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ranimo.bsky.social @ranimo.bsky.social · 22h

⭐PhD in Cognitive/Computational Psychology⭐, Please Share!! Use Reinforcement Learning and Computational Modelling to study how dis/misinformation affects us (with myself +Tali Sharot). Full funding for those eligible for UK home fees. Deadline 10th Nov. @queenmarycbb.bsky.social

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

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Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social · 1d

Coming soon: Response-specific behavioral plasticity in habituation triggered by repeated visual looming stimuli in foraging bumblebees (Bombus terrestris), by Dissegna, Andrea Chittka, Lars and Chiandetti, Cinzia psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · 2d

Learn more about @nadinelavan.bsky.social's study on AI voice perception on this recent piece: scienmag.com/ai-generated...

AI-Generated Voices Achieve Indistinguishability from Human Speech

AI-Generated Voices: A New Era of Realism in Voice Synthesis In recent years, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed many sectors, and voice synthesis is no exception. A

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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · 5d

New paper from #theBRIGHTproject, led by Helena-Céline Stevelt & Bosiljka Milosavljevic, where they developed a contextually tailored coding scheme to study caregiver responsiveness in Gambia 🌍 Congratulations all!
doi.org/10.1111/infa...

A Contextual Approach to Characterizing Caregiver Responsiveness in a Rural Area of The Gambia

Interactions with caregivers play a crucial role in early development. While most of the world's children live in Majority World countries, research on caregiving predominantly uses measures develope...

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Rosie Davis @rosiedavis.bsky.social · 9d

Such a pleasure to present the current #PositiveBalance work developed in collaboration with @jieyinghuang.bsky.social and other key collaborators at QMUL, English National Ballet School and Royal Ballet School for the Linda Hamilton Symposium at #IADMS2025 in Las Vegas. #DancerWellbeing

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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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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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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 15d

Touch is not all the same! #S4SN2025

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Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · 15d

For 240 years, Queen Mary has been tackling inequalities, changing lives and making new discoveries.

The latest KEF results reflect this enduring mission and reflect the University's excellence in knowledge exchange.

Read more: tinyurl.com/y3juybef

Excellent KEF results 2025

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · 19d

yes, we have new crispy evidence of crossmodal matching in tortoises just off the press!

"Crossmodal Pitch−Luminance Association in Tortoises"
How do you like our visual abstract?

🎶🎵🐢 🎶⬜ 🐢 🎶 ⬛
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

cc @queenmarycbb.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · 20d

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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · 20d

Congrats to @rosiedavis.bsky.social & the Positive Balance project team, chosen from 100+ applicants for the Linda & William Hamilton Dance Wellness Symposium! Rosie will receive a travel grant to attend the 35th #IADMS Annual Conference in Las Vegas next week #DancerWellbeing #PositivePsychology

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Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social · 23d

#ICDL2025
Don't miss Zhengqi Chen @zhengqichen.bsky.social on 16 Sept at 11:45 "Exploring Tactile Perception for Object Localization in Granular Media: A Human and Robotic Study"
@ieee-icdl.bsky.social

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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · Sep 8

Congratulations to our own @larschittka.bsky.social for this prestigious nomination. Very well deserved! www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/news/it...

Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social · Sep 4

Super happy to be on the shortlist for Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year by the Times Higher Education's "Oscars of higher education": the-awards.co.uk/2025/en/page...

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Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · Sep 4

Queen Mary is delighted to be a ‘University of the Year’ finalist in the #THEAwards!

And we're so proud Professors @larschittka.bsky.social and @alastairhackney.bsky.social have been shortlisted for Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year. @timeshighered.bsky.social

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · Aug 27

Big time congrats to @larschittka.bsky.social on receiving the Exemplar Award this year! Lars and his team has discovered several previously unimaginable cognitive capacities in the itty bitty brains of bees giving us new insights into the evolution of learning.

chittkalab.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk

Lars and ABS President, Emily Duval, stand smiling and facing the camera. Lars is holding his shiny plaque honoring him with the Exemplar Award

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Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social · Aug 23

The French version of The Mind of a Bee is now available- 13 translations already! 😊

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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · Aug 20

Art illustration credit: Ana Yael, www.anayael.com

Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · Aug 20

Studying the dreaming brain is challenging due to the small sample size of sleep lab studies. @valdasnoreika.bsky.social co-authored a database paper of 20 EEG datasets with 2643 awakenings, offering an Open Access resource for sleep and consciousness researchers: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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

Congratulations to @agnewblais.bsky.social on receiving a prestigious Research Award from the Royal Society of Edinburgh!
Working with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh, Dr Agnew-Blais will explore what drives parental exhaustion in autistic & ADHD parents.
More info here: shorturl.at/rQuYV

Dr Jessica Agnew-Blais awarded prestigious RSE grant to explore parental exhaustion in neurodivergent families

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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · Jul 24

Congratulations to all our BSc Psychology students graduating today! @qmulsbbs.bsky.social

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Dr Giorgia Michelini @giorgiamichelini.bsky.social · Jul 23

Happening today! #neurodiversity #inclusion @qmulse.bsky.social @queenmarycbb.bsky.social

Dr Giorgia Michelini @giorgiamichelini.bsky.social · Jul 17

Come along to the Mutual Inclusion through Neurodiversity in Science (MINDS) workshop Wednesday 23rd July, 1-4pm at QMUL Mile End campus, organised by @daniel-gill.bsky.social!
Talks on ND+mental health, participatory methods, rare genetic syndromes, Human-Computer Interactions 👇
shorturl.at/wGxBP

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Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Thinking like a bee - Community Ecology

Community Ecology -

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Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · Jul 16

Congratulations are in order for the fantastic staff at the Department who received the Research Excellence Award @marghmalanchini.bsky.social, the Research Initiative Awards (Paraskevi Argyriou), and @nadinelavan.bsky.social & Guifen Chen for their work in the EDI committee 🎉👏@qmulsbbs.bsky.social

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Laura Crucianelli @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social · Jul 15

Very happy to attend #IMRF2025 this week! Thank you for joining the symposium "Real bodies in a real world: Multisensory and embodied signatures of self-enviroment interactions" and for the stimulating discussion @gerardosalvato.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social Amar D'Adamo, Chris Dijkerman

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