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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2d

Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...

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Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking about studying MSc psych?

Discover what it’s like to study Psychology at Oxford Brookes (@obu-hst-research.bsky.social), meet members of the course team & gain a deeper understanding of the curriculum & learning experience.

Find out more and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-bro...

OPEN EVENING 2026

MSc Psychology Conversion Course

Discover what it’s like to study Psychology at Oxford Brookes, meet members of the course team, and gain a deeper understanding of the curriculum and learning experience.

📅 Thursday 26 February
🕔 5.00pm to 7.00pm
📍 Headington Campus, Sinclair Building, Room 4.01

Find out more and register

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, a giant of giant apes, has died.

What a life. What a contribution. Rest in peace.

If you haven't heard her speaking Chimp, then I'm not sure what you're doing with your life. Check out her many interviews and her beautiful hope cast, eg:

open.spotify.com/show/1pfzflz...

Emma Lewisham: Hope is the Beauty of Circular & Carbon Positive

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Solya Székely @solyas.bsky.social · 14d

Friday is a big day for the TMS-RAT🤩

TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 15d

This Friday's Monthly Meeting is given by Solya Szekely @solyas.bsky.social who will tell us about the TMS-RAT 🐀 Project.

In this project, 18 members of TMSMultiLab created, developed & tested a tool for #SystematicReview #MeyaAnalysis & reporting in #TMS research

Join us!

tms-rat.org

tms-rat.org

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 29d

I need a #mathematician to help with a project. Ideally UK-based.

I've emailed a few folks in my uni, but none replied...

Anyone interested?

My need is nonlinear modelling of brain and muscle signals, optimisation, decomposition.

Anyone?

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The #TMSat40 reminiscimeeting is over.

There is much work to do.

If you want to join the effort, see @tmsmultilab.bsky.social and:

github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

#BrainStim #OpenScience

Home

Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The sun is rising over #London

#TMSat40

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Sep 7

If anyone is at the TMSat40 meeting tomorrow in #London, please come and say "hi" and tell me/us how you'd like to get involved in improving #TMS #methods & collaboration. I'll try to put a TMSMultiLab on my name badge..!

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Over the last few months, members of TMSMultiLab have read, analysed & assessed #TMS research papers to produce a new tool:

17 people
333 papers
80 criteria
2 raters per paper

The dataset contains 53,280 ratings!

It's an immense piece of work, the first empirical contribution of TMSMultiLab...

☺️

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

fitting non-linear models with 10 free parameters to human physiology #TMS data is VERY satisfying indeed.

are there any handy guides out there about principled ways to constrain those parameters? I guess I should just look at each one in turn and check the range is biologically plausible? Or..?

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a motor-evoked potential (MEP) from a human hand muscle, fit using a 10-parameter model (actually 2 components, each with 5 parameters). with enough parameters you can fit anything, so how in principle should I go about constraining those parameters..? (the fit here is r^2=0.999 - not bad!)

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Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Sep 3

That’s the ‘post-vacuum phantom’. 🙂

two chimpanzees are playing with a dyson vacuum cleaner on a leopard print rug

ALT: two chimpanzees are playing with a dyson vacuum cleaner on a leopard print rug

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Sustainability @sustainableplanet.bsky.social · Sep 1

Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍

#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky

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Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Aug 29

Final day of ATSiP 2025 done! Gorilla updates, StatsCloud 2025, Black Box ToolKit overview, & PsychoPy timing validation. Thanks speakers & organiser! 🎉
#ATSiP #PsychologyTech
@gorillapsych.bsky.social @statscloud.app #BlackBoxToolKit
@psychopy.org @lseblogs.bsky.social

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Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Aug 28

Day 1 of ATSiP 2025 at LSE was engaging! SuperLab 7, QuestionPro, PsychoPy 2025 updates and NoldusHub drove discussions.🚀
#ATSiP #PsychologyTech
#Cedrus #QuestionPro @psychopy.org @noldusit.bsky.social
@lseblogs.bsky.social

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Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Aug 10

Exactly — p-curve jumps from 'at least one' to 'the whole set' 🚫🤷‍♂️.

