Does neurotype affect social connection? Our new @PLOSONE paper finds autistic people report lower rapport in conversations, but it's not that simple. We found that awareness of who you're talking to is key! Paper link (OA): doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Facial muscle activity can shape how we recognize emotions. Using electrical stimulation and EEG, the study found that activation of smiling muscles makes people more likely to see neutral faces as happy. @themisefth.bsky.social @sebkorb.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

This has been a long piece of work – the stage 1 registered report was submitted in 2021! Its been a team effort with @noahsasson.bsky.social @suereviews.bsky.social @sarah-foster.bsky.social @themisefth.bsky.social @michelleldodd.bsky.social, Martin Lages, Charlotte Wilks + Dani Ropar. #DreamTeam

You may have heard me mention that we’ve been doing a follow-up study of our 2020 diffusion chain study which compared how autistic groups, non-autistic groups and mixed groups share information and build rapport (published in @journalautism.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....)

So honoured our work on social motor synchrony and rapport received an INSAR award! While I regret not being there in person tomorrow, the brilliant @sarah-foster.bsky.social will be presenting. Please stop by Poster 442.292 in Hall 4A at 12:30 to chat with her! #INSAR2025

V cool finding showing autistic people are not so dependent on synchrony to feel positive about an interaction (without showing less synchrony overall compared with non-autistic pairs) Also the first ever registered report published in @journalautism.bsky.social !!

I'm excited to share my first registered report on social interactions in @journalautism.bsky.social! Our study explores how social motor synchrony – the natural mirroring of movements – impacts rapport between autistic, neurotypical, and mixed dyads. Thread 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Variable selection can't be that hard, right? Right? 🥹

What is neurodiversity? What does it mean for how we each go about our daily activities? We've written an article for young people, but hopefully a useful primer for all :) By @aalcorn.bsky.social, @katiecebula.bsky.social, @suereviews.bsky.social and me. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

This is the way

Can wearables really unlock the secrets of your health? A discussion on heart rate variability (HRV) +++ with @dsquintana.bsky.social, Marco Altini and Henrik B. Jacobsen. youtu.be/jASGg7PJc2A 🧵1/5

Does smiling really make you feel happier? 😊 The debate on whether or not facial expressions can influence mood rages on. New work using electrical stimulation, however, adds a fresh twist: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

It was so nice to have the Diversity in Social Intelligence team together last week - from Edinburgh, Dallas, Nottingham, Essex & Glasgow!🌍 We spent some time planning our analyses & I'm really excited about the next few months! @noahsasson.bsky.social @themisefth.bsky.social @suereviews.bsky.social

👋 #HiSciSky 🧪 We are very happy to now also be part of this growing community 😀. We will be posting about our SoNeAt Lab's research on #attachment & caregiving using #fNIRS hyperscanning, fMRI and other neuroimaging & psychology methods. #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci

It's out! 🎉 academic.oup.com/scan/advance...

Today I successfully defended my PhD thesis! Thank you to my supervisor for his support throughout this journey @sebkorb.bsky.social!

I'm excited to release the 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 for #RStats ! Convert R dataframes to beautiful tables in HTML, LaTeX, PDF, Quarto, Markdown, etc. Easy to learn; minimalist interface; concise syntax; ultra-customizable tables; and zero dependency. vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/

Ending 2023 on a high! Submitted my PhD thesis ✅, published a paper 📚, and thrilled to start a postdoc at the DART Lab led by cjcrompton.bsky.social and @suereviews.bsky.social. Grateful for the journey and excited for new adventures ahead!

Finally supports Google pixel material you 😍

Happy Όχι Day. Fascism is not good. People seem to forget. Germans should pay reparations to Greece. It's been a very long time coming.

New paper! Proud of this work started back in the lockdown to better understand how fNMES has been used in the field and to provide practical recommendations to others! #psynomBRM link.springer.com/article/10.3...

When EEG paradigms are designed to reveal presumed autistic deficits in rapid subtle face processing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "contrary to our expectations, autistic men did not display significantly reduced neural sensitivity to detect differences in facial identity and/or emotions"

"Working memory during spontaneous migraine attacks: an fMRI study" #MigraineChat

Exciting News! Happy to share our latest preprint! 🧠 We show that Zygomaticus activation through facial neuromuscular electric stimulation (fNMES) induces happiness perception in ambiguous facial expressions osf.io/preprints/ps...