Do we perceive static vs dynamic emotions differently? New research finds both shared and unique patterns in how stimulus properties, recognised emotion, and perceived intensity jointly shape how we see facial emotions. doi.org/10.1080/0269... @psplabatuea.bsky.social

New research shows that even a simple, nonhumanoid robot can trigger an implicit sense of agency, but only if we first interact with it socially. Mechanistic interactions don’t have the same effect. Find out more in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40569722/

𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 at the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, exploring how qualitative research amplifies marginalised voices, captures the richness of lived experience, and fosters co-creative partnerships between academia and communities.

I am very pleased to share the final version (open access) of this work with @fnim-lab.bsky.social @cvlneuro.bsky.social ky.social @psychologyuea.bsky.social ychologyuea.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

This week, the School of Psychology's Research Seminar will be given by 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 from Northumbria University, who will be hosted by Professor Andrew Bayliss.

🚨𝐏𝐇𝐃 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲! Interested in how children learn words and concepts? We're offering a 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐃 at UEA with 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧, studying how young children generalize new nouns and how this relates to early vocabulary development. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 𝐍𝐨𝐯 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

We were delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐢 𝐙𝐡𝐨𝐮, Professor of Psychology at Sun Yat-sen University (China) and research collaborator with UEA’s 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛 (𝐏𝐈: 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐨 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐨), for her fascinating talk “From Perception to Motivation: A Unified Model of Cross-Race Face Recognition”

𝐄𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐌𝐞𝐣𝐢𝐚 shares his experiences as a Deaf cognitive development researcher working on Prof. Teodora Gliga’s ESRC-funded 𝐁𝐋𝐨𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, which explores how language experiences influence deaf babies’ cognitive development. Available in English and BSL: limpingchicken.com/2025/10/03/e...

In this week’s Research Seminar, we are delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 (Purdue University, Indiana). 🖥️ The seminar will take place online and is open to colleagues from other universities! 👉If you’d like to join, please complete this form to receive the link: forms.office.com/e/3Fvfb4RvEZ

4 a.m. alarm today 🚨 Off by train to King’s Cross → Brussels for 3 days of XR-for-neglect-rehab research, networking & the first meeting of our EU COST Action grant. @psychologyuea.bsky.social @neurolab.bsky.social Meeting: ppw.kuleuven.be/xrneglect Cost action: www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...

Don’t miss it! 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Organised by the Diversity in Developmental Science Network, featuring 𝐃𝐫.𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐣𝐚 as a panellist. 📝 Registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

Want to explore our campus, our #HomeOfTheWonderful this autumn? Come and see us on: - Saturday 25 October - Saturday 29 November Book your place: www.uea.ac.uk/visit/uni-op...

The BLoCKS team (PI: Prof Teodora Gliga, Dr Nadja Althaus, Barbara Zapior, Jade Archer & Dr Kelsey Frewin) at the 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 @lcicd.bsky.social, sharing their latest work on how babies learn object categories www.gligalab.co.uk

Join us at the 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 - 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐍 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is representing the School of Psychology by sharing some of the latest work of the ‪@neurolab.bsky.social‬. Find out more: fesn-gnp2025.de/general-info...

Direct gaze sticks in memory! In a new Memory & Cognition paper, researchers show that when faces look straight at you — whether they are moving rigidly or elastically — you remember them better. rdcu.be/eAFfb

Our recent graduates, 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧 and 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧, have been awarded the 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 citation by the Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMiP) Section of the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, including the exciting opportunity to contribute to the QMiP Bulletin. Congrats!

We had a fascinating conversation with Dr. Louis Renoult (@renoultlouis.bsky.social) about all things memory! Here’s a preview of what we discussed and stay tuned for the full release of the episode later this week!

🎙️ New Episode Alert! We had a fascinating conversation with Dr. Louis Renoult (@renoultlouis.bsky.social) about all things memory 🧠 The full episode is out now — don’t miss it! 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3Tox...

Excited to share our newly published paper! 👇 Massive thanks to @harrington-mo.bsky.social @sacairney.bsky.social @mggaskell.bsky.social

New research by 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 (UEA) and 𝐃𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 á 𝐕á𝐥𝐢 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧 (University of Oxford) confirms that sleep boosts memory consolidation, but the impact of overnight memory consolidation on next-day learning is more complex than expected. Find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

Thank you to Yidian Gao for your presentation at #OPSYRIS2025 on the SIGHT trial! An exciting RCT exploring grasp-based therapy for spatial neglect post-stroke. A valuable contribution to stroke rehab research! 🧠

New study for parents of deaf children at @psychologyuea.bsky.social - please share!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐄𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲! 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is chairing the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‪@opsyris.bsky.social — bringing together researchers and clinicians to share the latest in psychological stroke research.

Prof. Teodora Gilga and RA Eryk Mejia are researching early interventions to help deaf babies of hearing parents develop strong language skills, ensuring that deaf children have the same opportunities to thrive in communication, learning, and social connection. @teeagliga.bsky.social

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 Our student-led video series highlighting the latest in science at the 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, UEA! We interviewed 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 about her latest work: "When children get the gist: The development of rapid scene categorisation." Full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Once again, UEA Psychology research is on the international stage! 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 was recently invited to speak at Kyushu University in Japan.

Psychology’s EyeFocus project is a finalist for the “Partnership of the Year: UEA Innovation & Impact Award"!

The School of Psychology has been awarded funding through the 𝐍𝐈𝐇𝐑 𝐢𝟒𝐢 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 to assess the clinical feasibility of the 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩 (PI: Stephanie Rossit) designed to support attention rehabilitation in people with acquired brain injury. www.nihr.ac.uk/news/over-ps...

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 Welcome to our student-led video series highlighting the latest in science at the 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, UEA! Huge thanks to 𝐋𝐢𝐯 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐲 for her fantastic work. 📖 Read the full article: academic.oup.com/scan/article...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁🚨 Join a research team with Professor Andrew Bayliss to investigate how we process other people's reactions to our actions. This project uses experimental and neuroimaging approaches to study this important aspect of social cognition. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...

We’re thrilled to announce that the 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 (Spatial Inattention Grasping Therapy for post-stroke neglect, PI Stephanie Rossit) has received 𝐇𝐑𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐂𝐑𝐖 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 — giving us the green light to begin recruitment! 🔗 Recruitment is now open: lnkd.in/dx6e3_uB www.uea.ac.uk/.../sight-tr...

𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 (UEA, School of Psychology) was recently featured in an interview with CBS – and it's gone global! His new findings challenge long-held beliefs about perception – and show how expertise can literally change what we see.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐔𝐄𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞! 𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 was recently invited as a visiting professor at CIMeC, Università di Trento (Italy), where he delivered a seminar titled “Using brain decoding and neuroimaging to reveal how high-level influences shape sensory processing.”

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐧𝐞 UEA Psychology has launched a £1M project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, led by Prof. @teeagliga.bsky.social, to study how early language access affects brain development in deaf babies born to hearing parents. www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Dr. @stephanierossit.bsky.social represented UEA Psychology and showcased our contribution to the future of health innovation! In her talk, she introduced a cutting-edge approach that uses eye-tracking to tailor therapy for stroke survivors.

🍻 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩! Over three amazing nights, the School of Psychology’s “Beautiful Mind” team brought science to the pub in Norwich — A massive thank you to all our speakers, our dedicated team, and our partners for making #Pint25 unforgettable! 💫

We're proud to share that EyeFocus (PI: Stephanie Rossit, @neurolab.bsky.social ) was recognised as a finalist for 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐄𝐀’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 & 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. The team is co-developing an AI-guided app to support rehabilitation for people experiencing spatial neglect after stroke.

Super excited that the EU funded our COST action and I will be working with an amazing team of people across 20 countries for the next 4 years on XR tech for people with spatial neglect post stroke! @psychologyuea.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @ueamedical.bsky.social

How much face information do we need to recognize someone? New study in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social shows that just 1/8 of identity information is enough. People can recognize 8 individuals even when their faces are blended into one image. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐫. 𝐈𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! Drawing on his experience establishing an LGBTQIA+ group at UEA, Dr. Ian Norman outlines practical steps for creating supportive spaces where students with shared lived experiences can thrive. Read the full article: shorturl.at/b7HZx

It is a great pleasure to share this new collaborative work on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Representations with @fnim-lab.bsky.social @cvlneuro.bsky.social @psychologyuea.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

Please share; My lab at @psychologyuea.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social is recruiting a post-doc for a cognitive neuroscience memory project. It is a 3-year post, with a proposed start date of 8th September. Application deadline is 15th of June. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/15...

Are you at the @britishneuropsych.bsky.social meeting tomorrow? Go and check out the brilliant @lauramanno.bsky.social poster on @neurolab.bsky.social new EyeFocus AI guided app for spatial neglect rehab at 1pm! #neuropsychology #rehabilitation

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐤ł𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐚-𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝟖 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! Designed for PhD researchers aiming to boost their careers through international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research. 🗓 Deadline: 10 September 2025 🔗 ec.europa.eu/info/funding...

Ever wondered how perception and misinformation shape the choices we make? Join the School of Psychology at the 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 for a fascinating deep dive into science ! 🎟️ Tickets are now available: pintofscience.co.uk/event/percei...

Significant update: turns out international candidates **are eligible** in principle for this PhD position. Deadline imminent: 30th April. PhD position in cognitive computational neuroscience available @psychologyuea.bsky.social Pls retweet. #neuroskyence #VisionScience #compneurosky

BBC reporter 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 joined our researchers at the 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭 for an overnight stay, experiencing first-hand how we monitor brain activity during sleep and picking up some expert tips for better rest along the way. Find out more: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tune in tomorrow (Wed 16th) at 8.40am on BBC Radio Norfolk! Dr. @harrington-mo.bsky.social joins to talk about the UEA Sleep and Brain Research Unit!

Three year postdoctoral position available in my lab @psychologyuea.bsky.social to work on neuroimaging and deep learning studies of multimodal material perception! with @timkietzmann.bsky.social @stephanierossit.bsky.social - funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk pls repost #compneurosky #neuroskyence

Our new paper is just out in Behavior Research Methods! tinyurl.com/54jutzvd - with Louise Ewing, @ekfarran.bsky.social, Michael Papasavva, Ines Mares & @marielsmith8.bsky.social . We present data from 607 children aged 5-12 completing the Cambridge Face Memory Test for Children... 1/3