Antonia Hamilton
@antoniahamilton.bsky.social
Social Neuroscience Professor at UCL studying human brain and behaviour in real world social interactions
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"Our findings point to previously unknown strengths in autistic children who are minimally speaking across statistical learning and social attention, suggesting that spoken language differences in this population might be unrelated to these domains" www.nature.com/articles/s41... free
Visual statistical learning and social attention in neurotypical, minimally speaking and speaking autistic preschoolers - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Visual statistical learning and social attention in neurotypical, minimally speaking and speaking autistic preschoolers
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Our findings point to previously unknown strengths in autistic children who are minimally speaking across statistical learning and social attention, suggesting that spoken language differences in this population might be unrelated to these domains" www.nature.com/articles/s41... free
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Here's the link
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Here's the link
nice work but would the results be the same if this was a live social interaction (rather than watching a video)?
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
nice work but would the results be the same if this was a live social interaction (rather than watching a video)?
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🚨new article with C. Galusca & L. Bonatti @springernature.com
Learning is best when a teacher engages directly with the learner, e.g., by routinely gazing toward them. Is social engagement always beneficial for learning? If not, when?
Full story in open access 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Learning is best when a teacher engages directly with the learner, e.g., by routinely gazing toward them. Is social engagement always beneficial for learning? If not, when?
Full story in open access 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.3...
The effect of ostensive communication on immediate and delayed memory of novel and familiar action patterns - Memory & Cognition
Actions are often learnt incidentally by observing other individuals. How aspects inherent to the social context in which an action is seen affect action learning remains poorly understood. Here we st...
link.springer.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🚨new article with C. Galusca & L. Bonatti @springernature.com
Learning is best when a teacher engages directly with the learner, e.g., by routinely gazing toward them. Is social engagement always beneficial for learning? If not, when?
Full story in open access 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Learning is best when a teacher engages directly with the learner, e.g., by routinely gazing toward them. Is social engagement always beneficial for learning? If not, when?
Full story in open access 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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I found this article super-interesting: Why more social interactions lead to more polarization in societies | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I found this article super-interesting: Why more social interactions lead to more polarization in societies | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Preserved spontaneous mentalizing amid reduced intersubject variability in autism during a movie narrative. Paper by Margot Mangnus & al. with Peter Hagoort
doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.10.007
doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.10.007
October 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Preserved spontaneous mentalizing amid reduced intersubject variability in autism during a movie narrative. Paper by Margot Mangnus & al. with Peter Hagoort
doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.10.007
doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.10.007
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New blogpost on @elife.bsky.social's new Replication study type deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/prob.... tldr = I think it's doomed.
#Replication #Publishing #Reproducibility
#Replication #Publishing #Reproducibility
Problems with ELife's new article type: Replication studies
I was interested to receive an email from eLife last week, telling me that "As part of our commitment to open science, scientific rigour ...
deevybee.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
New blogpost on @elife.bsky.social's new Replication study type deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/prob.... tldr = I think it's doomed.
#Replication #Publishing #Reproducibility
#Replication #Publishing #Reproducibility
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🫀🖼️🫀What can 732 co-created drawings and heart rates from 61 dyads teach us about intergenerational relationship development and collaboration?
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@escross.bsky.social @lucanaudszus.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@escross.bsky.social @lucanaudszus.bsky.social
Cardiac synchrony remains stable across repeated intergenerational encounters but is enhanced during high stakes collaboration
Intergenerational social programs provide opportunities for people of all ages to form new relationships. Furthermore, existing qualitative and behavioural evidence from such programs points to health...
doi.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🫀🖼️🫀What can 732 co-created drawings and heart rates from 61 dyads teach us about intergenerational relationship development and collaboration?
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@escross.bsky.social @lucanaudszus.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@escross.bsky.social @lucanaudszus.bsky.social
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Fundamental features of social environments determine rate of social affiliation www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Fundamental features of social environments determine rate of social affiliation www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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What happens in the brain as people become less lonely? Intergenerational community programs can reduce loneliness, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We collected and analysed 732 🧠-scans to find out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@introspection.bsky.social + @escross.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@introspection.bsky.social + @escross.bsky.social
Longitudinal intergenerational hyperscanning reveals indices of relationship formation and loneliness
Loneliness is globally acknowledged as a severe and burgeoning health risk, fuelling interest in helping people of all ages form meaningful social connections. One promising approach consists of inter...