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PsychoPy @psychopy.org · Aug 8

Interested in starting EEG Research? Join Our Hands-On Workshop This December!

✍️ Before we finalise plans, we’d love to hear from you. Please fill out our short Expression of Interest form — even if you can't attend, your feedback will help shape future events.

run.pavlovia.org/pavlovia/sur...

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Richard D. Morey @richarddmorey.bsky.social · Aug 8

Paper drop, for anyone interested in #metascience, #statistics, or #metaanalysis! @clintin.bsky.social and I show in a new paper in JASA that the P-curve, a popular forensic meta-analysis method, has deeply undesirable statistical properties. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/?

Cover page for the manuscript: Morey, R. D., & Davis-Stober, C. P. (2025). On the poor statistical properties of the P-curve meta-analytic procedure. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2025.2544397

Abstract for the paper: The P-curve (Simonsohn, Nelson, & Simmons, 2014; Simonsohn, Simmons, & Nelson, 2015) is a widely-used suite of meta-analytic tests advertised for detecting problems in sets of studies. They are based on nonparametric combinations of p values (e.g., Marden, 1985) across significant (p < .05) studies and are variously claimed to detect “evidential value”, “lack of evidential value”, and “left skew” in p values. We show that these tests do not have the properties ascribed to them. Moreover, they fail basic desiderata for tests, including admissibility and monotonicity. In light of these serious problems, we recommend against the use of the P-curve tests.

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OBU Cognitive Neuroscience & Psychology @obu-cogneuropsych.bsky.social · Jul 9

Do you write in multiple scripts like Arabic, Japanese, or Hindi? Join a study on handwriting & motor control 🧠✍️! Get a £15 gift card 🎁! Contact Gaëlle for details: [email protected].
#Handwriting #Participant #Oxford
#OBU_Psychology #brookeshls #oxford_brookes

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Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Jul 4

Day 3 at the workshop was awesome! Dived into writing difficulties and linguistic effects on handwriting. Great discussions and insights today 🌟.
#WritingResearch #Academic #Workshop
@obupsychology.bsky.social #OxfordBrookes

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Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Jul 4

Wrapped up Day 2 at the Writing Words Workshop 2025 😀! Today was packed with awesome sessions on writing and cognitive processes. There were some great discussions, and a lot was learned.
#WritingResearch #Academic #Workshop
@obupsychology.bsky.social #OxfordBrookes

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Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Jul 2

Day 1 at Writing Words Workshop 2025 🖋️! Fascinating research on handwriting and language processing with great discussions among fellow researchers. Looking forward to tomorrow's keynote!
#WritingResearch #Academic #Conference
@obupsychology.bsky.social #OxfordBrookes

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Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Jun 26

Day 2 of the UCL Technical Showcase was packed with value, featuring an exhibition filled with insightful demonstrations 🎤 and engaging interactive exhibits 🖥️.
#Technician #Exhibition #Research #Innovation #Networking #London @ucl.ac.uk

Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Jun 25

Day 1 of UCL Technical Showcase 2025 was engaging with insightful talks 💡 and valuable networking 🤝. Thanks to the organisers for a great event!
#Technician #ProfessionalDevelopment #Research #Innovation #Networking #London
@ucl.ac.uk

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OBU Cognitive Neuroscience & Psychology @obu-cogneuropsych.bsky.social · Jun 20

Great presentation by Vinny 👏 on his research using TMS and EEG 🧠 to investigate how depression impacts memory and self-perception.
#TMS #EEG #Psychology #Brain #Seminar
@obu-cogneuropsych.bsky.social @obupsychology.bsky.social
@obu-hst-research.bsky.social

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Hsin-Yuan Chen @pchs0114.bsky.social · Jun 19

Attended the BCS Oxfordshire social event last evening. The atmosphere was engaging and informative 💡. Looking forward to more events and continuing to be part of the BCS Oxfordshire community 😊!
#event #Networking #IT #Oxford #bcs

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