Fiona MacCallum
@fimaccallum.bsky.social
Reader in Psychology at the University of Warwick (@warwickpsych.bsky.social)
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🎓 Warwick/Monash Joint PhD Scholarships – Autumn 2026 Entry
Interested in research in Psychology? Explore funding opportunities now!
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October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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New article:
✨Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception & DNA testing
Petra Nordqvist, Leah Gilman, Caroline Redhead, Marie Fox, Nicky Hudson @fimaccallum.bsky.social @lucyfrith.bsky.social from #ConnecteDNA
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✨Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception & DNA testing
Petra Nordqvist, Leah Gilman, Caroline Redhead, Marie Fox, Nicky Hudson @fimaccallum.bsky.social @lucyfrith.bsky.social from #ConnecteDNA
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Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception and DNA testing
This article investigates how Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (DTCGT) affects people impacted by donor conception by bringing empirical data on how…
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July 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New article:
✨Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception & DNA testing
Petra Nordqvist, Leah Gilman, Caroline Redhead, Marie Fox, Nicky Hudson @fimaccallum.bsky.social @lucyfrith.bsky.social from #ConnecteDNA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
✨Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception & DNA testing
Petra Nordqvist, Leah Gilman, Caroline Redhead, Marie Fox, Nicky Hudson @fimaccallum.bsky.social @lucyfrith.bsky.social from #ConnecteDNA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Anja Raneberg for best PhD impact paper @fimaccallum.bsky.social 👏🎉
May 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Anja Raneberg for best PhD impact paper @fimaccallum.bsky.social 👏🎉
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Hey #AcademicSky #PsySky. All is ready for the start of the PG Research Day @warwickpsych.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social we’ll be covering the event live from 10am UK time
May 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Hey #AcademicSky #PsySky. All is ready for the start of the PG Research Day @warwickpsych.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social we’ll be covering the event live from 10am UK time
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A buzzing Lifespan Health & Wellbeing Group termly meeting today! 🍕🎉👏 Huge thanks to our brilliant speakers for sharing exciting updates on their projects - inspiring research all around. #Wellbeing #AcademicLife
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May 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A buzzing Lifespan Health & Wellbeing Group termly meeting today! 🍕🎉👏 Huge thanks to our brilliant speakers for sharing exciting updates on their projects - inspiring research all around. #Wellbeing #AcademicLife
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Not to be all that meme, but I have a book out today.
May 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Not to be all that meme, but I have a book out today.
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Such a nice surprise to find that one of my papers is among the most-viewed in Journal of Sleep Research! Not a bad way to start the week 🙌 @warwickpsych.bsky.social #TopViewedArticle
🧪The paper is open access:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🧪The paper is open access:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Such a nice surprise to find that one of my papers is among the most-viewed in Journal of Sleep Research! Not a bad way to start the week 🙌 @warwickpsych.bsky.social #TopViewedArticle
🧪The paper is open access:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🧪The paper is open access:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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A new driving intervention developed by Dr. Melina Kunar and Prof. Derrick Watson reduces inattention-related driving errors—now featured on the Road Safety GB news page!
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#PsychSky #AcademicSky #RoadSafety
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‘Change Blindness’ intervention highlights the risks of distracted driving
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April 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A new driving intervention developed by Dr. Melina Kunar and Prof. Derrick Watson reduces inattention-related driving errors—now featured on the Road Safety GB news page!
roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/change-...
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#PsychSky #AcademicSky #RoadSafety
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Was an absolute pleasure to host Dr. Nick Brown (@steamtraen.eu, Linnaeus University) for a Warwick @reproducibilitea.org workshop! We were introduced to the topic of statistical errors/fraud in scientific research, and shown how to check whether the statistics in a scientific paper "add up" 🧐
April 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Was an absolute pleasure to host Dr. Nick Brown (@steamtraen.eu, Linnaeus University) for a Warwick @reproducibilitea.org workshop! We were introduced to the topic of statistical errors/fraud in scientific research, and shown how to check whether the statistics in a scientific paper "add up" 🧐
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Young lemurs sing like children -- new research from @chiaradg.bsky.social
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April 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Young lemurs sing like children -- new research from @chiaradg.bsky.social
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We are recruiting for two 1-year teaching-focussed positions. We welcome applicants in a wide range of areas, with a particular focus on social psychology for one of the posts.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML866/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML866/a...
Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed) or Teaching Fellow (110378-0325) - (Two Posts) at University of Warwick
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed) or Teaching Fellow (110378-0325) - (Two Posts) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply toda...
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March 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We are recruiting for two 1-year teaching-focussed positions. We welcome applicants in a wide range of areas, with a particular focus on social psychology for one of the posts.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML866/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML866/a...
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Participant Recruitment!
Looking for workers within the healthcare sector to take part in a 15-minute survey about workers' health and engagement in workplace mental health support (Prize draw to win up to £150 worth of shopping vouchers).
Survey link -
warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Looking for workers within the healthcare sector to take part in a 15-minute survey about workers' health and engagement in workplace mental health support (Prize draw to win up to £150 worth of shopping vouchers).
Survey link -
warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Participant Recruitment!
Looking for workers within the healthcare sector to take part in a 15-minute survey about workers' health and engagement in workplace mental health support (Prize draw to win up to £150 worth of shopping vouchers).
Survey link -
warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Looking for workers within the healthcare sector to take part in a 15-minute survey about workers' health and engagement in workplace mental health support (Prize draw to win up to £150 worth of shopping vouchers).
Survey link -
warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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We’re recruiting 4 fully funded PhD students and 3 postdocs—a unique opportunity to join our @sustainera.bsky.social interdisciplinary research team led by @arealo.bsky.social and Kai Pata!
Apply by 16th April and be part of shaping a more sustainable future 🌏
We’re recruiting 4 fully funded PhD students and 3 postdocs—a unique opportunity to join our @sustainera.bsky.social interdisciplinary research team led by @arealo.bsky.social and Kai Pata!
Apply by 16th April and be part of shaping a more sustainable future 🌏
March 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📣Please share the word!
We’re recruiting 4 fully funded PhD students and 3 postdocs—a unique opportunity to join our @sustainera.bsky.social interdisciplinary research team led by @arealo.bsky.social and Kai Pata!
Apply by 16th April and be part of shaping a more sustainable future 🌏
We’re recruiting 4 fully funded PhD students and 3 postdocs—a unique opportunity to join our @sustainera.bsky.social interdisciplinary research team led by @arealo.bsky.social and Kai Pata!
Apply by 16th April and be part of shaping a more sustainable future 🌏
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How to measure the prevalence of detailed—yet false—autobiographical memories in lab-based studies is debated.
@kimwade.bsky.social and colleagues explain why even low false memory rates in lab-based research can be practically important:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@kimwade.bsky.social and colleagues explain why even low false memory rates in lab-based research can be practically important:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Still Lost in the Mall—False Memories Happen and That's What Matters
For more than 25 years, psychologists have explored how people can develop rich false memories. Murphy et al. (2023) replicated the original “lost in the mall” study (Loftus and Pickrell 1995), demon...
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March 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How to measure the prevalence of detailed—yet false—autobiographical memories in lab-based studies is debated.
@kimwade.bsky.social and colleagues explain why even low false memory rates in lab-based research can be practically important:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@kimwade.bsky.social and colleagues explain why even low false memory rates in lab-based research can be practically important:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Don’t miss out the opportunity to work with my amazing colleagues @alexdclarke.bsky.social
@mmrobinson93.bsky.social
@gambichiara.bsky.social!
Up to 4 PhD scholarships on offer by @warwickpsych.bsky.social!
@mmrobinson93.bsky.social
@gambichiara.bsky.social!
Up to 4 PhD scholarships on offer by @warwickpsych.bsky.social!
Interested in doing a PhD with myself, @gambichiara.bsky.social or @mmrobinson93.bsky.social ? Just 10 days left to apply
🎓 4 PhD Fellowships at Warwick Psychology for 25/26 entry
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-3 for exciting projects led by Drs Alex Clarke,
@gambichiara.bsky.social & @mmrobinson93.bsky.social
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-3 for exciting projects led by Drs Alex Clarke,
@gambichiara.bsky.social & @mmrobinson93.bsky.social
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
March 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Don’t miss out the opportunity to work with my amazing colleagues @alexdclarke.bsky.social
@mmrobinson93.bsky.social
@gambichiara.bsky.social!
Up to 4 PhD scholarships on offer by @warwickpsych.bsky.social!
