Arousal's *two* things: It splits into 'energy' and 'agitation' Lydia Ren (Supervisors: D Donaldson & J Ales) #sciencehaiku #sciku @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social

Dancing's good for you: Scottish country and ballet both make folk happy Chetan Choksi (Supervisors: G Doherty & P Miles) #sciencehaiku #sciku @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social

please do share widely | University of St Andrews Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) PGR Scholarship www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/schola...

In April 2025, Han Lab was established at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social (@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social). We look forward to building a vibrant research group and contributing to the neuroscience community in St Andrews and beyond. #Neuroscience #Neuroendocrinology #LabLife

Today's Cooperation Colloquium!

#Outreach initiatives can introduce potential students to the support that will be available on campus, develop their research skills and instil a sense of belonging before they arrive. Kealin McCabe outlines different approaches: https://ow.ly/6SBb50Z19I3#Outreach#HigherEd

'Revisiting Reicher's 'St Pauls Riot' Study' www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Fantastic crowd psychology PhD studentship opportunity for someone werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...

Still deciding if an Open Day is worth it? 🤔 Here’s why you need to visit the University of the West of Scotland this May and June to meet your future community!👋 Book here: www.uws.ac.uk/study/open-days-info-sessions/undergraduate-open-days-and-events #UWS

Hi Everyone, I would like to invite Psychology Lecturers to participate in my research on teaching critical thinking. To learn more, please follow this link: setu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Best Wishes Ciara @bps-dartp.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social

If you are an early-career researcher (PhD student, postdoc, or similar) in personality psychology, consider signing up for the EAPP Mentoring Programme: forms.gle/zH8DmY57eLQ6... Consider forwarding this call to early-career researcher who may be less likely to be aware of this programme.

Research and teaching are not valued equally: Let's ask folks why not Jenny Taylorson (Supervisor: P Miles) #sciencehaiku #sciku @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social

Microaggressions are more readily perceived by women than men Yihua Chen (Supervisors: G Brown and N Tausch) #sciencehaiku #sciku @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social

Calling all neuroscience postdocs! Come and share your work with the London neuroscience community. No CVs, publication records or recommendation letters needed. Learn more about SWC’s Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series and apply by 30 June: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...

💫Job Alert 💫 We are hiring a Lab Manager in the ABC Lab @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social! Help support exciting developmental research with children and families ☺️ Closing Date: 18th May 2026 Full Details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

We're recruiting participants aged 18–24 for a new online study exploring how social media use relates to young people’s thoughts, emotions, and wellbeing. All participants will receive a personalised summary report of their own results and be entered into a prize draw. Find out more bit.ly/4wizZzl

Exam season is upon us. Good luck everyone.

Living with Parkinson’s Disease and Everyday Medication Experiences. Please participate in a project exploring motivation, mood, and medication use in those living with Parkinson’s disease. The questionnaire will take around 20 minutes to complete standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....

We are looking forward to our visitors today from the Scottish Widening Access Programme for an Introduction to our Psychology and Neuroscience offerings.

sparqs is recruiting for its Associate Trainers for the Academic Year 26-27. Please share with any students who will be studying in 26-27 who have experience of student representation. More info can be found on the sparqs website: www.sparqs.ac.uk

Chat GPTs new image creator still fails the simple test of creating an anatomically correct and accurately labelled picture of a horse. It sure looks pretty but the accuracy is horsesh*t (sorry, couldn’t help myself)!

We are looking forward to the visitors from Dunfermline College today - bring a sense of humour!

Incredibly proud of this new book and honoured that Robert would take me on as a co-author!

Ready for a PhD? 🚀 We have 13 fully funded spots for Oct 2026! UK fees covered as well as a £21,805 annual stipend. Apply by 15 June: www.uws.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research-at-uws/vice-chancellors-studentships-at-uws

Research Seminar Series, this Friday at 1 pm in the Old Library. We are delighted to welcome our postgraduate Alyssa Corbett from University of St Andrews, who will be delivering a talk titled “Gliotransmission is Dysfunctional in Spinal Motor Networks of a Presymptomatic ALS Mouse Model”

Always worth visiting a University if you can.

A privilege and a pleasure to have the opportunity to hear Professor Edvard Moser speak about his work yesterday and particularly about the contributions of our very own Professor Jamie Ainge to that Nobel prize winning science. @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Good luck to everyone at the BPS Scottish Undergraduate Conference today but especially Karly, Callan, Prisha and Devaki. @bpsofficial.bsky.social

Nobel Laureate Professor Edvard Moser will be talking this evening at 17:00. All welcome, especially members of the public.

