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Emma Palmer-Cooper
@dremmaclaire.bsky.social
Research Psychologist: mental health, thought processes & creativity 🩷Science comms & crochet 🧶 PhD, CPsychol,
Not a therapist.
The best improvements were in emotional wellbeing, personal fulfilment, quality of life, social-emotional support, spiritual fulfilment, and self-care.
September 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Thanks for having me!
July 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Phantom Phone Signals are so common!
YouTube video by Dr Emma Claire
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May 11, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Reposted by Emma Palmer-Cooper
Reimagining imagination through the minds of fiction readers…
@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).
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April 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Reposted by Emma Palmer-Cooper
‘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.
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‘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
Reposted by Emma Palmer-Cooper
'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.
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'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.
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April 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
They found something about cats during those specific ages had a slight negative effect.
The study didn't go into specifics like pet loss or ownership details so they didn’t have many explanations for why this might be. Nonetheless, pet ownership is generally shown to be beneficial for wellbeing!
April 15, 2026 at 10:53 AM
I was talking about this paper which said that cat ownership was linked to worst mental health in younger children.
📖 González et al (2025) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Impact of pet ownership in early childhood at ages 1 and 4–5 years on mental health at ages 7–8: findings from the INMA project - World Journal of Pediatrics
Background We aimed to explore associations between the presence of pets at one and 4–5 years of age with internalizing and externalizing problems at 7–8 years. Methods Participants comprised 1893 fam...
link.springer.com
April 13, 2026 at 8:03 AM