Emre Yavuz
@emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social
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Research Scientist & Data Scientist | AI, ML, Behavioural Analytics | PhD Neuroscience UCL
My first hackathon abroad opened a door I didn't know I was looking for. Flew to Megathon, built Sounday (music to prep your for your week), shipped a working demo in hours. Biggest lesson: framing beats polish — "without us you lose X, with us you win Y." If you're unsure about doing one: go. 🚀
3 days ago
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Meet my Megathon teammate & co-founder, Hodo Elmi Aden! Pairing my background in human cognitive neuroscience & psychology with her experience building design-centred products, we're creating something at the intersection of music & psychology. More soon 👀
4 days ago
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First time in Amsterdam, here for the Megathon — one of Europe's biggest hackathons. Here to meet new people, swap ideas, and learn as much as I can. If you're around, say hello 🚀
4 days ago
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A lovely day in Rotterdam with my friend Alessandra La Terra, whom I first met at RIKEN’s neuroscience summer school in Tokyo. The architecture struck me — the Cube Houses aren't just homes, they're built to bring people together. It echoes my work with Arup & RISE on how design shapes behaviour 🌱
4 days ago
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Arrived in Amsterdam for the Megathon — 500+ builders, the biggest hackathon I've done and my first abroad (and my first time in Amsterdam!). Here to absorb everything, build, and hopefully make lifelong friends. If you're in the city, drop me a message 🚀🌱
4 days ago
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The last night of the Lord of the Rings Weekenders at the Royal Albert Hall! Singing in all 9 of these concerts has been a blast. And a lovely last-minute surprise to see friends from my PhD watching the last concert. Until next time! 🌟🥰
#film
#lordoftherings
#music
#choir
#orchestra
about 1 month ago
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Back at Royal Albert Hall with London Philharmonic Choir and London Philharmonic Orchestra for a Lord of the Rings Weekender! Amazing to share the stage with Sir Ian McKellen! 🫶🌟🗡️
#music
#performance
#film
#soundtrack
#lordoftherings
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about 1 month ago
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With my lovely LPC’ers on another journey across Middle-earth! 🫶🫶🫶
#choir
#singer
#music
#connection
#love
@lpchoir.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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Night two of Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers 🌟 Let the journey to Mordor continue! 🗡️
#film
#music
#lordoftherings
#choir
#singer
#thetwotowers
#LPO
#orchestra
@royalalberthall.bsky.social
@lpchoir.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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A tremendous first night performing the soundtrack for the first Lord of the Rings movie – The Fellowship of the Ring – with the
@lpchoir.bsky.social
and @londonphilharmonicorchestra, under the baton of Ludwig Wicki at the Royal Albert Hall! 🏰🎻
#music
#performance
@royalalberthall.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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SCANN Lab
about 2 months ago
Why do some people never get lost while others rely on GPS? A new review, written by
@hugospiers.bsky.social
and
@emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
argues that navigation ability is shaped by both fixed factors (age, genetics) and modifiable ones (sleep, exercise, experience).
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Determinants of individual navigation ability - Nature Reviews Psychology
There is substantial variation across people in navigation ability, which is shaped by multiple factors. In this Review, Yavuz and Spiers organize these factors into lifetime, lifestyle and personal a...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-026-00544-3
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A fun challenge to lead this project throughout my PhD! So grateful to my colleagues for making this happen 🚀
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2 months ago
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Hugo Spiers
2 months ago
New preprint! Prefrontal brain-to-brain synchrony during human group hunting: Evidence from fNIRS hyperscanning Heroic work from
@emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social
and team fNIRS & minecraft combined to reveal PFC synchrony during human group hunting
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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📣 So happy to share with you the results of my main PhD study, where two human predators worked together to hunt a human prey in Minecraft, and had their brains scanned simultaneously using fNIRS 🎮🧠 We find that the brains of the predators are synchronised in the prefrontal cortex during hunting! 💡
3 months ago
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Epic night with Tan Dun conducting the UK premiere of his Choral Concerto: Nine + Beethoven’s 9th! London Philharmonic & London Chinese Philharmonic Choirs, incredible soloists. Loved every minute 💫🎵
3 months ago
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Lea Schenk (she/her)
4 months ago
Such a fun to read and well written review; can really recommend for anyone new to or already proficient in spatial navigation research!
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Hugo Spiers
4 months ago
New review from our group out in Nature Reviews Psychology: Determinants of individual navigation ability with my excellent co-author:
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My first-author review ‘Determinants of individual navigation ability’ is out in Nature Reviews Psychology, co-authored with the inspiring
@hugospiers.bsky.social
!!!! 🎉🧠 ➡️
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#Neuroscience
#Navigation
@nature.com
@natrevpsychol.nature.com
@sfn.org
@fens.org
@ucl.ac.uk
4 months ago
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Some tunes from me and my sister to start 2026! 🎻 Wishing everyone a beautiful year ahead ✨ 💕
#siblings
#music
#violin
#cello
#2026
@ucl.ac.uk
@edinburghup.bsky.social
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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6 months ago
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Dr. Yavuz!!!! Delighted to share that I have passed my PhD viva today 🎓✨ A heartfelt thank you to Prof. Isabella Wagner (University of Vienna) and Prof. Caswell Barry (University College London) for an extremely enjoyable and stimulating viva.
6 months ago
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Hugo Spiers
9 months ago
Its been an honour to have been
@emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social
's PhD supervisor for he last 3 years. His hard work as created 3 published articles on Sea Hero Quest, one review manuscript with revisions resubmitted & a final article on fNIRS and group hunting behaviour about to be submitted/preprinted
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📘 Submitted my PhD last week! Over 3 years, I explored what makes us good at spatial navigation using behaviour, brain imaging & VR. Grateful to my supervisors
@hugospiers.bsky.social
and
@antoniahamilton.bsky.social
, collaborators, friends & family! ♥️ Excited for what’s next! 🚀
#PhDCompleted
9 months ago
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✨ My first Prom! What a joy to sing Mahler’s Das klagende Lied with the BBC Symphony Chorus, Constanza Chorus & Orchestra under Hannu Lintu. Grateful for the magic, the mentors, and the music. 🎶
#BBCProms
#Mahler
#FirstProm
11 months ago
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Today I was officially told I’m cancer-free. After treatment for Hairy Cell Leukaemia at UCLH & Macmillan, I’m so grateful to be on the other side. It’s tested me in every way, but I’ve grown in strength, resilience & perspective. Thankful to all who were by my side throughout ♥️
about 1 year ago
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Amazing Neuroscientists and life-long friends - grateful to grow, learn, and laugh alongside such brilliant minds! ♥️
about 1 year ago
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Had so much presenting my poster ‘Dorsolateral prefrontal involvement in prey tracking during group hunting behaviour: Evidence from fNIRS and a Minecraft World’ at the FENS Regional Meeting in Oslo! Can’t thank enough my wonderful supervisors and collaborators who helped me make this happen 🙌🧠♥️
about 1 year ago
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For those of you at FENS, poster location 79! Looking forward to seeing you there 🙌🧠
about 1 year ago
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Hugo Spiers
about 1 year ago
Great to see more of my lab join Bluesky Welcome Emre Yavuz!
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Hello Bluesky! 👋 I’m a human cognitive neuroscientist and final-year PhD candidate at UCL, supervised by Prof. Hugo Spiers and Prof. Antonia Hamilton, using fNIRS, fMRI, and behavioural data to explore why we get lost and how our brains help us know where others are in space. 🧠✨
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