Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
@sjblakemore.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience at Cambridge, FBA FMedSci FRS. Adolescent brain development. Views my own. Book: http://amazon.co.uk/dp/1784161349
Pinned
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
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Transcribing interview with a great Parkinson’s scientist - love his advice to young researchers:
“Pick your area, stick with it, and accept that at some point in your life it will be flavour of the month, and at some point in your career, it will be ’I can't believe you're still working on that’”
“Pick your area, stick with it, and accept that at some point in your life it will be flavour of the month, and at some point in your career, it will be ’I can't believe you're still working on that’”
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Transcribing interview with a great Parkinson’s scientist - love his advice to young researchers:
“Pick your area, stick with it, and accept that at some point in your life it will be flavour of the month, and at some point in your career, it will be ’I can't believe you're still working on that’”
“Pick your area, stick with it, and accept that at some point in your life it will be flavour of the month, and at some point in your career, it will be ’I can't believe you're still working on that’”
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December 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Such an important article about loneliness in young adults
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
The surprising truth about who the loneliest generations are - BBC News
Conversations around it often focus on the elderly. But by some measures, people in their 20s are the loneliest group in Britain
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Such an important article about loneliness in young adults
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
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If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider your local hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
archive.is
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider your local hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Such an important article about loneliness in young adults
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
The surprising truth about who the loneliest generations are - BBC News
Conversations around it often focus on the elderly. But by some measures, people in their 20s are the loneliest group in Britain
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Such an important article about loneliness in young adults
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider your local hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
archive.is
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you can afford to donate to charity this Christmas and are wondering which to support, consider your local hospice. They rely on donations for most of their funding.
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
Here’s an article (which I have posted before) about why it’s so vital to support hospices
archive.is/2024.12.12-0...
A must listen!
The wonderful Professor Mark Williams is interviewed on Leading podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social
Focusing on mindfulness, depression, faith and finding calm in the chaos
open.spotify.com/episode/0hcn...
The wonderful Professor Mark Williams is interviewed on Leading podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social
Focusing on mindfulness, depression, faith and finding calm in the chaos
open.spotify.com/episode/0hcn...
167. Faith, Depression, and Finding Calm in the Chaos (Professor Mark Williams)
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A must listen!
The wonderful Professor Mark Williams is interviewed on Leading podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social
Focusing on mindfulness, depression, faith and finding calm in the chaos
open.spotify.com/episode/0hcn...
The wonderful Professor Mark Williams is interviewed on Leading podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social
Focusing on mindfulness, depression, faith and finding calm in the chaos
open.spotify.com/episode/0hcn...
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I was delighted to jointly win the Anne Treisman award 2025! For my paper on Bayesian polarisation, in Cognition: doi.org/10.1016/j.co... Thanks so much to @sjblakemore.bsky.social and the rest of the committee, and my co-authors @leede-wit.bsky.social and @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I was delighted to jointly win the Anne Treisman award 2025! For my paper on Bayesian polarisation, in Cognition: doi.org/10.1016/j.co... Thanks so much to @sjblakemore.bsky.social and the rest of the committee, and my co-authors @leede-wit.bsky.social and @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social
This year the University of Cambridge Department of Psychology created new prizes (for the best paper by a postdoc and by a PhD/MPhil student), both named after eminent psychologists who did their undergraduate degrees in the department.
See thread below for the 2025 winners!
See thread below for the 2025 winners!
December 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This year the University of Cambridge Department of Psychology created new prizes (for the best paper by a postdoc and by a PhD/MPhil student), both named after eminent psychologists who did their undergraduate degrees in the department.
See thread below for the 2025 winners!
See thread below for the 2025 winners!
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I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of London
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
Funded PhD studentship at UEA!
Project title: Learning Beyond the Label: Enhancing Classroom Identification and Support for Children’s Wellbeing
Primary supervisor: Professor Joni Holmes
Second supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Byrne
www.senss.ac.uk/collaborativ...
Project title: Learning Beyond the Label: Enhancing Classroom Identification and Support for Children’s Wellbeing
Primary supervisor: Professor Joni Holmes
Second supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Byrne
www.senss.ac.uk/collaborativ...
2026 Collaborative Project 1 — South and East Network for Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership
Project title: Learning from children and young people with complex needs about their experiences of trauma informed care: What works and why?
University: University of Lincoln
SENSS Theme: Health...
www.senss.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Funded PhD studentship at UEA!
Project title: Learning Beyond the Label: Enhancing Classroom Identification and Support for Children’s Wellbeing
Primary supervisor: Professor Joni Holmes
Second supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Byrne
www.senss.ac.uk/collaborativ...
