Katie Gray
@drkatiegray.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Reading. Interested in face processing, emotional expressions, and visual perception. EPS committee member.
In a new paper (with @kayritchie.bsky.social, Eilidh Noyes, Carl Bunce and Josh Davis) we investigated AI-face detection in super-recognisers and typical-ability participants, both with and without a short training procedure. See the link below for the results!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Training human super-recognizers’ detection and discrimination of AI-generated faces | Royal Society Open Science
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) can create realistic synthetic faces, which
have the potential to be used for nefarious purposes. The synthetic faces produced
by GANs are difficult to detect an...
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In a new paper (with @kayritchie.bsky.social, Eilidh Noyes, Carl Bunce and Josh Davis) we investigated AI-face detection in super-recognisers and typical-ability participants, both with and without a short training procedure. See the link below for the results!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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So excited about a Special Issue we are co-editing in @therealspr.bsky.social 's journal Psychophysiology on Physiological and Neurophysiological Synchronisation between individuals – Methodological Approaches and Evaluations. Please spread the word & submit by 28 February 2026
tinyurl.com/ywjjxkbt
tinyurl.com/ywjjxkbt
<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
<em>Psychophysiology</em> is a human neuroscience journal covering research on the interrelationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of brain and behavior.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So excited about a Special Issue we are co-editing in @therealspr.bsky.social 's journal Psychophysiology on Physiological and Neurophysiological Synchronisation between individuals – Methodological Approaches and Evaluations. Please spread the word & submit by 28 February 2026
tinyurl.com/ywjjxkbt
tinyurl.com/ywjjxkbt
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TL:DR we'd like universities to collaborate and specialise, so they can contribute to economic growth rather than go bust
October 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
TL:DR we'd like universities to collaborate and specialise, so they can contribute to economic growth rather than go bust
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The next EPS scientific meeting will be held at University College London, between 7th – 9th January 2026.
The portals for this meeting will open on Monday (8th September) at 10am (UK time)!
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
The portals for this meeting will open on Monday (8th September) at 10am (UK time)!
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: University College London. 7th – 9th January 2026. This meeting will include the 54th EPS Bartlett Prize Lecture by Matthew Botvinick (with an accompanying symposium organised by Patri…
eps.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The next EPS scientific meeting will be held at University College London, between 7th – 9th January 2026.
The portals for this meeting will open on Monday (8th September) at 10am (UK time)!
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
The portals for this meeting will open on Monday (8th September) at 10am (UK time)!
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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Reminder that we're looking for a Post Doc and the deadline is looming (Sept 5th). If you are interested, please get in touch. If you see this, please repost it to that it is seen by potential applicants!
Job Alert!!! We are looking for a motivated postdoc to join a 3-year BBSRC funded project led by my colleague Carl Stevenson (I’m coPI). This multi-disciplinary project will combine in vivo heart rate monitoring and optogenetics with behavioural testing (fear and active avoidance) in rats.
August 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Reminder that we're looking for a Post Doc and the deadline is looming (Sept 5th). If you are interested, please get in touch. If you see this, please repost it to that it is seen by potential applicants!
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We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for @qjep.bsky.social, to lead a team of associate editors and manage the journal.
The new EiC will start shadowing the current role from July 2026 and will take over fully in January 2027. The term is initially for 4 years.
eps.ac.uk/an-open-call...
The new EiC will start shadowing the current role from July 2026 and will take over fully in January 2027. The term is initially for 4 years.
eps.ac.uk/an-open-call...
An Open Call for the next Editor-in-Chief of QJEP.
We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, to lead a team of associate editors and manage the journal. The current Editor-in-Chief is Professor An…
eps.ac.uk
July 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for @qjep.bsky.social, to lead a team of associate editors and manage the journal.
The new EiC will start shadowing the current role from July 2026 and will take over fully in January 2027. The term is initially for 4 years.
eps.ac.uk/an-open-call...
The new EiC will start shadowing the current role from July 2026 and will take over fully in January 2027. The term is initially for 4 years.
eps.ac.uk/an-open-call...
