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Job! We’re seeking a postdoc to develop computational accounts of how humans and other animals make foraging decisions, collaborating with Prof. Matthew Apps and Nathan Lepora Post is until 14th Feb 2025. Closing March 30th Email me for queries Pls RT! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

***Research position klaxon!*** Interested in working with us Human Interaction Sheffield Mech Eng on #biotribology and its potential application in #robotics? Find out more here: jobs.ac.uk/job/CYL631/res…

New paper alert! A horizon for haptic perception, w Felix Jarto & @pmedendorp A fun model-driven study! Turns out that humans can accurately localize touch on a 6-meter rod (!), which our modeling suggested was the spatial limit of the haptic sense journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

Workshop "Closing the gap between human tactile sensation and tactile sensor design" accepted for IEEE World Haptics Conference 2023 conference 🤘🤘🤘 More details to come!! David Cordova Bulens Stephen Redmond

New from #JRSocInterface: Complexity of #spatiotemporal plantar pressure patterns during everyday behaviours. Read the full paper: ow.ly/Tg8E50P3lSY Luke Cleland, PhD Hannes Saal @claudiamazza5

What a week last one! I presented my PhD work at IEEE World Haptics Conference and graduated from The University of Sheffield. I truly enjoyed my PhD, mostly thanks to my supervisor Hannes Saal and colleagues/friends of NeuTouch_project. A bit sad this is coming to an end, but science and life will keep us in touch✌🏻

Looking for a postdoc in Sheffield on a gait biomechanics project on Innovate UK funded grant with industry Walk With Path. Together with Matt Carré and @ClaireBrockett, please apply!

New pre-print "Mechanoreceptive Aβ primary afferents discriminate naturalistic social touch inputs at a functionally relevant time scale". I presented this recently at #FestivalofTouch #IASAT #ResearchInTouch. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I'm presenting our work on how pre-neuronal biomechanical filtering diversifies Pacinian corpuscle responses in the hand at #SfN23 Hannes Saal Yon Visell. Please stop by! Y6 Sat. 6:30-8:30 pm / AA11 Mon. 1-5 pm

Preprint alert! We've identified a PIEZO2-dependent rapid pain system in humans and mice. Dive into the thread for details! 👇

🚨 PREPRINT ALERT 🚨 Everyday we walk on different surfaces, but how do our feet perceive these textures? Do our feet perceive textures the same as our hands? What about under high forces during walking? Check out our latest #preprint osf.io/preprints/psya… #touch #psychophysics

Abstract submission & registration now open for UK Neural Computation 2024 (Sheffield, July 8-10) neuralcomputation.uk Abstracts: 17 May 2024 4 will be selected for talks Registration: 21 June 2024 8 July: ECR day ~40 places available 9-10 July: main meeting Please RT!

!! We are hiring !! 3 #PhD and possibly 1 #postdoc positions in a UCLouvain consortium project entitled "Integration of somatosensory submodalities for grip and touch". More details: dropbox.com/scl/fi/fps373s…

New paper alert! We investigated tactile sensitivity of the finger, arm, and cheek skin over the lifespan, finding decline only on the finger doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.…

🚨New Paper Alert 🚨 ‘Texture perception at the foot sole: comparison between walking, sitting, and to the hand’ is out in JNP A thread on key findings: doi.org/10.1152/jn.001… Hannes Saal Toby Ellmers

In this study led by @res_chetko, we examine the detection of microscale tactile features (<10 microns high) based on one contact event -- specifically how people tune their motor behavior to get it done.

🌟Exciting PhD opportunity🌟 If you are interested in touch, interoception, mental health, please apply by the 15th of October and get in touch with me if you have any questions. More information below Queen Mary University of London QMUL Psychology findaphd.com/phds/project/s…

🎉Our new paper “Perceived Hand Size and Perceived Hand Weight” is accepted in Cognition! It is always great to work with Denise Cadete and @mattlongo Thanks to Experimental Psychology Society for supporting this work Birkbeck, University of London Birkbeck, Faculty of Science Birkbeck School of Psychological Sciences

Proprioception is classically assumed to rely on muscle and joint receptors. However, given the richness of skin stretch and the precision of the skin receptors' responses (Edin 1992,2004), we might want to reconsider! Awesome work by Hannes Saal team! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

PhD complete ✅ Viva passed with no corrections, now the countdown begins to the next chapter!👨🏼‍🎓 Huge thanks to my examiners Jason Berwick & Rochelle Ackerley, @rochelleackerley.bsky.social and for the insightful research discussions & to Hannes Saal for being an amazing supervisor throughout & Active Touch Shef #PhDone