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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · 18d

Huge congratulations!

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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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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks! 🖤

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Aug 1

If you are interested in what might happen to the neural responses during the same task in a sample of people with chronic hand-based pain, then even though this study was conducted after the one in the first post, that paper is already out (...because publishing):

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Screenshot of the abstract of the paper, which can be found at the link in the post

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Aug 1

This paper was a long bit of work, but with the help of co-authors @cejpreston.bsky.social, @bakerdh.bsky.social, and @mcfrenzie.bsky.social it is finally out!

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Aug 1

The final paper from my PhD has been published!

doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Interested in illusory resizing and neural responses? Take a look at the abstract below!

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Lydia Munns @lydiamunns.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨New Paper!🚨

Interoceptive and exteroceptive pregnant bodily experiences and postnatal well-being: A network analysis.

A huge thanks to all who made this paper possible - Dr Catherine Preston, Dr Maryann Noonan & Dr Daniele Romano

bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · Jul 4

Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄

This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc

Let’s take a look….👀

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Daily Mail headline:
Migrants who cross the Channel into the UK 'are 24 times more
likely to go to prison than Brits'

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Yamil Vidal @yamilvidal.bsky.social · Jun 12

Next week I'll give a talk at @oxcin.bsky.social, sharing the Open Science practices that we implemented at @ArcCogitate. It will be possible to attend online.

Thanks Tara Ghafari for your invitation 🧠

www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/events/open_...

Open Science in the wild: A first-hand account from the COGITATE consortium

www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · Apr 22

Two weeks to go until our next discussion event, 'Registered Reports and the future of peer review', w/ Prof Chris Chambers (Cardiff), Prof Emma Marsden @uoyeducation.bsky.social and @emmacsullivan.bsky.social

Tue 6 May, 12-1.30pm 📅
Online and open to all 👍
Details 👉 uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/3YOlGQ

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Leah Banellis @leahbanellis.bsky.social · Mar 19

Is interoceptive sensing unified across internal organs? 🫀🫁 Our high-powered psychophysical study (N=241) suggests not. Bayesian evidence indicates interoceptive processes are largely modality-specific—challenging the idea of a unitary interoceptive sense.
🔗 Read here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Mothers in Science @mothersinsci.bsky.social · Mar 18

Our research shows that ~50% of mothers globally decline at least half of opportunities to participate in conferences after becoming parents (N=3995). We understand the barriers and are offering Travel Grants to help overcome these challenges.
Apply now - deadline 31st March!
shorturl.at/gnCU2

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Mar 5

Really interesting read @gburton221.bsky.social, especially the point about water weight and menstrual phase!

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Matt Roser @mattroser.bsky.social · Mar 3

Please RT and alert potential candidates. This is a great opportunity to push forward #myopia research using MR imaging of the eye and #machinelearning. #neuroskyence #MRI #PhD

Brain Research and Imaging Centre, Plymouth @bricplymouth.bsky.social · Mar 3

PhD ALERT!!!! #neuroskyence #neuroscience #myopia
Developing a data science pipeline to extract high resolution models of eyes from MRI scans. Applications are invited for a 3.5-year EPSRC funded UDLA PhD studentship, starting on 1 October 2025. www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

Developing a data science pipeline to extract high resolution models of eyes from MRI scans

University of Plymouth: EPSRC funded UDLA PhD studentship: Developing a data science pipeline to extract high resolution models of eyes from MRI scans.

www.plymouth.ac.uk

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Brain Research and Imaging Centre, Plymouth @bricplymouth.bsky.social · Mar 3

PhD ALERT!!!! #neuroskyence #neuroscience #myopia
Developing a data science pipeline to extract high resolution models of eyes from MRI scans. Applications are invited for a 3.5-year EPSRC funded UDLA PhD studentship, starting on 1 October 2025. www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

Developing a data science pipeline to extract high resolution models of eyes from MRI scans

University of Plymouth: EPSRC funded UDLA PhD studentship: Developing a data science pipeline to extract high resolution models of eyes from MRI scans.

www.plymouth.ac.uk

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Feb 28

Co-authors: @annacrossland.bsky.social, @bakerdh.bsky.social, @cejpreston.bsky.social, & @mcfrenzie.bsky.social.

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Feb 28

Please do read the paper for more detail about these recommendations!

All recommendations are based on qualitative and quantitative data from participants with chronic pain conditions living in the UK when asked about barriers and facilitators to non-pharmaceutical research engagement.

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Feb 28

We have created a little infographic showing 13 recommendations from our recent paper (doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...) about ways to improve the participant's experience when taking part in chronic pain research!

It is often not possible to include all recommendations, but several are easily implemented!

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Kirsten McKenzie @mcfrenzie.bsky.social · Feb 5

Delighted our research on resizing illusions as non-pharmaceutical pain relief is now available! We explored how illusions modulate pain perception, using EEG. Open access with data available too, because research should be accessible to everyone.

#ChronicPain #OpenScience

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Illusory finger stretching and somatosensory responses in participants with chronic hand-based pain

Current pharmaceutical interventions for chronic pain are reported to be minimally effective, leading researchers to investigate non-pharmaceutical avenues for chronic pain treatment. One such avenue ...

doi.org

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Feb 5

Co-authors: @bakerdh.bsky.social, @mcfrenzie.bsky.social & @cejpreston.bsky.social

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Feb 5

Our new paper is out in @plosone.org!

We looked at what happens in the brain when people with chronic hand-based pain experience resizing illusions.

No evidence of SSEP changes were found, but several participants experienced clinically meaningful (>30%) pain reductions!

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Illusory finger stretching and somatosensory responses in participants with chronic hand-based pain

Current pharmaceutical interventions for chronic pain are reported to be minimally effective, leading researchers to investigate non-pharmaceutical avenues for chronic pain treatment. One such avenue ...

doi.org

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Kirralise Hansford @kirrraliseh.bsky.social · Jan 31

A great paper discussing the impact that a lack of diversity has for research and the importance of responsible generalisation practices.

Open science has come quite far, but the issues mentioned here need addressing, alongside understanding how open science can impact under-represented groups.

Sakshi Ghai @sakshighai.bsky.social · Jan 31

So excited to see this in print! A manifesto paving the way for responsible generalisation and co-authorship practices in open science - with an incredible team of scholars!

Very much inspired by the benchmark Munafò et al. manifesto for reproducible science
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A manifesto for a globally diverse, equitable, and inclusive open science - Communications Psychology

Psychology must embrace more responsible practices in design, reporting, generalisation, and evaluation of research to counteract the spectre of Questionable Generalisability Practices and the issue o...

www.nature.com

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Marie Martel @mariefmartel.bsky.social · Jan 27

🚨 I'm hiring! 🚨

Passionate about motor learning in #dyspraxic and typically developing #children? Become a Research Assistant @modilab-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 12th Feb
🔄 Spread the word!
jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

#neurojobs

Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Research Assistant in Neurodiversity & Motor Skills Development

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research. We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ours...

jobs.surrey.ac.uk

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Sarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social · Jan 2

Are you based in London? We are recruiting participants for our study. We need to test 400 people so would appreciate sharing. Thank you!

embodystudy.bsky.social @embodystudy.bsky.social · Jan 2

We’re recruiting participants for the Em-Body study! Check your eligibility and sign up here: shorturl.at/AEelF

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cejpreston.bsky.social @cejpreston.bsky.social · Dec 24

A lovely Christmas gift indeed! I love this paper as we learned so much about how to improve accessibility for chronic pain participants of taking part in research. (Many of the points raised are probably true for most participants). Great work @kirrraliseh.bsky.social! @yorkpsychology.bsky.social

Kirsten McKenzie @mcfrenzie.bsky.social · Dec 23

Very pleased to have received this for Christmas: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1... Thanks very much @kirrraliseh.bsky.social !

Understanding barriers and facilitators to non-pharmaceutical chronic pain research engagement among people living with chronic pain in the UK: a two-phase mixed-methods approach

Objectives Chronic pain treatment engagement is dominated by pharmaceutical methods, while previous research has assessed barriers to uptake of non-pharmaceutical treatments, there has not been resear...

bmjopen.bmj.com

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