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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

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/

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…

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Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social · Aug 28

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!

Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social · Aug 13

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.

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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Jul 30

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...

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…

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Annika Inampudi @annikainampudi.bsky.social · Jul 28

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...

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

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Emma James @emljames.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣 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

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jul 10

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...

• Discontinue the idea of introducing a levy on higher education provider income from international students.
• Reduce visa costs to ensure they are at least as competitive in cost as other leading science nations, and preferably have a target to become the mos competitive in the G7.
• Provide immediate clarity that the current time length for Indefinite Leave to Remain is kept in place for current and future Global Talent visa holders and their dependents.

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Dan Brierley @drdanbrierley.bsky.social · Jul 12

What's better than lab BBQ? Double BBQ with @drkatiegray.bsky.social lab too! #whenworldscollide

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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · Jul 7

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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Anastasia Christakou 💙 @christakou.bsky.social · Jun 27

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...

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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · Jun 3

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!

Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · Jun 3

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

Screenshot of a project featured in the Trust's 2024 Annual Review. Satellite image of Lake Victoria and Lake Turkana, forest clearly visible in green.

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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · May 20

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/

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…

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · May 10

Intriguing report of the thinking of the Universities Minister
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

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Dr Jud Lowes @judlowes.bsky.social · May 1

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...

A group of researchers standing outside a building. At first glance they look like different people because they have distinctive hairstyles and are wearing different clothes. But their faces are in fact identical and were generated by averaging many faces. This image illustrates how some people with face blindness (prosopagnosia) find it very difficult to tell faces apart despite seeing them clearly.

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UoR School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences @unirdg-psych.bsky.social · Apr 28

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

SPCLS Centenary Bursary

Find out more about the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences centenary bursary.

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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · Apr 25

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...

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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · Apr 25

This is so cool!

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Fang Liu @fangliu.bsky.social · Apr 16

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...

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Nadja Althaus @nadjaalthaus.bsky.social · Apr 11

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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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Apr 11

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...

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...

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Lizzie Bradford @lizziebradford.bsky.social · Apr 7

Very excited for the next @exppsychsoc.bsky.social meeting taking place in Dundee this July! UK abstract portals open *today* (7th April), 10am 😄

The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Apr 4

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/

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

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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Mar 31

Later this week is #EPSLancaster25! ☀️🧠😎

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 …

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Dr James Dunn @jamesdunn.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨 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...

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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · Mar 25

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!

Carien van Reekum @carien.bsky.social · Mar 25

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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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Feb 17

The meeting programme for EPS Lancaster in April is now live!

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

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Carien van Reekum @carien.bsky.social · Mar 1

Register now for the 14th annual Reading Emotions on 26-27 June with a stellar interdisciplinary line-up of speakers to discuss “Facial expressions of emotion”. Submit abstracts for short talks and apply for travel grants sites.google.com/site/reading.... We look forward to seeing you at #ReadEmo25

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