Let me present the Spoon Illusion 🙂🥄 This has been in the works for over a decade when we were just goofing around testing sound localisation in my in-laws' kitchen... But we finally managed to do some reasonably controlled experiments on this. #psychscisky #neuroskyence doi.org/10.1177/0301...

Another blog post for #OAWeek: Open Research Journeys at York Ten researchers from schools, departments and career stages share their experiences and thoughts on open research in their work 💡

Are you free tomorrow morning at 10 and want to hear me talk about our research into #interoception during #pregnancy? Sign up in the link below.

📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

The final paper from my PhD has been published! doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... Interested in illusory resizing and neural responses? Take a look at the abstract below!

🚨New Paper!🚨 Interoceptive and exteroceptive pregnant bodily experiences and postnatal well-being: A network analysis. A huge thanks to all who made this paper possible - Dr Catherine Preston, Dr Maryann Noonan & Dr Daniele Romano bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄 This was initially published in @thetimes and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc Let’s take a look….👀 🧵 1/26 (1/1)

Next week I'll give a talk at @oxcin.bsky.social, sharing the Open Science practices that we implemented at @ArcCogitate. It will be possible to attend online. Thanks Tara Ghafari for your invitation 🧠 www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/events/open_...

Two weeks to go until our next discussion event, 'Registered Reports and the future of peer review', w/ Prof Chris Chambers (Cardiff), Prof Emma Marsden @uoyeducation.bsky.social and @emmacsullivan.bsky.social Tue 6 May, 12-1.30pm 📅 Online and open to all 👍 Details 👉 uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/3YOlGQ

Is interoceptive sensing unified across internal organs? 🫀🫁 Our high-powered psychophysical study (N=241) suggests not. Bayesian evidence indicates interoceptive processes are largely modality-specific—challenging the idea of a unitary interoceptive sense. 🔗 Read here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Our research shows that ~50% of mothers globally decline at least half of opportunities to participate in conferences after becoming parents (N=3995). We understand the barriers and are offering Travel Grants to help overcome these challenges. Apply now - deadline 31st March! shorturl.at/gnCU2

Please RT and alert potential candidates. This is a great opportunity to push forward #myopia research using MR imaging of the eye and #machinelearning. #neuroskyence #MRI #PhD

PhD ALERT!!!! #neuroskyence #neuroscience #myopia Developing a data science pipeline to extract high resolution models of eyes from MRI scans. Applications are invited for a 3.5-year EPSRC funded UDLA PhD studentship, starting on 1 October 2025. www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

We have created a little infographic showing 13 recommendations from our recent paper (doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...) about ways to improve the participant's experience when taking part in chronic pain research! It is often not possible to include all recommendations, but several are easily implemented!

Delighted our research on resizing illusions as non-pharmaceutical pain relief is now available! We explored how illusions modulate pain perception, using EEG. Open access with data available too, because research should be accessible to everyone. #ChronicPain #OpenScience doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Our new paper is out in @plosone.org! We looked at what happens in the brain when people with chronic hand-based pain experience resizing illusions. No evidence of SSEP changes were found, but several participants experienced clinically meaningful (>30%) pain reductions! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

A great paper discussing the impact that a lack of diversity has for research and the importance of responsible generalisation practices. Open science has come quite far, but the issues mentioned here need addressing, alongside understanding how open science can impact under-represented groups.

🚨 I'm hiring! 🚨 Passionate about motor learning in #dyspraxic and typically developing #children? Become a Research Assistant @modilab-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 12th Feb 🔄 Spread the word! jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #neurojobs

Are you based in London? We are recruiting participants for our study. We need to test 400 people so would appreciate sharing. Thank you!

A lovely Christmas gift indeed! I love this paper as we learned so much about how to improve accessibility for chronic pain participants of taking part in research. (Many of the points raised are probably true for most participants). Great work @kirrraliseh.bsky.social! @yorkpsychology.bsky.social

A great early Christmas present! Our paper looking at things that make it harder (barriers) and things that could make it easier (facilitators) for people with chronic pain to take part in non-pharmaceutical research, but our findings extend to any chronic pain research involving people really!

Very pleased to have received this for Christmas: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1... Thanks very much @kirrraliseh.bsky.social !

Little pre-holiday reminder: I'm recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...) - deadline is January the 12th, so think about it over the break and then apply in the New Year! Do get in touch if you have any questions (though bear in mind I'll be OOO too 🎄)

Super happy to say that I passed my viva today! Dr Donna Lloyd and Prof Rob Jenkins were amazing examiners who encouraged such a good discussion about the work in my thesis! Feels strange but very exciting to say that I am now Dr Hansford!!

I'm recruiting a 23-month postdoc! If you're interesting in #ComputationalPsychiatry or #EatingDisorders research please apply and/or get in touch - very happy to have informal chats with potential applicants, and put you in touch with existing members of my lab. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...