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S. Craig Roberts

@scraigroberts.bsky.social

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Zoologist turned psychologist. I study behaviour, smell, and maternal-infant interaction at the Universities of Stirling and Wroclaw. Učím se česky. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 www.scraigroberts.com

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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · Nov 11

My dream team and I have been awarded a @wellcometrust Discovery Award of £3.5M over eight years to study how odour shapes mother-baby interaction and its role in breastfeeding. We're beyond delighted. Read more here: stir.ac.uk/news/2024/augu…

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Michał Pieniak @mpieniak.bsky.social · 18d

Our new paper on olfactory plasticity has just been published in Cortex 🧵

Some people with a healthy sense of smell are unable to perceive a few selected odors, a phenomenon known as specific anosmia. We checked if people can gain some perception of these smells via training.

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Michał Pieniak @mpieniak.bsky.social · Feb 2

I genuinely enjoyed The Forgotten Sense by Jonas Olofsson. It covers multiple areas of smell research in an engaging way, making it a great read for both experts and those just discovering the field.
Congratulations @jokriolo.bsky.social!

Picture of a book „The forgotten sense. The new science of smell and the extraordinary power of the nose” by Jonas Olofsson.

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 5d

In a world bursting with colour, why go monochrome? I joined Tim Caro & Martin How on the BBC World Service’s Crowdscience to explore why some animals stand out in stark contrast. From 🦓🐼🐧 it turns out the answers aren’t always so black & white 😉

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

CrowdScience - Why are some animals black and white? - BBC Sounds

Why are zebras so stripy? Why do penguins wear tuxedos?

www.bbc.co.uk

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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 4d

We are advertising for a postdoc with skills in psychophysiological measurement for a project on smell and emotions. Closing date is 30th October. Please spread the word.
www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...

Vacancy details | About | University of Stirling

Job vacancy at the University of Stirling.

www.stir.ac.uk

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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · Apr 29

Not many 😞 just two or three by searching mainn.

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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · Apr 29

@charlrwalker.bsky.social Hi Charlotte... thank you very much! We're so delighted by this and everyone's positivity about the project today... really encouraging

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Kadjita Asumbisa @kasumbisa.bsky.social · Apr 15

Excited to share the sequel to our 2022 paper! In this follow-up, we show that the stable head direction (HD) signals we reported in blind mice rely on stereo olfaction—that is, the comparison of odor info. between the two nostrils.

Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Stereo olfaction underlies stable coding of head direction in blind mice - Nature Communications

Stereo olfaction involves comparing odor differences between the two nostrils. Here, using neuronal recordings and a behavioral test, the authors demonstrate that blind mice use stereo olfaction to fo...

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Apr 10

Word of the day is ‘foozle’, from the 19th century: of a golfer, to bungle a shot. More generally, to make a complete mess of something.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Apr 4

Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.

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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · Mar 29

Spot on: It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde

We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Thora Bjornsdottir @thorabjorns.bsky.social · Mar 20

very excited to see this work, which started out as my PhD thesis, finally published (open access)!
doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
Main takeaways 👇
In both 🇨🇦Canada & 🇮🇸Iceland, higher-class individuals look more attractive/healthy/competent and more positive/warm 1/n

Consistent Facial Cues to Social Class Across Two Different Western Contexts

Individuals form impressions of others’ social-class standing from nonverbal information, including facial appearance. Whether the facial cues relating to (perceptions of) social class generalize acr...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Mar 20

This is absolutely hilarious.

Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.

Clearly didn't read it.

Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Mar 12

Word of the day is ‘hingum-tringum’: 19th-century Scots for feeling feeble or barely presentable, and just about hanging together.

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · Mar 11

Isn’t it about time for all Journals to add a link for Bluesky @bsky.app instead of Toxic X? Please Wake Up & Act! E.g @peerj.bsky.social 🙏

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · Mar 11

2023. #DEI. #PLOSBiology: The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... via @plosbiology.org

The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science

This study reveals that non-native English speakers, especially early in their careers, spend more effort than native English speakers in conducting scientific activities, from reading and writing pap...

dx.plos.org

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Feb 28

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Feb 25

You first.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Feb 22

Gen-X knows 🤣

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Feb 22

WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · Feb 9

As being “free to make our own trade deals” has delivered the square root of jack shit and, as Brexiters still can’t tell us what EU regulations they want to scrap, closer alignment with the EU should be a no-brainer.

Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening

A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer

www.thetimes.com

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Pavel Stopka, PS Lab @pavelstopka.bsky.social · Dec 23

New BBC episode is now online and I am very happy that the story about wood mice making signposts is based on our research (dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472...) while I was a postdoc in @oxfordbiology.bsky.social (Dept. Zool. at that time). #WILDCRU
tv.apple.com/.../umc.cmc....

https://tv.apple.com/.../umc.cmc.2o8al5w2z01dnm4f9aw11d2w7

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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thanks, Vanessa!

S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thanks, and sorry about that. Here it is: www.stir.ac.uk/news/2024/au...

Stirling researchers to study how babies use sense of smell to successfully breastfeed

Psychologists at the University of Stirling are to study how newborn babies use their sense of smell to successfully breastfeed in a new project that could improve breastfeeding rates worldwide.

www.stir.ac.uk

S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · Feb 7

Working link: www.stir.ac.uk/news/2024/au...

Stirling researchers to study how babies use sense of smell to successfully breastfeed

Psychologists at the University of Stirling are to study how newborn babies use their sense of smell to successfully breastfeed in a new project that could improve breastfeeding rates worldwide.

www.stir.ac.uk

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Nov 29

This is one of the finest pieces of popular science writing I have ever read--full of twists and turns and surprises. It takes us from van Leeuwenhoek's look at sperm to kids with heart defects, via Dr. No--take a moment and read it! 🧪

John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · Nov 27

Looking for something fun to read? Here’s a #popsci piece I did on the crazy history of cilia and left/right patterning in embryos. Remember #devbiolwriteclub Bluesky Boot Camp starts Monday Dec. 2! Please RS (re-skeet?)

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The Anatomical Quirk That Saved Dr. No

A wild tale of how scientists unraveled embryology's most fascinating mystery.

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