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Julie Ji
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Assistant Prof in Psychology at University of Plymouth | Mental Imagery, Emotion, & Motivation in Psychopathology
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📢 Submissions are now open for the 2026 Autobiographical Processing & Psychopathology Conference, at the University of Plymouth 🌊 on 23rd - 24th June 2026 🎉!

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Autobiographical Processing and Psychopathology Conference 2026
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Autobiographical Processing and Psychopathology Conference 2026. Special interest meeting. University of...
www.plymouth.ac.uk
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The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.

Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA

@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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University of Viginia's ex-President James Ryan explaining his 12-page letter, which documents events that led up to his resignation: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

"I didn’t have time to make it as concise as it should be."

Also known as, "If I had more time I would have said less.
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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💬 WEBINAR ALERT
🌟 Mental Imagery in Psychosis & Bipolar Disorder: New Research & Insights
📍 11-12 GMT, Wed 4th Feb 2026
elfi.sh/imaps

#iMAPS2 #Webinar #Psychosis #Bipolar #Psychotherapy #MentalImagery #Research #ElfHelp
Mental Imagery in Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder: New Research and Insights
Understanding the role of mental imagery in psychosis & bipolar disorder – latest research findings, lived experience & future directions .
elfi.sh
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Are you a UK mental health professional working with children with mental health issues - we are asking for help designing a study for social robots to complete mental health questionnaires with children aged 8 to 10 - more infor here cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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On election day, I wanna announce that I am recruiting social psych PhD students for my lab at UIC. My lab focuses on racial identities (esp Asian, Latino, MENA Americans) and intra-minority conflict/ coalition. So please tell your students to pick me! All details on my website: www.pbandjlab.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📢 Submissions are now open for the 2026 Autobiographical Processing & Psychopathology Conference, at the University of Plymouth 🌊 on 23rd - 24th June 2026 🎉!

📌Visit the #APP2026 website for more details: www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/aut...

📬Join our mailing list: stats.sender.net/forms/bqxQO0...
Autobiographical Processing and Psychopathology Conference 2026
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Autobiographical Processing and Psychopathology Conference 2026. Special interest meeting. University of...
www.plymouth.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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40 minutes of functional imagery training reduced anxiety and motivated students with high anxiety achieve their goals. Here's the evidence: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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🎉Great to see so many staff and students attend our first departmental talk of the new academic year. Thanks to our very own Dr Charles Or for kicking the season off with a fascinating talk on "Identifying faces under imperfect conditions"😷. 📌See our upcoming School of Psychology talks here.
October 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Multi-session CBM-I for Social Anxiety: Examining Psychopathology, Cognitive, Neural, and Psychophysiological Effects in a Randomized Controlled Trial: https://osf.io/2bv3x
October 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Threat-related Mental Imagery Impairs Endogenous Pain Modulation in Healthy Individuals: https://osf.io/za8jq
October 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Excited for a huge #EABCT2025, kicking off now! 🎉🌟🎊👏 Lovely opening by @blackwellse.bsky.social 👏.
September 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Seeing is believing: mental imagery amplifies moral, emotional, and motivational responding to mentally constructed hypothetical events: https://osf.io/egcbt
August 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Picturing the Past: The Role of Photo Cue Visual Perspective on Positive Autobiographical Memory Recall in Dysphoria: https://osf.io/hfdbn
August 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Almost exactly one year after starting my lab (!), I'm thrilled to share our first preprint! 🥳 @leilyb.bsky.social @sharinahamm.bsky.social @francesghart.bsky.social

We propose future directions for mathematical, computational, & digital methods to advance suicide research: osf.io/preprints/ps...
July 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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A very important paper led by the phenomenal @lucy-h-butler.bsky.social

Say it with me: Corrections. Of. Scientific. Misinformation. Are. Effective.

@lewan.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @lkfazio.bsky.social @tobyprike.bsky.social @brionyswire.bsky.social @emilyspearing.bsky.social
A 2023 NHB paper concluded that corrections of science-relevant misinformation are, on average, ineffective. Our response (in press) challenges this conclusion, showing why corrections *are* effective, and why considering measurement is important:
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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OSF
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June 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Interested in mental imagery &/or divergent perception?
Come join my growing lab in the heart of Liverpool!
We're investigating:

-Aphantasia, emotions & memory
-Imagery & illusions
-Hyperphantasia & hallucinations
-Philosophy of imagery extremes
-Psychometrics
&more!

www.reshannereeder.com/team
May 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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🚨 New Resource Alert! 🚨🧪
We just launched a resource page packed with useful information about the Pain Self Perception Scale for pain researchers and clinicians. Access is free for non-commercial projects/activities. Check it out here 👉 warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psyc...
June 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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This piece gives a good overview of the damning report into failures at Dundee University
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dundee University bosses quit after damning report into financial collapse
A report into Dundee University says its financial crisis was caused by a "self-inflicted" failure of its oversight system.
www.bbc.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
sks.to
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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A wonderful plenary talk from Early Career award winner @veronicayan.bsky.social - pictured with her proud nominator @lkfazio.bsky.social and @officialsarmac.bsky.social Awards Committee member @aminamemon.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Out now in TiCS, something i've been thinking about a lot:

"Physics vs. graphics as an organizing dichotomy in cognition"

(by Balaban & me)

relevant for many people, related to imagination, intuitive physics, mental simulation, aphantasia, and more

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lBaC4sIRv...
June 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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🚨 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended! 🚨

The deadline for abstract submissions for the 4th annual ACBM conference has been extended to *10th June 2025*! 🎉

Join us in Munich, Germany from 14th to 16th September 2025 to share your research! 🌟

For more info see: share.sender.net/campaigns/bs...
June 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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University academic contributes to report warning hidden toll of brain injury costs the economy £43 billion a year 🧠
www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/academi...
May 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM