Scarlett Syme
@scarlettsyme.bsky.social
Research Associate @UoY | Psychology, Consciousness Perception, Robots & AI | Otherwise just a feminist cat lady with a love for Greek/Norse mythology | She/Her
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My first first-author paper is out now in Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience!🎉 A model to explain ASMR's neural mechanism & clinical potential via predictive coding of CT-touch, linking LC-vagus dynamics & the PPS network... 1/5
w/ the brilliant @cejpreston.bsky.social & @cademccall.bsky.social
w/ the brilliant @cejpreston.bsky.social & @cademccall.bsky.social
Frontiers | The Proximity Prediction Hypothesis: How predictive coding of CT-touch explains Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response and its therapeutic applications
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a pleasant tingling sensation felt across the scalp and neck, widely reported to reduce anxiety and improve sl...
www.frontiersin.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My first first-author paper is out now in Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience!🎉 A model to explain ASMR's neural mechanism & clinical potential via predictive coding of CT-touch, linking LC-vagus dynamics & the PPS network... 1/5
w/ the brilliant @cejpreston.bsky.social & @cademccall.bsky.social
w/ the brilliant @cejpreston.bsky.social & @cademccall.bsky.social
Very happy to share that I passed my viva with minors yesterday! Huge thanks to my examiners and to friends and colleagues who helped me get here 💙 #PhDone
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Very happy to share that I passed my viva with minors yesterday! Huge thanks to my examiners and to friends and colleagues who helped me get here 💙 #PhDone
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Behold, the first preprint from my PhD! A novel theoretical model proposing that ASMR's neural mechanism and therapeutic potential involves predictive coding of CT-touch in peripersonal space. 🧠
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The Proximity Prediction Hypothesis: How predictive coding of CT-touch explains Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response and its therapeutic applications.
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a pleasant tingling sensation felt across the scalp and neck, widely reported to reduce anxiety and improve sleep. The Proximity Prediction Hypothesis (P...
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Behold, the first preprint from my PhD! A novel theoretical model proposing that ASMR's neural mechanism and therapeutic potential involves predictive coding of CT-touch in peripersonal space. 🧠
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Today is the day I’ve dreaded and longed for… I submitted my #phd thesis! I look forward to shamelessly plugging it to everyone post viva 🤘
July 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Today is the day I’ve dreaded and longed for… I submitted my #phd thesis! I look forward to shamelessly plugging it to everyone post viva 🤘
> Finishes 3 thesis chapters
> Feels sense of accomplishment it’s all coming together
> Looks up at calendar
> It’s nearly May
#academicsky #phd
> Feels sense of accomplishment it’s all coming together
> Looks up at calendar
> It’s nearly May
#academicsky #phd
a man sitting at a table holding a cup of coffee with #schitts creek written on the bottom
ALT: a man sitting at a table holding a cup of coffee with #schitts creek written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
> Finishes 3 thesis chapters
> Feels sense of accomplishment it’s all coming together
> Looks up at calendar
> It’s nearly May
#academicsky #phd
> Feels sense of accomplishment it’s all coming together
> Looks up at calendar
> It’s nearly May
#academicsky #phd
A great read and includes the first (to my knowledge) written citation of some of my PhD work!
… Page 29 😎
#AI #xrisk #academicsky
… Page 29 😎
#AI #xrisk #academicsky
Issue 20 of our student-run psychology magazine is out now! This issue is on Artificial Intelligence, and includes 8 articles, one interview with 'AI and risk' expert Prof. Rob Jenkins, and info on getting into clinical psychology: shorturl.at/N26BU
An accessible version is on our website :-)
An accessible version is on our website :-)
March 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A great read and includes the first (to my knowledge) written citation of some of my PhD work!
… Page 29 😎
#AI #xrisk #academicsky
… Page 29 😎
#AI #xrisk #academicsky
From old York to New York! Can’t wait to talk (and listen) at the NYU Mind, Ethics and Policy Summit!
March 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
From old York to New York! Can’t wait to talk (and listen) at the NYU Mind, Ethics and Policy Summit!
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Another three IT opportunities @york.ac.uk
This time in the exciting £7.6million Smart Data Donation Service (SDDS), which focuses on addressing the significant gap in understanding digital lives.
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This time in the exciting £7.6million Smart Data Donation Service (SDDS), which focuses on addressing the significant gap in understanding digital lives.
(thread)
February 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Another three IT opportunities @york.ac.uk
This time in the exciting £7.6million Smart Data Donation Service (SDDS), which focuses on addressing the significant gap in understanding digital lives.
(thread)
This time in the exciting £7.6million Smart Data Donation Service (SDDS), which focuses on addressing the significant gap in understanding digital lives.
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This is how it starts… the singularity. First it’s our coffee, next the world!
When you’re behind schedule because your coffee machine decides it needs a 15 minute firmware update…
February 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This is how it starts… the singularity. First it’s our coffee, next the world!
Gotta love when your preorder arrives early! Looking forward to the read @jeffsebo.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Gotta love when your preorder arrives early! Looking forward to the read @jeffsebo.bsky.social
Successfully talking yourself into just putting words on the page for your thesis is a great feeling. Just need to keep the motivation going for the next 10 months!
#academicsky #phd #ecr
#academicsky #phd #ecr
a blue fish with the words just keep swimming written below it
ALT: a blue fish with the words just keep swimming written below it
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Successfully talking yourself into just putting words on the page for your thesis is a great feeling. Just need to keep the motivation going for the next 10 months!
#academicsky #phd #ecr
#academicsky #phd #ecr
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Today was my last day teaching before I return to my PhD studies, and I have to say that the undergraduates’ reaction to this news has me a tad emotional #academicsky
December 13, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Today was my last day teaching before I return to my PhD studies, and I have to say that the undergraduates’ reaction to this news has me a tad emotional #academicsky
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People say large language models are a watershed because, for the first time in human history, we've invented a technology we cannot control - but we haven't been able to control printers for 40 years.
December 7, 2024 at 6:06 PM
People say large language models are a watershed because, for the first time in human history, we've invented a technology we cannot control - but we haven't been able to control printers for 40 years.
Imposter syndrome has been bothering me a lot less lately. I owe this, at least in part, to a single quote from a very impressive member of York’s Psychology Faculty:
“I’m just some guy.”
“I’m just some guy.”
November 29, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Imposter syndrome has been bothering me a lot less lately. I owe this, at least in part, to a single quote from a very impressive member of York’s Psychology Faculty:
“I’m just some guy.”
“I’m just some guy.”
How I felt during the @uniofyork.bsky.social outages, being married to someone in IT.
November 24, 2024 at 11:05 AM
How I felt during the @uniofyork.bsky.social outages, being married to someone in IT.