Dr Rachael Elward
@rachaelelward.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist interested in the development of learning and memory
This was a great session - it's important to talk about the challenges affecting our field. Great to have some practical advice on how we can assess risk, safeguard ourselves, our research, and our communities.
🌍 Diversity Symposium
🗓 Fri, Sept 5 | 3:15 PM | Hyde Suite 1 & 2
How do we defend science in challenging times? Join Christina Pagel, PhD, for strategies on safeguarding research, supporting trainees, and taking bold action.
#Flux2025 #DefendScience
🗓 Fri, Sept 5 | 3:15 PM | Hyde Suite 1 & 2
How do we defend science in challenging times? Join Christina Pagel, PhD, for strategies on safeguarding research, supporting trainees, and taking bold action.
#Flux2025 #DefendScience
September 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This was a great session - it's important to talk about the challenges affecting our field. Great to have some practical advice on how we can assess risk, safeguard ourselves, our research, and our communities.
Having a great time at Flux Congress #flux2025 in Dublin talking about all things Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
If you missed the symposium that I presented in, not to worry, there's a preprint of our review paper here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
If you missed the symposium that I presented in, not to worry, there's a preprint of our review paper here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
September 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Having a great time at Flux Congress #flux2025 in Dublin talking about all things Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
If you missed the symposium that I presented in, not to worry, there's a preprint of our review paper here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
If you missed the symposium that I presented in, not to worry, there's a preprint of our review paper here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Please share 🙏🏼 we're running a fun study that takes ~10mins. We want people to estimate things, like how much a piano weighs? We know most won't know the exact answer but we're interested in your guesses. It's honestly quite fun and you'll get the answers at the end.
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May 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Please share 🙏🏼 we're running a fun study that takes ~10mins. We want people to estimate things, like how much a piano weighs? We know most won't know the exact answer but we're interested in your guesses. It's honestly quite fun and you'll get the answers at the end.
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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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May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Doing a fun study on people's guesses – like how many litres of air do people breathe in a day? No googling! Just your first guess!
There's 6 topics ~20 questions each.
You’ll get to see the answers at the end!
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We'd love a big sample – feel free to share!
There's 6 topics ~20 questions each.
You’ll get to see the answers at the end!
research.sc/participant/...
We'd love a big sample – feel free to share!
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April 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Doing a fun study on people's guesses – like how many litres of air do people breathe in a day? No googling! Just your first guess!
There's 6 topics ~20 questions each.
You’ll get to see the answers at the end!
research.sc/participant/...
We'd love a big sample – feel free to share!
There's 6 topics ~20 questions each.
You’ll get to see the answers at the end!
research.sc/participant/...
We'd love a big sample – feel free to share!
Does anyone have any examples of illustrations (not diagrams / models / charts) in scientific papers? Research related to child development or psychology would be especially helpful, but any examples would be welcome. Thank you
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Does anyone have any examples of illustrations (not diagrams / models / charts) in scientific papers? Research related to child development or psychology would be especially helpful, but any examples would be welcome. Thank you
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Six funded PhDs, Centre for Sciences of Place and Memory, Univ Stirling (Scotland). Join our team in philosophy, cognitive sciences, social sciences, & arts to study spatial thinking, disorientation, cities, truth & the past. Deadline 22 April, guidelines placememory.net/apply-now-fo...
PhD Studentships 2025
We are recruiting six PhD studentships to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory, and how people navigate together in space and time.
placememory.net
April 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Six funded PhDs, Centre for Sciences of Place and Memory, Univ Stirling (Scotland). Join our team in philosophy, cognitive sciences, social sciences, & arts to study spatial thinking, disorientation, cities, truth & the past. Deadline 22 April, guidelines placememory.net/apply-now-fo...
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The Special Issue on Emotional Temporal Memory is out! Editorial by Talmi and Palombo: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/R9JW8...
