A favourite time of year 🧠

EXTENDED ABSTRACT DEADLINE: Sept 3rd, 2025, Midnight We're delighted to confirm more invited speakers at #BNSAutumn25! This is gonna be a cracker of a joint meeting with the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Neuropsychologie.

Expertise and research activity at the Bangor Imaging Unit can be summarised under four broad themes (see below) You can learn more, and see profiles of investigators, by visiting our web pages: lnkd.in/egurwRC4 Over the next few weeks, our posts will showcase publications from the past year.

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

Looking forward to next month! #visceralmind #anatomy #summerschool

Whether interested in pursuing research, clinical/practioner, or technical roles, the degree courses supported by the BIU take you places! 🎓🚀 Check out the brief bio of two former MSc Neuroimaging and doctoral researchers below, and latest news on our webpages www.bangor.ac.uk/bangorimagingunit

New exciting paper from our own @charlie-wiltshire.bsky.social!

🚨 Congratulations to @dirinagiurgea.bsky.social for getting this lovely paper out! Reward processing is an essential aspect of human experience, yet its contribution to the representation of concepts has received little attention…until now! @psychbangor.bsky.social | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

The age at which children learn words depends on frequency of exposure, phonological complexity, and concreteness. In this new paper, we show that it also depends on the social relevance of the word, and that some abstract words may be learned earlier because they capture our social experiences.

Last summer, the BIU was very fortunate to welcome two new excellent early career researchers into its ranks (see below). Check out our website and annual report for further information regarding our diverse team of principal investigators: www.bangor.ac.uk/bangorimagin...

Welcome new followers! If the BIU is new to you, you might be surprised to know we’ve been operating at the leading-edge of MRI research for almost 20 years! ⭐️ Please check out the below infographic for more history, and read the full annual report on our website. @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Really delighted to see this nice work by Emiko Muraki published in HBM, and excited to get feedback from the community.

We are pleased to share the Bangor Imaging Unit (BIU) Annual Report for 2024/2025, which shines a light on recent updates and achievements, and to unveil our renewed BIU website (where the report can be found): www.bangor.ac.uk/bangorimagin... #research #wales @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

The age at which children learn words depends on frequency of exposure, phonological complexity, and concreteness. In this new paper, we show that it also depends on the social relevance of the word, and that some abstract words may be learned earlier because they capture our social experiences.

Excited to announce a call for papers for a new virtual special issue in Cortex on Concept Knowledge. Our opening editorial, plus further information and guidance for authors can be found here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Excited to announce a call for papers for a new virtual special issue in Cortex on Concept Knowledge. Our opening editorial, plus further information and guidance for authors can be found here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Have you seen our paper about how to pragmatically approach preregistration of neuropsychological research and other types of research involving hard-to-access populations? What you waiting for?

Limited Spaces available! Deadline for Applications: June 2nd! Join researchers and clinicians from around the globe for an opportunity to dissect and advance your knowledge of brain anatomy. www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/othe...

Limited Spaces available! Deadline for Applications: June 2nd! Join researchers and clinicians from around the globe for an opportunity to dissect and advance your knowledge of brain anatomy. www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/othe...

"If neuropsychologists can embrace the logic and practices of preregistration, not only can we improve the quality of evidence in our field, but we can also play our part in shaping and advancing open research more broadly"

What are potential barriers to preregistering neuropsychological research? This review maps out key issues and routes to achieving the key objectives of preregistration when studying rare or hard-to-access populations. Read at: buff.ly/0AmdbGd @britishneuropsych.bsky.social @rjbinney.bsky.social

Really delighted to see this nice work by Emiko Muraki published in HBM, and excited to get feedback from the community.

The Friday feeling when 2 papers are accepted in one day! Looking forward to sharing the news in full.

“We must picture hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives with the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

We welcome submissions focused on either discourse comprehension or production w/ link to brain structure and/or function. Links can be established through a variety of experimental modalities (e.g., neuropsychological case studies, neuroimaging). Due 01 May www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cort...

Poster billing at the @BNS_Neuropsych #BNSSpringMeeting. 🧠

And…🎉Programme for Day Two of the @BNS_Neuropsych #BNSSpringMeeting. 🧠

Here it is! 🎉Programme for Day One of the @BNS_Neuropsych #BNSSpringMeeting. 🧠

Latest pub from the fab @veronicadiveica.bsky.social, in collab with @pennypexman.bsky.social, Emiko Muraki, and me.

Hosted by @psychbangor.bsky.social and the Worth Wales Centre for Human Anatomy. This summer school is an unrivalled opportunity to hold and dissect a human brain. Visit : www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/othe...

The world's best functional neuroanatomy and dissection course is now accepting applications for Autumn 2025. Visit: www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/othe...

The world's best functional neuroanatomy and dissection course is now accepting applications for Autumn 2025. Visit: www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/othe...

Neuroscience/Neuropsychology of Language community: I look forward to your manuscript submissions at Cortex, and am committed to providing a quality author experience. See the link for an editorial about the future of the journal from our new editor-in-chief and new-look board.

Just a few more days to submit your abstract!

The BNS is delighted to confirm the addition of Prof. Trevor Robbins to the guest line up for #BNSSpring25. The call for abstracts is open until Feb 17th, so head on over to www.the-BNS.org for more information. #neuroskyence #psychscisky

I’ll see some of you there!

What an opportunity!

🏆The BNS Elizabeth Warrington Prize 2025 will be awarded for distinguished work in neuropsychology/neuroscience by a person at an early stage in their career. 🧠 Call for nominations now open! Deadline: April 1st. ⏱️ More info: www.the-bns.org/prizes

🚨 Preprint Friday! 🚨Pleased to share this novel and exciting work led by Irina Giurgea in collaboration with Penny Pexman. "An unprecedented, large-scale word ratings study of associations with motivation." Mini -🧵 below... Link to Preprint:

🚨 Preprint Friday! 🚨Pleased to share this novel and exciting work led by Irina Giurgea in collaboration with Penny Pexman. "An unprecedented, large-scale word ratings study of associations with motivation." Mini -🧵 below... Link to Preprint:

When someone says neuropsychology but mean cognitive psychology/neuroscience

A statement but far from a solution to anything.

On my way to #BNSAutumn24. @britishneuropsych.bsky.social

I had an amazing time at #Psynom24 in New York City 🏙️, where I presented work @pennypexman.bsky.social @rjbinney.bsky.social Emiko Muraki and I have conducted on the contributions of social experience to concept knowledge 🗣️ See our latest paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

My toddler daughter is a fan of our traditional collections in the library at Bangor University.

One week until #BNSAutumn24! 🥂🧠🎉. You can join us in London or online, for one or both days (one low price). Inc, talks from Cathy Price, Brenda Rapp, Chris Frith, Peter Hagoort, and many more! See the Day One programme below and visit www.the-BNS.org to register by 25/11.

These 5 bright psychology undergraduate students are learning to use magnetic resonance imaging to research brain function at Bangor University. I’m proud we can offer this student experience via our world class imaging facility in the College of Medicine and Health.