📢 We are hiring! 📢 For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself. Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...

We’ve paved over everything and then wonder why people are anxious, angry, and disconnected. Asphalt addiction is real and ample green space is the bare minimum for a healthy city.

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 We used machine learning to examine how early life adversity ⚠️ is associated with the adolescent brain 🧠 in the ABCD Study across 7 adversity dimensions and 3 timepoints. 👉https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.11.659188v1

Check out our team's latest work on how early life adversity maps onto brain structure in youth, led by @kabro.bsky.social! Details below ⬇️

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

*New preprint* on ND and co-occurring mental health problems from my lab, led by Chiara Caserini! Using longitudinal data from ABCD we asked: What drives poor mental health outcomes in children with high ND traits? Here's brief summary 🧠🌳🏡 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1.... 1/n

"Although growing up in poverty carries many risks, some children defy the odds & demonstrate positive cognitive outcomes." This blog explores how to foster #Resilience in disadvantaged contexts. Read the full blog here: www.acamh.org/blog/why-do-...

Excited to share our new paper where we show on links between #greenspace exposure, brain development over time, and mental health and academic outcomes, now published in Biological Psychiatry. Led by Qingyang Li! @kingsioppn.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Why are young girls, who begin puberty ahead of their same-age, same-sex peers, at an increased risk of depression and anxiety? Dr @divyangana.bsky.social outlines her research on this subject for the @bbrfoundation.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PsychSky bbrfoundation.org/content/chil...

An article on our recent work led by @niamhmacsweeney.bsky.social bbrfoundation.org/content/chil...

Check out our 🚨 Annual Research Review 🚨 published in JCPP on the mediators and moderators of the link between SES and cognitive function, language ability, and academic achievement (a systematic review of 136 studies): acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 HIRING 🚨 a Postdoctoral Associate in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social My group's research aims to understand how social and physical environments impact brain and behaviour development. Application window closes in three days! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLX655/p...

🚨 HIRING 🚨 a Postdoctoal Associate in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social. My group's research aims to understand how social and physical environments impact brain and behaviour development. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLX655/p... Accepting applications until the 15th of March!

🚨New paper out in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 🚨 In this pre-registered study, we examined the role of pubertal development in the association between trauma exposure and internalising symptoms in female youth using ABCD data: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

POSTDOC POSITION at @kingsioppn.bsky.social The postdoc will work on an @ukri.org funded project on disadvantage, the pace of neurodevelopment, and cognitive outcomes using openly available infant and adolescent data. See the job ad here: fluxsociety.org/postdoctoral... Please share and repost 🙏

Congratulations to @divyangana.bsky.social, who has been named an @psychscience.bsky.social APS Rising Star, a designation presented to outstanding APS Members in the earlier stages of their research career whose innovative work has advanced the field! Dr Rakesh's research:

POSTDOC POSITION at @kingsioppn.bsky.social The postdoc will work on an @ukri.org funded project on disadvantage, the pace of neurodevelopment, and cognitive outcomes using openly available infant and adolescent data. See the job ad here: fluxsociety.org/postdoctoral... Please share and repost 🙏

In our 🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 "Beyond the income-achievement gap: The role of individual, family, and environmental factors in cognitive resilience among low-income youth", we used machine learning to characterise predictors of cognitive resilience. acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

How does low socioeconomic status (SES) impact brain development? Dr @divyangana.bsky.social has been awarded grants by the @bbrfoundation.bsky.social and @ukri.org/MRC to investigate the biological mechanisms behind the impact on cognition and #MentalHealth #MedSky www.kcl.ac.uk/news/dr-divy...

New paper, and it only took two years 🫠! In this systematic review, we aimed to identify the mediators and moderators in the association of SES with EF, language ability, and academic achievement. Now published as an Annual Research Review in JCPP! acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

📣 🧠 I’m recruiting 1-2 PhD students interested in disadvantage-related brain development & neuro-immune crosstalk to join my new lab at the University of Georgia. Application deadline is December 1st. Please feel free to contact me with any questions! #neuroskyence #psychscisky #academicsky

My first post here AND a new preprint! @divyangana.bsky.social and I review how cognitive stimulation shapes neurocognitive development, tools to measure cognitive stimulation (including how to choose the best one for your purposes) and our thoughts on the future of this work osf.io/preprints/ps...