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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · 3d

We are looking forward to our Visiting Day on Saturday and welcoming lots of guests and potential students to the University.

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 3d

It's that time of year when many start thinking about applying for PhDs. If you're applying for a UK PhD position, here is a blog post I wrote a while back that might be helpful

#cognition #psychscisky #neuroskyence #psychjobs

How to get PhD funding in the UK

It is that time of year again. The leaves are turning golden, red, and orange (or just brown), the nights are drawing in, and there is a chi...

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · 7d

Friday, 3 October 2025 at 1pm in Seminar Room 1. We are delighted to welcome Dr Wolf Huetteroth from University of Northumbria, who will be delivering a talk titled "Voluntary passive movement in flies appears to be play - what could it be good for? "

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Paul Gardner @plgstand.bsky.social · 16d

Big day out at the BPS Scottish Postgraduate Conference in Perth Concert Hall. @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social

A collection of St. Andrews Psychology and Neuroscience Masters students at Perth Concert Hall.

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 21d

Media coverage of research from Jamie Ainge's lab in @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scientists pinpoint the brain's internal mileage clock

They located this key area of function by recording the brain activity of running rats.

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · 24d

This group were really helpful and have lots of resources [email protected]

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · 25d

Day 1, Semester 1, 2025. Sun is shining in St. Andrews. Have a great first week!

Bishop Wardlaw statue in St. Mary's Quad, St. Andrews

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · 26d

Psychology and Neuroscience picnic in the quad with students from across the years is filling up.

Students on the lawn in the semi-sunshine

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University of St Andrews @uniofstandrews.bsky.social · 27d

St Andrews top in Scotland and second in the UK in the @theguardian.com University Guide 2026 🎉

Maths, History, and International Relations take the top spot in the new rankings with a further 16 subjects ranking in the top 10 🎉

Read more 👇

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#EverToExcel

Five smiling students in St Salvator's Quad at the University of St Andrews.

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · 29d

The welcome event in Psychology and Neuroscience is starting to fill up

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · Sep 7

I wouldn't have thought any of the traits are normally distributed and in a sample that size I would imagine that they are skewed to I wouldn't take z scores. My guess is that with a random sample 80% - personal opinion only!

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · Sep 7

A bit of a dreich day for the arrival of our students today. This afternoon we have the formal opening of the academic session with receptions for those are dropping their loved one(s) off into our safe hands.

School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · Sep 6

A nice day to arrive in St. Andrews so welcome (or welcome back). Don't worry, you don't need to make friends, you will discover them. A good start is to knock on your neighbour's door though.

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Jalal Khawaldeh @jalal-khawaldeh.bsky.social · Sep 4

New study reveals cognitive costs of LLM-assisted essay writing. EEG shows weaker brain connectivity in LLM users vs. Search Engine & Brain-only groups. LLM users also reported lower essay ownership & struggled with quoting. Findings urge caution in AI reliance in education
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

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Jasmin Abdel Ghany @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social · Sep 3

Two exciting PhD positions at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social on predicting health outcomes at the population level and natural language of health and social care! Apply to work in a wonderful team.

Charlie Rahal @crahal.com · Sep 1

🚨It's that exciting time of year!🚨

Our team has got TWO open DPhil (PhD) positions in #datascience + #health here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social for 2026🎉! See for details:

1️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/HDS_2026.html
2️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/pophealth_2026.html

Please share and help us to find our future teammates ❤️!

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm looking forward to talking to our entrant students on the Pathways programmes tomorrow www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/underg... My topic is "Hurdling for Beginners"

Supported pathways - Study at St Andrews - University of St Andrews

Gateway programmes offer a number of routes into specific science subjects, medicine (as an alternative to S6) or the Faculty of Arts.

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University of St Andrews @uniofstandrews.bsky.social · Sep 1

Orientation starts Mon 8 Sep. Joining us in St Andrews for the first time? Download the app👇

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We can't wait to meet new students & welcome back returners. Town's been too quiet without you. 😶

#EverToExcel

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Doherty Lab St Andrews @dohertyneurolab.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our PhD student Chloe O’Rourke also represented the @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social with a fab talk on leptin receptor clustering and motility at the plasma membrane #sng2025

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Doherty Lab St Andrews @dohertyneurolab.bsky.social · Aug 29

And we are finishing up with the keynote named after @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social Professor Keith Sillar who as always entertained us with his intro before a great talk from ex-St Andrean Prof Dave McLean #sng2025

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Doherty Lab St Andrews @dohertyneurolab.bsky.social · Aug 29

Lovely to see new colleague Su Han from @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social presenting at Scottish Neuroscience Dundee. Interesting work on functional imaging of hormone cycles

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · Aug 28

We are looking forward to attending www.bps.org.uk/event/scotti...

Scottish Branch Postgraduate Annual Conference 2025 | BPS

The event aims to bring together postgraduate research and postgraduate taught students, to share their research and find out about opportunities available post-graduation.

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · Aug 27

Course guides updated, rooms booked, Advisor training today, welcome email sent to entrant students, welcome back email sent to current students. Now what have I forgotten to do ...

School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · Aug 23

Two weeks to Orientation Week here in St. Andrews. If you or someone you know is joining us in Psychology and Neuroscience please feel free to connect and we will be happy to help if we can.

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social · Aug 14

A level results day. Congratulations to all who took part and if you got your expected grades or better that's great. There's more than one path if you didn't and your grades don't define you.

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TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social · Aug 13

📢📢 We are hiring 3 postdocs to join us in our new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research on an exciting new project to develop a strengths-based assessment toolkit to support neurodivergent children and young people:

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