Psych Senior Lecturer | Research: cog benefits of martial arts 🥋🧠 Advocate for fluidity between academia & industry! Views are my own, not of my employer.
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Like many others, I've been spending more time in the other place recently: bsky.app/profile/ajohnstone.…
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The end of an era 🥹
Mark Cavendish closes an extraordinary chapter in cycling history at the Tour de France Singapore Criterium by putting an end to his incredible professional career🥇
Thank you, @MarkCavendish for a career that has been nothing short of legendary 👏
#TDFSG
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Hello AU students! Follow our account for updates on the FoSST Employability and Professional Development Event taking place from the 2nd-6th December, 2024 🎓Though the event is mainly geared toward Faculty of Social Sciences students, every AU student is welcome to attend!
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‘Psychology has been fundamental in terms of informing witness interview practice…’
In the first episode of the 'Psychology Unleashed' podcast from @UniWestminster, Prof @CathLoveday hears about witness interviewing and more from Prof @Coral_Dando
bps.org.uk/psychologist/psyc…
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🚨Attention UK psychology postgrads! Want your work published in the next issue of the PsyPAG Quarterly? Send in your articles—500 to 2000 words on any psychology topic! #AcademicTwitter #PsychResearch
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Guess what?! We need more STEM professionals to volunteer as #STEMPenPals this year! Interested in exchanging #SnailMail with a student to demystify STEM and humanize STEM people? Learn more and register now!
prescientist.org/volunteers/
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Knowing when to stop… Neurosurgeon @TedSchwartz13 with an essay adapted from his new book 'Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery' (@oneworldnews)
RT or Like for your chance to win a copy!
bps.org.uk/psychologist/know…
@WeillCornell @NYPhospital
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🗓 Working hard to get the next issue of PsyPAG Quarterly out in December! Want to be featured in 2024? Start submitting your articles now! [email protected] #PsychWriting #Postgrad
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Exciting news for the #OpenScience community! We’re hosting a FORRT Hackathon this November, and you’re all invited to join us!
📅 Date: November 15, 2024
🕒 Time: 3pm-5pm CET (Online)
⏳ Duration: 2 hours
Two amazing projects need YOUR help👇
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The good, bad and inbetween of reality TV…
Dr @JackNewsinger and Dr Nina Willment are hoping to speak with Psychologists who have worked in media production.
bps.org.uk/psychologist/good…
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Congratulations to all of our 2024 Brain Awareness Video Contest winners! #BAVC24
🥇 “The BBB and Its Story!” by Joshua Moses.
🥈”A Chocolate Heist: Neuroscience of Dark Adaptation” by Christoph Koenig.
🥉”Sun Rays and Long Days, Our Brain's Clock” by Lindsey Czarnecki.
🏆 “The Great Show of Consciousness” by Eduardo Traviezo.
brainfacts.org/for-educators…
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This year's Voices In Psychology question: How has Covid changed our Psychology?
Address this question however you like, via whatever medium.
Submit to [email protected] by 4 October 2024 and include a paragraph about yourself and your stance on science communication.
I’ve been matched with a pre-scientist penpal for the upcoming year and I’m so excited! 😍🎉
She’ll be my 4th penpal through the programme and I’m still just as excited as I was when I first learnt about LPS 💜
👀We just matched 1,200 students with #STEMPenPals! Keep an eye on your inbox if you're waiting for your match!! 💌 (more matching coming later this month, too!) #STEMforAll
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In 2017, I boldly wrote in @psychmag that the concept of "psychological literacy" is overrated. Seven years later, I now think that psychological literacy is crucial for the future of the discipline. So, I debate my former self directly in a new article:
bps.org.uk/psychologist/time…
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Lots of change on our homepage again bps.org.uk/psychologist
Is it a folorn hope that lots of you might set this as your default homepage? Is that just not a thing people do? We're putting out so much exclusive content, I want to make sure people see it!
App also good for that.
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We are looking for a STUDENT member to join our Careers, Industry and Outreach team.
For more info and details on how to apply, follow: bps.org.uk/news/volunteer-ro…
Deadline for applications is 31st October 2024.
Please state which role you are applying for in your application.
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🚨Exciting announcement 🚨
We have x4 roles available on our Section Committee AND a Chair position.
Deadline for applications for all positions is 31st October 2024⏰. Any questions, please get in touch!
More details to follow 🧵⬇️ Please share!
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Introducing “Sandwich Builder” - a gamified short-term memory measure
📝 Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/zf…
We find that subjects exit SB less fatigued & more motivated than classic memory measures (& show convergent+predictive validity, etc)
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