Christopher Madan
@engra.me
Uni Nottingham Asst Prof in Psychology.
Memory, aging, decisions, emotion, brains, PhD supervision, ttrpg, more!
https://engra.me
Memory, aging, decisions, emotion, brains, PhD supervision, ttrpg, more!
https://engra.me
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Christopher Madan
@engra.me
· Aug 29
I've made this pretty poster of my books, so far, for an upcoming event. Maybe one looks relevant to you? :)
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Thrilled to share our paper on the formation of brain shape in human newborns, just out @natneuro.nature.com: tinyurl.com/2ty4ef43
Using #fractal analysis of #MRI data from the developing Human Connectome Project (lnkd.in/dxeHbJX6), we show that brain shape closely captures infant age and genetics ⬇️
Using #fractal analysis of #MRI data from the developing Human Connectome Project (lnkd.in/dxeHbJX6), we show that brain shape closely captures infant age and genetics ⬇️
January 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Thrilled to share our paper on the formation of brain shape in human newborns, just out @natneuro.nature.com: tinyurl.com/2ty4ef43
Using #fractal analysis of #MRI data from the developing Human Connectome Project (lnkd.in/dxeHbJX6), we show that brain shape closely captures infant age and genetics ⬇️
Using #fractal analysis of #MRI data from the developing Human Connectome Project (lnkd.in/dxeHbJX6), we show that brain shape closely captures infant age and genetics ⬇️
About 10 years ago I came across 'fractal dimensionality' as a measure of brain structure. Studying it's utility with healthy aging, clinical populations, and across species has led to 19 papers since then. The most recent paper is now online at Nature Neuroscience!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
About 10 years ago I came across 'fractal dimensionality' as a measure of brain structure. Studying it's utility with healthy aging, clinical populations, and across species has led to 19 papers since then. The most recent paper is now online at Nature Neuroscience!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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You can do this right now:
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
You can do this right now:
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
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We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Well we have corollary:
Well we have corollary:
December 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Well we have corollary:
Well we have corollary:
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"Replication rates are higher than experts predicted and p-hacking is much less common than we expected!"
replications.clearerthinking.org/three-surpri...
replications.clearerthinking.org/three-surpri...
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"Replication rates are higher than experts predicted and p-hacking is much less common than we expected!"
replications.clearerthinking.org/three-surpri...
replications.clearerthinking.org/three-surpri...
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September 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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September 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Watch #BACN25 today and tomorrow for the latest in UK cognitive neuroscience!
Follow @bacn.co.uk for even more after the conference.
Follow @bacn.co.uk for even more after the conference.
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Watch #BACN25 today and tomorrow for the latest in UK cognitive neuroscience!
Follow @bacn.co.uk for even more after the conference.
Follow @bacn.co.uk for even more after the conference.
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And we’re off! Jamie Ward opening @bacn.co.uk #BACN2025 in Edinburgh with prize talk by @engra.me detailing his work and service to the scientific community
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And we’re off! Jamie Ward opening @bacn.co.uk #BACN2025 in Edinburgh with prize talk by @engra.me detailing his work and service to the scientific community
I'm really looking forward to giving the opening talk for #BACN25!
"Memory², Methods, and Mentorship: Four facets of my research journey thus far"
Not too long left to wait!
"Memory², Methods, and Mentorship: Four facets of my research journey thus far"
Not too long left to wait!
See you tomorrow at #BACN25!!
September 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm really looking forward to giving the opening talk for #BACN25!
"Memory², Methods, and Mentorship: Four facets of my research journey thus far"
Not too long left to wait!
"Memory², Methods, and Mentorship: Four facets of my research journey thus far"
Not too long left to wait!
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Really happy to see this finally published. Hard work together with colleagues @engra.me and @jolienfrancken.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Really happy to see this finally published. Hard work together with colleagues @engra.me and @jolienfrancken.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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[Review] Very interesting paper! Highly recommended! Open access ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Language and/or memory: How to slice the domain-cake?
