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Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · 3d

🧩Learning to talk & read isn’t just about effort or teaching—it’s shaped by biology, experience & context

🧠Our new review links genetics, neuroscience, psychology & education to show why some children find language or reading easier.

📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🖼️genes→brain→cognition→behaviour 🧵👇

Figure 2 in the review: Levels of analysis from genes and brain systems to cognition and behaviour.
The child both influences and is influenced by parents through genetically shaped interactions, and by the wider school and social environment.
Figure design by Neil Usher.
Figure from this review paper: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w23yz_v1

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · 6d

To do this, we're really keen to hear from adults in the UK identifying with #dyslexia, #DevLangDis, #dyspraxia and other #neurotypes - so please take our survey here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/THRIVEsurv...

Find out more about us here: ukyoungacademy.org/activities/t...

THRIVE: Neurodivergence at work

Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

www.smartsurvey.co.uk

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · 6d

I've been working with the UK Young Academy THRIVE team on how we can make workplaces more neuro-inclusive.

We are an interdisciplinary group of researchers and professionals, obviously including neurodivergent researchers, who are keen to see change

#neurodiversity #employment

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · 6d

October is an exciting month - it includes Dyslexia Awareness week (#DAW25), ADHD Awareness Month, and DLD Awareness Day - and I thought it was a great time to raise awareness of #neurodiversity - and talk about a new project thats close to my heart..

Card with UK young Academy branding asking neurodivergent people to share their experiences at work

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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 10d

This Thursday (Oct 2nd) @hannahhobson.bsky.social is presenting @radld.bsky.social's @deevybee.bsky.social lecture on camouflaging in #DevLangDis. Don't miss it. Recording tickets also available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
#DLDday

The 2025 Dorothy Bishop Lecture with Dr Hannah Hobson

How we see (and don’t see) DLD: camouflaging and others’ perceptions of communication needs.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Tessa Dekker @tessamdekker.bsky.social · 12d

We’re hiring! We’re looking for two RAs to study neuroplasticity in sight loss, sight rescue and development in children and adults @ucl.ac.uk using a wide range of neuroimaging and behavioral methods. Please help spread the word! Apply by 16 Oct! t.ly/q3aYe #neurojobs #NeuroSkyence

Research Assistant at UCL

Recruiting now: Research Assistant on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

t.ly

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Peter Zeidman @corticalpete.bsky.social · 23d

A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue

Issues | Cerebral Cortex | Oxford Academic

Publishes papers on the development, organization, plasticity, and function of the cerebral cortex, including the hippocampus.

academic.oup.com

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Aug 26

Absolutely agree, this is such a good point - and not an easy ask at all!

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Aug 26

This was work led by ex-PhD student Amrita Bains, along with Carina Spaulding (The Reading Agency) and Jessie Ricketts!

📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1177/1747...
📰 Psychology Today summary: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/when...

EXPRESS: Providing choice enhances reading motivation - Amrita Bains, Carina Spaulding, Jessie Ricketts, Saloni Krishnan, 2025

Multiple literacy programmes embed choice of reading material into their programmes, as this is believed to enhance motivation for reading. Yet, this practice h...

doi.org

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Aug 26

It’s not just what you read—it’s whether you chose to read it.

In our new paper out at QJEP 🎉 we show that:
👉 Having a choice over what you read makes reading more enjoyable
👉 …and makes people willing to pay more for books

EXPRESS: Providing choice enhances reading motivation - Amrita Bains, Carina Spaulding, Jessie Ricketts, Saloni Krishnan, 2025

Multiple literacy programmes embed choice of reading material into their programmes, as this is believed to enhance motivation for reading. Yet, this practice h...

doi.org

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Aug 4

Excited to see this paper out! Led by @charlie-wiltshire.bsky.social and @kateewatkins.bsky.social

Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · Aug 1

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Charlotte E. E. Wiltshire, Kate E. Watkins, et al:

An fMRI study of initiation and inhibition of manual and spoken responses in people who stutter

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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Emma James @emljames.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

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NAPLIC @naplic.bsky.social · Jul 16

Connect with the Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) community on BlueSky with our #DevLangDis start pack.
go.bsky.app/FMV4dou

If you're not listed and think you should be, then message us.

Help us reach a bigger audience by sharing this post also

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Jun 26

Very proud of lab members Sana and Hannah, who gave excellent presentations at #NDAS25 today

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PsychoPy @psychopy.org · Jun 18

We're keen to better understand issues of #Equality, #diversity and #inclusivity in #opensource.

Please could you spare a few moments to help us by completing this survey?

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

Pavlovia Survey 2024.1.0

run.pavlovia.org

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Jun 16

Poor kid! It sounds like you did the best you could…

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Jun 15

If no resolution can be reached, and given its an optional scan for research purposes with no direct benefit to the child, I’d cancel the scan. 2/2

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Jun 15

Gosh this is tough. I think it would be fine to schedule/ complete the scan on the basis of one parent (this would be the case for routine medical appointments). However if there is dissent there should be some attempt to mediate.. ½

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Jun 1

Looking forward to #NDAS2025. My lab will be presenting some of our work on motivation in neurodivergence!

Nikki Botting @profnikkibotting.bsky.social · Jun 1

Thank you for all the reposts so far!
Please come and join us at #NDAS2025 ☺️

Nikki Botting @profnikkibotting.bsky.social · May 29

Please join us at this year’s NeuroDevelopmental Annual Seminar #NDAS2025 @citystgeorgeslcs.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social

#Conference fee only £65 (£55 students) incl. lunch & wine reception.

Fab speaker programme on signup page -closes 16th June!

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Dr. Laura Shapiro @lashaps.bsky.social · May 29

Tenure-Track Research Fellowships are open for applications at @astonpress.bsky.social - if you're interested in child health/ child development/ developmental neuroscience, check us out here: www.aston.ac.uk/research/hls... we're a friendly bunch so pls get in touch with any qns ❤️📚🥦🏥🏫❣️

Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment (IHN)

www.aston.ac.uk

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Nikki Botting @profnikkibotting.bsky.social · May 29

#autism #devlangdis #ADHD #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #SLPeeps #psychology #BlueSkySpeechies #AHP

Nikki Botting @profnikkibotting.bsky.social · May 29

Please join us at this year’s NeuroDevelopmental Annual Seminar #NDAS2025 @citystgeorgeslcs.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social

#Conference fee only £65 (£55 students) incl. lunch & wine reception.

Fab speaker programme on signup page -closes 16th June!

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

NeuroDevelopmental Annual Seminar (NDAS) | City St George's, University of London

Join us to explore all psychological aspects of neurodevelopmental conditions and neurodiversity.

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · May 27

Thank you @vborghesani.bsky.social and @irenebalboni.bsky.social for leading a fascinating discussion!

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · May 17

I’m so sorry to hear this! Absolutely devastating.

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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · May 12

Lack of female-only research, but also lack of representation of women in mixed trials, and even less sex-disaggregated analysis when women are included. Lots of work still to do @messagetgi.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · May 10

I'm very excited about this free workshop as part of BPS Developmental Psychology Section's conference. f/t @jakketamminen.bsky.social!

Still a few days left to submit your work!

BPS Developmental Section @bpsdevsection.bsky.social · May 6

Want to find out about innovative techniques to test sleep and physical activity in children? Join us at our pre-conference workshop on 9th September at Royal Holloway, University of London, sponsored by the Waterloo Foundation.

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