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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚀 PhD opportunity in the Vaghi Lab, starting 2027 @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social We are looking to support applicants interested in: 🔬 precision neuroimaging 🧠 compulsivity/OCD 💻 computational approaches Available via the ESRC UBEL DTP PhD or MSc + PhD routes 🔗 surl.li/qunzzt Please share! 📢
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ESRC Studentships Main Competition - UBEL DTP
ESRC Studentships Main Competition The UBEL DTP’s fully funded ESRC studentships cover full payment of tuition fees per year and an annual maintenance stipend. What’s on offer UBEL DTP studentships co...
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Nice to be profiled in this piece for @psychscience.bsky.social In which I talk a bit about our research so far, what can make our kind of career challenging - and why we should all strive to be 'fish scales' 🐟 www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Member Spotlight: 2026 Spence Awardee Daniel Yon’s Search for a Distinctive Patch in the Research Landscape
Image above: Yon discusses his book, A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality.Daniel Yon is a professor of cognitive neuroscience and the director of the Uncertainty Lab at Birkbeck, Un...
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Birkbeck Psychological Sciences @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Millions of people live with psychiatric conditions, however, no two brains are alike. Dr @matildevaghi.bsky.social and her team are creating detailed maps of individual brain function using precision functional mapping. Learn more about this research project here! www.bbk.ac.uk/news/mapping...
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Mapping individual brains to better understand psychiatric conditions
Dr Matilde Vaghi and her team are investigating how differences in brain networks contribute to psychiatric conditions, with a particular focus on obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
On my way to Edinburgh Book Festival - to consider consciousness this evening with @michaelpollan.bsky.social and @aldersonday.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Can confidence spread from one head to another? Nice to see this piece from @christianjarrett.bsky.social in BBC Science Focus, highlighting work from The Uncertainty Lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. Led by Einar Andreassen and supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk
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A seriously weird study just proved confidence is contagious | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Can you catch the bug?
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eddy-davelaar.bsky.social @eddy-davelaar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We clear the tree after each session. The tree then gets filled with ideas on what supports resilience in ageing, see what our guests at the soirees produced. #SummerScience @royalsociety.org @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social You have 3 more days left to add your leaf.
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eddy-davelaar.bsky.social @eddy-davelaar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
After a few hours of 500+ primary school children visiting our stand at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social our Resilience Tree has received a healthy crown of leaves. Thanks so much to all the teachers who stopped by with the kids. It was really special.
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eddy-davelaar.bsky.social @eddy-davelaar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Explaining neuroscience to primary school children. Teaching the next the generation of scientists. Here is our exhibit on The art of resilience in successful ageing at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social Note the empty resilience tree on the right...
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Real pleasure to be at #EPSEssex and the symposium celebrating 80 years of the @exppsychsoc.bsky.social - alongside Bob Logie, Anna Franklin, @bhisma.bsky.social, @angeladebruin.bsky.social and Sophie Scott. Thank you @asifamajid.bsky.social!
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eddy-davelaar.bsky.social @eddy-davelaar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Here is our exhibit on The art of resilience in successful ageing at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition, a collaboration between @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social and @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
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Cognition @cognitionjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Can we perceive another person’s finger as part of our body? ☝️This new paper shows that the sixth finger illusion can blur the boundary between the self & the other.
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Sage @sagepub.com · 01/06/2026
How does the brain work like a scientist? Psychologist and neuroscientist @danieljamesyon.bsky.social explains how the brain makes predictions and builds theories to interpret ambiguous information. Listen to the new episode of Social Science Bites: www.socialsciencespace.com/2026/06/dani...
A headshot of Daniel Yon on the right with a microphone and the Social Science Bites logo to the left
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A real pleasure to be at #APS26BCN, and to meet and learn about the work of the other Spence Award winners. Thanks @psychscience.bsky.social !
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Rocco Chiou @rocco-chiou.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
In this project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk, we'll explore the cognitive and neural basis of the fascinating experiences of #synaesthesia! If you suspect you may have synaesthesia and want to get involved, visit surveymars.com/q/3O5k0Ax5H 🌈🧠🌞
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Matan Mazor @matanmazor.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Remembering what you did: Episodic memory for self-actions", with @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social and Sanjay Manohar now in NBBR. @oxexppsy.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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Remembering what you did: Episodic memory for self-actions
Episodic memory stores not only passively experienced events, but also one’s own past actions and decisions. Despite their critical role for learning …
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Today is official publication day for the paperback of A TRICK OF THE MIND. Surreal as ever to see on the shelves (this time thanks to Waterstones Gower St for indulging me). More here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
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Birkbeck Psychological Sciences @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
We’re recruiting for a 0.5 FTE postdoc, for a project examining the usage and possible beneficial or detrimental impacts of AI-enhanced technologies on education in the home, classroom and broader environments. cis7.bbk.ac.uk/internal/vac...
