Centre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
Our interdisciplinary research at Queen Mary University of London focuses on the psychology and neurophysiology of human and non-human species: development, mechanisms, challenges (psychopathology), and triumphs (well-being).
www.seresearch.qmul.ac.uk/cbb
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Our smart bees in Shaastra, a science and technology magazine published by the Indian Institute of Technology
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Our smart bees in Shaastra, a science and technology magazine published by the Indian Institute of Technology
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New research from our school links a key gene, RBFOX1, to stress and anxiety. 🧠
Zebrafish without this gene showed higher cortisol levels, hyperactivity, and increased anxiety, offering new clues about how genetics shape behaviour and mental health. 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Zebrafish without this gene showed higher cortisol levels, hyperactivity, and increased anxiety, offering new clues about how genetics shape behaviour and mental health. 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
rbfox1 LoF mutants show disrupted bdnf/trkb2 and crhb/nr3c2 expression and increased cortisol levels during development coupled with signs of allostatic overload in adulthood - Translational Psychiatr...
Translational Psychiatry - rbfox1 LoF mutants show disrupted bdnf/trkb2 and crhb/nr3c2 expression and increased cortisol levels during development coupled with signs of allostatic overload in...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New research from our school links a key gene, RBFOX1, to stress and anxiety. 🧠
Zebrafish without this gene showed higher cortisol levels, hyperactivity, and increased anxiety, offering new clues about how genetics shape behaviour and mental health. 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Zebrafish without this gene showed higher cortisol levels, hyperactivity, and increased anxiety, offering new clues about how genetics shape behaviour and mental health. 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sliiiight exaggeration there by CNN, but nonetheless happy about this new collaborative study with Eli Versace's team: @elisabettaversace.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s...
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
edition.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Sliiiight exaggeration there by CNN, but nonetheless happy about this new collaborative study with Eli Versace's team: @elisabettaversace.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s...
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Do bees see nothing? Primates with damage to the visual cortex have no conscious visual experience, but display adaptive visual behaviour (a phenomenon called blindsight). Here I team up with two primate researchers to ask if bee vision could be similar to blindsight. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Do bees see nothing? Primates with damage to the visual cortex have no conscious visual experience, but display adaptive visual behaviour (a phenomenon called blindsight). Here I team up with two primate researchers to ask if bee vision could be similar to blindsight. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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2/n This 🐝 work has been a great collaboration between
@alexdqm.bsky.social ,
@ishaninanda.bsky.social
# AnitaOngLayMun @larschittka.bsky.social and me from
@preparedmindslab.bsky.social
see below for a videoclip of the bees
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
@alexdqm.bsky.social ,
@ishaninanda.bsky.social
# AnitaOngLayMun @larschittka.bsky.social and me from
@preparedmindslab.bsky.social
see below for a videoclip of the bees
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
2/n This 🐝 work has been a great collaboration between
@alexdqm.bsky.social ,
@ishaninanda.bsky.social
# AnitaOngLayMun @larschittka.bsky.social and me from
@preparedmindslab.bsky.social
see below for a videoclip of the bees
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
@alexdqm.bsky.social ,
@ishaninanda.bsky.social
# AnitaOngLayMun @larschittka.bsky.social and me from
@preparedmindslab.bsky.social
see below for a videoclip of the bees
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
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Our work on time processing in bees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s...
@qmulse.bsky.social
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
... and videoclip explanation youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk?...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s...
@qmulse.bsky.social
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
... and videoclip explanation youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk?...
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our work on time processing in bees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s...
@qmulse.bsky.social
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
... and videoclip explanation youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk?...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s...
@qmulse.bsky.social
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
... and videoclip explanation youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk?...
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... and this is how @zhengqichen.bsky.social explains the study in a short video youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
Original paper here ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
Original paper here ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
Tactile location of objects under the sand in humans and robots
YouTube video by PreparedMindsLab
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
... and this is how @zhengqichen.bsky.social explains the study in a short video youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
Original paper here ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
Original paper here ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
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Some coverage of our recent work in Remote touch in humans …….✋ www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-n...
Scientists discover humans 'have seventh sense' called 'remote touch'
We're told we have five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch – but now scientists at a London university have discovered a mysterious new ability they call 'remote touch'
www.dailystar.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Some coverage of our recent work in Remote touch in humans …….✋ www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-n...
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Our new study on remote touch .....✋
Touching Without Contact: We Physically Sense Objects Before Feeling Them - neurosciencenews.com/remote-touch... @zhengqichen.bsky.social @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social #LorenzoJamone ✋
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Touching Without Contact: We Physically Sense Objects Before Feeling Them - neurosciencenews.com/remote-touch... @zhengqichen.bsky.social @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social #LorenzoJamone ✋
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Touching Without Contact: We Physically Sense Objects Before Feeling Them - Neuroscience News
A new study shows that humans possess a form of “remote touch,” allowing them to detect hidden objects in sand before making direct contact.
