PhD position alert🥁🎺🥁🎺!!! We are looking for a PhD candidate to work on cognition and curiosity in wild orangutans at the Development and Evolution of Cognition Research Group at the @maxcine_mpiab & being part of the IMPRS-QBEE. We can't wait to meet our new team member!🤓

Super excited to share my #PhD research on the effects of curiosity and extrinsic incentives on memory as well as the underlying brain networks🧵 spoiler alert: it is #magical... (1/n)

🔦We have been shining the light on our member @WinningScotland 👏They discuss the importance of children's rights such as #Art15 & #Art31 having access to hobbies & recreational activities #UNCRCScotland Planet Youth in Scotland If you click here you can read: bit.ly/3yoPMmT

The first UN #InternationalDayofPlay takes place on Tuesday 11th June! We are encouraging discussions and exploration into the research on #play and would be delighted if you could attend for the afternoon! Booking details on the poster 👇🪁🎈 #IDoP #moreplayplease #playeveryday

🧸Ahead of the #GeneralElection, we are proud to support #ChildrenAtTheTable, a campaign working to ensure the needs of babies, children and young people are prioritised. Read the joint statement from the Children’s Charities Coalition CEOs here buff.ly/3QZHS9J

Come work with us at Lancaster! Great opportunity for recent PhDs to gain valuable teaching experience to aid in applying for permanent Lecturer's posts.

We're so delighted to have contributed this blog to Make Space for Girls. Read below about why engaging children and young people is so valuable, and how to cocreate a neighbourhood plan with them. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts :D

2.3 million children in Britain don’t have a playground near to where they live. 1 in 3 children. This is important research from Fields in Trust 💚 Full details 👇

How do the minds of human & non-human animals compare? 🧠🐶🐷🐵🐭🦜👶 Get your thinking caps ready for this Glasgow Science Festival event 12 June with University of Stirling Agency, Rationality and Epistemic Defeat (ARED) researchers! #AnimalMind #Philosophy gla.ac.uk/events/science…

We're so pleased to be the Together 🧡 Membership Spotlight! It highlights our aims & projects ahead of #internationaldayofplay and invites you to support us. Please have a read and see what we've been up to! 🎈

Play creates powerful learning opportunities — intellectual, social, emotional and physical. On Tuesday’s first-ever International Day of Play & always, we must ensure every child can fully exercise their right to play. un.org/en/observances…

Children tell me all the time about the importance of play and their access to safe outdoor spaces. Today marks #InternationalDayOfPlay and it's clear that children want to engage in play and recreational activities in their areas - read what they said ⤵️ childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/internati…

Can children (4-8 years old) strategically decide what learning activity to practice when they are free to choose? Yes ! Great study by Daniil Serko, julia_a_leonard and Azzurra Ruggeri 👇🔍 osf.io/kzjtn/download…

🐝 Wild #bumblebees are capable of logical reasoning, which is one of the hallmarks of human cognition, new research by a #UofStirling psychologist has found 🐝 Read more here 👉 brnw.ch/21wKI5O Stirling Natural Sciences The Royal Society Royal Society Publishing

Role of Metacognitive Confidence Judgments in Curiosity: Different Effects of Confidence on Curiosity Across Epistemic and Perceptual Domains Great new paper by Michiko Sakaki Alex Ten, Hannah Stone, Kou Murayama

In our recent review we show that the biggest barriers to healthy eating in disadvantaged UK adults are context dependent (i.e high cost and accessibility of healthy food), and not related to personal factors, such as lack of efficiency or motivation bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Delighted to be part of the RTG 2906 Theory Kick Off to discuss all things #curiosity

Six 4.5-year postdoc research fellowships in our new Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory, University of Stirling, central Scotland! Please circulate this ad for outstanding researchers to work with me in an interdisciplinary team stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-… (closing 6 Oct).

Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @stiruni, first event! If in Scotland come in person, Weds 9 Oct 3pm talk by @reavey_paula on space, mental health, & memory, + reception: or contact me for zoom link. And, six 4.5-year postdoc jobs close Oct 6! placememory.net/events-2/

Check out the new website for the Curiosity Battery project: curiosity-battery.co.uk 🎉 Dr Marina Bazhydai Lily FitzGibbon