Celia Foster
@celiafoster.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, researching body perception using neuroimaging methods. Proponent of Psychtoolbox.
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New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
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What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
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August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
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What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
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Can humans use artificial limbs for body augmentation as flexibly as their own hands?
🚨 Our new interdisciplinary study put this question to the test with the Third Thumb (@daniclode.bsky.social), a robotic extra digit you control with your toes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨 Our new interdisciplinary study put this question to the test with the Third Thumb (@daniclode.bsky.social), a robotic extra digit you control with your toes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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July 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Can humans use artificial limbs for body augmentation as flexibly as their own hands?
🚨 Our new interdisciplinary study put this question to the test with the Third Thumb (@daniclode.bsky.social), a robotic extra digit you control with your toes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵1/10
🚨 Our new interdisciplinary study put this question to the test with the Third Thumb (@daniclode.bsky.social), a robotic extra digit you control with your toes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New article out at Science Advances!
Three challenges, five questions, and multiple implications of tickle.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@dondersinst.bsky.social @ki.se @erc.europa.eu
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #Sensorimotor #ERCResearch #ticklelab
Three challenges, five questions, and multiple implications of tickle.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@dondersinst.bsky.social @ki.se @erc.europa.eu
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #Sensorimotor #ERCResearch #ticklelab
The extraordinary enigma of ordinary tickle behavior: Why gargalesis still puzzles neuroscience
Tickle sensation remains one of the biggest unresolved mysteries in neuroscience—one that scientists are only beginning to unravel.
www.science.org
May 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New article out at Science Advances!
Three challenges, five questions, and multiple implications of tickle.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@dondersinst.bsky.social @ki.se @erc.europa.eu
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #Sensorimotor #ERCResearch #ticklelab
Three challenges, five questions, and multiple implications of tickle.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@dondersinst.bsky.social @ki.se @erc.europa.eu
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #Sensorimotor #ERCResearch #ticklelab
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Our PhD students @maggieszymanska.bsky.social and Julien Russ ready to present their posters today at #BRNet2025! Find them in the poster room at 2pm, talking about phantom limb pain and using EMG to control the Third Thumb 🧠
July 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Our PhD students @maggieszymanska.bsky.social and Julien Russ ready to present their posters today at #BRNet2025! Find them in the poster room at 2pm, talking about phantom limb pain and using EMG to control the Third Thumb 🧠
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Having a great time in Utrecht at #BRNet2025! Today, our very talented postdoc @celiafoster.bsky.social and amazing PhD student Ema Jugovic presented their posters. Really great work showcasing our new Third Thumb studies 🧠
July 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Having a great time in Utrecht at #BRNet2025! Today, our very talented postdoc @celiafoster.bsky.social and amazing PhD student Ema Jugovic presented their posters. Really great work showcasing our new Third Thumb studies 🧠
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Our lab had a fantastic time this week presenting our current work at @uksensorimotor25.bsky.social in Oxford 🧠
June 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Our lab had a fantastic time this week presenting our current work at @uksensorimotor25.bsky.social in Oxford 🧠
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Excited to share our new interdisciplinary work exploring the sensory representation of an artificial body part, combing datasets and methodologies to explore sensorimotor integration of the Third Thumb, a 2 DoF hand augmentation device (@daniclode.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.16.658246
June 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Excited to share our new interdisciplinary work exploring the sensory representation of an artificial body part, combing datasets and methodologies to explore sensorimotor integration of the Third Thumb, a 2 DoF hand augmentation device (@daniclode.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.16.658246
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Hristo’s presenting his poster today and tomorrow at #NCMPan25! Come and check out his work on information content in sensorimotor cortex in controls and people with amputations at 2-F-72 @ncmsociety.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hristo’s presenting his poster today and tomorrow at #NCMPan25! Come and check out his work on information content in sensorimotor cortex in controls and people with amputations at 2-F-72 @ncmsociety.bsky.social
I'm presenting a poster at #NCMPan25 about how we can integrate 👉 touch location and 👍limb posture to make movements to touch locations on an additional 🦾 robotic thumb. Come find out more at poster 1-F-73 today and tomorrow!
Come check out Celia’s poster today and tomorrow at #NCMPan25 and learn about touch localisation abilities with the Third Thumb! 1-F-73 @ncmsociety.bsky.social @celiafoster.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I'm presenting a poster at #NCMPan25 about how we can integrate 👉 touch location and 👍limb posture to make movements to touch locations on an additional 🦾 robotic thumb. Come find out more at poster 1-F-73 today and tomorrow!
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🔔 Action needed to save #Psychtoolbox
New for PTB in 2025 is native support for 🍎 Apple Silicon and a new licence funding model. Importantly, PTB will remain 👐 open source.
If you want to see PTB continue into the future, please support us by buying a licence at www.psychtoolbox.net
New for PTB in 2025 is native support for 🍎 Apple Silicon and a new licence funding model. Importantly, PTB will remain 👐 open source.
If you want to see PTB continue into the future, please support us by buying a licence at www.psychtoolbox.net
April 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🔔 Action needed to save #Psychtoolbox
New for PTB in 2025 is native support for 🍎 Apple Silicon and a new licence funding model. Importantly, PTB will remain 👐 open source.
