Christopher Madan
@engra.me
Uni Nottingham Asst Prof in Psychology.
Memory, aging, decisions, emotion, brains, PhD supervision, ttrpg, more!
https://engra.me
Memory, aging, decisions, emotion, brains, PhD supervision, ttrpg, more!
https://engra.me
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Christopher Madan
@engra.me
· Aug 29
I've made this pretty poster of my books, so far, for an upcoming event. Maybe one looks relevant to you? :)
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September 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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September 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Watch #BACN25 today and tomorrow for the latest in UK cognitive neuroscience!
Follow @bacn.co.uk for even more after the conference.
Follow @bacn.co.uk for even more after the conference.
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Watch #BACN25 today and tomorrow for the latest in UK cognitive neuroscience!
Follow @bacn.co.uk for even more after the conference.
Follow @bacn.co.uk for even more after the conference.
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And we’re off! Jamie Ward opening @bacn.co.uk #BACN2025 in Edinburgh with prize talk by @engra.me detailing his work and service to the scientific community
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And we’re off! Jamie Ward opening @bacn.co.uk #BACN2025 in Edinburgh with prize talk by @engra.me detailing his work and service to the scientific community
I'm really looking forward to giving the opening talk for #BACN25!
"Memory², Methods, and Mentorship: Four facets of my research journey thus far"
Not too long left to wait!
"Memory², Methods, and Mentorship: Four facets of my research journey thus far"
Not too long left to wait!
See you tomorrow at #BACN25!!
September 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm really looking forward to giving the opening talk for #BACN25!
"Memory², Methods, and Mentorship: Four facets of my research journey thus far"
Not too long left to wait!
"Memory², Methods, and Mentorship: Four facets of my research journey thus far"
Not too long left to wait!
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Really happy to see this finally published. Hard work together with colleagues @engra.me and @jolienfrancken.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Really happy to see this finally published. Hard work together with colleagues @engra.me and @jolienfrancken.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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[Review] Very interesting paper! Highly recommended! Open access ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Language and/or memory: How to slice the domain-cake?
Historically, memory and language have been seen as separate cognitive functions and studied in isolation. To date, it remains an open question to what extent these cognitive domains are related. H...
www.tandfonline.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
[Review] Very interesting paper! Highly recommended! Open access ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"I am satisfied with these changes. Very nice job!"
What more could you hope for in a review!
What more could you hope for in a review!
August 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"I am satisfied with these changes. Very nice job!"
What more could you hope for in a review!
What more could you hope for in a review!
I'd love to meet with some people during the conference! Feel free to message me if you'll be there.
In July, we will be travelling to Dundee for our joint scientific meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, which will include many prize talks, symposia, posters and much, much more!
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: University of Dundee. 8th – 11th July 2025. This will be a joint meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), and will include the 53rd B…
eps.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'd love to meet with some people during the conference! Feel free to message me if you'll be there.
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It's not too late to submit your abstract. Join us in Edinburgh in September!
Preliminary program is up! Lots of exciting research.
It's not too late to join us and present! Late-breaking poster deadline is 11 July.
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
It's not too late to join us and present! Late-breaking poster deadline is 11 July.
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Current, Future and past meetings — BACN
Conferences
www.bacn.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's not too late to submit your abstract. Join us in Edinburgh in September!
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Submit today!
Last few days to submit your abstract, deadline is 30 April!
Join us in Edinburgh for #BACN2025 in September
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Join us in Edinburgh for #BACN2025 in September
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Current, Future and past meetings — BACN
Conferences
www.bacn.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Submit today!
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Four large Dutch universities, including Leiden University where I work, have decided to throw international psychology bachelor programs under the bus in an effort to appease the rightwing government.
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Cutting international bachelor programs threatens psychological science » Eiko Fried
Two days ago, four Dutch universities announced discontinuing their English-speaking psychology bachelor programs (1, 2). I will briefly explain (1) how this decision came to be, (2) why this is such ...
eiko-fried.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Four large Dutch universities, including Leiden University where I work, have decided to throw international psychology bachelor programs under the bus in an effort to appease the rightwing government.
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
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I never thought that fear of detention or deportation would have been on the list of reasons for making conferences hybrid, but this seems compelling
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I never thought that fear of detention or deportation would have been on the list of reasons for making conferences hybrid, but this seems compelling
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Counting down--join us in Edinburgh!
The #BACN2025 abstract deadline is 30 April! Share your latest work with us!
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Current, Future and past meetings — BACN
Conferences
www.bacn.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Counting down--join us in Edinburgh!
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Save the date!!
#BACN2025
11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.
#BACN2025
11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.
February 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Save the date!!
#BACN2025
11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.
#BACN2025
11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences
Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.
It's official!! In recognition of my contributions to higher education--including research methods training, application of learning sciences to other fields, and post-PhD career guidance resource development--I have been awarded Senior Fellow from Advance HE (SFHEA).
January 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It's official!! In recognition of my contributions to higher education--including research methods training, application of learning sciences to other fields, and post-PhD career guidance resource development--I have been awarded Senior Fellow from Advance HE (SFHEA).
