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Bhisma Chakrabarti
@bhisma.bsky.social
Autism researcher interested in individual differences in human behaviour and brain function.
University professor by day.
UK, India
[@bhismadev on (e)X]

www.bhismalab.org
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9/ Check out the actual study for many more analyses, e.g., phenotypic variation, scan parameters, signal to noise ratio, etc! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Thank you to the editor @meharpist.bsky.social and anonymous reviewers for the many helpful suggestions, which greatly improved the study.
Longer scans boost prediction and cut costs in brain-wide association studies - Nature
Although the number of participants is important for phenotypic prediction accuracy in brain-wide association studies using functional MRI, scanning for at least 30 min offers the greatest cost effect...
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July 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
What mental health issues matter most to South Asian youth? Our new paper dives into their priorities for future research, led by a brilliant global team of Usman Hamdani and Amy Finlay Jones and others @wellcometrust.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Involving young people with lived experience in advancing mental health science: an exploratory qualitative study from Pakistan and India - BMC Psychiatry
Background Meaningful involvement of young People with Lived Experience (PWLE) in co-designing youth mental health interventions has been much emphasized globally. However, there is a scarcity of evid...
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July 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A treat to hear the brilliant Isabel Dziobek speak about psychotherapy and social robotics - starting off the second day at Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25
June 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Prof Ioannis Patras starts the final talk of the day, on multimodal AI for emotion recognition in context #ReadEmo25
June 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It's finally here! Looking forward to two days of immersion in facial expressions research from around the world at Reading Emotions 2025 sites.google.com/site/reading...
#ReadEmo25
June 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
There are a few misconceptions about autism and empathy in the public discourse. It was great to be part of this podcast in trying to dispel some of these notions - alongwith colleagues across the world. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast, Autism, empathy and psychopaths
Why society must rethink the damaging stereotypes about autistic people and low empathy.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A job bonanza for #psychology and #neuroscience academics- to join our thriving department! We are looking to recruit one Professor and up to 3 Assistant Professors in Psychology/Neuroscience - please spread the word!
jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Professor in Neuroscience:Whiteknights Reading UK
jobs.reading.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Register now for the 14th annual Reading Emotions on 26-27 June with a stellar interdisciplinary line-up of speakers to discuss “Facial expressions of emotion”. Submit abstracts for short talks and apply for travel grants sites.google.com/site/reading.... We look forward to seeing you at #ReadEmo25
March 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
For Bangla speakers amongst us, here's a recent freewheeling chat on Autism, Empathy, and India - with The Coffee House Experience www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIfx...
CHE#57 | Bangla Podcast | Autism in India - From Denial to Empathy | Bhismadev Chakrabarti
YouTube video by The Coffee House Experience
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February 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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During the first 2 years of the Covid pandemic, I offered multiple, online epidemiology courses for health & science journalists

You can watch videos and download slides 👇🏽

www.teachepi.org/courses/epid...

My Forbes piece is on my big take-aways: www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
November 28, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Looking forward to being back in my old lab, to talk about what we've been up to. If you're around in Cambridge, do pop by! talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...
talks.cam : Social reward response as a lens to examine autism in and outside the lab
talks.cam.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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Want to learn/teach R? I'm still actively developing my package of learnr tutorials at github.com/profandyfiel... Just added a tutorial on multilevel models and repeated measures.
GitHub - profandyfield/discovr: discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio
discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio - profandyfield/discovr
github.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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List of psychology-related starter packs!
#Psychology #AcademicSky 🧪 🧵

Cross-Cultural Psychology and Quant Anthropology
by @drboothroyd.bsky.social
September 15, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Since we're starting over, it might be a good idea to introduce some of the stuff we've been working on. We have a mix of lab-based projects (in UK) and community based projects (India, Malawi) - looking at measuring individual differences related to autism. (1/5)
November 14, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Feels a bit like my early days on Twitter, now nearly 14 years ago. The world has come a long way since then, but here's hoping that science still remains exciting and friendly.
November 10, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Very excited to be seeking our 4th postdoc CINN Research Fellow.
A super-rewarding research development role, with substantial research resources, datasets, conference/training travel, tech support, training.
https://buff.ly/3UATDWc
To find out about CINN visit our website: https://buff.ly/3CpMMZ8
CINN Research Fellow:Whiteknights Reading UK
The Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN) is seeking a talented postdoctoral researcher to join our team as Research Fellow. The post holder will split their time between:
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November 6, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Important new paper from @stijovicana.bsky.social @sebkorb.bsky.social, Giorgia Silani and others on defining social reward in humans and animals. doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
APA PsycNet
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October 26, 2024 at 11:15 AM
We are looking for TWO permanent lecturers (US equivalent: Assistant professors) in Developmental/Social/Forensic Psychology. You'd join one of the oldest Psychology departments in the UK, with a thriving culture of research and coffee. Please spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DJJ393/l...
Lecturer in Developmental, Social and Forensic Psychology at University of Reading
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Developmental, Social and Forensic Psychology at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 29, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Join us this June 20th and 21st for another edition of Reading Emotions! Mechanisms of Resilience; from bench to bedside Our chair this year is Professor Nazanin Derakshan, bringing together a fantastic lineup of keynotes. Find out more on the #ReadEmo24 website: sites.google.com/site/reading...
Reading Emotions
This year’s Reading Emotions will feature step-change developments in the theory and practice of resilience. From neuroscientific explorations to the applications of AI in building every day resilienc...
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April 8, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Delighted to share the first publication with the stellar team of Sander Begeer, Hilde Geurts, & Erik Van der Burg - led by the brilliant Bobby Jertberg. We found that perception of synchrony was not essential for multisensory integration in a McGurk task. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Perception of temporal synchrony not a prerequisite for multisensory integration - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Perception of temporal synchrony not a prerequisite for multisensory integration
www.nature.com
March 14, 2024 at 1:44 PM
What better way to start on a new platform other than celebrating success. Here's celebrating Simon Brett's successful PhD viva, with examiners @cmanning.bsky.social &Eva Loth and co-supervisor Liz Pellicano.
January 24, 2024 at 4:03 PM