www.biorxiv.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What happens in the brain as people become less lonely? Intergenerational community programs can reduce loneliness, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We collected and analysed 732 🧠-scans to find out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@introspection.bsky.social + @escross.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@introspection.bsky.social + @escross.bsky.social
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Conversational turn-taking feels effortless, but it's a complex dance. We find social context—who you're talking to and what you're talking about—fundamentally changes conversational dynamics in both autistic & TD children. 1/
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... w @chrismmcox.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... w @chrismmcox.bsky.social
Social Context Matters for Turn‐Taking Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Autistic and Typically Developing Children
Engaging in fluent conversation is a surprisingly complex task that requires interlocutors to promptly respond to each other in a way that is appropriate to the social context. In this study, we dise...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Conversational turn-taking feels effortless, but it's a complex dance. We find social context—who you're talking to and what you're talking about—fundamentally changes conversational dynamics in both autistic & TD children. 1/
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... w @chrismmcox.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... w @chrismmcox.bsky.social
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New paper! - I was wrong! We checked and checked again we were definitely wrong.
And I couldn't be happier that we are able to publish these findings at QJEP - Satchell, Hall & Jones 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
And I couldn't be happier that we are able to publish these findings at QJEP - Satchell, Hall & Jones 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New paper! - I was wrong! We checked and checked again we were definitely wrong.
And I couldn't be happier that we are able to publish these findings at QJEP - Satchell, Hall & Jones 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
And I couldn't be happier that we are able to publish these findings at QJEP - Satchell, Hall & Jones 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Science fiction science, by the ever-thoughtful Iyad Rahwan: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The science fiction science method - Nature
The ‘science fiction science’ method simulates future technologies and collects quantitative data on the attitudes and behaviours of participants in various future scenarios, with the aim of predicting impacts of future technologies before they arrive.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Science fiction science, by the ever-thoughtful Iyad Rahwan: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🫁❤️New preprint out: The social, decoupled self
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The social, decoupled self: interpersonal synchronization of breathing alters intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling
People synchronize their periodic behavioural and physiological rhythms with each other during social interaction. While this interpersonal synchronization has largely been associated with positive ef...
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October 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🫁❤️New preprint out: The social, decoupled self
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Lovely article in @uk.theconversation.com by Maria Ahmad who is doing her PhD research supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk in my lab on oceanic navigation in the Marshall Islands.
This is her coverage of our voyage to Aur atoll this summer:
theconversation.com/my-voyage-to...
This is her coverage of our voyage to Aur atoll this summer:
theconversation.com/my-voyage-to...
My voyage to explore how Marshallese sailors find their way at sea without technology
Scientists have been exploring the role that neuroscience plays in ocean navigation.
theconversation.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Lovely article in @uk.theconversation.com by Maria Ahmad who is doing her PhD research supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk in my lab on oceanic navigation in the Marshall Islands.
This is her coverage of our voyage to Aur atoll this summer:
theconversation.com/my-voyage-to...
This is her coverage of our voyage to Aur atoll this summer:
theconversation.com/my-voyage-to...
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Finally had a chance to read this study on conceptual alignment in human communication. Using a clever repeated reference game, it provides quantitative evidence that interaction drives people to converge on a shared, generalizable conceptual space:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05566
@rdhawkins.bsky.social
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05566
@rdhawkins.bsky.social
arxiv.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Finally had a chance to read this study on conceptual alignment in human communication. Using a clever repeated reference game, it provides quantitative evidence that interaction drives people to converge on a shared, generalizable conceptual space:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05566
@rdhawkins.bsky.social
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05566
@rdhawkins.bsky.social
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30 years since this happened (28 since I wrote about it). I still recall that wonderful tree and the generosity of my patient in her final illness. www.bmj.com/content/315/...
September 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
30 years since this happened (28 since I wrote about it). I still recall that wonderful tree and the generosity of my patient in her final illness. www.bmj.com/content/315/...
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Dalin Yang, Adam T. Eggebrecht, et al:
Mapping brain function underlying naturalistic motor observation and imitation using high-density diffuse optical tomography
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Mapping brain function underlying naturalistic motor observation and imitation using high-density diffuse optical tomography
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
September 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Dalin Yang, Adam T. Eggebrecht, et al:
Mapping brain function underlying naturalistic motor observation and imitation using high-density diffuse optical tomography
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Mapping brain function underlying naturalistic motor observation and imitation using high-density diffuse optical tomography
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Had the opportunity to present our #fNIRS hyperscanning study @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social @antoniahamilton.bsky.social @saradefelice.bsky.social at #ICON2025 in the Social And Embodied Language Learning Symposium. Felt small in the huge auditorium but the room was filled w/ inspiring questions!
September 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Had the opportunity to present our #fNIRS hyperscanning study @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social @antoniahamilton.bsky.social @saradefelice.bsky.social at #ICON2025 in the Social And Embodied Language Learning Symposium. Felt small in the huge auditorium but the room was filled w/ inspiring questions!
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Don't underestimate the effect of the arts—music, dance, visual, gardening, crafts, theater—for promoting health, a systematic review
@naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The arts for disease prevention and health promotion: a systematic review - Nature Medicine
The arts, according to a systematic synthesis of data from 95 studies (across 26 countries), may support non-communicable disease prevention by providing opportunities for increased physical activity,...
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Don't underestimate the effect of the arts—music, dance, visual, gardening, crafts, theater—for promoting health, a systematic review
@naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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What an utterly delightful, inspiring and downright ace two days it has been hosting the Zurich Neuroscience Center-sponsored Social Connection workshop at @ethz.ch‘s glorious Villa Hatt! 🤩 SO much brilliant research & discussion shared while we socially connected over great food and stellar views!
September 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What an utterly delightful, inspiring and downright ace two days it has been hosting the Zurich Neuroscience Center-sponsored Social Connection workshop at @ethz.ch‘s glorious Villa Hatt! 🤩 SO much brilliant research & discussion shared while we socially connected over great food and stellar views!
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I'm so excited to finally share work that’s been a couple of years in the making!
See our new paper on *social interactions in #autism*, co-authored with Isabel Dziobek, @antoniahamilton.bsky.social & @thaliawheatley.bsky.social in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social 🎉
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
See our new paper on *social interactions in #autism*, co-authored with Isabel Dziobek, @antoniahamilton.bsky.social & @thaliawheatley.bsky.social in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social 🎉
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Social Interaction Style in Autism: A Narrative Review of Social Behaviors and Outcomes in Autistic and Neurotypical Interactions | Autism in Adulthood
Social interaction difficulties are a defining feature of autism. Historically, research has concentrated on comparing the social behaviors of autistic and neurotypical individuals in cross-neurotype ...
www.liebertpub.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I'm so excited to finally share work that’s been a couple of years in the making!
See our new paper on *social interactions in #autism*, co-authored with Isabel Dziobek, @antoniahamilton.bsky.social & @thaliawheatley.bsky.social in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social 🎉
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
See our new paper on *social interactions in #autism*, co-authored with Isabel Dziobek, @antoniahamilton.bsky.social & @thaliawheatley.bsky.social in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social 🎉
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Check out our new paper on communicative intentions in social interactions!
Sending emojis 😀/😐/😠 to a virtual agent modulated mimicry and evaluation of a facial expression received in response!
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @therealspr.bsky.social
Sending emojis 😀/😐/😠 to a virtual agent modulated mimicry and evaluation of a facial expression received in response!
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @therealspr.bsky.social
<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
Communicating emotional intentions via emojis influences how people evaluate and mimic facial expressions during social interactions. Sending a smile emoji increased pleasantness and mimicry of happy...
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Check out our new paper on communicative intentions in social interactions!
Sending emojis 😀/😐/😠 to a virtual agent modulated mimicry and evaluation of a facial expression received in response!
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @therealspr.bsky.social
Sending emojis 😀/😐/😠 to a virtual agent modulated mimicry and evaluation of a facial expression received in response!
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @therealspr.bsky.social
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Had a great time presenting our #fNIRS study w/ @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social @antoniahamilton.bsky.social @saradefelice.bsky.social @ #ESCOP2025!🧠 Grateful for the thought-provoking discussions that keep inspiring our work. A fantastic conference ending on a high note in beautiful Peak District ⛰️
September 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Had a great time presenting our #fNIRS study w/ @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social @antoniahamilton.bsky.social @saradefelice.bsky.social @ #ESCOP2025!🧠 Grateful for the thought-provoking discussions that keep inspiring our work. A fantastic conference ending on a high note in beautiful Peak District ⛰️
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We all know: humans are very social animals
But this study helps to quantify that premise. (even things we "know" to be true need to be shown to be empirically true)
People prefer doing almost ALL activities with others (vs alone).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
We all know: humans are very social animals
But this study helps to quantify that premise. (even things we "know" to be true need to be shown to be empirically true)
People prefer doing almost ALL activities with others (vs alone).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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September 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
We all know: humans are very social animals
But this study helps to quantify that premise. (even things we "know" to be true need to be shown to be empirically true)
People prefer doing almost ALL activities with others (vs alone).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
We all know: humans are very social animals
But this study helps to quantify that premise. (even things we "know" to be true need to be shown to be empirically true)
People prefer doing almost ALL activities with others (vs alone).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....