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🧠 Welcome to the School of Psychology’s official BlueSky account! Dive into cutting-edge research, meet our brilliant academics, and explore new opportunities to connect, collaborate, and grow.
🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫
Sleep plays a crucial role in consolidating recently acquired memories and preparing the brain for learning new ones. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent?
Read the full paper in:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Do we perceive static vs dynamic emotions differently?
New research finds both shared and unique patterns in how stimulus properties, recognised emotion, and perceived intensity jointly shape how we see facial emotions.
doi.org/10.1080/0269...
@psplabatuea.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
New research shows that even a simple, nonhumanoid robot can trigger an implicit sense of agency, but only if we first interact with it socially. Mechanistic interactions don’t have the same effect.
Find out more in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40569722/
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 at the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, exploring how qualitative research amplifies marginalised voices, captures the richness of lived experience, and fosters co-creative partnerships between academia and communities.
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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It is a great pleasure to share this new collaborative work on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Representations with @fnim-lab.bsky.social @cvlneuro.bsky.social @psychologyuea.bsky.social

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October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This week, the School of Psychology's Research Seminar will be given by 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 from Northumbria University, who will be hosted by Professor Andrew Bayliss.
October 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚨𝐏𝐇𝐃 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!
Interested in how children learn words and concepts?
We're offering a 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐃 at UEA with 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧, studying how young children generalize new nouns and how this relates to early vocabulary development.
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 𝐍𝐨𝐯 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
PhD Individual differences in noun generalization by shape over early vocabulary development (SAMUELSONL_U26SYNPSY) 2025/26 | UEA
PhD Individual differences in noun generalization by shape over early vocabulary development (SAMUELSONL_U26SYNPSY) 2025/26 | UEA
www.uea.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We were delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐢 𝐙𝐡𝐨𝐮, Professor of Psychology at Sun Yat-sen University (China) and research collaborator with UEA’s 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛 (𝐏𝐈: 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐨 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐨), for her fascinating talk
“From Perception to Motivation: A Unified Model of Cross-Race Face Recognition”
October 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
𝐄𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐌𝐞𝐣𝐢𝐚 shares his experiences as a Deaf cognitive development researcher working on Prof. Teodora Gliga’s ESRC-funded 𝐁𝐋𝐨𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, which explores how language experiences influence deaf babies’ cognitive development.
Available in English and BSL:
limpingchicken.com/2025/10/03/e...
Eryk Mejia: Thinking in Silence: The link between language and cognition in deaf babies (BSL)
[Photo: Professor Teodora Gliga and Research Associate Eryk Mejia with a family with a deaf infant in the play area of Babywaves] When encountering an animal that we recognize as a dog, we immediat…
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October 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In this week’s Research Seminar, we are delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 (Purdue University, Indiana).
🖥️ The seminar will take place online and is open to colleagues from other universities!
👉If you’d like to join, please complete this form to receive the link: forms.office.com/e/3Fvfb4RvEZ
September 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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4 a.m. alarm today 🚨 Off by train to King’s Cross → Brussels for 3 days of XR-for-neglect-rehab research, networking & the first meeting of our EU COST Action grant. @psychologyuea.bsky.social @neurolab.bsky.social

Meeting: ppw.kuleuven.be/xrneglect

Cost action: www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...
Extended Reality Neurorehabilitation of Spatial Neglect and Related Disorders After Brain Injury
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www.cost.eu
September 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Don’t miss it!
𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Organised by the Diversity in Developmental Science Network, featuring 𝐃𝐫.𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐣𝐚 as a panellist.
📝 Registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
September 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Want to explore our campus, our #HomeOfTheWonderful this autumn?
Come and see us on:
- Saturday 25 October
- Saturday 29 November
Book your place: www.uea.ac.uk/visit/uni-op...
September 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The BLoCKS team (PI: Prof Teodora Gliga, Dr Nadja Althaus, Barbara Zapior, Jade Archer & Dr Kelsey Frewin) at the 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 @lcicd.bsky.social, sharing their latest work on how babies learn object categories
www.gligalab.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us at the 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 - 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐍
𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is representing the School of Psychology by sharing some of the latest work of the ‪@neurolab.bsky.social‬.

Find out more:
fesn-gnp2025.de/general-info...
FESN: Welcome note
fesn-gnp2025.de
September 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Direct gaze sticks in memory!
In a new Memory & Cognition paper, researchers show that when faces look straight at you — whether they are moving rigidly or elastically — you remember them better. rdcu.be/eAFfb
August 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Our recent graduates, 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧 and 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧, have been awarded the 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 citation by the Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMiP) Section of the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, including the exciting opportunity to contribute to the QMiP Bulletin.
Congrats!
August 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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We had a fascinating conversation with Dr. Louis Renoult (@renoultlouis.bsky.social) about all things memory! Here’s a preview of what we discussed and stay tuned for the full release of the episode later this week!
July 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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🎙️ New Episode Alert!
We had a fascinating conversation with Dr. Louis Renoult (@renoultlouis.bsky.social) about all things memory 🧠

The full episode is out now — don’t miss it! 🎧
open.spotify.com/episode/3Tox...
July 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Excited to share our newly published paper! 👇 Massive thanks to @harrington-mo.bsky.social @sacairney.bsky.social @mggaskell.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New research by 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 (UEA) and 𝐃𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 á 𝐕á𝐥𝐢 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧 (University of Oxford) confirms that sleep boosts memory consolidation, but the impact of overnight memory consolidation on next-day learning is more complex than expected. Find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
July 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Thank you to Yidian Gao for your presentation at #OPSYRIS2025 on the SIGHT trial! An exciting RCT exploring grasp-based therapy for spatial neglect post-stroke. A valuable contribution to stroke rehab research! 🧠
July 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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New study for parents of deaf children at @psychologyuea.bsky.social - please share!
July 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐄𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!
𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is chairing the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‪@opsyris.bsky.social — bringing together researchers and clinicians to share the latest in psychological stroke research.
July 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Prof. Teodora Gilga and RA Eryk Mejia are researching early interventions to help deaf babies of hearing parents develop strong language skills, ensuring that deaf children have the same opportunities to thrive in communication, learning, and social connection. @teeagliga.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM