CELEBRATING THE LIFE & WORK OF VINCENT HAYWARD (1955-2023) Special Issue in Multisensory Research to celebrate our dear friend Vincent. Submission deadline: 01/04/2024 Guest edited by Luke Miller, Alessandro Farnè, and Marc Ernst. #Neuroskyence PsychSciSky
"I'm trying to reach out, I'm trying to find my people" NEW RESEARCH from Dr Gemma Williams, @sarahgarf.bsky.socialwww.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
All grants should follow the "just submit a 2-page letter first and then we'll let you know if you even have a chance" model. #neuroskyence#PsychSciSky
New on the Imperfect Cognitions blog: Richard Hassall on self narratives and medicalisation in psychiatry imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2023/11/self...#philsky
Today "The Art of Touch: A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond" is finally published! I am very honoured that my essay is part of this fantastic collection edited by Joan Schweighardt and Faye Rapoport DesPres (UGA press). Available to order here: ugapress.org/book/9780820...
Being born slows the rate of myelin growth, according to new research. 👶 In a new paper, a team led by Mareike Grotheer presents findings which may help explain several brain-related risks associated with preterm birth. Check out our summary right here: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...#PsychSciSky
My lab is seeking a postdoc to work on Wellcome trust/ERC grants to examine the cognitive, computational & neural basis of human motivation and decision-making. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDS251/r.... This is a 2.5 year post initially with possibility of extension. Deadline is November 17th. Please repost!
An academic position as a Research Fellow is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
New preprint from @loseth.bsky.socialosf.io/preprints/ps... Because opioids are so addictive, their use is restricted to pain relief - but their effects are notoriously variable & numerous
My recent work with @lisik.bsky.social on social touch is now published on JNeuro. We show that the brain detects the social-affective significance of observed touch at an early stage, within the time frame of feedforward visual processing through social perceptual brain regions.
Seeing social touch triggers a strong social-affective response that involves multiple brain networks, including visual, social perceptual, and somatosensory systems. Previous studies have identified ...