Press release on our new paper Acute isolation is associated with increased reward seeking and reward learning in human adolescents. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

My pre-PhD work with @noham-wolpe.bsky.social is finally out! doi.org/10.1037/mot0000411 How does progress feedback influence effort-based decision-making? Our study involved a novel effort manipulation designed for online testing and mouse-tracking. The results came with a twist on apathy… (🧵1/3)

Friederike Hedley talks about her research into the impact of uncertainty on cognitive & neural processing, with a focus on the mental health impact on adolescents - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h... #MentalHealth #uncertainty @uniofcam.bsky.social @newnhamcollege.bsky.social

I still get chills Meet Mike *30+ years severe depression *first hospitalized @ 13y *20 meds *3 rounds of ECT *2 near-fatal suicide attempts Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE see videos, read paper, follow thread doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🚨Thrilled to share a new paper on emotion ensemble processing in anxiety. Threat biases arose in dual fashion, such that individuals with anxiety displayed: • an attentional bias indicating threat avoidance • a judgemental bias favouring threat ➡️ doi.org/10.1037/abn0... 🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social

Alert! ... for the child development world! @fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪ The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive. Check here: docs.hbcdstudy.org and here: nbdc-datahub.org Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼

An all-female lineup of Cambridge students discusses uncertainty. Read more: newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news... @cam.ac.uk @newnhamcollege.bsky.social @gatescambridge.bsky.social 📸 Dasha Tenditna

From Oxford to Chile OH BRC and @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social Prof Cathy Creswell is leading a new global project to adapt Oxford research on #childanxiety. The OSI programme, supported by our BRC & NIHR ARC OxTV, is now being tailored for Chilean families. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/ProfCCChile

As a student, Alex Kachkine can only afford damaged art in need of repair. Nature describes how they turned their art conservation work into a science. go.nature.com/4kPemRd Read their research paper: go.nature.com/43Wv35Y #Academicsky 🧪

The Sunken Rose Garden, Newnham College - 28 May 2025 @newnhamcollege.bsky.social

PhD studentship available in developmental cognitive neuroscience, in Cambridge - please publicise. Open to women candidates, as the student will be based at Newnham College.

Europe’s choice is clear. To put science at the heart of its economy. To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration. And to welcome talent from all over the world. I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative. → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ

🚨 We live in an era of global uncertainty. How do anxiety, depression and intolerance of uncertainty interact in this context? What are promising targets to alleviate mental distress? Come and check out my poster #21 at CNS2025. #CamNeuro2025 🧠🎓 @camneuro.bsky.social @gatescambridge.bsky.social

A feature in Nature explores the debate among researchers about the strength of scientific evidence connecting technology to surging rates of adolescent mental illness. Researchers do have some clear advice for parents. 🧪

With the 80th anniversary of the first two female Fellows being elected to the Royal Society, watch our short documentary on pioneering microbiologist Marjory Stephenson FRS with Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Judy Armitage FRS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK7B...

🚨In this new paper, we present a novel approach to integrating clinical theory and computational modelling. Using social anxiety disorder (SAD) as an example, we combine cognitive-behavioural theory with an active inference approach. ➡️ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40048236/ 🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social

Happy International Women’s Day! Today we are celebrating the Women in Leadership across the School of Biological Sciences driving Research and Education Strategy. Read their reflections on the importance of involving women in leadership teams. #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay

Very proud to have recently joined @newnhamcollege.bsky.social as a dining fellow. Newnham is the oldest college run by women, for women, and the only remaining women's college in Cambridge newn.cam.ac.uk