Interesting and important new paper on social touch perception in autistic adults.

Celebrating the culmination of an epic doctoral journey across two continents and a pandemic - with the star student @simonbrett1294, examiners Eva Loth & @CManningPhD and co-supervisor Liz Pellicano. Doctoral and Researcher College, Uni of Reading. We are on point with the background messaging.

Delighted to share the first publication with the stellar team of @SanderBegeer, Dr. Hilde M. Geurts ([email protected]), & Erik Van der Burg - led by the brilliant Bobby Jertberg. We found that perception of synchrony was not essential for multisensory integration in a McGurk task. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Academic job alert, please RT. We are looking for a new colleague in developmental psychology to join us on a permanent position (US equivalent: Tenure-track Assistant Prof). Apply by 21st April. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… #jobs #psychology

We are launching our Supermarket E-guide on 23rd April! We are inviting those working in #retail to learn about how to make supermarkets more sensory #inclusive. For more information and to book, see our website: tinyurl.com/SupermarketGui…

2 postdoc positions in my lab @ King's College London CDN | King's College. Please apply if you'd like to understand neural circuits of cognition in mice, using 2p, 3p imaging, holographic optostim, flexible behaviour & more! Please RT! Links kcl.ac.uk/jobs/087206-re… khanlab.net

The second paper from the brilliant team of Bobby Jertberg, @SanderBegeer Dr. Hilde M. Geurts ([email protected]) & Erik van den Burg showing that age - and not #autism- is a significant predictor of multisensory integration of speech stimuli in a large sample (N=869) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ej…

Dan at Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences at Reading a few years ago, when he spent a week with us interacting with mere mortals. I can't recall having a bigger fanboy moment. Rest well, Dan.

So happy to see this important work in print after a brilliiant effort by the Fang Liu team. Predictive processing in language and music in autistic &non-autistic individuals in Mandarin (tonal) and English(non-tonal) speaking samples.

Time for the annual #emotion science meeting in the UK! Delighted to announce that Reading Emotions 2024 is now open for registrations (link in post below). Our theme this year is Resilience, and the meeting is chaired by the inimitable Prof Nazanin Derakshan. #ReadEmo24 Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences at Reading

Are you interested in #autism and #sleep? Come work with Teresa Tavassoli and myself at CentreForAutism on an exciting collaboration project with the NHS. Apply by July 15th. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Thrilled and proud to celebrate the #MRCMillenniumMedal award to the one and only Simon Baron-Cohen!

Tomorrow, 12-13 pm CET, we'll have the next mental health webinar of Young Academy of Europe (YAE) dedicated to the effect of mentoring on #academic #mentalhealth, with 3 #FYAE speakers: Mar Rus-Calafell, Bhisma Chakrabarti @bhisma.bsky.social, Scott Bremer, & Viktorija Vastakaite Kairiene as moderator. Researcher Mental Health Observatory COST Action yacadeuro.org/academic-mento…

July will be a momentous month in the UK. There's a general election, and not one, but TWO posts in our core team. - Remember to vote on the 4th - Apply for a CINN dream job by the 15th tinyurl.com/3mnajbzj

The PhD is a special and unique journey, and there's so much more to each PhD story than what's written in theses and papers. Thrilled to be part of these journeys and to celebrate their culmination with @simonbrett1294 and Cansu Ogulmus

Job advert! Two new lectureships (assistant professorships) in #psychology (developmental, social, or forensic) at Uni of Reading. Apply here by 16th September - Please RT 🙏 jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Just published! 🎉Thrilled to share my #PhD research on how watching others take on challenges can spark a desire to push your own limits. #motivation Grateful to my co-authors Dr Ying Lee, Bhisma Chakrabarti @bhisma.bsky.social and Kou Murayama for their invaluable contributions. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-…

A job bonanza for #psychology and #neuroscience academics- to join our thriving department Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences at Reading ! We are looking to recruit one Professor and up to 3 Assistant Professors in Psychology/Neuroscience - please spread the word! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

There are a few misconceptions about autism and empathy in the public discourse. It was great to be part of this BBC World Service podcast in trying to dispel some of these notions - alongwith colleagues across the world. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l…

It's finally here! Looking forward to two days of immersion in facial expressions research from around the world at Reading Emotions 2025 sites.google.com/site/readingem… #ReadEmo25