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Furthermore, both human and AI-assisted teams significantly outperformed AI-led approaches in proposing and implementing comprehensive robustness checks. There was a 25 percentage points difference in proposing robustness checks and a 32 pp difference in implementation.
January 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Furthermore, both human and AI-assisted teams significantly outperformed AI-led approaches in proposing and implementing comprehensive robustness checks. There was a 25 percentage points difference in proposing robustness checks and a 32 pp difference in implementation.
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New research alert! Our study investigates the effectiveness of human-only, AI-assisted, and AI-led teams in assessing the reproducibility of quantitative social science research. We've got some surprising findings!
January 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
New research alert! Our study investigates the effectiveness of human-only, AI-assisted, and AI-led teams in assessing the reproducibility of quantitative social science research. We've got some surprising findings!
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This book now available *open access* through Springer Neuromethods: link.springer.com/book/10.1007....
@brainalien.bsky.social and I extend heartfelt thanks to all contributing authors for their exceptional work, w/ special gratitude to Paul Thompson @ptenigma.bsky.social for an inspiring foreword
@brainalien.bsky.social and I extend heartfelt thanks to all contributing authors for their exceptional work, w/ special gratitude to Paul Thompson @ptenigma.bsky.social for an inspiring foreword
Methods for Analyzing Large Neuroimaging Datasets
This Open Access volume explores advancements in methodologies, efficient code management, and scalable data processing of neuroimaging datasets.
link.springer.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This book now available *open access* through Springer Neuromethods: link.springer.com/book/10.1007....
@brainalien.bsky.social and I extend heartfelt thanks to all contributing authors for their exceptional work, w/ special gratitude to Paul Thompson @ptenigma.bsky.social for an inspiring foreword
@brainalien.bsky.social and I extend heartfelt thanks to all contributing authors for their exceptional work, w/ special gratitude to Paul Thompson @ptenigma.bsky.social for an inspiring foreword
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Straight off we see the impact of changes to student visas, in particular restricting dependents. Student visas are limited terms though, meaning including them in overall stats tends to skew them, but makes an easy "win" for a government looking to reduce immigration. 2/
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Summary of latest statistics
www.gov.uk
November 28, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Straight off we see the impact of changes to student visas, in particular restricting dependents. Student visas are limited terms though, meaning including them in overall stats tends to skew them, but makes an easy "win" for a government looking to reduce immigration. 2/
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Long thread of initial reflections on today's immigration statistics as I read through them. First off, it would be great if people could remember they are from June, that means that, not matter your political persuasions, they are down to the previous government. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2024
Quarterly statistics on people coming to UK, extensions of stay, total in asylum system, irregular migration, citizenship, EUSS, asylum, detentions and returns.
www.gov.uk
November 28, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Long thread of initial reflections on today's immigration statistics as I read through them. First off, it would be great if people could remember they are from June, that means that, not matter your political persuasions, they are down to the previous government. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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“Ablation” was originally introduced into AI with the correct sense (removing a component). But in the last 5 years, its meaning has expanded to “sensitivity study”. As a reviewer, I insist on the correct usage.
November 28, 2024 at 4:38 PM
“Ablation” was originally introduced into AI with the correct sense (removing a component). But in the last 5 years, its meaning has expanded to “sensitivity study”. As a reviewer, I insist on the correct usage.
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I love that my last paper on Google Scholar is the chapter "I’m not a researcher anymore, I’ll be a scientist forever" that I wrote for Chris Madan (@engra.me) book : Academia and the World Beyond, vol 2.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Looks like a good conclusion of my researcher's life!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Looks like a good conclusion of my researcher's life!
November 27, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I love that my last paper on Google Scholar is the chapter "I’m not a researcher anymore, I’ll be a scientist forever" that I wrote for Chris Madan (@engra.me) book : Academia and the World Beyond, vol 2.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Looks like a good conclusion of my researcher's life!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Looks like a good conclusion of my researcher's life!
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I will be honest: with Mastodon, what put me off with a lot of UNSAID expectations.
It felt like you cannot just write something like here:
- What server you’re on matters (each one has own rules)
- Adding filters to posts were (sometimes) important (eg if writing about politics or Twitter)
It felt like you cannot just write something like here:
- What server you’re on matters (each one has own rules)
- Adding filters to posts were (sometimes) important (eg if writing about politics or Twitter)
Mastodon felt too niche, and had a barrier to entry which was confusing. Bluesky is very very similar to Twitter (and I specifically mean Twitter and not X).
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 AM
I will be honest: with Mastodon, what put me off with a lot of UNSAID expectations.
It felt like you cannot just write something like here:
- What server you’re on matters (each one has own rules)
- Adding filters to posts were (sometimes) important (eg if writing about politics or Twitter)
It felt like you cannot just write something like here:
- What server you’re on matters (each one has own rules)
- Adding filters to posts were (sometimes) important (eg if writing about politics or Twitter)