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The Centre for Human Brain Health
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We are a research facility at the University of Birmingham with the mission to understand what makes a brain healthy, how to maintain health & how to prevent and reverse damage. www.birmingham.ac.uk/chbh
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The Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · 8d
We’re excited to share some leadership updates at the CHBH! After three years, Dr @katjakornysheva.bsky.social stepped down this month, we're grateful to Katja for her leadership. Prof @bagshaap.bsky.social will continue as Co-Director and we welcome Prof Stephane De Brito as Co-Director into 25/26.
University of Birmingham announcement for new Centre for Human Brain Health Co-Director, Professor Stephane De Brito, with his headshot.
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The Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · 5d
Join us for a CHBH Seminar with @danieljamesyon.bsky.social on 'Learning about uncertainty from ourselves and others'
Thur 9 Oct 1–2pm
LT6 Strathcona/Zoom
Hosted by Prof Jennifer Cook
Event info/registration: bit.ly/4gWAPdO
#CognitiveNeuroscience#Metacognition#Learning #Uncertainty #SocialCognition
Poster for a CHBH seminar with Dr Daniel Yon on uncertainty in perception and social interaction, held on 9 October 2025 at the University of Birmingham. Includes event details, a photo of Dr Yon, a QR code, and the CHBH University slogan.
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The Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · 5d
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Andy Bagshaw @bagshaap.bsky.social · 6d
Marseille is a great place to be thinking about the future of MEG...
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The Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · 8d
Stephane he has been integral to CHBH since its inception and brings fresh ideas and vision for the Centre’s future.
#CentreForHumanBrainHealth #CHBH
#UniversityOfBirmingham #Neuroscience #BrainHealth #ResearchLeadership #TeamCHBH #InnovationInScience #Interdisciplinarity #MultimodalNeuroimaging
University of Birmingham announcement for new Centre for Human Brain Health Co-Director, Professor Stephane De Brito, with his headshot.
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The Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · 8d
We’re excited to share some leadership updates at the CHBH! After three years, Dr @katjakornysheva.bsky.social stepped down this month, we're grateful to Katja for her leadership. Prof @bagshaap.bsky.social will continue as Co-Director and we welcome Prof Stephane De Brito as Co-Director into 25/26.
University of Birmingham announcement for new Centre for Human Brain Health Co-Director, Professor Stephane De Brito, with his headshot.
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The Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · 8d
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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · 9d
Join us 🗓️ DEADLINE THIS THU 2 Oct! Last call for applications for two exciting & fun positions in the Birmingham BabyLab to work on multisensory development in term-born and preterm infancy w Andy Bremner, Monica Gori, and Andy Surtees. Please repost:
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Andy Bagshaw @bagshaap.bsky.social · Sep 8
Sleep EEG-fMRI finally starting @thechbh.bsky.social!
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Katharina Duecker @katduecker.bsky.social · Aug 30
At long last, the pre-print to our MEG study + RIFT study and the final paper from my Ph.D with @olejensen.bsky.social We show that strong pre-search alpha oscillations are associated with faster responses in visual search www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@thechbh.bsky.social #neuroskyence
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Kartik Rai @krai13.bsky.social · Sep 2
Kicking off! Day0, Poster Presentations at Computational Social Cognition Summer school at @thechbh.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social.
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Andy Bagshaw @bagshaap.bsky.social · Jul 29
The advert for Head of School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham (@uob-sop.bsky.social, working closely with @thechbh.bsky.social) is currently open, deadline August 6th #neurojobs
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Andy Bagshaw @bagshaap.bsky.social · Jul 9
The School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham is looking for a new Head of School:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS973/h...
Get in touch if you have any questions and please circulate. @uob-sop.bsky.social @thechbh.bsky.social ‬
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Charlotte Reese Marshall used to be Tom Rhys Marshall @tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social · Jul 18
Team @thechbh.bsky.social coming home from @meguki2025.bsky.social with FOUR awards. @harrycook.bsky.social and Chloe Clifford were runners-up for the poster prize, @ajquinn.bsky.social took second in the art competition, and Tommy Clausner won the art competition.

What a day!
Four very happy people standing in front of poster boards holding prize-winning certificates.
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Matthew Apps @brainapps.bsky.social · Jul 4
I am delighted to announce registration and abstract submission is open for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" to be held at the Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham, UK on 3-5th November 2025. uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
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Andy Bagshaw @bagshaap.bsky.social · Jul 9
The School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham is looking for a new Head of School:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS973/h...
Get in touch if you have any questions and please circulate. @uob-sop.bsky.social @thechbh.bsky.social ‬
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Patricia Lockwood @thepsychologist.bsky.social · Jul 2
“Relying on PRIME young adults limits cognitive science” www.cell.com/trends/cogni... new @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social piece with @connectedmindslab.bsky.social we highlight how a focus on young adults as a benchmark of ‘human’ behaviour has shaped cognitive science in several ways 👇
Relying on PRIME young adults limits cognitive science
Cognitive science has made remarkable strides in understanding cognition and behaviour. However, a critical issue persists. Most studies focus on PRIME populations – young adults who are productive, r...
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Matthew B @matthewbroome.bsky.social · Jul 3
Superb inaugural tonight from @brainapps.bsky.social Can I be bothered? Impressive work and lots of top jokes
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Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · Jul 2
A masterclass in the science of motivation for @brainapps.bsky.social inaugural lecture and well-deserved recognition of all the support Matt gives those around him
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Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · Jun 26
🌟 Research Assistant opportunity 🌟

I'm looking for an RA to support research @thechbh.bsky.social on social information seeking and decision making, including fMRI and MEG 🧠

Details: tinyurl.com/chbh-ra-uob
Deadline: 20th July ⏳
Start: From September 🗓️
Please share 🔁
Research Associate - School of Psychology - 104433 - Grade 6
The role is to provide Research Assistant services to Dr Jo Cutler for her projects on social decision-making and information seeking. Tasks include helping with participant recruitment and testing, c...
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Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · Jun 9
Just 4 weeks until the abstract deadline for Curiosity, Information Seeking & Exploration - ciseconf.github.io/CISE_2025/

🗓️ 30th Sept-1st Oct
📍 Brown University
👥 Romy Frömer, @hayleydorfman.bsky.social, Ohad Dan, Matt Nassar, Tali Sharot & Jacqueline Gottlieb
👇 Speakers

Please submit & share!
CISE 2025
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Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social · Jun 12
In our new MEG/RIFT study from @thechbh.bsky.social by
@katduecker.bsky.social , we show that feature-guidance in visual search alters neuronal excitability in early visual cortex —supporting a priority-map-based attentional mechanism.
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Guided visual search is associated with target boosting and distractor suppression in early visual cortex
Communications Biology - Magnetoencephalography in human participants paired with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging reveals that excitability in early visual cortex is modulated to boost targets...
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Martin Wilson @martinw3141.bsky.social · Jun 13
Abstract submissions are now open for the fMRS symposium in Bangor, Wales, Sept 2025 : shorturl.at/Q1A5p come present your latest functional MR spectroscopy neuroscientific findings, method development or anything else related to fMRS.
Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Symposium II: 31st August – 2nd September 2025
To be held in Bangor Gwynedd, in lovely North Wales. This year the fMRS symposium will be held jointly (one after the other) with the 9th GABA and Edited MRS symposium. We therefore invite all inte…
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Lydia Hickman @lydiajhickman.bsky.social · Jun 16
My new paper with Jennifer Cook sets out potential reasons for high rates of Parkinson's disease (PD) diagnosis in the autistic population: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @mrccbu.bsky.social @thechbh.bsky.social 🧵1/n
High rates of Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis in the autistic population: true co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?
Older autistic adult literature is sparse, and little is known about the aging autistic population. However, recent evidence suggests an increased pre…
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Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social · May 30
Our latest study on reading using MEG, eyetracking and Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging headed by Yali Pan from @thechbh.bsky.social : Parallel and dynamic attention allocation during natural reading
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Parallel and dynamic attention allocation during natural reading
During natural reading, attention constantly shifts across words, yet how linguistic properties (e.g., lexical frequency) impact the allocation of attention remains unclear. In this study, we co-regis...
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Arkady Konovalov @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social · May 9
🚨 PhD opportunity for Fall 2025 🚨

Send me your CV and cover letter by May 30th to apply to work on neural mechanisms of altruism and cooperation (fMRI, eye-tracking, computational).

ONLY open to UK (home) students.

Funded by @UoB_SoP

Please share and RT!
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Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social · May 8
Oscar Ferrante from @thechbh.bsky.social and his colleagues Rony Hirschhorn and Alex Lepauvre on Brain Inspired, reflecting on the Cogitate collaboration and the recent Nature paper.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · May 7
In this episode of “Brain Inspired,” Paul Middlebrooks talks with Oscar Ferrante, Rony Hirschhorn and Alex Lepauvre about putting integrated information and global neuronal workspace theories of consciousness to the test. Listen now: www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
Oscar Ferrante, Rony Hirschhorn and Alex Lepauvre discuss putting integrated information and global neuronal workspace theories of consciousness to the test
The trio is part of the adversarial collaboration launched to test various theories of consciousness, a project known as COGITATE.
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Charlotte Reese Marshall used to be Tom Rhys Marshall @tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social · May 6
Absolute privilege to spend a whole morning discussing @harveymccone.bsky.social's PhD work. Thanks a lot to Harvey, @redmondoconnell.bsky.social, @jslbutler.bsky.social et al for hosting me in Dublin 🙏
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John Butler @jslbutler.bsky.social · May 3
Thursday was a great day Harvey McCone passed his PhD Viva on timing and evidence in decision making
It has been an absolute joy and pleasure co-supervising Harvey with @redmondoconnell.bsky.social
Thanks to the examiners @whelanlabtcd.bsky.social and @tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social
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The Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · May 6
We're very proud to be supporting these sessions!
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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 2
📣 Babylab and The Exchange are launching a new event series: BabyLab Sessions @ The Exchange! 📣 These are bi-monthly baby and parent events in Birmingham city centre.

🗓️ Thursday 8th May
⏰ 10:00-12:00
✨FREE✨ but sign up here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/the-e...

More info 👇
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