February 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Special Issue on Emotional Temporal Memory is out! Editorial by Talmi and Palombo: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/R9JW8...
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We have an open postdoc position with Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social and Emily Holmes, at the Emotional Cognition Lab dtalmi.wixsite.com/emotional-co..., @uniofcam.bsky.social to conduct advanced memory modelling. Details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50770/ Apply by 21.4!
Research Assistant/Research Associate in computational modelling of emotional memory (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant/Research Associate in computational modelling of emotional memory (Fixed Term) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We have an open postdoc position with Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social and Emily Holmes, at the Emotional Cognition Lab dtalmi.wixsite.com/emotional-co..., @uniofcam.bsky.social to conduct advanced memory modelling. Details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50770/ Apply by 21.4!
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In my ongoing quest to publish as many academic papers with Arnold Schwazenegger movies as part of the title, I give you…..Total Recall….out today and free to read www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Total recall: Detecting autobiographical memory retrieval in the absence of behaviour
Functional neuroimaging has fundamentally changed our understanding of disorders of consciousness (DoC). While many DoC patients exhibit minimal to no…
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March 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In my ongoing quest to publish as many academic papers with Arnold Schwazenegger movies as part of the title, I give you…..Total Recall….out today and free to read www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Looking forward to the BNS Spring meeting! 👀
Bursaries to fund attendance at the meeting are still open but close soon: 17th March 2025. Travel bursaries, up to the value of £250, to cover travel and accommodation for our meetings are available.
Bursaries to fund attendance at the meeting are still open but close soon: 17th March 2025. Travel bursaries, up to the value of £250, to cover travel and accommodation for our meetings are available.
Here it is! 🎉Programme for Day One of the @BNS_Neuropsych #BNSSpringMeeting. 🧠
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Looking forward to the BNS Spring meeting! 👀
Bursaries to fund attendance at the meeting are still open but close soon: 17th March 2025. Travel bursaries, up to the value of £250, to cover travel and accommodation for our meetings are available.
Bursaries to fund attendance at the meeting are still open but close soon: 17th March 2025. Travel bursaries, up to the value of £250, to cover travel and accommodation for our meetings are available.
Trying to run a university department without skilled administrative support staff is like trying to run a football club with only the players.
In contrast to the wide spread applause that this piece seems to be getting, I disagree with a lot of what is said here.
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Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
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March 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trying to run a university department without skilled administrative support staff is like trying to run a football club with only the players.
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Depending on the theoretical model, perhaps Chidi would have an imprecise understanding of pizza and he would be more likely to confuse it with bruschetta.
Blink-&-you-miss-it scene from The Good Place, illustrating the difference between 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for events bound to time & place) and 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for facts & knowledge)
Episodic vs. Semantic Memory in The Good Place
YouTube video by Steve Most
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Depending on the theoretical model, perhaps Chidi would have an imprecise understanding of pizza and he would be more likely to confuse it with bruschetta.
Reposted by Dr Rachael Elward
Blink-&-you-miss-it scene from The Good Place, illustrating the difference between 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for events bound to time & place) and 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for facts & knowledge)
Episodic vs. Semantic Memory in The Good Place
YouTube video by Steve Most
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Blink-&-you-miss-it scene from The Good Place, illustrating the difference between 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for events bound to time & place) and 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 (memory for facts & knowledge)
My dog, Franklin, interrupted my lecture recording and made me laugh so I had to re-record. He seems worried about the assignment <3
February 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My dog, Franklin, interrupted my lecture recording and made me laugh so I had to re-record. He seems worried about the assignment <3
Always an excellent meeting - looking forward to it! 🧠 Abstract deadline is Feb 17th so it's not too late to join us 📝
Just a few more days to submit your abstract!
The BNS is delighted to present this first look at the 🧠 SPRING MEETING 🧠 2025 programme, and announce we've an 🚨 EXTENDED ABSTRACT DEADLINE (Feb 17th)! 🚨 All this great science for just a £15 registration fee. Or for free if your a BNS member. Visit www.the-BNS.org.
