Jon May
@profjonmay.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth. Researching the role of mental imagery in behaviour change. A bit keen on open science, using R and making shiny apps.
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When you see it…
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
When you see it…
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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Yeah, but those are low priorities compared with Hertfordshire sorting out this positively scary road name in Royston.
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Yeah, but those are low priorities compared with Hertfordshire sorting out this positively scary road name in Royston.
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I am so tired of 24 hour news about small boats. I simply don’t care how many migrants arrive in the UK any more. No matter how many, they’ll never be as big a threat to British values, our way of life, or indeed women‘s safety, as the bigots who make yelling about migrants their entire personality.
October 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am so tired of 24 hour news about small boats. I simply don’t care how many migrants arrive in the UK any more. No matter how many, they’ll never be as big a threat to British values, our way of life, or indeed women‘s safety, as the bigots who make yelling about migrants their entire personality.
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Right, lads. I've had a little think and the results are clear. It's only a goal before you score it. After that it's an achievement.
You kick the ball past the achievement preventer, over the line (the net is just for housekeeping) and then from now on we all shout "achievement!"
Language matters
You kick the ball past the achievement preventer, over the line (the net is just for housekeeping) and then from now on we all shout "achievement!"
Language matters
October 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Right, lads. I've had a little think and the results are clear. It's only a goal before you score it. After that it's an achievement.
You kick the ball past the achievement preventer, over the line (the net is just for housekeeping) and then from now on we all shout "achievement!"
Language matters
You kick the ball past the achievement preventer, over the line (the net is just for housekeeping) and then from now on we all shout "achievement!"
Language matters
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Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...
10 AI Prompts for Academics
making those hard jobs a little easier ...
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October 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...
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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
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...
Yay! Daniela Austin has been awarded her PhD for her thesis on Engaging Student Nurses in Lifestyle Management: The Role of Technology-Based Interventions and Mobile Health Applications'. @plymouthpsychology.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Yay! Daniela Austin has been awarded her PhD for her thesis on Engaging Student Nurses in Lifestyle Management: The Role of Technology-Based Interventions and Mobile Health Applications'. @plymouthpsychology.bsky.social
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Back our campaign today to balance the BBC 👇www.libdems.org.uk/BBC
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September 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Back our campaign today to balance the BBC 👇www.libdems.org.uk/BBC
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Reform UK: “Free speech! You can’t say anything these days!”
Also Reform UK: “You’re banned from reporting on our council because we don’t like what you said.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Also Reform UK: “You’re banned from reporting on our council because we don’t like what you said.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK Nottinghamshire council leader bans local newspaper's reporters
The Nottingham Post describes the ban as
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August 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reform UK: “Free speech! You can’t say anything these days!”
Also Reform UK: “You’re banned from reporting on our council because we don’t like what you said.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Also Reform UK: “You’re banned from reporting on our council because we don’t like what you said.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I have written to Nigel Farage in response to his visit to my constituency of Bicester and Woodstock today.
August 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have written to Nigel Farage in response to his visit to my constituency of Bicester and Woodstock today.
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Reconnecting to the person before acquired brain injury: A continuing bonds grief intervention
Introducing a new paper testing a letter writing technique to support family members after brain injury
#braininjuryawareness #FamiliesAfterBrainInjury
Introducing a new paper testing a letter writing technique to support family members after brain injury
#braininjuryawareness #FamiliesAfterBrainInjury
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reconnecting to the person before acquired brain injury: A continuing bonds grief intervention
Introducing a new paper testing a letter writing technique to support family members after brain injury
#braininjuryawareness #FamiliesAfterBrainInjury
Introducing a new paper testing a letter writing technique to support family members after brain injury
#braininjuryawareness #FamiliesAfterBrainInjury
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Stephen Miller is right: crime is rampant in DC www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
August 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Stephen Miller is right: crime is rampant in DC www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Ever have a symptom & assume the worst? That’s the Inverse Base Rate Effect—we over-focus on rare outcomes. A new #psynomPBR study by Dome @lenarddome.bsky.social & Wills finds distraction & time pressure can reduce this bias. Post by Alyssa Asmar. buff.ly/FTDQE25
Don’t think too much … it might make you irrational
Every so often, I get random chest pain and immediately spiral – is this it? Am I having a heart attack? Then I remind myself that I’m 25, probably overcaffeinated, and maybe just a little stressed…
buff.ly
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ever have a symptom & assume the worst? That’s the Inverse Base Rate Effect—we over-focus on rare outcomes. A new #psynomPBR study by Dome @lenarddome.bsky.social & Wills finds distraction & time pressure can reduce this bias. Post by Alyssa Asmar. buff.ly/FTDQE25
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For a second day running, Sky News has broadcast a Reform UK press conference live from their new 'briefing room'.
