Dutch person in London. Reader at KCL and director of @kings_hsdtc. Touch, GABA, and Autism. Proud dad, cyclist, and I like bugs. Opinions are my own.

London, UK
Joined November 2009
Reminder! We have 4 PhD studentships available at the CBCD with application deadlines in the next few weeks, working with @cbulgarelli01 and @carter_leno. Topics include AI and child development, interoception and sensory environments. More info here: cbcd.bbk.ac.uk/research/pros… :)
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Most autism "sensory" research uses questionnaire measures with multiple shortcomings--"limiting our understanding of autistic sensory processing" ("We may not even know how many autistic people experience sensory processing differences") journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… editorial, free
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Dr. Katie Long is leading vital research, funded by an MRF award, to learn how pregnant people feel about vaccines during pregnancy. We want your views! Take this short survey: tinyurl.com/vaccines-in-preg… For more information on vaccines in pregnancy visit tommys.org/vaccinations-preg…
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📣 New from Terje Falck-Ytter's lab & a great #WKND reading! How do infants process the world? 💡A study from BATSS on 5-month-old twins shows sensory processing is shaped by 🧬genetics & environment and links tactile sensitivity to #autistic traits. 🔗 acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
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📢Survey for autistic uni students in UK on your support experiences & needs developed from community-based participatory research w/ autistic & non-autistic students & disability support staff. Pls share widely🙏 Scan QR code in flyer -> send drafted email to receive direct link
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🚨 PGRs, it's YOUR moment! 🚨 Fill out the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey to demand better & help us push for real change at KCL. 💸 £250 for top faculties 💳 3 x £100 Love2Shop Vouchers up for grabs! 🔗bit.ly/PRESKCL more info here: bit.ly/infoPRESKCL
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🚨 I’m recruiting a PhD student to join me at the @BirkbeckBabylab as part of @BirkbeckUoL's Diversity100 studentship scheme. The PhD will be part of an exciting project funded by @wellcometrust - using cutting-edge multimodal neuroimaging to investigate early brain development.
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As academia presses more demands on our time, remember the importance of making space for "timeless time" where you have the headspace to think critically and creatively (this and other tips in the only about 90-page book The Slow Professor). Also see 👇 nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to put pressure on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research
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Reading is progress. Collecting data is progress. Downloading papers is progress. Emailing is progress. Note-taking is progress. Writing is progress. Teaching is progress. Deleting is progress. Referencing is progress. Rewriting is progress.
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Still in need of participants for this study of #sensory processing, #menstruation and #mentalhealth. We need neurotypical, #autistic and #PMDD folks to take part! durhamuniversity.qualtrics.c…
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Apply now! Fully @The_MRC funded #PhD fellowships with enhanced stipend in #neuroscience #neurodevelopmental disorders, @MRC_CNDD. Deadline Jan 1st 2025! devneuro.org/cndd/phd-fellow… Home students only I'm afraid. Please RT!
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📝High Quality 1-2-1 Writing Guidance, Advice and Feedback for PhD Students 📝 Interested? Contact one of the Writing Fellows directly to book a free one-to-one tutorial. Tutorials are available during term time, so book a tutorial today! bit.ly/RoyalLiteraryFellows
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We've just published the UK Research Supervision Survey 2024 Report - run in partnership with @NextGenRSVP. It's the largest ever survey of doctoral supervisors in the UK and you can access it for free on our website. bit.ly/UKRSS2024
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This is absolutely fantastic!!
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Nick Puts retweeted
Really valuable piece of work on doctoral supervision @KCLDocStudies
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The IoPPN, @MaudsleyNHS, and @maudsleycharity are proud to welcome Professors Philip Shaw, Gustavo Sudre, and Emily Jones as they take up roles within the @KingsMaudsley #Partnership. Click the link to learn more 👇 bit.ly/4eKFvBr
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Please help us understand how autistic adults experience touch. We urgently need more male participants (both autistic and nonautistic). Please find the link below. run.pavlovia.org/haemy.leema…
Please take part in our online study on social touch experience in #Autism. We are still seeking autistic adults (+18). Click the link to find more information and join from your PC/laptop for a chance to win a £50 gift card. Link -> run.pavlovia.org/haemy.leema…
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📢Research opportunity: Autistic children's sensory experiences in school. Autistic student researcher James Baggot invites autistic children (years 5-6/ages ~10-11) and their parents to take part in online interviews (30-45 min). Contact James [email protected] for info.
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