neurosciencenews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Our new study on remote touch .....✋
Touching Without Contact: We Physically Sense Objects Before Feeling Them - neurosciencenews.com/remote-touch... @zhengqichen.bsky.social @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social #LorenzoJamone ✋
--> 📹 youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
Touching Without Contact: We Physically Sense Objects Before Feeling Them - neurosciencenews.com/remote-touch... @zhengqichen.bsky.social @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social #LorenzoJamone ✋
--> 📹 youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
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we discovered remote touch in humans! a moving hand detects objects under the sand without touching them!
clip: youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
paper: ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
team: @zhengqichen.bsky.social @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social #LorenzoJamone + me @preparedmindslab.bsky.social
clip: youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
paper: ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
team: @zhengqichen.bsky.social @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social #LorenzoJamone + me @preparedmindslab.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
we discovered remote touch in humans! a moving hand detects objects under the sand without touching them!
clip: youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
paper: ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
team: @zhengqichen.bsky.social @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social #LorenzoJamone + me @preparedmindslab.bsky.social
clip: youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
paper: ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
team: @zhengqichen.bsky.social @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social #LorenzoJamone + me @preparedmindslab.bsky.social
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in Italian: Do insects feel pain? www.ilpost.it/2025/10/13/i... it covers also @preparedmindslab.bsky.social work in collaboration with @larschittka.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... , www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... , www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Gli insetti provano dolore? - Il Post
È una possibilità sempre più indagata dalla ricerca e che potrebbe cambiare in modo fondamentale il nostro rapporto con loro
www.ilpost.it
October 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
in Italian: Do insects feel pain? www.ilpost.it/2025/10/13/i... it covers also @preparedmindslab.bsky.social work in collaboration with @larschittka.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... , www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... , www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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our inventor @antorrisi.bsky.social with poster on #VocalEcho: Closed-loop system for vocal interactions #BioDCASE at 12:21 CET (11.21 UK time) 🐥 🔀 🤖🎈
Streaming dcase.community/workshop2025...
@c4dm.bsky.social @emmanouilb.bsky.social @preparedmindslab.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social
Streaming dcase.community/workshop2025...
@c4dm.bsky.social @emmanouilb.bsky.social @preparedmindslab.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
our inventor @antorrisi.bsky.social with poster on #VocalEcho: Closed-loop system for vocal interactions #BioDCASE at 12:21 CET (11.21 UK time) 🐥 🔀 🤖🎈
Streaming dcase.community/workshop2025...
@c4dm.bsky.social @emmanouilb.bsky.social @preparedmindslab.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social
Streaming dcase.community/workshop2025...
@c4dm.bsky.social @emmanouilb.bsky.social @preparedmindslab.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social
Interesting piece mentioning the work by @agnewblais.bsky.social in Bytes Europe - ADHD in women: How hormones affect symptoms and diagnosis.
www.byteseu.com/1480697/
www.byteseu.com/1480697/
ADHD in Women: How Hormones Affect Symptoms and Diagnosis - Bytes Europe
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects millions worldwide, yet its impact on women often goes
www.byteseu.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Interesting piece mentioning the work by @agnewblais.bsky.social in Bytes Europe - ADHD in women: How hormones affect symptoms and diagnosis.
www.byteseu.com/1480697/
www.byteseu.com/1480697/
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Prepared Mind Lab was proud to attend the official launch of the Centre for Brain and Behaviour (CBB) at QMUL.
A brilliant step forward for collaborative brain and behaviour
research, we're excited for what's next.
#PreparedMindLabs #Neuroscience #WellbeingInnovation
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
A brilliant step forward for collaborative brain and behaviour
research, we're excited for what's next.
#PreparedMindLabs #Neuroscience #WellbeingInnovation
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Prepared Mind Lab was proud to attend the official launch of the Centre for Brain and Behaviour (CBB) at QMUL.
A brilliant step forward for collaborative brain and behaviour
research, we're excited for what's next.
#PreparedMindLabs #Neuroscience #WellbeingInnovation
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
A brilliant step forward for collaborative brain and behaviour
research, we're excited for what's next.
#PreparedMindLabs #Neuroscience #WellbeingInnovation
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
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What a bird neuroscience meeting today! Uwe Mayer gave a fab talk , @robynroachneuro.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social @antorrisi.bsky.social and @juechen.bsky.social delighted to have him and Andrea Gaede at @preparedmindslab.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
What a bird neuroscience meeting today! Uwe Mayer gave a fab talk , @robynroachneuro.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social @antorrisi.bsky.social and @juechen.bsky.social delighted to have him and Andrea Gaede at @preparedmindslab.bsky.social
Our School @qmulsbbs.bsky.social successfully renewed its Athena Swan Silver Award, recognising its commitment to gender equality! Special thanks to @nadinelavan.bsky.social, Guifen Chen, and all the EDI committee for being the driving forces behind the application 👏
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/news/it...
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/news/it...
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences achieves prestigious gender equality award
www.qmul.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our School @qmulsbbs.bsky.social successfully renewed its Athena Swan Silver Award, recognising its commitment to gender equality! Special thanks to @nadinelavan.bsky.social, Guifen Chen, and all the EDI committee for being the driving forces behind the application 👏
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/news/it...
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/news/it...
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Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 🌍
This year’s theme - “Access to services: mental health in catastrophes and emergencies” reminds us how vital it is to have support available in difficult times.
Find out more about our mental health support: www.qmul.ac.uk/student-expe...
#WMHD2025
This year’s theme - “Access to services: mental health in catastrophes and emergencies” reminds us how vital it is to have support available in difficult times.
Find out more about our mental health support: www.qmul.ac.uk/student-expe...
#WMHD2025
October 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 🌍
This year’s theme - “Access to services: mental health in catastrophes and emergencies” reminds us how vital it is to have support available in difficult times.
Find out more about our mental health support: www.qmul.ac.uk/student-expe...
#WMHD2025
This year’s theme - “Access to services: mental health in catastrophes and emergencies” reminds us how vital it is to have support available in difficult times.
Find out more about our mental health support: www.qmul.ac.uk/student-expe...
#WMHD2025
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Encouraging independence, creativity and diversity helps supervisors shape future leaders and spark breakthroughs. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-t... #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #PhDsky @qmul.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social
How to train PhD Jedi
Training PhD students is less about supervision and more about empowerment. By fostering independence, creativity and diversity, supervisors can nurture the next generation of scientific leaders, and ...
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Encouraging independence, creativity and diversity helps supervisors shape future leaders and spark breakthroughs. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-t... #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #PhDsky @qmul.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social
Read this piece that @larschittka.bsky.social wrote for @timeshighered.bsky.social, where he shares his ideas about PhD supervision. Lars is shortlisted for Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year in the 2025 Times Higher Education Awards! www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-t...
How to train PhD Jedi
Training PhD students is less about supervision and more about empowerment. By fostering independence, creativity and diversity, supervisors can nurture the next generation of scientific leaders, and ...
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Read this piece that @larschittka.bsky.social wrote for @timeshighered.bsky.social, where he shares his ideas about PhD supervision. Lars is shortlisted for Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year in the 2025 Times Higher Education Awards! www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-t...
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⭐PhD in Cognitive/Computational Psychology⭐, Please Share!! Use Reinforcement Learning and Computational Modelling to study how dis/misinformation affects us (with myself +Tali Sharot). Full funding for those eligible for UK home fees. Deadline 10th Nov. @queenmarycbb.bsky.social
Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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October 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
⭐PhD in Cognitive/Computational Psychology⭐, Please Share!! Use Reinforcement Learning and Computational Modelling to study how dis/misinformation affects us (with myself +Tali Sharot). Full funding for those eligible for UK home fees. Deadline 10th Nov. @queenmarycbb.bsky.social
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Coming soon: Response-specific behavioral plasticity in habituation triggered by repeated visual looming stimuli in foraging bumblebees (Bombus terrestris), by Dissegna, Andrea Chittka, Lars and Chiandetti, Cinzia psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
APA PsycNet
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October 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Coming soon: Response-specific behavioral plasticity in habituation triggered by repeated visual looming stimuli in foraging bumblebees (Bombus terrestris), by Dissegna, Andrea Chittka, Lars and Chiandetti, Cinzia psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Learn more about @nadinelavan.bsky.social's study on AI voice perception on this recent piece: scienmag.com/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Voices Achieve Indistinguishability from Human Speech
AI-Generated Voices: A New Era of Realism in Voice Synthesis In recent years, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed many sectors, and voice synthesis is no exception. A
scienmag.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Learn more about @nadinelavan.bsky.social's study on AI voice perception on this recent piece: scienmag.com/ai-generated...
New paper from #theBRIGHTproject, led by Helena-Céline Stevelt & Bosiljka Milosavljevic, where they developed a contextually tailored coding scheme to study caregiver responsiveness in Gambia 🌍 Congratulations all!
doi.org/10.1111/infa...
doi.org/10.1111/infa...
A Contextual Approach to Characterizing Caregiver Responsiveness in a Rural Area of The Gambia
Interactions with caregivers play a crucial role in early development. While most of the world's children live in Majority World countries, research on caregiving predominantly uses measures develope...
doi.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
New paper from #theBRIGHTproject, led by Helena-Céline Stevelt & Bosiljka Milosavljevic, where they developed a contextually tailored coding scheme to study caregiver responsiveness in Gambia 🌍 Congratulations all!
doi.org/10.1111/infa...
doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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Such a pleasure to present the current #PositiveBalance work developed in collaboration with @jieyinghuang.bsky.social and other key collaborators at QMUL, English National Ballet School and Royal Ballet School for the Linda Hamilton Symposium at #IADMS2025 in Las Vegas. #DancerWellbeing
September 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Such a pleasure to present the current #PositiveBalance work developed in collaboration with @jieyinghuang.bsky.social and other key collaborators at QMUL, English National Ballet School and Royal Ballet School for the Linda Hamilton Symposium at #IADMS2025 in Las Vegas. #DancerWellbeing
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At our launching event "Mind, Tech, and Wellbeing" for our new Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour at QMUL! Follow us on here @queenmarycbb.bsky.social to hear more about our research
@qmul.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
At our launching event "Mind, Tech, and Wellbeing" for our new Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour at QMUL! Follow us on here @queenmarycbb.bsky.social to hear more about our research
@qmul.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social