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Kathy Rastle @kathyrastle.bsky.social · 8d

** New ** Seeking Postdoctoral Research Fellow (3 yrs) for ESRC project on skilled reading in Arabic. Based in my lab at @rhulpsychology.bsky.social and collaborating with @denisdrieghe.bsky.social (Soton) and Sami Boudelaa (UAE). Please share! jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Applications are invited for a 3-year, full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London.This position is funded by an ESRC resear...

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alice-gregory.bsky.social @alice-gregory.bsky.social · 8d

This is how to #apologise according to #research.

@shirilevari.bsky.social @rhulpsychology.bsky.social

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The words that make an apology convincing | Psyche Notes to Self

Research on the psychology of apologising finds that certain word choices are more convincing because of their mental cost

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Ashley Symons @ashleysymons.bsky.social · 26d

📄 New paper out!

It’s long been known that listeners reweight acoustic cues in speech when cue reliability changes. Here @adamtierney.bsky.social, Kyle Jasmin, and I show that this can happen instantly after a single exposure to 'accented' speech. tinyurl.com/mwt6usdw

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Speech perception strategies shift instantly

To perceive speech listeners must decide how to prioritize information from multiple acoustic dimensions. Over the course of language learning, indivi…

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#EEGManyLabs @eegmanylabs.bsky.social · Aug 20

#EEGManyLabs website is now live: eegmanylabs.org
A home for our global effort to test the replicability of influential EEG findings, share resources, improve methods in cognitive neuroscience, and grow an open, connected community.

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 7

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

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Matteo Lisi @mlisi.bsky.social · Jun 25

Applications are OPEN for our MSc Applied Neuroscience! Lots of hands-on fMRI, TMS, VR, eyetracking & EEG training included.

#psychscisky 🧠📈 @rhulpsychology.bsky.social

a flyer with information about the neuroscience MSc program at Royal Holloway. The text states: "MSc Applied Neuroscience 2025
Turn cutting-edge brain science into real-world impact
• Hands-on training with fMRI, TMS, VR, EEG,
and eye-tracking data
• Taught by researchers from Royal Holloway
Dept of Psychology, Top 3 in the UK (REF 2021)
• Flexible: 1-year full-time or 2-year part-time
Apply by 20 Aug (International) / 29 Aug (UK)
Scan the QR code or visit
https://tinyurl.com/MScNeuro"

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Ashley Symons @ashleysymons.bsky.social · Jun 11

So great to have been part of this massive multi-lab replication effort with the brilliant Raha Razin, who led the charge on data collection for our lab!

Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · Jun 11

Once upon a time I couldn't replicate a published finding...and decided to do something about it.

Little did I know how long it would take to finish 😭...but here we are. I'm super proud of this paper and grateful to the other 68 (!) authors. ❤️

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How strong is the rhythm of perception? A registered replication of Hickok et al. (2015) | Royal Society Open Science

Our ability to predict upcoming events is a fundamental component of human cognition. One way in which we do so is by exploiting temporal regularities in sensory signals: the ticking of a clock, falli...

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Ashley Symons @ashleysymons.bsky.social · Mar 18

Another preprint out! This one with @adamtierney.bsky.social and Kyle Jasmin showing shifts speech cue weighting after a single trial osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Ashley Symons @ashleysymons.bsky.social · Mar 18

Super excited about our latest preprint looking at how salient features of continuous speech can distort perception of time ⏱️👂 osf.io/preprints/ps...

Adam Tierney @adamtierney.bsky.social · Mar 11

New preprint! When listeners’ predictions about upcoming speech sounds fail, the subjective passage of time slows down. This suggests that people make linguistic predictions even when ignoring speech and prediction errors capture attention. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Amina Memon @aminamemon.bsky.social · Jan 23

My final year #psychology students are looking for volunteers to help with their online research #juries
#virtualcourtrooms and #decision-making
-an important part of their degree studies 🎓 if you can help go to: bit.ly/42pXx8V

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Royal Holloway Psychology @rhulpsychology.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hello, Bluesky community!
We're thrilled to make our first post and what better way to debut than by announcing exciting news?

We are looking for a scholar to join us as a lecturer (full-time, research & teaching), starting 12 August 2025!

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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology

(Full-time, Permanent)Applications are invited for a post of Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, starting 12 August 2025. The post is open to ambitious, res...

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