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Postdoctoral Researcher (2378) - Birkbeck, University of London
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the School of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London. The successful candidate will be part of the newly esta...
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Magdalena Kachlicka @mkachlicka.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🚨New paper🚨 about the link between cue weighting and dimension-selective attention doi.org/10.1016/j.co... from fun times at @audioneurolab.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social with @ashleysymons.bsky.social Fred Dick, Kazuya Saito, @adamtierney.bsky.social 🧵1/5 #neuroskyence #psychscisky
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Really delighted to have been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship by the @britishacademy.bsky.social , which I’ll be using to work on a new book about the human imagination 🧠
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Birkbeck academic awarded 2025 British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
Dr Daniel Yon, Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck, has been announced as a recipient of a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship.
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
How does uncertainty transmit from one head to another? Our new paper out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals how public communication alters private confidence. w/ Einar Andreassen & @cdfrith.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk 🧠📈
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Public communication alters private confidence
Andreassen et al. demonstrate that confidence exhibited in public affects our private assessment of confidence.
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Birkbeck Psychological Sciences @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec... @danieljamesyon.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social
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Birkbeck academic announced as Association for Psychological Science award winner
Dr Daniel Yon, Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck, has been announced as a recipient of the 2026 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Earl...
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Benjy Barnett @benjyb.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Do our social interactions influence what we become aware of? In our❗new preprint❗@danieljamesyon.bsky.social and I delve into this question: asking whether joint decision making in a detection task can bias awareness reports. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Really delighted to have received one of these awards from the Association for Psychological Science 🧠 Thanks to the APS, and to everyone in the Uncertainty Lab, at Birkbeck, and beyond for making our work possible! @psychscience.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Last call for this PhD studentship! Deadline Sun 22nd Feb
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Magdalena Kachlicka @mkachlicka.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
3rd🚨new paper🚨this year! Here we're looking at the effects of targeted training on how L2 learners weight perceptual cues doi.org/10.1017/S136... @audioneurolab.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @ashleysymons.bsky.social, Yaoyao Ruan, Kazuya Saito, Fred Dick, @adamtierney.bsky.social 🧵1/5
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Effects of targeted perceptual training on L2 suprasegmental weighting strategies | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition | Cambridge Core
Effects of targeted perceptual training on L2 suprasegmental weighting strategies
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Magdalena Kachlicka @mkachlicka.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
🚨New paper🚨about mechanisms underlying individual differences in cue weighting doi.org/10.1162/IMAG... from fun times at @audioneurolab.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social with @ashleysymons.bsky.social, Kazuya Saito, Fred Dick, and @adamtierney.bsky.social #psychscisky #neuroskyence 🧵1/5
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Early neural encoding of pitch drives cue weighting during speech perception
Abstract. Linguistic categories are conveyed in speech by several acoustic cues simultaneously, so listeners need to decide how to prioritize different potential sources of information. There are robu...
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Magdalena Kachlicka @mkachlicka.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🚨New paper🚨 about accented speech perception doi.org/10.1016/j.ba... by brilliant (MSc student at the time!) Amir Ghooch Kanloo accompanied by myself, Kazuya Saito and @adamtierney.bsky.social from fun times at @audioneurolab.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social 🧵1/5
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Delighted to be among the Publishers Weekly picks from 2025 ! Thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social !
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Rocco Chiou @rocco-chiou.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
We’re recruiting a new Lecturer at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social 🎓 Birkbeck offers a collegial, research-intensive environment, with consistently strong performance in the REF. If you’re an early-career researcher looking for a positive change, then Birkbeck could be the right place for you.
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
ECR looking for a change in the New Year? We are recruiting a new Lecturer in Psychology at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social ! If you’d like to talk about life in the Department, please do feel free to get in touch. Deadline 8th Feb - More details below 👇 cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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Lecturer in Psychology (2303) - Birkbeck, University of London
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p... #cogsci #neuroskyence
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PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of London
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Next Wednesday Dec 10th, we are excited to have Dr @danieljamesyon.bsky.social join us for our last session of the year. Dr Yon will tell us about how our interactions with others alter metacognitive states of mind. Full details on our website (surl.li/mqtofs). All are welcome in person!
