A zoom in the Dentate Gyrus (DG), a region in the mammalian hippocampus that is one of the few sites in the brain for continuous generation of new neurons across lifetime, or neurogenesis! Mature neurons with their long extensions can be seen in cyan 🔵, while immature, newborn

A micrograph of some groups of neurons from the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), one of the regions in the brain responsible for visual processing! The neurons in the photo are known as magnocellular cells (🟠) and are surrounded by astrocytes (🔵) and other cellular types.

Two neurons having a conversation, surrounded by some busy microglia doing their job: maintaining neuronal networks and helping with injury, repair, and pruning! The brain is beautiful! 🧠🔬#neuroscience #Microscopy

#mdpisymmetry Check the newly published "Exploring Footedness, Throwing Arm, and Handedness as Predictors of Eyedness Using Cluster Analysis and Machine Learning: Implications for the Origins of Behavioural Asymmetries" at mdpi.com/2073-8994/16/2… Authors: Astrid Schepman et al.

Neurons (🟠) and microglia (🔵), brain's immune cells! Check the number of microglia available for each neuron. That's because this photo was taken in the cerebral cortex 🧠🔬. In humans, the glia-to-neuron ratio in the cerebral cortex is 3.72 (72% glia), while that in the

Does tweeting increase citations? We conducted an experiment with 110 tweeted papers and 440 controls, waited 3 years for citations to accumulate... and found no significant increase in citations journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Back for session 3! 🎧 Starting with Cheryl Wharton, PhD Student with Psychology presenting for us: Attitudes towards menopausal women #PGR2024 #UniversityofChester #FHMS

🎧 Listening to our final student of session 3 Saiyeda Asha, PhD Student with Psychology and their presentation of: The lateralisation of social behaviours from a developmental perspective #PGR2024 #UniversityofChester #FHMS

We had a fantastic time at the Faculty Postgraduate Research Conference #PGR2024 FHMS Chester Our PG community really IS a community, and it was great to see students, past and present, turning up to support their peers who presented today. Well done everyone!

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The role of a football coach and how they can support players with mental health and wellbeing was the focus of research by a soon-to-be Master’s graduate from the University of Chester. UoC Psychology #masters #psychology #chester Read more bit.ly/4gKDdm0

The University has been shortlisted for a national UCISA award celebrating excellence in digital innovation. 🎉 More 👉 bit.ly/3D3Y4mM #UCISA25 #highereducation #dx #digitaltransformation #transformation #codesign #collaboration UoC Student Shout Out

#mdpisymmetry #EditorsChoice Check paper: "Exploring Footedness, Throwing Arm, and Handedness as Predictors of Eyedness Using Cluster Analysis and Machine Learning: Implications for the Origins of Behavioural Asymmetries", by Astrid Schepman et al. Link: brnw.ch/21wQX9B

A global research project into #ChatGPT, which received valuable input from the University of Chester, has found students have a positive view of the AI tool overall – albeit with concerns over its use. 👉 Read more here: bit.ly/4kcYHv1 UoC Psychology

Our new article: Side preferences in human dyads when walking: the influence of country, threat, handedness, and sex @uocpsych tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Sulphur-crested cockatoos are waiting in line at public drinking fountains in Sydney to have their daily drinks of water in the latest example of cultural evolution in urban birds newscientist.com/article/248265…

Why are most people right-handed? By Clarissa Brincat popsci.com/science/why-ar…

"It turns out that our ability to dance to music may be intimately connected to something seemingly unrelated: our capacity for complex speech," explains Gregory Hickok psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wired-…