My first first-author paper has just been published @JCgntn: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... - check it out below if you’re interested in prediction and/or word-meaning priming! ⬇️ Big thanks to my amazing co-authors/supervisors @mggaskell.bsky.social, @sacairney.bsky.social, @matthewmakpsy.bsky.social

If you’re at #CNS2026 today (Monday, 9th March) and interested in lexical ambiguity, memory and neural oscillations, come find me at poster E45 from 2.30-4.30pm!

Job alert!! We're looking for a Postdoc and two RAs on a 3-year project examining the effects of smartphones on sleep and mental health in adolescents. Details below: RA: tinyurl.com/7h6zrz2k Postdoc: tinyurl.com/ykmsk757 Please repost :)

Check out our new paper! We evaluate what we know (and don't know) about the link between memory consolidation during sleep and next-day learning 👇

😴 Sleep stabilises old memories and supports new learning. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent? Our new paper digs into this important question! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Please repost! Fully funded four-year PhD studentship opportunity on sleep deprivation and neurovascular dysfunction on the BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership, including annual stipend, research costs and home tuition fees tinyurl.com/ms7v2pcx

Are you thinking of starting a #PhD in 2026? 🎓 I'm keen to hear from potential applicants interested in #language, #learning, or #literacy! Visit the website to find out more about developing a proposal ahead of the January deadline sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...

📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Interested in word-meaning priming, memory consolidation, targeted memory reactivation, all of the above? 🧠 💤 Check out our new preprint, led by the brilliant @lewis-ball.bsky.social ! @yorkpsychology.bsky.social

Out now in @pnas.org "Memory control deficits in the sleep-deprived human brain" doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

I think the last single author publication I had was my thesis, but in any case, here's another. An integrated framework for the learning, recognition and interpretation of words. 100% Gaskell, for better or for worse: doi.org/10.1177/1747...

Co-supervised my first BSc project student this year, I think it went well 🥺

🚨Job alert (York, UK)! I’m recruiting a postdoc to join our ERC/UKRI funded project on bilingualism and ageing. Position is for three years + option to extend for another 21 months. Details here: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... Please share & feel free to get in touch with any questions!

Our paper with showing that memory control improves immediate emotions of autobiographical memories just got published. Massive thanks to @robinhellerstedt.bsky.social, @memorycontrol.bsky.social and @zarabergstrom.bsky.social 🙏😁 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Very excited that @akulsatish.bsky.social's MEG paper on spatial representations and theta/alpha is officially published in Hippocampus! Theta and alpha oscillations in human hippocampus and medial parietal cortex support the formation of location-based representations #neuroskyence #psychscisky

Fully funded PhD position to work with me & @jamiecockcroft.bsky.social on the Leverhulme funded project: Boosting long-term memory via environmental structure in virtual reality Funding covers PhD stipend and UK fees. Please email me with a cover letter and CV. #neuroskyence #psychscisky

So happy that this was accepted😄🎉 loved working on this and congrats to you too aidanhorner.bsky.social + Vanessa, Maya and Shona!

Congrats to @akulsatish.bsky.social for getting his MEG project fully accepted @ Hippocampus today! Big thanks to co-authors @vanessakeller.bsky.social, Maya Raza, and Shona Fitzpatrick as well. #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition

Postdoc alert! Come work with me on an ESRC project on the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material. 2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September. Application deadline 1st March. #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition