The Birth of the Transgenic Alzheimer's Model #neuroskyence #Alzheimer

Check out this new collection of essays looking back at education policy in England since 2010 Includes a chapter from CEPEO’s Jake Anders books.google.com/books/about/...

This essay is disappointing on multiple levels. Science is not "largely apolitical", as the author claims, and the separation of science from humanities will only lead to more scientists ignoring their responsibilities to society and the sociopolitical implications of their work. #AcademicSky 🧪

"Now if you are a novice... you may be puzzled and not know what is so wrong about that [AI] ‘definition’ in the screenshot above. This is the crux. For experts it is obvious!" THIS. This is why AI in schools is a MAJOR problem! #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #SchoolLibrary #AIIsTheProblem

Delighted to announce that one of the original research studies from my PhD project is now available as a preprint! Anyone interested in bridging the research-practice gap would be interested in my findings on how educational intervention developers use evidence in their work: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Super interesting new publication with systemic implications for early education.

Ok so this Pinheiro and Bates book - physical copy on my shelf having survived multiple international moves and downsizings - has been my bible on mixed effects models. But it's 25 years old, is there a modern (#rstats) equivalent i should upgrade to?

This is an interesting conversation. I think that when knowledge is surface level it manifests as fad chasing. Knowledge without understanding. Science of learning needs to become properly embedded in the philosophy and support structures of teaching in the U.K. - it’s on its way but not there yet 🌅

How can the government create better access to early education for disadvantaged children? Remove barriers to take-up, including those related to the working families entitlement – writes Claire Crawford on the IOE Blog: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/0... @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social

Long-term #MusicalTraining can provide neural resources to help cope with effects of #aging, but how? @leicogsci.bsky.social &co show that cognitive reserve acquired via music training holds back age-related neural recruitment during speech-in-noise perception @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44NIkxZ

Newborn brains already show individual patterns of functional organization. 🧠✨ Using #fMRI for precision mapping, researchers at @washumedicine.bsky.social found that each baby's brain has a unique layout—already present just after birth. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #neuroskyence #MRI 🧪

A shot of my poster at #QMiP2025 last week - this paper on educational intervention company leaders’ use of research is currently under review. QMiP was such a great experience and left me feeling up-skilled, can’t wait for the next one #edusky #academicsky

Staring at a blank page? 🧠✍️ Freewriting might be the cure. No pressure, no editing—just a timer and your thoughts. This TCEA blog dives into how a few minutes of messy writing can unlock creativity, speed, and student voice. Bonus: It’s easy to start tomorrow. ⬇️ buff.ly/Z4BMtTZ #edusky #writing

tell me how to make a kid hate reading without telling me how to make a kid hate reading....

The jury is out. Just because a model can predict or mimic human responses in psych experiments doesn't mean that the model explains how people think. Cognitive psychologists have been grappling with model mimicry - that qualitatively different models can predict the same human data - for decades.

Ignoring different patterns of risk for brain-based conditions among males and females does us all a disservice, writes @bogglerapture.bsky.social. Part of our series on sex differences in the brain. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...

The brilliant @rastokke.bsky.social showing how shoddy evidence can spread like wildfire and how this has serious consequences #rEDTO25

"What psychology needs is methodological pluralism guided by theoretical sophistication."

Opportunity to do a PhD in developmental science alongside some absolutely fantastic scientists!! Share widely!

One final highlight from ENCoRE: Paul Howard-Jones on “the journey from neuroscience to education”, a fascinating commentary on the history and current state of efforts to bring education and the science of learning together. Thoroughly enjoyed. #edusky #edneurosky

Another highlight from ENCoRE: Gemma Goldenberg on the effects of learning outdoors on attention. Very striking findings - those students with the worst attentional difficulties and those who preferred working outdoors demonstrated greatest increases in on-task behaviour when working outside #edusky

Some highlights from the first ENCoRE conference in London - the first for me being my own lightning talk on challenges in evaluating educational interventions! It was super fun to deliver some key messages in 5 minutes and get people thinking about evaluation methods #edusky #edneurosky

If you are working in early years provision, UCL IoE researchers want to hear from you about the types of resources used for early maths skills and what you would like from new resources - please fill out our survey and share widely! qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... @eyalliance.bsky.social

Ready for an exciting couple of days at this packed ENCoRE conference hosted at Birkbeck UoL! #edusky #neuroskyence #edneurosky

🚨Paper alert!!🚨 Excited to share out latest research where we investigated avoidance, fear generalization and extinction learning using a modified platform-mediated avoidance procedure in male and female rats. rdcu.be/eesmc

Standardisation or flexibility? Collaboration or competition? "This study is not simply about predicting the future, it is about shaping it in ways that ensure education across Europe remains both innovative and equitable" - @drleatongray.bsky.social blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/03/...

The recording of my recent CEN seminar is now available! If you’re interested in evaluating educational practices and programmes, have a watch to learn about some of the research methods used and how methods could be improved. #edusky

Why do teachers do what they do, and what does it mean for children? 📚 Welcome to tonight's #IOELectures, with @alicebradbury.bsky.social speaking on the challenges facing early years and primary education.

Over and over again we find that changing the way college courses are organized (without changing the intellectual level of the material) can make them more equitable at the same time that we improve instruction generally. #academia #HigherEd #EduSky #iTeachPhysics

What matters most is how we respond. 👉 #EduSky, we'd like to hear from you: What do you do when a lesson flops? www.edutopia.org/article/ques...

Can’t wait for this!!

Want to talk about “efficiency” in education? “education markets often reward programs with the best marketing, not the best results . . . pseudoscientific programs gain traction through compelling narratives rather than evidence.”

The gap in university entry rates between London’s poorest and richest pupils is expected to continue to grow to “unprecedented levels”, despite overall growth in participation, a report warns #AcademicSky

Great to see our app Sea Hero Quest discussed as a potential application for cognitive monitoring in Alzheimer's disease: #neuroskyence

“Informed intuition” is a concept often unacknowledged in decision-making - within research methods and in wider organisational contexts. Pretty excited to see this article this morning!

Recent book that’s worth reading: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

And FYI the submission deadline has been extended to 31st Dec! #edusky #eduneurosky #neuroskyence

Submitted my abstract for the Educational Neuroscience Collaboration and Research (ENCoRe) conference to be held at Birkbeck April 24-25 2025. Excited to share my work on methodological challenges evaluating complex school-based interventions. #edusky #eduneurosky #neuroskyence shorturl.at/vaMwR

How does the prefrontal cortex support the rewiring of habits and behaviors? 🚀 This process is crucial for everyday life and clinical interventions. Check out our latest preprint for answers! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #PsychSciSky #metasci #StatsSky #neuroskyence #predictivebrain

Link: www.routledge.com/Improving-Me...

"OpenAI is outsourcing the problem of AI in education to teachers and asking them to find a solution. ... the problem is framed as 'AI can save you time,' without evidence or proposed use cases" - @eryk.bsky.social did the dirty work checking this course out so we don't have to

NIH funding generated $2.46 for every $1 funded in 2023. Important info for scientific advocacy in the years ahead- science is a quantifiable investment, not just a cost. H/t to @nicolecrust.bsky.social for sharing! #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #NeuroSkyence www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...

Achieving skill/knowledge transfer to novel situations is typically one of the biggest challenges for education - this article is a super interesting deep dive into the topic with some theory-driven strategies for achieving the elusive goal of adaptive learning.

Friendship as intervention. Pupils focus on friendship as a central aspect of school life. How can we use this to improve their experiences of school? wix.to/E9nYD2n #UKEd #UKEdBlog #AcademicSky #EduSky

#edusky Are you/do you know a parent or caregiver of a child with SEND living in or around York? The University of York wants to hear about your/their experiences of local mental health support services. Please fill out or share this anonymous survey link! york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,119,639!

🧪#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci 🛟 UCLA neuroscience professor @lucinauddin.bsky.social leads class action antitrust lawsuit against scientific publishers, Elsevier, Wolters, Wiley, Springer Nature etc www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac...

My CEN colleagues and I recently published a paper on ‘Evidence, policy, education and neuroscience’. It’s a great read for anyone interested in joined-up solutions for bringing the science of learning into the classroom. #edusky #neuroskyence onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I recently said here that I think we need more connections between theory and data in #neuroscience. Well, here are two recent papers seeking to link theories of credit assignment to experimental data! More like this please! www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I spoke to #Skynews about the first press release on the #Darzi review. Too often children’s waiting lists, problems with access & links to deprivation are glossed over. Or just not mentioned . Is it new? No. Is it urgent . Yes news.sky.com/story/childr...