Had a wonderful time at the @bpsdevsection.bsky.social annual conference at Royal Holloway UoL presenting my research, hearing about cutting edge & inspiring developmental psych research (with lots of talks on math anxiety which I loved), and meeting lovely people!! Thanks for having me 🥰✨🔢🧠💭

Flux @fluxsociety.bsky.social has now ended! Had a great time in Dublin presenting my poster and learning about new & exciting developmental neuroscience research 🧠✨🔢🥰

Day 2 of Flux @fluxsociety.bsky.social completed! I presented my poster on links between sex/gender, spatial/math anxiety and performance in 8-11yo today and got to speak with amazing researchers in the field 🤩✨🧠🔢

The Joint EPS X CSBBCS Meeting is now done! Presenting my work was a rewarding experience and I recommend these societies' meetings to all ECRs. I also got some inspiration for future studies from the amazing cogn psych research presented. Thanks to @exppsychsoc.bsky.social for having me! ✨

Quite enjoyed The Book of Why by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie - a nonfiction book on causal inference that explores human intuition; delves into the sometimes-juicy history of statistics; has lots of causal diagrams to unpick; and reflects on the importance of AIs understanding causes and effects.

Two interesting new papers found that women tend to underestimate their abilities and exhibit more pronounced STEM-related gender-career associations - the latter also applies to AFABs and non-binary individuals. Both studies call the need for targeted interventions to mitigate these (self-)biases.

Interesting paper about a novel mental rotation task best suited for 9-14yos: the Little Man Task 🕴️
Could be used cross-culturally and seems easy to explain and administer! Although has potential to be more inclusive?

We almost made it through January! In my first post on this platform, I want to introduce and celebrate my new desk - a space where I am feeling newly inspired and excited about the present and future 👩‍🏫📊🥰✨