Emma Palmer-Cooper
@dremmaclaire.bsky.social
Research Psychologist: mental health, thought processes & creativity 🩷Science comms & crochet 🧶 PhD, CPsychol,
Not a therapist.
Not a therapist.
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How a mindful hobby could help you break your after-work ‘doomscrolling’ habit
Many people have successfully replaced their ‘doomscrolling’ habit with a hobby.
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STOP DOOMSCROLLING! With science.
Article in @theconversationdotcom
Doomscrolling leads to distress, lower life satisfaction & negatively impacts your work life.
I’ve recommended you replace doomscrolling with mindful creative hobbies to beat the after work bad habits!
tinyurl.com/StopDoomScroll
Article in @theconversationdotcom
Doomscrolling leads to distress, lower life satisfaction & negatively impacts your work life.
I’ve recommended you replace doomscrolling with mindful creative hobbies to beat the after work bad habits!
tinyurl.com/StopDoomScroll
Very impressed with the podcast from my department!
Tune in to hear from Dr Claire Hart about her career in Psychology & her extra curriculars in GB Kickboxing & Hedgehog rescue!
Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/4mipVV1...
YouTube youtu.be/nhxFpQ135JA
Tune in to hear from Dr Claire Hart about her career in Psychology & her extra curriculars in GB Kickboxing & Hedgehog rescue!
Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/4mipVV1...
YouTube youtu.be/nhxFpQ135JA
University of Southampton School of Psychology Podcast
Education Podcast · The University of Southampton School of Psychology Podcast explores the journeys of our professors, lecturers, alumni, and students. Through their stories, we highlight the diverse...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Very impressed with the podcast from my department!
Tune in to hear from Dr Claire Hart about her career in Psychology & her extra curriculars in GB Kickboxing & Hedgehog rescue!
Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/4mipVV1...
YouTube youtu.be/nhxFpQ135JA
Tune in to hear from Dr Claire Hart about her career in Psychology & her extra curriculars in GB Kickboxing & Hedgehog rescue!
Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/4mipVV1...
YouTube youtu.be/nhxFpQ135JA
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UK, London: Unfolding Futures: Power of Visibility in STEAM. Join Stemettes in celebrating Ada Lovelace Day with the launch of our latest trifold report, showcasing the power and influence of STEAM. 16 Oct, 6-7:30pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...
October 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
UK, London: Unfolding Futures: Power of Visibility in STEAM. Join Stemettes in celebrating Ada Lovelace Day with the launch of our latest trifold report, showcasing the power and influence of STEAM. 16 Oct, 6-7:30pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...
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ICHR special issue in Schizophrenia Bulletin released this month. Too many good papers to mention - academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Volume 51 Issue Supplement_3 | Schizophrenia Bulletin | Oxford Academic
The flagship journal of the Schizophrenia Bulletin family. Reviews recent developments and empirically based hypotheses regarding the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia, ranging from the molecula...
academic.oup.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
ICHR special issue in Schizophrenia Bulletin released this month. Too many good papers to mention - academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Let’s clear this up: Vaccines do NOT cause Autism.
This claim has been thoroughly debunked by multiple peer-reviewed studies…
There are many factors that contribute to Autism, vaccines are not one of them.
#autism #vaccine #vaccinessavelives
This claim has been thoroughly debunked by multiple peer-reviewed studies…
There are many factors that contribute to Autism, vaccines are not one of them.
#autism #vaccine #vaccinessavelives
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Let’s clear this up: Vaccines do NOT cause Autism.
This claim has been thoroughly debunked by multiple peer-reviewed studies…
There are many factors that contribute to Autism, vaccines are not one of them.
#autism #vaccine #vaccinessavelives
This claim has been thoroughly debunked by multiple peer-reviewed studies…
There are many factors that contribute to Autism, vaccines are not one of them.
#autism #vaccine #vaccinessavelives
Note to self: Planning time to write is crucial to productivity in academia.
As I've not spent my September planning for the new academic year (cheers sabbatical!) I've somehow managed to go from having a rough draft of methods and results to a finished manuscript... in 3 days.
