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...

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...

Yay! Daniela Austin has been awarded her PhD for her thesis on Engaging Student Nurses in Lifestyle Management: The Role of Technology-Based Interventions and Mobile Health Applications'. @plymouthpsychology.bsky.social

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

🎉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.

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

40 minutes of functional imagery training reduced anxiety and motivated students with high anxiety achieve their goals. Here's the evidence: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📅 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...

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...

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

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...

I will be speaking tomorrow at the APPG ABI's event at Westminster on the @ukabif.bsky.social Right to Rehab report and the Goverment's committment to develop an action plan based on the recommendations. For more information, see my previous blog post below: medium.com/@dralysonnor...

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.

Had a lovely lunch to say goodbye to my colleagues at @plymouthpsychology.bsky.social youtu.be/Tuhjw9xQMUA

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!

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...

It was a great pleasure to host the Research Team from @livewellsouthwest.bsky.social at @bricplymouth.bsky.social and DDRC Healthcare this week. We toured the facilities and explored the many possibilities for patient engagement in research. #neuroskyence #MRI #neuroscience #mentalhealthresearch

University of Plymouth ranked among world’s 100 best universities for sustainability 🌲♻️🌻 www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/plymout...

My (very) short story "Family Recipe" about food--past, present, and future--is out today in Nature Futures.

Sage Perspectives Interview: www.sagepub.com/explore-our-... DOI: 10.1177/09567976241267854 @shafenbraedl.bsky.social @patkanngiesser.bsky.social

A Row Through Time for Nature’s Future | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/imag...

📢 Announcing Community Connections! A project from The Plymouth Living Lab, a community-based digital health intervention tackling social isolation for frail community members. The free app provides activities, health and wellbeing chats to people 60+ at home. 👉 Contact [email protected]

We welcome you to play, explore and experience Submergence, an immersive installation by @squidsoup.bsky.social 💡⚡️ Place yourself within abstracted scenes and energy fields. Surround yourself with three-dimensional paintings in light and sound. Plan your visit 👉 www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/sub...

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.

📢 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

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.

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...

It's great to see the exciting advancement of precision brain stimulation with ultrasound by @efouragnan.bsky.social at BRIC Plymouth highlighted in this piece. www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/psy...

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...

Proud supervisor moment 🤩! Congratulations Meghan Whitehouse for winning Best Talk at the 2025 BPS South West Undergraduate Conference for Psychology for her thesis project on mental imagery manipulation of descending pain modulation! 👏💐✨ Well done to all students who presented their work 🏆👏🌱⭐!

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!

People’s perceptions of magic tricks and why they are effective are often in direct contrast to how magicians feel their performances are being received by their audiences, new research has suggested 🪄🎩 Read more 👇 www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/study-e...

📢 Great to see Professor Sheena Asthana, Director of the Centre for Health Technology, on BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze! Sheena joined the discussion on 'What is the ethical purpose of the NHS?' 🎧 Listen to the episode on BBC Sounds: lnkd.in/eNzYqASp #BBC #CHT #CentreforHealthTechnology #UOP

Dartmoor sunset 🙏 #Nature #photography #Dartmoor

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...

I've had this personally recommended. If you're nearby do check it out.

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

Interested in funded clinical psychology PhD? 6 available at Uni of Plymouth, UK. For example projects see under Health, Applied and Social Psychology list. Or email me with your own ideas if they fit with my research interests. You need a 1st class honours degree. www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...