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Seeing is believing, especially for your immune system. A new study shows that watching visibly sick people approach you in VR can trigger immune responses the same way a vaccine does @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Looking at a sick person in VR can rev up our bodies’ immune systems
New study provides “remarkable” glimpse into how the brain predicts potential infections
www.science.org
July 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Seeing is believing, especially for your immune system. A new study shows that watching visibly sick people approach you in VR can trigger immune responses the same way a vaccine does @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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We are calling on the UK Government to not introduce a levy on higher education provider income from international students, reduce visa costs to attract global talent, and to review higher education funding to create a sustainable model
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
July 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We are calling on the UK Government to not introduce a levy on higher education provider income from international students, reduce visa costs to attract global talent, and to review higher education funding to create a sustainable model
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
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What's better than lab BBQ? Double BBQ with @drkatiegray.bsky.social lab too! #whenworldscollide
July 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What's better than lab BBQ? Double BBQ with @drkatiegray.bsky.social lab too! #whenworldscollide
Excited to see our new paper is now published - on emotion perception in dyads: rdcu.be/etta6. With the wonderful Mahsa Barzy and Rich Cook, and funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk
Dyad Arrangement Affects Perceived Valence Intensity
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July 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Excited to see our new paper is now published - on emotion perception in dyads: rdcu.be/etta6. With the wonderful Mahsa Barzy and Rich Cook, and funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk
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Thank you to all you participated in this year's edition of Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25.
@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year!
sites.google.com/site/reading...
@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year!
sites.google.com/site/reading...
June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thank you to all you participated in this year's edition of Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25.
@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year!
sites.google.com/site/reading...
@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year!
sites.google.com/site/reading...
The Leverhulme Trust supports blue skies research across an impressive range of topics, and I’m very lucky that our project is one of them!
The Trust's 2024 Annual Review is now available online. The fantastic spread of projects featured provides a glimpse into the research we support across the disciplines.
Read now: leverhulme.ac.uk/annual-review
Read now: leverhulme.ac.uk/annual-review
June 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Leverhulme Trust supports blue skies research across an impressive range of topics, and I’m very lucky that our project is one of them!
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In July, we will be travelling to Dundee for our joint scientific meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, which will include many prize talks, symposia, posters and much, much more!
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: University of Dundee. 8th – 11th July 2025. This will be a joint meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), and will include the 53rd B…
eps.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In July, we will be travelling to Dundee for our joint scientific meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, which will include many prize talks, symposia, posters and much, much more!
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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Intriguing report of the thinking of the Universities Minister
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
Universities have ‘lost sight of responsibility over public money’
Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Intriguing report of the thinking of the Universities Minister
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
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New paper out. We asked 29 people with developmental #prosopagnosia (face blindness) what it was like living with the condition and also analysed their objective scores on lab tests of face recognition dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
May 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New paper out. We asked 29 people with developmental #prosopagnosia (face blindness) what it was like living with the condition and also analysed their objective scores on lab tests of face recognition dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Our £2,000 Centenary Bursary + £2,000 fee reduction help one eligible student from an under-represented group join a Psychology Master’s at the University of Reading.
Let’s break barriers together! bit.ly/4jrx8NP
#Psychology #AcademicSky #masters #furtherEducation #furtherStudy #UoR #bursary
Let’s break barriers together! bit.ly/4jrx8NP
#Psychology #AcademicSky #masters #furtherEducation #furtherStudy #UoR #bursary
SPCLS Centenary Bursary
Find out more about the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences centenary bursary.
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April 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Our £2,000 Centenary Bursary + £2,000 fee reduction help one eligible student from an under-represented group join a Psychology Master’s at the University of Reading.