@mmrobinson93.bsky.social
@gambichiara.bsky.social!
Up to 4 PhD scholarships on offer by @warwickpsych.bsky.social!
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⏳Last chance to apply! Don’t miss out.
🎓 4 PhD Fellowships at Warwick Psychology for 25/26 entry
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-3 for exciting projects led by Drs Alex Clarke,
@gambichiara.bsky.social & @mmrobinson93.bsky.social
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-3 for exciting projects led by Drs Alex Clarke,
@gambichiara.bsky.social & @mmrobinson93.bsky.social
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
March 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
⏳Last chance to apply! Don’t miss out.
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Very proud of this latest paper, which shows that reading two unrelated words in a meaningful sentence will push these words closer in semantic space—an effect observed 5min, 20min, and 12 hrs after initial exposure.
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Involvement of episodic memory in language comprehension: Naturalistic comprehension pushes unrelated words closer in semantic space for at least 12 h
Recent experience with a word significantly influences its subsequent interpretation. For instance, encountering bank in a river-related context biase…
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February 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Very proud of this latest paper, which shows that reading two unrelated words in a meaningful sentence will push these words closer in semantic space—an effect observed 5min, 20min, and 12 hrs after initial exposure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Tomorrow's department Brown Bag speaker is Dr. Zachary Horne from the Psychology Department at the University of Edinburgh! #AcademicSky #PsychSky
February 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Tomorrow's department Brown Bag speaker is Dr. Zachary Horne from the Psychology Department at the University of Edinburgh! #AcademicSky #PsychSky
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Only a bit old and @warwickpsych.bsky.social has just hit 💯 followers! #AcademicSky #PsychSky Lovely psych people out there 🙏 and keep coming!
February 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Only a bit old and @warwickpsych.bsky.social has just hit 💯 followers! #AcademicSky #PsychSky Lovely psych people out there 🙏 and keep coming!
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Welcome to Dr Katy Stokes, who has joined us to work on the interdisciplinary UKRI-funded CONTAIN project, which aims to better understand and model the notion of human “contact” in the context of emerging infectious disease.
February 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Welcome to Dr Katy Stokes, who has joined us to work on the interdisciplinary UKRI-funded CONTAIN project, which aims to better understand and model the notion of human “contact” in the context of emerging infectious disease.
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🎉 Congratulations to @michaelapawley.bsky.social, a PhD student of the Warwick Sleep and Pain Lab @nkytang.bsky.social, on being awarded a UK Data Impact Fellowship from the @ukdataservice.bsky.social! This competitive programme supports 5 early career researchers using UK Data Service resources.
February 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🎉 Congratulations to @michaelapawley.bsky.social, a PhD student of the Warwick Sleep and Pain Lab @nkytang.bsky.social, on being awarded a UK Data Impact Fellowship from the @ukdataservice.bsky.social! This competitive programme supports 5 early career researchers using UK Data Service resources.
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🎓 4 PhD Fellowships at Warwick Psychology for 25/26 entry
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
If you're interested in sleep and pain research, get in touch. 🧪
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
If you're interested in sleep and pain research, get in touch. 🧪
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
February 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🎓 4 PhD Fellowships at Warwick Psychology for 25/26 entry
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
If you're interested in sleep and pain research, get in touch. 🧪
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
If you're interested in sleep and pain research, get in touch. 🧪
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
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Great discussion following our departmental brown bag seminar, on mild traumatic brain injury and post concussion symptoms. Dr Nigel King fielded questions spanning from aetiology and management of MTBI, high-profile NFL cases🦉, to banning of headers in young footballers. ⚽️
February 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Great discussion following our departmental brown bag seminar, on mild traumatic brain injury and post concussion symptoms. Dr Nigel King fielded questions spanning from aetiology and management of MTBI, high-profile NFL cases🦉, to banning of headers in young footballers. ⚽️
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Warwick Psychology is looking to appoint a permanent Assistant/Associate Professor, with a specific focus on leading an online MSc conversion programme. Come join us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
Assistant or Associate Professor (Teaching & Online Programmes) (110079-0125) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant or Associate Professor (Teaching & Online Programmes) (110079-0125). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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January 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Warwick Psychology is looking to appoint a permanent Assistant/Associate Professor, with a specific focus on leading an online MSc conversion programme. Come join us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...