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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Sep 5

This was a great session - it's important to talk about the challenges affecting our field. Great to have some practical advice on how we can assess risk, safeguard ourselves, our research, and our communities.

Flux Society @fluxsociety.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌍 Diversity Symposium
🗓 Fri, Sept 5 | 3:15 PM | Hyde Suite 1 & 2

How do we defend science in challenging times? Join Christina Pagel, PhD, for strategies on safeguarding research, supporting trainees, and taking bold action.

#Flux2025 #DefendScience

Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Sep 5

Having a great time at Flux Congress #flux2025 in Dublin talking about all things Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
If you missed the symposium that I presented in, not to worry, there's a preprint of our review paper here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · May 7

It is a study about estimates, based in the Cognitive Estimation Test which used similar style of questions. Just like the original, we expect the estimates will vary with age, education, nationality etc and that's not a problem for the research question. :)

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · May 7

for this reason, we chose topics that people would not likely know much at the outset. If people can guess the answers already, then we would not include these questions in stage 2.

Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · May 7

:) thanks - we are doing this to get a baseline of what people would randomly guess before we teach them about these topics. in stage 2 of the experiment we'll be teaching people about the coventry blitz and seeing the estimates move. We're then interested in forgetting and how the estimates regress

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · May 7

Please share 🙏🏼 we're running a fun study that takes ~10mins. We want people to estimate things, like how much a piano weighs? We know most won't know the exact answer but we're interested in your guesses. It's honestly quite fun and you'll get the answers at the end.
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Louis Renoult @renoultlouis.bsky.social · May 1

It is a great pleasure to share this new collaborative work on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Representations with @fnim-lab.bsky.social @cvlneuro.bsky.social @psychologyuea.bsky.social

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Apr 29

Doing a fun study on people's guesses – like how many litres of air do people breathe in a day? No googling! Just your first guess!
There's 6 topics ~20 questions each.
You’ll get to see the answers at the end!
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We'd love a big sample – feel free to share!

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Apr 10

Does anyone have any examples of illustrations (not diagrams / models / charts) in scientific papers? Research related to child development or psychology would be especially helpful, but any examples would be welcome. Thank you

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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · Apr 5

Six funded PhDs, Centre for Sciences of Place and Memory, Univ Stirling (Scotland). Join our team in philosophy, cognitive sciences, social sciences, & arts to study spatial thinking, disorientation, cities, truth & the past. Deadline 22 April, guidelines placememory.net/apply-now-fo...

PhD Studentships 2025

We are recruiting six PhD studentships to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory, and how people navigate together in space and time.

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Dani Palombo @danipalombo.bsky.social · Feb 26

The Special Issue on Emotional Temporal Memory is out! Editorial by Talmi and Palombo: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/R9JW8...

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Deborah Talmi @dtalmi.bsky.social · Mar 25

We have an open postdoc position with Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social and Emily Holmes, at the Emotional Cognition Lab dtalmi.wixsite.com/emotional-co..., @uniofcam.bsky.social to conduct advanced memory modelling. Details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50770/ Apply by 21.4!

Research Assistant/Research Associate in computational modelling of emotional memory (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant/Research Associate in computational modelling of emotional memory (Fixed Term) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.

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Adrian M. Owen, OBE, FRS @comadork.bsky.social · Mar 21

In my ongoing quest to publish as many academic papers with Arnold Schwazenegger movies as part of the title, I give you…..Total Recall….out today and free to read www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Total recall: Detecting autobiographical memory retrieval in the absence of behaviour

Functional neuroimaging has fundamentally changed our understanding of disorders of consciousness (DoC). While many DoC patients exhibit minimal to no…

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Mar 14

see here: www.the-bns.org/grants

Grants & Bursaries

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Mar 14

Looking forward to the BNS Spring meeting! 👀
Bursaries to fund attendance at the meeting are still open but close soon: 17th March 2025. Travel bursaries, up to the value of £250, to cover travel and accommodation for our meetings are available.

The British Neuropsychological Society @britishneuropsych.bsky.social · Mar 7

Here it is! 🎉Programme for Day One of the @BNS_Neuropsych #BNSSpringMeeting. 🧠

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Mar 8

Trying to run a university department without skilled administrative support staff is like trying to run a football club with only the players.

Mark Haselgrove @markhaselgrove.bsky.social · Mar 8

In contrast to the wide spread applause that this piece seems to be getting, I disagree with a lot of what is said here.

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Masud Husain @masudhusain.bsky.social · Mar 6

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · Mar 5

www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

On the origin of memory neurons in the human hippocampus

The hippocampus is essential for episodic memory, yet its coding mechanism remains debated. In humans, two main theories have been proposed: one suggests that concept neurons represent specific elemen...

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Mar 5

Depending on the theoretical model, perhaps Chidi would have an imprecise understanding of pizza and he would be more likely to confuse it with bruschetta.

Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Mar 5

Blink-&-you-miss-it scene from The Good Place, illustrating the difference between 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for events bound to time & place) and 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for facts & knowledge)

Episodic vs. Semantic Memory in The Good Place

YouTube video by Steve Most

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Mar 5

Blink-&-you-miss-it scene from The Good Place, illustrating the difference between 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for events bound to time & place) and 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for facts & knowledge)

Episodic vs. Semantic Memory in The Good Place

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Mar 1

oh no, so sorry to hear, such a beautiful pup. 🐾

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Feb 25

My dog, Franklin, interrupted my lecture recording and made me laugh so I had to re-record. He seems worried about the assignment <3

Screenshot of a lecture recording with the speaker laughing as their dog photobombs by looking directly into the camera

Screenshot of a lecture recording with the speaker laughing as their dog photobombs by looking at them

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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Feb 14

Always an excellent meeting - looking forward to it! 🧠 Abstract deadline is Feb 17th so it's not too late to join us 📝

Richard J. Binney @rjbinney.bsky.social · Feb 14

Just a few more days to submit your abstract!

The British Neuropsychological Society @britishneuropsych.bsky.social · Jan 29

The BNS is delighted to present this first look at the 🧠 SPRING MEETING 🧠 2025 programme, and announce we've an 🚨 EXTENDED ABSTRACT DEADLINE (Feb 17th)! 🚨 All this great science for just a £15 registration fee. Or for free if your a BNS member. Visit www.the-BNS.org.
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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · Feb 10

I don't know why i find the physics of crowds so interesting, but i do. This paper has some really cool videos of dense crowds moving like a fluid.

Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · Feb 10

Oscillations naturally emerge in large crowds. That's because your brain works by oscillating.
Emergence of collective oscillations in massive human crowds
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience

Emergence of collective oscillations in massive human crowds - Nature

Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of indivi...

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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · Feb 9

Why is forgetting such an important part of learning? Robert Bjork explains something that every teacher should know.

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Prof. Lucy Cheke @lucycheke.bsky.social · Feb 6

Calling Parents of 4-7 Year olds in Cambridge! Need something to do at half term? Does your child love problem-solving and tackling challenges? Can they crack the code and beat the bot? If so, here is their chance to shine! Our study on spatial skills in kids and AI!

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Spatial Navigation in Children: Sign-up Form

Does your child love problem-solving and tackling challenges? Can they crack the code and beat the bot? If so, here is their chance to win prizes and be a part of our study on memory and navigation sk...

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