No other political party receives this special treatment.
Will you make a complaint to Sky News? ✍️
Use the tool below ⬇️
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No other political party receives this special treatment.
Will you make a complaint to Sky News? ✍️
Use the tool below ⬇️
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Take Action: Make a complaint to Sky News about excessive coverage of Reform UK
Change Minds → Change Politics
www.bestforbritain.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For a second day running, Sky News has broadcast a Reform UK press conference live from their new 'briefing room'.
No other political party receives this special treatment.
Will you make a complaint to Sky News? ✍️
Use the tool below ⬇️
www.bestforbritain.org/complaint_sk...
No other political party receives this special treatment.
Will you make a complaint to Sky News? ✍️
Use the tool below ⬇️
www.bestforbritain.org/complaint_sk...
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After entirely too many months of stalking and hoping, I finally did it! Got a selfie with the bus that has my face on it! Score! Here's to making it count!
July 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
After entirely too many months of stalking and hoping, I finally did it! Got a selfie with the bus that has my face on it! Score! Here's to making it count!
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My (very) short story "Family Recipe" about food--past, present, and future--is out today in Nature Futures.
Food. It’s one of the great pleasures of life. And one of its necessities. Which means that, no matter where you look in time — the distant past, the far-flung future —one question will always resonate.
What’s for dinner?
#scifi by @patkanngiesser.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What’s for dinner?
#scifi by @patkanngiesser.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My (very) short story "Family Recipe" about food--past, present, and future--is out today in Nature Futures.
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Sage Perspectives Interview:
www.sagepub.com/explore-our-...
DOI: 10.1177/09567976241267854
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@patkanngiesser.bsky.social
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DOI: 10.1177/09567976241267854
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Research with impact: Q&A with Patricia Kanngiesser & Jan Woike
We're interviewing the Sage authors who've had their research shared widely last year and made an impact on the popular consciousness. Hear about their experience of going mainstream, and how you can ...
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June 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sage Perspectives Interview:
www.sagepub.com/explore-our-...
DOI: 10.1177/09567976241267854
@shafenbraedl.bsky.social
@patkanngiesser.bsky.social
www.sagepub.com/explore-our-...
DOI: 10.1177/09567976241267854
@shafenbraedl.bsky.social
@patkanngiesser.bsky.social
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A Row Through Time for Nature’s Future | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/imag...
A Row Through Time for Nature’s Future
At 89, a legendary explorer takes to the water—not to relive past glories, to fight for the forests of the future. This is a story of purpose, passion, and a thousand-year vision.
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June 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A Row Through Time for Nature’s Future | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/imag...
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Looking for a better way to empower clients to change? Functional imagery training uses evidence based multi-sensory imagery to supercharge motivation. Learn more here: functionalimagery.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Looking for a better way to empower clients to change? Functional imagery training uses evidence based multi-sensory imagery to supercharge motivation. Learn more here: functionalimagery.org
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🎉Congratulations Leonie Cooper, our July #CHTResearcheroftheMonth!
🔬 Leonie is currently working on the ASKDIPaC Project and previously worked as a researcher on the GOALD project. Leonie also recently defended her PhD, which explored how social robots can deliver behaviour change interventions.
🔬 Leonie is currently working on the ASKDIPaC Project and previously worked as a researcher on the GOALD project. Leonie also recently defended her PhD, which explored how social robots can deliver behaviour change interventions.
July 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎉Congratulations Leonie Cooper, our July #CHTResearcheroftheMonth!
🔬 Leonie is currently working on the ASKDIPaC Project and previously worked as a researcher on the GOALD project. Leonie also recently defended her PhD, which explored how social robots can deliver behaviour change interventions.
🔬 Leonie is currently working on the ASKDIPaC Project and previously worked as a researcher on the GOALD project. Leonie also recently defended her PhD, which explored how social robots can deliver behaviour change interventions.
Had a lovely lunch to say goodbye to my colleagues at @plymouthpsychology.bsky.social youtu.be/Tuhjw9xQMUA
Tears in the rain (revised)
YouTube video by Jon May
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June 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Had a lovely lunch to say goodbye to my colleagues at @plymouthpsychology.bsky.social youtu.be/Tuhjw9xQMUA
just finished my last day in HE at University of Plymouth so tx to everyone
June 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
just finished my last day in HE at University of Plymouth so tx to everyone
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It is remarkable that the west is committing to spending 5% of GDP on defence, and almost no one has made the case that the most pressing threat to our security this century is climate change and we should be spending more on tackling that.
June 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It is remarkable that the west is committing to spending 5% of GDP on defence, and almost no one has made the case that the most pressing threat to our security this century is climate change and we should be spending more on tackling that.
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