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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Dec 4

Applications close at the end of the week - don't miss out!

Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Nov 26

Come join us - and get to hang out with the fun folks!

Fixed-term, Senior Teaching Associate position available (.8 FTE)

#academicjobs #psychjobs #psychology

hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

a woman is sitting in front of a filing cabinet and saying `` we 're like you know ! ''

Alt: Schitt's Creek meme to the text "we 're like you know ! "

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Nov 28

Find more wonderful people at Lancaster University who have BlueSky accounts, with this starter pack from @rebecca-henderson.bsky.social
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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · Nov 28

Delighted to have co-edited this special issue of QJEP, marking 50 years since Baddeley and Hitch (1974). Thanks to all contributors for sharing their work!

John Towse @jntowse.bsky.social · Nov 26

Here's an image of my now curled, foxing photocopy of Baddeley & Hitch (1974) and their account of Working Memory.

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology is marking the impact, and continued relevance, of this work with a Special Issue. A 🧵with links ...

A photocopy of a research chapter on ageing and curled paper with a large paperclip holding the work together

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Mark Haselgrove @markhaselgrove.bsky.social · Nov 27

Excited to be presenting "Representational Accuracy is Mediated by Predictive Validity, but not Outcome Uncertainty" at the London EPS meeting in Jan.

Part of the mid-career prize award symposium for @mikelepelley.bsky.social organised by @tombeesley.bsky.social

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Next Meeting

EPS Meeting: University College London. 8th – 10th January 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Mike Le Pelley (with an accompanying symposium organi…

eps.ac.uk

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Nov 26

Come join us - and get to hang out with the fun folks!

Fixed-term, Senior Teaching Associate position available (.8 FTE)

#academicjobs #psychjobs #psychology

hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

a woman is sitting in front of a filing cabinet and saying `` we 're like you know ! ''

Alt: Schitt's Creek meme to the text "we 're like you know ! "

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John Towse @jntowse.bsky.social · Nov 26

Here's an image of my now curled, foxing photocopy of Baddeley & Hitch (1974) and their account of Working Memory.

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology is marking the impact, and continued relevance, of this work with a Special Issue. A 🧵with links ...

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Nov 20

Looking forward to it! (don't expect to see snow when you get here though)

Mark Haselgrove @markhaselgrove.bsky.social · Nov 20

Heading up to @lancastercognition.bsky.social to give a talk on "Learning about Novel and Familiar Stimuli: Cognitive Mechanisms and Developmental Trajectories". Afterwards, a catch up with @tombeesley.bsky.social and the team to talk about our unexpected uncertainty grant

Fab views from the train

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Nov 16

*waves enthusiastically*

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Nov 15

Well that didn't go as planned. Try again ...

Welcome to BlueSky, Lara! Come on over to the friendly Cognitive Psychology corner with all your psychology-of-deception research.

Everyone give Lara a follow to find out the latest truths about lies

Lara Warmelink @larawarmelink.bsky.social · Nov 15

Thank you @lancastercognition.bsky.social! Lots of lies here...

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Psychology Department, University of York (UK) @yorkpsychology.bsky.social · Nov 14

Join us on 20 November to find out about our new MSc in Data Science (Human Behaviour)! Book now: bit.ly/4hYByLR

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CREST @crest-research.bsky.social · Nov 14

We've started a #BehaviouralScience list here! Feel free to suggest others interested in #Psychology #SocialScience etc 🔬🧠🔎📖 go.bsky.app/N4BPzwM

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Tom Beesley @tombeesley.bsky.social · Nov 12

Our "eyetools" #R package is now available on #CRAN! It offers a toolkit for repairing data, analysing fixations & saccades, time on AOIs, and plotting. Designed to be simple to use, it offers an open source analysis pipeline for eye data. #rstats #eye-tracking tombeesley.github.io/eyetools/ind...

Analyse Eye Data

Enables the automation of actions across the pipeline, including initial steps of transforming binocular data and gap repair to event-based processing such as fixations, saccades, and entry/duration i...

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Mark Haselgrove @markhaselgrove.bsky.social · Nov 10

A small starter pack of school/depts/institutes of psychology here on bluesky

So...

(1) Let me know if you run your dept account and I'll add you

(2) Tell your dept social media people to leave the other place and come here instead. It's where the science is now 😊

Pls share

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Perception and Cognitive Neuroscience Group UCLan @uclan-pcn-group.bsky.social · Nov 4

Hello world! We are now on BlueSky and looking forward to connecting with #perception #cognition #neuroscience #memory #attention #language #reading #eyetracking folks on here. Stay posted for our research and team updates 🧠📖

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hello everyone,

we've started a Brain Stimulation Starter Pack - for all things brain stim (not just TMS) - please get in touch to be added & share the ⚡ buzz ⚡

go.bsky.app/395SGxh

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Nicole Nelson @nicolenelson.bsky.social · Oct 19

Developmental Psychology starter pack! I've included people doing child/adolescent research and as well as a few lifespan folks.

Please share widely, and let me know if there is anyone who should be added!

go.bsky.app/ECJtpXi

#DevPsych #DevSci #PsychSciSky

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CREST @crest-research.bsky.social · Oct 21

Delighted to be a part of this important initiative.👏 NABS+ will complement the successes of CREST and allow us to develop the next generation of behavioural science for security and defence
https://buff.ly/48g1dLg
#NetworkPlus #BehaviouralScience #Security #Defence

£3.5M award for Lancaster to lead network to boost UK resilience and security - Lancaster University

Lancaster University has been awarded £3.5 million to lead a Network Plus for Analytical Behavioural Science (NABS+) in Security and Defence.

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Oct 18

New reading comprehension paper now in press from Kate Cain and colleagues (incl @robayedavies.bsky.social) on "The influence of reader and text characteristics on sixth graders’ inference making."

More info and link to AAM paper here:

www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...

The influence of reader and text characteristics on sixth graders’ inference making - Research Portal | Lancaster University

Find out more about Lancaster University's research activities, view details of publications, outputs and awards and make contact with our researchers.

www.research.lancs.ac.uk

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Oct 18

... and now we've found a starter pack for "brain and mind"... These are most definitely definitely code words for cognitive psychology. Yay!

bsky.app/profile/mica...

Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Oct 17

I started making this brain and mind researchers starter pack before I realised the 150 account limit. So this is the first 150 people I added to it :) go.bsky.app/PaCWjEy

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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · Oct 15

Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition conference will be held in County Kildare, Ireland, from 11-14th June 2025.
Symposia deadline: Nov 1
Talk/poster deadline: Dec 1
www.sarmac2025.org

#irishResearch

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Psychology Department, University of York (UK) @yorkpsychology.bsky.social · Oct 16

Interested in pursuing an independent fellowship at York? Applications are now open for Wellcome's Early Career Award wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

Early-Career Awards – Funding for Early-Career Researchers | Wellcome

The Wellcome Early-Career Awards scheme provides research funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Oct 15

Oh look - Judgement and Decision Making has now arrived at the party!

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Dan Goldstein @dggoldst.bsky.social · Oct 14

Judgment and Decision Making (JDM) starter pack

Happy to add you

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Oct 14

Going broader still, then there's @markrubin.bsky.social's list of all Psychology starter packs - the catalogue to end all catalogues!

bsky.app/profile/mark...

Know of other lists we can add? Let us know of course. Thanks!

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Sep 15

List of psychology-related starter packs!
#Psychology #AcademicSky 🧪 🧵

Cross-Cultural Psychology and Quant Anthropology
by @drboothroyd.bsky.social

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Oct 14

Psychology Departments, Schools, and units (like us!) will cover cognitive psychology

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · Oct 14

UK Psychology academics includes researchers in cognitive psychology

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