Dr Flavia H Santos
@flavinska.bsky.social
A neuroscientist at University College London 🇬🇧. @ioe.bsky.social Funded by European Commission, Irish Research Council & Leverhulme Trust. Chair of #MCLS, Ad Astra Fellow! [she, her]
Music Science & Math Cognition
#psychology #neuroscience #dyscalculia
Music Science & Math Cognition
#psychology #neuroscience #dyscalculia
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PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!
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Congrats to Dr. Robin Sharma!
He defended his dissertation on “Designing and Testing the Effectiveness of Digital Games to Develop Adolescents’ Understanding of Mathematics."
His work with UNESCO, Ubisoft, and Vretta leads the way in game-based learning!!
tlclab.owlstown.net/posts/4776-d...
He defended his dissertation on “Designing and Testing the Effectiveness of Digital Games to Develop Adolescents’ Understanding of Mathematics."
His work with UNESCO, Ubisoft, and Vretta leads the way in game-based learning!!
tlclab.owlstown.net/posts/4776-d...
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Congrats to Dr. Robin Sharma!
He defended his dissertation on “Designing and Testing the Effectiveness of Digital Games to Develop Adolescents’ Understanding of Mathematics."
His work with UNESCO, Ubisoft, and Vretta leads the way in game-based learning!!
tlclab.owlstown.net/posts/4776-d...
He defended his dissertation on “Designing and Testing the Effectiveness of Digital Games to Develop Adolescents’ Understanding of Mathematics."
His work with UNESCO, Ubisoft, and Vretta leads the way in game-based learning!!
tlclab.owlstown.net/posts/4776-d...
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Our new meta-analysis by Sabrina Shajeen Alam, Jie Gao, reviews 24 studies on digital math tools for K–12 students with math learning disabilities.
Results show where digital tools help—and where big evidence gaps remain.
tlclab.owlstown.net/posts/4749-n...
Results show where digital tools help—and where big evidence gaps remain.
tlclab.owlstown.net/posts/4749-n...
TLC Lab - New Article Alert: Alam, Gao, & Dubé Publish a Systematic
We’re thrilled to share that our latest article, “A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Digital Mathematics Interventions for K-12 Students with Mathemati...
tlclab.owlstown.net
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Our new meta-analysis by Sabrina Shajeen Alam, Jie Gao, reviews 24 studies on digital math tools for K–12 students with math learning disabilities.
Results show where digital tools help—and where big evidence gaps remain.
tlclab.owlstown.net/posts/4749-n...
Results show where digital tools help—and where big evidence gaps remain.
tlclab.owlstown.net/posts/4749-n...
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Also the deadline for Teach@Tuebingen fellowships is approaching soon (20.11.25). It offers a nice and decently paid opportunity to come to a lab in Tuebingen and research and teach here for a half or whole year. Contact me if you want to work with us.
uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
Teach@Tübingen
uni-tuebingen.de
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Also the deadline for Teach@Tuebingen fellowships is approaching soon (20.11.25). It offers a nice and decently paid opportunity to come to a lab in Tuebingen and research and teach here for a half or whole year. Contact me if you want to work with us.
uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
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Headed by our wonderful PostDoc Maristella Lunardon in cooperation with Christina Artemenko, @serenarossi.bsky.social and @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social we observed that math attitudes were more important for university choice than math anxiety.
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Headed by our wonderful PostDoc Maristella Lunardon in cooperation with Christina Artemenko, @serenarossi.bsky.social and @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social we observed that math attitudes were more important for university choice than math anxiety.
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
HUGE multi-lab study (including ours!) looking at whether musicians have better short-term memory than non-musicians across different domains (musical, verbal, and visuospatial memory). Congratulations to all 110 collaborators worldwide!
#musicpsych #psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
#musicpsych #psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study - Massimo Grassi, Francesca Talamini, Gianmarco Altoè, Elvira Brattico, Anne Caclin, Barbara Carretti, Véronique Drai-Zer...
Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicia...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
HUGE multi-lab study (including ours!) looking at whether musicians have better short-term memory than non-musicians across different domains (musical, verbal, and visuospatial memory). Congratulations to all 110 collaborators worldwide!
#musicpsych #psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
#musicpsych #psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
Looking for a post-doc? Apply for the Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Western University @westernu.bsky.social in Canada🇨🇦. Comes with a competitive salary and a research stipend: www.uwo.ca/research/fun...
Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
www.uwo.ca
March 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Looking for a post-doc? Apply for the Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Western University @westernu.bsky.social in Canada🇨🇦. Comes with a competitive salary and a research stipend: www.uwo.ca/research/fun...
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
“Spatial thinking is a fundamental, yet often neglected, aspect of human cognition.”
@zackhawes.bsky.social tells Aisha Schnellmann how central spatial thinking is to STEM learning. #EdChat boldscience.org/the-psycholo...
@zackhawes.bsky.social tells Aisha Schnellmann how central spatial thinking is to STEM learning. #EdChat boldscience.org/the-psycholo...
Spatial thinking in the STEM classroom
Zachary Hawes studies how spatial thinking makes abstract ideas accessible
boldscience.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“Spatial thinking is a fundamental, yet often neglected, aspect of human cognition.”
@zackhawes.bsky.social tells Aisha Schnellmann how central spatial thinking is to STEM learning. #EdChat boldscience.org/the-psycholo...
@zackhawes.bsky.social tells Aisha Schnellmann how central spatial thinking is to STEM learning. #EdChat boldscience.org/the-psycholo...
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
New paper on the nature of order processing deficits in developmental dyscalculia! 💙
Shared first-authorship w/ Dr. Natalia Dubinkina!
Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Shared first-authorship w/ Dr. Natalia Dubinkina!
Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
November 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New paper on the nature of order processing deficits in developmental dyscalculia! 💙
Shared first-authorship w/ Dr. Natalia Dubinkina!
Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Shared first-authorship w/ Dr. Natalia Dubinkina!
Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Maths Anxiety Day!☘️
#ArithmosProject funded by @researchireland.ie, led by
@ucddublin.bsky.social & Technological University Dublin
#cogsci #neuro #MathEd #EdTech #dyscalculia
@ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social @mclstrainee.bsky.social @mcls-official.bsky.social
youtu.be/miW8S9VXTow
#ArithmosProject funded by @researchireland.ie, led by
@ucddublin.bsky.social & Technological University Dublin
#cogsci #neuro #MathEd #EdTech #dyscalculia
@ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social @mclstrainee.bsky.social @mcls-official.bsky.social
youtu.be/miW8S9VXTow
Facing a fear of maths - learning strategies to deal with maths anxiety for kids
YouTube video by UCD Psychology
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Maths Anxiety Day!☘️
#ArithmosProject funded by @researchireland.ie, led by
@ucddublin.bsky.social & Technological University Dublin
#cogsci #neuro #MathEd #EdTech #dyscalculia
@ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social @mclstrainee.bsky.social @mcls-official.bsky.social
youtu.be/miW8S9VXTow
#ArithmosProject funded by @researchireland.ie, led by
@ucddublin.bsky.social & Technological University Dublin
#cogsci #neuro #MathEd #EdTech #dyscalculia
@ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social @mclstrainee.bsky.social @mcls-official.bsky.social
youtu.be/miW8S9VXTow
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🧠✨ Genetic Tools Atlas 3.0 is here!
The GTA now has an additional 750 datasets, including 80+ mouse whole-brain light sheet microscopy images as well as the first macaque datasets.
🔗 https://portal.brain-map.org/genetic-tools/genetic-tools-atlas
#neuroskyence
The GTA now has an additional 750 datasets, including 80+ mouse whole-brain light sheet microscopy images as well as the first macaque datasets.
🔗 https://portal.brain-map.org/genetic-tools/genetic-tools-atlas
#neuroskyence
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🧠✨ Genetic Tools Atlas 3.0 is here!
The GTA now has an additional 750 datasets, including 80+ mouse whole-brain light sheet microscopy images as well as the first macaque datasets.
🔗 https://portal.brain-map.org/genetic-tools/genetic-tools-atlas
#neuroskyence
The GTA now has an additional 750 datasets, including 80+ mouse whole-brain light sheet microscopy images as well as the first macaque datasets.
🔗 https://portal.brain-map.org/genetic-tools/genetic-tools-atlas
#neuroskyence
Hello #tRNS lovers: 🧠
Ó Dúinín, E., Steopan J., Kessler, K., Santos, FH. Sci Rep 15, 37977 (2025)
🎯 rdcu.be/eNuQT
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
Sponsored by @ucddublin.bsky.social
Ad Astra
Ó Dúinín, E., Steopan J., Kessler, K., Santos, FH. Sci Rep 15, 37977 (2025)
🎯 rdcu.be/eNuQT
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
Sponsored by @ucddublin.bsky.social
Ad Astra
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hello #tRNS lovers: 🧠
Ó Dúinín, E., Steopan J., Kessler, K., Santos, FH. Sci Rep 15, 37977 (2025)
🎯 rdcu.be/eNuQT
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
Sponsored by @ucddublin.bsky.social
Ad Astra
Ó Dúinín, E., Steopan J., Kessler, K., Santos, FH. Sci Rep 15, 37977 (2025)
🎯 rdcu.be/eNuQT
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
Sponsored by @ucddublin.bsky.social
Ad Astra
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
The SNARC effect may work only with symbolic numbers. It seems to work with nonsymbolic numbers when the task requires symbolic responses, such as "smaller"-"larger", but not without them. doi.org/10.1037/xhp0... or www.thenumberworks.org/discrete_sem...
October 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The SNARC effect may work only with symbolic numbers. It seems to work with nonsymbolic numbers when the task requires symbolic responses, such as "smaller"-"larger", but not without them. doi.org/10.1037/xhp0... or www.thenumberworks.org/discrete_sem...
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This is the first in a series of constructive critiques of integral philosophy that examines the blind spots of developmental psychology. Watch my full presentation and Q&A here: t.co/Jc11vN0T4g
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is the first in a series of constructive critiques of integral philosophy that examines the blind spots of developmental psychology. Watch my full presentation and Q&A here: t.co/Jc11vN0T4g
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📢 The submission phase for talks & posters at #TeaP2026 starts on October 27! 🎉 Submit your contribution by November 16: coms.app/teap26/ 👍🏼 Present in a symposium, mixed-topics session, early-career session, or poster session 😍
Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog*innen 2026
coms.app
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
📢 The submission phase for talks & posters at #TeaP2026 starts on October 27! 🎉 Submit your contribution by November 16: coms.app/teap26/ 👍🏼 Present in a symposium, mixed-topics session, early-career session, or poster session 😍
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Does SNARC only depend on relative number magnitude? Not necessarily! Our new Registered Report led by wonderful @lillyroth.bsky.social in collaboration with @tuebang.bsky.social, U.-D. Reips, J. Caffier, and A. Overlander
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
One and only SNARC? Spatial-Numerical Associations are not fully flexible and depend on both relative and absolute number magnitude | Royal Society Open Science
Numbers are associated with space, but it is unclear how flexible these associations
are. We investigated whether the SNARC effect (Spatial-Numerical Association of Response
Codes; Dehaene et al. 1993...
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Does SNARC only depend on relative number magnitude? Not necessarily! Our new Registered Report led by wonderful @lillyroth.bsky.social in collaboration with @tuebang.bsky.social, U.-D. Reips, J. Caffier, and A. Overlander
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Sharing my recent pub with the bsky community! The Factor Structure of Parents' Math-Related Talk and Its Relation to Children's Early Academic Skills doi.org/10.1111/cdev...
<em>Child Development</em> | SRCD Journal | Wiley Online Library
This study, involving 120 children (Mage = 4.25; SD = 0.83; 53% Female, 49% White, 23% multiracial, 16% Black, 9% Asian American, and 3% Latine) and their parents, examined parent talk constructs and....
doi.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sharing my recent pub with the bsky community! The Factor Structure of Parents' Math-Related Talk and Its Relation to Children's Early Academic Skills doi.org/10.1111/cdev...
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📣 CFP: Thinking Numbers, Thinking Machines
How does GenAI affect K-12 math learning/teaching?
We want chapters linking psych ↔️ education—cognition, pedagogy, equity, neuro, games, tutors+.
Repost. & Share!
EOI due Nov 15, 2025
See the full call here: bit.ly/3V5Rwtl
#AIinEducation #MathEd
How does GenAI affect K-12 math learning/teaching?
We want chapters linking psych ↔️ education—cognition, pedagogy, equity, neuro, games, tutors+.
Repost. & Share!
EOI due Nov 15, 2025
See the full call here: bit.ly/3V5Rwtl
#AIinEducation #MathEd
TLC @ McGill University - Call For Chapter Proposals
PDF file Thinking Numbers, Thinking Machines: Mathematical Learning and Cognition in the GenAI Age Editors: Adam Dubé (McGill), Katherine M. Robinson (Regi...
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
📣 CFP: Thinking Numbers, Thinking Machines
How does GenAI affect K-12 math learning/teaching?
We want chapters linking psych ↔️ education—cognition, pedagogy, equity, neuro, games, tutors+.
Repost. & Share!
EOI due Nov 15, 2025
See the full call here: bit.ly/3V5Rwtl
#AIinEducation #MathEd
How does GenAI affect K-12 math learning/teaching?
We want chapters linking psych ↔️ education—cognition, pedagogy, equity, neuro, games, tutors+.
Repost. & Share!
EOI due Nov 15, 2025
See the full call here: bit.ly/3V5Rwtl
#AIinEducation #MathEd
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My paper "Base structures across lexical and notational numeral modalities" (PhilTransB) addresses a whole class of questions around the role that semiotic modality, and specifically number words vs. number symbols, plays in the structure of numerical systems.
Base structures across lexical and notational numeral modalities | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The base concept in number systems is realized differently across multiple representational modalities—frameworks that incorporate sensory channel, medium of expression and semantic structures into integrated semiotic systems. Because these three factors ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My paper "Base structures across lexical and notational numeral modalities" (PhilTransB) addresses a whole class of questions around the role that semiotic modality, and specifically number words vs. number symbols, plays in the structure of numerical systems.
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
Fun new paper led by Sebastian Holt, training adults on artificial number systems. Most work tests only base-10 learning; we trained adults on a range of base systems & manipulated whether numbers were learned as part of a counting system, or unordered words. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Learning a Novel Number System: The Role of Compositional Rules and Counting Procedures
Humans count to indefinitely large numbers by recycling words from a finite list, and combining them using rules—for example, combining sixty with unit labels to generate sixty-one, sixty-two, and so...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Fun new paper led by Sebastian Holt, training adults on artificial number systems. Most work tests only base-10 learning; we trained adults on a range of base systems & manipulated whether numbers were learned as part of a counting system, or unordered words. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️
We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹
Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹
Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️
We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹
Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹
Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
If you like non-significant findings, you will LOVE our latest order processing paper!
We tested whether presenting consecutive & non-consecutive sequences separately improves order verification performance & found ✨no effect whatsoever✨.
doi/10.1177/17470218231220912
#DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
We tested whether presenting consecutive & non-consecutive sequences separately improves order verification performance & found ✨no effect whatsoever✨.
doi/10.1177/17470218231220912
#DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
December 21, 2023 at 3:28 PM
If you like non-significant findings, you will LOVE our latest order processing paper!
We tested whether presenting consecutive & non-consecutive sequences separately improves order verification performance & found ✨no effect whatsoever✨.
doi/10.1177/17470218231220912
#DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
We tested whether presenting consecutive & non-consecutive sequences separately improves order verification performance & found ✨no effect whatsoever✨.
doi/10.1177/17470218231220912
#DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
My favourite order processing paper from my PhD was just published in Cognitive Science. ENJOY 💙
w/ K. Moeller, I. Xenidou-Dervou, B. Reynvoet, and F. Sella.
Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
w/ K. Moeller, I. Xenidou-Dervou, B. Reynvoet, and F. Sella.
Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
My favourite order processing paper from my PhD was just published in Cognitive Science. ENJOY 💙
w/ K. Moeller, I. Xenidou-Dervou, B. Reynvoet, and F. Sella.
Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
w/ K. Moeller, I. Xenidou-Dervou, B. Reynvoet, and F. Sella.
Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by Dr Flavia H Santos
✨Request for unpublished data✨ Meta-analysis on early (age 3 to 6 years) math interventions. Please reach out to me (Mary DePascale) or Nicole Scalise by November 9 if you are willing to share your data!
October 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
✨Request for unpublished data✨ Meta-analysis on early (age 3 to 6 years) math interventions. Please reach out to me (Mary DePascale) or Nicole Scalise by November 9 if you are willing to share your data!