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Cognitive neuroscientist | 💗 - 🧠 interactions | ⏳ perception @leverhulme.ac.uk Early-Career Fellow @rhulpsychology.bsky.social irenaarslanova.com

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Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · Jan 14

My TEDx talk (9min) has found its home on TED's official website: go.ted.com/irenaarslanova 🧠🫀⏳

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#CogSci
#Neuroskyence
#SciComm

Does your heartbeat shape your sense of time?

Do you ever feel like time slows down when you’re bored but flies when you’re having fun? Cognitive neuroscientist Irena Arslanova explores the ways your brain and heart shape your perception of time,...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14d

Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in gene therapy trial

UCL trialled hours-long surgical procedure to treat disease which causes dementia and paralysis Huntington’s disease, a devastating degenerative illness that runs in families, has been treated successfully for the first time in a breakthrough gene therapy trial. The disease, caused by a single gene defect, steadily kills brain cells leading to dementia, paralysis and ultimately death. Those with a parent with Huntington’s have a 50% chance of developing the disease, which until now has been incurable. Continue reading...

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · 14d

A Booker Prize shortlist to celebrate! 👏

We're delighted that Professor Ben Markovits, novelist and lecturer in our Department of English, has had his twelfth novel 'The Rest of Our Lives' shortlisted for the prestigious and world-renowned Booker Prize.

More: ow.ly/l4Vt50X1sIR

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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · 29d

✨ Excited to announce the Women in Psychological Sciences Lecture 2025 at Birkbeck!
🎤 Speaker: Prof. Asifa Majid (Oxford)
📅 5 Nov 2025, 17:00–20:00
📍 Birkbeck, University of London
👉 Free & open to all: link in the comments to book your place

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Nature @nature.com · Jun 27

First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities

The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.

https://go.nature.com/44nH0la

First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities

Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.

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Heejung Jung @jungheejung.bsky.social · Sep 4

New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!

N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!

🧵below

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Matteo Lisi @mlisi.bsky.social · Sep 2

New registered report out in BJHP📣

How to reduce demand for antibiotics?

Using Signal Detection Theory, we show that clinician explanations & CRP point-of-care results reduce antibiotic expectations and improve discernment

doi.org/10.1111/bjhp...

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<em>British Journal of Health Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

Objectives Patients' expectations for antibiotics are among the strongest predictors of clinicians' decisions to overprescribe antibiotics. In this registered report, we used a signal detection theo...

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Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations!! 🤩

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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our 2025–2026 Seminar Series is ready to begin 🎓✨
We’re kicking off on 1 October with a fantastic line-up of speakers from across the UK and beyond.
Join us on Wednesdays from 1–2 PM at Birkbeck. Light refreshments provided ☕️🥐
Here’s the full programme 👇 @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social

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Martin Wiener @martinwiener.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thanks to NSF and BSF, we've received a CRCNS grant!! 🎉

I'll be working with the amazing @ayeletlandau.bsky.social and Yuval Benjamini to explore and understand how our sense of time and image memorability are linked. ⌛🧠

We have 2(!) post-doc opportunities available - details coming soon!

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · Aug 19

Congratulations to Professor Ben Markovits from our Department of English, whose latest novel, The Rest of Our Lives, has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025.

#RoyalHolloway #University

Prof Ben Markovits (left) and the cover of The Rest of Our Lives (right)

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Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢

🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.

Please RT

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · Jul 24

No effect of cardiac signals on conflict resolution, but evidence for systolic enhancement of phasic alerting 🫀🧠
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
w @pollydalton.bsky.social & @mtsakiris.bsky.social
@biolpsychology.bsky.social 📄

@rhulpsychology.bsky.social 🏡
@erc.europa.eu 💰

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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · Jul 7

@assc28.bsky.social @neuroirena.bsky.social so proud of my academic bestie & collaborator & flatmate & occasional PT ❤️

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · Jul 7

What will the Trust’s major new initiative fund?

From strengthening the UK’s world-leading research base to fostering innovative interdisciplinary inquiry, the Leverhulme Centenary Awards are designed to support exceptional research talent.

Read more here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/100mill...

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Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · Jul 7

Cannot argue against a belief.

Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · Jul 7

Perception–action and interoceptive rhythms aren’t rivals. They’re complementary. Time isn’t just tracked from what we do, but also from what we are. The brain listens to the body. And in that dialogue, time is shaped.

Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · Jul 7

Every heartbeat sends a pulse to the brain. So if a stimulus arrives during a beat, it lands on a wave already in motion. The ripple spreads differently. And that changes how time is felt.

Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thanks for these papers. Why can't it depend on both: sensorimotor flow and interoceptive rhythms? There's no pacemaker. Time arises from how activity unfolds (@deanbuono.bsky.social idea): stimulus is like a pebble dropped into a pond, sending ripples through neural networks. But the pond is body.

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Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · Jul 4

Off to @assc28.bsky.social with my partner in crime @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social 👩🏻‍🔬🧠 #ASSC28

Presenting new EEG results from @rhulpsychology.bsky.social w @mjaglinska.bsky.social and @mtsakiris.bsky.social. Kindly supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk & Bial Foundation.

See slides below and get in touch!

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · Jun 25

We asked Dr @neuroirena.bsky.social , Leverhulme Early-Career Fellow from @rhulpsychology.bsky.social, to tell us all about her research in 60 seconds ⏱ This is how it went.

#RoyalHolloway #University #Research

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Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · Jun 24

Come study with us ! 🧠👩🏻‍🔬
@rhulpsychology.bsky.social
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...

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Martin Wiener @martinwiener.bsky.social · May 26

ONE WEEK LEFT to submit abstracts for #TRF4 in Tokyo! If you're doing work related to #time, #timing, #temporal_processing (broadly defined), you should join us! Funds available to support travel, keynotes confirmed, and a free half-day tour of Tokyo 🇯🇵

sites.google.com/view/trf4tok...

Timing Research Forum 4

Welcome to TRF4!The 4th Timing Research Forum Conference We are excited to welcome you to TRF4, the fourth international conference organized by the Timing Research Forum (TRF) community. TRF is a v...

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Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · May 22

This is the first time in my career that I have full ownership of my research — thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk EC fellowship and @rhulpsychology.bsky.social ! 🧪 👩🏻‍🔬
It’s a lot of responsibility, but also deeply empowering. 🧠🫀⏳

Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · May 22

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @neuroirena.bsky.social is researching how time awareness arises from an intricate brain–body interplay.

Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/3fx68mka
@rhulpsychology.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social

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