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February 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Always an excellent meeting - looking forward to it! 🧠 Abstract deadline is Feb 17th so it's not too late to join us 📝
I don't know why i find the physics of crowds so interesting, but i do. This paper has some really cool videos of dense crowds moving like a fluid.
Oscillations naturally emerge in large crowds. That's because your brain works by oscillating.
Emergence of collective oscillations in massive human crowds
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Emergence of collective oscillations in massive human crowds
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
Emergence of collective oscillations in massive human crowds - Nature
Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of indivi...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I don't know why i find the physics of crowds so interesting, but i do. This paper has some really cool videos of dense crowds moving like a fluid.
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Why is forgetting such an important part of learning? Robert Bjork explains something that every teacher should know.
February 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Why is forgetting such an important part of learning? Robert Bjork explains something that every teacher should know.
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Calling Parents of 4-7 Year olds in Cambridge! Need something to do at half term? Does your child love problem-solving and tackling challenges? Can they crack the code and beat the bot? If so, here is their chance to shine! Our study on spatial skills in kids and AI!
tinyurl.com/yszc44au
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Spatial Navigation in Children: Sign-up Form
Does your child love problem-solving and tackling challenges? Can they crack the code and beat the bot? If so, here is their chance to win prizes and be a part of our study on memory and navigation sk...
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February 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Calling Parents of 4-7 Year olds in Cambridge! Need something to do at half term? Does your child love problem-solving and tackling challenges? Can they crack the code and beat the bot? If so, here is their chance to shine! Our study on spatial skills in kids and AI!
tinyurl.com/yszc44au
tinyurl.com/yszc44au
We're hiring a #Psychology Technician at LSBU! Experience in cognitive neuroscience ( #EEG, #fNIRS, #eye-tracking) is a plus. We've recently invested £100K in brain research—great opportunity for someone keen to work in this area. Questions? Ask me! 🧠 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS679/p...
Psychology Technician at London South Bank University
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February 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We're hiring a #Psychology Technician at LSBU! Experience in cognitive neuroscience ( #EEG, #fNIRS, #eye-tracking) is a plus. We've recently invested £100K in brain research—great opportunity for someone keen to work in this area. Questions? Ask me! 🧠 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS679/p...
My son turns twenty five years old this week 😲 💕
February 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My son turns twenty five years old this week 😲 💕
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We go into academia because we despise material values and we end up running a series of nested loss-making small businesses. Hey Ho.
January 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We go into academia because we despise material values and we end up running a series of nested loss-making small businesses. Hey Ho.
Today, I got to go on "Mornings with Simi" in Vancouver, Canada 📻 and talk to @simisara730cknw.bsky.social about neuroscience and #Severance based on our recent article 👇. Thanks for having me 😊
theconversation.com/severance-th...
theconversation.com/severance-th...
Severance: the real cognitive neuroscience behind the Apple TV+ show’s ‘severance procedure’
Real ‘split brain’ patients have existed since the 1940s.
theconversation.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today, I got to go on "Mornings with Simi" in Vancouver, Canada 📻 and talk to @simisara730cknw.bsky.social about neuroscience and #Severance based on our recent article 👇. Thanks for having me 😊
theconversation.com/severance-th...
theconversation.com/severance-th...
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Announcing a new endowed Chair in Young People's Mental Health at @campsydept.bsky.social. An exciting opportunity to shape mental health strategy and conduct world-leading research in one of the most intellectually vibrant places in the world. Please share!
The Dawson Professorship of Young People's Mental Health - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
The Dawson Professorship of Young People's Mental Health in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Announcing a new endowed Chair in Young People's Mental Health at @campsydept.bsky.social. An exciting opportunity to shape mental health strategy and conduct world-leading research in one of the most intellectually vibrant places in the world. Please share!