Research Seminar Series, scheduled for today at 1 pm in the Old Library. We are delighted to welcome Dr Lily Fitzgibbon from University of Stirling, who will be delivering a talk titled "Embracing the complexity of curiosity".

sparqs is recruiting for its Associate Trainers for the Academic Year 26-27. Please share with any students who will be studying in 26-27 who have experience of student representation. More info can be found on the sparqs website: www.sparqs.ac.uk

Research Seminar Series, scheduled for this Friday at 1 pm in the Old Library. We are delighted to welcome Dr Lily Fitzgibbon from University of Stirling, who will be delivering a talk titled "Embracing the complexity of curiosity".

Bit of a dreich day for our Offer Holders' event but it might brighten up later.

The Annual Jeeves Lecture welcomes Professor Edvard Moser (Nobel Laureate. Friday 17th April, School of Medicine, Booth Lecture Theatre, St. Andrews. All welcome.

Research Seminar Series, scheduled for (today) Friday at 1 pm in the Old Library. We are delighted to welcome Dr Hirotaka Imada from Royal Holloway, University of London, who will be delivering a talk titled “The Role of Group Membership in Shaping Cooperation and Aggression.”

Dr Bobby May has kindly agreed to step in and give this week’s Friday seminar. The Ruth Walters Memorial Lecture: An Exercise in Meta-Pedagogy. I will reflect briefly on things I have learned through 20 years of teaching in psychology.

This Friday (26/03/25) the Research Seminar at 1.00 has been cancelled

We're hiring a number of PhD students in psychology and neuroscience at St Andrews. Positions are for four years. UK applicants only, unfortunately. Deadline April 13. I'm eligible as a supervisor -- do reach out if you'd like to work with me. www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Research Seminar Series, Friday (27.03) at 1 pm in the Old Library. We are delighted to welcome Dr Clément Belletier from Clermont Auvergne University, delivering a talk titled "Applying cognitive models to the social regulation of cognition: thoughts from the study of the social presence effects".

The inimitable Amalia Bastos is accepting applications for PhD students, through @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social 4-year funding is available for students with the right to work in the UK: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... Awesome project, dreamy place, stellar mentor

Delighted to announce that Energy, Homes and Livelihoods Alliance has won the Interface Knowledge Exchange Hero Award at the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 🎉 Read more 👇 https://ow.ly/PKQZ50YwIAc #EverToExcel

Prof. Jeeves celebrates his 100th birthday this year, we are delighted that Prof. Edvard Moser—Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine—will deliver the Jeeves Lecture. Friday, 17 April at 17:00 in the Booth Lecture Theatre.

Research Seminar Series, scheduled for this Friday at 1 pm in the Old Library. We are delighted to welcome Dr Pierce Mullen from the University of St Andrews, who will be delivering a talk titled "The inferior olive transforms upstream sensorimotor errors into cerebellar teaching signals".

Email notifications and other “nudges” targeting at-risk students have little impact on their well-being or academic engagement, according to the results of a trial held at three UK universities. Juliette Rowsell reports #EduSky #well-being https://ow.ly/bg7M50Ysuso

Cooperation Colloquium this week: Manon Schweinfurth @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social Pathways to reciprocal cooperation across taxa Date: March 13 Time: 15:00 UTC+1 (Vienna) / 10 am ET (NYC) Sign up: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...

Our Research Seminar Series, scheduled for this Friday at 1 pm in the Old Library. We are delighted to welcome Julie Riddell from the University of St Andrews, who will be delivering a talk titled “Mainstreaming support for Emotionally Demanding Research”.

Probably a good job I spotted this wee hitchhiker before he caught a ride to Scottish winter.. 🥶 To be fair, bomb proof duffel fabric is pretty good lizard camouflage 😂 #fieldwork #herp #Guinea #moyenbafing @mbchimp.bsky.social 🧪

If you teach Psychology and are looking for some sustainable development resources to use in research methods we have some here psysd.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk If you have resources you would like to share please email me a link and I will add them. @bpsofficial.bsky.social @theatp.bsky.social

Are you Gen Z and working in hospitality in Scotland? Please help us out by taking part in our study standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Big hugs if you can pass on the link to others too!