3 DAYS!
🤯
As I've not spent my September planning for the new academic year (cheers sabbatical!) I've somehow managed to go from having a rough draft of methods and results to a finished manuscript... in 3 days.
3 DAYS!
🤯
September 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Note to self: Planning time to write is crucial to productivity in academia.
As I've not spent my September planning for the new academic year (cheers sabbatical!) I've somehow managed to go from having a rough draft of methods and results to a finished manuscript... in 3 days.
3 DAYS!
🤯
As I've not spent my September planning for the new academic year (cheers sabbatical!) I've somehow managed to go from having a rough draft of methods and results to a finished manuscript... in 3 days.
3 DAYS!
🤯
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Writing a lecture on historical and structural inequality in psychology is pretty fucking hard going, I'm not gonna lie.
Interesting, but fuck me, there are some nasty bastards who've had a pretty big hand in shaping our subject AND directly influencing the way a lot of people still think today.
Interesting, but fuck me, there are some nasty bastards who've had a pretty big hand in shaping our subject AND directly influencing the way a lot of people still think today.
September 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Writing a lecture on historical and structural inequality in psychology is pretty fucking hard going, I'm not gonna lie.
Interesting, but fuck me, there are some nasty bastards who've had a pretty big hand in shaping our subject AND directly influencing the way a lot of people still think today.
Interesting, but fuck me, there are some nasty bastards who've had a pretty big hand in shaping our subject AND directly influencing the way a lot of people still think today.
I wrote a blog for @echrhallucinations.bsky.social summarising our recent paper echr.group/2025/09/11/c... with @aldersonday.bsky.social
Can Early Hearing Difficulties Signal Emerging Psychosis?
Dondé, C., Palmer-Cooper, E., Gauld, C., Polosan, M., & Alderson-Day, B. (2025). Early auditory impairments as a candidate marker of attenuated sensory symptoms of psychosis. Progress in Neuro-…
echr.group
September 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I wrote a blog for @echrhallucinations.bsky.social summarising our recent paper echr.group/2025/09/11/c... with @aldersonday.bsky.social
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Looking through this - journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... - recent review of links between atypical autobiographical memory and psychotic experineces/psychosis...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Looking through this - journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... - recent review of links between atypical autobiographical memory and psychotic experineces/psychosis...
Great new post from @echrhallucinations.bsky.social on diversity equity and inclusion in hallucinations research
echr.group/2025/08/27/w...
echr.group/2025/08/27/w...
What about openness in terms of diversity, equality, and inclusivity?
Thinking about ‘openness’ in terms of making science more open to people/groups who have been historically under-represented in science and academia. In terms of hallucinations research, this may b…
echr.group
August 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Great new post from @echrhallucinations.bsky.social on diversity equity and inclusion in hallucinations research
echr.group/2025/08/27/w...
echr.group/2025/08/27/w...
As Psychologists, creativity is not limited to what we produce in research, education or practice. Creativity is a dynamic process that shapes how we experience & respond to the world, & how we approach our diverse & vibrant field.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🩷 this Voices in Psychology piece.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🩷 this Voices in Psychology piece.
Voices In Psychology - what does creativity mean to me? | BPS
For this year’s Voices In Psychology prompt, we asked for your responses to ‘What does creativity mean to me?’ We were blown away by the response, and we showcase as many as possible here.
www.bps.org.uk
August 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As Psychologists, creativity is not limited to what we produce in research, education or practice. Creativity is a dynamic process that shapes how we experience & respond to the world, & how we approach our diverse & vibrant field.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🩷 this Voices in Psychology piece.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🩷 this Voices in Psychology piece.
Great new @echrhallucinations.bsky.social blog post on importance of Sample Size
echr.group/2025/08/07/w...
echr.group/2025/08/07/w...
Why should I try to collect a large sample size?
As I mentioned in another post, most studies in psychology are under-powered. That is, the sample sizes used in most psychology studies are too small to detect effect sizes that we typically find i…
echr.group
August 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great new @echrhallucinations.bsky.social blog post on importance of Sample Size
echr.group/2025/08/07/w...
echr.group/2025/08/07/w...
Do you want to take part in our study? Answer questions and tell us about your beliefs and experiences in daily life to help us develop questionnaires and research. Must be 18-year-old or over.
southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
August 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Do you want to take part in our study? Answer questions and tell us about your beliefs and experiences in daily life to help us develop questionnaires and research. Must be 18-year-old or over.
southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Who doesn’t love a meta-analysis?
l used to be cool, but now i say things like.
'...I love a good meta-analysis."
...Correlation doesn't equal causation.'
..The sample size was too small to generalise.
...Remember to operationalise your hypothesis.'
youtube.com/shorts/AvCnk...
l used to be cool, but now i say things like.
'...I love a good meta-analysis."
...Correlation doesn't equal causation.'
..The sample size was too small to generalise.
...Remember to operationalise your hypothesis.'
youtube.com/shorts/AvCnk...
Who doesn’t love a meta-analysis?!
YouTube video by Dr Emma Claire
youtube.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Who doesn’t love a meta-analysis?
l used to be cool, but now i say things like.
'...I love a good meta-analysis."
...Correlation doesn't equal causation.'
..The sample size was too small to generalise.
...Remember to operationalise your hypothesis.'
youtube.com/shorts/AvCnk...
l used to be cool, but now i say things like.
'...I love a good meta-analysis."
...Correlation doesn't equal causation.'
..The sample size was too small to generalise.
...Remember to operationalise your hypothesis.'
youtube.com/shorts/AvCnk...
Don’t pay to access journal articles!
1. SearchGoogle Scholar,
there may be a pdf version available.
2. Search online, a free version may be available on another website.
3. Email the authors, we’re happy to hear someone wants to read their research!
youtube.com/shorts/FLN5A...
1. SearchGoogle Scholar,
there may be a pdf version available.
2. Search online, a free version may be available on another website.
3. Email the authors, we’re happy to hear someone wants to read their research!
youtube.com/shorts/FLN5A...
Don’t pay for journal articles!
YouTube video by Dr Emma Claire
youtube.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Don’t pay to access journal articles!
1. SearchGoogle Scholar,
there may be a pdf version available.
2. Search online, a free version may be available on another website.
3. Email the authors, we’re happy to hear someone wants to read their research!
youtube.com/shorts/FLN5A...
1. SearchGoogle Scholar,
there may be a pdf version available.
2. Search online, a free version may be available on another website.
3. Email the authors, we’re happy to hear someone wants to read their research!
youtube.com/shorts/FLN5A...
Where has your weekend gone?!
Featured in Stylist Magazine; managing To Do burnout
- Make intentional time for yourself
- Set boundaries around chores
- Spend meaningful time with others
- Power is going slow & saying no
- Practice self awareness to understand what you need
tinyurl.com/DrEPCToDo
Featured in Stylist Magazine; managing To Do burnout
- Make intentional time for yourself
- Set boundaries around chores
- Spend meaningful time with others
- Power is going slow & saying no
- Practice self awareness to understand what you need
tinyurl.com/DrEPCToDo
Getting over your to do list burnout
Make a list, tick off the chores, feel ready to relax, then suddenly the weekend is gone?! To enjoy a relaxing and restorative weekend, rather than one full of admin and chores, healthy boundaries …
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July 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Where has your weekend gone?!
