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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · 9d

Today we had the launch event for our Centre for Brain & Behaviour! Lots of cool research from our PIs and contributions from companies, charities, and publishers. Great fruitful discussion and exchanges. Watch this space!

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luciecharlesneuro.bsky.social @luciecharlesneuro.bsky.social · 9d

At our launching event "Mind, Tech, and Wellbeing" for our new Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour at QMUL! Follow us on here @queenmarycbb.bsky.social to hear more about our research
@qmul.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Aug 24

On our way to #ECVP2025 for baby’s first conference! She’s pretty excited about it!

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Aug 12

Eye movements are cheap, right? Not necessarily! 💰 In our review just out in @natrevpsychol.nature.com, Alex Schütz and I discuss the different costs associated with making an eye movement, how these costs affect behaviour, and the challenges of measuring this… rdcu.be/eAm69 #visionscience #vision

A review of the costs of eye movements

Nature Reviews Psychology - Eye movements are the most frequent movements that humans make. In this Review, Schütz and Stewart integrate evidence regarding the costs of eye movements and...

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Jul 23

I hate having to do OS updates because of Teams 😭😭

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · Jun 29

Hello prospective postdocs interested in biological + artificial minds! The deadline for a postdoctoral position in my lab is on July 3rd! ---> up to 2 years (23 months... and there will be time to apply to a Marie Curie fellowship to extend, if you are eligible, or to other programmes) 🐣👾🤖

Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · Jun 2

Passionate about research on biological and artificial minds? my lab @preparedmindslab.bsky.social is hiring!
We are looking for a 2-year postdoctoral researcher interested in modelling and animal Cognition qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
write me for informal inquiries 🐣👾🤖

Postdoctoral Research Associate - QMUL Jobs

ID: 6167. Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Application Deadline:

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Jun 6

Worrying to see increasing levels of measles in parts of UK and Europe- if you are not vaccinated please do consider the MMR which is a safe way to prevent a potentially deadly disease

Measles warning to holidaymakers as cases rise across Europe

As the summer holiday season gets going, families are being warned of measles outbreaks in many popular European destinations, with vaccination rates in the UK still far below what experts advise.

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Sofie Cairo @cairosofie.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.

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ranimo.bsky.social @ranimo.bsky.social · Apr 24

Still time to apply (until 30/04)!! What are you waiting for?

ranimo.bsky.social @ranimo.bsky.social · Mar 26

⭐️PhD in Cognitive/Computational Psychology⭐️ Use Reinforcement Learning to study how mis/misinformation affects us. For full funding, one has to be eligible for UK home fees. Please Share!!
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social

Deadline: April 20. For more information:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Apr 8

I have a question - I am happy to buy a license for the lab, but do I need to buy a license for each of my lab members for personal devices (that we use for debugging etc)? This adds up to a lot of computers once we have multiple devices each (home and office), plus transient students!

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Apr 7

I saw the extension just as I was sitting down on Sunday night to write my abstract 😆. Phew!

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ranimo.bsky.social @ranimo.bsky.social · Mar 26

⭐️PhD in Cognitive/Computational Psychology⭐️ Use Reinforcement Learning to study how mis/misinformation affects us. For full funding, one has to be eligible for UK home fees. Please Share!!
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social

Deadline: April 20. For more information:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Mar 19

That psychometric function takes a certain type of skill…

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Masud Husain @masudhusain.bsky.social · Mar 6

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
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rachaelbedford.bsky.social @rachaelbedford.bsky.social · Feb 24

Advertising 2 new positions in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. A postdoc & an RA at Queen Mary University of London as part of our UKRI-funded Animating Minds Project. More details and how to apply here:
Postdoc: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLX749/p...
RA: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London

Apply now for the Postdoctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Feb 10

I love this video so much

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Feb 5

Can you add me please? :)

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Jan 25

I agree in theory, but it may disproportionately disadvantage “non-famous” researchers who aren’t invited to review in the first place. More famous or prestigious labs would bank more publishing credits easily, and smaller labs might struggle to get any…

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · Jan 1

Very sad to hear about the passing of Eileen Kowler, a true giant in the field of eye movements & their interaction with vision & cognitive processes. She helped me as a grad student & it was always wonderful to talk to her. Her body of work is foundational to our field. Thank you, Eileen.

Photo of Eileen from her Rutgers-New Brunswick faculty page

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Dec 30

Our 7th most-read article of the year...

"I have served as department chair for the past three years, an honor I was proud to take on, since it was my fault I didn’t find a hiding spot fast enough when we saw the dean coming."

A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester

Our 7th most-read article of 2024. - - -Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. ...

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Dec 12

I feel like the uni was optimistic putting out giant deck chairs in London in December….🤔

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Emily Colton (she/her) @ecoltonpsych.bsky.social · Nov 18

Is perceptual novelty important in your research? We created, standardised, and validated a database of truly novel perceptual stimuli (matched to BOSS objects on size, contrast, luminance & colourfulness) so you don't have to! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#cogpsy #psychology #EEG #neuroskyence

Standardised images of novel objects created with generative adversarial networks - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Standardised images of novel objects created with generative adversarial networks

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Oct 7

Are those your cats on it?

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Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Jul 10

Using a simple optical flow model, we can use geometrical regularities in objects to predict qualitatively distinct viewpoints. This works for familiar, symmetrical, novel, & asymmetrical objects! We can even predict where people will perceive the front to be on novel, meaningless objects!!

Emma E.M. Stewart @eemstewart.bsky.social · Jul 10

How can we decide which viewpoints of an object are qualitatively special? How do we know where the front is, for objects we've never seen before? In our new paper we provide a quantiative account of why some object viewpoints are qualitatively special.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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