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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Last Consciousness Club of term tomorrow, Wed 3rd Dec 11am-1230pm UK time Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social will be telling us about “The private life of public confidence” Looking forward to it! All welcome- for more info see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Next in line in our Psychological Sciences Seminar Series: 🎤 Matthew Mak from University of Warwick 🗓 Wed 29 Oct, 1–2 pm 📍 Room 612, Malet Street, + online via Teams @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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Penny Sarchet @pennysarchet.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Bad photos of an extraordinary weekend at #NewScientistLive. 1. @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social and @chamkaurghag.bsky.social tell @rowhoop.bsky.social and myself all about their fascinating research on a special live episode of The World, The Universe & Us (on feeds soon).
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
How does the brain invent your reality? Great to be speaking at New Scientist Live this weekend - and signing a few copies of the book! 🧠 🍎 Thanks @newscientist.com and @waterstones.bsky.social
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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Next in line in our super cool Psychological Sciences Seminar Series: 🎤 Jim A.C. Everett from University of Kent 🗓 Wed 22 Oct, 1–2 pm 📍 Room 612, Malet Street, + online via Teams @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social
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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Next in line in our Psychological Sciences Seminar Series: 🎤 Connor Keating 🗓 Wed 15 Oct, 1–2 pm 📍 Room 612, Malet Street, + online via Teams @connortkeating.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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Rocco Chiou @rocco-chiou.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Just finished by my very first lecture at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. I was very impressed by the students at Birkbeck, particularly their initiative and motivation. 💝 Many thanks to my colleague Raffa for helping us run the lecture smoothly. 👊
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The Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Join us for a CHBH Seminar with @danieljamesyon.bsky.social on 'Learning about uncertainty from ourselves and others' Thur 9 Oct 1–2pm LT6 Strathcona/Zoom Hosted by Prof Jennifer Cook Event info/registration: bit.ly/4gWAPdO #CognitiveNeuroscience#Metacognition#Learning #Uncertainty #SocialCognition
Poster for a CHBH seminar with Dr Daniel Yon on uncertainty in perception and social interaction, held on 9 October 2025 at the University of Birmingham. Includes event details, a photo of Dr Yon, a QR code, and the CHBH University slogan.
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🚨 PhD opportunity (start Oct 2026) with @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social via UBEL DTP ! I’m looking for students keen to study cognitive & brain mechanisms of compulsivity through computational modelling 📊, advanced neuroimaging 🧠 & normative models 📈 Get in touch if this excites you!
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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Next up in our Psychological Sciences Seminar Series: 🎤 Prof. Clare Press 🗓 Wed 8 Oct, 12:30–1:30 pm (note the earlier time) 📍 Room 612, Malet Street, + online via Teams @clarepress.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Our 2025–2026 Seminar Series is ready to begin 🎓✨ We’re kicking off on 1 October with a fantastic line-up of speakers from across the UK and beyond. Join us on Wednesdays from 1–2 PM at Birkbeck. Light refreshments provided ☕️🥐 Here’s the full programme 👇 @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
What does living through uncertain times do to our minds and brains? Delighted to have this piece in the latest New Scientist - talking about some of the ideas in my new book ‘A Trick of the Mind’ !
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Less than a week left to apply for this PhD studentship in my lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social ! Deadline Sun 6th July
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Birkbeck Psychological Sciences @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
👏 🧠 👏 Congratulations to Birkbeck’s @danieljamesyon.bsky.social on the launch of his first book A TRICK OF THE MIND 👏 🧠 👏 #booksky #neuroskyence #nonfiction
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Birkbeck Psychological Sciences @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Catch Birkbeck’s Dr Daniel Yon on the latest BBC Instant Genius podcast! 👏 @danieljamesyon.bsky.social #neuroskyence #psychology
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Birkbeck Psychological Sciences @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
“A lively read” and an “admirable feat” ! “Immensely readable” new book A TRICK OF THE MIND from Birkbeck’s Daniel Yon reviewed in this weekend’s Guardian 👏👏👏 Congratulations @danieljamesyon.bsky.social ! #booksky #neuroskyence #psychology
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Thrilled to get my hands on the first copies of my book! “A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality” in bookshops soon - from 26th June 🧠 🍎 (Though Ralphie more interested in the packaging….) www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515... #booksky #neuroskyence
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Looking for a PhD in #psychology or #cogneuro ? I’m recruiting a fully-funded @leverhulme.ac.uk PhD student to join my lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. If you’re interested in metacognition, learning, social cognition and culture I’d love you to apply 🧠👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ330/p...
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PhD Studentship: Public Communication and Private Confidence at Birkbeck, University of London
Find a PhD Studentship: Public Communication and Private Confidence on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view more!
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