Historically, memory and language have been seen as separate cognitive functions and studied in isolation. To date, it remains an open question to what extent these cognitive domains are related. H...
www.tandfonline.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
[Review] Very interesting paper! Highly recommended! Open access ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"I am satisfied with these changes. Very nice job!"
What more could you hope for in a review!
What more could you hope for in a review!
August 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"I am satisfied with these changes. Very nice job!"
What more could you hope for in a review!
What more could you hope for in a review!
I'd love to meet with some people during the conference! Feel free to message me if you'll be there.
In July, we will be travelling to Dundee for our joint scientific meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, which will include many prize talks, symposia, posters and much, much more!
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: University of Dundee. 8th – 11th July 2025. This will be a joint meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), and will include the 53rd B…
eps.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'd love to meet with some people during the conference! Feel free to message me if you'll be there.
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It's not too late to submit your abstract. Join us in Edinburgh in September!
Preliminary program is up! Lots of exciting research.
It's not too late to join us and present! Late-breaking poster deadline is 11 July.
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
It's not too late to join us and present! Late-breaking poster deadline is 11 July.
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Current, Future and past meetings — BACN
Conferences
www.bacn.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's not too late to submit your abstract. Join us in Edinburgh in September!
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Submit today!
Last few days to submit your abstract, deadline is 30 April!
Join us in Edinburgh for #BACN2025 in September
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Join us in Edinburgh for #BACN2025 in September
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Current, Future and past meetings — BACN
Conferences
www.bacn.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Submit today!
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Four large Dutch universities, including Leiden University where I work, have decided to throw international psychology bachelor programs under the bus in an effort to appease the rightwing government.
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Cutting international bachelor programs threatens psychological science » Eiko Fried
Two days ago, four Dutch universities announced discontinuing their English-speaking psychology bachelor programs (1, 2). I will briefly explain (1) how this decision came to be, (2) why this is such ...
eiko-fried.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Four large Dutch universities, including Leiden University where I work, have decided to throw international psychology bachelor programs under the bus in an effort to appease the rightwing government.
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
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I never thought that fear of detention or deportation would have been on the list of reasons for making conferences hybrid, but this seems compelling
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I never thought that fear of detention or deportation would have been on the list of reasons for making conferences hybrid, but this seems compelling
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Counting down--join us in Edinburgh!
The #BACN2025 abstract deadline is 30 April! Share your latest work with us!
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Current, Future and past meetings — BACN
Conferences
www.bacn.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Counting down--join us in Edinburgh!
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Save the date!!
#BACN2025
11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.
#BACN2025
11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.
February 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Save the date!!
#BACN2025
11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.
#BACN2025
11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.
It's official!! In recognition of my contributions to higher education--including research methods training, application of learning sciences to other fields, and post-PhD career guidance resource development--I have been awarded Senior Fellow from Advance HE (SFHEA).
January 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It's official!! In recognition of my contributions to higher education--including research methods training, application of learning sciences to other fields, and post-PhD career guidance resource development--I have been awarded Senior Fellow from Advance HE (SFHEA).
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Furthermore, both human and AI-assisted teams significantly outperformed AI-led approaches in proposing and implementing comprehensive robustness checks. There was a 25 percentage points difference in proposing robustness checks and a 32 pp difference in implementation.
January 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Furthermore, both human and AI-assisted teams significantly outperformed AI-led approaches in proposing and implementing comprehensive robustness checks. There was a 25 percentage points difference in proposing robustness checks and a 32 pp difference in implementation.
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New research alert! Our study investigates the effectiveness of human-only, AI-assisted, and AI-led teams in assessing the reproducibility of quantitative social science research. We've got some surprising findings!
January 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
New research alert! Our study investigates the effectiveness of human-only, AI-assisted, and AI-led teams in assessing the reproducibility of quantitative social science research. We've got some surprising findings!