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Daniel Yon
@danieljamesyon.bsky.social
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Psychologist and neuroscientist. Studying how we perceive, act and decide

Reader (Associate Professor) - Birkbeck, University of London

https://psyc.bbk.ac.uk/uncertainty/
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · Jun 27
It's out! Such a wonderful evening celebrating the launch of A TRICK OF THE MIND at Pushkin House. So lovely to see so many, and to be able to thank everybody who made my first book happen. Thank you!

Available in all good bookshops now!

www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
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davidmair4.bsky.social
Excellent book on the predicting mind.
danieljamesyon.bsky.social Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · Jun 27
It's out! Such a wonderful evening celebrating the launch of A TRICK OF THE MIND at Pushkin House. So lovely to see so many, and to be able to thank everybody who made my first book happen. Thank you!

Available in all good bookshops now!

www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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clarepress.bsky.social
I finally gave my Professorial Inaugural Lecture. A great night with friends, family, & colleagues, & sharing the stage with a good friend @cmcgettigan.bsky.social🥂

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTG... Bookmarks flag both my lecture and
@celiaheyes.bsky.social’s (far more entertaining!) intro
McGettigan and Press Inaugural Professorial Lectures 2025
YouTube video by UCL PALS
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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pennysarchet.bsky.social
Bad photos of an extraordinary weekend at #NewScientistLive.

1. @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social and @chamkaurghag.bsky.social tell @rowhoop.bsky.social and myself all about their fascinating research on a special live episode of The World, The Universe & Us (on feeds soon).
October 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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How does the brain invent your reality? Great to be speaking at New Scientist Live this weekend - and signing a few copies of the book! 🧠 🍎

Thanks @newscientist.com and @waterstones.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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silviaseghezzi.bsky.social
Next in line in our super cool Psychological Sciences Seminar Series:
🎤 Jim A.C. Everett from University of Kent
🗓 Wed 22 Oct, 1–2 pm
📍 Room 612, Malet Street, + online via Teams

@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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silviaseghezzi.bsky.social
Next in line in our Psychological Sciences Seminar Series:
🎤 Connor Keating
🗓 Wed 15 Oct, 1–2 pm
📍 Room 612, Malet Street, + online via Teams

@connortkeating.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
danieljamesyon.bsky.social
Next week for all you South East Londoners! 👇
danieljamesyon.bsky.social Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · Sep 20
Looking forward to being in conversation with Stacey Humphries about A TRICK OF THE MIND - next month at Waterstones Greenwich.

Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...

@waterstones.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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alicia-rybicki.bsky.social
🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨

Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook - @thechbh.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social

MIBTP-funded PhD, using behavioural, computational and pharmacological approaches. Get in touch and please share!
October 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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thechbh.bsky.social
Join us for a CHBH Seminar with @danieljamesyon.bsky.social on 'Learning about uncertainty from ourselves and others'
Thur 9 Oct 1–2pm
LT6 Strathcona/Zoom
Hosted by Prof Jennifer Cook
Event info/registration: bit.ly/4gWAPdO
#CognitiveNeuroscience#Metacognition#Learning #Uncertainty #SocialCognition
Poster for a CHBH seminar with Dr Daniel Yon on uncertainty in perception and social interaction, held on 9 October 2025 at the University of Birmingham. Includes event details, a photo of Dr Yon, a QR code, and the CHBH University slogan.
October 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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philcorlett.bsky.social
We are delight to have @kjedlovszky.bsky.social visiting from @danieljamesyon.bsky.social lab, despite appearances we do not work in the Nakatomi Plaza from Die Hard!
kjedlovszky.bsky.social Krisztina Jedlovszky @kjedlovszky.bsky.social · Sep 22
Excited to start my first day at Yale as a Visiting Researcher in @philcorlett.bsky.social's lab, working on social hallucinations and paranoid thinking 💫

Thank you to @exppsychsoc.bsky.social for generously funding this visit!
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
danieljamesyon.bsky.social
Looking forward to being in conversation with Stacey Humphries about A TRICK OF THE MIND - next month at Waterstones Greenwich.

Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...

@waterstones.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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sciam.bsky.social
In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality
Your Brain Is Hallucinating—And That’s How It’s Supposed to Work
In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality
www.scientificamerican.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
Looking forward to reading A Trick of the Mind by @danieljamesyon.bsky.social! About the relationship between consciousness and prediction. #booksky #science #psychology
August 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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aidanhorner.bsky.social
Deadline for these jobs is 5th September, so you've got until next week on Friday to apply! Come join us in beautiful York, complete with Minsters, snickelways, fMRI and OPMs - what more could you ask for?!

#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs
August 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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newscientist.com
The unpredictability of our times isn't all bad, as it may help us think up some genuine new ideas, says Daniel Yon, author of A Trick of the Mind
Why living in a volatile age may make our brains truly innovative
The unpredictability of our times isn't all bad, as it may help us think up some genuine new ideas, says Daniel Yon, author of A Trick of the Mind
www.newscientist.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
danieljamesyon.bsky.social
What does living through uncertain times do to our minds and brains? Delighted to have this piece in the latest New Scientist - talking about some of the ideas in my new book ‘A Trick of the Mind’ !
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
danieljamesyon.bsky.social
Het is gepubliceerd! 🇳🇱

Excited to get my hands on the Dutch Edition of 'A Trick of the Mind' - published by Atlas Contact 🧠

More here: www.atlascontact.nl/boek/een-tru...
July 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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brighthink.bsky.social
If you see RED your eyes deceive you! Join us on Monday 7th July to learn more about how the brain invents your reality, with Daniel Yon.

Don't get FOMO, grab a ticket now!

@danieljamesyon.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
danieljamesyon.bsky.social
Less than a week left to apply for this PhD studentship in my lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social !

Deadline Sun 6th July
July 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
danieljamesyon.bsky.social
Looking forward to bringing some neuroscience to the pub in Brighton with BRIGHTHINK on Mon 7th July! 🧠🍻🌊

I'll be talking about my new book - describing how the scientist in your skull invents your experiences of the world, other people & yourself.

Tickets here: www.brighthink.org/brightalks/a...
June 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
👏 🧠 👏 Congratulations to Birkbeck’s @danieljamesyon.bsky.social on the launch of his first book A TRICK OF THE MIND 👏 🧠 👏

#booksky #neuroskyence #nonfiction
danieljamesyon.bsky.social Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · Jun 27
It's out! Such a wonderful evening celebrating the launch of A TRICK OF THE MIND at Pushkin House. So lovely to see so many, and to be able to thank everybody who made my first book happen. Thank you!

Available in all good bookshops now!

www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
June 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
danieljamesyon.bsky.social
It's out! Such a wonderful evening celebrating the launch of A TRICK OF THE MIND at Pushkin House. So lovely to see so many, and to be able to thank everybody who made my first book happen. Thank you!

Available in all good bookshops now!

www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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leverhulme.ac.uk
How does the brain decide what it is seeing? In his new book, A Trick of the Mind, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social uncovers how the ‘scientist inside your skull’ invents your personal reality.

For more details visit: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/trick-... @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
danieljamesyon.bsky.social
Great to be on the BBC’s Instant Genius Podcast, talking about ‘A Trick of the Mind’ - and the ways that your brain invents your experience of the world, of other people and itself 🧠

Spotify: lnkd.in/eqMK45kr

Podcasts: lnkd.in/eFYeH37g

#booksky #neuroskyence
June 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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clarepress.bsky.social
Out now @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, w/ @akalt.bsky.social & @drmattdavis.bsky.social.

Are sensory sampling rhythms fixed by intrinsically-determined processes, or do they couple to external structure? Here we highlight the incompatibility between these accounts and propose a resolution [1/6]
June 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM