Emma Palmer-Cooper
@dremmaclaire.bsky.social
Research Psychologist: mental health, thought processes & creativity 🩷Science comms & crochet 🧶 PhD, CPsychol,
Not a therapist.
Not a therapist.
Is all screentime bad?
Our latest paper found students who completed digital or paper colouring intervention reported lower perceptions of stress, and fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, alongside higher mindfulness and quality of life.
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Our latest paper found students who completed digital or paper colouring intervention reported lower perceptions of stress, and fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, alongside higher mindfulness and quality of life.
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2026/09/18/i...
https://emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2026/09/18/is-all-screen-time-bad/
September 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Is all screentime bad?
Our latest paper found students who completed digital or paper colouring intervention reported lower perceptions of stress, and fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, alongside higher mindfulness and quality of life.
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2026/09/18/i...
Our latest paper found students who completed digital or paper colouring intervention reported lower perceptions of stress, and fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, alongside higher mindfulness and quality of life.
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2026/09/18/i...
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Introducing my latest guest @dremmaclaire.bsky.social where we discuss her teaching and work in psychology #psychology #podcast #science #teaching #academia
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Sitting Down with Scholars 47
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Sitting Down with Scholars 47
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July 7, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Introducing my latest guest @dremmaclaire.bsky.social where we discuss her teaching and work in psychology #psychology #podcast #science #teaching #academia
full ep 👇
Sitting Down with Scholars 47
youtu.be/HQ5OE5hF2FM
askjordon.substack.com/p/sitting-do...
full ep 👇
Sitting Down with Scholars 47
youtu.be/HQ5OE5hF2FM
askjordon.substack.com/p/sitting-do...
Reposted by Emma Palmer-Cooper
New research from the IoPPN (Professors Emmanuelle Peters and Richard Emsley, Dr Amy Hardy, and Dr Hassan Jafari) and @maudsleynhs.bsky.social has found that trauma-focused therapy is safe and effective for people with psychosis and PTSD
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
Research shows trauma-focused therapy is safe and effective for people with psychosis and PTSD | King's College London
New research from the IoPPN published in The Lancet Psychiatry has found that people with psychosis experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can benefit from a Trauma-Focused therapy integra...
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June 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
New research from the IoPPN (Professors Emmanuelle Peters and Richard Emsley, Dr Amy Hardy, and Dr Hassan Jafari) and @maudsleynhs.bsky.social has found that trauma-focused therapy is safe and effective for people with psychosis and PTSD
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
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Voices In Psychology: Me and AI
Featuring Sarah Rudebeck, Rachel Francois-Walcott, @alererou.bsky.social and Steph Sayan, and Amy Moreno.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
With thanks to @dremmaclaire.bsky.social @ajohnstone.bsky.social
Featuring Sarah Rudebeck, Rachel Francois-Walcott, @alererou.bsky.social and Steph Sayan, and Amy Moreno.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
With thanks to @dremmaclaire.bsky.social @ajohnstone.bsky.social
Voices In Psychology: Me and AI | BPS
Reflections on how AI can support, but not replace, human care in psychology.
www.bps.org.uk
May 26, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Voices In Psychology: Me and AI
Featuring Sarah Rudebeck, Rachel Francois-Walcott, @alererou.bsky.social and Steph Sayan, and Amy Moreno.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
With thanks to @dremmaclaire.bsky.social @ajohnstone.bsky.social
Featuring Sarah Rudebeck, Rachel Francois-Walcott, @alererou.bsky.social and Steph Sayan, and Amy Moreno.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
With thanks to @dremmaclaire.bsky.social @ajohnstone.bsky.social
Our new paper is out today in on phantom phone signals!
Over 85% of students had experienced at least one type of phone-related hallucination but they generally weren’t upsetting or disruptive.
They’re mainly linked to problematic phone use, as well and proneness to hallucinations and delusions.
Over 85% of students had experienced at least one type of phone-related hallucination but they generally weren’t upsetting or disruptive.
They’re mainly linked to problematic phone use, as well and proneness to hallucinations and delusions.
May 11, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Our new paper is out today in on phantom phone signals!
Over 85% of students had experienced at least one type of phone-related hallucination but they generally weren’t upsetting or disruptive.
They’re mainly linked to problematic phone use, as well and proneness to hallucinations and delusions.
Over 85% of students had experienced at least one type of phone-related hallucination but they generally weren’t upsetting or disruptive.
They’re mainly linked to problematic phone use, as well and proneness to hallucinations and delusions.
Another excellent piece by @echrhallucinations.bsky.social member @georgiapunton.bsky.social
Reimagining imagination through the minds of fiction readers…
@georgiapunton.bsky.social (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University).
