Exactly how I feel about this horrid policy, just couldn’t put it as eloquently as Grumpy Philosopher

Made this cake today, and yum! 😋

Listening to the new album by Florence + The Machine and I rather like it. Also so cool that she’s the daughter of my top boss (the Vice Chancellor of the University of Bristol, Evelyn Welch)

Just published! ✨ Across 15+ timepoints, we found that unpredictability in economic hardship – not only severity – shapes young children’s self-regulation. Understanding these dynamics can help us design supports that promote stability and adaptive development. 👉 bit.ly/4oIZO75

I would quite like to go to the loo but I’m not sure I’m allowed? #Caturday

Rapunzel chilling out ☺️ #caturday

#caturday ❤️

Exciting PhD opportunity on parental mental health and early executive function development in the UK and South Africa! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Please share 😊

Today, for the first time, I felt tempted to use AI to draft a short research proposal. I had got deadlines mixed up and only had the afternoon to write the proposal. In the end, I didn't use AI -

Rapunzel is becoming a very pretty young lady ❤️

Do not miss this opportunity to get involved in shaping our society's events 👶🧠 and network with a fantastic community !

Ah Strictly is back and it feels like this is what I need to get through a very busy autumn 🪩💃🕺

There's a lot of terrible things happening in the world right now, but this little gem of a story on the BBC made me giggle 🤭https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62zxjy0j91o - I hope the Kingdom of Kubala can find somewhere else to stay..

In the BBC News this morning they mentioned (in connection with the Charlie Kirk assassination) that at the University of Utah people are allowed to carry guns. This just blows my mind. If I saw somebody with a gun in my university, I would run/hide and call the police!

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

Just had a lovely couple of days at the FIT’NG conference - what an inspiring conference, really enjoyed it! (and good food too 😋)

For Tilly, who would have turned 15 years old today. I always wear the silver locket with two tiny pictures of her. Miss her always, but most of all on her birthday.

Denmark in late summer is just absolutely wonderful! #bluesky

New home office *nearly* ready 😊

I’ve had a great staycation the last week. Feel so lucky to live just 20 mins drive from this… (Cheddar Gorge)

Finally off on staycation. We’re off to a good start with the Bristol International Balloon Festival (beautiful night glow last night).

Fantastic opportunity for mid-career researchers who would like to relocate their lab to the UK Faraday Discovery fellowships royalsociety.org/grants/farad...

As of today, I am officially Professor of Developmental Science. If you had asked me when I was a little girl what I wanted to be when I grew up, it certainly wouldn’t have been a professor! – I don’t think I even imagined that this was something I could be one day. So how did I get here?

It was excellent. Well done @peteetchells.bsky.social and @orbenamy.bsky.social !

Wow, a really balanced and evidence-based piece on kids and screen time on Radio 4 right now

We had her spayed today - that was hard! 😢 I know she’ll recover quickly, but still..

A month into having a cat and we all just adore her! Best decision ever 🥰

I’m not really a football person but that was quite exciting!

Me and my 13-year-old are on our way to see Billie. We have been waiting for this day for 15 months. We’re so excited! 🤩

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!! The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children. Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads. Start: Fall 2025 or later. Details: [email protected] RTs appreciated 💫

The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub is now available! •Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows •Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org @theabcdstudy.bsky.social

Cat baby ❤️

This 💯 Challenging the status quo: A guide to open and reproducible neuroimaging for early career researchers | Imaging Neuroscience | MIT Press direct.mit.edu/imag/article...

In case you're a researcher keen to flee to the UK. 'A £54 million “global talent fund” will cover relocation and research costs for “world-class” researchers and their teams to move to the UK....the fund will also cover full visa costs.' 1/2

Caturday morning chill ❤️

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

gearing up to recruit / prepare children to do a movie-viewing fMRI experiment? share this article with them! kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays. Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

I think Rapunzel has got more likes than any of my research here on Bluesky 😆 - so here are a few extra pics now she’s moved in 🥰

If you are looking to apply for an MSCA postdoctoral fellowship in the area of early cognitive and brain development, check out this opportunity in my lab: www.b2match.com/e/radiance-m...

Can’t quite believe it, but in a week we’re taking this little beauty home. I guess I’d better learn how to be a cat mum!

Had a bit of fun playing with scite_ai this evening. Wanted to see how effective it is at helping with literature search/review. My conclusions: Positives: Great for identifying papers I might not have easily come across in Google Scholar. Links findings nicely (most of the time).

PhD studentship available in developmental cognitive neuroscience, in Cambridge - please publicise. Open to women candidates, as the student will be based at Newnham College.

Fantastic work! I guess 1000 trials is a bit out of reach for those of us who study inhibitory control in babies and toddlers 🙃

Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁). drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...

Always interesting what songs still get played in our house a week after Eurovision. This year Espresso Macchiato (Estonia) definitely comes top, closely followed by ROA (Iceland) 🕺🎶💃

Trying to get my head round the massive workloads spreadsheet I have to check/confirm. For "fun", I cross-checked with the actual hours I work (I use Toggl to track my work hours). Turns out I work nearly double my allocated hours. This is crazy - I'm sure I'm not the only one - academia is broken..

NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND. Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run. THREAD on our new ‪@nuffieldfoundation.org‬-funded report: [1/11]

I've posted an advert for PhD scholarship to work with me on moral psychology and AI at the University of Kent 🤖🧠📚 Full details here: www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships...