Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
@sjblakemore.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience at Cambridge, FBA FMedSci FRS. Adolescent brain development. Views my own. Book: http://amazon.co.uk/dp/1784161349
Pinned
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
Reminder about a couple of free online R tutorials for beginners by Dr @emilyanntowner.bsky.social
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Tutorial - R for Beginners
YouTube video by Emily Towner
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February 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Reminder about a couple of free online R tutorials for beginners by Dr @emilyanntowner.bsky.social
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=boJs...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=boJs...
Fascinating article about men’s mental health, by Dr Stephen Blumenthal
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘They’re taught that showing feelings is shameful’: eight reasons men don’t go to therapy – and why they should
A clinical psychologist on why men still don’t seek help for their mental health
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Fascinating article about men’s mental health, by Dr Stephen Blumenthal
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
In Cambridge in the 1970s, my dad, Colin Blakemore, worked and lectured on sensitive periods of sensory development. In my Cambridge undergrad lectures on this topic, I show a clip from one of his TV shows, which describes sensitive periods for sound categorisation, and features Prof Janet Werker:
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 PM
In Cambridge in the 1970s, my dad, Colin Blakemore, worked and lectured on sensitive periods of sensory development. In my Cambridge undergrad lectures on this topic, I show a clip from one of his TV shows, which describes sensitive periods for sound categorisation, and features Prof Janet Werker:
Lovely winter Cambridge walk with @stepalminteri.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Lovely winter Cambridge walk with @stepalminteri.bsky.social
About time.
Government to drive action to improve children’s relationship with mobile phones and social media
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Government to drive action to improve children’s relationship with mobile phones and social media
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Government to drive action to improve children’s relationship with mobile phones and social media
Government launches consultation on children's social media use and bans phones in schools to protect young people's wellbeing and ensure safer online experiences.
www.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM
About time.
Government to drive action to improve children’s relationship with mobile phones and social media
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Government to drive action to improve children’s relationship with mobile phones and social media
www.gov.uk/government/n...
If only this one-star review of my book started half way through line 5.
Shout out to my science buddies 🤩
Shout out to my science buddies 🤩
January 19, 2026 at 9:44 PM
If only this one-star review of my book started half way through line 5.
Shout out to my science buddies 🤩
Shout out to my science buddies 🤩
Please follow me on Instagram, where I’ll be posting neuroscience-related content
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January 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Please follow me on Instagram, where I’ll be posting neuroscience-related content
www.instagram.com/sarahjaynebl...
www.instagram.com/sarahjaynebl...
Congratulations the @campsydept.bsky.social prize winners!
The Brenda Milner Prize 2025 was awarded to Dr @rakoenmaertens.bsky.social
The Anne Treisman Prize 2025 was awarded ex aequo to Dr David Young and Dr Chloe Austerberry.
See below for details:
www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/news/congrat...
The Brenda Milner Prize 2025 was awarded to Dr @rakoenmaertens.bsky.social
The Anne Treisman Prize 2025 was awarded ex aequo to Dr David Young and Dr Chloe Austerberry.
See below for details:
www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/news/congrat...
Congratulations to our departmental prize winners! | Department of Psychology
Congratulations to our researchers Dr Rakoen Maertens, Dr David Young and Dr Chloe Austerberry, whose outstanding research has made them the inaugural winners of two new awards in the Department of Ps...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Congratulations the @campsydept.bsky.social prize winners!
The Brenda Milner Prize 2025 was awarded to Dr @rakoenmaertens.bsky.social
The Anne Treisman Prize 2025 was awarded ex aequo to Dr David Young and Dr Chloe Austerberry.
See below for details:
www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/news/congrat...
The Brenda Milner Prize 2025 was awarded to Dr @rakoenmaertens.bsky.social
The Anne Treisman Prize 2025 was awarded ex aequo to Dr David Young and Dr Chloe Austerberry.
See below for details:
www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/news/congrat...
Reposted by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Transcribing interview with a great Parkinson’s scientist - love his advice to young researchers:
“Pick your area, stick with it, and accept that at some point in your life it will be flavour of the month, and at some point in your career, it will be ’I can't believe you're still working on that’”
“Pick your area, stick with it, and accept that at some point in your life it will be flavour of the month, and at some point in your career, it will be ’I can't believe you're still working on that’”
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Transcribing interview with a great Parkinson’s scientist - love his advice to young researchers:
“Pick your area, stick with it, and accept that at some point in your life it will be flavour of the month, and at some point in your career, it will be ’I can't believe you're still working on that’”
“Pick your area, stick with it, and accept that at some point in your life it will be flavour of the month, and at some point in your career, it will be ’I can't believe you're still working on that’”
Reposted by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Reposted by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Such an important article about loneliness in young adults
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
The surprising truth about who the loneliest generations are - BBC News
Conversations around it often focus on the elderly. But by some measures, people in their 20s are the loneliest group in Britain
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Such an important article about loneliness in young adults
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Reposted by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider your local hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
archive.is
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider your local hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Such an important article about loneliness in young adults
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
The surprising truth about who the loneliest generations are - BBC News
Conversations around it often focus on the elderly. But by some measures, people in their 20s are the loneliest group in Britain
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Such an important article about loneliness in young adults
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider your local hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
archive.is
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider your local hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
A must listen!
The wonderful Professor Mark Williams is interviewed on Leading podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social
Focusing on mindfulness, depression, faith and finding calm in the chaos
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The wonderful Professor Mark Williams is interviewed on Leading podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social
Focusing on mindfulness, depression, faith and finding calm in the chaos
open.spotify.com/episode/0hcn...
167. Faith, Depression, and Finding Calm in the Chaos (Professor Mark Williams)
Spotify video
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December 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A must listen!
The wonderful Professor Mark Williams is interviewed on Leading podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social
Focusing on mindfulness, depression, faith and finding calm in the chaos
open.spotify.com/episode/0hcn...
The wonderful Professor Mark Williams is interviewed on Leading podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social
Focusing on mindfulness, depression, faith and finding calm in the chaos
open.spotify.com/episode/0hcn...
Reposted by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Reposted by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
I was delighted to jointly win the Anne Treisman award 2025! For my paper on Bayesian polarisation, in Cognition: doi.org/10.1016/j.co... Thanks so much to @sjblakemore.bsky.social and the rest of the committee, and my co-authors @leede-wit.bsky.social and @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I was delighted to jointly win the Anne Treisman award 2025! For my paper on Bayesian polarisation, in Cognition: doi.org/10.1016/j.co... Thanks so much to @sjblakemore.bsky.social and the rest of the committee, and my co-authors @leede-wit.bsky.social and @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social
This year the University of Cambridge Department of Psychology created new prizes (for the best paper by a postdoc and by a PhD/MPhil student), both named after eminent psychologists who did their undergraduate degrees in the department.
See thread below for the 2025 winners!
See thread below for the 2025 winners!
December 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This year the University of Cambridge Department of Psychology created new prizes (for the best paper by a postdoc and by a PhD/MPhil student), both named after eminent psychologists who did their undergraduate degrees in the department.
See thread below for the 2025 winners!
See thread below for the 2025 winners!
What a fantastic portrait!
This week we were pleased to present our new portrait of Professor Hannah Fry by artist and winner of this year's Sky Arts #PortraitArtistOfTheYear Chloe Barnes.
Image: Hannah Fry, 2025 © Chloe Barnes https://royalsociety.org/news/2025/12/hannah-fry-portrait-sky-arts-portrait-artist-of-the-year/
Image: Hannah Fry, 2025 © Chloe Barnes https://royalsociety.org/news/2025/12/hannah-fry-portrait-sky-arts-portrait-artist-of-the-year/
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What a fantastic portrait!
A few weeks ago, it was my honour to give the The Leverhulme Trust Centenary Lecture, and you can hear it here if you're interested
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research of adolescence
media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research of adolescence
media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research on adolescence
On the occasion of the Leverhulme Trust’s centenary year, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore FBA FMedSci FRS, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge spoke on one hundred ...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A few weeks ago, it was my honour to give the The Leverhulme Trust Centenary Lecture, and you can hear it here if you're interested
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research of adolescence
media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research of adolescence
media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Reposted by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Pre-print link: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Thanks for the contribution of the co-authors @antoniahamilton.bsky.social and @sjblakemore.bsky.social
#socialcognition #sociallearning #socialcontingency #learning #teaching #conversationalanalysis #conversation
Thanks for the contribution of the co-authors @antoniahamilton.bsky.social and @sjblakemore.bsky.social
#socialcognition #sociallearning #socialcontingency #learning #teaching #conversationalanalysis #conversation
OSF
osf.io
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Pre-print link: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Thanks for the contribution of the co-authors @antoniahamilton.bsky.social and @sjblakemore.bsky.social
#socialcognition #sociallearning #socialcontingency #learning #teaching #conversationalanalysis #conversation
Thanks for the contribution of the co-authors @antoniahamilton.bsky.social and @sjblakemore.bsky.social
#socialcognition #sociallearning #socialcontingency #learning #teaching #conversationalanalysis #conversation
As the Government prepares to publish its Child Poverty Strategy, a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences and British Academy warns that without addressing the profound impacts of poverty on health outcomes, efforts to support children risk falling short.
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/de...
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‘Devastating’ health impacts of child poverty require action, Academy urges
acmedsci.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As the Government prepares to publish its Child Poverty Strategy, a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences and British Academy warns that without addressing the profound impacts of poverty on health outcomes, efforts to support children risk falling short.
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/de...
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/de...
Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence
Nice paper by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans & Susanne Schweizer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nice paper by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans & Susanne Schweizer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence
Nice paper by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans & Susanne Schweizer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nice paper by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans & Susanne Schweizer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...