Let’s break barriers together! bit.ly/4jrx8NP
#Psychology #AcademicSky #masters #furtherEducation #furtherStudy #UoR #bursary
Let’s break barriers together! bit.ly/4jrx8NP
#Psychology #AcademicSky #masters #furtherEducation #furtherStudy #UoR #bursary
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How does the scientist in your skull invent the world you live in? 🧠
As part of Birkbeck's Science Week, on Mon 9th June I'll be talking about my upcoming book "A Trick of The Mind", w/ @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social's @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social
More below! 👇
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
As part of Birkbeck's Science Week, on Mon 9th June I'll be talking about my upcoming book "A Trick of The Mind", w/ @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social's @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social
More below! 👇
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
April 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
How does the scientist in your skull invent the world you live in? 🧠
As part of Birkbeck's Science Week, on Mon 9th June I'll be talking about my upcoming book "A Trick of The Mind", w/ @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social's @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social
More below! 👇
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
As part of Birkbeck's Science Week, on Mon 9th June I'll be talking about my upcoming book "A Trick of The Mind", w/ @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social's @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social
More below! 👇
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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We are delighted to share that our work on emotion recognition in #autism, published in Autism Research, has ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal in 2023. First author is the wonderful @florenceynleung.bsky.social. #TopViewedArticle @erc.europa.eu #EUfunded
Emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder across age groups: A cross‐sectional investigation of various visual and auditory communicative domains
Autistic individuals often have difficulties with recognizing emotions, but it is unclear whether this is the case for different age cohorts and across different stimulus domains. We examined recogni...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We are delighted to share that our work on emotion recognition in #autism, published in Autism Research, has ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal in 2023. First author is the wonderful @florenceynleung.bsky.social. #TopViewedArticle @erc.europa.eu #EUfunded
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Our new paper is just out in Behavior Research Methods! tinyurl.com/54jutzvd - with Louise Ewing, @ekfarran.bsky.social, Michael Papasavva, Ines Mares & @marielsmith8.bsky.social . We present data from 607 children aged 5-12 completing the Cambridge Face Memory Test for Children... 1/3
Exploring the development of face recognition across childhood via logistic mixed-effects modelling of the standardised Cambridge Face Memory Test - Behavior Research Methods
Individual differences in face identity recognition abilities are present across the lifespan but require developmentally differentiated methods of assessment. Here, we examine the empirical validity ...
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April 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Our new paper is just out in Behavior Research Methods! tinyurl.com/54jutzvd - with Louise Ewing, @ekfarran.bsky.social, Michael Papasavva, Ines Mares & @marielsmith8.bsky.social . We present data from 607 children aged 5-12 completing the Cambridge Face Memory Test for Children... 1/3
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Could you do with £10k for some humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small grants. These are assessed using partial randomisation - after applications meet our quality threshold awards are allocated at random, reducing bias
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
April 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Could you do with £10k for some humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small grants. These are assessed using partial randomisation - after applications meet our quality threshold awards are allocated at random, reducing bias
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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Very excited for the next @exppsychsoc.bsky.social meeting taking place in Dundee this July! UK abstract portals open *today* (7th April), 10am 😄
EPS Meeting: University of Dundee. 8th – 11th July 2025.
A joint meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS).
Submission portals for this meeting will open at 10am (UK Time) on April 7th 2025 for a minimum of 24 hours.
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
A joint meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS).
Submission portals for this meeting will open at 10am (UK Time) on April 7th 2025 for a minimum of 24 hours.
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: University of Dundee. 8th – 11th July 2025. This will be a joint meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), and will include the 53rd B…
eps.ac.uk
April 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Very excited for the next @exppsychsoc.bsky.social meeting taking place in Dundee this July! UK abstract portals open *today* (7th April), 10am 😄
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Later this week is #EPSLancaster25! ☀️🧠😎
For all the up to date information, please check our website.
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
For all the up to date information, please check our website.
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …
eps.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Later this week is #EPSLancaster25! ☀️🧠😎
For all the up to date information, please check our website.
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
For all the up to date information, please check our website.
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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🚨 UNSW Face Lab is hiring 3-year post-doc 🚨 Please repost and contact David White for informal enquiries external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
March 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
🚨 UNSW Face Lab is hiring 3-year post-doc 🚨 Please repost and contact David White for informal enquiries external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
Looking for a new job? Come join us at UoR! 4 posts in psychology, including a Chair in Neuroscience. Happy to chat about Reading, the University, and the School- just get in touch!
Exciting news: we’re hiring! Chair in (Cognitive) Neuroscience and up to 3 Assistant Prof posts. Contact @christakou.bsky.social or myself for Neuro inquiries. See tinyurl.com/uuunhsnm for Chair details, and tinyurl.com/mrxnszzw to apply for Assistant Prof. Join us!
Professor in Neuroscience:Whiteknights Reading UK
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March 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Looking for a new job? Come join us at UoR! 4 posts in psychology, including a Chair in Neuroscience. Happy to chat about Reading, the University, and the School- just get in touch!