiting our stand at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social our Resilience Tree has received a healthy crown of leaves. Thanks so much to all the teachers who stopped by with the kids. It was really special.
July 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
After a few hours of 500+ primary school children visiting our stand at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social our Resilience Tree has received a healthy crown of leaves. Thanks so much to all the teachers who stopped by with the kids. It was really special.
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Explaining neuroscience to primary school children. Teaching the next the generation of scientists. Here is our exhibit on The art of resilience in successful ageing at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
Note the empty resilience tree on the right...
Note the empty resilience tree on the right...
July 3, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Explaining neuroscience to primary school children. Teaching the next the generation of scientists. Here is our exhibit on The art of resilience in successful ageing at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
Note the empty resilience tree on the right...
Note the empty resilience tree on the right...
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Real pleasure to be at #EPSEssex and the symposium celebrating 80 years of the @exppsychsoc.bsky.social - alongside Bob Logie, Anna Franklin, @bhisma.bsky.social, @angeladebruin.bsky.social and Sophie Scott. Thank you @asifamajid.bsky.social!
July 1, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Real pleasure to be at #EPSEssex and the symposium celebrating 80 years of the @exppsychsoc.bsky.social - alongside Bob Logie, Anna Franklin, @bhisma.bsky.social, @angeladebruin.bsky.social and Sophie Scott. Thank you @asifamajid.bsky.social!
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Here is our exhibit on The art of resilience in successful ageing at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition, a collaboration between @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social and @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
July 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Here is our exhibit on The art of resilience in successful ageing at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition, a collaboration between @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social and @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
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Can we perceive another person’s finger as part of our body? ☝️This new paper shows that the sixth finger illusion can blur the boundary between the self & the other.
June 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Can we perceive another person’s finger as part of our body? ☝️This new paper shows that the sixth finger illusion can blur the boundary between the self & the other.
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How does the brain work like a scientist?
Psychologist and neuroscientist @danieljamesyon.bsky.social explains how the brain makes predictions and builds theories to interpret ambiguous information.
Listen to the new episode of Social Science Bites: www.socialsciencespace.com/2026/06/dani...
Psychologist and neuroscientist @danieljamesyon.bsky.social explains how the brain makes predictions and builds theories to interpret ambiguous information.
Listen to the new episode of Social Science Bites: www.socialsciencespace.com/2026/06/dani...
June 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
How does the brain work like a scientist?
Psychologist and neuroscientist @danieljamesyon.bsky.social explains how the brain makes predictions and builds theories to interpret ambiguous information.
Listen to the new episode of Social Science Bites: www.socialsciencespace.com/2026/06/dani...
Psychologist and neuroscientist @danieljamesyon.bsky.social explains how the brain makes predictions and builds theories to interpret ambiguous information.
Listen to the new episode of Social Science Bites: www.socialsciencespace.com/2026/06/dani...
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A real pleasure to be at #APS26BCN, and to meet and learn about the work of the other Spence Award winners. Thanks @psychscience.bsky.social !
Congratulations to the 2026 APS Spence Award Recipients! #APS26BCN
@dorsaamir.bsky.social, @williambrady.bsky.social, @esfinn.bsky.social, @andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social, @ycleong.bsky.social, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social
@dorsaamir.bsky.social, @williambrady.bsky.social, @esfinn.bsky.social, @andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social, @ycleong.bsky.social, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social
Six Psychological Scientists Receive 2026 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award
Each recipient has led trailblazing research, including on how our environments shape cognition, the brain’s ability to build models of the world and ourselves, and psychology’s interaction with techn...
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May 30, 2026 at 2:49 PM
A real pleasure to be at #APS26BCN, and to meet and learn about the work of the other Spence Award winners. Thanks @psychscience.bsky.social !
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In this project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk, we'll explore the cognitive and neural basis of the fascinating experiences of #synaesthesia! If you suspect you may have synaesthesia and want to get involved, visit surveymars.com/q/3O5k0Ax5H 🌈🧠🌞
May 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
In this project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk, we'll explore the cognitive and neural basis of the fascinating experiences of #synaesthesia! If you suspect you may have synaesthesia and want to get involved, visit surveymars.com/q/3O5k0Ax5H 🌈🧠🌞
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"Remembering what you did: Episodic memory for self-actions", with @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social and Sanjay Manohar now in NBBR.
@oxexppsy.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
@oxexppsy.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
Remembering what you did: Episodic memory for self-actions
Episodic memory stores not only passively experienced events, but also one’s own past actions and decisions. Despite their critical role for learning …
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May 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"Remembering what you did: Episodic memory for self-actions", with @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social and Sanjay Manohar now in NBBR.
@oxexppsy.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
@oxexppsy.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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Today is official publication day for the paperback of A TRICK OF THE MIND. Surreal as ever to see on the shelves (this time thanks to Waterstones Gower St for indulging me).
More here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
More here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
May 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Today is official publication day for the paperback of A TRICK OF THE MIND. Surreal as ever to see on the shelves (this time thanks to Waterstones Gower St for indulging me).
More here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
More here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
We’re recruiting for a 0.5 FTE postdoc, for a project examining the usage and possible beneficial or detrimental impacts of AI-enhanced technologies on education in the home, classroom and broader environments.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/internal/vac...
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/internal/vac...
Postdoctoral Researcher (2378) - Birkbeck, University of London
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the School of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London. The successful candidate will be part of the newly esta...
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
May 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
We’re recruiting for a 0.5 FTE postdoc, for a project examining the usage and possible beneficial or detrimental impacts of AI-enhanced technologies on education in the home, classroom and broader environments.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/internal/vac...
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/internal/vac...
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🚨New paper🚨 about the link between cue weighting and dimension-selective attention doi.org/10.1016/j.co... from fun times at @audioneurolab.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social with @ashleysymons.bsky.social Fred Dick, Kazuya Saito, @adamtierney.bsky.social 🧵1/5 #neuroskyence #psychscisky
Redirecting
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May 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
🚨New paper🚨 about the link between cue weighting and dimension-selective attention doi.org/10.1016/j.co... from fun times at @audioneurolab.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social with @ashleysymons.bsky.social Fred Dick, Kazuya Saito, @adamtierney.bsky.social 🧵1/5 #neuroskyence #psychscisky
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Really delighted to have been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship by the @britishacademy.bsky.social , which I’ll be using to work on a new book about the human imagination 🧠
Birkbeck academic awarded 2025 British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
Dr Daniel Yon, Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck, has been announced as a recipient of a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship.
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April 16, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Really delighted to have been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship by the @britishacademy.bsky.social , which I’ll be using to work on a new book about the human imagination 🧠
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How does uncertainty transmit from one head to another? Our new paper out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals how public communication alters private confidence.
w/ Einar Andreassen & @cdfrith.bsky.social
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
@leverhulme.ac.uk
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w/ Einar Andreassen & @cdfrith.bsky.social
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
@leverhulme.ac.uk
🧠📈
Public communication alters private confidence
Andreassen et al. demonstrate that confidence exhibited in public affects our private
assessment of confidence.
www.cell.com
March 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
How does uncertainty transmit from one head to another? Our new paper out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals how public communication alters private confidence.
w/ Einar Andreassen & @cdfrith.bsky.social
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
@leverhulme.ac.uk
🧠📈
w/ Einar Andreassen & @cdfrith.bsky.social
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
@leverhulme.ac.uk
🧠📈
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Do our social interactions influence what we become aware of?
In our❗new preprint❗@danieljamesyon.bsky.social and I delve into this question: asking whether joint decision making in a detection task can bias awareness reports.
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In our❗new preprint❗@danieljamesyon.bsky.social and I delve into this question: asking whether joint decision making in a detection task can bias awareness reports.
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February 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Do our social interactions influence what we become aware of?
In our❗new preprint❗@danieljamesyon.bsky.social and I delve into this question: asking whether joint decision making in a detection task can bias awareness reports.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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In our❗new preprint❗@danieljamesyon.bsky.social and I delve into this question: asking whether joint decision making in a detection task can bias awareness reports.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Really delighted to have received one of these awards from the Association for Psychological Science 🧠
Thanks to the APS, and to everyone in the Uncertainty Lab, at Birkbeck, and beyond for making our work possible!
@psychscience.bsky.social
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
Thanks to the APS, and to everyone in the Uncertainty Lab, at Birkbeck, and beyond for making our work possible!
@psychscience.bsky.social
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
Congratulations to the 2026 APS Spence Award Recipients! @dorsaamir.bsky.social, @williambrady.bsky.social, @esfinn.bsky.social, @andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social, @ycleong.bsky.social, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social,
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www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awar...
February 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Really delighted to have received one of these awards from the Association for Psychological Science 🧠
Thanks to the APS, and to everyone in the Uncertainty Lab, at Birkbeck, and beyond for making our work possible!
@psychscience.bsky.social
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
Thanks to the APS, and to everyone in the Uncertainty Lab, at Birkbeck, and beyond for making our work possible!
@psychscience.bsky.social
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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Last call for this PhD studentship! Deadline Sun 22nd Feb
I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of London
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 17, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Last call for this PhD studentship! Deadline Sun 22nd Feb
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3rd🚨new paper🚨this year! Here we're looking at the effects of targeted training on how L2 learners weight perceptual cues doi.org/10.1017/S136... @audioneurolab.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @ashleysymons.bsky.social, Yaoyao Ruan, Kazuya Saito, Fred Dick, @adamtierney.bsky.social 🧵1/5
Effects of targeted perceptual training on L2 suprasegmental weighting strategies | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition | Cambridge Core
Effects of targeted perceptual training on L2 suprasegmental weighting strategies
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February 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
3rd🚨new paper🚨this year! Here we're looking at the effects of targeted training on how L2 learners weight perceptual cues doi.org/10.1017/S136... @audioneurolab.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @ashleysymons.bsky.social, Yaoyao Ruan, Kazuya Saito, Fred Dick, @adamtierney.bsky.social 🧵1/5