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Rosie Davis @rosiedavis.bsky.social · 12d

Such a pleasure to present the current #PositiveBalance work developed in collaboration with @jieyinghuang.bsky.social and other key collaborators at QMUL, English National Ballet School and Royal Ballet School for the Linda Hamilton Symposium at #IADMS2025 in Las Vegas. #DancerWellbeing

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · 14d

Don't miss our @rosiedavis.bsky.social Presenting #PositiveBalance at the Hamilton Symposium #IADMS2025
#Dance #Wellbeing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5mG...

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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · 23d

Congrats to @rosiedavis.bsky.social & the Positive Balance project team, chosen from 100+ applicants for the Linda & William Hamilton Dance Wellness Symposium! Rosie will receive a travel grant to attend the 35th #IADMS Annual Conference in Las Vegas next week #DancerWellbeing #PositivePsychology

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · 21d

yes, we have new crispy evidence of crossmodal matching in tortoises just off the press!

"Crossmodal Pitch−Luminance Association in Tortoises"
How do you like our visual abstract?

🎶🎵🐢 🎶⬜ 🐢 🎶 ⬛
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

cc @queenmarycbb.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · 26d

#ICDL2025
Don't miss Zhengqi Chen @zhengqichen.bsky.social on 16 Sept at 11:45 "Exploring Tactile Perception for Object Localization in Granular Media: A Human and Robotic Study"
@ieee-icdl.bsky.social

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Rosie Davis @rosiedavis.bsky.social · Sep 8

Come and see me and my poster ‘Positive Balance: a psychoeducational programme for adolescent wellbeing based on positive psychology’ at the #IEPA15 on Wednesday at 1pm. You can find me at poster board 114. #PositivePsychology #EarlyIntervention

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · Aug 27

well done Rosie @rosiedavis.bsky.social !!! very proud to see you making new connections and showcasing the science done in colaboration with @jieyinghuang.bsky.social and other collaborators!

Rosie Davis @rosiedavis.bsky.social · Aug 27

You can find me at poster number 63 at 2:30pm #ECDP2025

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · Aug 26

Don't miss @rosiedavis.bsky.social
Positive Balance: a short psychoeducational programme for adolescent wellbeing based on positive psychology
#ECDP2025 #posterSession2 14:30-15:30
European Conference on Developmental Psychology

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · Aug 26

brilliant experimental day for all the @preparedmindslab.bsky.social team today, and in particular for @antorrisi.bsky.social , @juechen.bsky.social and #chick_12 , who found new feedback systems very engaging! stay tuned for more details...

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · Aug 14

Our team has two fully-funded @MitacsCanada Globalink Research Internships for Summer 2026.

Application deadline: 17 Sept 2025

Apply at: https://bit.ly/3UZw8Wj

More about our team here: https://bit.ly/4mHxlgY

Details of projects: https://bit.ly/3JfaTNM

Please RT!

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Male zebra finch building a nest in the Animal Cognition Research Group laboratory

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · Jul 31

missing our #tortoise 🐢 studies?
our new preprint here:
"Sex, not familiarity, shapes social interactions in adult tortoises
(Testudo hermanni)"
with @silviadamini.bsky.social , me and #gionataStancher at #SperimentArea
#reptile #social #testudo

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · Jul 29

our first work on #danceScience and #cognitiveLoad out as a preprint! "Enhancing dance learning by reducing cognitive load: A preregistered study on the effect of dancers’ viewing perspective and expertise" osf.io/preprints/ps...
co-led with Manuela #Angioi , with great collaborators worldwide

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · Jul 8

interesting study on ravens' mobbing shows plasticity of antipredator behavior across offspring development!
Led by alumna @silviadamini.bsky.social at Bugnyar lab !
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-025-01976-9
🪶 👍 #womenSTEM

When to mob? plasticity of antipredator behavior in common ravens’ families (Corvus corax) across offspring development - Animal Cognition

The ability to respond appropriately to predators is essential for survival. Because response options vary with predation context, anti-predator behavior is often flexible, context dependent and shape...

link.springer.com

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · Jun 24

exciting transatlantic collaboration with @debivort.bsky.social to develop and model how multiple innate biases can support adaptive decisions when newborn animals (and next AI?) have multiple soft biases osf.io/preprints/os... .
Feedback welcome: check our preprint! 🐣 🤖 🐝 👾 🧮 🐑

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · Jun 12

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · Jun 12

This week for QMUL's #FestivalofEducation, the fantastic masters student Jane O’Sullivan presented a poster on #PositiveBalance using #PositivePsychology and #DigitalTechnologies to support adolescent wellbeing ⭐

@elisabettaversace.bsky.social @jieyinghuang.bsky.social @rosiedavis.bsky.social

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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · Jun 3

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Drosophila Genetic Database

The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · May 31

Some recent work of our lab on the origins of cognition / knowledge . We leveraged early skills of 🐣 to understand how minds learn, generaliae and solve the problem of induction www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Spontaneous biases enhance generalization in the neonate brain

Neuroscience; Developmental biology; Computing methodology

www.cell.com

Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · May 12

for the #mentalHealthAwarenessWeek our Brilliant @rosiedavis.bsky.social and @jieyinghuang.bsky.social present #PositiveBalance, a positive psychology programme to promote wellbeing in young dancers! 🎥 🎈🩰 ✨😀 🤗
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5mG...

@queenmarycbb.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social

Positive Balance: a positive psychology programme to promote wellbeing in young dancers.

YouTube video by PreparedMindsLab

www.youtube.com

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · Apr 17

The #chick 🐣 @preparedmindslab.bsky.social is back!
Here @antorrisi.bsky.social @robynroachneuro.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social and @juechen.bsky.social at the end of the first day of data collection in the newly refurbished lab. Collab @emmanouilb.bsky.social + #kasparAlthoefer #QMUL

4 researchers at the #chick 🐣 @preparedmindslab.bsky.social in the lab, with on the background experimental arenas, monitors that show the choice setting for newly hatched chicks. researachers feature a sponatenous smile after their team work.
from left to right @antorrisi.bsky.social @robynroachneuro.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social and @juechen.bsky.social at the end of the first day of data collection in the newly refurbished lab.

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · Mar 30

2/2 I will discuss also 🐣 newborn #gravity expectations royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
and newborn crossmodal matching
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
please join us at 10:00 Gran Ballroom at @cnsmtg.bsky.social
and contribute to the discussion!

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · Mar 30

our #CNS25 @cnsmtg.bsky.social Symposium 31 March
at 10:00. "Nature and nurture revisited: new insights about core knowledge and visual development across cognitive systems"
With #GabrielKreiman @elisabettaversace.bsky.social @tomerullman.bsky.social #JuditGervain #MargeLivingstone
👶 🐣 🐀🐒 🤖 🖥️ 1/2

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · Mar 25

Robyn Roach @robynroachneuro.bsky.social
Alex Benedict Davidson @alexdqm.bsky.social
Charlotte Evans @asabeducation.bsky.social.

@queenmarycbb.bsky.social

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Prepared Minds Lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social · Mar 25

Alex and Robyn had an amazing day engaging the children of Wapping High School in the fascinating world of animal behaviour! @asabeducation.bsky.social #nationalscienceweek #animalbehaviour #outreach

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ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · Mar 19

What a great day at Wapping High School. Fantastic support from Robyn and Alex of QMUL @preparedmindslab.bsky.social scientists. There were lots and lots of engaged young people, who were absolutely as clever as crows!

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