Featured in Stylist Magazine; managing To Do burnout
- Make intentional time for yourself
- Set boundaries around chores
- Spend meaningful time with others
- Power is going slow & saying no
- Practice self awareness to understand what you need
tinyurl.com/DrEPCToDo
Featured in Stylist Magazine; managing To Do burnout
- Make intentional time for yourself
- Set boundaries around chores
- Spend meaningful time with others
- Power is going slow & saying no
- Practice self awareness to understand what you need
tinyurl.com/DrEPCToDo
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Symposium on #Self Disorders at #ICHR2025
@ccrosenphd.bsky.social on 20 year outcome for #depersonalization Julia Lebovitz on #embodiment @jfeyaerts.bsky.social on transparency Anne Giersch on #time perception & Louis Sass’s discussion @theichr.bsky.social
@ccrosenphd.bsky.social on 20 year outcome for #depersonalization Julia Lebovitz on #embodiment @jfeyaerts.bsky.social on transparency Anne Giersch on #time perception & Louis Sass’s discussion @theichr.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Symposium on #Self Disorders at #ICHR2025
@ccrosenphd.bsky.social on 20 year outcome for #depersonalization Julia Lebovitz on #embodiment @jfeyaerts.bsky.social on transparency Anne Giersch on #time perception & Louis Sass’s discussion @theichr.bsky.social
@ccrosenphd.bsky.social on 20 year outcome for #depersonalization Julia Lebovitz on #embodiment @jfeyaerts.bsky.social on transparency Anne Giersch on #time perception & Louis Sass’s discussion @theichr.bsky.social
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International Consortium on Hallucination Research June 24-26, 2025 @vanderbilt.edu Keynotes: Tanya Luhrmann, Stephan Heckers, Angela Woods @literati.bsky.social
Author evening with @aldersonday.bsky.social
Working Group Talks
@echrhallucinations.bsky.social Networking Event
@theichr.bsky.social
Author evening with @aldersonday.bsky.social
Working Group Talks
@echrhallucinations.bsky.social Networking Event
@theichr.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
International Consortium on Hallucination Research June 24-26, 2025 @vanderbilt.edu Keynotes: Tanya Luhrmann, Stephan Heckers, Angela Woods @literati.bsky.social
Author evening with @aldersonday.bsky.social
Working Group Talks
@echrhallucinations.bsky.social Networking Event
@theichr.bsky.social
Author evening with @aldersonday.bsky.social
Working Group Talks
@echrhallucinations.bsky.social Networking Event
@theichr.bsky.social
Reflective practice is a core skill for psychologists: therapist, clinical, or research, educational, occupational or forensic. Reflective practice is actively thinking about an experience you want to learn from to improve your professional approach.
Blog here
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/06/19/r...
Blog here
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/06/19/r...
Reflective Practice: A Vital Skill for Every Aspiring Psychologist
Reflective practice is a core skill for any psychologist. Whether you’re aiming to become a therapist, clinical psychologist, or working in research, educational, occupational or forensic settings,…
emmapalmercooper.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Reflective practice is a core skill for psychologists: therapist, clinical, or research, educational, occupational or forensic. Reflective practice is actively thinking about an experience you want to learn from to improve your professional approach.
Blog here
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/06/19/r...
Blog here
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/06/19/r...
Reposted by Emma Palmer-Cooper
Rumination can cause those with depression to get ‘stuck’ on thoughts, limiting their ability to mentally juggle options available to them when making decisions, new study suggests: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
‘Sticky thinking’ hampers decisions in depression | BPS
New study finds rumination can cause those with depression to get ‘stuck’ on thoughts, limiting their ability to mentally juggle options available to them when making decisions.
www.bps.org.uk
June 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Rumination can cause those with depression to get ‘stuck’ on thoughts, limiting their ability to mentally juggle options available to them when making decisions, new study suggests: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
More young adults are experiencing what they call a ‘quarter-life-crisis’. Forget the mid-life-crisis stereotypes of buying a sports-car in your 50s. Now people in their 20s are struggling with life transitions & understanding world, & who they are in it…
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/06/02/n...
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/06/02/n...
Navigating the ‘quarter-life-crisis’
As featured in The Mirror 01.02.2025 Increasing numbers of young adults are experiencing what they call a ‘quarter-life-crisis’. Forget the mid-life-crisis stereotypes of a middle aged man buying a…
emmapalmercooper.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
More young adults are experiencing what they call a ‘quarter-life-crisis’. Forget the mid-life-crisis stereotypes of buying a sports-car in your 50s. Now people in their 20s are struggling with life transitions & understanding world, & who they are in it…
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/06/02/n...
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/06/02/n...
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Inspired by @lucybrewer.bsky.social I'm currently trying to "gameify" the charting of my scoping review data - let's see how far I can get this week!!
Start - 26% filled
Start - 26% filled
June 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Inspired by @lucybrewer.bsky.social I'm currently trying to "gameify" the charting of my scoping review data - let's see how far I can get this week!!
Start - 26% filled
Start - 26% filled
I spoke with Psyched Podcast about my research on creativity & mental health.
It started with my accidental discovery of craft for my own wellbeing, science communication & trying to improve the evidence base!
Sneak peek here- how I got into creativity research youtube.com/shorts/HrUBQ...
It started with my accidental discovery of craft for my own wellbeing, science communication & trying to improve the evidence base!
Sneak peek here- how I got into creativity research youtube.com/shorts/HrUBQ...
I loved chatting to the Psyched Pod about Creativity and Mental Health
YouTube video by Dr Emma Claire
youtube.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I spoke with Psyched Podcast about my research on creativity & mental health.
It started with my accidental discovery of craft for my own wellbeing, science communication & trying to improve the evidence base!
Sneak peek here- how I got into creativity research youtube.com/shorts/HrUBQ...
It started with my accidental discovery of craft for my own wellbeing, science communication & trying to improve the evidence base!
Sneak peek here- how I got into creativity research youtube.com/shorts/HrUBQ...
Are you an over-sharer?
We all have experiences and personal histories that shape who we are. Deciding how much of this to share is important for maintaining healthy relationships, and our wellbeing.
Read my whole blog here!
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/05/22/a...
We all have experiences and personal histories that shape who we are. Deciding how much of this to share is important for maintaining healthy relationships, and our wellbeing.
Read my whole blog here!
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/05/22/a...
Are you an over-sharer?
We all have experiences and personal histories that shape who we are. Deciding how much of this to share is important for maintaining healthy relationships, and our wellbeing.
emmapalmercooper.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Are you an over-sharer?
We all have experiences and personal histories that shape who we are. Deciding how much of this to share is important for maintaining healthy relationships, and our wellbeing.
Read my whole blog here!
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/05/22/a...
We all have experiences and personal histories that shape who we are. Deciding how much of this to share is important for maintaining healthy relationships, and our wellbeing.
Read my whole blog here!
emmapalmercooper.co.uk/2025/05/22/a...
Talking craft + culture + wellbeing this Thursday @britishacademy.bsky.social 🧶 with
@zenakamash.bsky.social & Anne Ferrey
Sharing our CHeWi project and having some felting fun.
If you're into science-backed creativity, come by ✨ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/art-c...
@zenakamash.bsky.social & Anne Ferrey
Sharing our CHeWi project and having some felting fun.
If you're into science-backed creativity, come by ✨ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/art-c...
Art Club: crafting our culture, with Dr Zena Kamash
Explore the relationship between craft, culture and wellbeing with British Academy-funded researcher Dr Zena Kamash. After the talk, take part in a hands-on felting workshop, where you can enjoy creat...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
April 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Talking craft + culture + wellbeing this Thursday @britishacademy.bsky.social 🧶 with
@zenakamash.bsky.social & Anne Ferrey
Sharing our CHeWi project and having some felting fun.
If you're into science-backed creativity, come by ✨ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/art-c...
@zenakamash.bsky.social & Anne Ferrey
Sharing our CHeWi project and having some felting fun.
If you're into science-backed creativity, come by ✨ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/art-c...
Reposted by Emma Palmer-Cooper
Really interesting study with valuable qual data on non-clinical hallucinatory experiences in Qatari participants: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Frontiers | Psychotic-like experiences among university female students in Qatar: A qualitative-phenomenological study
Background and aimsPsychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are hallucinatory or delusional experiences that fall below the threshold of a diagnosable psychotic dis...
www.frontiersin.org
March 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Really interesting study with valuable qual data on non-clinical hallucinatory experiences in Qatari participants: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...