Delighted to share our paper on virtual embodiment, just out in Developmental Science. We show that the appearance of a virtual hand affects feelings of ownership for both children and adults. Movement cues interact with this for adults only. For all p’s, short-term training increased embodiment.

Off to @exppsychsoc.bsky.social today .. if you’re coming, catch the talk by @emeraldgrimshaw.bsky.social and poster from @jamoffatt.bsky.social :)

We are hiring! New Asst Prof (G8) post @durhampsych.bsky.social *All areas* but with some teaching in forensic psych. Deadline September 16. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

#IMRF2025 An amazing week hosting @imrf.bsky.social here at @durham-university.bsky.social

For anyone at #IMRF2025 wondering why coffee mugs are shaped like this. THIS 👇🏼🍪☕ @imrf.bsky.social

AI could consume 40% of all data center electricity by the end of the year and will soon surpass bitcoin mining in power consumption. Companies like Google are revising their net zero greenhouse emissions target dates. www.wired.com/story/new-re...

Congratulations to Prof Martin Cann, Head of our Department of Biosciences, and Prof Richard Crisp, from @durhampsych.bsky.social, on being appointed to #REF2029 sub-panel leadership roles. tinyurl.com/4vy2bbye #research #leadership @ukri.org

Good news: everyone who is anyone is coming to IMRF! Bad news: our website is crashing. Good news again: Alternative links are here! ⬇️

Really pleased that this paper from my PhD has been published in Nature Scientific Reports! www.nature.com/articles/s41... We used mixed reality to explore how manipulating multisensory integration leads to dis-ownership from the body and how those experiences relate to trait dissociation

It’s lab visit season! We have really enjoyed a visit this week from Marianna M @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social .. to talk all things kids, movement & VR. Meanwhile, our own @oscarsill.bsky.social, shown on zoom, is visiting the Garbarini lab 😊

Wanted to share a handy little resource with you all (especially those in dev psych) — my lab & I made a "journal submission cheat sheet" that summarizes article types, word limits, & other requirements for the journals we typically submit to. Link below 👇🏼 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

PhD, Oct 25, me & @drboothroyd.bsky.social .. limb differences & body image… Please share!! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

IMRF programme planning in the works📅 Some amazing talks and posters are being put together into what looks to be an exciting programme. We can't wait to share it with you next week. And remember: early bird registration ends on the 16th May🐦 imrf2025.sciencesconf.org Ulrik, Dorothy, Meike, Marko

We are so excited to be helping evaluate the impacts of this mentoring programme on wellbeing & body image - through a fully funded PhD studentship from October 25. If you’re interested, please contact me or @drboothroyd.bsky.social ASAP !! www.reach.org.uk/news/reachin...

Interested in a postdoc in my lab? Marie Curie scheme opens soon.. get in touch! 😊 marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

My fab PhD students Oscar & Emerald are on a roll! @oscarsill.bsky.social won the @exppsychsoc.bsky.social poster prize, @emeraldgrimshaw.bsky.social won best talk at @durhampsych.bsky.social PGR conf, while Oscar got a mention too. Both co-supervised with Bob Kentridge, pictured. Nice job, guys! 🌟

We are happy to announce that the symposium submission deadline for #IMRF2025 has been extended by a week! The new deadline is Friday the 21st February. For details and to submit, please visit: imrf2025.sciencesconf.org We look forward to receiving your submissions. Please share widely!

IMRF symposium deadline this Friday 14th! imrf2025.sciencesconf.org

Hey pals and palettes! You know what's happening in a week (14th Feb) - don't you? Correct - it's IMRF 2025 symposium submission deadline 🥳 Check in on your fellow multisensory friends and get your symposia ready. One more week to goooo ~ imrf2025.sciencesconf.org

BREAKING: We’ve WON a historic case against the Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields. 🎉 👏 NO NEW OIL AND GAS! 📣 This is GAME-CHANGING. And it’s ONLY been possible thanks to YEARS of fighting by THOUSANDS of climate campaigners! Power to the people. ✊

Coming soon - @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding to unlock the potential of longitudinal datasets and develop innovative ways of identifying anxiety, depression and/or psychosis early wellcome.org/grant-fundin... More info coming soon

@hannahritchie.bsky.social I read your book over Xmas and actually felt positive about things for the first time in so long… please can you make me feel better about the Tr*mp takeover?! Will all your pretty graphs survive, or will they start bending into nasty shapes?! 😵‍💫Thank you, from a fan.

Did someone say the IMRF submission portal is open? Oooh yeah! You heard it - send us your symposium proposals by February 14; talk/poster proposals by March 14 📝 More information, submission templates, and submission instructions on: imrf2025.sciencesconf.org We cannot wait to read them!

Big congrats to our very own @drboothroyd.bsky.social! 🌟

Want to see your work as the new #BRNet logo? Winner announced at the next conference. New deadline: Jan 22nd. Apply now! 👇👇👇 #art #science #body

Excellent starter pack thanks to @katerinafoto.bsky.social ! @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social you can maybe share in the newsletter..

🚀 Ready for #BRNet7? 🚀 Join us in vibrant Utrecht to explore how the #brain represents the #body using #computational approaches! 🧠💡 🔗 Submit your abstract by March 1st! bodyrepresentation.wixsite.com/brnet/genera... Don't miss out on shaping the future of body representation research! 🌍✨

And that’s a wrap… Happy Christmas from the Cowie lab, and see you in 2025!

I asked for a permanent job at my current Uni (let’s call it Uni A), was told no, that same morning a job ad came out in Uni B, the next morning another job ad was sent to me for Uni C… years later I am still at Uni B. :-)

Delighted to share this study, after years of dedication from us and the limb differences community. Please read this thread for details of widespread neural adaptations in children with limb diffs. Larger behavioural paper to follow soon 🙂 If you like it, please support the work of reach.org.uk 🌟

Delighted to watch our inaugural lecture from Prof Miki Vasiljevic, whose wonderful work on behavioural science we are very proud of. Full house here and online! www.durham.ac.uk/staff/milica... @durhampsych.bsky.social

Lovely to see the branches of our network spreading again on bsky! :)

Interested in coming to work with us at @durhampsych.bsky.social ?? Leverhulme ECR Fellowship scheme opens soon - get in touch with your Durham mentor in the next week or so please! :-)

Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation augments walking after spinal cord injury (SCI). #NatureMedicine #medsky #scisky "Targeting specific brain regions to maximize the engagement of spinal cord-projecting neurons in the recovery of neurological functions after SCI." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ok, now that we are all here … *please share* this invite to IMRF in our beautiful Durham 2025! Abstracts open in Jan. imrf2025.sciencesconf.org @meike-scheller.bsky.social @markonardini.bsky.social

Really enjoyed the inaugural professorial lecture from our very own Professor Ben Alderson Day :)

Hello… I am going to make some effort on here from now on … times up for the other place I fear!