Project title: Learning Beyond the Label: Enhancing Classroom Identification and Support for Children’s Wellbeing
Primary supervisor: Professor Joni Holmes
Second supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Byrne
www.senss.ac.uk/collaborativ...
What a fantastic portrait!
This week we were pleased to present our new portrait of Professor Hannah Fry by artist and winner of this year's Sky Arts #PortraitArtistOfTheYear Chloe Barnes.
Image: Hannah Fry, 2025 © Chloe Barnes https://royalsociety.org/news/2025/12/hannah-fry-portrait-sky-arts-portrait-artist-of-the-year/
Image: Hannah Fry, 2025 © Chloe Barnes https://royalsociety.org/news/2025/12/hannah-fry-portrait-sky-arts-portrait-artist-of-the-year/
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What a fantastic portrait!
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This year, on the one hundredth anniversary of the Leverhulme Trust, we were delighted to have Prof @sjblakemore.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk give the Trust’s Centenary Lecture focusing on 100 years of research on adolescence and its policy implications.
Tune in: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Tune in: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research on adolescence
On the occasion of the Leverhulme Trust’s centenary year, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore FBA FMedSci FRS, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge spoke on one hundred ...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This year, on the one hundredth anniversary of the Leverhulme Trust, we were delighted to have Prof @sjblakemore.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk give the Trust’s Centenary Lecture focusing on 100 years of research on adolescence and its policy implications.
Tune in: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Tune in: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
A few weeks ago, it was my honour to give the The Leverhulme Trust Centenary Lecture, and you can hear it here if you're interested
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research of adolescence
media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research of adolescence
media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research on adolescence
On the occasion of the Leverhulme Trust’s centenary year, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore FBA FMedSci FRS, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge spoke on one hundred ...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A few weeks ago, it was my honour to give the The Leverhulme Trust Centenary Lecture, and you can hear it here if you're interested
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research of adolescence
media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
Inventing ourselves: 100 years of research of adolescence
media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/annu...
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Pre-print link: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Thanks for the contribution of the co-authors @antoniahamilton.bsky.social and @sjblakemore.bsky.social
#socialcognition #sociallearning #socialcontingency #learning #teaching #conversationalanalysis #conversation
Thanks for the contribution of the co-authors @antoniahamilton.bsky.social and @sjblakemore.bsky.social
#socialcognition #sociallearning #socialcontingency #learning #teaching #conversationalanalysis #conversation
OSF
osf.io
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Pre-print link: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Thanks for the contribution of the co-authors @antoniahamilton.bsky.social and @sjblakemore.bsky.social
#socialcognition #sociallearning #socialcontingency #learning #teaching #conversationalanalysis #conversation
Thanks for the contribution of the co-authors @antoniahamilton.bsky.social and @sjblakemore.bsky.social
#socialcognition #sociallearning #socialcontingency #learning #teaching #conversationalanalysis #conversation
As the Government prepares to publish its Child Poverty Strategy, a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences and British Academy warns that without addressing the profound impacts of poverty on health outcomes, efforts to support children risk falling short.
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/de...
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/de...
‘Devastating’ health impacts of child poverty require action, Academy urges
acmedsci.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As the Government prepares to publish its Child Poverty Strategy, a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences and British Academy warns that without addressing the profound impacts of poverty on health outcomes, efforts to support children risk falling short.
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/de...
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/de...
Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence
Nice paper by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans & Susanne Schweizer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nice paper by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans & Susanne Schweizer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence
Nice paper by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans & Susanne Schweizer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nice paper by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans & Susanne Schweizer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
New @mrccbu.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social study by Alexa Mousley, Richard Bethlehem, Fang-Cheng Yeh & @duncanastle.bsky.social shows four pivotal ages during brain development
bbc.com/news/article...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
bbc.com/news/article...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study
Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.
bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
New @mrccbu.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social study by Alexa Mousley, Richard Bethlehem, Fang-Cheng Yeh & @duncanastle.bsky.social shows four pivotal ages during brain development
bbc.com/news/article...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
bbc.com/news/article...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age
Heather J. Ferguson, Victoria E. A. Brunsdon & Elisabeth E. F. Bradford
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heather J. Ferguson, Victoria E. A. Brunsdon & Elisabeth E. F. Bradford
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age
Heather J. Ferguson, Victoria E. A. Brunsdon & Elisabeth E. F. Bradford
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heather J. Ferguson, Victoria E. A. Brunsdon & Elisabeth E. F. Bradford
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