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@georgiapunton.bsky.social (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University).
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Reimagining imagination through the minds of fiction readers | BPS
Georgia Punton (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University).
www.bps.org.uk
April 20, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Another excellent piece by @echrhallucinations.bsky.social member @georgiapunton.bsky.social
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Reimagining imagination through the minds of fiction readers…
@georgiapunton.bsky.social (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University).
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@georgiapunton.bsky.social (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University).
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Reimagining imagination through the minds of fiction readers | BPS
Georgia Punton (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University).
www.bps.org.uk
April 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Reimagining imagination through the minds of fiction readers…
@georgiapunton.bsky.social (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University).
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@georgiapunton.bsky.social (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University).
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
This was such a fun article to write about Tulpamancers, based on our research as part of the @echrhallucinations.bsky.social and @theichr.bsky.social
‘Tulpas are not simply a companion imagined into being on a whim’
@dremmaclaire.bsky.social on tulpamancers.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@dremmaclaire.bsky.social on tulpamancers.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
‘Tulpas are not simply a companion imagined into being on a whim’ | BPS
Emma Palmer-Cooper on tulpamancers.
www.bps.org.uk
April 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
This was such a fun article to write about Tulpamancers, based on our research as part of the @echrhallucinations.bsky.social and @theichr.bsky.social
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‘They can turn a normal city street into a jungle'
Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Reshanne Reeder @kerblooee.bsky.social (University of Liverpool), who researches extremes of mental imagery, individual differences in mental imagery, and their impacts.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Reshanne Reeder @kerblooee.bsky.social (University of Liverpool), who researches extremes of mental imagery, individual differences in mental imagery, and their impacts.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
‘They can turn a normal city street into a jungle' | BPS
Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Reshanne Reeder (Lecturer in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Liverpool), who researches extremes of mental imagery, individual differences in mental imagery,...
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April 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
‘They can turn a normal city street into a jungle'
Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Reshanne Reeder @kerblooee.bsky.social (University of Liverpool), who researches extremes of mental imagery, individual differences in mental imagery, and their impacts.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Reshanne Reeder @kerblooee.bsky.social (University of Liverpool), who researches extremes of mental imagery, individual differences in mental imagery, and their impacts.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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'Why don’t we hallucinate every time we imagine?'
Ella Rhodes spoke to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social, a principal research fellow at the Department of Imaging Neuroscience (University College London), where she leads the Imagine Reality Lab.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Ella Rhodes spoke to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social, a principal research fellow at the Department of Imaging Neuroscience (University College London), where she leads the Imagine Reality Lab.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
'Why don’t we hallucinate every time we imagine?' | BPS
Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Nadine Dijkstra, a principal research fellow at the Department of Imaging Neuroscience (University College London), where she leads the Imagine Reality Lab.
www.bps.org.uk
April 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
'Why don’t we hallucinate every time we imagine?'
Ella Rhodes spoke to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social, a principal research fellow at the Department of Imaging Neuroscience (University College London), where she leads the Imagine Reality Lab.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Ella Rhodes spoke to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social, a principal research fellow at the Department of Imaging Neuroscience (University College London), where she leads the Imagine Reality Lab.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Reality shifting – at the boundaries of the brain.
@aldersonday.bsky.social explores extremes of the imagination…
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@aldersonday.bsky.social explores extremes of the imagination…
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Reality shifting – at the boundaries of the brain | BPS
Ben Alderson-Day explores extremes of the imagination…
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April 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Reality shifting – at the boundaries of the brain.
@aldersonday.bsky.social explores extremes of the imagination…
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@aldersonday.bsky.social explores extremes of the imagination…
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Does owning a cat negatively impact your wellbeing as a child?
I have been asked questions about this study that reports owning a cat between ages 4-5 might have a negative impact on emotions and behaviours by age 7.
Overall they found that pets overall are beneficial…
youtube.com/shorts/ni_VB...
I have been asked questions about this study that reports owning a cat between ages 4-5 might have a negative impact on emotions and behaviours by age 7.
Overall they found that pets overall are beneficial…
youtube.com/shorts/ni_VB...
Does owning a cat negatively impact your wellbeing as a child?
YouTube video by Dr Emma Claire
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April 15, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Does owning a cat negatively impact your wellbeing as a child?
I have been asked questions about this study that reports owning a cat between ages 4-5 might have a negative impact on emotions and behaviours by age 7.
Overall they found that pets overall are beneficial…
youtube.com/shorts/ni_VB...
I have been asked questions about this study that reports owning a cat between ages 4-5 might have a negative impact on emotions and behaviours by age 7.
