Becca Williams
@beccasue99.bsky.social
Final-year PhD student @ Cambridge Uni MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit. Love brains 🧠. Love talking about brains 😍. Not a zombie. She/her
Happy belated Halloween 👻🎃
I'm dressed as the scariest thing of all - a PhD thesis! Proud to say that as of Wednesday mine no longer haunts me haha
Thanks to the whole @cambridgeftd.bsky.social team for their support!
#academicsky #womeninstem #neuroskyence
I'm dressed as the scariest thing of all - a PhD thesis! Proud to say that as of Wednesday mine no longer haunts me haha
Thanks to the whole @cambridgeftd.bsky.social team for their support!
#academicsky #womeninstem #neuroskyence
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Happy belated Halloween 👻🎃
I'm dressed as the scariest thing of all - a PhD thesis! Proud to say that as of Wednesday mine no longer haunts me haha
Thanks to the whole @cambridgeftd.bsky.social team for their support!
#academicsky #womeninstem #neuroskyence
I'm dressed as the scariest thing of all - a PhD thesis! Proud to say that as of Wednesday mine no longer haunts me haha
Thanks to the whole @cambridgeftd.bsky.social team for their support!
#academicsky #womeninstem #neuroskyence
[4] Using dynamic causal modelling of task-based MEG, we also find evidence that lower levels of prior precision are associated with lower levels of prefrontal superficial pyramidal gain AND slower (higher) GABA time constants.
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
[4] Using dynamic causal modelling of task-based MEG, we also find evidence that lower levels of prior precision are associated with lower levels of prefrontal superficial pyramidal gain AND slower (higher) GABA time constants.
[3] Our study finds strong evidence for a correlation between the precision of prior beliefs on action outcomes and apathy in healthy adults, such that higher levels of trait apathy are linked to lower levels of precision.
This relationship is primarily driven by behavioural apathy.
This relationship is primarily driven by behavioural apathy.
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
[3] Our study finds strong evidence for a correlation between the precision of prior beliefs on action outcomes and apathy in healthy adults, such that higher levels of trait apathy are linked to lower levels of precision.
This relationship is primarily driven by behavioural apathy.
This relationship is primarily driven by behavioural apathy.
[2] We predict that precision of prior beliefs on actions is reflected in connectivity across the prefrontal-motor decision-making hierarchy.
This dysconnection may be driven by a loss of self-regulation (gain) on prefrontal superficial pyramidal neurons - important for tuning neural oscillations.
This dysconnection may be driven by a loss of self-regulation (gain) on prefrontal superficial pyramidal neurons - important for tuning neural oscillations.
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
[2] We predict that precision of prior beliefs on actions is reflected in connectivity across the prefrontal-motor decision-making hierarchy.
This dysconnection may be driven by a loss of self-regulation (gain) on prefrontal superficial pyramidal neurons - important for tuning neural oscillations.
This dysconnection may be driven by a loss of self-regulation (gain) on prefrontal superficial pyramidal neurons - important for tuning neural oscillations.
Having to leave a touch early to begin the journey home but want to say a massive thanks to all the #CCN25 organisers 🥳💖
Its been a stellar week of new ideas, new people and new hot takes on some of the classics - I'm absolutely buzzing to get back to the lab and back to the #neuroskyence 🔬🧠
Its been a stellar week of new ideas, new people and new hot takes on some of the classics - I'm absolutely buzzing to get back to the lab and back to the #neuroskyence 🔬🧠
August 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Having to leave a touch early to begin the journey home but want to say a massive thanks to all the #CCN25 organisers 🥳💖
Its been a stellar week of new ideas, new people and new hot takes on some of the classics - I'm absolutely buzzing to get back to the lab and back to the #neuroskyence 🔬🧠
Its been a stellar week of new ideas, new people and new hot takes on some of the classics - I'm absolutely buzzing to get back to the lab and back to the #neuroskyence 🔬🧠
Had a wonderful time exploring posters at #CCN25 covering such a broad spectrum of incredible #neuroskyence 🧠🤖
Come see me tomorrow over at poster 8 for the latest on our work in apathy in #dementia!
Come see me tomorrow over at poster 8 for the latest on our work in apathy in #dementia!
August 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Had a wonderful time exploring posters at #CCN25 covering such a broad spectrum of incredible #neuroskyence 🧠🤖
Come see me tomorrow over at poster 8 for the latest on our work in apathy in #dementia!
Come see me tomorrow over at poster 8 for the latest on our work in apathy in #dementia!
Great start to the day at #CCN25 with fresh stroopwaffels and networking 😄
Bring on four days of cognition, computation and #neuroskyence! 🧠
Bring on four days of cognition, computation and #neuroskyence! 🧠
August 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Great start to the day at #CCN25 with fresh stroopwaffels and networking 😄
Bring on four days of cognition, computation and #neuroskyence! 🧠
Bring on four days of cognition, computation and #neuroskyence! 🧠
Fantastic start to Cambridge Imaging festival as @alexwoolgar.bsky.social absolutely got our attention 🧐 discussing the power of combining neuroimaging and stimulation approaches 🧠⚡to research... well... attention...
#neuroskyence #cogsci
#neuroskyence #cogsci
June 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Fantastic start to Cambridge Imaging festival as @alexwoolgar.bsky.social absolutely got our attention 🧐 discussing the power of combining neuroimaging and stimulation approaches 🧠⚡to research... well... attention...
#neuroskyence #cogsci
#neuroskyence #cogsci
Its a beautiful day for a conference #CNS2025 @camneuro.bsky.social 🧠
Come visit me over at poster 52 for the latest on our #apathy research!
We've got computational modelling, we've got clinical implications, we've got tea - come along 😄
#neuroskyence
Come visit me over at poster 52 for the latest on our #apathy research!
We've got computational modelling, we've got clinical implications, we've got tea - come along 😄
#neuroskyence
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Its a beautiful day for a conference #CNS2025 @camneuro.bsky.social 🧠
Come visit me over at poster 52 for the latest on our #apathy research!
We've got computational modelling, we've got clinical implications, we've got tea - come along 😄
#neuroskyence
Come visit me over at poster 52 for the latest on our #apathy research!
We've got computational modelling, we've got clinical implications, we've got tea - come along 😄
#neuroskyence
Excited to be at the Junior Achievement New York virtual careers fair this afternoon answering some of the most common questions about a career in science - any advice I can pass on #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM?
March 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Excited to be at the Junior Achievement New York virtual careers fair this afternoon answering some of the most common questions about a career in science - any advice I can pass on #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM?
Ready for #sciencenight @mrccbu.bsky.social with Nina the Neuron and frankly just a lot of brains 😂🧠
What will be the best question of the night??
What will be the best question of the night??
March 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ready for #sciencenight @mrccbu.bsky.social with Nina the Neuron and frankly just a lot of brains 😂🧠
What will be the best question of the night??
What will be the best question of the night??
Finishing up the #BSW tour back where it all began!
The most common theme this week - students afraid to take the "wrong path". What happens if they try something and fail?
Perhaps its time we started reframing how we discuss careers 🤔
#neuroskyence #AcademicSky
The most common theme this week - students afraid to take the "wrong path". What happens if they try something and fail?
Perhaps its time we started reframing how we discuss careers 🤔
#neuroskyence #AcademicSky
March 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Finishing up the #BSW tour back where it all began!
The most common theme this week - students afraid to take the "wrong path". What happens if they try something and fail?
Perhaps its time we started reframing how we discuss careers 🤔
#neuroskyence #AcademicSky
The most common theme this week - students afraid to take the "wrong path". What happens if they try something and fail?
Perhaps its time we started reframing how we discuss careers 🤔
#neuroskyence #AcademicSky
Bring on #BritishScienceWeek!
🚸 8 schools
🗣 13 talks
👩🎓 And a few hundred students
What are your fave #neuroskyence facts I can share? 🧠
🚸 8 schools
🗣 13 talks
👩🎓 And a few hundred students
What are your fave #neuroskyence facts I can share? 🧠
March 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Bring on #BritishScienceWeek!
🚸 8 schools
🗣 13 talks
👩🎓 And a few hundred students
What are your fave #neuroskyence facts I can share? 🧠
🚸 8 schools
🗣 13 talks
👩🎓 And a few hundred students
What are your fave #neuroskyence facts I can share? 🧠
Ready to go at #BrainConf25 - come visit me at poster 84 to learn more about our latest #apathy research and watch out for my data blitz this afternoon 🧠🥳
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
March 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Ready to go at #BrainConf25 - come visit me at poster 84 to learn more about our latest #apathy research and watch out for my data blitz this afternoon 🧠🥳
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
"It's a chink in the armour..."