If you want to see PTB continue into the future, please support us by buying a licence at www.psychtoolbox.net
New for PTB in 2025 is native support for 🍎 Apple Silicon and a new licence funding model. Importantly, PTB will remain 👐 open source.
If you want to see PTB continue into the future, please support us by buying a licence at www.psychtoolbox.net
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New Psychtoolbox 3.0.20.4 “Sleight of Hand” 👋 is now released!
Featuring new articulated 🖐️ hand and 👉 finger tracking for virtual reality. Enjoy!
Full details: psychtoolbox.org/news.html
Featuring new articulated 🖐️ hand and 👉 finger tracking for virtual reality. Enjoy!
Full details: psychtoolbox.org/news.html
March 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
New Psychtoolbox 3.0.20.4 “Sleight of Hand” 👋 is now released!
Featuring new articulated 🖐️ hand and 👉 finger tracking for virtual reality. Enjoy!
Full details: psychtoolbox.org/news.html
Featuring new articulated 🖐️ hand and 👉 finger tracking for virtual reality. Enjoy!
Full details: psychtoolbox.org/news.html
Opportunity for undergraduate students at UK and Irish universities to come and do a funded summer internship here with us at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Institute in Cambridge this summer.
Full details here: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/su...
#neurojobs
Full details here: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/su...
#neurojobs
Summer Placement Scheme
www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Opportunity for undergraduate students at UK and Irish universities to come and do a funded summer internship here with us at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Institute in Cambridge this summer.
Full details here: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/su...
#neurojobs
Full details here: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/su...
#neurojobs
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Join us tomorrow (19 March from 6pm) at the MRC CBU for our 'Science Night' open evening. We have a fantastic line up of speakers talking on various topics of interest in cognition and neuroscience research! Event details: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/scien...
March 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Join us tomorrow (19 March from 6pm) at the MRC CBU for our 'Science Night' open evening. We have a fantastic line up of speakers talking on various topics of interest in cognition and neuroscience research! Event details: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/scien...
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The dynamic version is even more disturbing...
March 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The dynamic version is even more disturbing...
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🚨 I'm hiring! 🚨
Passionate about motor learning in #dyspraxic and typically developing #children? Become a Research Assistant @modilab-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 12th Feb
🔄 Spread the word!
jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#neurojobs
Passionate about motor learning in #dyspraxic and typically developing #children? Become a Research Assistant @modilab-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 12th Feb
🔄 Spread the word!
jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#neurojobs
Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Research Assistant in Neurodiversity & Motor Skills Development
The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research. We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ours...
jobs.surrey.ac.uk
January 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🚨 I'm hiring! 🚨
Passionate about motor learning in #dyspraxic and typically developing #children? Become a Research Assistant @modilab-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 12th Feb
🔄 Spread the word!
jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#neurojobs
Passionate about motor learning in #dyspraxic and typically developing #children? Become a Research Assistant @modilab-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 12th Feb
🔄 Spread the word!
jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#neurojobs
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On the 16th day of 🎄 Christmas #Psychtoolbox gave to me….
A new PTB release with beta quality 🍎 macOS Apple Silicon Mac support, enjoy!
PTB "Appletizer“ release details here: psychtoolbox.org/news.html
A new PTB release with beta quality 🍎 macOS Apple Silicon Mac support, enjoy!
PTB "Appletizer“ release details here: psychtoolbox.org/news.html
December 16, 2024 at 2:50 PM
On the 16th day of 🎄 Christmas #Psychtoolbox gave to me….
A new PTB release with beta quality 🍎 macOS Apple Silicon Mac support, enjoy!
PTB "Appletizer“ release details here: psychtoolbox.org/news.html
A new PTB release with beta quality 🍎 macOS Apple Silicon Mac support, enjoy!
PTB "Appletizer“ release details here: psychtoolbox.org/news.html
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Hello Bluesky 🏙️! Psychtoolbox is here!
Follow us for Psychtoolbox-related news📰, as well as tips and tricks💡! #Psychtoolbox
Follow us for Psychtoolbox-related news📰, as well as tips and tricks💡! #Psychtoolbox
December 4, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Hello Bluesky 🏙️! Psychtoolbox is here!
Follow us for Psychtoolbox-related news📰, as well as tips and tricks💡! #Psychtoolbox
Follow us for Psychtoolbox-related news📰, as well as tips and tricks💡! #Psychtoolbox
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We start the "Research Tools" session with @celiafoster.bsky.social talk on "Real-time 3D motion tracking using a portable stereo depth camera" @mrccbu's #CBUMethodsDay.
December 2, 2024 at 2:11 PM
We start the "Research Tools" session with @celiafoster.bsky.social talk on "Real-time 3D motion tracking using a portable stereo depth camera" @mrccbu's #CBUMethodsDay.
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Great talk by our amazing postdoc @celiafoster.bsky.social at the #CBUMethodsDay! She introduced motion tracking methods available in neuroscience 🧠 and showed how she is setting up a real-time 3D motion tracking using a portable stereo camera! 🎥 It's a great way of tracking the third thumb!
December 2, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Great talk by our amazing postdoc @celiafoster.bsky.social at the #CBUMethodsDay! She introduced motion tracking methods available in neuroscience 🧠 and showed how she is setting up a real-time 3D motion tracking using a portable stereo camera! 🎥 It's a great way of tracking the third thumb!