My co-authors have yet to move to Bluesky, so I'm pleased to announce our latest work has just been published in @nature.com Neuroscience. Amazing work led by Junheng Li, revealing that falling asleep follows a predictable bifurcation pattern #neuroskyence #sleep www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌟 #CHT November Researcher of the Month 🌟 This month, we’re celebrating Professor Ray Jones as the November Researcher of the Month! Ray is one of the founding members of the Centre for Health Technology and a pioneer in digital health. 👏 Read more about Ray's work on LinkedIn: buff.ly/oId1wKf

A brain injury was reported in a trial using ultrasound, framed as low-intensity TUS. Kim Butts Pauly and I reviewed the case and disagreed with how it's presented. Key acoustic data are missing. Case: doi.org/10.1016/j.br... Letters: www.elsa-fouragnan.com/blog | web.stanford.edu/~kimbutts/Le...

A recent report of a brain injury during a clinical trial using transcranial ultrasound (TUS) has prompted the case reviewers Kim Butts Pauly and @efouragnan.bsky.social to make their concerns public. If you are interested in TUS read their letter here: www.elsa-fouragnan.com/blog shorturl.at/SUmix

📢 Submissions are now open for the 2026 Autobiographical Processing & Psychopathology Conference, at the University of Plymouth 🌊 on 23rd - 24th June 2026 🎉! 📌Visit the #APP2026 website for more details: www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/aut... 📬Join our mailing list: stats.sender.net/forms/bqxQO0...

🎃 Halloween meets sleep science💤: Our ECSM team's “Polysomnography Pumpkin” brought sleep science to the spooky season - earning second place at Oxford’s Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building Games! Brains, electrodes, and a few spiders included.🧠

Headquartered in Lyon, France, Focal One specializes in high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for prostate cancer, but the company has been expanding into several new clinical areas, including endometriosis and pancreatic cancer. Learn more: https://ow.ly/puZ550XkubP

🎉Great to see so many staff and students attend our first departmental talk of the new academic year. Thanks to our very own Dr Charles Or for kicking the season off with a fascinating talk on "Identifying faces under imperfect conditions"😷. 📌See our upcoming School of Psychology talks here.

Our brand new LinkedIn page can be found here. www.linkedin.com/company/brai...

Had a great time last week presenting at the @biswg-uk.bsky.social annual conference speaking about the Brain Injury Social Care Network Incubator and the follow up to our Heads Together project

📅 September Wrap-Up | Centre for Health Technology 🏛️September has been a milestone month at CHT, from formal Centre status to new NHS partnerships, publications & exciting new collaborations! 👉 Read the full wrap-up on LinkedIn: buff.ly/M5tJZcJ 📢 Follow #CHT for all updates!

Such a privilege to be part of a @plymuni.bsky.social inter-professional learning event yesterday which brought together students from across different health programmes to work together with experts by experience with a range of physical & mental health issues, with help from Well Connected SW

Colleague Angela Piccini is collaborating with Ruby Nation, researching the histories of lesbian lives in Plymouth, UK. Please support this free event at the wonderful The Box, Plymouth @theboxplymouth.bsky.social

Very nice new framework for social games flexibly combining continuous social interactions with their sensorimotor implementation. A wonderful work of @violapriesemann.bsky.social and colleagues. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Excited for a huge #EABCT2025, kicking off now! 🎉🌟🎊👏 Lovely opening by @blackwellse.bsky.social 👏.

🎉 Congrats to Dr John Downey and Dr Nicole Thomas on their new publication scoping how coproduction is used in practice by non-academic organisations! The work highlights how coproduction work is still superficial and may not be representative of true participatory approaches. 🔗

👏 Congrats to Dr Oliver Beer & colleagues from Western Kentucky & University of Kentucky! Their article on child welfare worker stress during COVID-19 received an Honorable Mention for Article of the Year from the Journal of Public Child Welfare. 🔗 buff.ly/lCHzYkl #CHT #UoP

The study involved 506 young people aged 10-14 across UK schools. Press release with more details: www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/why-do-... @plymuni.bsky.social @plymouthpsychology.bsky.social

With 89% of children gaming, we need tools to understand risk factors. yRAFFLE, our new validated tool, measures 7 motivations for young people purchasing loot boxes. Distraction/compulsion and FOMO are linked to problematic gaming. BMC Digital Health (open access): doi.org/10.1186/s442...

Our research on video game loot boxes was cited in a recent Forbes article about Labubus. The article was a systematic review exploring the links between loot boxes, problem gambling and problem video gaming. In other words, purchases with chance-based outcomes. 1/2 www.forbes.com/sites/traver...

Reconnecting to the person before acquired brain injury: A continuing bonds grief intervention Introducing a new paper testing a letter writing technique to support family members after brain injury #braininjuryawareness #FamiliesAfterBrainInjury

This summer I had the privilege of presenting at the APPG for ABI in Westminster to share findings from UKABIF’s Right to Rehab report.The journey ahead won’t be easy. Read my latest blog: medium.com/.../progress.... #AcquiredBrainInjury #Rehabilitation #HealthPolicy #UKABIF #RightToRehab

Have you been experiencing low mood or lost interest in things you previously found enjoyable? Help BRIC scientists better understand mood and motivation by taking part in a paid study of brain stimulation using focal ultrasound. #neuroskience #mood #psychology www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/psy...

Our (short) perspectives piece on challenging dyads as defaults in developmental psychology research is out (open access). Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... With Roman Stengelin (MPI EVA)

We are delighted to share that we've been shortlisted for two prizes at the 2025 Green Gown Awards. 🌼🌺🌱 www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/univers...

After entirely too many months of stalking and hoping, I finally did it! Got a selfie with the bus that has my face on it! Score! Here's to making it count!

BRIC now has a LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/company/brai... We'll let you know what is happening at BRIC and repost the work done by BRIC researchers, teachers, and collaborators.

It was a great experience presenting my work on developing novel measures of probabilistic awareness at the joint meeting of @exppsychsoc.bsky.social and CSBBC at Dundee University.

We are building links between researchers, clinicians and health professionals. You can read more about the Brain Research and Imaging Centre here www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/psy...

I've just been alerted to the publication of the @dorassessment.bsky.social Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment. You can read the guide and sign the declaration here sfdora.org It's full of good tips for moving beyond narrow metrics of research assessment at all levels.

Congratulations to Dr Gray Atherton and Dr Liam Cross from the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth on this study which suggests ways of creating a conducive environment for learning about different life experiences, bridging the gap between autistic and neurotypical people.

Had a great time presenting my poster at #WILD2025 conference this week in San Sebastian, lucky enough to be sticking around for #ISB15 starting tomorrow! 🇪🇸

New paper using imagery to reduce anxiety - free access until 2 Aug 25 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lG2Q1KMdl... Functional Imagery Training reduced anxiety compared with waitlist control. Imagery practice was calming and empowering Data and Markdown at osf.io/rtcyu/

Explore our teaching, research and support facilities and talk to your future lecturers at our next undergraduate on-campus open day. 🤝 📅 June 21 Get a taste of life here at the University of Plymouth and have all your questions answered 👇 www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/open-d...

📢 We are happy to announce Dr Rory Baxter as our June #CHTResearcheroftheMonth! 🔬 As a Digital Health Research Fellow, Rory works on the ICONIC project tackling digital exclusion in coastal communities. Dr Baxter also played a key role in the GOALD and EPIC digital health projects! #CHT #UoP

Board game enables autistic people to create stories about their condition, new study shows 🎲 www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/board-g...

University academic contributes to report warning hidden toll of brain injury costs the economy £43 billion a year 🧠 www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/academi...

Thrilled to share my first first-authored publication from my PhD! My article, "Exploring differences between mothers’ and fathers’ language attitudes in multilingual London", is now out in the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development! 🎉 Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to all our MPsych and MSc Human Neuroscience students who completed their last assessment this week. It's been great fun running a combined fMRI/TBS/EEG study of prefrontal involvement in inhibitory control. If you want to join us next year see www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/post...

🚨 3-year postdoc opportunity! 🚨 Join @fraserwsmith.bsky.social sky.social @timkietzmann.bsky.social n.bsky.social and me at UEA for cutting-edge research on neuroimaging + deep learning in multimodal material perception 🧠🤖👀 #compneurosky #neuroskyence 🔗 Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP873/s...

New post just out: Today we have a guest post from Ilan Gur, the CEO of the UK's new Advanced Research and Innovation Agency (ARIA). "Three technologies that can change the world" (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

Congratulations to all the students who presented at the South West Undergraduate Conference, including our own Meg Whitehouse who won the prize for the best talk!

Grant application submitted! Now to marking.

www.thetransmitter.org/human-neurot... fascinating reading

Big news! Dr. Loizou has also secured NIHR i4i funding for a 12-month project on the "Codesign of AI algorithms for personalised exercise videos to enhance community-based rehabilitation for people with stroke." Congrats on another win, Michael! 🎉 #HealthTech #AI #StrokeRehabilitation #Innovation

Congratulations to Mathijs Lucassen & team; new paper about developing a web-based intervention to support the mental well-being of sexual and gender minoritised adolescents. Great working with you @kebrown27.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/2055...

Good morning from Plymouth

Starting tonight in Ivybridge - a new play about one woman's experience of Alzheimer's disease. ivybridgewatermark.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

PhD ALERT!!!! #neuroskyence #neuroscience #myopia Developing a data science pipeline to extract high resolution models of eyes from MRI scans. Applications are invited for a 3.5-year EPSRC funded UDLA PhD studentship, starting on 1 October 2025. www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

Come and learn how to use focal TUS with @efouragnan.bsky.social at BRIC this Spring.