Overall they found that pets overall are beneficial…
youtube.com/shorts/ni_VB...
Can you taste words or see music? Synesthesia is a condition where the senses mix - sounds might evoke shapes, or sight of letters might evoke colour. Affecting about 4% of people, it's a unique brain connection where one sense triggers an experience in another.
youtube.com/shorts/cjati...
youtube.com/shorts/cjati...
Can you taste words?
YouTube video by Dr Emma Claire
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April 14, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Can you taste words or see music? Synesthesia is a condition where the senses mix - sounds might evoke shapes, or sight of letters might evoke colour. Affecting about 4% of people, it's a unique brain connection where one sense triggers an experience in another.
youtube.com/shorts/cjati...
youtube.com/shorts/cjati...
In February, I had an incredible chance to learn from BBC broadcasters through #bbcexpertwomen my about becoming an expert commentator. I gained so much knowledge and even got to practice a TV sound bite – how did I do?
youtube.com/shorts/doiSq...
youtube.com/shorts/doiSq...
BBC expert women training
YouTube video by Dr Emma Claire
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April 13, 2026 at 8:03 AM
In February, I had an incredible chance to learn from BBC broadcasters through #bbcexpertwomen my about becoming an expert commentator. I gained so much knowledge and even got to practice a TV sound bite – how did I do?
youtube.com/shorts/doiSq...
youtube.com/shorts/doiSq...
More common hallucinations experiences to brighten up your feed!
Sleep-related hallucinations are know as Hypnogogic (falling asleep) & Hypnopompic (waking up).
There very common in the general population & don’t mean you’re experiencing a mental health problem.
youtube.com/shorts/lvM0Z...
Sleep-related hallucinations are know as Hypnogogic (falling asleep) & Hypnopompic (waking up).
There very common in the general population & don’t mean you’re experiencing a mental health problem.
youtube.com/shorts/lvM0Z...
If you’ve ever heard a voice or seen a figure while falling asleep or waking up, watch this!
YouTube video by Dr Emma Claire
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April 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
More common hallucinations experiences to brighten up your feed!
Sleep-related hallucinations are know as Hypnogogic (falling asleep) & Hypnopompic (waking up).
There very common in the general population & don’t mean you’re experiencing a mental health problem.
youtube.com/shorts/lvM0Z...
Sleep-related hallucinations are know as Hypnogogic (falling asleep) & Hypnopompic (waking up).
There very common in the general population & don’t mean you’re experiencing a mental health problem.
youtube.com/shorts/lvM0Z...
Have you hallucinated recently?
Research has suggested anywhere between 25% and 90% of people have had a phone related hallucination, known as a phantom phone signal, where they think their phone has made a notification sound or vibration and it actually hasn't!
youtube.com/shorts/LB_7w...
Research has suggested anywhere between 25% and 90% of people have had a phone related hallucination, known as a phantom phone signal, where they think their phone has made a notification sound or vibration and it actually hasn't!
youtube.com/shorts/LB_7w...
Have you hallucinated recently? #hallucination #phantomphonesignal
YouTube video by Dr Emma Claire
youtube.com
March 31, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Have you hallucinated recently?
Research has suggested anywhere between 25% and 90% of people have had a phone related hallucination, known as a phantom phone signal, where they think their phone has made a notification sound or vibration and it actually hasn't!
youtube.com/shorts/LB_7w...
Research has suggested anywhere between 25% and 90% of people have had a phone related hallucination, known as a phantom phone signal, where they think their phone has made a notification sound or vibration and it actually hasn't!
youtube.com/shorts/LB_7w...
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A recent paper asks whether we can flip the effects of uncertainty: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
Can reframing help people embrace diversity, rather than reject it? | BPS
A recent paper asks whether we can flip the effects of uncertainty.
www.bps.org.uk
March 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
A recent paper asks whether we can flip the effects of uncertainty: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
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New work could pave the way for objective assessment of cognitive fatigue across multiple conditions: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
Researchers identify biomarker of cognitive fatigue in multiple sclerosis and long Covid | BPS
New work could pave the way for objective assessment of cognitive fatigue across multiple conditions.
www.bps.org.uk
March 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
New work could pave the way for objective assessment of cognitive fatigue across multiple conditions: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
In a great #sirs2026 session about AI and ethical use in mental health care.
Loes Jonker explains that reality is ahead of research.
Whilst conversational AI CAN be useful for mental health support, commercial apps are often limited and prioritise extended use not therapeutic intervention.
Loes Jonker explains that reality is ahead of research.
Whilst conversational AI CAN be useful for mental health support, commercial apps are often limited and prioritise extended use not therapeutic intervention.
March 27, 2026 at 9:52 AM
In a great #sirs2026 session about AI and ethical use in mental health care.
Loes Jonker explains that reality is ahead of research.
Whilst conversational AI CAN be useful for mental health support, commercial apps are often limited and prioritise extended use not therapeutic intervention.
Loes Jonker explains that reality is ahead of research.
Whilst conversational AI CAN be useful for mental health support, commercial apps are often limited and prioritise extended use not therapeutic intervention.
Very interesting point by Dr Anne-Kathrin Fett, that people with psychosis like being alone a lot less than people without psychosis, but are alone more.
So more is needed to support social interactions and make welcoming people with psychosis to social spaces. #SIRS2026
So more is needed to support social interactions and make welcoming people with psychosis to social spaces. #SIRS2026
March 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Very interesting point by Dr Anne-Kathrin Fett, that people with psychosis like being alone a lot less than people without psychosis, but are alone more.
So more is needed to support social interactions and make welcoming people with psychosis to social spaces. #SIRS2026
So more is needed to support social interactions and make welcoming people with psychosis to social spaces. #SIRS2026
Are you interested in supporting research to develop a questionnaire assessing smartphone use?
Share your thoughts by taking part in the online study below:
southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Share your thoughts by taking part in the online study below:
southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 26, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Are you interested in supporting research to develop a questionnaire assessing smartphone use?
Share your thoughts by taking part in the online study below:
southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Share your thoughts by taking part in the online study below:
southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Symposium at #SIRS2026 on Responsible use of GenAI in psychosis.
Eric Lin presented a great paper & found users can enter lengthy spirals of conversation with chatbots where the validation from GenAI can lead to much longer conversation.
Preprint here arxiv.org/pdf/2603.16567
Eric Lin presented a great paper & found users can enter lengthy spirals of conversation with chatbots where the validation from GenAI can lead to much longer conversation.
Preprint here arxiv.org/pdf/2603.16567
arxiv.org
March 26, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Symposium at #SIRS2026 on Responsible use of GenAI in psychosis.
Eric Lin presented a great paper & found users can enter lengthy spirals of conversation with chatbots where the validation from GenAI can lead to much longer conversation.
Preprint here arxiv.org/pdf/2603.16567
Eric Lin presented a great paper & found users can enter lengthy spirals of conversation with chatbots where the validation from GenAI can lead to much longer conversation.
Preprint here arxiv.org/pdf/2603.16567
First session today at #SIRS2026 is a debate about Renaming Schizophrenia.
Dr Stefan Leucht argues yes, if we rename we can choose a name that is not stigmatised. Maybe Positive & Negative Syndrome?
Dr Wolfgang Gaebel says no. We’ve already renamed it multiple times!
What do you think?
Dr Stefan Leucht argues yes, if we rename we can choose a name that is not stigmatised. Maybe Positive & Negative Syndrome?
Dr Wolfgang Gaebel says no. We’ve already renamed it multiple times!
What do you think?
March 26, 2026 at 8:37 AM
First session today at #SIRS2026 is a debate about Renaming Schizophrenia.
Dr Stefan Leucht argues yes, if we rename we can choose a name that is not stigmatised. Maybe Positive & Negative Syndrome?
Dr Wolfgang Gaebel says no. We’ve already renamed it multiple times!
What do you think?
Dr Stefan Leucht argues yes, if we rename we can choose a name that is not stigmatised. Maybe Positive & Negative Syndrome?
Dr Wolfgang Gaebel says no. We’ve already renamed it multiple times!
What do you think?
If it wasn't for Right to Choose I would still be waiting.
Wondering what was wrong with me.
Nothing was.
I was grieving & managing motherhood, which made my attentional & emotional dysregulation even harder to manage.
I'm so angry for the people still waiting.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wondering what was wrong with me.
Nothing was.
I was grieving & managing motherhood, which made my attentional & emotional dysregulation even harder to manage.
I'm so angry for the people still waiting.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
ADHD services shutting door to new NHS patients as demand soars, BBC finds
A BBC investigation finds that a host of areas in England are closing waiting lists and others are rationing care.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 23, 2026 at 8:40 PM
If it wasn't for Right to Choose I would still be waiting.
Wondering what was wrong with me.
Nothing was.
I was grieving & managing motherhood, which made my attentional & emotional dysregulation even harder to manage.
I'm so angry for the people still waiting.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wondering what was wrong with me.
Nothing was.
I was grieving & managing motherhood, which made my attentional & emotional dysregulation even harder to manage.
I'm so angry for the people still waiting.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...