Stellar debate to end day 1 at #ARUKConf25 - is amyloid the way to a cure? Or will early victories in anti-amyloid medications be overwhelmed by other drivers?
For now what they DO show is that treatment is possible #FORACURE
Stellar debate to end day 1 at #ARUKConf25 - is amyloid the way to a cure? Or will early victories in anti-amyloid medications be overwhelmed by other drivers?
For now what they DO show is that treatment is possible #FORACURE
February 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"It's a chink in the armour..."
Stellar debate to end day 1 at #ARUKConf25 - is amyloid the way to a cure? Or will early victories in anti-amyloid medications be overwhelmed by other drivers?
For now what they DO show is that treatment is possible #FORACURE
Stellar debate to end day 1 at #ARUKConf25 - is amyloid the way to a cure? Or will early victories in anti-amyloid medications be overwhelmed by other drivers?
For now what they DO show is that treatment is possible #FORACURE
Amazing opening to #ARUKconf25 from the FTD Brothers 🟠🧠
An incredibly poignant story reminding us why the research we do today is so important to ensure more people get a tomorrow.
As someone whose family has been impacted by #FTD - proud to work #FORACURE
An incredibly poignant story reminding us why the research we do today is so important to ensure more people get a tomorrow.
As someone whose family has been impacted by #FTD - proud to work #FORACURE
February 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Amazing opening to #ARUKconf25 from the FTD Brothers 🟠🧠
An incredibly poignant story reminding us why the research we do today is so important to ensure more people get a tomorrow.
As someone whose family has been impacted by #FTD - proud to work #FORACURE
An incredibly poignant story reminding us why the research we do today is so important to ensure more people get a tomorrow.
As someone whose family has been impacted by #FTD - proud to work #FORACURE
Officially on my way to #ARUKconf25 🥳
Can't wait to hear the latest dementia research and if you're curious about our latest results in the field of #apathy you can find me at poster 4.67!
#neuroskyence
Can't wait to hear the latest dementia research and if you're curious about our latest results in the field of #apathy you can find me at poster 4.67!
#neuroskyence
February 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Officially on my way to #ARUKconf25 🥳
Can't wait to hear the latest dementia research and if you're curious about our latest results in the field of #apathy you can find me at poster 4.67!
#neuroskyence
Can't wait to hear the latest dementia research and if you're curious about our latest results in the field of #apathy you can find me at poster 4.67!
#neuroskyence
Having a fantastic time at #WiNUKAwards2024 @womeninneurouk.bsky.social - thank you so much for a lovely evening so far and the "Communicator of the Year" award 🏆🧠
#WomeninSTEM #CogSci #neuroskyence
#WomeninSTEM #CogSci #neuroskyence
November 29, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Having a fantastic time at #WiNUKAwards2024 @womeninneurouk.bsky.social - thank you so much for a lovely evening so far and the "Communicator of the Year" award 🏆🧠
#WomeninSTEM #CogSci #neuroskyence
#WomeninSTEM #CogSci #neuroskyence
"Everything starts with a singular observation."
This is certainly true for me 💖
Poignant words from Emma Willis and Elisabet Englund at #ISFTD24 to remind us why we're here and how we got here.
This is certainly true for me 💖
Poignant words from Emma Willis and Elisabet Englund at #ISFTD24 to remind us why we're here and how we got here.
September 19, 2024 at 9:09 AM
"Everything starts with a singular observation."
This is certainly true for me 💖
Poignant words from Emma Willis and Elisabet Englund at #ISFTD24 to remind us why we're here and how we got here.
This is certainly true for me 💖
Poignant words from Emma Willis and Elisabet Englund at #ISFTD24 to remind us why we're here and how we got here.
Ready for a day of science and policy with Cambridge Centre for Science & Policy 🔬🧪📝
It's 9:30am and I've already learned about a career path I didn't know existed!
It's 9:30am and I've already learned about a career path I didn't know existed!
February 8, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Ready for a day of science and policy with Cambridge Centre for Science & Policy 🔬🧪📝
It's 9:30am and I've already learned about a career path I didn't know existed!
It's 9:30am and I've already learned about a career path I didn't know existed!
Well my desk just reached new heights - everyone please meet Bertrand the plant dinosaur 🦖🌿🌱
No other context needed 😄
No other context needed 😄
February 5, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Well my desk just reached new heights - everyone please meet Bertrand the plant dinosaur 🦖🌿🌱
No other context needed 😄
No other context needed 😄